I LOOKED at the brightness of the moon before I stopped the horse I am riding from walking.
"We are here! We are here!" Vivi said. I sighed and caressed his body. He was in front of me, on top of the horse's head.
"Yes, Vivi. We are here." I unmount the horse and gently tug its lead to the nearest tree and tie it there. I looked at Vivi again and touched his chest using my finger up unto his beak. "I will be back after a while. We will return to Kozania after this."
"Be careful, My Lady. Be careful, My Lady," he added. His words never failed to make me smile and make me calm. I nodded as an answer to him before I left him there with the horse.
I took that clean path towards the place where I knew Mikhel was. I can see a long field ahead of me while on the side lies the entrance of the woods. And from where I stood, I can see one hut from the farther side of the field. I can see it because of the lamp lit from the inside. Beside it was a big cage of animal
MY FEET savored the cold water of the sea as a I continuously walked until I reached the land of Kozania. I felt the sands attached to my feet and hem of my long dress. I just ignored that and turned around to face the ocean where the boat I was on was leaving, I slightly walked along the water for that boat could not land on the shore. It was huge and only two creatures were on board together with a lot of products they would trade in Farianio."Welcome back, My Lady. Welcome back, My Lady," Vivi beamed on my shoulder. I just sighed without taking my eyes off the boat until it diminished in my sight.When I left the kingdom of Widolla, I left my memories altogether, from my reunion with Sevasti until Mikhel's death. I do not have to go back to those anymore, what I should do is resume what I have begun here in my kingdom. This time, I should not fail. Too many years had passed, I had to begin the plans I had laid out for the kingdom of Kozania, and for that king. 
He brought my hands to his lips, not taking his eyes off me. "Because I love you, Aliara. Only you and no one else," his voice was hoarse, I could feel the sincerity in it.My heart almost exploded because of the mixed emotions and its fast beating. I close my eyes when he kisses the back of my palm again. This is it, I have heard what I want to hear, only me and no one else.Tears dripped as I opened my eyes, tears of pleasure. I slowly released a smile.He let go of hands and wiped my few tears with his fingers."Make sure what you are saying is not some sort of a lie, Sevasti." I didn't let him finish what he was doing and immediately put my arms around his neck.He laughed because my voice was threatening, and he brought his hands to my waist and pulled me closer to him. He did not wait another moment and immediately sealed me with a kiss, a soft and gentle one. With that kiss, he made me feel that what he just said was not a lie, that hi
I LOOKED at my finger when he put the ring that was utterly familiar to my sight. My mouth slightly hung open as my eyes landed on his. I decided to meet him to say our plan to attack the discotheque again for the second time and I am to get him on our side. But even before I can speak a word, he slid the ring on my finger where it previously belonged."How did you find this ring?" I said with a slow and low voice, barely even audible for someone to hear. I am not sure of what I am saying. This is what I received from him the last time that I threw in the woods when I found him and Elana together. That is the reason why I am so confused right now that he gave me this ring again.He did not answer me. Instead, he lifted my hand that was on his gentle grip towards his lips. He was looking at me as he kissed it. I seemingly forgot my function to speak as I forgot the questions I had for him because of what he did. I was completely drowned in his eyes that spoke thousands
"I love you so much too." I moved my lips near his ear and whispered. "We can always do that at the right time," I said, teasing him. He tried to move away from me but I tightened my grip on him and hugged him as I laughed softly. If that was me, I knew I cannot hold back myself with that intensity in that situation. Good thing he was the one to regain his consciousness first. I put my chin over his shoulder when he snaked his arms on my waist. "I do not want it to be here," he said with a hoarse voice. My forehead knotted when I remembered what happened in the woods that time. If I had not regained my consciousness that time then we would have done it there. "Really? What about the thing we did in the woods last time?" I said, intently cutting my words. I smirked at him while staring at him when I faced him, never removing my arms that were snaked on him. His forehead creased, seemingly pissed about what I said. I can also see the expression
I WAS gasping for air as I swung my sword in the air to kill the last enemy that attacked me. Even if I am tired, I put a victorious smile on my face when I looked around and saw the result of our fight. The battle was still on-going but it is very obvious that we are the victor seeing that the enemies were out of force. It was minutes until we defeated them completely, I can already see it.I lifted my arms in the air when I saw Vivi flying towards me."The master is here! The master is here!" he said, that made me smile. He flew away again so I used my speed to go faster towards the back side of this place.There, I saw Sevasti who was waiting for my arrival. Idaho was on the ground, kneeling while his hands were stuck behind him with a special chain made to stop him from using his potential. His eyes were blindfolded as his mouth was gagged with a cloth so the words he could speak were incomprehensible. He was forcing himself to be free from the chain t
