❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 2) ❤️❤️
"Any question you have will only be answered after your payment, so if I were you I would pay very fast, pay your money to my treasurer, Rumi." Juno concluded her speech and smiled with delight as the young men started paying and going back to their line.
Once Rumi collected their money, she turned to look at Juno who nodded her head once and Rumi left them, running inside the building.
"Don't worry, she went to bring the book my late great great grandfather wrote," Juno assured them and waited one minute, with no sign of Rumi. "What's wrong, please she will be out." she added and true to her words, Rumi came out, running towards her with empty hands. "What is it?" she asked once Rumi was closer.
"I couldn't see the books at the place you kept it."
"Go back and check it, check under my bed," Juno said and Rumi left to do as said. Juno faces the young men once again, "Do you believe me when I say something about my late great great grandfather?" at the nod of their heads, she smiled, "You shouldn't, number one lesson, is not to trust your enemies when they offer you their friendly right hand. There is no book, next time please pay close attention, like, how can a very young girl like me know about the book my late great great great grandfather had written when it's not in the market, think with your head and not with your anus."
"So what about our money?" one asked, coming out of his line.
"Gone, just forget about it."
"First of all, you lied and took our money, that silver coin I gave to you, I have been saving it and you are telling me to forget it and that it's gone? You are going to give me back my coin or else I am going to beat you black and blue if you don't give me back my money, you are just a little kid." he threatened.
"Give us back our Money," the others said in unison.
"Come and collect your money." Juno told them and before any of them would do something, the booming voice of Lord Emera was heard.
"Stop!!" he walked towards them as the young men quickly composed themselves. "Juno, go inside, right now," he told his daughter.
Snorting loudly at them, Juno turned and left.
"I know she tricked you into bringing out your money, right?" at their nods, he continued. "I am sorry for that, I will pay you back your money," he apologized to them. "So follow me, let me show you where your training will begin."
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Emperor Palace:
Ariadne took him to the palace dining table where Storm saw three children, two boys and a girl who seem to be the oldest of them.
Storm noticed the girl was staring at him with hatred in her eyes, he pushed his eyes off hers and concentrated on other things, like the chair he was sitting down on, a chair made of gold, and the decoration of the dining room.
Ariadne sat down, his three children were seated on his right hand side and he made sure Storm was seated on the other hand. He clapped his hands once and the maids started bringing in food and water. Dishing out their food in their separate plates, a female servant was given a spoon which she used to taste the rice and soup, then tear some part of the fried chicken, this is to make sure no poison was inside the food.
Everything was new to Storm who couldn't tear his eyes away from them.
"You can eat your food," Ariadne said to Storm who nodded his head and began eating. "You look too skinny son." he added and watched in amazement as Storm quickly finished eating his food. "If you still need more, you can have mine."
Without wasting time, Storm quickly took Ariadne food and cleaned the plate. Only when he finished eating did he drink water.
"Thank you Sire," Storm thanked and noticed the stares given to him by the other three who hadn't touched their food yet.
At that moment, the Empress walked in majestically with her personal maids and halts when she saw Storm.
"What is this black demon doing here?" The Empress demanded angrily.
"He is here to eat Rose." Ariadne replied to her.
"He is not welcome here, and you allowed this black demon to eat on the same table with my children, do you want him to kill them for me?"
"Stop this Rose, he is my child and I won't allow you to insult him like he has no one."
"But it is true, he has no one, if he does, where is that whore of his mother, where is she? Are you even sure he is your child? I want to see the face of the woman who had birthed this ugly child." Empress Rose mocked. "Reca, Morgan and Fred, up to your feet and March to your rooms, I will bring your food to your rooms, go now, I don't want you to bear this black devil." she ordered and her children obeyed her, leaving the dining room one after the other.
"Rose, don't insult my son, he has my blood running through his veins and this should be the first and last time you refer to his mother as a whore, I won't tolerate it next time, don't push me to the wall." Ariadne warned her, raising his voice at her, when he returned his gaze back to Storm, his anger was gone and he smiled at him. "Come, let's go and check on your mother," that moved storm quickly, standing up to his feet and didn't hide his joy.
