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Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

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Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

Meira turned her head toward the door which was being broken into wondering who it was that was doing it. She was a bit concerned until she saw a familiar face and made a happy muffle into her gag as she was very happy to see Nathan had come to rescue her. She saw Nathan come over in her direction and pull down the cloth that covered her mouth and then cut away at the rope with held her secure to the chair she was sitting in. She then saw Nathan undo the knot on the cloth that hung around Meira's neck and throw to the floor where she embraced Nathan with a hug saying a simple, "Thank you." Those were the only two words that could escape her mouth as she was overcome with happiness about being rescued. Nathan then asked her briefly, "Are you okay?" Taking a brief pause to let Meira respond. The only response was a simple nod from Meira's head as she took his hand allowing him to escort her out of the room. Right when they were about to leave the leader of the kidnappers appeared and didn't look like he was going to let the two leave the room. "Dammit, we don't have time for this!" Meira exclaimed as she turned around to notice they weren't alone anymore and another familiar face had entered the room to obstruct them from leaving. Meanwhile downstairs Rysta detects an usual PLE and COB level right about them. One which is far from the normal value and questions toward her colleague Valther if they should subdue it? Valther doesn't say a word and shakes his head in a way that gives the impression no and she sighs and decides to obey orders and not pursue it though she didn't stop from evaluating it while they were downstairs working with the senior officials. He informs his men to stay where they are and assist with their effort to secure the downstairs area and help find the bombs without alerting anyone in the room of what they were doing.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

"As you command, Alexander. If that's how you feel I have no reason to doubt what you have in mind. If you can delay the coronation when it starts or at least make sure he doesn't leave the area. There are bombs in the area and some of the minds within the audience seem a bit disturbed and not in the confused way either." Melianth hinted toward Alexander with her words as she answered back after his last response. She wasn't sure she should get involved with rescuing her daughter since it may draw some unwanted attention or perhaps even blow her cover. Earlier she only denied Meira as her daughter so she was protected from the evil and devious Aodeos who seemed to be conspiring to use her for some scheme. She contemplated in her mind what she was going to do while she looked over toward the others to see what they had in mind. That's when she noticed some confusion within the group where it seemed a younger blonde haired girl was staring right at another girl with silver shiny hair that sparkled in the light. That is where she looked in surprise with her words being as simple as, "Huh?"

"What do you..." Siia looked at the girl in confusion where she was being accused of putting that dress on the girl. It was true that the dress looked cute on her, but someone had impersonated her where she immediately turned her attention away from the others and stared over in a certain person's direction whose aura she knew all too well. "Now I understand..." She said placing a grin on her face as she turned her attention away from the group then grabbed the girl's hand and dragged her over toward another individual who was harassing a boy for their own amusement. "Did you think I wouldn't notice, Whizzle?" She paused as she looked in Alice's direction where she pointed at Whizzle who was still posing as a female entity while harassing an angel boy. "This here is the person who made you put on that dress. He's from a certain race that has the ability to mimic other people's appearances exactly with some limitations to that ability." She added as she continued to look in Whizzle's direction.

"Oh my..." Ranathia could only say as she turned her attention toward the three who seemed to be staring each other down. She saw that Siia took off earlier to confront a person who she said was impersonating her though she didn't quite understand how someone that looked so original and simple could pull off such an act unless they were a Midarian in disguise.
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The man kept his hand over Meira's mouth while he reached into his pocket unveiling a clean piece of cloth he was going to use so he could keep her quiet. He quickly removed his hand from her mouth and latched onto the strip of thick white cloth with his two hands and quickly pulled it against her face covering up where her lips were while pulling it really tight behind her head to make sure she couldn't scream or yell for help. He then tied it off in a double knot behind her head Meira tried to prevent him from silencing her with the cloth only to have another person from behind hold her head so he could pull it level with her mouth. "Just relax, we aren't going to hurt you so stop fighting it and get used to it for now. We'll remove it later when things settle down." He said to her ear as he finished tightening her gag.

