It's been in total four moons that has passed and training was hard, we had been trained against difficult weather circumstances, learning the language , not that i had a problem with it but still it was the others that had a problem with it, Flyorian and Fionna even though their names start with the letter F , and each letter of their name becomes a number and for as far i know Fionna act like a six and Flyorian acts like a seven and i in fact am a four.
Just like those four moons, I am four and it has been exactly on the fourth day of the fourth moon that we heard about an announcement the queen mother had for us.
After that day when Fionna recovered , as she was arrogant and bold , she decided to join us, as if she had no choice, we would be nothing without her so she portrays.
Fionna had not spoken much about her experience with the dreams and the white eyes that happened to all three of us, but soon she had worked her place inside each of us even though her character was sometimes unbearable to Fly.
"How can even a princess act the way you act !? " , he scolds her , she snorts and responds very uninterested " I can't help it that I have flair and that you are jealous , feather feet", feather feet, that was the name she invented for him.
Because he looked like a fluff and he could walk on clouds while the rest of us needed special powers to do it. Her words not mine.
After all he is an aircreature, they have evolved just like that, only the universe knows why it does the things it does.
Anyway before it got heated I stopped them with a book falling on top of the table they were kibbling, " this…" starts the sentence i was about to make, by placing my other hand next to the book " is our new assignment we had of the next four month on the fourth cycle or whatever you guys calls it, but anyway the point is, this is your majesties way to tell us we are ready".
I looked at Fly and Fionna and you could see both of them had difficulties letting things go but Fly as always took the focus elsewhere ".. now mother is so further away she sends us letters " he said and Fionna rolls her eyes.
"Stop whining like a léléphan " , I just could not with those two, as if those creatures were whining ,they are more groaning in my opinion.
I opened the letter and dictate it , and they were back to attention.
"So what it says is that we need to find the Sister queen of their land , only then the royal court will work with us. When we bring their daughter home , they do not care much for their son since he can do whatever he wants..". Fly walks away towards the very tall invisible wall that shows us the outside world.
"I can relate somehow" he said and i caught Fionna staring very curious about his gaze, she then caught me staring at her and frowned at me while rolling her eyes to the other side, then she swung her body to the right, her gown following her.
I loved all the green and colorful ropes and belts she wore, she looked like a preeteen, ready to fight any battle coming her way.
Her wings are invisible and are only visible when flying.
I observe her for a few seconds more not saying anything and then walk towards the invisible wall where Fly stood and hand him over the letter.
" .. we have to prepare Fly for this , we are allowed to go alone but there is one thing i promised your mother to be.." hesitant to tell him, i bit my lip almost hard enough i could leave a mark.
He nodded, " I know, I need an Aldaan." i cut him before he started to explain " Yes, and this is me who will be your Aldaan for now since we are trained for this, besides we have Fionna being close to age ?" she stares at us disregarding what i just said.
I walked away from the wall and went to find the door.
"I'll think about it" he says, and I bow before I leave, the ceiling seems a bit more reachable, my back has been hurting a lot and my joints.
Of course you could tell me that it is because I train too much, but no this felt different, like I was growing everytime i woke up.
Life in this palace for fly must've been so lonely and judging by how engaged he is lately he has lost since what happened back then his fuel and smile.
During the preparation I started to see that everyone came to my room that night, to less complicate things by helping me out and such, I was grateful for this act.
Life here has lent me time to think, to observe and to feel things I normally never have felt.
Until now I have felt loss and abandonment.
But also I have known love and accomplishment.
Life here made me feel like I was not ready until it made me feel that I can figure things out and be ready.
So once the preparation was done we were ready to set out on that horrible sky dragon again.
I had voted to do this with the orb, but they said it would be too obvious , if we wanted to be undercover we should be able to just blend In with the population of Dakar.
Our plan to seek out the lost sister queen was settled and we headed out confidently.
We stood there waiting at the door to rise up and to let us get on the horsos.
Fionna of course wanted to fly there, but her wings would freeze so she ride behind Fly on his Horso.
While on our way to the dimension portal we called "the Sinces" there are two female guards guarding the entrance, holding each at the end a cord made out of gold.
It clear shows us we could not pass through unless Fly shows his crown.
The crown is his identity as a son of their kingdom and they are obligated to let the cord fall down.
The air we are walking on is always so romantic and cold , while the land is filled with forever sunsets.
We get out of the horsos and let them graze air.
Fly helps Fionna off his horso and she trips on her dress and falls in his arms, their is an awkward state for a moment and he coughs while letting him out of his arms.
" ..are you guys coming ? We have a queen to get back to her place.." he smiles and she gets but not her she is pissed off.
