Trials of a Planeswalker Ch. 02: Fall

"Go. I know I can't help you in this and I'm not going to try and stop you. You'd never forgive me if I did." Robin smiled, "But come back safe, please."

Blayne nodded and looked to the clouds above. They were getting darker and he lifted himself from the deck with magic. A crackling surge of electricity blanketed him as he launched off towards the center of Manhattan.

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Blayne stared over the vast ocean of death before him. The world was slowly dying and here he stood atop the Empire State Building. The streets around him were covered in a black ichor. The buildings looked like they were sinking because of the way the Phyrexian plague melted the brick and steel. Around him were hundreds of Phyrexian horrors, flying on wings of black death.

Taking a deep breath, he prepared for the greatest spell he would ever cast. Not only would it outshine anything he had ever attempted in the past, but it would likely end his life. It didn't matter though. If it worked like he wanted, the Phyrexian plague would be obliterated completely and the Earth would be safe.

The five Mox in his possession floated out from the tattered black trench coat he wore, floating around him at his magical beckoning. He watched the ruby in the center, alongside it was a gorgeous emerald, a near perfect sapphire, an amazing pearl and the darkest piece of Jet he had ever seen. They began to glow with their respective colors as he drew on their mana. The spell he was readying would absorb every ounce of magic he could muster as well as his entire life force if need be.

Around him, the Phyrexian demons tried to attack him, but they were stopped by the barrier that surrounded him. They couldn't hope to break through his love for Varia. The mana hummed through his body and five colors of magic began to swirl around him. The spell burned in his mind like the brightest sunlight and he looked at the black clouds above him.

The spell began to take shape around him, forming into a shimmering beam of a thousand glimmering colors. It drove away the Phyrexians and a gorgeous aurora began to shine above him. The clouds parted from the sheer force of the magic and sunlight shone in a beautiful spire straight down on him. He felt like he was being bathed in divine light, as if a higher power was saying that he had finally won.

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CHAPTER 31 - THE END

Varia jerked upright. She had been laying on the deck of the Radiant Dawn, out cold as Henry healed her injury. The sky was bright blue above them and the sun shone on the bow of the ship. There was the sound of a loud sob and Varia looked around hurriedly. Behind her, Robin was crouched over something. Henry and Jhoira were standing next to her while Chandra and Maria looked on with grim expressions on their faces.

"What's going on?" Varia mumbled, feeling a little groggy as she got to her feet.

"Varia?" Jhoira looked back at her and walked over, "Varia, don't move. There's something I need to tell you."

"What's going on? Why's Robin crying?" Varia said, starting to get worried.

"Varia, Henry came back with Blayne a few minutes ago and after casting that spell..." Jhoira's voice trailed off as Varia looked past her. She recognized Blayne's boots and pushed Jhoira out of the way.

"No! Blayne, no!" Varia screamed loudly, running over to his side. She fell to her knees next to him and grabbed the collar of his shirt, "Henry, can't you heal him? Come on!"

"I can't heal a missing soul. He burned up his spirit casting that spell. There's nothing I can do." Henry shook his head.

"Then I'll do it! I'm going to get his spirit back!" Varia screamed, her body flooding with black mana and she shoved her arms into his chest. Her arms were incorporeal as she reached into the beyond for his spirit. She could feel it there, but it was getting further and further away, "No! It's not enough! Where are the Mox!?"

"They weren't anywhere near him and I didn't think to search." Henry shook his head.

"Then... Then... Henry, you have the Black Lotus!" Varia jerked up, her ghostly hands pulling out of Blayne's body.

"Varia..." Henry mumbled, knowing what she was going to ask. A small part of him thought it would almost be worth keeping it to save his world.

"Give it to me! I can use it's power to bring him back!" Varia cried, tears running down her face. She held her hands out to him, a look of abject terror on her face.

Henry looked at her and then at Blayne on the ground. Then he turned to Robin. Her face was a picture of absolute despair and anguish that felt like a dagger through his heart. Silently she reached out and tugged on his sleeve pleadingly. Unable to bare the sight of two of his closest friends in such pain, he shut his eyes tightly and tried to think rationally.

Acquiring the Black Lotus had been his goal for almost as long as he had been a Planeswalker. Even now, he dreaded to think what destruction a power like the Radiant Dawn could cause in the wrong hands. He had been through so much, travelled so long and fought so hard to ensure the harmony of Imriel. Now he had the power at his disposal and with the Pyraxians finally defeated he was free to return home. Was it really fair to throw his dream just to save one person?

