The words of the little child has always been a mystery. They are deep and can't possibly reach in my current knowledge. The young prince lead the way out and it's for my shock that he only need a clasp of hands and the area of a shelves moves and distorts to show the blinding light that is covering the whole place!I snap open my eyes as I subconsiously close it, and found I am transported back at the hallway.The young prince chuckled, and he said reluctantly, “I'm true to my words, Altara. I'll give you time to think, hm?” He only turn away and waves his hand, and shuddered in his feet. “My prince?” I called out, and the moment he look back, the usual prince in his blue eyes came to sight. He is confuse at first, but smile without saying the words.I can only clear my throat, and said as I remind myself for some matter, “Aren't you disappointed anymore?”There's always been a bang in my heart, and it's become one of my heartbeat. But right now, they skip to beat and destroy the d
It's my fault he is gone away. Perhaps reach this far and resurface within the existence of the royal prince!Having this in mind, I can't seem to rest a bit after snapped my eyes open. My heart is beating hard as I travel my way to the rooftop. And the stairs came to sight that is go down the blue garden that is grand. But I don't glance at it the longer than a second, and turn my way to the dim of a blue sky that is withering in appearance.The thought of withering is something my mind can't help but ponder the distant matter. It is something been given me a headache, and the fragment of withering isn't that easy to obtain. But I didn't even gave a damn right now as the fragment knock in my head, the fragment that is far distant that I barely notice!I'm panting hard as I muttered, “I clearly remember how I've been cold with you, my brother. I can't help but feeling the regrets I'd forgot through the misery and hatred I've felt in the darkness. Are you perhaps resurfacing once agai
The silent in the dining area is what I'm expected. The young prince is eating just fine, but he glance from time to time. Whether his silence is those of fear, or respecting the two figure that is silently doing their usual.The grandfather is the one that strange me. His words still struck my head now and then, but his stares is kinda strange. Or is this how the royals do their scanning?He smile as he clear his throat, and broke the silence, “Ija, are you enjoy the month of celebration? I've see you with my grandson all this time,” he glance softly at the young prince. “Ijo, you should have prepare the matter beforehand, and the both of you to have a public appearance. Why there to disguise anyway?”I almost choke to the words, and a gasp escape my mouth. So they are aware, huh? It is something I should have expect, but I couldn't stop my heart from beating crazily. Even my voice couldn't out my mouth and the words struck my head. What is there a need of public appearance?The you
“Where's the young prince?” I ask while he seem not to notice the sounds of a broken glasses that is filling the entire world!He break freak from the embrace and look at me with disappointment. “You still don't get it, I see,” he murmured and is filled with too much complexity.“Get what, huh?” “There's no young prince, my lady,” he reveal that echoed out. “Why are you obsessed with that child? He lured you here if you don't even know!”“What?” I couldn't believe his words, and the disappointment therein. But that concept is something I couldn't understand. I weirdly look at him as I said, “Then who are you? Why are you even existed?”His face darkened, and I staggered backward. However, the shattering of the glassess never stop since then, and it's only intensified this moment. It cause my heart to boom, yet I don't give a damn.“Altara, please,” he said as he catch to my pace and grab my hand. “We have to go. It's dangerous in here-”“You are the dangerous here,” I burst out in fr
Third Person POVOn how much time has it been since the beginning of time, the classics has the answer.Near the border of darkness and light, the little girl is pouting, and is feeling bored while watching the passerby of a fireflies. Whatever in her mind while watching them, only someone in her sides can ever answer. This someone said while open the pages of the book in his hand, “There's nothing here, Altara! How can we ever differentiate the reality and those that are not?”“Can you please stop spouting nonsense?” The little girl said, her eyes bloodshot!The young man chuckled. “Easy! Are you bored because you can't go through?”“Go through what?” She roared.“Through there?” The young man pointed the afar castle, that is old than the march of the fireflies. He shrugged when the little girl quitened. His face is gentle, yet there's a cruel light therein. However, they adds to his charisma, and is love by everyone but this little girl.“I'll go there someday, but that's not incl
Third Person POVIt's been a gold of a time, and those who once young is grown up by the passage of time. Included the fireflies that is come and go, and is surrounded the far distant. As of this moment, a man in his black suit is standing at the border of darkness, and is one step away to the dim of a place. Unlike the darkness, the dim of the place is barely alive, or what it is called barely survive the shadow of the darkness that is toppled the whole wide world!His expression is one of a reminisce as he murmured, “I barely remember the passage of the old, but I know you clearly in my heart. How was you this whole time?” The cruelty in his eyes have long been toppled by the longing in his eyes. The gentleness as he look at the dim of the place is one of a kind in the darkness. This darkness is kind of cruel in itself, and would never let anyone belong to it to break free from its shadow!“I barely stop the darkness, but it's not enough,” he continued as the fireflies been weaken
