Marika started to focus and unleashed a pressure that even almost affected Richard.
Marika started to talk telepathically to Williams Dragon
'You insolent little thing, you better behave, if you come out now you'll die.'
Now let Genus temporarily block you so your body can recover.'
'You're not allowed to show yourself until I say so understand!'
The dragon inside William started to back down.
'Now go back and wait for me, if not you'll be sorry for disobeying my word.'
The dragon inside William went back and Marika told Genus to block it.
15 more minutes past and Marika and Genus were all done.
Marika and Genus were both exhausted.
'Dare to say I'm a troublesome little girl again and I kill you white coat.'
Genus smiled "I won't…you were a walk in the park compared to him little girl."
Marika smiled at Genus.
'Now let's bring him in to lake we only have 10 minutes left before the moon hits the lake.'
Marika quickly written down a message and whistled for Aura.
'Aura take this to my father Derick.'
Aura took off to the sky.
Marika and Richard both went in to the water and supported William
'Hey white coat take a dip you recover faster.'
"And catch a cold in my wet clothes? No thank you."
'I already send Aura to Derick and asked for 4 sets of dry clothes and some towels.
Genus tossed his coat and joined them, even Caelum joined them in the lake.
[Mansion]
Derick heard a screech and a knock on the window.
"Aura! What are you doing here?"
Aura lifted her leg and showed she had a message for him.
Derick patted her head and took the message.
Dad, William was in trouble but we saved him.
We are at Lunar Lake and I need a few towels and dry clothes for me, William, Richard and Genus.
Let Aura guide Socius to our location.
I'll be home soon, your daughter.
Derick smiled and told Aura to come in and sit on his shoulder.
He packed up what his daughter asked for and when to the stables.
Derick placed the saddle on Socius and tied the bag to the saddle.
He leaded Socius out of the stables.
"Socius you fallow Aura, she'll bring you to Marika."
"Aura, you guide him to her, Aura screeched again and took off and Socius fallowed Aura."
[Lunar Lake]
As the moon hit the water William started to improve and recovered quickly.
Genus told them his magic was almost completely stable.
William slowly regained his senses and saw a familiar sky.
'Ahh my worst patient is waking up.'
William saw Richard and Marika next to him.
"We're home? When did we get home?"
"3 hours ago."
William wanted to sit up but then noticed he was held by Richard and Marika .
'Relax we're at Lunar Lake right now and you're in the water to recover your magic.'
"I'm sorry…"
'For what?'
"I caused so much trouble for you."
Marika looked at Richard 'Does this count as trouble? Because I think I cause more trouble than he does.'
"Well you are right, you're the biggest trouble maker there is."
'See, even Richard agrees that I'm the biggest trouble maker there is.'
William smiled at her.
'By the way William, Genus block of your 3rd stage for now.'
"Why?"
"Because your dragon wanted to come out and that would have killed you."
'Don't worry, I put him in his place for now so… and I told him he can't come out until I say so.'
"I manage to talk to an ancestor of The Blue Dragon Clan and he told me all blue dragons have 3 stages and the 3rd is your dragon form."
"Now that you awakened two stage under stressful circumstance and just got told you're a dragon, it is a lot to take in right now. But if you have trouble with your senses let me know I will help you."
'William I'll come to you after I had my sparring and assessment match with Rex.'
"Are you going to cast a bonding spell?" Richard asked her.
Marika nodded, 'I promised him to help him and while he is recovering…' Marika looked sternly at William.
'I'm going to access his memories.'
'You may be able to use your magic after tonight but still your body need rest and if you don't… white coat you strap him to a bed.'
"Alright little girl"
William and Richard both started to laugh
Marika heard Aura and Socius coming.
'Genus how is his magic?'
"It's all perfectly normal, he can get out of the lake."
'Well we can get out now, our clothes and towels are arriving.'
Everybody got out of the water and Marika handed them their towels, she took out her set of clots and told them to turn around.
Caelum changed in to his phoenix form and folded his wings around her.
"Why are you the only one who gets to have a privet screen like that to change?" Genus teased her.
'Privileges of being a women.'
"You better not peak our way then."