" .. drägun la ahr si flü ic wëlim fiye , si dom a fluv leh si suw", he says calling upon the sky dragon.
Their language sounds like air as if they are always breathing but out of breath at the same time, like a balance.
The portal opens and we enter after an approval by the guardians.
And so it closes after us once we step inside, I kept wondering why I could not understand very well what fly said to the dragon, " what did you say back then before we entered inside the portal?". He looks at me with a grin, I know him moons ago and knows him enough to not ask or he " let me explain.." he'll explain a whole history of a dragon now , what did I start?
"..many decades ago , their were plenty sky dragons in the sky , until one day a war destroyed many homes and many dragons, now occasionally they would breed but stay hidden and so are the dragons that are linked to their host body, the body is linked by two souls and those souls are the dragons home, so that the sky dragon keeps alive and will in return aid those two host..", meanwhile he explains all this , when we are giving our wagon tickets and luggages to transport to our chambers, ".. so I say the words whenever I need him , I say , sky dragon so gracious I meet you , so take me far as I see through, it means that the dragon will meet us whenever we call for it whenever I need it and the portal will open then because we Lyor's are closed off from everyone from the world.." , we entered the wagon and walked down the hallway of the wagon everyone going to their rooms and we did the same.
Fionna stopped Fly for a second and asked Fly something, but I couldn't hear their conversation.
Fly seemed to day something that had made her understand something but made her uneasy too.
She walks past me and takes her luggage , walks next to me and then says "..shall we ?" , I nodd , I admired her boldness and nonchalant behavior but I kind of was uneasy by her arrogance and overly confidence which may be faked.
I got a déjà vu being in the wagon, we went to each our chambers and this time I noticed Fly being a little further from us , he had also not put his royal crown on his head.
He wears also red and black with golden long sleeves that covers his arms and hands, the black long cloth with the signature and the puffs on each side of his shoulder.
He looked pretty cute, and was also walking like he was free.
I on the other hand had leggings for the first time, a frill in her neck looking like a sunflower and a hat slash bandana on my head covering the mistakes.
Long boots in black.
Fionna followed us by putting too much but also not less.
She dragged me then into our cabinet and it looked amazingly very majestic then the last one I had with Piapa.
I then sat on one of the beds , claiming it to be mine and then when I look at the window and Fionna joins next to me , my head that was fixed towards the clouds now stares at her beautiful green eyes.
" ...what is this expression?" She asked me, caressing her cheek, I then gathered the courage and responded with " hope".
It is true , hope is what keeps me going forward. She pat's my back and says " then believe every bit left of it, special warrior.." she then removes her hand and sits a bit further with her head down , staring at her hands.." I asked her then " back then what did you wiser in his ears? " She stares at me for a second and then takes a deep breath before answering.
" .. I asked him if he was the dragon..", I frown and tilt my head to the side with my mouth open.
" Is he?", It could be possible because he was the only one with sharp vampire teeths.
But if he is the dragon then there must be another one too.
" ..if feather feet would tell me all of it , then I would have answered little kriebird..", she answered.
We decided to call it a day and unpack some because it would be a long ride to Darkar.
The next morning I woke up to the sound of the dragon's breathing. Sometimes when the wagon is silent we could hear him breathe a bit louder than usual.
It sounded like an earthquake but no walls and ground were shaking.
I go to the bathroom taking all my clothes before doing so, the door was tricky because it would not open as any door.
No, it opened as a wall going up, so you had to wait a little bit.
Inside the walls were painted plain white and it was made out of soft tissues.
The sink was round and there was a holographic mirror.
There was a shower that would come out of the ceiling and there was a toilet also plugged to the wall.
Yes, shians also poop and piss if that is what you were curious about, anyway I started to brush my teeth, did my shower routine and then did my business on the toilet.
I dressed nicely just like I was fought by the lunar queen and I was ready to go.
I went out the bathroom and decided to wake up Fionna.
" ..wake u- .. oh.." I said when I saw her eyes already open.
"..what a sunny day , I must say little kriebird.." she says yawning, she then sits up straight, stretches her arms and teleports into the bathroom and then comes back.
" ..how do I look?" , I was more stunned than surprised and asked myself how she did that.
"...how…? When..? ...I mean lovely" I responded but her face looks discomforted , " ..you didn't pay attention did you , look your surten?" She insisted and so I've took a long stare before responding to her and so I repeated that she looked lovely and now she believed me.
The thing is with her , what I noticed was she had a small heart, she adaps fast to situation and her bravery was overwhelming, she also had powers that had to do with nature, giving dead plants new life and breathing life into trees , but teleportation? I did not see that when we were training at flyor.
