She had said her story, they had to accept it for what it was, but whether they accept it or not, it doesn't really matter because the Meiv's Council were the ones who would give the final verdict.
They were a group of seven warriors, they were clan heads considered to be protectors. They protect the people from external threats and have the authority to assign warriors under them. They were handpicked by their spirit guides, from their different clans, and only the strongest were chosen. That was what Curl dreamed of, to be a Biac warrior under the Meiv's Council. And to achieve this, he would have to be strong, like really really strong and fearless.
They were called The Lynx Lynch because once they win over a Lynx, a wild cat-like animal with sharp fangs, sharp sense and with a violent nature. Runs faster than them, stronger than them, bigger than them, but not more intelligent. Once they win over a Lynx, they get possessed by the Lynx, so powerful as the Lynx, sharing the same energy and life essence, thus they become violent and all they have to do is fight, violently, thus, a Lynx Lynch. That was the sacrifice they had to make, to cease being such a bright and peaceful Meiv!.
"You're welcome, my child" old man Gaius said, smiling. And just then they heard thundering noises from outside, Curl peeped out from a hole in the door and quickly ran to find somewhere to hide in the Tree house.
"This is bad!" Curl said, shaking in fear. Kar didn't have to look to see what it was, everyone knows when they come, the thundering sounds, even if it was only one of them.
"Why did you…?" old man Gaius didn't even let him finish his statement
"I'm sorry Kar, but this is what they do."
"But she is not a threat" Kar replied
"But she is a strange creature coming from a strange place. Yes she is an external threat"
"But you just welcomed her?" Kar added with a shrug
"Yes. Because I'm not the council. They make the decisions, if they insist that she is a threat, I can't do anything about it." old man Gaius defended himself. Although he had just betrayed their trust a bit - they thought. But they didn't know it wasn't his call, nothing like that was hidden from the Lynx Lynch, but he knew they would come, he should have just told them!
"Now for the worst part, Kar we are in trouble, for going to the greenlands!" Curl said coming out from his hiding place, because there was no no need to hide, he would still face any consequence that came.
"Don't worry about going to the Greenlands, it's not too bad. But don't go there again" old man Gaius advised them. They looked at each other with fear in their eyes, but not because of what he just said.
Pradai didn't know what was going on yet, but fortunately for her she could hear and understand all they were saying. But she was more afraid than them, because whatever that was going to befall on her, it was going to be very hard to take in, after all she wasn't one of them, so they could do anything to her.
"We know you're hiding something, bring it out" said one of the Lynx Lynch outside. They all looked at old man Gaius, with a facial expression to say 'please dont' but unfortunately, he couldn't resist, or he will be in trouble too.
"Now!" Commanded the Lynx Lynch again. They weren't so good with being patient.
Old man Gaius reached out to open the door and …
"Please don't let her be tagged a threat, and don't tell them about us" begged Curl.
"I will go with them, and I will try my best. And it you are talking about telling them about you two going to the Greenlands, is not a problem to go there, be rest assured, but they already know about it, sorry." old man Gaius assured them. They nodded their head, but they weren't worried about going to the Greenlands. It was something else, but they had better not say it, even to old man Gaius, yet.
He opened the door and went down, taking Pradai with him while the young Meivs watched from the top.
"I need to come with you too" old man Gaius said
"Why so?" asked one of the Lynx Lynch
"Because I know what this is, and the council needs to know too, before taking any decision"
"Very well, tag along"
The Lynx Lynch got Pradai on his back, but not the back of the Lynx, because only the possessed can get in contact with them, if not, a life will be at stake. It wasn't a problem at all to get Pradai to stay comfortably on his back, grown Meivs were huge and tall compared to humans.
"And you two, you'd better go home" old man Gaius said to Kar and Curl, as he rode off with them, on his quaky- squeaky chariot.
****
When they reached the Councils chamber, Pradai was skeptical about the whole thing. She thought of running, hiding, or even killing herself to be done with it all.
She was taken inside the chamber, she didn't even realize it until she saw seven hefty, strong and mean-looking Meivs sitting on thrones made with precious stones, and unlike the other Meivs, their ponytails was long that it reached their legs, and their beards were so heavy. Each councilor had a sword which was not only large,but fearful. And on the heads of the swords rested a blue gem stone. They don't use shields, as the blue gem stone acted as a shield too.
And even though these councilors were fearful and mighty, their eyes was as beautiful as the moon light.
After seeing these, the thought of running immediately varnished from Pradai's mind, because she doesn't even have a chance of stepping a foot out, she would be killed immediately, she thought.
The Lynx Lynchs bowed down to the councilors, old man Gaius does the same, but Pradai was still very much lost in thought, so a Lynx Lynch uses his ponytail to make her kneel, and before she could know what was happening, she was kneeling and bowing completely with her whole self.
