-Next day-
I awoke to the warm light coming through the window. It was still early and a while before the next examination. I grabbed some clothes and went to the bath house. The servant bath house was still beautiful and warm. I quickly got in the jasmine filled water and washed my body and hair. After I exited the warm water, I wrapped a towel around my body. I exited the room to get dressed. I put on the uniform that was in my room. It was a red and white long flowy pants and a half sleeve shirt that overlapped and tied in the front. I tucked in my shirt and pulled my hair into a high bun. I had slight red ringlets that framed my face.
I sighed and headed to the sparring grounds. Once I had entered the large gym and checked in I was pointed towards the weapons area where I would pick the weapon I would like to use. There was an array of swords and malices. But what spoke to me was a medium size katana with the Athene Noctua crest surrounded by calla lilies held up by sparrows. I picked it up and was hit with a slight wave of nausea. I grabbed the table for support until the dizzying spell passed.
"It seems the sword you picked feels a connection to you. It's rare for that to happen during an examination." A warm familiar voice. I looked up through my ringlets to see the prince. Why is the man everywhere I am?
"Y-yah," I said standing, "I'm fine now." I laughed awkwardly holding my hand behind my back.
The prince picked up a long sword that was made of Ebony and encrusted with garnets in the hilt. He smiled at the sword and sheathed it. He turned and smiled at me.
"Shall we go together Jorgeana?" He asked with a cocked smile. My knees felt weak at the way he said my name. Damn these female hormones. I nodded with a flushed face and followed him into what they called the dome. They would announce who would fight each other soon. They called Egon first and put him against Damon, Damon was the son of Duke Sol. The Sol family had the crest of the sun half covered by a rose. They were known for the elemental fyre. Him and the prince clang their swords together with ample strength. They were evenly matched except no one knew what elemental the prince held. Damon lit his sword on fire and gave a cocky smile. He lunged at Egon with precision and strength, his face was full of surprise when Egon side stepped his attack and he missed.
Egon took advantage of his surprise and disarmed him in one fell swoop. Damon fell back onto his butt in surprise. That surprise was quickly replaced with anger. The Sparring Master called the match and called out the next match.
"Jorgeana Sparrow and Fallon Loch." I stood and breathed in and out to calm myself down. I entered the dome. I looked up as Fallon Loch entered. She was the daughter of the Duke Loch, their family was known for the elemental water. She was the blonde that had been angry when the prince was talking to me. This isn't going to go well for me. The Sparring Master permitted the start of the battle. I drew my katana and readied myself. Fallon did the same except she had chosen a short sword made of Valime. It was a rare metal in the Celetrail Empire. Her short sword looked as if it was woven with water spouts. It was tinged a beautiful blue that got darker towards the hilt and lighter towards the tip. The tip was nearly white. The sword she held was indeed beautiful. She lunged at me and I brought the sword up to protect myself from her attack. Since she was close to me she gritted out in anger. "He's mine, keep your commoner paws off of him." She seethed as I pushed her attack off of me. She shrouded her weapon with dark water, this would be lethal if it cut me, and came at me again. I side stepped the attack but she countered and hit me to the right. Luckily I was about to counter again. Just as her dark water got closer and closer to my face, my body exploded with light blasting her back. It lifted me up a few inches and then sat me back down. A wave of exhaustion hit me and I stumbled back. Before everything went dark I saw the kind familiar face catching me.
I found myself in front of an owl. He was the God that we worshiped in the Empire of Celestrail. I took in his white feathers. They must have been really soft by the looks of it. He had eyes that were the same color as Garnets. His beak was curved and the same color as a white pearls. He was breathtakingly beautiful and that was under exaggeration. He was old but young at the same time. He gave off the vibe of a being that was all knowing and wise. I was in awe of him to say the least.
"Child, you have grown into a great beauty. The power emanating deep inside you will continue to awaken. You will be the savior of the great empire of Celestrail." His voice came in a deep vibrance. It was soothing and lulling at the sametime. I wanted to bask in his voice.
"Save them how?" I asked but as he went to answer his voice went into a static. It was as if I was underwater and could hear him but couldn't comprehend it. I panicked as everything went black again. I was surrounded by nothingness and enveloped in pure bliss and ignorance of the dark once again.