'And even if I did I would only look at Richard, I have no interest in your body.'
Richard and William had to hold in there laugh.
Marika was all dressed up and done.
'Are you guys done? if not then I'll go pick some herbs in the meantime.'
Richard was also done and looked at the others.
"We are all dressed on our end."
Marika then joined the others.
"Your brother called and asked if you can call him back when you had the time."
'Alright.'
'Richard you take Genus back I'll take William to the mansion.'
Marika mounted Socius and pulled William up.
"Aren't you faster if you fly back?"
'True but I'm still tired, and I don't want to fall from the sky.'
Richard gave her a kiss, "See you at home."
Marika nodded and took off.
Marika was riding back to the mansion and called Luca.
'What is so important?'
"Are you and William alright?"
'We're fine, and William is still alive.'
"That's good then, so I know you don't want to but we need to talk, it concerns your body."
'That's fine and all but can't it wait till tomorrow? I'm tired alright…'
She ended her communication spell with Luca.
Marika was cranky, due to the lack of sleep.
Marika and William arrived at the mansion and she brought Socius to the stables.
When Marika came out of the stables she called her brother again.
'Are you ready to come home?'
"Yes we are."
'William open a portal for them and after that you go straight to bed.'
William opened a portal and both Luca and Dantis came through.
"Sis…"
'Tomorrow brother, I have a sparring and assessment match with Rex, after that I have an appointment with William and when I'm done with that I'll come and find you.'
"But sis…"
'If I'm not dying then save it till then.'
'Dantis you can stay in my room, William you go to bed now too.'
Marika went inside and upstairs to Richards room. When she laid down on the bed she instantly fell asleep.
"What's up with her?" Luca asked William.
"Well her attitude is reasonable, I mean we were up early in the morning went to a library in the human word, spend the whole day there came back at the house had dinner she went to deliver something and say goodbye. When she got back she had to save me, we were cached by vampires what had made her tired, she had to fly for an extended time and got more and more exhausted."
"When we finally landed she had probably 2 to 3 hours of sleep and after that she had to take care of me because I was sick and she used up a lot of energy to communicate with people, then fly again and fight so we could get safely to Lunar Lake, and there she got less than an hour of sleep, and she had to save my life together with Genus, what probably exhaust her even more."
Luca's jaw dropped by Williams summary.
"Yeh I would be cranky too if I were in her shoes." Dantis then said.
Luca sighed "Alright I get it. But you William come to me tomorrow and properly explain to me why your life was in danger."
"Sure if Marika gives permission…I'm ordered to rest now and I'm not allowed to use my magic like I did before so…"
"It's alright William, your health is more important." Dantis said to William.
The three of them went inside and William showed Dantis his room.
"Goodnight."
After a few hours Richard arrived back and noticed that everybody was asleep. He went up to his room and saw Marika was in a deep sleep.
He laid down next to her "You did very well sweetie, I'm so proud of you."
Richard gave her kiss on her head and fell asleep next to her.
[Next day]
Marika woke up later than usually, 'Uhm what time is it…'
Marika got out of bed and start to wash up and dressing herself.
As she went to the kitchen she greeted her father.
"Seems you were really exhausted, it's so rare for you to sleep in."
Marika smiled 'Well…that only shows how much trouble William was in.'
Marika sat down and eat her breakfast.
When she was done she went over to the training grounds.
She saw Dante and Rex having a sparring match.
She silently watched the both of them.
When Dante defeated Rex he gave him a few pointers, Marika smiled at the sight of it.
Marika walked over to the rack and grabbed a scepter 'Are you ready Rex?'
Rex saw Marika walking in their direction.
"Uncle Richard told me what happened yesterday… if your too tired…"
Marika gave Rex a light slap on the back of his head.
'If I lose due to exhaustion than that's because of my own careless decision.'
"But…"
'No but's.'
'Now listen Rex, I want you to come at me with everything you got.'
'Treat it as a real fight and don't hold back, any injury I sustain my body will heal it so don't be afraid that you'll hurt me.'
"Yes Marika."
Dante then whispered to Rex "Seriously don't hold back, she can tell when you do that."