Before he walked away, "Aww, too tight for you? That's why they call it a gag. To keep big mouthed brats like you quiet." He added then walked away from her to look around in the other room and see what was going on. When he turned the corner he noticed his boss was up against the wall cringing. "Boss, are you okay?" He said as he ran in his boss direction to see if he was okay. He knew something happened, but he wasn't sure what. "Don't worry boss. The dame in the other room is quiet as the calm night. No matter how much she pleads no one will hear her cries for help." He added as he helped his boss onto his feet.

In the other room Meira was not happy that a tight piece of fabric was hugging her face so tight that a few muffles came out of her speech. She noticed it was tied so tight that it was difficult for her to move her lips. No matter how much she fidgeted the cloth was well secured over her mouth staying in place. Yelling for help or trying to cause a ruckus was out of the question. No matter how hard she tried, the cloth was effective in absorbing every word that came out of her mouth turning it into a bunch of gibberish. Dammit she thought to herself hating the fact that she was completely helpless. Not even her magic could get her out of the predicament she was in and she couldn't even try to save her friends let alone herself. I've got to try to find a way to loosen this cloth that he fastened over my mouth tightly. She thought to herself as she looked around in the room as she noticed the goons that were with her earlier were gone.
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"There's a disturbance within this area? There must be an intruder inside this time-space." A voice said in the room that could only be heard by those who were not in the same dimension as the others. The girl who could not be seen also noticed an ominous aura in the room which would normally send chills up people's spine, but thanks to her special abilities she was able to sense it without any problem. She took her eye off the aura for a moment then noticed dark energy being pulled toward the individual who was attacked earlier by two individuals who had left the room earlier. She noticed he was up on his feet though he had a hard time speaking to his men and seemed to have a hard time with his speech like he had a speech impediment.

"What is this unknown energy doing here?" The girl questioned and then when she thought about what she saw in her vision it finally hit her. She knew why she was given another chance in life and why she was now in the past before the end of time. "That's it! That icky evil being is trying to molest my mother's spirit. I won't allow it! No, I won't! I will save her this time even if I die trying. I have nothing to lose since immortals have no effect on me." She paused for a moment as she thought about her next action before she executed it. "I have to be very careful not to give away my existence within this dimensional field. I don't want that evil spirit to know I'm here and I can't let my emotions cloud my judgment if I going to set things right this time." The girl said with confidence as she remained hidden outside of the current reality out of sight as she started to formulate her plan to save her mother.

Watching her from a distance within the same field was a man completely cloaked and with his face completely hidden. All you could see are his eyes that peered out of his hood that shined brightly into the dark field they were within. "So, she's going to act. How should I plan my course of action then? I must make sure I keep watching over those who are part of The Mir. They carry the answer to the future that we all seek.

The girl is completely important to my plan. Nothing must happen to her for my plan to unveil itself into fruition."
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"Fenrir." Luhsein said as he tried to ignore all the commotion that was going on as he finished speaking to his group. "I want you to immediately head toward this floor. From my reconnaissance that is where they are holding Meira. You must hurry before their contacts arrive who plan to buy her off their hands." Luhsein pleaded toward him as he turned his attention toward his two most trusted people in the room nodding toward them before reassuring Fenrir, "We'll handle the situation downstairs. I have someone right now working on jamming the signal that is going to be used to detonate the suspicious packages. Meira is on the seventeenth floor in guest room toward the end of the room. Hurry now!" Luhsein answered as he didn't have time for dawdling. He didn't care if Fenrir was crying at the moment since there wasn't time for that. They had to secure the situation quickly before the enemy got the upper hand. If they didn't act quick Meira was going to be handed over to some very dangerous people who have evil plots in store for her. He couldn't allow that or for them to learn anything about her that was better off not known.

