"You should not have sent him out like that your grace” lord Gerrant let out a sigh as he spoke in disapproval of what the king did. "He is still the prince of our world and his dignity must always be respected".
"Oh please, spare us the sermon lord Gerrant" lord Varnaak definitely did not want to hear any of his words of empathy. "You saw what the prince did, he failed terribly in an ordinary task that was handed to him long years ago. I agree with the king that prince Andreas must not return to Gorgor again until he has found the mutant with the illumination ability". "But what if the prince was right. He is very powerful and strong enough to find the illuminator. His fighting skills are worth it and the range of his powers are outstanding. I sternly support prince Andreas that the mutant may not be from Triven, but from other planets in Omania. Let's be certain of our words, so as not to make rash decisions". Lord Gerrant was for sure not accepting defeat from Lord Varnaak especially not when he was sure he stood for what was right. "That is so absurd of you lord Gerrant. Your words are nothing but ridiculous ranting to the ears of the whole counsel and our king. Do not make me say that you should be relived of your position as a "... "Enough!" King Radia shunned, calling his counsel to order and stopping Varnaak from say the despicable. "I have given my order so shall it be. If any one has an issue with my decree, then he should prepare to join the prince in his temporary banishment. This counsel is dismissed!". At his last words, all the lords and ladies of Gorgor stood and left. the counsel room one after the other, leaving king Radia alone to leave at his own will. "Lord Varnaak!" He called to the lord before he could leave the room last. "Yes your grace” lord Varnaak turned to the king and bowed to him. "I do not trust the prince" king Radia spoke slow and calm as he stood from his throne and walked closer to where Varnaak stood. "I do not trust his loyalty to Gorgor anymore. He has always loved the people of Omania at large and made their worry priority over the cares of Gorgor. I believe he is hiding something from us all. I suspect that he has found the illuminator but chose hide him from us all and secure him instead of bringing him here to light up the core" he sighed deeply. "What do you want me to do? Your greatness" "l want you lord Varnaak to spy on him. Know his every movement and report whatever you realize to me immediately. Find out what or who he is hiding and bring him to me at once. Is that understood?". "Of course your grace”… *Nerwin, Triven* (The institute) " You look ravishing tonight Lilith. I would have said you were perfect too but you are terribly late. The speech us already over" Nexine said to her as he took her hand immediately she walked into the hall. She was wearing a sliver gown with an evident touch of purple, with glittering silver heels. She had tied her purple hair into a bun with her neck, face and ears bare because she didn't have any jewelry or makeup to put on them. But that didn't make her any less beautiful. "I will take just the compliment, thank you Nexine" she smiled as she took his hand while walking beside him into the hall to take a seat. "Ehmm, Lilith just call me Nex ok. I find it more suitable to me than my full name" Nexine requested, as they took a seat round an unoccupied table. The speech was already over as Nex had said. They only sat down and enjoyed the snacks that were prepared while the music was going on and the dancers were already on the dance floor. They had barely sat down sat down before a handful of other girls walked to the table they were at. Some where older than them while the others were about their age. They perched around Nex like flies perching around rotten food, touching him all over as they flirted with him. In no time, they got all of Nex's attention as he enjoyed being the center of attraction, always proud of his father's name 'sensei Velskud. They took the empty seats around Nex and even pushed Lilith off hers just to have all of him to themselves, and they did succeed. "Shoosh out of here purple head" a blonde girl that was definitely older than her age said harshly to Lilith after she had pushed her from her seat. "You look pathetic purple idiot" she mocked loudly, which got every ones attention and they all began to laugh at Lilith. She simply ignored their laughter and left them to another side of the hall. She went to another empty seat that she was lucky to have seen. She sat quietly on it, trying to keep her cool. She was really offended with what the girl said to her, but just tried to control herself. "Whew" she breathed as she took a glass of water from table before her and walked out of the hall abruptly. She walked to the trees a bit far,away from the entrance, where she was out of sight to anyone getting close to the hall because it was the dark of night already. She stood there alone, looking at the bright moon as she gulped the water whole. She was about to get back to the hall and drop her glass before taking a befinitting stroll round the