Third Person POVThe whole world is once shapeless, and is taking a tool to everyone in power to hold a grand expedition. This expedition is one of its kind, and is revealing the the desire of everyone who participated!The bloody-robe is one of them, and is showing his might to the places that barely seen. He didn't seem to weary a bit, and is only getting stronger in the passage of time. “I'll make it alive and share the knowledge of the word!” his thought as the journey the deepest of the darkness continued. In his heart, he barely imagine his family that he left behind, as if they becoming the fragment that will lost in no time.This unbeknowst to him, and this journey had them reach the moment of no return this whole time. Lies the darkness is the forbidden in itself, and no one can ever escape the shadow of the darkness that is cruel!In an instant, the expedition becomes bloody, but the bloody-robe man said as he realize a thing, “Head to my order, you bastards! Hunt the knowl
Third Person POVThere are desire that couldn't control and is taking a tool of one's life. The mirror is the prison of the soul and while it is the strongest prison, the moment it will broke, everything will be a confussion.The woman in golden hair is smiling very evil at the mirror, her stomach bulge out as if any moment will burst into open. She said highly and mockery, “No one will know, and I'll taker of your body, my dear Emilda. This is our secret and you must keep it to your grave,” she added as she smash the crack mirror into fragment!The reflection have long been weak and can only stare blankly at the woman. The broken pieces of the mirror is thrown into the window and is disapear to the darkest fog that is somehow flickering dimly.“Gone, my dear, and be greatful your body conceive with my help!” Her laughter vibrated out to the deepest of the darkness, and the bloody eyes slowly open their eyes.The shattering of the world is done in silence, and together with the broken
It happen in a far so distance that Altara barely look back. The time is the bloody one; the bloody moonlight strike everywhere!“Isn't it good time for a hunt?” Someone ask, reveal the never-seen of excitement.“Are you nuts? Grandma will sure punk you!” “She will never know! Unless you tell her,” the girl rolled her eyes and is sounded so frustrated.Their every gaze causing her to find strange. She stuttered, “You think I'll do that? Is that why you all don't inform me you all hear the tale grandma forbidden you all? Seriously?”“Yes. Is it a problem for you?” interrupted by a strange voice and is causing her heart to boom hardly. “You've done it once and you'll do it again, Altara. So not telling you this will be your reminder and your punishment for being such a bitch.”“I'm no bitcg!” She cry out, yet they look away. They begun telling each other how fun their day have been. How it is colorful, and let her reminder her absence is nothing but a joyous and freeful moment!These
Cynthia Pov I saw something in the storage room that day. I have the feeling that it has the uses and can be relevant to our journey. That's why I keep it to myself...“What's that, Rein?” Edward ask, starled me. I didn't realize he keep an eye at me. “W-what's what?” I look at him as if I weirded by his question. As if it is absurd that I don't want to answer. Which he find suspicious. “Why are you defensive?” His eyes curious by what I keep behind me. He added, “Is there's something I didn't know about? Rein, you can tell me.” He looks sincere but that's makes me uneasy.I couldn't help but hide the uneasiness, and couldn't keep my voice low, but it raised as I said, “Are you sure I hide something, Edward? Why? Why do you think so I hide something?” I try to be seen angry at him which is I sure to apologize later. But his face become apologetic. “I didn't mean suspecting you,” he said and I just look away when I feel like I making him worried...and sorry about something he shou
Cynthia POV“Where are they?” Edward and Milke are no where to be seen. I look at Carl who looks trouble but sighed as saw my stares, and said, “I don't see the reason to explain, but...they know as well.”“How?” As I ask, I saw the man who lie at the cotton seat, peacefully sleep as if not been fell from above. “Don't tell me...” I grasp to the idea in mind. “That's impossible-”“He having conscious earlier and said something strange-” Carl stop himself, but he knows he can't now as my eyes turn to him. “-that's why Mike and Edward, who didn't know earlier those disturbing things I see with Shiela, now know a biggest discovery that explain everything.”“And what is it?” I asked, sounds curious, but he fell silence to it. “Carl-”“You better not know, Rein,” he said, face serious and deadly begging me to not asking for more, “what we have to focus as of the moment is to wait-”“Wait? What's there to wait?” I didn't even bother know his reasons, I couldn't understand anymore. “Carl, I