"You too, Nathan." He added as he was starting to become very impatient of the others who were worried about petty problems and not the real problem at hand getting easily distracted and placing everyone in peril due to their ignorance.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

"I have a PLE reading of over one hundred within the crowd, Valter. The reading says it's a one twenty-five immeasurable which indicates they must be somehow trying to suppress their PLE. Should we intercept them?" Rysta asked as she scanned the room for any unusual PLE and COB readings in the room. She also noticed that their COB was below fifty, but this was an unusual case since most people had a low PLE reading and very high COB level. This one being read on her scanner around the forty-five range. She couldn't really tell what kind of being it was from outside the room and a wall stand in the way of her sight, but she anticipated that it was probably from one of the aggressive races particularly making it either Werewolf, Nekrian or even Ravalkian. "JES, can you determine what kind of being that is?" But before she could confirm that was what she was analyzing Valter put his hands in front of her face showing that it wasn't necessary. "But Valter, as Shepherds we must enforce action on all lawbreakers." She questioned surprised by his sudden action. It wasn't like Valter to let any kind of case like this go, but it seemed as if he had something else on his mind, but she didn't quite understand what it was.

"Pursuing that low level threat is not necessary. Even if he is suppressing his level. I sense no severity within his aura field or mental matrix. We'll just let them be for now. Besides, there are a few higher level threats in the area that read over a five hundred PLE and COB rating of over two hundred. We cannot ignore these dangerous level threats over a meager leveled one. Aggressive races are always popping up as over one hundred PLE so let's not waste our time with that. Before we pursue these threats, we need to report back to Director Luhsein." He insisted as he turned away from her walking away after giving his piece has he made his way toward the door to the throne room where the coronation was being held. Rysta gave off a deep sigh acknowledging the fact Valter has not changed though it wasn't entirely like him to ignore any threat. She decided to go along with his level of thinking even if she disagreed and followed behind him.
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"Understood Nathan, would anyone else..." Before he could finish that statement he was interrupted by a call from his forces where he stepped away from the group and into private for the time being.

This rose some eyes within the girls who started to suspect something was going on. They knew it wasn't like the President of the Erewhon Pavilion to bring such high level officers without a motive especially so many. From what one of the girl's caught toward her ears it seemed like he had put in place a special forces unit and already knew that something was going to transpire inside the castle. Even though they did catch this shard they couldn't hear enough of his conversation to justify whether what they heard was true or not where they shrugged it off for now as hearsay.

Siia noticed Fenrir had started to talk about explosives like they were in a debriefing room which made her frown, but before she could respond she noticed a younger blonde hair girl started to stare at her. Siia analyzed her closely using power entrusted to her by her counterpart, but noticed both her PLE and COB levels were completely normal and very consistent. Though the innocent look in her eyes caught her by surprise when she knew innocent people had negative level PLE readings and this girl had one in the positives, but far from the one hundred range. She found it rather disturbing why the girl was staring at her where she turned her attention toward her asking in a rather cold tone not pleased with how the girl was staring at her, "May I ask why you are staring at me, young girl? It's like you look at me as if you know me when I've never seen your face of before from what I recall. Disturbing as it may be, but also very interesting hitherto nostalgia." Siia interestingly ended her statement with the word nostalgia seeming to think that maybe her face look somewhat familiar, but she could not recall the time she saw it before. Now wasn't the time to dwell on trivial nonsense due to the seriousness of the current situation. She couldn't neglect that fact so she decided to save her questions for the young girl for another time when it was appropriate to ask them.

Meanwhile Melianth was off in a corner trying to communicate with Alexander without trying to arouse suspicion within the group. She knew the Holy Order also had its own investigation they launched into the matter putting both Alexander and her at the spearhead of it. She tried to look like she was enjoying herself while she telepathically communicated toward Alexander once again seeing as she got his attention, "It seems my daughter Meira has gotten herself into trouble. I'm telling you this because I want you to trust me about this. I feel terrible putting her in such a position. Had I not left due to my own foolishness this would have never had happened and she would have been fully raised by her own mother." Meira paused momentarily as she stared toward the ground with a look of disappointment apparent on her face. It was one of those looks that looked like the person was very ashamed of themselves for their actions. "Duke Padraig of Windgracian authority has taken her hostage so he can assume control of the throne. We cannot let someone like him take control of Windgrace when he is the same traitor under the code name Black Tyrant which has been selling Windgracian technology to unfriendly establishments across Gaea. From what I heard, he is holding her in one of the guest rooms on the higher level of the castle. I'm not sure which floor or which room so we'll have to scan the area and search for possible life signs in the area.

