Lord Varnaak was given till the next dusk of Triven to find out what the prince Andreas was hiding by king Radia. He thought of a perfect strategy to carry out the king's orders of following the prince after he had assigned him to do so.
He knew very well he couldn't be seen by the people of Triven but he was sure the prince was going to sense him, one way or the other and for sure see him. So he had to do something exceptional like use one of his rare abilities, making illusions! Yes that was his strength and he was very sure it would be of great help to him now. But to be able to pull that off, he had to hatch a very effective plan so that he can outsmart the prince. He thought following him around, lurking around his own dark self so that he won't seem it strange that he saw him or sensed him wherever he went. He already knew that the prince spends his imaginary times in Omania at Triven and he was certain he mostly stayed in the ranger institute at their capital, Nerwin. But was he was not cleared on why he was always there. He would have just said that he was there in search of the mutated illuminator but that was wrong, he knew it for sure because he always sensed his presence around the dorm. He thought of going there but it would be too risky because he was very sure that Andreas must make something out of seeing him there probably because he loved to cause trouble and devastate the lived of the people of Fraun (another world) and Triven was not a place he liked to hang around in this ghost form of his. With all these thoughts put to consideration, he made up his mind to visit pay Nerwin a visit but not as him self but as the prince. He decided he would give the prince a good reason to be back in Gorgor, so that he would have the time to tour the whole and find what bonded him to the place. With that been concluded, he made his way to the kings throne room to ask he grant him power to speak with his name. "Your grace" he bowed as he walked in and saw him staring out his window to their dark crumbled world. "I assumed that you have come to tell me what you found out lord Varnaak" king Radia asked casually not taking his sight off the window. "Not excatly your grace" he began calmly, "But l am definitely on it. I have come to ask that you bestow on me the right to speak on your name to the prince for it would be a great assistant to achieving your goal your sublimed". "Do what ever you can and must do lord Varnaak. You have just 24 hours to give me valid answers". "Thank you your grace" Lord Varnaak bowed, "l will never fail you". With satisfaction, he made his way to Nerwin immediately it was their dawn. He stood at the gate and called out to the prince's aura, being very certain that he was inside somewhere. "What do you want lord Varnaak?" Prince Andreas asked standing just a few steps from him. "Well my prince, greetings to you" he bowed to him. "I wonder what you are doing here, this early to the day. I am supposing this is where your search for the mutated illuminator has led you, very thrilling". "Just say why you are here and leave immediately to your favorite world to cause more disasters, because that is certainly what you do best". "Sorry to beat your expectations my prince but l am now good at doing something else too". "And what might that be?" "I now carry out orders from your father the king and ruler of Gorgor". "And when was that decided?" "Wrong question my prince" lord Varnaak objected. "The right question should be... What has the king ordered me to pass to you" "I am very certain that l do not need to remind you lord Varnaak the consequences of speaking falsely against my father. Look before you leap". Andreas' voice sounded really cold. "I am sure my sight is clear my prince and so is my senses too. So if you don't mind, l would like to pass message and get to other things l have to carry out for today". "Say what ever you want to say and leave" Andreas ordered. "The king orders that you move now to Babu, he has a great sense that the mutated illuminator is there. He says that you move immediately, if you still appreciate the look of our world's symbol behind your neck" He said, crossing his hands behind his back. After his words, he turned and left not waiting to answer any more question or even implicate himself. He knew if he lingered, considering how smart the prince was, he was going to find out the truth so he knew his best option was to leave at the moment. However, he really hoped the prince will fall for it, and he did...But he really hoped the prince will fall for it, and he did, leading to his now state. He had come back later after he was sure the prince had gone to Babu to carry out his father's orders as he had made him believe. He moved to the dorms immediately, searching all the rooms there for anything that could be likened to prince Andreas. He had just finished his search in the first and second dorms in his illusion as the prince. He was about to move to the third before he sensed the prince's presence there in Nerwin. 'He did even stay as long as he thought or was he the one who lost track of time?. He looked at the sun and realized it was already past mid day for Triven. Dammit* he must have spent so much time searching the other dorms. Immediately, he took the form of one of the flags there just to fool him, even though he knew he was the only one who could see him and would definitely know that something was off with the environment. But that was just to pass. As the flag, he staye
