THE MOON OVER STARS
As Leonardo, Claire and Lyssa are making their way to the south of the Western dark forest and to the glowing lake. After a long travelling they've reached the peak of the lake, their is a boulder in the middle of the lake and the lake as the name described glooms in the sunlight the lake is as majestic as a golden armor. As for Claire and Lyssa they are fairly surprised to see something like that but Leonardo is not, "Majestic isn't it?". To this Lyssa replies, "yeah it's amazing and to think something like this can be found in this forest and that too in extreme south, it's a lovely miracle! But wait have you been here before?!", Leonardo smiles, "I was here with my mentor, Shina, when I was a little naive boy, see that middle Boulder it was a challenge given by my mentor to drag it in the middle of the lake". She is surprised as Claire is also listening to this conversation, "wait so you mean you took it in the center of the lake that's almost a size of an elephant, you must be a strong star born! ". He smiles again, "here comes the interesting part I'm NOT A STAR BORN". They both are left to shock as they both looked at him Claire replies looking at the boulder, "then how the heck did that thing got in middle of the lake??!!". To this he replied wisely, "It was a challenge with no rules all it took was some strong ropes, trees that can hold heavy weights and a little brain". They are amazed not by his intelligence, but by the fact that he is not a star born, Lyssa is a bit curious, " wait so really are not a star born, that is very oddly!". He gets off Shadow, "yeah, in this world it seems almost unfair for me to not to be a star born, but it never bothered me anyway". Claire helps Lyssa to get off Oneer, followed by Claire as she pets Oneer, "good job boy". They started walking beside Leonardo as they make their way to this lake, "Frankly I've never seen any one who is not a star born", said Lyssa as they kept walking, "what about you Claire?" she is curious as Claire replies, "ah yeah I knew someone, my uncle, he was a brave soldier but unfortunately not a star born, he died in the WAR OF LANDS, other then that I don't think so I've seen any", Lyssa feels bad, "I'm sorry that I asked you that". She replies with a smile, "oh don’t worry, besides it's really old story and I barely remember him". Lyssa looks at Leonardo, "and yet its so amazing right Leonardo! You are like a moon, a moon over all the stars, not power but you are closer, bigger and unique". Leonardo looks at her with a smile, "you've really got a unique way of yourself looking at things eh? I've never thought of it like that". He hears some noise of footsteps he is aware of all kinds of footsteps as it was included in his training. He whispers, "I can hear someone coming let's hide". Claire is a little surprised as they can't hear the footsteps. They all hide beside a huge tree just opposite of the foot steps that Leonardo can hear. Lyssa gets panicked she starts to sweat , "Oh this is not good I can feel some bad aura of enchantment not magic but some kind of weapon!". Leonardo is in deep thought as Claire replies, "should I confront them, with my powers I have now we can take them out easily. That is of course by not being spotted". Lyssa is confused by 'not being spotted' phrase of Claire. Leonardo replies, "No need for that, you see everyone comes in this forest for a reason if they are here, they are here for a reason. I'll check them out, you stay here with Lyssa and back me up if things get ugly". As he walks right in front of the beats of foot step he was able to hear. Claire whispers, "Oh good lord isn't he too brave for a normal human, yet it will be amusing to see how he will deal with this!" Lyssa asks, "May be we should help him". He sees 3 men standing in front of him. He blinks his eyes and they are disappeared! "Illusion huh? Old tricks, TRY SOMETHING NEW" he shouts out loud a man with spear in his hand appears in front of Leonardo he looks at him, “Where are the other two?!". The man smiles," Find them if you can, but before that lets exchange blows! ". He runs towards Leonardo with his spear attacking him, Leonardo is fairly fast and dodges all of the blows easily, he laughs, "so this is what Leonardo is eh?". He enchants his spear with blood magic that can be detected by its color, dark red. Then he comes charging in again, Leonardo is a bit unbalanced as the speed of his attacks are increased," What the fuck do you want?! Why the hell are you even attacking me? !! ". The man stops," my name is Jack, I am an old rival of your breed, undead and now that I know you are not undead this would be even more fun", as He sees blood dripping out of the cut on Leonardo's face he made. Lyssa closes her eyes," hey Claire I can sense 2 magicians around and they seem oddly easy to handle". Claire