Rex nodded and took his stance.
Marika charged at him and there sparring match started.
As Dante was watching it, he found that Rex adapted to his opponent. It was almost seeing Marika fight herself.
After an hour Rex lost to Marika.
'Wow… you're the first student that could stand at me for an hour…'
'You're really good in reading your opponents moves.'
She then started to show him the second move set. 'While this may look a bit difficult Dante can help you because he know the struggles you'll face.'
Marika then walked back to mansion.
As she arrived at Williams room she knocked on the door. 'William are you awake?'
"Come in."
Marika checked on his health, 'It all looks good, but since you went through a major change no more than 2 portals a day, and if it's an emergency 3 at max. You need to adjust to your body first.'
"Luca told me to come and see him, but I told him I would only if I got your permission to leave the bed."
Marika smiled, 'Well I don't see a reason for you to stay in bed any longer…You can get out of bed and go to him, but promise me that when you feel tired just take a nap. Your still recovering so don't overdo it. You don't have healing abilities that can soften the blow.'
'Now for my promise…' Marika casted her bonding spell 'You should be able to feel all my emotions even at a very long distance. You can feel my anger, sadness and joy. You should also be able to see my memories and I can also tell what your feeling.'
'You won't be able to notice when I look into your memories and vice versa.'
"Thank you Marika…for helping me and saving my life."
Marika patted William on his shoulder, 'Now take a rest and when you're up for it get out of bed and get some fresh air.'
William nodded.
Marika left Williams room and went to visit her brother Luca.
'What is so important?'
Luca saw his sister "You still look tired."
'Well that because I had a match with Rex.'
Luca looked at his sister "Well…what I'm about to ask you will probably be unpleasant anyway."
… 'Do we really have to?'
"Well there are a few things that I don't understand, about you."
'Alright...I guess there are a lot of thing you don't understand because you were only 10 when I left home and disappeared when you were 18 years old.'
'So what do you want to know?'
"Well firstly your neighbor mister Harry, how were you able to talk with his doctors, when you were severely traumatized and kill a doctor when you see on?"
'That wasn't that hard to do, I just spoke with them on the phone. Even though I knew I was talking to a doctors I had no problem when I was on the phone with them because they weren't physically there in front of me, you can't kill what you can't see or smell.'
"Then why didn't you kill Genus the first time you met him?"
'I wonder…I can guess as much, maybe because I had just woken up a few hours after a week of being asleep and I was disorientated, or my senses weren't that sharp at that moment, or it could be that because I was told I wasn't in the human world anymore I subconscious didn't feel the need to kill any doctors here and was better to threaten them or flee from them when I started to feel
uncomfortable around them.'
"Alright that explains a lot."
"Now I already told you Lenis had told me his experience at that place."
Marika nodded.
"According to his story I found a few things weren't adding up so I checked the archives at The Green Dragon Clan, since they have all the information and files of that place, even all the research they did there."
"I found a file on you and Lenis…"
"But what I'm about to tell you…will come as a shock to you. So before I do, do you want Richard to be here as support? Because in my opinion it would be better for you."
Marika nodded as she was slightly shaking in anxiety. Luca saw this and called for Richard to come because Marika was about to learn the whole truth when she was at the place where she was robed from her magic.
After 15 minutes Richard arrived and sat down next to her and hugged her, "It's going to be alright, I'm here with you."
"No matter how bad it may be I'll always be by your side and will not leave it."
Marika started to calm down and took a deep breath.
Luca started to tell them what he had learned.
"Sis you only remember that women stole your magic right, and nothing else?"
Marika nodded.
"I'm sorry sis… The place that created your trauma… you were brought there for a second time when you were 18 years old and to be precise it was an underground part of that hospital and you were at that place for a whole year of your life."
Luca saw his sister was in utter disbelieve and asked him, 'What did they do to me?'
"They found out that you were possible the new Guardian of the 3 Worlds, and they even pulled out your ovary's, and the experiments on the egg cells.
"Because of that you were very hostile and aggressive, and they could only get near you if you were sedated."
"But when they wanted to plant the ovary's back, they found out your body had already grown new ones and they look healthy."
