Chapter 8: Laws

As sunrise passed within an hour, the entire gang, including the Child, Torin and the Werewolves who had gained control within their werewolf form, they had now shifted into their Human form ever since the full moon had slowly departed from the sky

And of course the Werewolves were all asleep as Aldo explained that the transformation took a lot of energy out of all of them, and a good night rest would replenish their strength, and told them they would be up around Lunch

Which gave Torin and Aldo to give an explanation of the prophecy and the markings, in which left the entire group in shock to such a statement to what was tatooed on their bodies and to what fate had in store for them

~Flashback~

After arriving few things were given an explanation, and when it came to eatting, they had stew which was quite nice and simple, and as soon as the child within Sefina's lap had two bowl fulls she was KO, in which she the allowed her to rest as she and others were going to have a long discussion

SInce Torin was interupted throughout his story on a Lady called Eladona, who apparently had god-like abilities but was mortal, which piked their interest to what importance they held, so to begin the question James asked

"So Torin . . . who was this Eladona lady? And why are these markings so important?" Torin turned to the Werewolf who had amazingly shifted into a human form, and carrying along, the two other werewolves who's name were Salem and Boris keep the other at a safe distance

Mostly the ones who did not recieve a healing touch from Sefina who did not do it on command were resting in their seperate dens or huts within their home in the mountain known by all as 'The Norther Moutain' or 'Mt Gray Rise'

In answer Aldos gave a simple answer that brought more questions than answers provided for them, as he pointed out "Eladona . . . was her ancestor" He told pointing towards Iosefina, and from there an outbreak of shock rose from the gang which had nearly awoken the child on the other side of the room who was being cared by Sefina

Turning to the others with a glare before it turned to complete and utter confusion as everyone of her friends gave wide jaw expressions looking the same as when they first saw her new features

As the girl groaned in her sleep she whispered a lullaby and when she saw that the child who still did not introduce herself due to perhaps trauma, but even she awaited until the child could speak by her own will, whenever that came

After she finished that task she made way to the group and placed her hands on her hips giving a deathly glare asking in a hushed tone "Now . . . why exactly were you yelling that almost woke up the little one?" Her voiced darkened which at first took over but the shock from before was more dominant

She raised a brow and crossed her arms over her chest and asked "Okay what happened this time? Is there something on my face?" Before she could recieve an answer Akane had walked right up to her and unexpectedly tried to punch her

With a quick pivet, she moved to the left and with a confused glance she questioned "What the hell-" Before she even finished that sentence Akane whispered

"You damn liar! You knew all this time where we were- didn't you!" Again her cousin tried to give a straight punch only for it to falter as Sefina caught it and twisted her pushing her against the hard soil and with struggle Sefina told sternly

"I don't know what the hell your thinking of, but I for one have no idea where we are- and if you want to argue on that maybe ask yourself 'Did I ever make any pure evidence that I knew a damn thing of this place!" When Akane and everyone present remained silent she gave a furious glare at them all and answered

"I guess not . . . and if you accuse me of lying look at yourself before you judge me, cousin" She said with a venomous tone which was a rare occurance when she released Akane, the female Hakatashi twin looked both ashamed and guilty at her actions

As she yet again didn't think before she act, as she returned to her spot Sefina again asked "Now what the hell made Akane want to attack me- and you all giving shock to something I again don't know about?"

This time ever shuffled on the spot but only two remained calm, so she turned to Aldos who kept a keen eye on her and so she revieved an answer when he told her "To why your friend gave such an act . . . is because due to information of Eladona a resident of our Realm . . . was in fact your Ancestor of ancient times"

With that unexpected answer she turned to everyone seeing that the expression they meant the truth but to how could she be a descendant of such a person, and why would they assume such a thing

"Haha! Yeah right . . . how the hell AM I a descendant of I quote 'Goddess' of this Realm, I am a teen where advancements are made, my family is normal . . . and" She paused as she was soon to reveal a secret she had not confessed to anyone

"And?" Torin added himself within the conflicted conversation

To their surprise, the so called Descendant of Eladona reached for her left and whispered in a tone between desperation and confirmation "This- this is why I have it- this oh god" With that she fell to her knees clutching the side of her head crying softly

With this first time show of sorrow all that was said was forgotten, as her friends and family rushed to her side, but Akane of course was hesitant to do so, but eventually came from behind, she whispered a few words that they managed to catch hearing only three words such as

'Why?'