He thought the important man was joking when he had promised him back in the room, but now he realized he wasn't.
Taking one of his little hands in his, Emperor Ariadne led the way outside and climbed a black horse which was decorated with golden and silver armour, carrying and putting Storm in front of him. The neighs from the horse alerted the guards who opened the huge gate for the Emperor, "So which way, my son?"
Storm filled with happiness, pointed at the road which he remembered he and his mother taking and soon they left Ashland and entered the small kingdom of Altamon, the people of Altamon, seeing the horse and knowing who it belongs to, cleared the path for them, it was only then storm realized the important man wasn't alone, some other horse riders who are guards were at their back.
He pointed at a small house built with wood and Emperor Ariadne stopped his horse.
Storm didn't wait as he jumped down from the horse and ran towards the closed door, opened it and went in. He didn't notice the blood on the door nor on the floor outside the house.
When he entered the one room he shared with his mother, his happiness was gone from his face, no sign of his mother, he saw a lot of blood on the floor, and the room was scattered.
Storm noticed the important man behind him and placed his hands on his shoulder.
"Son, they found the dead body of your mother , someone killed her," Emperor Ariadne said with sadness. "She was murdered."
"She left me and now she is gone, why would anyone want her dead? She is the only thing I have left in this world."
Emperor Ariadne wanted to rebuke him for saying such words but kept his tongue on check because the little boy wasn't far from the truth, he wasn't part of the boy's life, yet.
Storm was angry at his mother for leaving him behind and not taking him. He was also angry at himself for allowing his mother to trick him.
Storm was so angry that he noticed the changes in the room.
Emperor Ariadne noticed and his eyes nearly bulged out of its sockets, the little boy had his mother power.
Every metal in the room levitated in the air.
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 3) ❤️❤️Emperor Ariadne was quick to close the door behind before any of his personal assassin's and guards saw it."You have to calm down son, please," he said and placed a hand on Storm, startling the young boy with his touch, the metals started falling down. "It's okay, everything is okay, you still have me.""You shouldn't have let her go home last night," Storm said, trying not to get angry at the important man in front of him, "Please take me to where you saw the body of my mother." he pleaded and Emperor Ariadne did just that.He led Storm to the place where he had traced the blood, a burnt body lay there. The people who were once going around their daily activities, ignoring the burnt body, were seen gathering around.Storm went over to where the body lay, bent low and started inspecting it, after a while, he stood up and faced his father."That's not my mother," he said to the surprise of
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 4) ❤️❤️They soon arrived at the palace and were welcomed with open arms by the palace guards who recognized them."Where is the Emperor?" Warlord demanded immediately he get down from his horse."He is in his inner chamber my Lord waiting for you, he personally asked me to bring you to him once you arrive." A guard replied to him, bowing his head slighting in respect."Lead the way," Warlord said to the guard and then turn to face his daughter, "Juno, you will stay here and do not cause any trouble for anyone, please," Juno nodded her head and he turn his gaze at Rumi, "Watch out for your friend, make sure you both don't get into trouble, but in case Juno doesn't listen to you, you know what to do?" Rumi nodded her head and smiled at him. Warlord Emera went with the guard."You greeted my father but not me, am I now too small for you guards to see? Don't forget you all passed my father school who then spoke with the Empero
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 5) ❤️❤️Storm was quiet."Tell me, don't be scared, I won't do anything to them anything." Juno assured him with a smile."All of them, but they started it first," Storm said, pointing at the servants making herbs."We received orders from the Empress herself to torture this smelling street brat and then, she gave us permission that we can hit him as we like pissy miss," the head woman making the tea herb said with a smirk. They are all acting base on the instructions on the Empress, that boy hasn't seen it all, his is just the beginning, he will wish for death soon."Oh, I see, the Empress again," Juno mused and went over to meet her, "Sorry again, what did you say again?""I think you heard me perfectly well," the woman said, crossing her arms around her."Not about the Empress giving you a go ahead to punish this cute boy, but about the last two parts.""You mean the pissy miss?"
