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Friday, August 26, 2016
The Twins of Fate ~Part V~
*PART 4:
Fill in the blanks with the correct word AND circle the synonyms hidden
within the story.
Word Bank:
aroma fragrance saunter stroll
senseless meaningless accomplish
achieve
The Twins of
Fate (Part V)
by Teacher
Christine
**Kingdom of Enchantments, Palace**
The sweet, floral _________________
of the roses beckon Genei to take a walk in the castle gardens. As he approaches the marble fountain at
the center, Genei’s scarlet gaze returns to the stars, Vega and Altair, in the
night sky above. When he turns
back to look at the fountain, an image taking form on the water’s surface
catches his attention as he leans closer to the fountain’s edge. The image on the water’s surface begins to solidify into the shape of a young woman with long and wavy baby blue hair, and
skin as pale as the moonlight. Two
large, doe-like amethyst eyes set above a slender nose stare back into his
scarlet eyes as if in fear, and then in wonder.
Beautiful…
pretty… gorgeous… dazzling… bewitching… angelic… appealing… alluring…no words
seem to be able to capture her, Genei thinks to himself.
As he gets lost in the amethyst eyes
of the mysterious beauty, she suddenly flinches backwards and stares at
something in front of her that is unseen to Genei. He reaches out a pale hand to the water as if to grab onto
her arm, but as soon as his fingers touch her, the water’s surface ripples and
her image disappears in an instant.
“Princess…” he murmurs to himself, as
the gears in his mind starts to piece together the information he just received
from the water’s surface. He
ponders to himself: The princess and I
were able to see each other through a body of water as the medium. Based on the cave walls behind her, she
must be in the Sinister Caves, which houses the Lake of Desires. Only that lake could possibly
connect her to me, through my strong desire to see my fated one.
Genei suddenly heads for the Palace in
search of Tomo. He realizes that
if she is at the Lake of Desires, she could be in grave danger with the guardian
that lurks within the Sinister Caves.
~A few moments ago…~
Tomo
makes his way through the elegant halls of the palace, which would be a
nightmare to navigate through to anybody without a good sense of direction or
good memory, to reach the throne room.
Just as he was about to proceed with his Lord’s orders to search for the
Twins of Fate, sightings of them reached his ear. Honoo, leader of the small party of knights patrolling the
villages in the southern region, relayed a message a few minutes ago through
the Mahou of Silent Communication, stating that he had news on the Twins of
Fate. Tomo quickens his footsteps
and finally reaches the throne room.
As he passes through the gigantic marble doors, Tomo slows his steps and
strolls in to find the red-headed, big build of a man standing before the
throne with a large hand covering his eyes. At the sound of his footsteps, Honoo straightens up, pulls
his hand away from his black eyes, and salutes Tomo.
“Speak.” Tomo commands, as his icy
cerulean eyes demand Honoo to explain his message.
Honoo stands in the salute position as
he begins to retell his story of his pursuit of the thief, and his chance
encounter with two extremely beautiful people, who appear to mirror one
another. He explains how the boy
and the accompanying knight had supernatural strength compared to his own party
of ROYGBIV knights, and describes how the entrancing girl and the thief
separated from the boys and headed for the Sinister Caves. He then goes on to apologize for his and
his men’s failure to _________________ their missions of catching the thief and the
twins. “I believe these two
are the Twins of Fate that you mentioned,” sums up Honoo, as he finishes his
report. “I came to ask for
reinforcements to go into the caves to capture the thief and the twins,” he
continues.
“Permission grante-” begins Tomo, just
as his silver-haired Lord bursts into the throne room. Tomo and Honoo turn to gaze at their
Lord, who appears to be in a rush as he charges right at the two.
“Tomo, get ready to bring the Indigo
Knights to the Sinister Caves. We
are going to retrieve my princess.”
commands Genei with a stern voice.
Tomo’s and Honoo’s eyes widen in
surprise at their Lord’s command, but Tomo quickly understands his Lord’s
urgency and replies with a bow, “As my Lord commands, it shall be done.”
**Kingdom of Enchantments, Sinister
Caves**
Doro
paces a few feet away from the largest cave’s entrance and debates whether or
not to follow after Murasaki, who disappeared a few moments ago. It
would be _________________ to rush into
the caves without backup, she
thinks to herself. What can she possibly hope to achieve on her own, when she feared going into the caves by herself in
the first place, and thus approached Murasaki’s group for help. As her mind continues to debate, a
strong wind passes her by and steals the breath from her lungs. When she finally opens her eyes and
clears her pink hair from her face, her pink gaze falls upon Aoi, Naito, and a
small green-haired boy.