"So they pulled a few teeth and even dug out your liver and kidneys, but they all grew back in a matter of days."
"All this had happen before you were robbed from your magic."
Marika was in a state of shock, anxiety, fear and grieve were al written on her face and eyes."
'But why don't I remember any of that?'
'Why did…'
"You were kept in staces for a few months and they tempered with you memories."
"And not long after that you were robbed from your magic. After that they put you in a room and were sedated again and put in to staces again."
"When the researcher felt they were done with you they used a time spell and ordered for you to be brought back to the time where they found you."
After Luca told Marika everything, he looked at his sister and saw Marika expression was that of disbelieve and tears came down from her eyes.
She didn't speak a word as she sat there, she couldn't comprehend what she was just told.
Luca feared she could explode in anger any moment but what he feared didn't came.
'Why was I even born?'
Marika stood up and left the two man in the room with those words.
Marika went looking for Derick because she felt the need of her father's comfort.
When she found him he was with Dantis 'Dad!?'
Marika broke down completely 'Dad…I…' *sob*
Derick rushed over to her and hugged her.
"What happened?"
'Was I born only to suffer? Did I do something bad in my previous life?'
Derick took Marika to the couch and sat her down.
"My poor child, why do you think like that?"
'I was told that…that at the facility where I was rob of my magic…I was there for a whole year.'
'They did all kind of thing to me…but why don't I remember that?'
'Even if they tempered with my memory…shouldn't they be there?'
Derick got somewhat the gist of things and said. "I can't answer they question why they did that to you, but I can answer your question why you were born."
"You were born to help the people who can't fight for them self's, and be a loving daughter, sister, wife and mother to your family."
"You gave your heart to a man who was lonely and cold."
"You were born to give everybody the happiness they deserve."
Marika cried for an hour and to let it all out. While Derick sat there soothing his daughter and telling her she was going to be alright and that everybody who was now in her life loved her and that that would never change.
Marika slowly started to calm down.
Dantis then said "If it weren't for you and Lenis, I would never have found out about were Dante was held all those years."
Marika looked at Dantis. 'What do you mean?' as she whipped away her tears.
"You, Dante, Lenis and Arthur all share a connection. All four of you were held there in some point of your life's."
"Arthur is the lost little brother of Ray Caedis; Alec Caedis."
"Lenis is a clone of Dante…"
"I also want you to know that it was the snake clan who set up that facility and the Sanguis family who finance it."
All the evidence is collected and I already informed His Majesty Cillus about it. And he said that whenever you feel like it you can come over and destroy the snake clan."
Marika hugged Dantis 'Thank you.'
"Sweetheart, it was fate who brought you four together and it will be your destiny's to take them down."
Marika saw Richard standing in the door way together with Arthur and Dante.
"Don't worry sis were going to show them they messed with the wrong people."
Dantis looked at his son "Did you…"
"I heard it all and so did Arthur or should I say uncle Alec"
"That's not funny, you're not a cute nephew." Arthur said while he playfully slapped Dante's shoulder.
"But what about Lenis? This will come as a shock and…" Dante said.
'Let me and Luca talk to him, and whatever he decides we have to respect it.
"By the way Marika, did you send more spy's?" Arthur asked her.
'I did, I thought you could use a helping hand.'
Arthur laughed "Well I have to admit they are very good…Raphael and Reinel haven't figured out that 7 people have been replaced."
'Well Reinel and Raphael aren't that bright anyway, they're too busy in trying to get rid of Ray that they're sight is blinded.'
'Plus those man are the man who destroyed that place.'
Arthur handed over a bunch of documents to Marika, "You have to wait for the rest that your others spy's will bring you but this is what I could dig up for you."
Marika read through it, 'What the…ohh I see' Marika smirked 'I'll work with that.'
Richard came over and looked at the documents.
"So you need the blood of the Sanguis to break that barrier."
'Now there are only 2 thing left, one is to get my magic back and second is the location of them.'
'I need to find Carl.'
"What for?" Richard asked.
'Ohh he still has to answer for something and because of the dragon call, tremors were felt in The Blood Kingdom.'