He nodded at me so I proceeded and walked towards the middle of the discotheque where I could see all of them. Before I could even make it past half my way through, arrows were sent in my direction causing it to rain on me. I quickly dropped Idaho on the ground, not minding the loud thud it made and the aching sound from his mouth. I took my sword rom its sheath and swung it fastly into the air, cutting the arrows before it even arrived on me.Some of my comrades went to where I stood and some went to the direction where the arrows were coming from. We continued fighting the arrows that were still coming. If we could not avoid it, we dodged it from the air.When the arrows stopped falling towards us, I walked towards Idaho who crawled his way to make distance from me."Fool," I said as I shook my head. He already knew the ending of this battle but he was still insisting to escape. I am convinced that this man was a real fool.Before I could even lay my ha
THE SUN was about to rise.We had seen the sun rise as we reached home from the long journey we took last night. Even if we were all tired from fighting all night long, none of us protested about it and that was what I liked about them. We brought five horses with us, three of them were pulling a cart. Two were for the children who were with us and one for the weapons that we used.I mounted one of the horses while the other one was pulled by Matias who walked beside me. Behind us were our comrades who followed us, walking on their own two feet. I looked at the sky where the darkness was being conquered by the light of the sun as I heard the laughter of the children with their chirpy little voices, some of them were playing with Vivi. Perhaps they were delighted with the way he spoke. Screechy and repeated.I halted the horse that I am riding when I noticed a black smoke coming from the place where the palace was located, where we resided for the past five years
"By the time I face him, I am certain that I will hurt him to the hilts until he wishes that I just killed him instead of that," I said, clenching my jaws."We needed to save them right this instant. They might do something bad to them if we do not show up there as soon as we can, Princess," said Matias that was immediately agreed upon by our other comrades."If they try to harm even one of them, those bastard of a Vedantes will taste my wrath, I swear on my Father's name." I heaved a long and deep sigh to calm my raging nerves, feeling the anger half as I felt with Hencio. "Let us start preparing for that. Is there anyone here who wants to join me?" I asked the men I was with in this room.They were experienced in fighting too but I did not take them with me in Farianio because there were too many of us and I know for sure that we will win. Perhaps there were a number of Verdanes who went here, the reason why they got defeated. With that in mind, I have to brin
Sevasti's Point of View I WATCH her in the middle of the forest, here in Kozania. She was sitting in front of the clear water of the stream, the thing that is between us. I was so far away from her the reason why I think she did not notice me. Also, she seemed to be out of it and was thinking deeply to even notice my presence. She had been here earlier in the afternon and now it was getting dark but her position did not seem to change even in the slightest. I exhaust my eyes just staring at her beauty, at her hair wavy every time the wind blew. She is dressed better now than before. Truly, she became the queen of Kozania. She had achieved her dream of rebuilding her kingdom, and I am happy for her. Even if it costs the death of my father and us losing the ownership of the throne in Farianio. It was never ours to begin with so it was only just for it to be returned to its rightful owner. This is my only free time to stare at her because as soon as she feels my presence, I will immed
I LOOKED at Adrina when we reached Farianio's palace. Tonight, to be sure to really surprise them with our attack, and another is for them not to be ready so that we can easily conquer this kingdom.Everyone is in the dark, hiding and waiting for the signal so that they can show up to the opponents. We use the sturdy weapons made by the Verdantes.It also took a long time before Dardo made his decision but in the end he chose to be my ally. I gave him a chest of gold which he really enjoyed. But he did not join our attack, considering the welfare of his kinsmen. I did not force him either. We have enough weapons from him and I think that is enough.He nodded at me so I smiled and turned to Vivi."Vivi," I told her. He flew away from my shoulder and fly freely through the air."Start the attack! Start the attack!" he shouted repeatedly with his shrill voice until it reached all our comrades.I pulled the sword out of its sheath and jumped fro
"I LOVE you so much, Aliara! And yes, you are wrong if that is what you are thinking about me. You are the only woman I have ever loved in my whole life. The woman I will continue to love and will love until the last of my breaths," he said, seemingly trying to make me understand what is being said by him as the heaviness of his breath intensified. He looked down and when he spoke again, calmly. "I am sorry that I am not with you in all your suffering. I am not there when you need me. I am not there when you are looking for me. But, Aliara, I really want to go and see you at times you want me to be there. I want to save and protect you but my father always stops me. He does everything just so I cannot see you." His mouth clenched his jaws and turned to face me again, his eyes full of anger, longing and sadness. "I really love you, Aliara. That will never change. I hope you will forgive me for all my shortcomings. And please, do not take away your love for me. I cannot afford to lose