We had breakfast and had to meet up with Flyor at the table with all other voyagers.
We found him on level two and he was sitting there looking sore, but when he heard my voice calling for his name his eyes lifted up and smiled from long ear to ear.
The eating room looked so cute , all the voyagers were mostly Lyor's or leavers but I noticed also some voyagers looked different then others.
There was a female creature , pale skin almost white as paper , with black eyes and her ears up as a panda bear. She wears dark red pants and black long leather jacket, exposing her arms.
She was muscled.
Looking around, and seeing all those differences but being able to peacefully coexist, comes to my mind that humans only avoid each other whenever a human sees another. We only stand close to each other only whenever we must but Shians, they coexist, they try to understand each other.
I sit next to Fly and Fionna face to face.
While I continue observing I do the child thing I always do , placing my head somewhere to find affection and since I adore Fly as my friend I place my hand on his shoulder.
He and Fionna's stare at each other and then scan the room, like they were alert.
" Uhm little kriebird?" She hesitated, I then lifted up my head and gave her attention " don't do that in public…" I was confused " do ..what?" I asked and she was coughing a bit showing she was uncomfortable, then someone passed by.
It was the servant, a beautiful black haired Lyor with very blue eyes, she was amazingly cute. Lyors had this angelic blue faces at first they make you scared but eventually they make you fall in love, i sit straight observing the scene she ask us which food we would like i let the others order and give a pinch to Fly , looking at him and he knew he had to order for me "..and she would like to have Kelleh , with the sura on top".
The female lyor whips her hair back and nods, she was probably the first to serve others.
as soon as she walks away i ask " I have never seen that haircolor on a female lyor why is it black?" My compagnions looked at me frowning as if they did not understand the color I just mentioned.
"Daughter of the sun, are you color blind?" they've asked in union, i then respond " no this color is black right? the hair i saw was.." he then responded to me " the name of that color is urianum , a color you don't seem to see and replaced it with the color black" , a color named urianum ? What would that be? ".. Do you mean that there are colors that I can't see to perceive well in this world? " I am shocked by the news " .. i think so because i could not explain it to you if you have never seen it , dear kriebird".
I stand up and then see another color and say " and the one then that hair color is definitely fluo yellow " , Fly then sits up and say " That color is called midin, it's also a color I can't describe like the princess said ''.
I am so stunned by it that i sit back in my seat, wondering about my whole existence.
" ..Then here in this world i can't perceive the colors of some animals and shians" i constate.
An hour later after that delicias kelleh i had , whatever that may be because it looks like something i would never have but i had to survive in this world and know the foods i never even heard the name of, but it was delicious and even tastes that i never have known they existed.
I took a few steps and we saw the sky flying by the window.
I decided to gaze and made a stop there, the other two standing next me , placed each hand on my shoulder.
I regret seeing these moments with creatures I am getting to know and some I am about to know for a year and not with the ones I was born with" When is your birthday prince Fly?" i ask softly while staring at the clouds and he says " we shians do not celebrate the years we are born in, but we do celebrate the days we are gone and for some reason we consider ourselves to be here on this planet and to exist, the moons past and the sun time comes and one day we all go from this planet, we are just visitors who possess a body until it's time returning to stardust". He was right, we are just voyagers of this universe, but I wondered and got more curious about the year cycle and I asked " how many moons there are in a year? " he then does not understand this and says " 24 moons " i was shocked. It means that a year is two years and that my birthday is in another year from now.
" Now i understand why Shians live longer than humans..", i now took a gaze at Fionna who was strangely quiet back then, you could see that she enjoyed our company.
One day i will have a fight and they will be by side , they will fight it, " i can't seem to guess who are the other two elements we have to find next.." she finally says and then Fly took a deep inhale " ..I think we will find out in five days, the night is falling let's return to our chambers and try to enjoy this ride for a little while, now that we can " and so it was decided.
For the past few days we have spent enormous time in that wagon. We had met a lot of others and had conversations about ourselves, about our past and about who we are just to get to know each other a little better, me and Fly understood who Fionna was.
Not always that arrogant as she made us think of her, sure she had this aura about her that you just wanted to strangle her at times but she was big and soft.
The day came and a huge storm had hit us, the wagon started to shake and wobble, the passengers had to make sure they were seated on the special chairs made outside the cabin doors.