Marika ran out of the room but before she left she said to Richard 'Darling I want you to go to Faber Village and do some shopping for the kids and for the villagers, because tomorrow were going to visit them.'
And with those words she left for the ruins of the eight dragons.
Marika arrived at the ruins, 'Carl! Are you here!?'
Marika changed in to her human form and went inside.
'Carl!, Hey Carl are you here!?'
Marika looked everywhere but couldn't find him. The only place she hadn't looked was in the great dragon room.
She sighed 'Really now…'
Marika went to the room and opened the door's 'Carl are you in here…' When she had opened the door she saw a cute little dragon.
She ran towards it and picked it up to have a good look.
'Wow you're so beautiful, your color is as white as a moon stone.'
Marika checked the little one and noticed he wasn't looking all too well.
'Alright little one I can't give you energy but I can help you recover.'
Marika casted a spell and gave the little dragon a healing pill and started to heal it with her magic to speed up his recovery.
While she was doing that she hummed a tune so the little dragon wouldn't panic when it would come to his senses.
After a few minutes the little dragon regained his senses.
He felt warmth and comfort coming from Marika .
As he was fully awake he saw Marika smile at him.
'How are you feeling?'
"I'm alright now, thanks to you… uhm…"
'Well I go by many names, but my birth parent name me Marika and my dragon name is Yumaria, you can call me by any of the two.'
"I'm Lux."
Marika smiled, 'Well I'm not of the same color as you are, so I can only give you a candy to help you recover your energy.'
Lux looked at Marika "It's not poison?"
Marika laughed 'It's not, if you don't trust me… that's oké, but I think Carl can voucher for me that I would never hurt or poison a child…Right Carl?'
Carl came in to the room. "Lux what are you doing here?" He asked the little dragon in a stern voice.
Lux tried to hide in Marika's arms and this in turn made Marika laugh.
'Carl he is just a child, no need to be so loud to him, he is still recovering.'
"My Queen this little one is not a child, he is around 20 years old…"
'Ohh so he regressed to a childlike state, because of physical or mental stress.'
"That's right…" Carl saw Marika also regress to a younger version of herself right before his eyes.
"My Queen…What is happening to you?"
Marika looked at her hands and saw she had regressed herself.
"It finally caught up to me…" She sighed.
Lux saw Marika was around 16 years old now.
"What do you mean?" Carl asked her.
'Well normally this happens in my sleep when I experience mental or physical stress. It's just sins I only have half of my magic my body's way of coping.'
'Well I have to make a stop at Genus later and tell him about this development.'
"So I'm not the only one who suffers like this."
Marika looked at Lux 'How could you call this suffering? Do you know how beneficial it can be, to be a 5 year old, getting carried around and being doted on, not to mention all the good stuff you'll get because you look cute. I call that a blessing.'
Carl started to laugh "Only Your Majesty Yumaria can look at it from the bright side."
'Well I have been stuck in a body of a 3 year old, and that suck's since speech is a problem, you can't talk decently as a 3 year old, now that's what I call suffering, everything above that is nothing.'
Marika then asked 'But why does Lux have the same condition like me?'
"That's because he suffers the same as you, he only has half of his magic left."
'Than what is your magic Lux?'
Lux looked at Carl and he nodded.
Lux showed Marika he could make things float.
'Wow that's so cool you have gravity magic.' Marika's eyes sparkled.
"It's not a very handy magic to have…"
'Well not if you're on the moon, but here…it's very handy, you can lift up objects and people and push them far away.'
'Lux how did you lose your magic?'
"I don't really know…when I was 15 I had a nightmare and ever since then…"
'Last question, have you ever been in the human world?'
Lux shook his head.
Marika then said, 'What if I know how you lost your magic and where it happened, and also find the person who has your magic, what would you want to do?'
"I don't know, but if I can get my magic back…"
Marika smiled. 'Let me tell you what happened to you, because it happened to me too, you were probably taken when you were sleeping and brought to the human world, there they took your magic and after some time, they brought you back to the same point in time as when they took you.'
Carl look with big eyes at Marika "Are you serious?"