gets pumped up," then what are you waiting for let's take them out". As Leonardo and Jack continued their brawl it was Leonardo who was on the losing side as the man was getting more and more faster with his enchanted weapon, “is that all you got!! Leonardo! ". Leonardo climbs up on a tree," I can clearly say that you are an undead but why are you against them?! ". As the man gets panicked for some reason," THERE IS MORE TO THE WORLD THEN YOU THINK BOY, AS YOU GROW UP YOU REALIZE YOUR ONE'S ARE THE REAL ENEMIES!!". He stops swing his spear. As Claire shouts out loud, " hey Leonardo we handled the other 2 things”, she makes a stinky face, "They weren't even humans, just....... creepy creatures". The man smiles as Leonardo replies, "You knew all this from the beginning and yet you played along, why, why did you did that? What do you want?". He smiles, “When I heard that the undead have adopted a human I laughed all night at it but now I look at you and I think, it wasn't a bad Idea but tell me now why did they adopted you out of all, you are not even a star born??". When Leonardo gives an evil smile, "I'll tell you why!". He comes barging in with a gem in his hand he throws the gem on his chest, "EDEN APORROFÓ!! it's because my name is ALEXANDÈR D'ARC and I am CELIA D'ARC's only child and the undead still paid their loyalty towards her". Jack is left shocked, “So this is who you are eh? The great woman's only child no wonder you were adopted by us, may God bring justice to your mother", as the gem absorbs him completely into it and Leonardo crushes the gem with his hand, "You are right the world is much more to know than just revenge, even without power I will find her murderer and punish him or her with all my hearts content, there is no need for us to wait for gods or depend on them for bringing justice, they all are lazy workers anyway".
The great woman's only child is revealed, the woman who single handedly won the WAR OF LANDS, yet was killed by a certain someone! And that became Leonardo's purpose of living in this world, the miracle child shall claim his gifts!
The day is beginning as Zarah and her team is now reaching a village In northern regions the land that divides the world in half the range of mountains starts from the peak of that village the same range that divides the world in two categories, UPPER LAND AND LOWER LAND. As Zarah gets curious, "What is this place it's huge!!", she said looking at the mountain. "It's the great wall of EDEN's peak although it is not made of concrete it is called wall because it was bestowed on us by the gods", said master with a smile. She gets a little confused, "And what for?". When Xavier replies, "It's unknown why, Funny isn't it? This piece of shit is here and nobody knows why the fuck is it here". Master Ulfreg is still smiling, "Everything has a reason to happen, this is one of those everything, it's just that we are not worthy to know it's meaning". Her curiosity starts to fade away, "We are here!", said the master as their cart is on the top of the mountain and they can see a big coliseum with an large open ground, "whoa what the heck is that?", Zarah looks at it with an amazed glance. "It's our first stop", master replies wisely as they start walking down the mountain because the cart is unable to go down the hill." We will leave the cart here, it's not safe for it, it will tremble down the mountain", "So are we crossing the range of the mountain?", Zarah replied as she her sword on her shoulder. "Indeed we are and this is the shortest way possible", they look down the mountain that still has a fairly long way to go," Shortest eh? ",said Xavier as he looks up the sun," don't know what you are thinking old geezer just don't get us to travel to places like this I hate clear sunlight" , master asks Zarah," Have you ever seen something this big Zarah? " pointing towards coliseum. She replies," I've seen really big ships, monsters, dragons and creatures our mankind hates living with, but never something this huge ". Master smiles again," this place is one of the many miracle places you will get to see as you travel on the land of Xarekhta, but this has his own history child, this is the place where your mother was first ever seen! ". She looks at master," so she was born here? ". Master disagrees," Oh no, no she wasn't born here, you see for some reason she was not allowed to be gone outside of the palace and that she was never seen before here when the people first saw her, she was 10 when she came here, she fought the dragon that lived by the coliseum here". She looks at her sword, “and what kind of dragon was that like fire, thunderous or something else? ". Master gets a bit confused," I don't remember his kind but he was big, really big and his name was EDNAS the undefeated dragon, your mother slayed him at an age of only 10".