Doro sighs in relief, and then Aoi jogs up
to her and asks, “Where’s my sister?” He looks around Doro frantically.
“Ummm…well..you see…there was
thumping…and a force—” Doro begins as she shifts her weight from foot to foot,
when she is suddenly cut off by Naito.
“Stop your meaningless rambling and get
to the point!” Naito commands, with his jade-green narrowing on her like
daggers.
“Murasaki flew into the caves all of a
sudden, like something was pulling her in.” Doro corrects herself.
“We’re going in.” Aoi replies without
missing a heartbeat, as he turns and heads straight for the cave. He slows to a stop after a few paces
and turns back to question, “Which entrance was it?”
“And that is my new master,” Sui
groans, as he makes his way past Aoi and heads right for the largest cave
entrance. “I picked up your
sister’s scent from you earlier and can faintly detect traces of her path
through the caves,” he continues as he enters the cave. He pauses to look back at them and
points into the depths of the cave and warns, “However, there is a sickeningly
sweet fragrance coating the entire place, so keep up and watch out for the
Jorougumo. None of her victims
have made it out to tell the tale, but based on my sources, the Jorougumo keeps
any adventurers seeking the Mahou of Alternate Dimensions captive in her web of
deceptions and feeds off of their energy for an eternity.” “Whatever you do,” Sui emphasizes, “DO
NOT GET BITTEN BY HER.”
Sui faces forward again, satisfied by
the tense look on the others’ faces, as they nodded in agreement and follow him
in.
**Kingdom of Enchantments, Sinister
Caves, Lake of Desires**
Murasaki tears her eyes away from the
silver-haired gentleman with scarlet eyes reflected on the lake’s surface to
gaze across the lake. Giggling
sounds emerge as three little balls of white light flit about the surface of
the water and draw nearer to her. Murasaki freezes in fright, as her heart
thumps quicker and quicker in her chest.
Mofu ruffles its feathers and lets out a low sound in warning at the
balls of light, in response to Murasaki’s fear.
“We have a
visitor!” tinkles a tiny voice, like bells chiming in the wind.
“We have a
visitor!” echoes another tiny voice, like a wind chime, in agreement.
“How long has it been since we
had one!?” questions yet another voice from one of the balls of white light.
When the three balls of light reach
Murasaki, she is able to make out the outline of three tiny fairies fluttering
about, glowing from within like little fireflies.
“We are the Mahou of Alternate
Dimensions!” the three identical golden-haired fairies proclaim in unison.
**Kingdom of Enchantments, Sinister
Caves**
After walking through the dark caves
for a seemingly long time, Aoi asks Sui, “How much further do we need to
go? Is there any way we go any
faster?” His face looks drained as
he states, “I’m worried about my sister.”
Sui retorts, “Your sister seems to be
really deep within these caves, so it’ll still be awhile until we reach
her. Also, if we go any faster,
one of you will twist an ankle on this uneven, damp ground.”
Doro chimes in, “Maybe we can ride on
my Mahou of Witch’s Broomstick to go faster?”
Naito responds from behind Sui, with
his flame lighting the way, “It is too dark and narrow to navigate through
these dark passages safely on your broom.
Our fastest and safest bet is on foot.”
Doro sighs and remarks, “I really do
hope nothing happened to her.
Let’s think positively.
Maybe she bypassed all the dangers and reached the Mahou of Alternate
Dimensions?”
Aoi turns back to her from behind
Naito and fixes his ice blue gaze on her, saying with a small, strained smile, “You
are so optimistic. I can only pray
that she’s safe and that we’ll find her soon.”
After passing through many passages
that forked off into multiple passages, Aoi’s group finally makes it to a large
chamber in the cave, with the cave ceiling reaching at least 30 feet high. Sui stops in the chamber and stares at
the dark passage leading onward into the darkness. “Shhhh,” he whispers in warning.”
Click…swish…
click…swish…
click…swish…
click…swish…
click…swish…
The silhouette of a
woman appears from the darkness beyond and _________________ s closer to the
group. Only the sound of the
swishing of her dress and the clinking of her heels can be heard throughout the
caves. At the snap of her fingers,
the torches lining the cave walls light up and illuminate the chamber. A gorgeous, black-haired woman,
appearing to be in her early thirties and clothed in an elegant whitish-gray,
floor-length ball gown, stops a few feet away from the group. As her gaze roams over the faces in the
group, her large black eyes seem to lock onto Aoi, and she licks her ruby red
lips.
