CHAPTER IV: LIGHTS AND SHADES (1)
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CHAPTER IV: LIGHTS AND SHADES (1)
The golden daughter felt a heavy breath as she reached Eldrįner. She wanted to breathe cold air again, so she left her horse in the main stable, and stayed in Edoer, in the outskirt´s nightfall of the town; she wandered near the campaigns, among the locals and country tents of the elves´ kingdom.
She found a small group, remote; lonely upon a small mound. It was a meeting for storytelling, where the mythical stories of the caged dragons, Tales of the Töran, and lost kingdoms of the south and the east were being narrated. Amara integrated herself into the audience, and the whole group recognized her immediately. They stopped to applaud her, as she asked them to stop doing it so, clumsily. The event continued, this time with more intensity, at the presence of the magical Princess of Aramordt.
After the event finished, the group was so amazed, that some of them stayed and continued telling stories. In fact, they lit the fire even more. Amara was also enjoying the sweet reunion; she now was telling them old tales and adventures of her mother, dwells in the path of her father.
A boy suddenly approached the beautiful princess. He was coming from a group of young elves, within the festivity of dinner.
"Ma´am, can I ask you a question?" exclaims the boy.
"Tell me my child" Amara replies.
"Are you an elf?"
“Not really, my boy” answers the princess, laughing. “I'm not, as far as I´m concerned!”
"Then why do you have long ears? And a pointy nose?”
The boy was confused. But suddenly, he saw a small fire crystal, embedded in the inside of the princess' right hand.
"Wait, are you an Agnarok?"
"You are right, my prince" replied the princess.
“An Agnarok!” shouts the boy. “The unique race of a Solarian, mixed with the fury of a Dragon!”
"As you say" exclaims Amara. “Furthermore, I am a member of the Royal Raēn Race. In my veins, runs the Divine Blood of Dragons.”
“This is unbelievable! It´s just– it´s incredible!” shouted the boy. “I thought this only existed in the Töran! But how ... how is this possible? How does a dragon have children with a sorceress, if they, you know—
"Calev is enough!" exclaims the boy's mother, approaching the scene. “Shut your mouth right now! Don't ask any more of your improper questions!
"No, no, Tessied! It´s fine!" Amara says with a smile. “He is a very curious child.”
"A long time ago, my father was a dragon" expands the princess. “But with the help of my mother, he became a human in order to protect her, in the face of a dangerous battle. An attack of barbarians, that was probably going to cost my mother´s life. As a dragon he could not protect her, but as a man, he could.”
"They were really in love” she continued, “so much, that my father renounce to his physical state, was expelled from his kingdom, and he successfully defended my mother's native town, against the imminent battle. He triumphed, and became the king of these people. Although as a man, he remained a Raēn in the nature of his soul, and because he was a chosen one, his life ended up being guided by the ancestral spirits of the dragon realm; our ancestors. Who led him to find, his own path of a king.”
“And from my father, a new dynasty emerged” she continued. “The adaptation of the Raēn Spirits, incarnated into humans, was born. And the adaptation of the Kingdom of Dragons in the terrestrial race, began. And the dragons found their leader again, reassuring the continuity of a name, a kingdom, guided by the hands of one man. He married my mother, made her the Queen of the Region, and promised his love to her, for all of existence.”
“Your father is King Argônæth!” exclaimed the boy. “And your mother is the Queen Leyra, the owner of the forests from the north!”
"That's right" says the woman blushing. “But, let´s keep it privates, shall we?”
"I cannot believe this!” said the kid. “Are you their only daughter? Do you have siblings?”
Amara remains silent.
"Are there others like you? Please, tell me there are more!"
"Calev is enough!" exclaims the mother. “Excuse me Amara, that's why I didn't want him to continue.”
"It´s okay Tessied" the woman exclaims. “Yes, there are others like me. We were five brothers, but we are all scattered now. I hope that, on another occasion, we can all meet again. Actually, I just came from seeing my older sister! Maybe, I can tell her to come here, and that day we can tell you the story, way better. What do you think?”
“Yes!” exclaims the boy. “Mommy we must come. Please! I beg you!”
The boy's mother only laughed subtly, and looked again into the eyes of the golden princess.
"You are so good with children," exclaims the mother.
“Do you think?” Amara asks.
“It´s so hard for me. I guess it´s simple for you, because of Ada” the woman exclaims. “How lucky is she to have the most beautiful and honorable woman I have ever known, as her mother.”
"Well, I hope she also believes in that" Amara replies.
“How did things go with her?” exclaimed Tessied. “You saw her recently right?”
"She is so big" responds the princess. “Sometimes I feel like I'm putting her through an unmeasurable pain; unfair for her. Eros isn't paying attention to her needs either. He is more concerned about us, and that is exactly what bothers me! I'm not here because I want to, Tessied. I am here because I have a commitment with Elgoneth, I have a commitment to my people, I have a commitment with myself. I am here because I have to succeed, we have to succeed. More than anyone, he should understand that”
"I understand, ma'am," says the woman. “These are difficult times; I guess all he wants, is to be closer to you.”
"I guess you´re right" says the woman. “I'm going to rest now. We must be prepared. The moment will come, at any time.”
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