Aries was a royal Phoenix, royal Phoenix remember their life as a Phoenix and the memories carried over. Along with their powers. Meaning it carried over into their next lives. She was turning 500 years old and sweeping the floor as always.
"Geez your such a hard worker." (Flora)
Nobles and royal females were priestesses. The ratio of female to males for Phoenix were a 50:2. Only the royals were pure breed without missing with other races. She smiled at Flora, all Phoenixes had photographic memories. By nature Aries loved to help people, she was gentle, kind, caring and responsible. She was the 1st eldest among her 14 siblings. She had raised most of them from a young age like a mother would. Ridus her only male sibling was cast out for being not a Phoenix. Phoenixes were supposed to awaken at age 9 with their powers. A sigh escaped her as she thought of how rough his life most be to be thrown away at that age.
They, the Phoenixes lived on a floating island. They've been at war for many generations and centuries against the dragons. So finding out that her brother was a Chaos dragon it was only reasonable that he was casted aside. She sighed, she was only 158 years old at the time he was casted out. She had no power to go against the mass. She was protecting the rest of her siblings as best as he can after that. Her age was now 500, her best friend Flora seemed more excited than her.
"So what do you think of dragons." (Flora)
Seeing her giggle, Aries raised a eyebrow as she just lightly smiled. "Cocky, arrogance, and short tempered. Well that's only for most of them. The rest are ok since their blended into modern society."
"So anything about the elders." (Flora)
Aries groaned,"Don't get me started they want me to do requests for killing monsters, people and other races. So are the missions they sent me. Which I denied, I only do things such as healing, helping the people and training the younger generation."
"Don't forget taking in the children and taking care of them." (Flora)
A smile came from Aries as she gave her best friend a happy expression.
"Any news on your little brother." (Flora)
"He doesn't wish to be found." (Aries)
"Guess you staying her for a day is enough now go home you funny girl. Don't say that it's cause your pride as a priestess either." (Flora)
"Yes, yes it's my birthday." (Aries)
"Glad to know the birthday girl is now a teenager and she has support of the mass." (Flora)
Aries rolls her eyes as she went to put on her clothes. Earlier she was in a yukata instead. So she's now in her miko outfit the only different is the bottom was red instead of blue like the nobles. She carefully followed the grey stepping stones to outside Flora's mansion. She enjoyed much of the time she spent with her friend just chatting to release stress. The elders which she spoke with Flora were old Phoenixes that made the rules and laws for them to live with. They had more authority in the say of things that went on the island.
Her parents couldn't do much about the decisions decided by those elders. She clutched for her jade pendant on her neck. But remembering she lost the pendant the day before. It was the only thing her mother gave her. When she was young she was so happy about it, but now that she thought back on it her mother didn't care about it. Much to her sadden mood she tried to rid herself of. She was 500 years old, which in Phoenix years barely a teen. A adult in Phoenix years was 2500 years old. She was much too young and inexperienced by their standards.
Aries seemed confused when she saw her siblings pointing their bow and arrow at her. These sisters she helped raise were holding their weapons to her.
"Older sister, I ask you why did you have to kill the Tervic noble family. To plunge their whole estate into a bloody mess without leaving a witness." (Diamond)
Aries blinked at her younger sister, she was with Flora for the past day or so. The day before that she was at the hot springs which she lost her pendant. She was not clueless to guess that her pendant was probably found at the crime scene. Just the question is who and why they put the blame on her.
She was shocked her sisters fired their arrows at her. It was her protecting them, keeping them safe from harm. Raising them in her parents stead. Yet for her to be betrayed by her sisters who didn't even question the elders who said it was her that did it. Aries knew something was fishy, she just couldn't attack her sisters. It broke her heart that those sisters she helped raise and care for didn't question the words of a stranger, (aka: elders) rather than her who raised them with care.
Anyone that knew Aries would know that she wouldn't hurt someone. She disliked killing in general. She'd cry before even thinking of it, if she saw a injured monster she'd use healing magic instead. Aries taught children how to read, right and how to defend themselves. Rather the masses were on her side, feeling threaten the elders wanted to rid themselves of her. But her reputation was too clean and she was kind to others.
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She'd deny any and all requests they send her way to get rid of her by having her kill. What they didn't expect was her stubbornness and resolution to stick to it to the end. Never harming others. She was too kind and would never seek revenge.
A arrow hit her close to her heart as she got herself out of shock and confusion. She didn't know who wanted her gone nor why'd they go so far to taint her name with killing a noble house she didn't even know or see. Aries changed into her Phoenix form and flew away. Her flying didn't get her too far from the floating island as she was injured and came crashing down instead.
"I who did nothing but help others is betrayed by those I cared for. Framed for a crime that anyone smart enough would notice that I didn't do so. Those without a clear head would attack me on sight." (Aries)
'I'm dying fast, these wounds are mostly in my vitals. The only one that isn't is the one close to my heart. Diamond shot me there. Here hand was shaking as she did so,' Aries thought.