Cynthia POVShiela give me a hug and curius about something, “Is he fine?” She refer to the man who fell from above. Mike and Edward sheltered him inside the Train. I inform Shiela, “He is unconscious...but he's fine.” I guess. I hope so.Carl and every children have a simple supper, he keep nagging that we should eat even just a little but I chose to be alone. Until Shiela came. Still there's silence after she ask about that man.I look at her, “What's bothering you?” I ask her when she is unbelievably bother, something that I never thought I will see through her face. “I...” She look at the sky. “...I think I saw something earlier.” Her lips begun trembling, eyes watered again as she look at me. “I'm scared, Rein.”“What?” I couldn't know how to react but I never thought something beyond the falling is the reason of her fear earlier. “Shiela...”“Hey, you two!” Carl calling from afar, voice sounds tire. “Let's eat!” I hug Shiela, things that she does earlier. “Tell me.” I am begg
Cynthia POVShiela and Carl stay and calm the children while we look to the man who fell from the sky. Everyone are in shock, actually we are surprise that we chose to keep the journey on hold. But I remain on my foot and see to myself what happened to the man. Mike and Edward lead the way. As I observe around, we are now in between the snowy-warmth place and rainy-firey place. We finally see the land below our feet, no snow to hide it. It even have Trees that as if withstand the climate, grow bigger than usual. One of the Trees is where that man landed, actually his Parachute tightly embrace one of the branches. From where he is, 10 feet above the ground, he breathe just fine but unconscious. He as if hanged there for a crime but we know better, he just crashed for God knows where he came from.“I'll climb,” Edward volounter as Mike and I looks away, “I know you both are afraid of height.”“I'm not!” Mike corrected him. “It's just...”“Still you are afraid to climb.” Edward said wi
Cynthia POVI stare blankly at him. “Can you tell them to find excitement together?” He look at me with curious eyes, “Why? Is something...bothered you?”“That...I couldn't answer for now.” I look away, stare the magical from afar. “Even I feel like that is magical place rather than strange, still...I could only at peace when I know we are in it together. Reach one place at a time...together.” I emphasize the word and look at him begging. He understood, nodded, “Then...” He grab my hand and before I know it, we are at the center of each children. “Everyone, my friend here has something to say before we proceed to seeks excitement.” He smile at me, while I almost lose my cool.“Edward,” I whisper, “what do you think you're doing?” He didn't answer, only sign me to voice what I'm trying to say. “You can do it,” he said, “I know you can do better on persuading them than me.”I couldn't contain my heartbeat, but at the back of my mind, it says I'm screaming that finally...I can have th
Cynthia POVLights illuminated as I adjusted my vision. I scan around with a banging heart and dreaded mind. There's a sight that I couldn't imagine to see, but it is even real? I thought I having a dream. How can a hundred of children be in a one place without grown ups to guide them? This is horrible to ever seen, but I couldn't just regrets my desire to ever reach this place. I'm not yet know however this world works.“Slap me, Shiela!” I heard Carl unknowingly request a thing from Shiela. And before I know what they are doing, Carl scream in pain. I couldn't contain my surprise of what Sheila have done. She is as if possess by something and unknowingly do what Carl requested her to do. Not that it is surprises enough, but how Carl reacts gives me a hint its really hurt, his face becomes tomato.“Sorry?” Shiela feel a slight of regrets, thing that she couldn't have before. Now she is surprised about it, look at her hand that slap a friend and feel so sorry again. “Did I hit you
Cynthia POVIt was the start of the summer. I am silently glared the boys who is so excited to hear a tale that Grandma have been telling them the last summer. It have been a bitter season to me, having the attention of Grandma shifted to them. They are so attention's stealer. I don't have anyone but Grandma. Yet this whole season, they just keep bothering the house and teasing me whole day. However try I am to busy myself, study earlier even it is a vacation, yet the simple trick of the boys my world gotten crumble!“You're so nerd, Rein,” Hunter said, startled me from unknown reason. He's never been this way, call me with this name rather than the name Grandma design to us. Our eyes locked in contact. Instantly, my heart felt like to explode and I can't help but to shiver and rooted in the.floor. “Are you fine? You looks pale,” His cold hand flow to my head and I shivered more, more violently. “That's weird,” he commented, barely contain the worry in his voice.“Just stop it, Edw
“They will come to get children with a strong desire,” Grandma once said in a way that is receiving gasps from the children surrounded her.She then smile as if dreaming to that world she said filled with desire. “It is a dream world for children. To be able to hear a shattering of the wind is like a starts of their dream come true. This will be a primonition of their blessing...”Sounded scary as always but children laugh like sick in the mind. Or perhaps they are good at dreaming the possibility outthere.But this fear-inciting tale slowly getting excitement to the one of a children; She is silent this whole time and reveal the boredom. Yet her heart trembled in excitement!She said as she sneered, “When exactly that is going to be true? Where's the celestial you spouted upon, Grandma?” She sounded annoyed, however, her eyes is glowing with excitement. She surpass the other children surrounded the grandma!“Why are you getting interested, Cynthia?” One of the children ask, his voice