Yes, a voice said clearly and firmly inside his head. It seemed to echo louder and louder until it was reverberating from every corner of his mind with defining certainty: What good is saving the world if you can't save your best friend?

Henry opened his eyes and looked at Varia. He took a deep breath, bit his lip and nodded. Reaching inside his coat, he took out the small box containing the Lotus and held it out to her. She took it in a flash and retrieved the glittering Black Lotus. Henry couldn't help but wince when she crushed it in her hand, absorbing it's entire power all at once. Wind whipped around them as she radiated with more power than she had ever felt in her life. Without the slightest hesitation, she dove her hands back into Blayne's chest and her entire being surged into the spirit realm.

Her spirit hurtled through the darkness, desperate and determined to find the soul of her love before it faded away into the aether. The power of the Lotus burned bright with her, illuminating the way through the void. Her own power reflexively held back any dark spirits that tried to cross her path. Her eyes darted from side to side, search frantically for any sign of Blayne.

Finally she spotted the faint white glow that could only be come from the soul of a recently departed. She reached the spirit in an instant and there was no doubt in her mind. She would know Blayne anywhere, even his opaque disembodied soul floating aimlessly in the spirit world. Filled with relief she reached and pulled him to her. Once his spirit was completely enveloped by hers, Varia began to pull him back.

She could feel the titanic pull of the spirit world protesting the theft of it's possession. The strain of Varia's form was immense and she fought it with every ounce of strength and mana she possessed. The power of the Black Lotus coursed through her veins and boiling out of her body like steam as she pulled Blayne's spirit back into the world of the living. The last of her strength was beginning to wane as she placed Blayne inside his body once more. Once his spirit was secure in his physical form, his body heaved and Varia fell backwards onto the deck panting. She could never have hoped to bring Blayne back to life on her own. Even with the power of the mox. retrieving a soul from the spirit realm was one of the most difficult things a mage could do.

"He's alive! Varia, he's alive! You're so wonderful!" Robin cried out happily as she saw her brother breathing once more.

"Y... Yea... guhhh..." Varia slurred, her body weak and her entire form shaking. The surge of power from the Lotus had exahusted her. That much power could've done amazing things, maybe even cast the same spell Blayne did to clear the Phyrexian plague away. Instead she poured all of it into fighting her way into the darkest parts of the spirit realm after her husband.

"I'll get them down to their beds. They both need rest." Henry said, hefting Blayne over his shoulder. He held a hand down to Varia and helped her to her feet.

"I can help." Robin said, putting a hand on Varia's back.

"You won't fit through the door honey." Henry smirked.

Robin grumbled a bit but nodded in agreement. Her six-winged form was gigantic and those doorways were barely even seven feet tall, let alone wide enough for her.

Once Blayne was safely tucked in bed and Varia was lying next to him, Henry stopped in his and Robin's room. The sight of her real body, lying so peacefully on their bed, gave him a wicked idea. He smiled an evil grin and walked over to her. A tear of the shirt on the floor and he had two long lengths of cloth. He pulled her body up to the head of the bed and tied her arms to the frame. When his fiancée woke up here, he was going to have fun with her.

When he returned to the deck of the Radiant Dawn, he found that Chandra was still naked, but she looked as though she had completely recovered from releasing the phoenix egg. She was certainly standing taller and more firmly, though that may have been because she was standing behind Maria with her arms wrapped firmly around her lover.

"Looks like Blayne's spell did the trick: there isn't a speck of muck in the street nor a single spore in the sky." Chandra said with a smile. "When he wakes up, tell him we had a blast saving the world with him."

"Will do," Henry nodded "We couldn't have done it without your help."

"Damn straight," Chandra smirked. Maria grinned.

"We'll be going now. I promised my little fireball some special attention for hatching the phoenix." Maria said, caressing Chandra's bare arms. "If we ever feel like melting a city again, we'll be in touch.

The two women soared off into the sky, leaving a trail of fire in their wake.

"Shameless" Robin grumbled before Jhoira spoke-up.

"So what's the plan then?"

"I'm thinking we go back to their capital and wait there until we know everything is safe. Blayne and Varia could use some rest. She was pretty badly hurt and he actually died." Henry sighed, glancing at her and then at Robin.