What made her tremble more was just their voice, it was just as if it pounded on her heart so heavily.
"Speak" said the chief Councilor.
"Three days ago, we noticed that something landed on barren lands. But we couldn't get to it then, we didn't know what it was, but the signals weren't so strong, so we thought it wasn't a threat… "
"You thought it wasn't a threat?"
They dare not apologize to the council, when they made a mistake, for it was in the hands of the council if they would be held accountable for it or not, so the Lynx Lynch continued
"However, we lost contact with one that same day, it was strange. It didn't exist, but it wasn't a false alarm. We tracked it down to this , in the old man Gaius's tree house."
"And what is this?" asked the chief councilor
"A breeder from another plane. She doesn't belong here but she's completely harmless" Gaius answered.
"And how do you know?"
"Because she is pure"
"Pure or not, rules are rules, anything not belonging here is a threat, let's not forget that!"
"But chief…"
"How dare you question my authority?" Said the chief councilor, as two Lynx Lynchs surrounded old man Gaius and held him up, for punishment or better for him, imprisonment. They were about to take him away when Pradai gathered enough courage to say something
"Please don't hurt him, please" they looked at each other in amazement, for some reason this stranger can speak Meivish
"Gaius How is this possible?" Asked the Chief councilor, Gaius didn't say a word, so the Chief motioned them to set him free.
"Speak"
"We ...I found out that she umm, that when in contact with a … she spoke Meivish when I touched her…" Gaius said,being careful with his words and how he use it because he might get into trouble with any slightest mistake.
"We?"
"Yes. Yes, me and her" Gaius defended himself instantly
"It still doesn't change anything Gaius"
"Then look into her heart Chief" Gaius requested that the Chief councilor find out for himself if she is truly pure, harmful, a threat or not.
"She isn't worth it" the Chief replied.
"Then I will take her into my custody, I swear to bore any consequences if it turns out she is a threat, I will take her in, and teach her our ways Chief, I promise to keep eye on her everytime Chief"
"No" said the Chief. Pradai got scared, what would be her fate now? old man Gaius felt sorry for her.
"No?" old man Gaius asked softly and weakly
"No, you shall not bear any consequences, you are loved by our people, so why would you be punished. Whatever it is, even if she turns out to be a threat, we will handle it." The Chief Councilor concluded.
Gaius was so happy and relieved, Pradai felt a depressing weight lifted off her. So Gaius took her away from the chamber.
Upon reaching outside, they found Kar and Curl hanging like rabbits on a Lynx Lynch's arms, apparently they were caught trying to sneak in from the back. Old man Gaius approached him and had him release them, saying he was going to take them home.
"So, it looks like it went well after all" Curl said excitedly
"Yes, and we better be going now" said old man Gaius.
"You two can come over anytime" Pradai told them, smiling.
"Umm we would love to, but we are restricted for now, so no" Curl said, Pradai mood changed
"Is it because of me?"
"No Bye." Kar said dragging Curl away.
Pradai looked at old man Gaius who just shrugged and smiled
"Come on let's go, the hill is your new home, and you better stay within the hill, they don't want to see you lurking around. Just like them, you're restricted. But don't feel bad, it is for the best." And they rode off with old man Gaius's quaky-squeaky chariot.
Kar and Curl were on their way home talking to each other when Kar held Curl's hand
"We were in the Barren lands" Kar said
"I know, that was just the boundary, she didn't land on the Greenlands but the Barren lands" Curl added
"Yes, is a secret, we don't tell anyone about this" said Kar looking straight into Curl's eyes. Curl nodded in agreement.
"And for the Cruk's heart, I hid it in the cave"
"That's too bad" Curl said
"Yes"
"What do we do?" asked Curl, troubled.
"That's the problem, Curl. I don't know".