" Oh I've had a fair share of experience with dragons my self", as she smiles looking at the sword," DOR EGO DOOM isn't it?" Xavier replied to her," wait you knew this?! ". He smiles," of course I do its the legendary weapon that was mentioned in the books of high guard citadel". She looks confused looking at Ego Doom," Legendary huh? ". They are interrupted by some noise, she looks up on the mountain they were tracking down and sees a black bear dashing towards them," Wait, what the fuck is that!! ". Master replies," don't worry it is not here to harm us". The bear then transforms into a human!! Another old man with white clothes," Ulfreg!! How are you my friend! ". Xavier and Zarah looks at each other as they barely know the situation and completely don't know the man, Ulfreg hugs the old man," I am fine DANIEL ". Master DANIEL looks at Xavier and Zarah," it isn't often to see strangers out here on the mouth of world". He refers this mouth of world to the beginning of wall Eden." Oh they are my companion Daniel! ",Ulfreg replies as he signals them to come front," this is Xavier he is my student”, he points towards Zarah," and this here is the reason I'm here, she is Zarah D'ARC, lady Merlin's daughter". The old man is left in shock as he looks at Zarah," She is lady Merlin's daughter!! Where are my manners!! ". He bends in front of her," Pardon me my lady I must apologize for my rudeness I-i didn't knew who you were!! ". She replies with a confused tone," Oh no, no please don't do that its no need! ". He gets his head up," I must say that now I know the fact of who you are, you kind of resemble her!! Please come with me my lady I'll escort you down the hill!! ". Xavier looks at her with a smirk," My lady eh?",she replies," oh please like you even know what's going on here". Ulfreg looks at Zarah," shall we go my child? ". She gives a fake yet confused smile," ye-yes why not! Let's get going". As they start walking down the hill and master Daniel is really excited," I've never thought I would've ever get to see you my lady it's really an honor and my good deeds! ". She looks at him," And you didn't introduced your self master? ". He gets panic," Oh no forgot it in excitement!!! ", he turns around," I am DANIEL MONETTE the guardian of this coliseum". Zarah and Xavier are both left in shock," You are the guardian of this huge thing! " he nods his head," yes indeed it's a job bestowed on me by your mother, she wanted me to protect this place with all my loyalty! ". She looks at the huge coliseum," what did this place meant to her anyway?! ". He replies with a smile," isn't it obvious, this place was HER PLAYGROUND! ".
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"This place was a playground eh?". As they kept walking in no time The huge coliseum was standing in front of their eyes," what marvelous piece of art is this!! ",said Xavier by looking at the top of the coliseum as they walked inside," ah this place was crafted way back in the name of the new gods, it was left abandoned until my lady came and brought this place back to life! ". The coliseum is huge enough to fit at least 3 dragons in its ring and the amount of seats for the audience was countless the marble was running off, the place was full of crows and the open sky had the whole ground bathing in sunlight," this is the place where the world witnessed the strongest dragon slayer of all time MERLIN D'ARC!! ", said master Daniel as they walked right on the stairs to the top floor of the coliseum where one can see the fights from its best angle. Zarah looks the coliseum with the others from the same top view, "Say master Daniel how big was that dragon EDNAS?". Daniel assumes that Zarah knows who that dragon was he comes forth, "Big? It was humongous, that thing fitted the whole coliseum, EDNAS say, was so huge that when in soared through sky it even covered long harvesting fields all by its shadow!". She looks at the sky, "that big huh?". He replies, "Oh yes I still remember he was the terror those days, when the king came to know several soldiers were sent along with your mother but non toke part in the fight". As all of them are wondering around when Daniel recalls something, "Oh I know let's go to the basement, well I am not allowed there but I can take you there". "This thing even has basement?!", she replied as they started walking down the stairs off to the basement, not that far away from where they were. It's like an ancient relic cave. It had strange vibes to it as Daniel light up his fire torch and lights up the rest of the torches is that place, the place has carvings done all around it, he opens up the room, it was a closed 4 sided wall full of carvings not only that the walls were fairly huge giving more space and an confusing thought as to how exactly was it even crafted. "What is all these paintings?! ", said Xavier with anxiety as they gazed the walls. Daniel replies, "Ancient isn't it? Well I can read some of it", he points out a craving on the wall right next to where they were standing, "Look this it's not old, it's of lady Merlin!". They looked at the carving of same kind like the one's in Kings hall and there is a chest just beneath it in a hole that was dug in the wall, Zarah eagerly gets close to the chest, "And this is of mother too?", she is really eager, "Well I think so, I was not allowed here alone even if this place didn't had any lock on it, you can open it Zarah!". She opens the chest and finds a book inside it, the book is of good condition and the pages are bookmarked.