He also smiled and seemed defiant. "How can I not know that there was such a commotion that day. The rebels that were a threat to the peace of Farianio escaped. The fairies only saved you, the reason why you are still alive today. Who would have thought that even the fairies were on your side? Maybe you really ought to live quite a long life.""It will still take a long time because I am barely done with everything I have to do." I moved closer to him, he did not budge and just stayed in his place. "But how do you make sure they are fairies? You just heard that they can control plants, do you not? You know it was not just fairies that had the ability to control plants."His forehead furrowed, wondering, and eventually that was replaced by panic."But--how ..."I proudly smiled and nodded softly at him. Agreeing with what is currently in his mind right now. Yes, Dardo, Hederon. They are not yet dead. They are just hiding from our sight. And now, it is time
WHEN Adrina and I met again, she gave me another hope to continue what I had started, revenge on Henicio. She talked to me a few times about it but when I asked her why she was encouraging me, she did not answer and in fact, changed the subject.Now, I am standing in the middle of the forest while looking at the moon as I realized why she wanted me to kill Hencio. She wants revenge because of Matias. It is not hidden from my knowledge that she loves the man and even though I did not see her grief at his death, I know how much she felt at that moment.Perhaps, she has not forgotten yet. She has not lost her anger for the creatures that were the root of all of this. Especially with Hencio. He is the one who is responsible for all of this so he is the one to be avenged.I turned to Zalina who was by my side, she was Adrina's mother but she seemed to have aged just a little ahead of me when it came to appearance. Adrina and I were with her when I went to the V
We now face the creatures who were watching. The reactions they show vary but curiosity prevails. I closely watched them as the soldiers adjusted the rope at my height. That only faded when I heard Vivi’s loud whistling in the air. He circled the creatures in front of us before approaching them. He did not stop flying, but his eyes were focused on me.A soldier pulled me up again to attach the rope to my neck, I just let him do that, still looking at Vivi. Earlier, he had been quiet all the way down as he followed us and I know he was sad now as he witnessed my fate. Her chirps seemed to be crying as I heard it so I also felt sad. I will leave him. It was just now that thought crossed my mind. That I will be leaving him.I smiled at him to convey that it was all right. That he did not have to cry and be sad. I know he can do everything without me. She can find a new friend to love and take care of him like I did. Otherwise, he will join other birds and live
THE SURROUNDINGS were bright as the sun had already risen when we reached the center of Farianio. The creatures parted to give way to us, curiosity was written in their eyes as they looked. The soldiers were in front and on our side, watching us closely as if we could still escape in this condition. Aside from chaining our hands, we were already tired and weak from the long journey. And most of us were still wounded.I could no longer walk properly because of my trembling leg. The aching wound in my thigh seemed to spread all over my body. My sweat was dripping, my throat was dry and I was definitely pale because of the blood I had lost.These stupid soldiers do not even give us a drop of water."Aliara," Casias called, he was just next to me. Hands were also tied and had nothing to do but obey these soldiers. He called me several times but I never looked back at him.This stupid traitor! He still really wants to talk to me."Do not talk to me," I
I nodded and stomped on his foot. His jaws clenched and we applied more strength to our swords, still stuck to the air. I quickly backed away and struck the sword I was holding on his stomach but he immediately dodged so it just touched his clothes.He gripped his sword tightly and successively rushed at me but I avoided everything as he continued to retreat. When he stopped, I turned around and rushed first, with each strike of my sword he shielded it with his weapon. However, I hit him several times with my arm and hand. But because he was strong he was not shaken by those measly attacks.Annoyed, I blew a massive puff of air when he kicked me on the side, I backed away and stopped. My eyes were firm as I turned to him. I was ready to rush again but I stopped when an arrow hit my arm causing me to release the sword I had in my grip.My mouth stopped at the pain I felt here. I did not notice it coming! However I no longer paid attention to it when Favier rushed
"YOU ARE a princess, Aliara?" Rowan spoke again but I ignored him.And since Casias was also not surprised by that, it was only a fact that Favier was stating the truth, that he was affiliated to the palace.I smirked after a while, sarcastically. There are many questions in my mind but I am slowly coming to an understanding on what is happening now. They have known each other for a long time, even before I came here to Ohayas. It was very clear that Casias had betrayed me, he pretended to know nothing about me, that he did not know me. Perhaps that fool Henicio is watching over me. And this is the right time to kill me.Am I quick to trust so I am always betrayed by the people around me?I want to laugh at myself for that question.But even if he deceived me now I do not intend to question him. It also does not matter if I ask him why he did this to me. All of them wants only my life.And I will not just give my life without resisting.