trees, but she felt someone pull her hair very hard. "Oh our purple freak came here to be all alone like the little baby she is" the blonde girl from before she was really becoming unbearable to Lilith. "Let go of my hair!" She whimpered in pain as tear drops fell on her cheeks because she pulled her hair really hard. "What if l say that l won't! Huh! What are you going to do?!" Miss blondy was really a taunter, but Lilith was not ready to get intimidated. Without giving any more chance to act on her own will, she used the glass in her right hand and smashed on her head, giving her temporary freedom from her hold. "Aaaah! You little scum you will pay for this!" She cried in anger as blood tickled from the wound on her forehead which the smashed glass gave to het, down her already pink cheeks. "Aaaah" she launched an punch attack immediately on Lilith, which she doged by bending down and return drew her close to her and gave her hard shoulder. Kneeing her in the stomach and giving her a nose breaking punch which made her fall unconscious on the floor at the instant. "What a weak bully" Lilith sighed irritation as she looked at the unconscious girl lying before her. She went close to her and leaned over her, to know if her heart beat was still there but it wasn't . 'What! It wasn't? Did she kill her? But she only smashed a glass on her head, kneed her stomach, gave her a hard shoulder and punched her nose. Maybe she did it a little bit hard. Oh what had she done. She was sure going to get into deep trouble for this, She opted to get back inside the hall but realized that her dress was already ripped. "Dammit! " she cursed within her. Now she couldn't return to the hall and pretend like nothing happened. She was sure going to get expelled for this if anyone finds her here. She looked around for any security cameras, but found none. 'Good at least she was safe from that. "What do l do?" She asked herself as she rubbed her face. "What have you done Lilith? You are a murderer"..."What do l do?" She asked herself as she rubbed her face. "What have you done Lilith? You are a murderer"."No no no Nex" Lilith cried. "It was not intentionally, l didn't mean to do any of this. Please Nex you have to believe me. It is not my fault". "Oh really Lilith but you just murdered Lrya in cold blood. How could you even be capable of such. I might be your friend, but l won't conceal evil. I am reporting this straight to sensei Moran". He said with a serious face as he walked out on her. "I am so sorry Lilith". "No Nex please. Not displine sensei Moran. Please Nex don't do this to me. I might get expelled or even worst, serve a nation wide punishment. Please Nex". Lilith fell to the floor as she cried her eyes out to Nex but all her pleas fell on deaf ears as he just left her there all alone. "Oh no, no no!" She screamed into her palm out of fustration. Why was all this happening to her, why did she make the mistake of hitting Lyra. She placed her forehead on the ground i
"Ranger aspirants of Triven, gather around". It was morning and all the aspirants of the institute gathered outside to be assigned to their masters and also given their level up bracelets and start their journey to fully becoming rangers of Triven. Each sensei was assigned to 18 aspirants to train, and help them get to the next level. And by the end of every session, the best aspirants under each sensei would compete against each other for the ultimate prize of the year; grand aspirant. It was also accompanied with a huge level up, as the winner can skip two levels which is within one year, at most if he wishes to from the eight levels they have to pass through in the institute. Lilith silently prayed within her that she would get a good sensei. Someone she could understand and have a connection with. And she also wished she will not be assigned to the same sensei with Nex. She really didn't want to see his face anymore, after what happened last night. Plus in the kid rangers
"Punches! Blocks! Kicks!" Sensei Helia commanded his students as they obeyed the command accurately. They have been practicing those basic moves for two hours now and they all wondered in their minds why the sensei was making them practice the basic moves they already have at their finger tips for such a long time. "Concerntrate! Focus on the energy that revolves around you. Harden your fists! Hold your defenses, straighten and harden your kicks!" The commands kept coming from the sensei as he sat on a wooden chair he got from the cottage, hitting his cane on the ground in a definite rhythm. They continued practicing the moves till the alarm for lunch time sounded loud in the whole institute. They all were just so exhausted and didn't wait for their master to dismiss them but just left to pick their things and leave on their own. "Meditation class everyone is two hours before dinner. Do well to fill your stomachs now for it won't be nice to hear the roars of the monsters in y
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 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
" 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