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"Daddy when will you return home? This time I want pink bear, my friend has one. It is beautiful."

"Darling, do you remember our first date by lakeside”.

"I am sorry, we were not able to save life of your wife and child. "

"My."

"..."

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I underestimated the memories of these officers; they are more potent than those of teenagers. They are killing me, their memories one after another slashing at my heart. I will become insane.

I roll on floor trying to fill vacuum created by these memories. My body is mostly made of crystal, but it hurts a lot, especially when pain comes from within.

I lay there for hours, then again, I stand up. I start searching for person with more resonance again. This time changing my appearance. Crimson guards will be here again soon.

To save myself and my people, I need to find the king. Now I am hiding my aura tightly because I do not want to clash with dumb crimson guards again.

I travel by road and air. I look high and low finding my king. I was able to find two guards with over sixty resonances.

I am starting to feel suspicious of everyone; I am startled by every tiny noise. I cannot stop at a place. Now I realized what family and home was, which I have lost. And I will do everything to revive them.

Security around sector has increased. Those low-level dumb crimson guards even attacked few places.

Last time they were killed like dogs by me. Soon a high-level person would come for me.

That would be a tough fight. But only few can come here. I will live and I will win at the end.

Crash!

And they arrived as I felt the danger. They are somehow able to locate me.

I see as buildings collapse around me like deck of cards because of dimensional door opening. I have yet to find sufficient guards. Only high-level crimson guard would have been able to locate me. So, I am pretty much screwed.

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I ready myself as they started to clash with my guards. But soon a crimson royal appears. By heart drops. Why the hell they send a royal here, any lower could have worked. I turn my body and start running in opposite direction.

As expected, he fights my guards as equal, while more of lower ones come.

I flash past buildings. Soon some low level follows me. They fire at me as I dodge their crystal bullets and beams.

We leave a trail of destruction. I commanded anyone in city with any good resonance to stop them. Soon their memories flooded me. I move them aside which is easy because of their low resonance.

Numerous blue guards start to rise in sky as they defend me. Number of crimson guard increases and soon city was flooded with crystal beings.

I feel weakness and dizziness as I crash into the building at city boundary. I again rise from ground to fly again. Only to see him standing in front me.

I am startled, unable to feel any fear and shock or may be sorrow.

Zeiss, the young prince of white crystal.

Why is even here? I am dead for sure now. I curse my fate.

" Hi princess, don't you want to run away”.

I close my eyes and lower my head as I ask.

" Why are you here? What do you want?"

" Relax, I am not here to kill you, I just want to bring you with me."

"But our resonance is only seventy percent, you cannot become the king. "

“I don't care. we can run away to another planet”.

" But I need the king to revive my people, without it everyone will be gone. "

" There is no way for you to return, because of your power, everyone wants you dead. Even you dad wanted to use you for his interest. That is why main family of blue crystal did not pay attention to your situation."

" So why are you doing this?" I do not want to argue with him,

" Because I.... I love you”.

"But I cannot love you. "

In noise of battle at city, we stand in silence.

" Do you want to stay close in my heart and live every moment of life with me?" I ask him.

" Yes, I want " His eyes seem to look through me. I cannot face his gaze.

Crimson guards and royal are coming close to us.

" I command “Time stops again.

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Zeiss the white crystal prince. He is free minded and unrestrained. He came to know about azure crystal princess with command of heavens that can control anybody. Everyone fears her. Zeiss wanted to have look by himself due to curiosity.

He eventually met with the princess. She was not scary and ugly like he expected but beautiful and cheerful girl. He teased her once and even stalked her around in capital, when her guard Quay was not looking or pretending to not look.

But everything was short lived as she left the academy with her small family exiled.

He never forgot her. He dreamed of her every night.

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Zeiss turns his head to face the crimson guards and royal. But Zeiss walked toward them with smile on his face.

He is like crazy lover whose proposal got accepted and wanted to pluck flower for her. Knowing that he will not return. He activated his Armor and big sword.

I see him going with tears in my eyes.

Resonance 78 percent. Resonance 85 percent.

I do not notice the increase. As I turn my head and again started to flee.

I left him alone.

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I shiver as his memories come, feeling heart breaking pain. No... why is this happening to me? Why I cry remembering him?