"Just a book?", said Xavier with an uninterested tone. "A book is well powered then a sword and has more potential sometimes”, master replied to him. Zarah opens the book, it's all proverbs and riddles jumbled sentences and it looked like it got frequently updated with its pages of writings, while she is unable to understand the riddle master Ulfreg comes closer, " It looks like it belonged to my lady!". "Probably", she replied as she gets up, "I'll take it even if it is all riddle still better then nothing knowing about her". Xavier looks around and closes his eyes, "Tell me master Daniel how many exact traps are planted in here it's like a torture room!!". Daniel doesn't know about the traps, "I told you I am not allowed here". Zarah tries to go forward in the room, "Stop you idiot!! Didn't you hear me there are traps all around this place. Better not move". She makes a disgusted face," So are you saying me we can't go further! "." It's all booby traps”, he replied as he looked up on the roof that was fairly crafted too. She gets angry," Ah fuck booby traps!!!". She jumps with some good altitude and hits the ground with her punch! The place starts to crack open and was shaking as if it would fall, the traps are now revealed, the ropes, huge axes swinging around from the roof, arrows flying across the room, fires off the floor and Daniel is left in shock by her strength to shake and crack open such a huge place!" I must say you are really talented and strong lady Zarah!". Xavier is not really impressed," It wasn’t needed at all I could sense then anyway"." Whatever its better this way", she said with a smile as the carvings of people were the real trap and the floor's fire was about to go off the place actually looked like a torture room," What was the need of this place anyway", said Xavier as everyone was looking at those traps." Let's leave this place it's freaking me out! ",said Zarah with some Weird look on her face," it’s giving me ominous vibes", as Xavier starts to walk away from the room and towards the stair. Master Ulfreg was still gazing at the roof wit some curiosity of his own," Ulfreg, shall we? ", as Daniel breaks his curiosity yes please". Zarah looks back at the room with them about to leave," I'll come visit you again and at that time I'll be acknowledged as to what you really are". They all went outside in the open field where Daniel asks Zarah," Lady Zarah I can feel your strength but can you allow it to be measured? ". She gets curios yet confused," Measured!? ". He replied," yes measure, of course we will do that by exchanging blows off on this ground itself".
The old man wants to test Zarah's strength as she agreed to face him off in this coliseum, the place proclaimed to be the playground of her mother. The secrets are more hidden inside in books rather than in hearts as she obtained the first solid proof as of the purpose of her existence.
The wall of Eden followed all the way eastern part and the south drawing out a curve on the map from north-east-south. Irene is still on her horse with Brianna as they are about to reach the castle, "Don't worry my queen we are here it's all right now". Brianna is barely conscious and yet thankful to Irene and her father. She opens her eyes while they arrive in the castle where Irene barges in with her horse into the royal court, "TRACE!! TRACE get us some help please hurry", she shouts out panicked. A maid comes out quickly, "L-Lady Brianna!!!! Girls get her room cleared quickly we need to get her to bed!!". She helps Irene on getting off Brianna, "How did this happened!!!".