As the water from the shower poured on Lilith's hair to her skull, the thoughts of the boy she met earlier outside her door kept coming to her. Something about him was just odd but she could not spot what. She would have mentioned him to Andreas but she felt it wasn't relevant and besides, she had other reasonable things to talk to him about other than that. She did not rush her bath as she scrubbed her skin slowly, taking a deep breathe with each scrub. She did not know why but she had this serene calmness within her and all she wanted to do now was to leave the shower and get a good long nap. She was still fantasizing about how long and endearing her nap will be till she a strange bird flew into her bathroom through the open window. She felt startled at first but then realized it was just a bird and she had nothing to worry about. She carried the bird on her palm and opted to show it the way out of the bathroom before it's feathers get wet but then she noticed it was no ordin
'Meet me at the foot of the orange oak tree, if you want to know more about your father'. These were the words contained in the paper that the bird delivered to Lilith in the bathroom. They echoed in her heart repeatedly as she hastened her foot steps to the orange oak tree. She opted to run there but she realized that she might draw unwanted attention to herself as the whole place was really busy with the institute staff, senseis and other aspirants who were just leaving the dining hall. She acted normal like nothing was wrong and waved back at those who cared to wave at her. "Lilith!" A female voice called to her in a sweet tone. She turned to the direction of the voice and found that it was coming a girl, her sister from their training. They shared the same master hence, she saw her as a sister as well as the others. But she was not sure what her name was. "Lilith" she called again, as she walked fast to where she stood in a halt the first time she called. "Lilith. Hi""Hi..
"I did not believe that you would be brave enough to come alone". A voice from behind the oak said. Lilith turned to direction of the voice immediately to meet the last person she wanted to see now 'Nexine!"Nex?""Yes Lilith. It is l. Are you surprised?" He gave her a dirty smirk. "What are you doing here? We’re you the one who sent me this?" She took out the piece of paper and showed him. "Yes Lilith... I was the one who sent it to you, just to get your special attention". "Why would you want my attention Nex? What do you know about my father?" Lilith was so desperate for answers now that she could kill Nex just to get it, if she had to. "Ehm... About that, l know nothing about your brave father Lilith" he said in a serious tone. “Except for the fact that he died in one of our wars against other worlds. Any other information apart from that that you believed l could give you, it definitely not happening because he is only a tale to me just like you would be soon". "If you kne
"Let me see how you will bring yourself back to life as you did to Lyra. Goodbye dumb purple head" those words echoed in Lilith's head as her view became blur and she fell slowly to the ground, tasting her own blood. "Nooo!" She heard Andreas shriek in pain before she finally gave into darkness. Immediately she fell, Nex looked around to be sure no one was watching before he ran away, not looking back but facing the direction of the institute and running with out stop. *"What just happened?" Andreas asked himself as he saw Lilith fall to the floor lifeless. And what did he do? He stood there, doing nothing! Absolutely nothing! He badly wanted to separate Nex's head from his body but no matter how he would enjoy that, Nex could not feel him. And the only one who could was at the verge of death. He saw Nex run away from his evil but could do nothing more than to look at him with so much hate. As soon as he was out of sight, he scooped Lilith into his arms with tears dropping slo
*SNEEZE*Lilith flashed her bright purple eyes open. She looked around her to find out she was in her room and alone. 'Where was Andreas?' She asked herself with her eyes rolling around the room. She sat up a bit, supporting her head with her pillow as she rubbed her head a bit, trying to remember what happened but her head really hurt so she just stopped stressing it. She was about to lie back down to get more rest but her plan was cut short by a knock on the door. "Who is there?" She called weakly. "It's me Rain" the person behind the door answered. "I have come to check up on you Lilith, as l said l would and l have something for you too" she said sweetly. On hearing her voice and being sure it was Rain, Lilith stood from her bed and opened the door for her. "Hi" Rain said with a smile as beautiful as the rainbow. "Hi Rain. Come on in" Lilith made way for her to get inside."How are you Lilith?" She asked as she made way to sit on her bed. "I am fine Rain""Are you sure?" R