Miia looked over toward Fenrir shaking her head at what Fenrir just blurted out, but the guests in the room were too busy enjoying themselves to ever notice what he had said or they might have heard it and didn't think the person was serious or that person was delusional. To her relief, no one reacted from his words, but she focused her attention on Fenrir saying toward him, "Fenrir, would you mind keep your voice down? That isn't something the guests want to hear and starting a panic might cause someone to detonate them. For now, we want everyone to remain calm while we try to deal with the problem without causing a big ruckus, okay?" Miia assured Fenrir then noticed the same girl who was staring at her sister Siia was also looking in her direction. "Um miss, why are you staring at my sister and I like that?" She questioned as she turned her focus away from Fenrir and placed in completely on the blonde girl who was looking at the two of them.

Ranathia remained quiet just listening in on what was being said. She did wonder if Alexander knew about the situation when she noticed a pink haired woman was talking from a distance. It seemed like she knew the woman, but she wouldn't reveal how or approach the woman to show any indication of that. She just continued to look at her and try to catch the words she was saying from her lips while listening in on the conversation.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

One of the men who hid his face from obvious appearance approached the leader of the group who was obviously furious about the outcome. Due to his followers incompetence and easy tension the girl that they had in their captivity had managed to escape. All due to some disturbance that happened earlier which he denounced as just a childish prank meant to scare those who were too immature to understand a little chill was like if there was a ghost in the room. The man wasn’t too pleased to see this other person wasn’t abiding by his orders where he called out to him when he approached Meira who they were holding captive. “Hey, did you not hear me loud and clear last time? I told you all to look for that girl or you’re going to end up like that guy I threw out the window.” He ordered as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at the person’s head in an intention to scare him.

The man only grinned at him as he pulled away his hood to reveal his crimson red hair long hair underneath. The look on his face and embraced in his eyes was not one of fear. In fact, this man showed no fear looking as if he ignored what the man said. “Don’t test me!” The leader threatened as he fire a shot right near the person’s ear, but they did not flinch nor move from their position. The person looked at him with the same grin on their face as another figure that was cloaked with their purple hair slightly revealed was behind him. “Your pathetic threats do not work on me.” The man said as he approached the individual who took gun shots at the person only to have them dodge his shots then grab him by the neck and raise him in the air.

“You will regret this! Traitors will be punished severely.” The man threatened the man even if he wasn’t in a position to make demands. While all that was going on Meira was still confused about what was going on. But she couldn’t say a word since one of his cronies handgagged her to keep her quiet. The man held his index finger at his lip while pressing a gun against the side of her head. “Sssshhhh, just remain quiet and nobody gets hurt.”

"Get out of the way, fool." Valter replied as he pushed the leader hard back into a wall which immediately got a response from his partner. The man was shaken up from his impact from the wall, but Valter's shove wasn't enough to kill the leader.

“Valter, refrain from reckless behavior.” The voice underneath the muffle became clearer as if it sounded like a woman. You could still barely see her purple hair and the only part of her really visible were her orange eyes. . She thought Valter was being a bit rash with just trying to attack the leader out of his own personal annoyance. “You need to learn to control your anger or we’ll never get to the bottom of this.” She stated as the two looked around to notice that there were only a few men left in the room. The rest must have left looking for the girl that escaped and they were curious about the identity of the two men that just jumped out of the window and disappeared out of sight. She noticed both were carrying what looked like Holy Weapons which meant they were no mere amateurs.