“It is such a pleasure
to welcome you to my home,” hisses the gorgeous creature in a husky voice. She then blinks her large eyes slowly
and offers her hand out to Aoi with a smile, “Please come join me for dinner.” Aoi makes no movement to grab her hand,
so she lowers her arm down. She
looks at the rest of the group and continues with a chilling smile, “You’re all just in time for it.”
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
The Twins of Fate ~Part IV~
Fill in the blanks with the correct word AND
circle the synonyms hidden within the story.
Word Bank:
abolish
extinguish compensate recompense
purchase buy detect
discover
The
Twins of Fate (Part IV)
by Teacher Christine
**Kingdom
of Enchantments, Palace**
Staring at the night sky
through the ceiling made entirely of clear glass, Genei bathes in the warm
comfort of his luxury fur pelts on his enormous bed. Genei hasn’t been this excited since he extinguished the
reign of the fallen king, Sekai.
As Genei seeks out the stars, Vega and Altair, he recalls the legend of
the two deities, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who were lovers separated by the Milky
Way and could only meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh
month. The two stars that
represent the two lovers eventually make his mind wander to the mysterious girl
he is destined to love. He shuts
his scarlet eyes and tries to imagine how she looks like, to no avail, as even
the most attractive female in the kingdom has never moved his heart of ice.
All of a sudden, Genei
rises from his bed and makes his way to the adjacent room. Genei’s pale hands shove open the large
double doors and he finds Tomo sitting on the cushioned chair in front of the
fireplace, reading a novel. Tomo
shuts his book immediately and rises from his seat and quickly bows. He then straightens himself and gazes
at his Lord with a curious look in his cerulean eyes. “How may I help you, my Lord?” Tomo inquires.
Genei runs his fingers
through his silver hair and sighs, admitting, “I can’t get the Fortune Teller’s
words out of my head. I feel
alive, more alive than I have felt in the past 16 years.” He paces on the rug in front of the
fireplace and continues, “I want you to go out and find these Twins of
Fate. According to the Fortune
Teller, these twins are the children of King Sekai and Queen Umi. If the children look anything like
their parents, they should have pale skin with hair and eyes as blue as the
sky, or pale skin with hair and eyes as purple as an amethyst.” Genei stops pacing and looks into the
red and orange flames dancing within the fireplace and commands in a soft yet
firm voice, “Find them and bring them before me, alive. Also, make sure
that the girl is not harmed.
Although she may be the end of me, she may be my fated one.”
Tomo kneels before his
Lord and bows his head, his platinum blonde hair appearing reddish-orange as it
reflects the flames, replying: “As my Lord commands, it shall be done.”
**Kingdom
of Enchantments, Grassy Hills**
From the dark forests
beyond, five figures finally emerge and approach Aoi and Murasaki’s group with
caution. Once they are only 12
feet away, the five male figures stop and address the group, stating, “Hand
over the thief and go along your merry way. Don’t even think about meddling in our affairs or else
you’ll end up regretting it.”
Naito observes the five
men standing before them and quickly recognizes the pursuers to consist of one
Red Knight, two Orange Knights, and two Yellow Knights. Luckily, the knights are in the lower
tier of the ROYGBIV army, so they do not pose much of a threat to him. Naito picks out the leader of the
group, a Yellow Knight with a large build and a quiet demeanor, who silently
sizes up Naito’s group with his cool black gaze. Naito looks straight at the red-haired leader and inquires,
“What proof do you have that this young lady stole anything from you? She doesn’t look like someone who would
pickpocket a group of intimidating knights, does she?”
The other Yellow Knight
steps forward, with an irritated look on his face as his brown eyes seethe and
he jabs a chunky finger at Doro, thundering, “That thief took my Mahou right
from under my nose at the restaurant in the town past this forest! She pretended to have an interest in
me, and snatched my Mahou right off my wrist while I wasn’t paying
attention.” He runs both of his
chubby hands over his dark brown hair, turns to Naito and fumes, “ How are you
going to _________________ me for my loss? You better give me more than just my Mahou and the thief.”