'Eyes'

And lastly 'Strange' these of course were words that they could not form a simple line to what the young Parata was thinking of, but then Aldos spoke with a clear tone saying "It is true Iosefina"

Everyone looked up to the Alpha who carried on with a long story saying "You are the Descendant of Eladona, and it proves from your Moonlight white hair her feature known by all, her embled encrested on your forehead, your abilties that even you are unaware of . . . and that pendant you so have not noticed to be around your neck"

At the mention of the pendant she was confused as she had not felt anything around her neck, but when she lowered her gaze even more her eyes widened in disbelief to see that there was in fact a pendant around her neck, the pendant had the same symbol on her forehead, was pure silver and hung on silver thread which felt like silk woven into a thin rope to tie around her neck

When she inspected it Aldos was about to speak again but out of nowhere a new voice entered the conversation one they had not heard of, but was the sound of one so young, in which meant the only individual to be the case was the child behind them

"You are the goddess" She said

Looking towards her she carried on as she sat up straight slowly making her way towards Sefina after being healed was able to walk more steadily as she continued saying the prophecy that she had memorised

"One day . . . in days of anew"

"The Guardians shall return in my . . . place"

"To bring back what was misplaced"

"By . . . returning what the realm lacks"

"To my words that are true. Thy love and power shall return"

"And therefore I say unto you. Await for that day"

"And I shall say Freedom . . . will regain it's final say"

After she spoke all gave unpredictable expressions, as there was a prophecy and it was not just about Iosefina, it also them, it was from there as the girl laid before Sefina and her friends, the child bowed to them and begged within sobs

"P-please . . . help our people . . . free us from the torment of hate by all. Please" She begged and all gave phased looks at her plead, and naturally as always Sefina made the first move as she lifted the child up who went to glance up to see brown chocolate eyes

But instead saw an unpredictable action that not even she predicted, as Sefina's hair began to flow in mid-air her eyes began to glow along with the mark, and then her hands brought pure white flames

The child stared in shock to such a flame and when Sefina placed the tip of her fingers in the same positions as Aldos she told in Tamil "நெருப்புப் பிள்ளை, தூய்மையான மற்றும் அன்பின் உங்கள் ஆன்மாவை ஆசீர்வதியுங்கள்"

Which translated to "Child of Fire, bless your soul of pure and love" And with that said a swarm of warmth surrounded the 'Child of Fire' who closed her eyes for a moment and experienced witin her dreams the happy moments she had in her life

When her dreams finished she had returned to look back into loving chocolate eyes, and for a final say Sefina gave a proper introduction saying "I believe it's time you knew who I am, my name is Iosefina but you may call me Sefina"

In reply the girl smiled warmly with tears of joy saying "Hi Sefina . . . my name is Axa" And to what her name meant in modern english was 'Reflection' it was from there Sefina's heart of love began to grow and grow more than it did before

~End of Flashback - In another area~

Hours had passed since the order had been given to find the Chosen one and the 9 Guardians, as it was an order from the High priest of the Eldya, it was a top priority, as he was trying to change the laws best to his ability in certainty that their people could prosper

But so far no one has found anything, but a certain someone from of the divisons felt stange with the timing, as it was said they had only arrived not long ago from yesterday, and it was during that time he felt something in his heart

And though people would refer to him having no heart, this was the first he's ever felt such warmth in his heart, than he's ever had with someone who he saw as a 'Gold digger' but even so he glanced out into the distance and questioned to himself

"Who are you? And where can I find you?"

He was then drawn from his thoughts by the call of his name "Jerves!" Gaining the full attention as the man in charge told him "Orders have been given, inform your leader that he and your squad will search the Northern area while everyone goes in different directions. From there you will try and find the Chosen one and their companions, understood"

In salute which was his left hand behind his back, with his right placing hid fingers on his forehead before bowing and twisting his anti-clockwise as he lowered his hand, placing it on his heart showing full understandng and respect to his superior he replied

"Understood sir we shall leave in an hour" With a nod the pair parted ways but as Jervis walked to his squad he couldn't get that struck feeling he felt within his chest, though he was Second in Command of his squad at the age of 17 this would be the first time he's ever felt . . . Love

~Meanwhile in an Unknown area~

Within a structure that was hard to describe, there stood two figures draped with black capes to hide their identities from anyone they had or will come across, and more importantly the Empire's Royal family

The male of the pair asked politely "Mother . . . do you think she's here now?"

In response she only answered "I believe so . . . and now it is time for our people to be free, and return home" She told with glee in her heart that began to spark brightly, in which became a replica to what the woman's son felt

"Finally, do you think she'll know what to do?" The son asked, and all his mother replied was

"Only time will tell what path she takes, for we know that she will do anything to keep her loved ones safe, even at the cost of her owm, I believe her instincts will inform her than intel itself" She implied the trait with no falter to who Iosefina was

But the question remained to how these two knew such a thing

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