DEITY FLORAThe Palace Grounds, Kingdom of HowardWhat Deity Flora had seen just now was not for the faint of heart.It was unlike any of her visions before. Disturbing would be an understatement. "The King must brace himself for the worse." The Deity whispered to herself as she crossed the palace grounds towards the King's Throne Room."A pleasant day, Deity Flora."Deity Flora stopped floating in her tracks. She did not need to turn around to know who it was. "Hello, Prince Gian.""I hope you're doing well," the prince said, his hands crossed behind him."I am certainly doing my best right now. Thank you for asking." Deity Flora slowly faced the prince. "My, you do have a habit of sneaking up on everybody."The prince's nose flared with the observation. "I just happen to be in the right place, at the right time. Sheer luck, I supposed.""Luck never made a man wise. Remember that, My Prince." Deity Flora then curtsied as a sign of respect and started floating away."Is there news ab
ColterNew York City“Sorry, I have pressing matters to attend to!” Colter announced, hurriedly leaving the bar as soon as their shift ended. He ended up drawing weird looks from Tessa and Vida as he sheepishly grinned while stepping around them and out into the streets.“Take care!” Vida called after him with a blanching Tessa by her side, “Girl, he just abandoned you and you tell him to take care?!”He slipped through the crowded streets of bustling New York City, weaving sidewards and dodging them as these citizens paid no mind to what was in front of them. His thoughts were still filled with the visions of the kingdom in utter chaos. Fear had been injected into his veins, his blood running colder than ice.Moving into an abandoned area, it was an alley that stood between two derelict factories. Glancing around for any watchers and spectators, Colter focused his powers all over his body and with a whoosh, he darted upward into the air, flying with blinding speed.He gazed around th
TessaTessa’s Apartment, New York CityThe sky was quiet, but the environment was not. A flock of evil looking birds had taken down a lone figure trying to fight them off, she heard his grunts of exertion as he swung a bladed weapon at them, all around him were carcasses of the same birds that were attacking him.“Get away!” the familiar sounding man shouted, slicing away at the still attacking birds, he pointed an open palm at them and conjured a stream of fire, but they easily dodged his attacks due to him being apparently tired.Everything was on fire, buildings that were not modern to her eyes were ablaze, a tall palace was slowly being torn down by blasts of magic. The stones from its tower fell into the plaza below it, splattering the panicking people running below it.It was a gristly sight and Tessa put her hand towards her mouth in shock. Blood and fire were everywhere, people that looked like knights were trying to fend off hideous looking creatures with crude weapons.Her a
AquilaNew York CityThey had finally arrived in this weird place, like Colter before them and any other creature that might have crossed the portal, it was an alien landscape. The buildings were so tall that they cast shadows over the bright city.Aquila was annoyed at how excessively large it was and how polluted it had seemed. He had been able to smell their air and it was not as fresh as the air in their home world. Unlike every other village, town and city they had seen before, Aquila noticed at how in this world, the people are still active even at the latest of nights.“Find him” Dyron’s voice echoed in his head and Aquila doubled his concentration on tracking the missing prince. He had isolated the scents of everything that was in the air, from the smoke that their steel carriages seemed to emit, the cold breeze of the night air, the smell of human essence that was vastly different from an Ecanus, the animals that were littered around New York City and finally, after flying fo
VidaSomewhere near Burn's Bar, New York City"Where could he be?"Vida sat down on the low half-wall that separates the sidewalk from the closed-off area behind a liquor store.Tessa sat down beside her and wiped her forehead dry from her sweat. "Girl, we'd been going around in circles. Did he not tell you anything before he left?""No," Vida said as she looked straight ahead of her."It's the twenty-first century and yet Colter does not carry a phone. What kind of normal person does not own a phone in this day and age?" Tessa grumbled. "Looking for him would be much easier."Vida just shrugged. They spent the rest of the afternoon looking for Colter. She was running out of ideas where he might be. They had gone to the most common places where Colter might head to, but to no avail, he was still nowhere to be found."You know what, we should take a rest." Tessa said. "What I had seen might not even be true and Colter might be just out doing some important matters. It's his day off at
ColterVida's Apartment, New York CityColter knew he was screwed the moment he decided to say goodbye to Vida one last time. He had foreseen how Vida would protest about him leaving. However, what he did not expect was her to be saying those sweet words.I love you.When she pulled him down for a kiss, he was a goner. He was shocked, yes, by her boldness to establish that she did indeed love him. A goner, nonetheless.The moment slowly heated up as they craved each other's touch. Colter knew it was long, long overdue. That day in the park, he wanted to take Vida home and have his way with her, but he wondered what Vida would think of him.It was a good call that he did the noble thing of avoiding such situation. Or else, he would not be here right now with her.He could feel Vida's passion with that one kiss. Her hands roaming across his back and to his chest. Colter could not resist but reciprocate and let his hands wander her body. He caressed her waist and ran up his hands on her
Vida Vida’s Apartment, New York CityShe stared at Colter, there was confusion and sorrow in her eyes as she realized the intonation of his voice. It was filled with dread and sadness, upon hearing those words, Vida’s heart filled with sadness. It was as if the man she had shared and spent the night with was going to tell her something that she would not be able to take. His eyes betrayed no emotion, other than guilt and melancholy. She had wanted answers for what was happening recently, and in her darkest moment, in her paranoia she was going to receive them.Pulling up the covers to cover the rest of her body, she sat up and nodded at Colter to continue, who only stared at her with bewildered eyes. The couple stared into each other’s eyes; amber meeting emerald but there was no hint of giving in.Colter then took a deep breath and Vida braced herself for the worse, many scenarios ran through her head but what she was going to be told surpassed all of that.“I never wanted to hide a
VidaVida’s Apartment, New York City“Look Colter, I’m not up for any drugs, if you want to go, feel free to go” Vida said worriedly, her paranoia getting the better of her as her mind told her that Colter could also be just some drugged out junkie messing around with her feelings.But the gorgeous man in her apartment clasped her hand in both his hands and smiled at her wryly, “Look, I am not in a position to ask you to trust me” but as he said those words, Vida felt the affection and the warmth spilling out from him, he was not lying. “Trust me.”She sighed and pulled her hand away from him, shaking off the blankets that she used to cover her naked bodice, she stepped out of the bed, feeling Colter’s stare at her all the time and grabbed her clothes.“Please, if by flying you mean taking drugs, I don’t want to take part in any of it” Vida said her back turned, putting on clothes while Colter chuckled from behind her. “So, there are drugs in this kingdom of yours as well?”“Drug mean