We all knew the danger of this trip and how hard it would be but still we made it, the thunder starting to go louder and louder and the dragon uncontented growl we could hear it tremble inside, we all covered our ears and made sure we were glued to a chair somewhere.
all of a sudden a storm hit the cabinet of a passenger, and the door flew from out of the cabinet and fell against the walls , a cold creeping in and how afraid we all where, the storm was harder this time around and so i decided to detach myself wich Fly was not happy with " no daughter of the sun !" he held my hand and stared at my eyes " do not do anything that could bring others in danger, let nature take place !" I detached myself from him but then flew to the other side and hit a wall, a big pain growl came out of my mouth but then I immediately felt the floor and slided towards Fly direction and Fionna grabbed my hand on time " Fionna ! " i say shouting above the sound and the terror, the shaking and trembling.
I was nauseous, almost time to give up on this and hoping we safely land , but seeing the situation it would be at least an hour from now before I will get there " ..I have an idea ! Fionna uses your power to stop the hole from expanding further and you Fly use your air ability to help the dragon back on a balance " they knew immediately what to do and to not get exposed i had to blind the voyagers for a moment.
My light did the work they made them forgetful calm and Fiona spread the wood to reconstruct the cabins while Fly controlled the weather circulation around the dragon.
We held it for almost an hour until the dragon found his balance, he then stabilized and we then could let go , we all went back to normal.
Me and my friends came back to each other and we said the word for coming back to ourselves, " the light can dim, the air may be still and nature has risen, we are now back to calm" and so we were.
We stared at each other and then at the surroundings the voyagers were silent, the storm had calmed down and the dragon was still, no more movement. No sign of recognizing of what had just happened, as if everyone went about doing their business , it was then that we heard "VOYAGERS OF THE SKYDRAGON WE HAVE NOW ARRIVED AT DARKAR , TAKE YOUR LUGGAGES AND FIND YOUR EXIT, MAKE SURE YOU DID NOT FORGET ANYTHING AND BE CAREFUL OF STOLEN GOODS, DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR MASK", so it sound from the radio and so we did what was told and found our luggages and checked if we were not tricked with stolen goods.
It was only the four of us that had taken the skydragon for the stop at Darkar. I had a cape and a mask against the hard weather and so had Fionna and Flyorian.
It was said that Darkar was known for its mask obligation, since the cousin war they had been living this way.
"..It's …a cave.." i said , the voyager that stepped off with us walked towards us and Fionna stopped him from going any further " What do you want?", she sure was straightforward.
He steps back and then inhale whilst we approached the shian " we promise to not harm you, our friend just want us to know what you would want from us" he reassured him and so the shian respond " i can see that you are knew here, maybe i can help you find your way?" , we all searched for some confirmation from each other and then i handed out a map to the voyager " .. i see the markings , you wish to reach the Kartuu city where the sister queen is situated?" we nod all three and so he gives out his hand saying he'll help us out on our search.
We found ourselves a guide, but we did not fully trust him until we saw how pationated he was about the scripted ancient words inside the vulcan cave of Darkar.
" This looks like one of our old lyor languages .. " says Fly i then take the moment to show off " yes it is indeed i saw it back at Lyor , where there was a book with ancient stories about the history of Darkar and other stories, it was written in the same languages".
It surprised Fly that I read and I could see a grin on his face, i passed by the walls and talked with the voyager for a while. Later I found out about Fionna's question she had asked Fly while I was wondering about the voyager.
"You like her do you?" she had asked him and he answered in a shy manner " like i do but .. she must not know " i had never known that part of that story and how it further developed but for all i know is that he never truly said it and so i did never ask it.
We walked now for a while and exited the cave, we automatically looked above us and saw that we were in a big hole, but above us there was a bridge made out of metal.
Wondering how to get there, Fionna and Fly had been asking me to use their powers for this occasion, but meanwhile I found a push in the wall , and that push gave us a stair that made us go upstairs to reach the bridge.
Once using that stair we eventually reached the bridge and had to traverse it, it was decorated with beautiful light bubbles and we enjoyed the atmosphere even though it was toxic.
Somehow it has its flair.
We eventually parted our ways with the voyager once he brought us to the huge wall.
There were two statues standing in front of us and it had the head of an animal i'll try to describe, it could be compared to a reindeer.
"..those are…" i try to say " Horsos" he finishes, and indeed they where , it was a old representation of what Lyors cousins are but yet they still in a cold war.
you could not see it and there might not be dust spoiled but they were in conflict.
we decided to enter but there was no gate there was no guard, how would we even begin to go inside?
"I have an idea ! I use my wings ? But oh wait ! I can't because it is stupid ! I can't Fly in this weather. Losing wings means losing my life !" , says Fionna, very annoyed, she then walks away and finds a rock to sit on.
