Chapter 1 ~ The Awakening
(PART 1 –An Awful Vision)
As bolts of crimson lightning strikes on the surface, forces of darkness quickly approaches, lead by a man wearing a black cape, with half of his face covered by the shadow of his hood. He mercilessly kills all those people that comes in his way, and did not spare those people who knelt and pleaded mercy. He looked around him and he laughed maliciously, he turned around and looked at his forces,
"Now, my servants, tear this kingdom apart! Satisfy your hunger, devour this whole so-called prosperous world and turn it into a rotten wasteland!"
With this said, all the dark forces malevolently shouted for joy in their leader's remark and are started thrashing the kingdom as act of claiming it.
"No..."
A voice of a young maiden resounds.
"Stop it! Stop destroying my kingdom!"
The Leader laughs maliciously and said, "What can you do about it, little girl..?" The maiden was surprised, as no one would have been able to see her nor hear her in her current state, but she carried on and say what she want to say.
"You... you must be Zai... I will not let you destroy my kingdom... My people and I, we're gonna stop you before you even take a step on this world... This I guarantee.. And as for your forces that has secretly resided in this world, I'll have my servants hunt all of them down... I will not let you get any upper hand..!"
The leader's name is Zai. It was said that he and his gathered forces devour worlds and take all the power and energy of those world and bestow it to themselves. With these powers, they became invincible, and the more they grow stronger, the more they hunger for more power, many worlds have tried to stop them, but none has ever succeeded. Zai boastfully laughed at the maiden's remark.
"Do you really think you, and your puny kingdom stands a slightest chance against me and my forces..!? *laugh* I don't think so..."
The maiden looked at Zai and said, "The prophesy itself states it, Zai... The scion of light that shines even brighter than the sun will rise up and bring light to the whole universe as she end the devourer's long-lived tyrrany... You will lose, Zai..."
Zai laughs louder, "How juvenile! That's what's wrong with you, rulers! You believe in scores or prophesies which are all fairytales! But I respect your guts, child, you really talk very smart and quite convincing for a young lady. If you're really that persistent, then show me what you and your puppies can do... *laugh* See you... in a not too distant future..." Zai laughs silently and walks away. The maiden looked at the kingdom again and then she closed her eyes...
Everything is dark, nothing can be seen..
".....maine......Sharmaine....Sharmaine..? Are you okay..? wake up.....Sharmaine..!"
The young maiden opened her eyes again, and found herself on the arms of a friend who is also an older relative as well. The maiden, Sharmaine looked around her for signs of mischiefs and found none of it yet. Sharmaine sighed and then looked at her friend, "Aria... Where was the place we kept on detecting strong light waves and when was the last time we felt one..?"
"uhh... hmm.. somewhere on the northwest part of the human kingdom, Terrestia... I'm not really sure about the exact location though, but we sent Rhea there less than a year ago, and I received reports that she already has idea who she is... Why did you suddenly asked? oh, but first, How are you feeling alright now?"
Aria looks at Sharmaine and is worried about her. Sharmaine said while trying to stand up, "I'm alright, but probably not for long.."
Aria looked at her with confusion, "What do you mean.?"
"I had an awful vision, and we must act now if we still want to have a better future ... He is coming... He and his forces are planning to destroy us, Aria..."
"Woah.... calm down, highness.. Who is this guy..?"
"The Devourer...He's planning to destroy us but as written in our score, there is a scion of light that can save us all, and that's definitely the girl we're watching. We have to awaken her powers and train her, immediately! Send few soldiers to patrol the area of her location... I'm putting you in charge of this mission, bring whoever angel you feel comfortable with, I'm sure some of the devourer's servants will try to stop you, and I know that they are probably hunting down the girl as well... Protect her, Aria...And as for Rhea, give her my regards when you see her..."
"Yes, your majesty, your wish is my command... We're gonna depart later today... But your majesty, if I may ask, What made you so sure that this girl is the scion..? So far we have only coincidence that proves this, don’t we...” Aria questioned the queen.
“Coincidence..? I don’t believe in coincidence... Everything happen for a reason... Even though we only have few weak proofs concerning this matter, my instincts are telling me to believe it.”
“Instincts, huh..? Well, don't be too worried then, we'll take care of the girl...And we'll find your sister and her student too. You shouldn’t stress yourself too much, it’s bad for your health..."
Sharmaine looked at Aria and smiled. "Thank you, big sister..." Aria left the room, and Sharmaine went to her balcony where the whole human kingdom is seen from it.
"Zai... I won't let you take even a tiny step on my kingdom..."
Though the fates of the two kingdoms are probably the most important matter at that time, Sharmaine still worries about other matters such as the sudden disappearance of her sister and her sister's student.
"Cara, if only you were here, then I would have been less worried... Where are you..?"