“I guess we’ll just clean up the rest of this rabble, Rysta. Under President Luhsein’s direction we are to secure Princess Meira." Valter stated toward the purple haired girl named Rysta as he looked around the corner to notice there was one assailant who handgagged Meira and held a gun firm against the side of her head. He also noticed there was another presence in the room which disturbed him. He wasn’t sure who it was though he came to the conclusion it could be some kind of reinforcement called in by the terrorist groups T.I.G.E.O.D.O. and A.H.R.E.G.

“Did you sense that, Valter?” Rysta asked once she also sensed another presence in the room. She noticed like Valter that someone was using some form of Astral Projection to hide their presence though Valter just gave a nod toward what she said.

“AHREG and TIGEODO must be really foolish if they thought they could outsmart Luhesin. He predicted this kind of action and especially with Padraig’s dirty dealing. Padraig was looking to shield himself from criticism after he was suspected in the scandal which sold Windgracian technology to unfriendly nations on Gaea. Padraig was really stupid to kidnap Meira and hold her here though trying to get her out of the building with Rhadamanthus in charge and with Archduke Valerius keeping an eye on the roof would be difficult to nearly impossible.” Rysta said toward Valter as he just nodded at her. He reminded her that now wasn’t the time to talk. They needed to rescue the other hostage being held captive and then make sure Padraig was arrested for conspiring against not only Windgracian authority but also plotting to cause mass genocide which was a severe war crime punishable by death.

"Let's pull back, we cannot trust that being and we aren't going to get anywhere with them in our current state." Valter added as he erected a blue green like magic symbol underneath them and teleported them toward the outside of the throne room. "We'll report what we have to Luhsein. Waiting for reinforcements was probably the wise move."
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Meanwhile Reala who managed to escape captivity has now confronted an assassin from the Astral Plane who threatened to kill Meira and seem to be after any demigod. She had also remembered that Meira wasn’t the only demigod since they would most likely target Fenrir next after they were finished with Meira. She couldn’t allow such a cruel and ruthless carefree assassin to roam around though she was one to talk since it was her own carefree attitude that leads toward her eventual captivity which she just escaped from. “

Reala closed her eyes and gathered energy around herself absorbing it into her body as four pairs of white wings that were emblazoned in flames grew on one side of her body and another set of dark inflamed wings that were also numbering in four grew on the other side of her body. Her eyes transformed into a more glowing color which shined like the sun bathing the azure sky. You could see how ferocious her eyes appeared to be as the look glazed on her face like a cake was a very serious one. She then motioned her other hand out where another light shot up into the air where Meira’s sword Meleitling appeared into her hand.

“How are you able to wield two Holy Weapons? That’s impossible!?” The entity that tried to kill Meira earlier said as he was surprised by the fact Reala now held in her hand two Holy Weapons instead of one. He thought about it for a moment then grinned when he realized that there appeared to be more than one spirit in her body. He realized the other spirit contained the essence of the legendary Valeria of past legend who died in the past. “I see now, you’re an abomination that defies the laws of the Astral Plane. You illegally possess more than one spirit which is a crime in modern society. The Material Plane is not allowed to have anyone that possesses to souls or demigods. Both are forsaken and I must thank you for such an oath breaker to bring themselves into my presence to be cleansed.

“I shall take over, Reala. This one is much too strong for you and if we run into that being from earlier you will be safe. You’ve done well my illustrious daughter, but now it’s time for me to take over.” Reala’s mentality changed into a much more mature personality where her voice became a bit more grown up as well. The new voice that embraced her voice was not at all hers though he could sense she was still present in the body. “The only one that violates the laws of the lower dimension is you, lower deity. I request you stand aside which an authority is given to be by the Goddess of the Reverse World, Goddess of the Wave and Goddess of Spirit Force. Your methods are not justified so resign yourself.”

