Chapter 3.1 Who am I

Lalaine was shocked when she found Stella laying on the floor, the moon light illuminates her like flittering lights in the night. The crystal orbs surrounds her, slowly lifting her from the ground. She immediately called out Nana, Aeriol, Nathaniel, and Lynx. Aeriol immediately pull out Stella from the illuminating light and lay her to bed. Nathaniel and Lynx looks out the window and saw a beautiful red rose. As if the  moon light blessing it. The more light it absorb, the radiant the color gets. Lynx trails back to Leis last words.

"The light of the first moon will lead you to it. The chorus of the song that will wake her up in a dream. Fragments of fragments will show. Her powers can destroy or restore. Wicked is the heart that love and weaker is the love that steals. Who owns the priestess that no one can steal?"

"Aeriol!" Lynx called out "We need to seal the flower" he said and jumps out from the window followed by Nathaniel and Aeriol. As dark disfigured shadows starts to crawl their way up on the fence.

“Sword of light” Nathaniel murmured. As fire from his hand start to form into a sword. He take a deep breathe and look at Lynx. “No rest huh?” he said trying to humor the situation.

“Meh” Lynx rolled his eyes and smiled. This is just the start of the long journey.

"I the King of land calls out to you, protect and seal the ground I stand" Lynx chanted as the branches of the trees move making a big cage enveloping the house. Nathaniel jumps out the cage, stretching his legs, arms and leg.

“I am impatient so..” he took another deep breathe “La fire!” he screamed. All of the sudden the shadows near him and the fence starts to burn. This is the first time he uses that magic again. He feels chills running through his spine, the sensation of being the greatest warrior.

"Lala!" Aeriol called out "I need you to help me to create a glass to protect the flower" he added and Lala nods. She looks at Nana Upeng and smiled

"Everything is gonna be alright, protect her from now" she said, as Nana Upeng turns to a water fairy. Her ears turns pointed, her eyes turns black, and her arms are full of scales.

"Yes, Princess" Nana said. Lalaine hurriedly went down and meet Aeriol.

"What should we do?" asked Lynx to Aeriol.

"Follow me" they create a circle around the rose. They hold hands as they enchanted

"I conjure protection of the wind" - Aeriol

"I conjure the land that gives vitality" - Lynx

"I conjure the water that springs life" - Lalaine

"Protect thy rose of power, until its owner claim it with honors. Evil is sealed as love will spring." They said in unison. Bright light sprouts from the ground and envelopes the rose. It is slowly pulled it out and rest its root in a ceramic glass. A bright light wrap the rose as it slowly turn to a clear glass. From the roots a trail of gold slowly forming.

Lalaine can hear her own heartbeat, she feels that all around her starts to twirl and turn and twirl.

“Hold on” Lynx tighten his grip on Lalaine’s hand. She nods giving herself courage. She is the girl who does not know the word GIVE UP. She is TOUGH. She said continuously to herself.

On the other side, Nathaniel is confuse on how fast this shadows regenerates. He changes his sword to a gun as he continuously kills everything that goes on what he calls fire-of-vision. He is out-of-breathe, this is maybe lack of training or his agility weakens. Maybe, he still doesn’t understand anything about what is happening right now. All this time his mind is focus on how to protect the realms and kingdoms. He is in the highest place possible, one of the King mightiest warriors. Yet, the bravery his King showed that night seem to be impossible to achieve. It is the night he declares his love to a Priestess he can never marry, never touch, and never see.

The King Sun finally declares his love for her, the whole kingdom and realms were shock. Even Fate was there when the King announces it. Fate shook her head and look at the King with disdain, pulling the King and Nathaniel out. They went to the secluded place.

“You know the consequences, right?” she asked

“I have asked the Gods, the deities, the keeper, the Demons, you, and even humans. Only two of these gave me hope”

“That hope, you only have three in five-hundred-twenty-million-six-hunderd-seventy-thousand-five-hundred-eight chances.” She said wanting to pull out her book and show this stupid man how awful their future is.

“Even if it means forever.” He said with grace, courage, and belief that in a million times they gonna meet and be with her.  

"whirl" Aeriol whispered then a gasp of wind pushes the shadows away. Pulling Nathaniel out from the past.

“Thanks, but I don’t need it” he said boasting

“I know, just waking you up” Aeriol answered as he focus back on the sealing. Nathaniel smirk and blast every shadow in his sight.

Finally! the sealing completed. The gold veins are scattered on the glass.

Lalaine smile, things starts to gets blur and her knees gives up on her. Lynx catches her and smiled.

"You did a good job" Lynx whispered to her ears. A gentle smile forms on her lips, she is really awesome. 

"Ofcourse" she said proudly.

Aeriol didn't waste any time, he flew back where Stella is. Taking a sigh of relief as the orbs starts to fade. He place the glass on the table and sit near Stella.

“Wake up” he whispered on her ears. He wipes the tears pouring out at Stella's eyes, wishing he would know why she is crying and in so much pain.

"My King, hope you cradle her heart. Make her stop crying" he wished on the depths of his heart.

He wish and wish and wish…..

On Aeriol's eyes, this woman is the beloved Priestess of Aelius. He saw how their love grew since the fateful day of Equinox. Then and there he knew that the Gods intend them to see each other.

Nathaniel stood in front of the gate as he continuous killing the remaining shadows. He grins as he killed the last one of them. He runs back in the garden making his way over to Lynx.

"Here you go" Lynx said handing Lalaine over to Nathaniel. She is sleeping like a lamb, clueless and drained.

"Ah?!" he flushed and panicked.

"Got to clean this mess up" Lynx said pointing at the damage garden  Lynx remove the barrier and replace it with a clear one making it invisible from the naked eye. Nathaniel carry Lalaine inside the house and lay her down. He saw Nana coming down the stairs

"Is the Princess ok?" she asked

"Yes" Nathaniel respond

"Thank you" Nana said and bow down