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 6) ❤️❤️"Wasn't that the name you called my mama the night we came here?" Storm asked, this will be the second time he was hearing such a magnificent name."Yes, it is, and that's your mother's name, so are you ready to listen to the story?" Storm nodded his head, "Once in a very large kingdom lived two brothers who lived side by side with their aged father, an Emperor, they were both gifted. The elder brother has the four elements; Fire, Water, Earth and Wind, so powerful that he was called the god of elements, while the second brother was a mentalist, the strongest of all elements. One day, the younger brother met with the head priestess of Myrina who has come to deliver a message to the old Emperor. They are like the seers who can see what the future holds. Their love story started secretly. A priestess of Myrina is not allowed to marry or get pregnant if not their powers will be taken away from her and she will be sentenced to
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 7) ❤️❤️The ground beneath the blind seer cracked open a little and a black snake entered inside her feet.Grace and her husband returned and saw the blind seer scratching her head vigorously, but then stopped as she started breathing heavily."What's it great seer?" Grace quickly asked, bringing the onions she carries in arms closer."Take those back, I did not sense anything, I think I am getting old," the blind seer said, shifting backwards from the onions. "I will take my leave now Lord Emera," she added and without waiting for another word, she quickly left the house, running."Rumi, what happened?""I do-n't kn-ow, fa-th-er, she sta-rte-d be-hav-ing stra-nge-ly al-l of a sud-den," Rumi stammered and a shrug shoulder."It's okay my dear, go to your room," Warlord Emera said and she left them, entering the long passage that led into her room.Juno returned almost immediately and started off towards
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 8) ❤️❤️"I don't understand you," Juno said in bewilderment. What does the dwarf mean by that? What darkness is the dwarf talking about?Storm eyes were moving around the market. The market women were minding their business, selling it seems odd that no one stared at their direction, not even once.They didn't react when the old dwarf was pushed down, neither did the market women react when Juno pushed all the Apples away, jot a single gasp escaped from their mouth. Something was off but he brushed that feeling away."You won't know Juno, but in the future, you will remember these very words and that's when we shall meet again. Thank you," the dwarf said with a smile, showing her crooked color and sharp teeth. "And I don't really need the apples my friend. I just needed to talk to you." she added and left without looking back at them."Wh-o w-as th-at?" Rumi asked as she stared at the dwarf leaving.
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 9) ❤️❤️Meanwhile in Warlord Emera House:Rumi's Room:Rumi was seen pacing around her room, up in the ceiling. Her hands together in her back.Why couldn't I understand what that Dwarf said to Juno?"I am the strongest of them all and still yet I can't understand what that stinking old Dwarf was telling Juno," Rumi said to herself. "Why didn't even Juno spill it out when her father asked her. I'm dying to know what that Dwarf said to her."The knocking on the door quickly made Rumi jump down silently on the floor and went to the bed."Co-me in," Rumi said in a pretend tired voice.Grace opened the door and walked in carrying a plate of soup with her. "Sorry I know you must be tired Rumi, I made you soup to eat and regain your strength before Juno and your father returns." Grace told her with a smile and gave her the soup.Rumi collected the soup and took a deep breath before she ex
❤️❤️ Separate Ways (Part 10) ❤️❤️Warlord Emera was out of his seat and ran inside together with Emperor Ariadne. They ran towards Rumi room and the sight that welcomed them was terrifying. They saw Rumi covered in blood. Crying and pointing at the horrifying sight. The wall that led outside and which was conjoined with the room window was broken into many pieces.At that moment, Warlord Emera noticed the guards hurrying past him and running outside the now broken wall. Hoping they would catch whoever did it.Warlord Emera couldn't believe his eyes, he went to the scattered and fallen pieces of Grace and tears began to roll from his eyes."What happened? Who did this to my mother?" Juno demanded."I w-as ab-out t-o e-at t-he so-up mo-ther bro-ught t-o m-e wh-en so-me peo-ple co-ver-ed in bl+ack ma-sks al-l jum6ped fro-m t-he win-dow. Th-ey we-re loo-king fo-r so-me-one an-d wh-en mot-her tri-ed t-o st-op th-em. Th-ey di-