"That's fine. I could use some sleep too." Jhoira said, trying to stifle a yawn. Robin nodded in agreement.

"Alright, in that case, let me get you out of that body sweetheart." Henry said, looking up at Robin.

"Aw, really? I liked being bigger than you for once." Robin said, flexing her arm in front of her.

"Back you go honey." Henry said, waving his hand. Her body slowly dissolved into golden dust and Jhoira headed up to the captain's cabin. Henry returned to his and Robin's cabin and he couldn't help but chuckle when he saw the look on her face when he entered.

"Henry, what the hell is this?" Robin asked, struggling against the cloth tying her arms to the bed frame.

"I'm feeling frisky after all that excitement and I thought I figured it would be a fun way to celebrate saving the world," Henry said as he closed the door behind him and walked over to her.

"Ohh... Can't we just sleep for now?" Robin asked. Henry frowned in disappointment. "Please?" She added "After Blayne dying I... I just want to relax for a little while."

After a moment Henry nodded. "Alright. But we're gunna have some fun we wake-up." He smiled and kissed her on the lips as he leaned over to untie her arms.

"Definitely. I kind of like this bondage stuff." Robin whispered in his ear after they kissed. They changed into their sleeping clothes and jumped under the blanket. Henry wrapped his arm around Robin's waist and the couple spooned as they drifted off to sleep.

While they got to sleep, Jhoira took the ship slowly back to Washington DC. Once it was safely anchored over the ruins of the Washington Monument, she also went to bed. It wasn't until her head hit the pillows that she realized just how exhausted she was.

Very early the next morning, Blayne awoke first. He knew somewhere inside that he had died and his eyes shot around his new surroundings in panic and confusion. The only relief he found was looking down at Varia's sleeping face. Gradually the memories of the spirit world returned and he realized what had happened. A few curly red hairs hung down in front of her eyes and Blayne moved them aside gently to kiss her on the lips.

"Hey." Blayne whispered, "Thanks for saving me."

Varia opened her eyes and smiled sleepily. "I couldn't go on without you."

"Did the spell work?" He asked with concern.

"Yep, there isn't a speck of plague anywhere."

"Thank god." He slumped back down next to her, his arm draped over her midsection. She scooted closer and held him close.

She stared at him and bit her lip. Tears shimmered in the corners of her eyes and she almost lost her nerve. Blayne kissed her on the lips and squeezed her with a hug. She clenched her eyes shut, "I can't be without you Blayne. When I saw your body... No... never again. Don't ever do that to me, please."

"Fair enough. Next time there's an apocalypse, I'll let you make the sacrifice." Blayne smirked cheekily.

"Fuck you." She grumbled.

"Come on, sit up." He said, getting up and helping her sit up against him. She grumbled but stayed quiet, content to be held in his arms. "What do you think about leaving? We'll just go back to Pandaria and stay there for a while."

"That sounds lovely. I could do with a break from all this madness." Varia sighed heavily.

"Alright, let me write a note and we'll be off." Blayne said.

"What? You want to go now?" Varia said in surprise, "Don't want to talk to your sister or anything?"

"No reason to. We'll be back." Blayne said. He took a few minutes to pack his bag and scribble a quick note saying that they went to Pandaria to unwind and would be back in a few weeks.

Across the hall, Robin was stirring. She was cuddling in Henry's arms under the blankets: safe, warm and happy. Now that she was rested, she was starting to get horny. Robin pulled herself up by Henry's shoulders to kiss him on the cheek.

"Morning." He replied sleepily.

"Hey. I think I'm ready for that fun now." She whispered with a smile.

"Mmmm... give me a couple minutes. It's comfortable here." Henry mumbled, but he knew he wouldn't get that: her hand had already found his morning wood. She was stroking the underside of his cock with her finger. With a sigh Henry opened his eyes and promptly rolled on top of Robin, pressing her supple body into the mattress with his firm, muscular torso. Henry took his time mashing his lips against Robin's as their tongues caressed each other. He slid his hands up under her nightshirt and groped her breasts. She reciprocated by dragging her fingertips across his bare back a squeezing his waist between her thighs. They ground their crotches together to build anticipation.

Once Henry's blood was pumping and he could feel the heat rising from Robin's cheeks, he slid one hand from her breast. He reached under the bed to retrieve the rope from his backpack. Robin's eyes lit-up when she saw him pull the rope taunt before her eyes. She dutifully pulled off her nightshirt and placed her wrists against the headboard. But he had something else in mind.