“Justify this, you witch!” The deity said as they fired a blast of lightning at the transformed ego of Reala which deflected it simply by taking one swing of her sword.

“So you live as a wave now, Valeria? I would have never expected to see you again.” He knew it was Valeria who was now a wave since there was absolutely no way that Reala had enough strength to deflect such a powerful blast of electrical charge without breaking a sweat.

“Sacred Flare!” Valeria said ignoring what the deity said as she fired a smaller ball of blue energy that enveloped into a large ball that exploded, but the deity managed to avoid her attack asking her if that was the best she could do. “Are you sure about that?” Valeria sighed as she was not pleased by him underestimating her where she used the waves of energy that separated from the ball before they could dissipate and managed to trap the deity with an all out attack where she converged it before saying. “Almighty Missile!” She pleaded as the energy exploded around the deity causing some damage to them as the look on their face shifted from cocky to one that was frustrated by how strong Valeria was.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

“A spiritual disturbance?” Reala questioned with curiosity as she detected an unusual distortion within the Spirit Force flow within the Cosmosphere. She wanted to act, but unfortunately at the time she was too tied up at the moment to be of any assistance. She wasn’t alone in that situation since the girl that sat across from her who she could only see the back of was the same. Reala tried to fight against her bindings though she found out it was practically futile. “This is a waste of energy. While the guards are in confusion I should take the opportunity to get myself out of this situation. I don’t want to be around when this person shows up though I probably should watch from a distance to make sure nothing bad happens.” She said as she attempted to roll herself off the bed to hide her from his presence as she suppressed her spiritual essence enough to hide herself from detection.She then needed to act quick to prevent this presence from influencing her. Then it hit if she rolled under the bed that she would place an obstacle in the way where Spirit Force was less dense and more rural.

Before she attempted to roll under the bed, she noticed that the download was almost complete and since there might be someone here to rescue Meira already she didn’t want to explain herself to either of them. Her mission was none of their business and it was a confidentiality that she neither thought nor registered in her memory to prevent anyone from getting plight of Stellvia’s plan. Though she never met Stellvia, if this was a friend of Siia then she knew that she could certainly trust them.

She managed to roll herself completely off the bed onto the floor to hide her presence as the confusion was an easy decoy to avert anyone’s attention from her or what she was doing. Reala knew that the person who caused this energy distortion had to be strong, but she sensed a disturbing essence in the aura which made her not want to trust this person who might be coming to their rescue. Besides, she never asked for his assistance and wouldn’t be thanking him or sticking around for him to find out she was around.

By the time she rolled under the bed, the download had completed where she managed to store all of the Memoria Matrix data onto the Chaos Rune she used to download Meira’s spiritual information with. “Finally that is done. Nice try at trying read my spiritual information but you underestimated my ability. Take this!” She whispered to as she saw something sharp underneath the bed which was the point a knife that was kicked underneath it when the panic all started where she managed to reach and grab one of her spirit defragmenters which she rolled out into the open where it detonated silently releasing an essence that disturbed spiritual connection flow cutting off much of the information they tried to extract from her body. Reala was too intelligent due to her mother’s cruel training for such primitive methods at reading her spirit, but she didn’t have time to prevent the other girl from having spirit read unfortunately.

"Celesna is responding to the nature of this energy? There must be something disturbing about this Spirit Force for it to summon itself to my hand. It only does that when it knows I'm in danger." Reala questioned as a silver light emerged from where the weapons were stored that ripped through the floor and ceiling structure of the castle as Reala rose noticing the powerful presence where it appeared into one of her hands though they were still bound. This fancy looking sword had silver like angel wings for a hilt and a Ouroboros like handle. "Excellent!" She said in surprise that the sword automatically reacted as she used it to cut away at the ropes that bound her. “Come on, almost got it.” She said as she had almost gotten the rope cut that bind her hands. “Got it!” She said somewhat quietly trying to keep her voice down not to alarm anyone of that she was still presence in the room. She then cut away the rest of the ropes that bind her as she rolled out from underneath the bed then crept to some area where she hid herself from everyone’s presence where she was in a crouch position holding her sword in hand out of sight where the guards couldn't see her.