" and using our powers to go inside a wall.. that's crazy.." says Flyorian, i then have no hope when they exclude all the thoughts i already have besides we are all kids without guides telling us what to do.
"..guys, when we do not have those powers, what do we do? because if we are only going to rely on them whenever something doesn't go our way, we will be weak by the moment we face a bigger enemy. Fionna, when was the last time you just used your scouting skills and your own ability as a leaver and Flyorian , you have communication skills like no other, you know what to say, how to convince , don't tell me you read books for nothing? come on you guys let's start finding alternatives to get inside the walls of kartuu..", it looked like i inspired them and they were determined to do something without the ability we had, so at that very moment an old female shian passes by with a cart she has been carrying.
In that there were cages and boxes, wondering what was in it, she stopped and then I pushed Fly to talk to her because she creeped me out.
He trembles and then she speaks the Darkarian language we have been trying to learn for the past moons.
"Dear lady we would like to go inside the wall we have business with the queen and we would like to-" he sees her handing over an orb, and he took it, she then goes forward and goes in front of the door and a soft speech came out of her tender mouth and thankfully the wall creates a door and the door opens by itself, she then looks slowly back at us and we could see she meant for us to follow.
So we did, " well done" I whisper to Fly his ears and he giggles , Fionna rolls her eyes " Oh dear devine mid-air goddess" she would say, but we didn't seem to care, the walk past the gate was so far that my legs began to be sore, we suddenly see a lot of light bulb representing the sun to illuminate the city of Darkar.
The buildings where huge and locked like blocks and it was common to place a huge monster head upon the building to scare foreigners away, i presume but it was from an ancient story that sycromono told us about during the learning months that the had once air creatures, that the skydragon also had sky mammals that looked like fish to my point of you but would call them Felehel, the once flew in the sky when darkar and lyor was one country when the whole continent had one leadership and where female and male where once equal.
all of that went away when there was a war going on after the last Euos and they separated the country forever. Now they are cousins but evolution made them look a little different.
Anyway we've finally are in the city and it was time to finally start our mission, we walk around and it seem to be a very busy city, you could see the frustration of the darkarians, about the next payment they have to make or the next food they order and the expenses it had and then also the gossips about the queen.
Those gossips made Fionna very curious and curiosity was also my middle name so I joined her, i could see that she was good with locals and that she even picked up the language faster than me and Fly did , because we were still on a level of asking directions and knowing where to go.
"..so the yellow eyes are the ones you saw in a female darkarian when you passed her by? How is that even possible we all know those eyes belonged to the chosen queen and kings of the palace..'' one of the female darkarian said and Fionna then say " but what did you say to that woman then, when you passed her by? Did you compliment her eyes? " the woman started to laugh out loud and one of them then speak out appearing from out of nowhere with a bowl of soup for everyone " .. claiming someone else could be the sister queen is ridiculous Cura, Terne and Siskinia, we saw that beautiful girl, but if we keep saying that we saw her you know that anybody outside the gate with these eyes will be immediately put to dust, so if you don't want to be the next person disappearing , i suggest you let it go and let the leaver do her life", the other woman seemed very on edge so Fionna bid them farewell and complemented their bread, she shares it with me and i accepted it.
" So eventually we do not know anything more, then a girl being outside the gate with the eyes of the sister queen, you are welcome…" I snort when she snows off and then toast on it with our bread that she had shared with me.
We eventually had to find a place to crash and recharged from the trip. We also sought Flyorian when we found him staring out a window . We approached him, the shop had amazing colors and nice decorations , you would not say it was a place where meat and fish would be sold.
"They are meat eaters? Aren't there any fruits?" He was very insecure about the situation, they decided to go on to ask directions , after all we werent there to buy.
"Welcome to my shop, what can i get you?" A female darkarian called Lilem Ca'ar at least that is what the name tag said.
We all hesitant to answer that question and Fionna took it over again " so you sell meat, we are not meat eaters but my sibling here would love fish, but my friend from the sky can't eat it because he lives a certain way, could you just slize us a nature mammal that taste refreshing thank you.." Lilem nods and does as she was asked when she was done cutting and then handed over to Fionna, Fionna gaf her the exact amount of what she asked as money.
"Oh.. I almost forgot, do you know where fruitarians can eat fruit?" the woman nodded and responded " fruits can be found at the market and are very expensive, and also very dangerous to eat in this area, make sure to eat it cooked.
Fly nods and then takes my hand to make me follow him to the exit.
