“ALL seven of us will sleep here?” Marjien blurted out, skepticism laced in her voice. Standing was fine as they were now all standing at the center of the room but she was unsure how all of them could fit themselves to sleep in this tiny house.
“Understandably, if the young lady should require different accommodations -” the elder began but Theo and Tara quickly denied.
“And don’t worry yourselves for doing something for us,” the chief added, “My people have no need for help.”
“But we must -” Chloe began but there was a force underlying her tone as if she was doing that to confirm something.
“If you wish to repay us, you will leave at first light,” he snapped, “And you will remain here until then.”
As the elder and his attendants left, the old man’s arm brushed against Vivien. The member of the Five Leaf Clover felt her skin crawl and she had to try very hard not to leap away from the old tyrant. Instead she fixed the old man’s retreating back with a g
WHEN the rest of the Five Leaf Clover, Chloe and Jucel returned, they had failed to get any new information from the villagers. Marjien and Jucel had procured several needed cooking items and some food, but at the cost of bringing half the village with her expecting to be fed. Grudgingly, the two girls, who were actually great cooks on their own ways, provided for them all, and Chloe and the others continued to bother the people for answers.Vivien stayed at the edge of the crowd, shrouding herself in as much shadow as she could. She was utterly terrified that one person would recognize her. It would take a matter of one person to recognize her and she would be back behind these once again. She trembled whenever one of the villagers got too close and she spoke to no one."Are you okay?"She jolted from where she was standing stiffly all throughout the meal and snapped her head towards the person who talked to her. Vivien let out a deep sigh of relief when it was on
CHLOE was staring at Vivien as the latter bolted upright and looking around in panic. She couldn't sleep as she was bothered by something. It turns out that the reason why she was bothered was this woman right here.Even if the room was dark since no windows allowed the moon to light the room, Chloe could see the panicking woman as clear as day. Perhaps it was one of the ability her golden eye had since she could only see Vivien from her left eye.Chloe looked around the room and saw that each one of their Auræ were calm and stable which indicates that they were already in there deepest state of sleep. It seems that their travel had finally put the group into exhaustion. Sleeping outside made them all jumpy and unable to take a good night's rest.When Vivien looked at her way, Chloe knew that the former could see her golden eye. She sighed softly and stood up, and she had somehow managed to cross the room without waking the rest of the group.Kneeli
SEVERAL of the men and women gasped, few of them stepped backwards with terror in their faces. Every one of them could see the girl they remembered in this elegantly dressed maiden with beautiful crystallized wings. Indeed, she was Vivien, the monster that fled, and now she came back to them.“You…” the elder hissed.“Hello, Tribe Leader,” Vivien muttered softly. She fixed the man with a stare, intimidating in its serenity. "You never showed in any meetings with the Hwā."“To think you would ever show your face here again,” the old man growled. Vivien couldn't argue more. She certainly didn't think that she would ever set foot in this village, not when she felt their grip on her limbs, preventing her from running off to somewhere free.Fates. The dance of Fates had been taking their steps to her past.“Then it is true,” Tara said, “You kept her chained up in that room? And this one…”Her gaze shifted to Kaiden’s remains.“Yes, he was another
VIVIEN woke up to dim sunlight and the feeling of being boxed in. It didn’t inspire any fear in her though, and when she opened her eyes and saw that the rest of the group was huddled around her, she understood. She was sitting with her back against the bricked wall, where she’d fallen asleep the night before. She remembered them reentering the village while she filled Kaiden’s grave, but they must have returned when she never came back inside the wall.Tara was curled into a pink colored ball between her and Theo, who was sharing his cloak with the pink haired older sister of his, if unwillingly. On her other side was Marjien, her head resting on Vivien’s shoulder, one arm gently gripping Vivien’s. Jucel was leaning against Marjien with Chloe snuggled into her best friend's side, and Drake had sprawled across both the Vivien, Theo and Tara because no other space presented itself.It took only a few minutes to rouse everyone and start gathering their things. They spoke l
AUTUMN began as the leaves turned into a hue of red, orange and yellow. The sun was higher and yet the air was cooler.As the group moved from one town to another, they had discovered many things about the Black Shaol.It was capable of sucking the life out of any creatures, including the men and women. The Black Shaol traveled further. And as it made its way to the west of Diana Province, it came across a group of strong presence.In its form of a snake, the Black Shaol hid on a branch of tree and gazed upon a group of seven Demetri.~O~O~O~IT had been four weeks since they had started the hunt of the Black Shaol and they haven't found it yet. After Vivien's breakdown, she went back to her old self, trying to cope up with Theo and Drake's brute strength during their combat trainings together as they traveled.Chloe and Jucel were pairing up in a swordfight. Tara just sat at one side and seemed to doze off most of the time. Marjien would watch th
FEAR. That was the first feeling Marjien ever had felt after so long. She hid behind a huge tree, clenching her fists to prevent it from shaking any further. Her eyes were wide and dilated as she stared at the ground."Marjien," Vivien called out to her from the other trunk. The said brown-haired lady turned her head while shaking uncontrollably. Vivien jad the eyes of a warrior. She held up her metallic bow, designed in a magnificent arc that could be the crescent moon. She was holding it tightly in its grip, a handle that was long enough for her second weapon. "Don't be scared and fight."Marjien took a deep breath and nodded. She had to fight. In the name of her princess, Drêy Zillah.Meanwhile, Jucel maneuvered towards the back of the Black Shaol while Chloe went to the front. As soon as Chloe was in sight, the three heads went in for a dive. The heads went straight into the ground, creating another blast. There were rocks flying around and into the trees where
DEMETRI from the nearby town situated between Diana Province and Galenus City was able to hear the roar of the Black Shaol and the sound of the battle and so, came to see what had happened. But as they arrived, there were already no one except for the dead Black Shaol and a missing head. The battle had already ended.Not far from where they were, a man and his companions in black robes stood. The man leaned his hand against the tree, frowning as he looked at the dead monster."I thought that beast will hold out against the Blood Star, knowing that the Blood Star couldn't kill it with our hidden weapon," his companion said in a voice of a woman."Turns out we miscalculated the power of the Five Leaf Clovers," another man mocked."And we didn't expect that the woman our brother came to like was a pawn of the Blood Star," the woman added."Silence," he hissed. He fisted against the tree and its trunk began to blacken with poison. He couldn't believe
PRINCESS Zillah stayed at the residence shared by Lucian and his friends as she healed the seven overly exhausted Krysts. Lucian and the others assisted her, providing an extra space in the living room for the Clovers to heal and rest.Lucian observed the princess as she moved about. Her butterflies were enough assistants to her as it flew around her and brought her the things she needed but she didn't mind Lucian and his friends to help. She would smile at them and thank them before working once again.Zillah was both graceful and unsympathetic as she pulled the broken bone of one of her Clover's foot into place. A smooth hand that became the hand of a classic healer, Lucian was amazed.One thing that confused him was her ability over the water element. He knew that the water element was common as well as the fire, earth, and wind. However, to have a royalty wield one of the common elements caught his attention."Chloe's exhausted her inner core," Zillah tol