Doro starts to twirl a
few of her pink strands around her finger and looks at him with disgust. She sneers at him and rants, “I can’t
believe you thought I’d ever be interested in a greedy plump pig.” “You know this Mahou you claim to be
yours,” she asks while dangling a thin silver chain with delicate swirly designs
engraved on it between her fingers, “belonged to a girl in that town. She promised I could _________________
it from her right before you stole it from her.” Doro scoffs at the fat Yellow Knight and taunts, “Who’s the
thief now, Pork Chops?”
The fat Yellow Knight
shakes with anger, as his face turns a dangerous shade of red, showing how
offended he is by Doro’s comments.
The Leader steps in and points out, “With the reign of Lord Genei, the
buying and selling of Mahou has been _________________ed among those who have
not proven their loyalties to Lord Genei.
Therefore, the transaction you and that town girl were about to do,” the
Leader remarks while gazing at Doro calmly, “would have resulted in both of you
residing in the dungeons. With you
alone stealing the Mahou, though, saved that girl from imprisonment and only
calls for your arrest.”
After listening to the
conversations long enough, Aoi clenches his fists, fixes his baby blue eyes on
the fat Yellow Knight, and reasons, “I understand how Doro committed an offense
toward you, Mr. Pork Chops, but you have to try looking at things from her perspective. I do think that offenders need to
recompense those they harm, but in this case, Doro isn’t totally wrong because
she was just retrieving the Mahou that was stolen from an innocent, powerless
girl.”
Murasaki puts a cool, delicate,
pale hand on her brother’s shoulder and steps out from Naito’s and Aoi’s
shadows, standing in between them and in plain view of the five knights. She looks to the fives knights and chimes
in, “I agree with what he said.”
Mofu, her white puffy snowball of a guardian owl, chirps in agreement
while perched on her shoulder.
Murasaki coaxes on in her sweet, melodious voice, “How can you expect a
bystander to do nothing when somebody is being wronged like that?”
Although Murasaki posed
a question, only silence replies, as the five knights are paralyzed and
stupefied by Murasaki’s presence.
Doro notes to herself how Murasaki’s ability to entrance others can come
in handy, as she grins to herself at finding a dependable ally. After an eternity seems to pass by, the
Leader finally replies, “I’m afraid we can’t let this offense slide, young
lady.” His eyes soften as he
continues, “Please step aside. We wouldn’t want to get you involved.”
All of a sudden, a
matching ring that is worn by all five of the knights start to glow and the
knights appear to be listening intently to a voice that only they can
hear. With this distraction, Naito
and Aoi exchange glances and nod at one another. “Doro, lead Murasaki to the caves first,” commands Naito in
a stern voice. “I’ll bring Aoi
soon after we deal with these knights.”
“Roger!” Doro chirps in
a bright voice, as she turns in the direction of the caves and starts to pull
Murasaki behind her. Doro turns
back and winks at the boys, yelling, “Meetcha there!” She then touches one of the
many rings of Mahou on her finger to summon her flying broom, jumping on and
stretching out an arm to help Murasaki up. Murasaki pulls herself onto the flying broom with ease and
secures herself behind Doro by wrapping her arms lightly around her new friend.
The knights begin to
stir as they register the information Tomo sent to all the members of the
ROYGBIV army. The Leader thinks to
himself, the Twins of Fate who should
look similar to their parents, the late King Sekai and the late Queen Umi, around
the age of 16. The two young
beautiful strangers seem to fit that physical description. Just as the Leader tries to seek out
the beautiful fey-like creature with mysterious violet eyes, he witnesses her
and the thief levitating on a flying broom.
Mofu hops off of
Murasaki’s shoulder and hovers in front of her face, as if to say, follow me. Mofu takes flight and disappears in a flash, and Doro leans
forward as the broom shoots forward in pursuit of the white puffy
snowball.
The Leader of the knights
retains a bit of the conversation he vaguely overheard the blackish-blue hair
man say to the thief and pieces the information together. Naito notices the Leader’s facial
expressions and understands that the man has figured out that the caves nearest
to their current location must be the ones in which the Mahou of Alternate
Dimensions resides in. However, before
the Leader can command his knights to go to the caves, Naito and Aoi charge
forward and attack the knights.
Aoi heads straight for Mr.
Pork Chops while Naito heads right for the Leader. Aoi lands a punch right in the center of Mr. Pork Chops’
stomach, causing the fat Yellow Knight to fly into the Orange and Red knights
behind him, like a bowling ball ramming into bowling pins at a high speed. “Striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!!!!!!!”
exclaims Aoi, as the knights fly far back and roll to a stop, apparently
knocked out since they finally remain unmoving on the ground many feet away.
