Suncity, in the throne room.
"sire, its been 12years now and the priestess has hardly a message from our gods, do you think...something might be wrong..."
One of the King's advisers spoke out when they gathered to make preparations for the annual lunar rising.
The lunar rising was a special phenomenon that occurred every 3days towards the end of the year.
The moon wood leave its position over the moon city and merge with the sun. During this period though it was impossible for the people of the sun and moon to coexist the rays produced by the lunar rising permitted them to do so.
It strengthened their supernatural abilities especially those of royal blood.
These particular 3days the Sun kingdom would host the largest party , lasting for three days to celebrate the lunar rays .They would invite the people of moon city, the peasants of Suncity , everybody was invited .
This year unlike most years though the king thought 'why not announce my daughter Elvira as the crown princess?'
He felt proud because his daughter from his second wife was chosen by the sun god and he wanted to erase from the minds of his people that Miranda is his heiress for once and for all....The only disgrace to his name in ages...It just had to be during his reign...As all these thoughts crossed his mind he sighed.
He hardly had anytime to give to useless people, not even his child.
While preparation discussions swarmed through the room , King Krollos called his loyal subject Sebastian and told him to look for a suitable husband amongst his generals sons.She could at the least strengthen the bonds in the kingdom.
He felt quite accomplished, thinking like that and smug smile on his face could attest to that.
"But ....sire ,crowned princess Miranda is to be the next queen in power...how can you marry her off to a meagre general's son." Sebastian questioned quite dumbfounded.
"My daughter Elvira is the crowned princess" the King said quite nonchalantly .
Sebastian who had spent quite a while raising the children knew very that though Miranda had no powers, she had an incredibly sharp mind, a lot of guts and a tongue to match that imposing aura of hers.Unlike most girls who were beautiful and relied on beauty but had empty heads ,she was very clever with good looks too.
Though she was clumsy and prone to mistakes , that made her all the more endearing. A sad smile graced Sebastian's face ...'if only she knew' , he thought.
Somewhere in Sun jungle.
In the holy temple.
"High priestess !....high priestess!! "an elder of the temple screamed hurriedly when Priestess Ira suddenly collapsed.
He was praying when she joined him and they prayed together .He recounted to the other monks how her eyes glowed a white light till blood flowed down her face and with a sudden whistle -like sound, her feet that were previously elevated from the ground gave way. The monks had never witnessed such a thing, usually her predictions and premonitions were a quiet occurrence.