"Lilith why did you do that?" Andreas asked with wide eyes immediately the kiss was over. "That was wrong, you should not have done that" he said with his face filled with guilt. "No Andreas" Lilith held his hand affectionately. "I was the one who kissed you, you don't have to feel guilty about that. I wanted this and it is because l know l am old enough for that now. l am no longer a child Andreas l am a teenager now and very well matured" she said confidently. "I know you feel like its abuse or whatever you may call it, but l know what l want and you certainly did not abuse me" Without words, Andreas pulled her face closer to his with his both hands and gave her a sweet kiss. Lilith felt numb at the moment, like the whole world froze beneath their feet and the only thing moving was their heads and his hands as he slid it slowly round her waist and pulled her closer. Before the kiss could graduate to other things that were rated 18, he broke it for them to catch their breath
"I think Florate feels the same way you feel about him" Lilith said to Rain immediately they were dismissed from class for lunch. "And why would you think that?" Rain asked as she gulped the water in her water bottle. "I don't know" Lilith shrugged. "You saw what he did today, didn't you? I am sure he made the last message up just so he could save you from sensei's punishment" "Well... I can't say for sure that he made it up but it sure seemed like he did" Rain said as they both walked to the exit, towards the dining hall. "And what if he really did make it up? What if he really did want to save you?" Lilith asked with a sting of excitement in her voice. "Then l guess l owe him a thank you" "Seriously Rain? Do you not see where am heading at? It means that he has eyes for you too" Lilith squealed as they both entered the dining hall. "I won't be so sure about that Lilith till l see him and ask". "Well l guess that time is now" "Wait what?""Look it's Florate" Lilith pointed
" First, Rain against Linthorn then Lilith against Florate, Lyra against Steve, Nex against Dodge, Shevan against..." "Combating each other?" Lilith scoffed "What a wonderful way to congratulate us for making it to the final level". "Why are you so irritated Lilith" Florate's voice sounded a lot deeper than it was four years ago. He was now even taller with broader chest and shoulders and he looked very handsome as well. He had his muscled arm hung over Rain's shoulder and it seemed to be weighing her down but she didn't complain. "Are you scared that I will beat you" he smirked at her. "Oh please" she snorts. "Get over yourself Florate. How about you try the other way around". "Oh my, I am so scared" he mocked. "Just you wait, when it's the both of us within that circle l will make sure your tall body falls to the floor in the most painful way" he clenched his fists, with his green orbs glaring directly at her purple eyes and giving it a message he was very sure she could unders
She followed the sound of the voices and found the people speaking. They stood close to the great Saphire fountain and talked loudly like they were sure they were not being heard. She drew closer and it seemed like they were in a heated argument but she still couldn't see their faces because it was dark and the lights around were not bright enough but just to make sure the school does not run out of colors during night time. "Hey!" she called to them when she got close enough that they could hear her. "What are you guys doing out here and why are you disturbing the peace of the school?" she asked boldly but received no reply except that one of them opted to walk closer to her but the other held him back. "She must be sleep walking" he stated but it was clear in the sound of his voice that he was lying. "Don't cause a scene" he warned. Wait! That voice, she knew it very well. "Andreas? Is that really you?" she called hoping it was really him but that seemed like it was a really
Lilith had been staring at her own reflection in the mirror for quite some time now. She had retired to her room since early that evening only to find it empty till now. Andreas was no where to be found and she was starting to get worried. She had even skipped dinner just to wait for him but he was out of sight. "Where could he be?" she wondered with her eyes still focused on her reflection. She wasn't really looking at any thing in particular, nor was she admiring herself. She was only too bored and settled to look at herself. "OK that's it". She gave up on looking at herself in the mirror and stood up from where she sat. She walked to her window and looked outside to behold the beautiful night sky, so peaceful. She rolled her eyes round the serene environment to find that it wasn't so peaceful anyway. She spotted about three people down the training arena which was totally normal because every time here was training time. The grounds and training equipments were open to a
"Where is she?" "I have not seen her since after the class" Lilith sighed. It was Rain. She had left them abruptly after the class and has been out of sight since. They suppose it must be because of the discovery they made earlier during the class, concerning their dominant emotions. It was not weird that she was spacing out afterall, her dominant emotion was the only disturbing one. Lilith's was love, Lyra's was appreciation of beauty, Linthorn's was interest, Steve's was amusement, Nex's was desire and Florate's was admiration. It was really awkward that her's was fear and maybe she decided to space out a bit she must be in a very bad mood now. But what could she be afraid of? "l will go see if she is in her room" Florate suggested before leaving Lilith who simply nodded at what he said. "Oh and..." he stopped and turned to her. "Yes?" she raised a brow. "When l return with Rain in a better mood, prepare to tell us the reason why love is your dominant emotion, l am quite sure