"Roll over," He said, as he sat-up with a wicked glint in his eye. Robin obeyed and he bound her forearms behind her back. Then he pulled off her sweatpants and placed their pillow under Robin's stomach to prop her ass up in the air. Once his stiff cock was freed from his flannel PJs pants, Henry used his knees to push her legs apart and dug his fingers into her butt cheeks.

Robin's tensed when she felt Henry's dick hot-dogged between her hips. He slid it up and down while his hands compressed, spread and squeezed her firm rear end.

"Quit teasing me," Robin whined softly. Henry chuckled. She shivered as ran his finger along her glistening pussy to feel how damp her folds were. Keeping her pinned down with one hand between her should blades, he positioning the head of his cock with the other. Then he bent over her to grab a fistful of her hair and whisper in her ear.

"The safe word is lotus," He said, and plunged his manhood deep inside of her.

Henry positioned himself so that he entered her from a shallow angle by moving his hips up and down along her ass cheeks. This caused his sensitive tip to prod her walls while she got to feel his cock p stretching her even more than usual. Robin moaned happily as she felt him moving around inside her.

"Fuck Robin, your pussy feels amazing."

"Oh Henry, I love it when your big dick fills me up."

He continued pounding her cunt as the heat of lust coursed their bodies with each thrust. It felt so liberating to be making love now that the threat of Armageddon had been averted. Robin tried to wiggle her ass to get his manhood as deep as possible while he kept her pinned down. Henry could feel her love tunnel clenching his cock tighter and tighter until her body seized up. Robin arched her back at let out a deep sultry moan as her cum flowed out and soaked his balls.

Henry gritted his teeth and his balls kept swinging against Robin's groin as she climaxed. Once her body had stopped quivering he removed his still hard member and sat up.

"That's one down," He said slyly as rolled off the bed and stood up.

"One down?" Robin asked breathlessly.

"I figure we've got a lot to celebrate," Henry said as he picked up the strands of cloth he had torn from her shirt earlier. "That orgasm was for Blayne finally destroying the Pyraxians."

He bent over and crossed Robin's ankles before binding them together.

"And... what is the next one going to be for?" Robin asked timidly as he hoisted her helpless form over his shoulder.

"I'll tell you when you reach it," Henry replied.

He carried Robin to the center of their cabin and set her down. She struggled to find her balance for a moment as Henry placed standing up on her bound feet. Once she was abled to stand upright, Henry grabbed her nipple with one hand and slid the other over her smooth flat stomach. Robin winced, as her sort fleshy mound was pulled taunt.

"Hey, what's that about?" She asked with a slight note of indignation.

Henry smiled and kissed her on the forehead. "We're going to play a little game. You're going stand there and try to keep your balance while I finger you to another climax. You're not allowed to fall over or break eye contact with me until you do. This," He added giving Robin's nipple a slight twist, "Is a little motivation to ensure your... obedience, my love."

Robin stuck her tongue out defiantly and Henry began to lower his hand down from her navel to between her legs. He started by rubbing his palm along her inner thighs, feeling the heat emanating from her sex. A smile spread across Robin's face and she stared lovingly into his eyes. She shivered as he slid his index finger along her slit. Then she bent her knees apart slightly to give Henry more room to pleasure her. He obliged by using two fingers to spread her pussy lips apart and using a third to stimulate her inner walls.

Robin's face reddened and she chewed her lip as Henry's hand excited her more and more. He was entranced by the way her chest rose and fell with each her ragged breath. Every time he flicked her love pearl her hips twitched. Once he was sure that her gaze was completely focused on his face, Henry swung his hips forward to prod her in the stomach with his hard cock. Robin jumped and broke eye contact for a split second to look down at the assailant. Henry disciplined her by twisting her nipple. It wasn't hard, but Robin still shoot him a peeved look.

It was then that Henry pushed two of his fingers inside her.

Robin's expression changed from a resentful pout to an incredulous gasp almost instantaneously. Her mouth hung open and she groaned as his fingers curled inside her love tunnel and his fingertips pressed against her walls. She began sliding up and down on his fingers, squeezing her hips together as his digits moved within her already sensitive cunt. When he replaced the fingers with his thumb, her knees wobbled. Henry started swiveling it around inside her and she swayed her hips in the opposite direction to maximize the sensation.