Season, Luke

Season, Luna

Season, Fiona

Season, Arthur

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4 condemned. 4 criminals, 4 powerful figures and one great family. 

All in ruins. 

All in front of a tribunal. 

“ For the crime of high treason, Luke, Luna, Fiona and Arthur Season, according to the 8th constitution of Coverdan, are condemned to public execution.”

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“ Season and world ending weapons? The truth of the charitable family?”

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“... This just came in, the current heads and the retired heads of the Season family, arrested earlier today, have been condemned guilty of high treason. They are sentenced to public execution. “

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“ END OF A LEGACY???, one of Coverdan's most powerful family’s reign comes to an end!”

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“ What of their son?” 

“ Oh yeah…, didn't Luke and Luna have a son? How old is he again?” 

“ He’s 4, I believe.” 

“ Poor kid, so young, so bright.” 

“ Before you pity him, I heard that he’s the very weapon that put the Season into this mess.” 

“ Nah, who would make a weapon out of a child not to mention their own child? Stop believing random rumors and gossip.”  

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Iris was in her office. It was a mess, information capsules and old reports capsules scattered in every corner of the room. All kinds of knicknacks covered her desk, from used tissues to her OPTY equipment, from old, rare physical books to broken cables and small gadgets, all left unattended and gathering dust. The messiness of the office truly reflected the state of mind of its owner. 

How could it be? Why? Why did her friends admit to their so-called crimes? As far as she knew, they didn’t have any solid evidence to condemn the Season. She trusts in them and truly believes that they were innocent, so when the news came to her that the Season accepted and admitted to their wrongdoings, she was devastated. 

What of their child? Winter was only a small boy and now he finds himself an orphan. He was smarter than other children. He had more talents too, but now it will all go to waste. She can’t let that happen, she absolutely can’t let her friend's legacy go to waste just like that, but what can she do? She didn’t even know where that child was; they brought him to a secret “unspecified location” for “interrogation”. She tried to use her rank in the army to ask to see him, or, at least, know where he was kept, but to no avail. 

“ Master Redwin, Master Redwin, we found him!” The door burst open and one of her subordinates stood outside her door. 

“ SHHHHHHHH, are you trying to get us caught?”, Iris hissed, “ Quick, come in.”

Iris peeked outside the hallway to make sure no one was around and she quickly closed the door. 

“ Talk.” 

 “ So, I was training in the training room yesterday, after you told me to work on my strength. After I was done, I took a bath in the changing room and I accidentally fell asleep in it. I don’t know how much I slept; I only know that I was woken up by voices. I instantly recognized those voices, it was the voices of John Jolyne and Holly Gin. It was really dark inside the changing room; someone must have closed the lights and the shadow hid my presence. I think they thought they were alone otherwise they wouldn’t be leaking the contents of the meeting they had with the other big names. They talked for a while, it looks like no one knows what to do with Winter. Apparently, some want him dead, but others want to turn him into a weapon after brainwashing so as not to waste his talents. Banishment and imprisonment were also mentioned. Jolyne wants Winter in his family, as a way to boost its reputation. He is planning to kidnap Winter from his cage. Gin snuffed out what Jolyne is planning to do and she warned him about the consequences if he were to infiltrate Hoss-” 

“ HOSSET!” Iris Redwin cut her subordinate off, “They’re crazy, Hosset! That moving underwater hell! ” Iris kicked her desk, nearly hitting her subordinate who didn’t flinch (it wasn’t the first time that she flipped out like that in front of her subordinates).   

“ Master Redwin, please calm yourself down.” 

“ NO!”, she slams her fist into the wall, making a big hole, “ NO, I won’t, THEY PUT A YOUNG CHILD TO FEND FOR HIMSELF IN ARGUABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE EVER! FOR WHAT, INTERROGATION??? THIS IS MORE THAN INTERROGATION, THIS IS MENTAL TORTURE! I NEED TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE, I DON’T KNOW HOW, BUT HE IS NOT SAFE THERE! ”

Iris grabbed her sword and a small bag. She shoved her sword inside the bag, breaking the laws of physics that we know today. She put on a simple black hoodie and stormed out of her office. Her disciple followed suit. 

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“ The Seasons are over and their legacy will soon fail with them.”

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“ The world shall change over a winter.” 

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“ Eras are meant to end and a new one shall start.” 

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 “ This is the start of the end.” 

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