On the other hand, the
Leader narrowly dodges Naito’s skilled flame attack, avoiding being scorched at
the last second. After witnessing
the two superpowers before him, the Leader decides to report the situation back
to headquarters and uses his Mahou of Escape, disappearing from the grasslands
and teleporting back to the palace.
Aoi turns to look at
Naito with wide baby blue eyes, inquiring, “Did that dude just teleport?” as he
circles the plush grass the Leader was standing upon just a moment before in
utter amazement. “Teleportation
exists here?” he further prods.
“Yes,” replies Naito,
“and it is a rather troublesome skill for the enemy to have.” “We must hurry and regroup with Murasaki
and Doro before the reinforcements come for us. Looking at that Leader, he went back to the Palace to call
for more powerful knights to aid him on his mission to arrest Doro.” Naito sighs as he looks in the
direction of the caves, “The trouble is, though, Doro’s flying broom is quite
fast. How are we going to catch up
to them before they reach the caves?
A sinister, ancient creature resides within, and it’s not safe for them
to enter alone.”
All of a sudden, a gust
of wind starts to pick up and the grass start to sing.
BOOM!!!
A large impact, like a comet
crashing into the ground, occurred just a few feet in front of the two, and
Naito and Aoi cautiously approach to peer at the source of the crash. A pale young boy with jade green
shoulder-length hair and greenish-blue eyes, seeming to be around the age of
six, gazes back at them. “You are
my master!?” asks the boy with a look of disbelief as he takes in Aoi.
Naito glances at Aoi and
smirks, “Looks like you have a spunky Seiryuu, or wingless flying dragon, as
your guardian Aoi.”
Aoi’s jaw drops as he
gapes at the tiny green-haired boy, wondering how the boy can be a dragon. Nevertheless, he flashes a brilliant
smile at the tiny boy, dressed in a light blue yukata with golden lotuses
embroidered throughout, and offers an outstretched hand. He bends over, placing his other hand on his
knee as he beams, “Nice to meet you! I’m Aoi, and I am super excited to have a
dragon as my very own guardian!”
The tiny green-haired
boy squints at Aoi’s outstretched hand right before he smacks it away. “How dare you talk down to me like
that!? I am way older than you can
ever imagine, even though I have a child’s appearance. I cannot believe I have to serve an
ignorant child like you!” the tiny dragon complains.
“Oh, I’m sor-,” Aoi
starts, but then quickly corrects himself as he continues, “my apologies, oh
reverent, ancient dragon. It is a
pleasure to have someone, as wise and mighty as yourself, serving me and
guiding me.” Aoi can’t wipe the brilliant
smile from his face, as he then inquires, “What is your name? Can you fly fast?” His face turns into a concerned one as
he remembers his sister’s plight, as he then asks, “Can you do us a favor and
catch up to my sister?”
The green-haired dragon
stares at Aoi for what seems to be an eternity before he finally replies, “It
would enrage me if you start calling me weird names, so I will give you my
name. I am called Suigyoku. You can call me Sui.” Sui smirks at Aoi and continues, “I
have extreme power over the realm of water and am unrivaled when flying in my
dragon form.”
All of a sudden, a
dazzling, warm light envelopes Sui’s tiny body, as he morphs into a humongous, majestic, wingless jade green dragon, around five feet tall and sixteen feet long, in the
matter of a few seconds. Sui
beckons to Aoi and Naito with a three-clawed paw and urges, “Quickly hop
on. We will catch up to this
sister of yours in no time.”
**Kingdom
of Enchantments, Sinister Caves**
After traveling a few
miles over the quiet grasslands, the warm summer night air gently tugs through
Murasaki’s long baby blue curls as the flying broom comes to a stop at their
destination. Doro and Murasaki hop
off the broom, surveying the area.
Mofu lands on Murasaki’s shoulder and ruffles its feathers while
scanning the surroundings for impending danger. Murasaki absentmindedly runs her fingers over Mofu’s fluffy
snowball body and listens intently.
She turns to Doro and states, “Not even the sound of animals inhabiting
the land can be heard. This
silence is eerie.” Although
usually calm and collected, Murasaki did not do well with horror movies,
haunted mansions, ghosts, zombies, and anything creepy.