"Well look who we have here, the 1st princess."(???)
Aries' eyes widen as she saw the green haired man in a casual fashion. A buttoned up t-shirt with short sleeves, black jeans and brown boots. She knew his eyes anywhere, it was her 9th younger sibling Ridus. He who was casted aside by her parents. His right eye was silver while the left one was a blue color. Ridus stared back at the beautiful lady in front of him, her turquoise hair color was stained in her silver blood. His eyes narrowed to her chest, his only though was so she inherited mother's genes with the giant chest. But his eyes widen as he fell on the arrow coming out of her.
"Sister what happened to you? What would lead to have the gentle you in such a state? To be pierced by another royal's arrow." (Ridus)
"Framed." (Aries)
He stared at her blinking as he looked around the forest to see the damage. They were in a forest clearing but he still looked around and shocked to see the star the forest was in.
"Your heavily injured yet you can still joke." (Ridus)
"I wasn't joking when I was saying framed. My jade pendant is missing since yesterday. Yet today on my birthday when I'm heading home I get ambushed by my sisters asking why'd I kill a noble's house without leaving anyone alive. They seemed shocked. I put 2 and 2 together, seeing as I have a missing pendant no memories of said nobles. It's easy to understand frame is the correct words." (Aries)
"Sister your dying and knowing you, you wouldn't even hurt anyone." (Ridus)
"Aww don't sound so depressed." (Aries)
"But sister that's not something you'd do. Once sisters they have a clear head they'd be able to think about it." (Ridus)
"It's kinda too late." (Aries)
"Aries, 1st eldest sister I'm not letting you die." (Ridus)
"Good to know you still care about me." (Aries)
She smiled to Ridus.
"Lost Art: body sharing." (Ridus)
The lost art that Ridus had used allowed the other person to be able to live and heal themselves but instead of having them die. They'd share the body with the original owner just that they'd be out and a bout doing what they want. After long periods of time they'd heal and just switch with the original by will.
'So where'd you learn the skill.' (Aries)
"You know I've been around and exploring. By the way is that telepathy." (Ridus)
'Yes it is. And by the way I'm guessing this curious cat wants to see how it (the crime) nearly costed me my life.' (Aries)
"Yep so I'm going to sneak in." (Ridus)
'You do know that the security is lax. They're worst than those grump drags. (She means dragons she shorten it into a slang that she often use to refer to them.) Oh not you Ridus. What don't give me that funny look. And yes I can see your funny shocked expression.' (Aries)
"Fine we're doing this my way." (Ridus)
'Lovely just lovely. You freaks fly here and break my favorite vase in the garden.' (Aries)
"Sorry. But the landing was crowed." (Ridus)
'That's just your excuse. Look at the path way it's so wide. Yet you went full dragon mode coming here and land in the center of the maze garden that has the twin vases, rose bridge gate and you just landed on my 238 years piece of art.'
"Sorry I didn't mean to piss you off by landing here. But it was the only place that wasn't populated." (Ridus)
'Really that's your excuse. You seemed so excited about this and you know you could've just dragonized some wings. And land perfectly quiet and peacefully.'
"Sister you seem stressed." (Ridus)
'I won't talk to the meany that killed my favorite place to relax.' (Aries)
'Ugh I got sister to cry. She seemed very annoyed and pissed about the garden. Ha, I don't understand girls. What's so wrong about destroying a garden for a bit.'
(No she's mad that he destroyed her labyrinth garden she took 238 years to grow to what it was.)
Ridus turned into his human form and blended into the crowd in front of the nobles area.
"Our people here us out this is grave news. We have found the evidence that Aries has colluded with the dragons that want a war with us. She has slaughtered the nobles of the Tervic family. The Tervic family is a proud family of nobles with information and are master merchants. Once she found out she killed all of them leaving no evidence to speak of their results from spying. The only evidence we found is Aries' jade pendant left at the scene of the crime," elder 1 said.
'Looks like we found our cooperates of the crime.' (Ridus)
'Don't get revenge for me. Just deliver the pendant with a letter to our sisters saying I died.' (Aries)
"You know if you reincarnated the art still carries over." (Ridus)
'We'll think about it when it happens.'
"You know what I mean. I won't die since I'm a chaos dragon I'm practically immortal where as you Phoenixes get reborn. And being a royal Phoenix your powers carry over from your incarnations. Meaning you have all your powers from each life as you go."
'As I said we'll worry about it then.' (Aries)
"Don't make yourself so nonchalant this is you we're talking about."
'If your worried about personality changes happening permanently because that just try as hard as you can to prevent drastic things from harming my body when that happens since I got the summary of the art when you did it. Your body stays the same even if I get reborn so work hard to protect us.' (Aries)
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It's 2101 words so far for the 1st chapter. Well this story is the beginning of the change after her first life as a royal Phoenix. What kinda change do you think she'll have to deal with. Anyway enjoy do comment below and I'm going to start with her in one of her reincarnation next chapter cause this is where it first started so it's first chapter. Any questions? Post below.