We eventually found the building and inside it looked very cute but with the light off you could feel there is paranormal activity in the house, but once we entered all our room, it was amazing to see that it is clean and a voice telling us where to stand or what to do, equipped with gadgets, we were determined to fight over a suit room, and Fionna wanted to cook for us that night so we let her, she seemed very composed and tough but she cares sometimes.
You can see it in the way she moves , that's how she likes you and the way she talks to you, it is less arrogant but you can see more depth.
We ate our soup and had conversations at the table, we found an inn where you cook for yourself, because literally in darkar no one trust their own customers and the food in inns.
Eventually our soup was digested and we started to explore each on our own way, Fly wanted to rest in one of the chairs and read a book, Fionna wanted to take some air outside, even though she would have to wear a mask all the time.
I on the other hand had some exploring to do around the inn.
I walked down the hall and you could hear the clicking sound of my feet and the laughter coming out , out of each resident.
The walls had a dark red color and the ground was made out of carpet, I guess easier for the keepers of the inn to clean.
The walls had no decorations apart from light bulbs, they really did love their lights.
I walked a little further and see strange plants decorated on the floor there is an innkeeper and i decided to talk to him.
"..Hi stranger" he said, noticing me approaching him. I understood immediately that this person was waiting for me to ask "i..am here …because I wanted to know something…" came out very insecure.
He does not seem to ask , he just smiles and his eyes directed to the plants he is taking care off.
" My plants are the first ones to live in this atmosphere, the first ones that will help darkar breaths again.." he sounded convinced.
It is true that living with a mask your whole life is a problem.
I observed him and he seemed a person that was composed and besides I would trust any person that takes care of plants.
I then gather my thoughts and ask him the questions " do you know anything about the sister queen?" He now flinsh, that's what triggered him , he shakes his head " I..have to go" he said and even if I attempted to talk to him again he would walk away anyway.
I realized that talking to locals and innkeepers would be a bad idea, because in the city Kartuu.
So I decided to change plans. I go back to our room, I don't see Fly anymore , I am looking around and hear the shower running, he probably really felt dirty.
Eventually I had nothing to do and waited for a little while, until he finished his shower and he did , he was already dressed and I was almost dying from waiting.
He then comes out while drying his hair and i saw the beautiful wet blue skin shimmering in the room, " gorgeous " i whisper out , you could tell i was very intrigued by everyone, but yet again i remember Piapa once told me my hormones developing, it is true that i started certain hormonal behavior which could explain the activation of my powers and why it was so uncontrolled.
Sometimes I could control them, other times, luckily I wasn't the only one that had to put on a pad whenever blood flowed down my legs.
I explain, whenever a shian starts to bleed they are emotionally under control, of course they have to be already in a certain age, while for humans it differs, you can be a child and develop it and a pre teen and start to feel it.
But I got soft cloth that would help me prevent it and I would then ask a female shian to help me out , ask questions but the only one I could really talk about my hormones with is Piapa who is now the Lunar queen with a name I easily forget.
It was then I got out of my bubble when I got caught creepingly staring at him, but he would still be uncomfortable because he would somehow understand the gaze I have.
" ..daughter of the sun? " he asked because he was curious why i was sitting in a chair " ..so Fly it has been how many moons now that we have known each other?" I ask to start a conversation.
"..we have known each other for one year , why ?" he answered , followed by another question and i answered "..well, sinds we know each other for about one year, why are you still calling me the daughter of the sun? " I observed how he would react and he reacted very shy " because.There are titles and we should use titles if it doesn't mean that we become more…unless we are?" He tried to fish out something and so I then responded " we are.." and he then had this stare that looked like his whole life was rewritten "..you are my friend" i said and then walked towards the doorway.
He frowns a little bit confused " I am your friend?" he repeats it but then more like a question.
I nodded and sign him to follow me , how come that signs even are as universal on other planets it's like we are not that different at all and that all organism has a feeling of knowing what each means without a word that has been told, it's about behaviors and not about what others really have to say but somehow it dances all together in one ball.
as if we wore dresses and ties and danced with smiles on our faces and the cheeks becomes flushed because of the activity, he follows me blindly that means he trust me and someone you trust is someone you love it does not always means it to be more because for me this is already close to family.
We slowly walk towards the direction I want to take, " should we not wait till the princess comes?" he attempts to question, but it seemed i had no ear to even answer that so i started to talk about something that was totally beyond my thoughts, i explained him about how it was possible that the sister queen is hiding inside the city Kartuu and not outside and that maybe she had left the city a long time ago.
But since he pointed out that those were not the reasons, I explained how odd it felt to ask locals of the city about the princess, as if they had no clue but were afraid to be questioned by the answer.
We also had the clue about turning to dust.