Doro looks serious for
once, as she fixes her pink eyes on the largest cave entrance and answers, “I’ve
heard rumors about the danger that lurks within these caves. Any living beings that live around
these caves are in hiding at nighttime since the dangerous monster that guards
the Mahou of Alternate Dimensions is most active at night.” Doro turns her pink gaze to Murasaki,
as she commands, “Be careful and always stick close to me. We’ll wait for your brother and Naito
before we dare enter the caves though.
I’m not that dumb to jump headfirst into danger, unprepared and with
little manpower.”
Just as Murasaki is
about to agree with Doro, she _________________s a faint thumping in the land
below her feet. “What’s that?” Murasaki
questions Doro, a little startled.
“What’s what?” Doro
asks, puzzled.
"The ground was thumping just now. Didn't you hear it?" Murasaki asks while staring intently at the ground.
“I didn’t hear or see anything unusual. What are you talking about?” Doro inquires as she scans the surrounding area more intently.
"The ground was thumping just now. Didn't you hear it?" Murasaki asks while staring intently at the ground.
“I didn’t hear or see anything unusual. What are you talking about?” Doro inquires as she scans the surrounding area more intently.
Thump…
Thump
thump…
Thump…
Thump
thump…
The ground below
Murasaki’s feet pulses even stronger, like a heartbeat. “I can hear the pulsing of the land.”
Murasaki murmurs in a soft voice.
“Wh-wh-wh-what do you
mean by that?” Doro remarks in a shaky voice.
All of a sudden,
Murasaki feels herself being pulled by some unknown force and her body flies
straight into the caves. Mofu
tightens its claws on her shoulder and follows her in.
“MURASAKIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!”
screams Doro as she hears the girl’s shriek.
Murasaki is pulled into
the darkness of the caves and passes through the cave walls and floors as if
her body were an apparition, or ghost. She
feels herself going deeper and deeper, down and down, as if into the very heart of
the caves. When she finally
comes to a stop, Murasaki takes a deep breath of the chilly air surrounding her, a
stark difference to the warm summer air from above, and wraps her hands around
her bare arms, as her white sleeveless dress does little to keep her warm. As her eyes quickly adjust to the darkness,
she peers around her and finds a pathway up ahead, lit by the glowing
stalactites—which appear to be lit from within—hanging from the high cave
ceiling.
Murasaki feels a slight
tug in that direction and decides to proceed cautiously. Running one hand along the cool and smooth
yet bumpy cave walls, Murasaki keeps her other hand on Mofu’s tiny soft head
and whispers, “Where do you think this path will lead us to?”
When Murasaki draws
closer to the end of the path, which grows brighter and wider as she
proceeds, she hears the constant dripping of water droplets falling. Finally, she reaches the pathway’s end
and discovers a large, serene underground lake reflecting the moon and the
stars from the night sky peering through the opening of the cave ceiling, which
is hundreds of feet high.
Taking a closer look at
the lake’s surface, she recognizes the stars, Orihime and Hikoboshi, and
recalls the legend about the two lovers.
All of a sudden, the water’s surface begins to ripple and the shape of a
young man with silver hair and scarlet eyes starts to take form.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
The Twins of Fate ~Part III~
Word Bank:
talon claw portable transportable
talon claw portable transportable
intercept interrupt retain remember
The
Twins of Fate (Part III)
by
Teacher Christine
**Kingdom of Enchantments,
Palace**
Tap…tap…tap…tap. Only the sound of Genei’s pale white
finger thumping on the armrest of the throne he sits upon can be heard
resounding throughout the throne room.
Not even the breathing sounds of the dozen Indigo knights of Genei’s
renowned ROYGBIV army can be heard, even though their shadows line the
perimeter of the enormous hall. The
hall itself seemed to tremble in fear.
“Call the fortune teller,” Genei commands his right-hand-man, and most
loyal follower, Tomo, a Violet knight.
“As you command, my
Lord,” replies Tomo, a tall young man with platinum blonde hair and deep
cerulean eyes, as he swiftly exits the room and seeks out the fortune
teller.
Genei resumes to tap his
finger upon his armrest as he grows bored waiting; throughout the many years of
his immortal life, boredom seems to take up the majority of his time. His mind wanders as he remembers the
late King of the Kingdom of Enchantments and smiles to himself. Sixteen years ago, King Sekai really
put up a fight with Genei, as the battle between the two seemingly omnipotent
individuals lasted for seven days and seven nights. A frown forms upon Genei’s perfect, handsome face, as the
memories he _________________ed of how their battle ended plays in his head.