Marika nodded, 'I experienced the same thing, I woke up from a nightmare just like Lux mention so I know for sure he was at the same place I was robbed of my magic.'
"But even if we find his magic how is he going to get it back in to his body?" Carl asked.
'Well we are working on it right now as we speak, because I was left with only half of my healing magic and half of my battle magic. If Lux has only one magic type, to place it back would be a lot easier than me. But you need the Azure Dragon King to help with that.'
"But will he help me?"
'He will because if he doesn't I'll just force him to do it.' Marika said with a smile.
'Now Lux eat this and your inner energy will be restored and you'll be able to change back in a few hours.'
Lux then finally eat the pill she gave him.
'Now Carl about the other day? What excuse did you think of for them not to show up…' Marika's voice turned cold.
"My Queen… That is because it's not time yet for them to reveal them self's."
'That's bull sh*t and you know that. For not coming when the Guardian of the 3 World calls for them. Do they have a death wish or something?' Marika was now agitated.
"No… it's just that…"
'Ohh I get it already, they will only come down when The Brow and Blue Clan are freed?'
'Well you know there is already a blue dragon in this world.'
'This is just a guess but William probably escaped that place by his portal magic.'
'Lux when your recovered enough to go back, please tell the head of your clan that if they ignore the call of the Guardian of the 3 World again there will be serious consequences.'
Lux nodded and looked a little frightened at Marika
'This is for you Carl, study hard because there will be more information coming.'
Carl took the documents from Marika and took a quick look at them.
"How are you going to pull that off?"
'Easy… I'll just start a little war.' Marika smirked.
Marika stood up and put Lux back on the ground. 'Lux since your condition is so similar to mine I'll give you something that may be useful and I want you to try it out.'
"What is that?"
'If you are aware you went through a stressful moment that would make you a child I want you to use your magic before that happens. It seems to work for me, I didn't regress to a 5 year old child.'
Lux nodded.
'Here take these, if you come to a place where there is nobody to lend you any energy, these will help you restore your energy.'
Marika walked towards the door to leave.
'O and Carl tell that other dragon that if he wants to hide…He should do a better job on hiding is presence.'
Marika left the ruins and took off to find Genus.
The white dragon appeared "You were right…She is very keen on things."
"Well I told you so, but she is very ticked off about you guy's not responding to her call."
"I can't blame her for that… Even I don't know what they are thinking anymore."
"But Lux what are you doing here? You know your body can't handle the stress."
"I'm sorry brother… I heard the call and I just…"
The white dragon sighed "I get it, you're lucky she found you and she could help you."
"I know that… but who is she?"
"She is Queen Yumaria of Virtus et Caeruleus Viridi, she is also the fiancé of King Richard Lunam of Lunae Lumen, and the new Guardian of the 3 Worlds" Carl answered his question.
"WHAT!!!!! And they purposely ignored her call? "
"Brother we need to tell her…"
"It's alright Lux, she probably already figured it out that you and your brother didn't want to ignore it, but were forced to do so." Carl said.
"Lux just return to the clan and relay her message."
"But don't let them find out she had seen you."
"Yes brother."
[Moon Clan]
Lux arrived and was back in his normal form.
"Clan head I have a message from my brother."
"Enter!"
Lux went inside and saw the daughter whining at her father, asking how long she had to wait so she could marry The Moon King.
"Just be patient for a little longer it won't be long now."
The Clan head then turned to Lux "So what is the message you have from your brother Lex?"
"It seems that the Guardian is very angry and that if we ignore her next calling there will be serious consequences."
"Ha…We don't need to fear for any consequences because when she frees the others she will not survive and there will be no guardian for a while."
"I also like to inform you that King Richard Lunam is currently engaged to Queen Yumaria of Virtus et Caeruleus Viridi."
"Well creating friction between the two of them won't be that hard to do."
"And on last thing, The Guardian has obtained the information on how to set the last two remaining clans free, now she only needs to find their location."
"Interesting, how long do you think it will take her?"
"Well to my calculations a month or two…"
The clan head then looked at his daughter, "You heard him, you just need to be patient for two more months."
'Alright father….'
Lux was done relaying the message and left the room.