Anyway I had the idea that we should search for more clues and my instinct says follow the fishy scales and corpses that linger around the city.
We came outside and met Fionna. Finally she then asked us where we were heading towards, we explained to her that we would find clues around the city, and analyze what people were saying, we also had a duty to go to the castle.
But my backbones tell me it is too easy and that there must be a reason why the sister Queen disappeared.
We went back to the shop of Lilem Ca'ar , we entered and convinced her to watch an eye out for a darkarian with yellow eyes and if she had seen a shian like that she had to contact us immediately.
The meat and fish shopkeeper gave us the opportunity to rely on her and so we did, we walked a bit back towards the inn, but at times like these i like to wander off into an non existing place where there is just me.
It was night and the lightbulb on the streets got dimmed, me and Fionna shared a bed and we all decided to go in early.
" Is there really no other way of how we can catch her and get back?" asked Fionna, Flyorian then shrugged his voice and said " somehow I wished we were not the ones to bring her back to a place she might have found.
I chose to not speak about it, because I really did not want to know until I really did.
The next day we went when the sun was very high up in the sky , we were in front of the shop and we saw that the door was slightly open, even a little bit broken.
glass was on the ground and i remember the shop being very empty, it was not very alive and once we stepped inside, Fionna ran upstairs after noticing footsteps on the ground.
She can notice these things because of her power, Fly sensed the air, he had judged it colder than it was ever, normally the vibe in the shop made you warm.
Now it felt like it was deserted.
"Call me weird you guys but.. , this morning i did not see the gardener, he was gone.. Can this be a link between the two?" , my speculations and imaginations could run wild but not my hunch.
Fly places his thinker finger on his chin, he does that whenever he is making something up in his head " it also can be so that he is on vacation" , it could be but it has too much coincidence into the fact that when i asked about the sister queen he avoided me and walked away.
it's not later that we heard a scream. I ran towards that scream followed by Fly and what I had seen was the most horrific thing I've experienced in my life.
This time it wasnt a ladybug but the owner of the meat and fish shop was cut open, bleeding in a closed with her mouth closed.
It was the first time I saw purple blood dissolving into stardust.
" … who did this?!.." , ask Fly all emotional by taking her hand.
She whispered something in his ears and then she died , dissolved into stardust.
Fionna had a small bottle in her bag and collected Ca'al her sample of what was left over from her.
"..Why did you carry a death bottle with you?", she asks and eventually gets an answer " we Shians all carry death bottles unless you come from a better environment as your majesty. We collect her as evidence because she is a victim and they might want to know what happened but we need to report it before anything else.
" Then I will report this , they will believe me as a Lyor who does not engage in violence.." , we nod at him and me and Fionna went searching the area after she gave him the bottle.
" ..in case you were wondering , he is a very reliable friend" she whispered to my ears and I was a little bit taken back by it for a fact. How did she know about our conversation?
We came to the back alley behind the shop , there was less light, we saw fishnets and a few rotten organs hanging out of trash.
Or maybe an animal had scratched it and it opened by itself.
But there had to be more evidence to proof that our mission was far to important then just a scratch on a garbage bag.
"..There!." Yells Fionna and starts running , but gets fast exhausted because she is not a runner, more a flying Shian.
I then handled it. I ran an hour behind that person, past alleys I don't know , kicked some Shians out of the way, jumped over fences and found some objects to launch it at that Shian.
Eventually I got tired of this and then I yelled " STOP" , my power came out uncontrollable this time , I got afraid of it it weakened the person and made the person fall and for a moment there I thought this was it, this was my first kill, then strangely the male Shian rises up just like back at the palace with Fly and Fionna the same way, he then came back to his conscious his eyes where white just like me.
I sensed the person he was , I attracted the Shian like a pull towards me , he tries to struggle a strong one he was indeed, until he stands in front of me less than two footsteps.
" . Reveal yourself .." I say with a magnetic voice he then answer or maybe it's not him " I am ..Dak...brother of Matta..we did not harm the darkarian, we saw it happen.." and so the real truth came out , I got for a little moment my control back and tried to let him down slowly on the ground.
But then another power I felt , another pull I was controlling " let...us ...go" she mumbled, I turn around and then I see " sister queen?!" A big shock to this event , she became Matta from the moment she came to me " ...reveal yourself !" I yelled and she then respond " over...my ...dead …..body!!" And pushed me back with a circled aura pushing me on the ground.
" … do not control me ! I am uncontrollable , you could have asked nicely and above all you attacked my other half ! I will not forgive you.." my powers sustained and I became myself …When I open my eyes I saw yellow eyed Shians looking at me , their gaze was very deep and mysterious.