King Sekai, who was as strong and unmoving as the tallest mountain, cast a
spell of deep slumber upon himself and his Queen, freezing their time and
escaping the clutches of death. Is there any other worthy opponent who can
free me from my eternal boredom and move my heart of ice? Genei thinks to
himself. Further thoughts are
interrupted as Tomo enters the throne room with the old fortune teller in tow.
Genei beckons the
wrinkly, scrawny old fortune teller closer and asks, “Come and read my fortune
to me, wise one. I have grown
bored of the throne I now possess.
Is there anything interesting that lies in my future?”
The fortune teller tugs
at the chain around his neck and touches the tiny crystal, which transforms
into a large crystal ball with colorful mist moving within its depths. As the fortune teller recites a spell
and moves his hands around and over the crystal ball, an image starts to
appear. The old man finally
proclaims, “There is a young prince who will threaten your reign and rival your
powers. There is also a young
princess who will melt your heart of ice and rule over you. These Twins of Fate will be your
downfall.”
Genei smirks in response
and voices with excitement, “Things will start to get interesting around here
then!” Tomo glances at his
silver-haired lord and sees the flames dancing within his scarlet eyes,
anticipating how things will start to get complicated with his lord so excited
like this.
**Kingdom of
Enchantments, Grassy Hills**
A sharp pain continues
to throb throughout his head as Naito stirs in his sleep. The sweet scent of something fruity and
floral soothes him as he reaches out a hand to rub his temple. A cool breeze teases his midnight,
blackish-blue hair as he tentatively runs a hand over the large bump, and hears
a melodious voice softly ask, “Have you come to? How are you feeling?”
Naito slowly opens his
eyes to take in the sight of a goddess, hovering right over his face. As he gets lost in the depths of her
violet gaze, he suddenly realizes that he is resting on her lap and jerks up
into a sitting position. He
suddenly regrets the sudden move, as a fresh wave of pain threatens to knock
him out into a state of unconsciousness once again. Once the pain subsides into a dull throbbing pain, Naito
looks up and observes the land around him, noting that several hours have
passed, as night has set in and the full moon is high in the sky. “Would you like some water?” Murasaki
questions as she offers a cup fashioned out of a large leaf.
It
appears that she made the water from the nearby spring transportable by forming
a cup out of the material on hand.
Ingenious, Naito thinks to himself, as he thanks her
and gulps down the cool, refreshing liquid.
Murasaki smoothly rises
from the plush grass and makes her way to her brother, facing the dark forest
beyond, and hugs him from behind.
“Aoi, where are your manners?
Come join us and apologize to the poor man for knocking him out!” Murasaki commands in a teasing tone.
Reluctantly, Aoi turns
around and looks into Naito’s jade-green eyes and croaks out, “I apologize for
the mishap that occurred earlier.
I just meant to take a closer look at the scroll. I didn’t mean to bump into you, really.” His eyes shift back onto his twin as he
ponders, “What still confuses me,
though, is how powerful a little collision like that can be. We already discussed how the difference
in the gravitational forces of both worlds might be related to this sudden
display in power.”
Naito nods his head in
response, confirming their beliefs as he agrees, “With your bodies trained to
endure the stronger gravity of the human world, your bodies are currently just
barely being restrained by the force of gravity within our world.” He points to his forehead and
continues, “Which means landing a punch on me would’ve resulted in a much
bigger mess.”
Just as Aoi is about to
apologize again, a rustle and a flap of wings call the attention of the small
group to the sky. A small white
fluffy snowball dives down and lands on Aoi’s head. Aoi freezes and exchanges glances with his twin. Murasaki motions for Aoi to bend down
as she peers at the object nestled on his head. Her expression suddenly brightens up as she takes in the
fluffy, white puff as a baby owl.
She cups out her hands to the baby owl, which cocks its head at her and
immediate hops into her palms as she coos, “You adorable thing. Just how did you end up in my brother’s
hair like that?”
Naito observes the tiny
ball of fluff, nestling itself into the palms of Murasaki’s hands and replies,
“It appears to have answered your call.
You see how attached it is to you already? When you entered this world, it sensed your presence and
flew all the way here to be with you.”