"l cannot believe l am sharing a class with him" Lilith looked at Nex with disgust written all over her face. Out of the two hundred and sixteen level one aspirants that took the test of courage, seven of them passed with distinction and fifty six others passed with credits making it a total of sixty three level two aspirants. Lilith and her team members got the half bar reward they were promised and it indeed made them top aspirants now. Hence, they were put under the care of one sensei, sensei Helia including Nex who passed with distinction as well while the others were shared fourteen aspirants under each sensei.Throughout their first class, Lilith, Rain and Florate felt so uneasy having Nexine there with them. They were not comfortable at all with his presence and their reasons were totally understandable, judging from what happened at the test, who knows, he might do what is worst now."Me neither" Rain concurred. "l feel this shadow of thread tying my whole being whenever l l
"l am very proud of you". Andreas stroked Lilith's loose hair as he spoke. "l had no doubts you would pass the test with distinctions". "Yes l passed the test of courage but..." she looked up at him to meet his eyes. "But what?" he asked her as he cupped her face. Even though it was dark, the light of the moon that had it's way through the window into her room illuminated it, making him able to see her face clearly. "lt's my emotions" she breathed. "What about them?" " l made an 'A' in all other bars but got a 'B' in my emotional mastery". She looked away from him disappointed at her own self. "And why is that?" he traced her jaw line as he spoke. "lt's Nexine". At the mention of his name, Andrea's face turned sour. "What mayhem did he cause this time?" "He had abducted Rain during the test and l have no idea why but l honestly believed it was because of me so l felt this hurt within me that Rain was in danger because of me. I lost hold of my emotions, believing l brought th
"Linthorn?" Florate called as he could not spot him any where. He just wanted to make sure they were successful and he really hoped they were because having Nex win was not something he was going to enjoy. "Lyra? Steve?" he called again but no answer. He looked at Nex and saw that he too was searching for his so called trusted teammates but at least he found them, they where lying on the floor like the other maimed ones. But where were his team. He glanced at Rain and Lilith and found out through the look on their faces that they too had the same thoughts, where were they?. Before he could talk to them about it, a door they didn't even know existed opened at the north wall of the room and Linthorn, Lyra and Steve walked out of it. " Guys!..." Linthorn called out in joy but was shut up by the next loud voice they heard which was surely the grand sensei's. Sense Velskud. "Congratulations to you seven. I now pronounce you level two aspirants of Triven. You have all past the t
Florate? He is here! She squealed within her in joy but didn't make her loose gaurd. Nex was distracted, she could feel it and now the right time to attack! She fluttered her eyes open and as fast as she could act, pulled Nex's head down to hers and gave him a hard head bump. She didn't wait for him to yelp in pain before she gave him a hard kick which brought him down on his back and she did not hesitate to get on top of him and began raining on him a very hard punches upon punches. He was still receiving the blows before Shevan came to his aid, though a bit too late but he really needed the save. "Rain watch out!" Lilith yelled from where she stood before she made to help her out but Rain didn't seem like someone who needed help in handling the situation. She was pulled off Nex by Shevan but she gave him a hard elbow blow on stomach and as he cowered in pain, she hit his head hard against a tree beside him which made him drop on the floor. "Rain are you alright" Lilith
Rain was reganing consciousness bit by bit. She was not fully aware of what was going on around her at the moment but she could tell she was in someone's arms. Florate? No his scent was different and so were his clothes. Florate's gi was green but the one who was carrying her now was in a black gi. She tried to look up to his face but the sun blinded her eyes however, she managed to catch a glimpse of his hair. White! This was definitely not Florate, where was he?' Did he leave her? she asked herself with worry. She was still down with the thoughts before what should have been her priority at the moment clicked in her head.' Who was carrying her? She asked herself. White hair? Black gi? Now who wears a black gi and has a white hair?' she thought quickly within her before finding her answer :Nex! What on Omania would he want from her? Or was he planning on killing her instead of maiming her? Whichever it was, she has to find out first before acting because jumping out of his hand