Miracula Luxia C5, P14- "Ends To The Friends"

"Ends To The Friends" is the fourteenth Part of "Miracula Luxia" 's fifth Chapter- "The Forgotten". It was released on 29.11.2019.
== Plot ==
An old friend tries to convince Jared to give up his loyalty for the Council and join the darkness in order to save his friends from it.
WIll he do it?
== Story ==
Jared was amazed at the fact that an old friend was standing in front of him.
"John! I cannot believe it! You're alive!"
The person standing in front of Jared was his friend- John Braveheart. He was forced to leave him and his sister to keep Annie safe.
This was before Jared and Annie had the chance to travel to Avernum.
"Hello, old friend. It's nice to see your face again. After what you did to us."
Jared raised his eyebrow.
"That's what I was wondering. What happened to you? I thought you were going to die back there!"
John smirked.
"Yeah. In fact, I was going to die. But your sister managed to keep me alive by patching up my wounds."
"We were attacked by monsters not long after you left us to die. She was surrounded by them. I tried to help her, but she just ran away, leaving me to die. I barely survived the fight and tried to find her, but to no avail- she was gone."
"That's when I realized that I mustn't trust anyone- especially ones who are close to me."
"I refuse to believe that my sister left you on her own accord!"- Jared said- "Yes, she did run away, but this doesn't mean that she has completely abadoned you! She could have found you later... if you waited."
"Heh. Sure."- John grinned- "Like you waited for us."
"But tell me, Jared. How do you feel now that I am a part of the opposite side- the side which is controlled by the Darkness?"
Jared was speechless.
"Tell me, old friend. How does it feel when someone betrays you?"
"But... why did you do that?"- Jared asked him.
"Well. You see, when you and Annie left us and your sister ran away I managed to find my way into Avernum. Then I heard that the evil forces wanted help to take over those miserable lands. I decided to join them."
"Why is that, you might ask? Well, those fools treated me like trash all the time. They were praising you, saying that you saved them from dangerous enemies. Orcs, ogres and whatnot."
"After I offered my services to the evil forces they saw my potential and welcomed me with open arms. The evil forces! At least they respect the ones who wish to join them."
"They sent me to minor missions, to test my loyalty. And to see my power. I showed them all I had and they accepted me completely."
"They told me that they wanted you dead. They wanted you out of their way, so they could finally conquer the miserable pieces of land known as Avernum who can't protect themselves from danger all by themselves."
"I wanted to let you know that you will be forced to join us. Now!"
The vagabonds grabbed Jared and his pet Worg.
"You will be taken to our prisons and used as our secret weapon. Yes, that's right! Secret weapon! You will help us destroy the good Vahnatai here, whether you like it or not! You and your friends!"
Jared wasn't having anymore of this. He tried to break free, but the shackles of darkness that were placed on him were too strong.
John laughed.
"Hahaha. So you wanna break free, eh? Don't worry. As soon as you join us, you will be free from the oppression the Council has caused to all of us."
"Now that one of them is gone, the rest of them will go down after him. Every single one of them is weak and unable to save anyone. Let alone themselves!"
"S-shut up!"- Jared yelled- "The Council is strong enough to send a force which will destroy every single one of you! They. Are. Not. Weak!!!"
"So you think. Get 'em to the prison, boys!"
Before they tried to take them away, Jared's Worg managed to bite the ankle of its captor.
As it broke free it attacked the rest of them, including John.
Jared was freed from his shackles, albeit temporarily.
It was at that moment that he realized that his Worg was creating a distraction for him to escape and warn the Council.
"Buddy... "- He tried to warn his friend, but to no avail.
The Worg winked at him, seemingly telling him that everything will be fine and that the way is clear for him to run.
Jared didn't want to leave his companion behind, but was forced to do so, due to the situation they were in.
One of the vagabonds noticed that Jared was running away from the area and told John about this.
"No! Don't let him escape! We need him for our secret weapon!"
The vagabonds tried to run after Jared, but they were too late. Jared was already a fair distance away from them. 
He ran through the open gate and quickly slammed it shut by pulling the switch to the right of it.
The vagabonds were trapped and it would take a while for them to open that gate.
Jared ran to the capital, tears falling down from his eyes.
"I won't leave you, buddy. I will make sure that all of you are set free, even if I must kill my friend to do so!"
He ran back to the capital and saw that everything was restored back to its normal state.
The two remaining members of the Council approached him, worried about what happened.
"Jared, is everything okay?"- They asked him, fearing for the worst.
== Trivia ==
* The Part's name comes from the fact that Jared's friendship with his former friend- John Braveheart was ruined due to the fact that they were now at the opposite sides of the war- Jared on the good side and John on the bad side.