The Dominion of Worlds - Realm of Rhia (Part 2)

The pain was in describable.

Cybelline felt a heat within her soul that was a million times stronger than the power she had ever experienced with the Fae tree.

Heat blossomed within her body and consumed her soul. It filled every inch, every cell, and every breath. She was pure energy and she was pure power.

"Find you Dominion Form. The form that you think will best protect this realm. Your form of power! Channel you power that way or you will be consumed!" Rhia cried.

"You know, you had a millions of years. you could have written a manual." Cybelline said as she gripped the white hot power. It was a million lighting bolts, it was rivers and waterfalls of fire, it was tornados, she felt as if she was being ripped apart from the inside

I am not going to die a third time. Cybelline thought. I have too many people who depend on me. I haven't saved them. Faces flashed before her, and Cybelline took a deep breath. She felt the pain and acknowledged it's presence.

What was her Dominion form? What was she? What did she want to be? What could she become?

And then she knew. After all this time, she knew what she was and she knew how to protect those she loved.

Cybelline was no longer in pain and no longer struggling with the power of a Dominion Goddess. She knew her true form, the form that would protect everyone she loved.

Her body took the white heat and turned it red and gold, her body was burning with the heat and viciousness of a lava. Cybelline's soul grew until she was as tall as the Dominion Tree of Rhia's true form.

Cybelline's soul was in the center as the outer form of her grew and grew, until it became a volcanic mountain, it's soil dark and rich. Darker than night. That is what her true form as a Dominion Goddess. Silent and immovable, she could protect and destroy. She could give life and bring death.

This was the new owner of the dominion, this was a signal of change. A signal that in the future, other Dominion gods and God Kings would come to fear. They would see the pitch black volcano and know that it was the Dark Queen's territory. They would all fear the Dark Queen.

But Cybelline did not stop growing as a mountain once she reached the height of the Dominion Tree. Instead she grew higher and larger, pushed the edge of the entire land outward until it was ten times the size of the original and she dwarfed Rhia's tree. Then, the earth began to shake.

The river roared and as the land grew, it grew in size as well, tripling in power as the dark volcano formed mountains and terrain. Waterfalls grew and split into more lakes and ponds. The realm pushed itself to grow with her, pushed itself to follow her commands to grow. Soaring mountains and forests of emeralds

Rivers of sapphire surrounded by fields of golden grass. Dark caverns and Icy glaciers all sprouted from this land of nothing as it was commanded. Life sprung in abundance as their mistress called for them to appear. This flat realm became a true dominion world.

You have arrived.

Cybelline remembered the vision she had a long, long time ago. Back when she first lived in Ithos and Myrai's house. It was a vision of a rich land and a grand tree. She thought it was the land in the ring. But she had been wrong.

That land was someone someone else had created. It belonged to the fae. But this land she made with her own power.

This was the land that had been waiting for her. This half-life realm under real would become a world underneath Cybelline's wings.

We have been waiting

She remember those words that was just a whisper of winds.

You have arrived. The voices seemed to call out in joy.

"How?" The duck asked and turned to Rhia, "No one has ever know a Dominion to grow. This is impossible. She is eclipsing your power, is she stronger than the Dominion God Kings? Can this be possible?"

"The other dominions would be no match for her." Rhia said, "Anyone who tried to invade this world, this realm would soon know their follow."

"But the Dominion god kings are the most powerful beings" The duck protested, "Their powers are unlimited."

"No. They have limits. But she does not. She is Cybelline, and her powers know no bounds." Rhia answered, feeling the weight of keeping the broken dominion intact leaving her body. She had tried so hard against the cruelty of the other Dominions. Now, her worlds had a true protector. A true ruler of a true land.

Rhia watched in stunned silence. This was power that she had never seen before. She did not need to fear for her land, rather, and soon. All those who sought to invade this Dominion would feel unbound fear.

Cybelline continued to push herself to grow into this power, to own it.

It was not an uneasy subjugation of power like the one she had experienced with the Fae tree. She had lived on borrowed power from the source, it was a part of her and yet it did not belong to her.

This was her power. This was her birthright. This was her dominion. Never had she felt more strength as lava body became liquid and solid at the same time. She created a vast lake of lava beneath the volcano, a store of power that would be hidden by the unassuming exterior of the mountain. Enemies would never guess that she was even more powerful than they thought.

Cybelline closed her eyes once more and from the volcano, a new barrier was issued forth. everything that was attacking Rhia's barrier was vaporized. Everything was destroyed the moment it touched her.

The invading magics had no chance to escape as her net captured every single strand. Nothing got past her and nothing could go back and warn the Dominion God Kings of this new threat. This would be their downfall.

Once she had cleared the skys, the new barrier pulsed and turned invisible, the land looking bigger and even more ripe for the taking.

Cybeline smiled and then just as Rhia did, she walked from the heart of the lava lake from the volcano. Her soul was now gold and fire, she stood in front of them, in her pure spirit form.

Closing her eyes, she made a new body out of the magic she possessed.

In front of them stood a girl with bright red hair and eyes of the brightest emerald. She looked to be a normal human female.

She opened her black wings once more and flew into the air, enjoying the feeling of her new body and wings. They had new iridescent markings on them, but they were her wings.

Rhia came forward and bowed to the new queen of the dominion. In giving Cybelline her power, Rhia had given up the rights to being a Dominion goddess. Now she was just a tree spirit living in this land.

"You have made this world grow with you. I did not expect that." Rhia said, a little breathless, unable to keep up with the sight she had seen.

Cybelline flew down and landed by her, "You asked me to create my dominion form, this dominion has to change to accommodate me at my full power."

Her voice was ancient and new, it held so much power that Rhia wanted to kneel before her. Cybelline saw her face and coughed, quickly adjusting her voice.

She held out a hand, "Let me see your wounds, Rhia"

Rhia offered her arm, and Cybelline tapped on the grey veins that had cut into the Goddess's skin. In that moment, it all fell away. Rhia stared in disbelief. It had been a thousand years and nothing got rid of the poison.

Cybelline smiled, "I'm going to go and take care of the rest of the magic that managed to get past your barriers. It seemed I didn't clear all of it when I was in my old world."

She waved a hand and a small pond appears, it was just one of thousand but it was the one that Cybelline called home.

Cybelline patted her arm. "Go, rest. I think you're about spent. Don't worry. I will take care of this. And then we are going to have a nice, long conversation with those who have been bullying you."

Cybelline raised her large black wings. She looked at the mountain that was her Dominion form, as long as it stood, this realm was protected. The new barriers would soon attract attention. Good. She wanted them to know.

She flew toward the pond that held the realm where she had died. Taking deep breath, she dove in, the small pond that was no bigger than her palm swallowed her as she fell back towards that realm. She smiled viciously.

It was not going to be a fair fight.