"As crows sing, as dead bodies laugh, as the warrior cries, as the night dies with the sun kissing and mesmerizing the moon, the little stars gather around the big hole of the squirrel, squeaking themselves inside for a chance to shine for themselves, for the squirrel might use them as lanterns when they excrete and as table towels when they vomit. Eww that's so gross. And as the … the chipmunk mounts on the chimpanzee… seriously? And rides with the primate all along the axis of the universe in two days, the lands shake, the land grumbles for a hero is dead" …"Hmm, seriously does any of these makes sense?" Pradai snarled peevishly at old man Gaius"Hehe exactly! don't complain you have been learning for the past one week, and all you have succeeded doing is burning my hairs with your so called portion" Gaius snarled back, resting his hands on his waist"And all you have succeeded in teaching me is how to make smokes of m
"Don't worry, I will be just fine. I have taken in all you have said to me, trust me I will do well to keep a low profile, chill. Just them, I am not going to parade myself for everyone to see me haha" Pradai assured old man Gaius not to worry about her getting caught or anything."You better be. And be back on time" Gaius added. Pradai got down from the tree house and started walking away. She stopped and waved at old man Gaius"Have a good morning sir!" She said and off she went with joy in her heart. Gaius smiled"She really does have a strong spirit. And a cheerful heart" Gaius said, inhaling the good morning scents from the plants all around. **** It took Pradai some time to get off the hill area, she had been given direction already by old man Gaius, even if he didn't, she
It was another beautiful day for Pradai and old man Gaius. And just like before, they would do some cleaning, most times, it was cleaning the mess they had done with their magical portions, or medicines that old man Gaius tried to make.As they had their morning food, which was mostly made up of fruits and vegetables, the morning sun shined through the holes and windows. Since they lived in a tree house on a hill, they had the blissful warmth of the sun and the goodness of every morning.Pradai just finished reading a supposed magic book when she remembered something. Although the book was useless to her, somehow she started enjoying reading it as it was."You know. I didn't tell you this yesterday because I didn't think much of it, but it just occurred to me now. I think is something I should be worried about" said Pradai deep in thoughts."I know is crazy, but still, what if something bad had happened? And they will
Pradai woke up to the first eyes and face she saw from the Barren lands. He looked so cute and even more adorable. Maybe it was the morning effect."Hey Curl" she said with a beautiful smile, looking eye ball to eye ball with Curl"Morning. Here's something for you" Pradai sat upright, and he brought out a package of fruits and meat"Oh wow really? All for me? Thank you so much""My pleasure. There are lots of bush meats near haha."Pradai looked around her, something was missing"What about Kar? And you should give him some too" she said, genuinely worried, she didn't want to be the reason they fight each other or be anything like that. She believed they made a perfect combo together.Curl gave her a sign to look at her behind"Don't worry. He is doing just fine" said Curl, as Pradai saw Kar treating himself to a very big meat meal."Oh" expressed Pradai"As a matter of fact, he has been eatin
Old man Gaius went outside and made sure Pradai wouldn't be able to see him. He went into the woods a bit, not far from the tree house, and whistled melodiously for a moment. When he stopped, a butterfly flew to him and perched on his nose. He whispered something to it and it flew away."Very good" he said, going back to the tree house. **** Back at Curl's fortress, he was busy stuffing his clothes with weapons, both visible and invisible"You are so funny, all these for what?" Little Ben laughed at Curl, who was a bit still, uncertain about his decision."Is none of your business""Oh it is, we are going together, and that is why you do not have to worry or do all these""You are right, we are going together, and that's why I need to do all these." Curl said stopping
Old man Gaius and Pradai didn't make it to his old friend's place in time that day, so they didn't go again. But it was just an excuse. The butterfly came back and he knew what it was about, so he wasted time riding around the hill, and after some time, he said he was tired and needed to sleep.So, it was another day, a beautiful day for Pradai, and as usual they had their morning rituals and ate their fruits and vegetables. Old man Gaius was happy that she ate it, but he didn't quit on taking her to his old friend."Give me some moon flowers and a handful of almond seeds"Pradai handed him over moon flowers and a handful of almond seeds which he added to a solution in a bottle, alongside other ingredients which Pradai didn't see nor knew of until then."You know, this is the first time you are making a portion like this" Pradai asked old man Gaius inquisitively"Oh, is just a fruity energy portion I make once i
The Thogwarts were all angry, and ready for battle with the Lynx Lynchs. They won't back down because the Lynx Lynchs came to them looking for trouble.Curl had hoped to see Thug so he could warn him and tell him to run. But he wasn't even on sight at that moment."We should find Thug" Curl said to Little Ben."Why?""So he can run, he let us go. This isn't right, they shouldn't had killed those two Thogwarts, they are just being unreasonable and stupid!""Hey, keep it low, you could get yourself in trouble" Little Ben warned."Trouble? are you kidding me? This is big trouble."They kept low, to avoid anybody seeing them. The Lynx Lynchs wasn't going to fight them, although all they wanted to do was fight. But the war Thogwarts won't let them just leave after killing two of their own, so they surrounded them preparing for battle, they knew very well what they were up against, it wouldn'
Pradai woke up to see the beautiful sky adorned in heavenly blue, with the birds of air hovering all around the view. It was exceptional, and it was as if she was close to the sky.She was unaware of her environment. She stood up and took a look around, it was strange, she thought she had gotten into another world again. She quickly took off to run away, but she saw herself halting at the edge of a cliff. That was when Pradai realized that she was on a mountain top. And how, when , and why she got there was a mystery box in her head until someone showed up behind her, startling her to the core of her bones.Pradai was still battling with the mystery box in her head when a hand touched her. She gasped, afraid to turn around. It wasn't a Meiv's hand, but it was a familiar touch, it was a familiar feeling. She slowly turned around to see the Elf thief shining like the bright morning sun, more beautiful than she had ever seen her, she looked so sw