Aoi reaches out and
questions, “I don’t get how this works, but does that mean I get an animal
too?” Before his hand is able to pet the fluffy owl, it flaps its wings and
extends its claws at him, as if to keep him away. Aoi quickly withdraws his hands as he waits for Naito’s
answer.
“Yes,” Naito retorts,
“but her guardian animal seems to have answered the call first, and rather
quickly at that. Owls like these
are found all the way on the opposite side of the world, and are known to
mature into one of the stealthiest and most dangerous creatures of the sky.”
Aoi’s jaw drops at that
comment. He stares in horror at
the tiny dangerous ball of fluff hovering in front of Murasaki’s face and
nuzzling her cheek. “Well,” Aoi
mutters, “at least its on her side.”
Murasaki runs a delicate
finger gently along the white fluffy owl and muses, “I think I will name you
Mofu, because you are so soft and fluffy.
Please take care of me!”
Mofu chirps in response,
as if agreeing to what she said.
Mofu flies over to her extended finger, wrapping its _________________ carefully
around it and perches comfortably, as Murasaki resumes to pet Mofu.
All of a sudden, another
rustle resounds from the deep woods behind them. “Is it my animal this time?” Aoi asks in an eager voice.
A young woman, appearing
to be around Naito’s age, bursts out of the forest while riding on a
broomstick. As she travels closer
to the group, her shoulder-length pink hair blowing about in every which way is
seen to peek out from under her black magician’s hat. When she reaches the group, her matching pink eyes assesses the
group while she voices, “You don’t look like you’re out to collect Mahou. However, you look formidable and can
definitely help me when I get my hands on the Mahou of Pocket Dimensions. Care to join me on my hunt?”
“Mahou?” Aoi asks, as he
looks at Naito for clarification.
Naito pulls out the
fiery copper ring from the chain around his neck and responds, “It’ll be
quicker to show you.” All of a
sudden, a ring of fire erupts out of nowhere and surrounds the young woman, who
squeals at her sudden predicament.
Naito looks at Murasaki, who assesses the situation with a grave look on
her face, and continues, “Mahou refers to enchanted jewelry, which have the
power to do whatever it is enchanted to do. My ring, for example, holds the power of flames.”
“And what of this Mahou
of Pocket Dimensions that this woman mentioned,” Murasaki questions, while
shifting her gaze from Naito to the young woman, standing stiffly as her eyes
take in the flames around her.
The young woman
explains, “It holds the power to make anything _________________, as this Mahou
opens up another dimension that has a limitless capacity to store things. In theory, the owner of this Mahou can
even transport an entire city if it is sucked into the dimension within, and
spat out at another location of this world.”
The twins’ eyes widen in
fascination as they gaze at one another.
Murasaki reads Aoi’s expression and makes out his thoughts as, Makes a suitcase seem insignificant, and
nods in agreement, with a miniscule smile forming on her face.
Seeing the twins’
interest on the Mahou of Pocket Dimensions, Naito remarks, “Thank you young
lady, for inviting us to accompany you.
However, did you think about how revealing your treasure hunt would
create complications, as others would seek out the Mahou like you are?”
The young lady shrugs
and crosses her arms in front of her chest. “Well,” she asserts, “this Mahou is resting within a very
dangerous cave, so I would rather risk competition with humans after working
with them to obtain it, than risk dying from the guardians protecting the
Mahou.”
“I see,” Aoi mutters as
he pieces together what she said.
“I am up for an adventure.”
Murasaki chimes in,
“Same here, but we have yet to formally introduce ourselves. I am Murasaki, and this here, is my
brother Aoi. The one holding you
within flames is Naito.”
As Naito’s gaze rests
upon Murasaki, he wills the flames to recede until they are completely
extinguished from the young lady.
Being released from the
flames, the young lady takes a deep breath and takes off her hat. “My name,”
states the young lady, “is Dorobou.
Please call me Doro!” she ends with a bow. With an embarrassed grin, she places her hat back on her
head and shifts her gaze back to the forest, adding on, “By the way, I failed
to mention to you that I was being chased by a few members of the ROYGBIV army
and they should be closing in on us any minute now. I kind of snatched a Mahou from one of the knights,” she
confesses sheepishly. “Please
_________________ them from capturing me, or else all of us will end up in
trouble neck deep!”
Naito appears to be
unfazed, as if he already anticipated the trouble Doro brought with her, and
taunts Aoi, “This is where your punch will come in handy,” as both men take up
protective stances in front of Murasaki.
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