“Novus! Wait up, how can you even trust what Liam is saying! How would he know there’s an Unspoken?”
I rush towards the basement door and pause, “He told me everything I saw in that vision, I can’t delay this.”
Opal grabs my arm pulling me back, “Novus please. At least wait until the others are here.” Opal’s auburn eyes seem to shine red as I shake my head running down the steps to my basement. Opal followed behind,
“The Crystal of Light is what powers Crystillia, It gives all of us power, and a fracture of the crystal is in my crown. The woman in my vision asked me to see the crystal. The Crystal of Light could be in trouble, and I can’t allow that.”
As I travel down the light shines brighter, Opal stops when she hears the others above, “Nice of you to join me, Princess.” A woman sits on top of the crystal holding my crown, tossing fragments down at Radial. Her face covered with a rabbits mask, just like my vision
“Who are you?” The woman smiles, twirling the crown around her finger,
“Do you know the legend of the Unspoken.” I tense up, the Unspoken has never been mentioned in this castle for years, is Liam right? The last time I heard that was when I was simply a child,
“It's just a bedtime story isn’t it?” The woman laughs, shaking her head. Her hair changes colors, half black, half brown,
“Do you want to hear a bedtime story then?” I slowly nod my head, “We may not utter his name, he will bring you bad luck. They said, Somewhere along that line, his name came out. His name, the unspoken, was awakened. Thousands coward in fear, he destroyed everything. Genocide, reigned over the universe. Humans were absolutely wiped out, only hundreds remained. Angels were massacred and three known angels remained. Demons? Their forces were downgraded to half. Everlastings, became a dead race. The unspoken reigned victorious. His dark forces were scattered across the universe to finish off what he had started. He was satisfied, he sat in his lofty throne. Obliterating anyone who dares oppose him. The unspoken was king. An Angel Everlasting and her 7 disciples stood up one day, each one filled with the power of light. They had a chance, they could've stopped him. If only, they weren't betrayed. A close ally, the Protector of Light had become corrupt. She chose the darkness, she betrayed the 8. Slaughtering almost everyone. The Angel Everlasting before her death sealed the Unspoken into a crystal along with the Protector of Light. Her dying breath was to have the only disciple left, barely even an adult, take her new born child, the next generation of light. The disciple took her child far away to earth where they would be safe. Populations were reborn, the Disciple and Everlasting grew up in peace. At least, for now.” The woman jumps down, grabbing my chin.
“The Unspoken isn’t real.” She smiles,
“You’re looking at one Princess” She grabs my arm, a soft cloth touches instead of skin, she’s wearing gloves, I summon my rapier swinging at her, “Oh I didn’t realize you had the warrior aspect this reset,” What is she talking about? “I hope you’ve trained then.” My legs wobble, it’s been months since I last trained. Radial rubs his head, slowly standing up and points to the crystal. A small crack forms, the Unspoken smiles gently pushing me to the ground, never taking out a weapon just watching,
“Why are you here?” She smiles, picking up the crown.
“I want to stop him. I have to do something, but I can’t with him in the way.” She raises the crown over her head, turning away from me, and walking towards Radial, but then someone hits the crown and falls to the ground an emerald jewel falls off as it shatters into pieces. A man’s voice wavers, but becomes more confident, more upset as he went on,
“Hey there, Domino.” The Unspoken, falls back, she hesitates, then stomps her foot on the ground, like she’s having a tantrum.
“I thought you were universes away! Stop trying to interfere! ” The man smiles, brushing his silver hair back out of his face,
“You know I’m not here to help her, I just have a score to settle with you.” The Unspoken glances over to me, then back to the man,
“A score you won’t get to settle today.” and in a blink of an eye she was gone. Everyone finally appears, Rave runs over hugging me tightly, Liam stays near the door avoiding the touch, Amelia is with Radial, Opal starts checking both of our vitals, and Raisa is frozen in place, stopped in her tracks, staring at the man that came after The Unspoken. She grits her teeth and steps forward,
“Who are you?” The man glances up, seeing Raisa he pauses, seeming to break a facade. Then he smiles,
“Let’s go with, Xeno.” Raisa, shakes her head,
“I thought you were someone I knew.” Xeno smirks,
“I guess it’s because we’re Soulmates,” The basement becomes silent, Opal even looks up from the treatments, he smirks as Raisa steps back, grasping her gloves, “What, are you scared of me? Scared of your Soulmate. Scared of someone touching you intimately? Scared that you may die because I want to hold you forever,” Raisa grabs her head, running upstairs. Xeno sighs, shaking his head, “she always runs.” He twirls around, making his way towards me,
“What do you want?”
Xeno smiles gleefully, “A thank you, I just saved your life, and you are here glaring at me.” I give a gruff thanks, yanking my crown from his hands. The emerald lays in the middle broken in half, my eyes well up and I could feel to thorns crawling up my body,
“Hey,” Rave whispers in my ear, slowly rubbing my shoulder, “Everything will work out okay. You just have to rely on me. That’s my job right?” he slowly removes the crown from my hands,
“I suppose, but what am I going to do? The ceremony is today, the Unspoken just attacked” Rave touches my hand, I look up at him, the pain didn’t go away,
He brushes strands of hair out of my eyes, “Radial can fix your crown, I think we should postpone the ceremony.”
“But-” he covers my mouth, my eyes pan back over to Xeno,
“Lover Boy’s right princess. You’re being watched now, you need to be careful.” Rave lowers his arm,
“Go back upstairs, please. We will clean up this mess.” Everyone nods their heads, slowly I walk towards the stairs. The others crowd around the mess, but Liam grabs my shirt pulling me closer to him,
“Can we talk?” He looks at me, I could see the hurt in his eyes, the pain grows deeper,
“I’m sorry, but we can’t do this right now,” he sighs, moving his hand closer to my skin, “don’t.”
“Can’t we at least go out as friends so we can talk about what just happened to you?” My eyes glance over to Rave, he’s giving Opal directions, and looks annoyed, I sigh, “Okay. Tonight, I’ll choose the restaurant.”
Liam smiles, “Thank you Novus.” he lets go of my shirt and watches me slowly climb up the steps, as I reach the top I see Liam wince in pain grabbing his arm. I notice he has a tattoo on his arm. I clench my teeth, attempting to recall a conversation I had with Liam, he very clearly stated tattoos he would never get a tattoo. I glance back over and Liam’s gone. My heart beats quickly and I realize this dinner may end up with swords drawn.
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