" .. I ...I'm sorry … we did not mean to do this… oh god .. it's been like this all morning we gained these powers once we came back from the city, we did not mean for harm I just wanted to protect my brother." I hand her out my hand while she rambles.
I take out dirt from my skirt and then speak to her " … you must be Matta and he must be Dak, together you are the host of Dak matta, the fifth element.. We were looking for the fourth element but instead we got the fifth. Perhaps it was just two Shians I had to come and take.." , this makes this mission totally not what I've expected.
They look at each other and then stare at me. They look much older than the rest of us.
" ..we don't understand why we have those powers and how you know me .." she said , I had to play this smart.
I had asked her to follow me and at least testify what happened to the meat and fish owner.
Eventually we let the case be handled by the police and we could finally go home with our new friends to explain to them why we came here.
So sinceI knew the right guy to inform them I preferred to take it to them , I waited outside with Fionna at a small cozy restaurant, which was apparently rare, the moment we sat down and had our juices and food, we did not really took the time to talk to each other more worries came in, and we looked at how there was a big opening , outside metal creates and the restaurant made out of special darkwood, it smelled delicious, also inside there is the bar at where you can see a darkarian brute tending it.
big belly and a lot of talk, i was seriously worried about his condition too, the ceiling had druids on , strange cifers that looked like your brain cells calling for help in a very disturbing way.
There we had ordered food , you can imagine how a bunch of kids running behind a possible criminal could lead to that. Here Fionna as a fruitarian could enjoy herbal fruit tea and koka kulim , it was a delicious dish foreigners get. fruits and vegetables get imported from out of other city, but it is not often made , but also meat, the meats here are delicious certain flavor i could place, but of course i still crave for chicken from time to time.
Me and Fionna speculated how the conversation would be and would end up mimicking Flyorian for some reason, and here I noticed something, she smiled.
I had never seen her like that " it seems that this trip is doing it for you " i would say then, she then as always tried to figure out my expressions " .. what and who would do what and how to me or for me? nobody would dare" i laugh a bit and then explained it to her she felt a little embarrassed and so i then said " thank you for being part of my element" she then smiles genuinely whips her hair and then say " it's an art to be " silence came between the two of us but then when the food came we started giggling again.
After a long hour the all came down and the two were informed about Ocean and what they are to her.
"Daughter of the sun, there is one condition which I want to make, if I go on this mission of saving the world with you and all of you.." I nod whilst she says " I do not see why i should return to a prison whilst doing so" I tilt my head to the side, not understanding " A prison you say.., what do you mean by that? Did they imprison you in your own castle?", the sister queen asked me to be calm because eyes are on her.
"My brother has helped me escaped and i had no voice , everything is run on my name but i am not making the call, they force me to be chained and enclose me in a room for years, one day my brother who is my twin, saw the problems i had to face and he broke me out of it, to never return home , going home will take away my freedom unless.." there was a hunch of course, she would say unless something else so i do the gesture of explaining.
" Unless you end the cousin war and make Lyor and Darkar one again, let us rule as one nation instead of two and lift up the corruption that caused our world to become like that and then i will, i will work together with you, but for now we will not go with you, let us live our lives outside the gate and we will be at your aid", she has asked a lot of me but it was reasonable, i as well know that i am forced by destiny to do this .
But still it's an heroic thing to do, i do not despise it anymore but one day i am going to be woman and one i am going to feel what she feel, trapped and here in this world i am free because of my position and title, but yet if i reveal my secret i will be dead.
So i promised her something " I will make you queen instead of a sister queen and the idea of forming one nation with your cousins are what it should be, but their people can't be without queen, if i do not bring you back we do not know where the others are and so we could never start the big mission if i do not find my other elements…unless, i tell your mother the elder, that we found you and that we take you in charge so that at least by doing this , this can be your freedom, going on missions..which means the prophecy of the daughter of the sun has to be risen above the myth.Everyone worried for me at some point but i see the sister queen as determined.
Both want things but proposing the elder something more interesting then getting her daughter back , was the plan all along, but now i get why the queen mother wanted that, she knew and yet again was one step ahead which means that she knows that the solution of reuniting the two and ending the cousin war is of necessity and that is something I had to do.
After a long night we decided to think further about it, we got the address of where the sister queen will be waiting for my definite answer on this matter and will await what the judgment of the elder will be, at the other hand if she had been found it means that no matter where she will go she is maybe already found and it's better to stop hiding all together now that she puts her hope on me. I hope I will try to honor by protecting another female from her freedom by breaking rules in a diplomatic way.