"it's a long story get her to bed first she is barely conscious!", Said Irene as they took Brianna with them in her room with Irene still standing outside, "I can't come in queen I'm all dirty", her clothes were really dirty so she decided to step back from entering Brianna's room with the others. Meanwhile faith arrives, "IRENE!!! WHERE WERE YOU, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU!!!". As she gazed at her dirty clothes and her horse that was sweating and dirty she touches her horse, "you came just now!!". She agrees to explain everything to faith, "I knew something was going with Louis leaving the kingdom just 2 days before queen's arrival, I'm sorry faith I didn't told you that it was my hunch that went in the right direction, Louis did tried abduction of queen, I was in a hurry to make sure of that is not a case but oh well". She knows that Irene was suspecting Louis for the malpractice that's been happening lately in the kingdom and that she also knows Dracno didn't went with the king. "So what happened to him?!", to this she replied, "Well Dracno went after him in the forest, probably you wouldn't see him around now”. She sits on the ground, “Ah, that was tiring faith”. Faith hands her a glass of water, “Here take this and just relax up a bit ok, but Irene I’m curious how did Albert reacted to all of it!?”. She smiled, “Oh the look on his face was really hilarious but I think I was panicked, I mean who wouldn’t right?”. Faith sits besides Irene,” Yup who wouldn’t”. They both were gazing at the sun from the royal court as another horse arrives, it is Dracno that came with barging in with horse this time, “Irene how is the queen?”, he said as he got off his horse, “She’s fine I made it here in a nick of time!”, she explained. Dracno hands her a piece of paper, “We don’t have much time left Irene let’s go”, she looked really tired, “can’t we wait a week more I’m allotted the duty of this castle so at least wait until Michael arrives ………please”. Dracno looks at her and starts to walk away from the royal court, “Just a week you get that’s all, don’t give me any childish excuses after that”. Irene looked really tired she takes a deep breathe and puts her head on Faith's lap, “Ah he is really stub born!!”. To this Faith smiles, “He is like your father Irene”. Irene makes a disgusted face, “Yeah he is really old, but he doesn’t looks like”. Dracno walks out of the royal court and sees Cade training with a sword blindfolded, he approaches Cade, “I was expecting you”, cade said as he got the cloth that was covering his eyes off, still red eyes. “I’m just gonna assume you killed him”, he said keeping the sword in his left hand Dracno gets his sword out, “then you might’ve also heard the noises”, Cade is not surprised as they start exchanging sword blows on one another, “I did it was 4th of the week, just how bad do they want her?”. Dracno swings his sword around Cade’s neck when Cade easily dodges it, “frankly speaking I don’t know too!”. As they both keep going at each other Cade was at advantage because of his faster movement and sneaky moves that were hard to follow with. “Let me tell you something Dracno, I am smelling something more than just reunion and ancient rituals”, Cade manages to throw away Dracno’s sword and points the peak of his sword on Dracno’s neck, “that is why I’ll be coming with you this time”. Dracno smiles at him, “I thought you’d say something like that, but we gonna have to wait till Michael arrives and Irene agrees to leave this place”. Cade gets his sword away from his neck putting it in a wooden case that was on his back, as they both look at the castle form outside, “seems the only option left for us huh?”.
Irene checks they king’s court where the throne of the king is been kept vacant, she sits on the throne, “I don’t know how much I’ve made them wait for the desires of you and that I look back at it, it’s not me that was unworthy it was you, yes I will make my self worthy enough to show you my back and say ‘you’re not worthy enough to be mine’…”. She looks at the same piece of paper Dracno handed her, “because I’m not made for thrones”.
They’re destinies are about to take it’s shape and that they must withstand any forces of opposition in their paths from not being a star born, discovering realities and declining throne, the inevitable will make everything possible for them so that the new day shall be a new era, era of diamonds and stars