The guards noticed that one of the girls was gone and the other two got distracted from the chill they felt. One of the ones in charge walked over and smacked the other two on the back of the heads telling them they were incompetent. "You idiots, the girl is gone! Find her now!" Both of them acknowledged him with a simple "yes sir" as they searched the room for her. Afterward he added, "She couldn't have gone far. Stop worrying about idiotic ghost sensations and look for her!"

Two individuals ignored the others remaining present in the room to at least observe what was going on. One of the mysteriously cloaked individuals with a fancy looking hairstyle said toward his partner, “Seems there is more to this than meets the eye. I wonder what is to come from this event? It will be most interesting to find out indeed.” He concluded his brief conversation as the two walked away toward the window jumping out it. Before anyone could see where they went they disappeared out of sight.

A woman stepped out of the shadows after all the people who fled the room suddenly fell on the floor motionless. Her face was mostly covered and you could only see her hair which was pink in color. The rest of her face was completely hidden by the veil of darkness that shaded her from sight. When you looked down at her torso she had her hand palmed out which was glowing until it quickly went out like a burnt out candle. It was unknown what she just did.

“This is most certainly unexpected. Guess Ihaon was too careless to realize that this girl possesses the Sword of Quintessence Celesna. A sword that repels other spirits, most interesting indeed.” The pink haired woman looked at the other woman that was now completely hidden out of sight and you couldn’t see her at all. Her body was completely covered and a muffle made it so you could only see her sadistic eyes that peer into the eyes of those who dare stare at her. "We leave for now. I have no interest in helping that fool." With those words the pink haired woman and her partner both disappeared into a veil of darkness out of sight without a trace.

Back in the room Meira noticed that the spiritual disturbance she felt earlier had dissipated. "Awkward, I felt a spiritual disturbance in the air and it just suddenly disappeared. What is going on? I probably should keep myself alert. What ever caused those men to go crazy like that may still be present." Meira said toward herself as she was still sat in her chair bound to it as she tried to contemplate her thoughts about what had happened a moment ago and the strange events that proceeded afterward. "It's so strange. I heard them yelling as if they were scared then it suddenly stopped like someone hit an off switch on a TV. Something unusual is going on around here and I need to be on guard so I can investigate the source of this event." She paused for a moment then remembered there was a girl with her earlier and a few minutes after that she felt a strange feeling inside her body that felt like a tingle. "I wonder what happened to that girl they captured. I don't hear her or sense her in the room anymore. She had pink hair and the same color eyes as I do. Her face looks reminiscent of my mother. I wonder why that is?" She questioned deeply in her mind trying to think of how that pink haired girl related toward her.

Outside the castle, a figured dressed in fancy looking clothes that looked like they were from royalty or something fired a blast right in the direction of where they were holding Meira captive. Reala immediately detected the unusual amount of energy surging through the air where she burst out the window the two individuals had exited from where she used her sword to deflect it. The blast was deflected up into the air so that it wouldn't cause any noise such as an explosion that way the coronation could carry on as planned. "Who are you?" She demanded from the assailant who just about lit up the room Meira was in.

A long dark haired man wearing mostly yellow and white robes started to grin at her. He didn't realize that he would attract the attention of such an interesting individual. He peered down at her with the same grin embracing his face as he took his sword into hand, "You are interfering with the deities. Stand aside, mortal. Know your place." The person grinned as they continued to use their wings by flapping them up and down so they could stay afloat.

"I can't do that. You tried to cut the top part of the castle tower in half which could have endangered lives. That is reckless intent that I cannot ignore." Reala looked at him as a serious gaze embraced her eyes lighting them aflame like a fire in a wild lit flame devouring everything that is within its reach.

"Did you find that meddlesome girl?" One of Meira's captors said to the others wondering if they had found the girl. They all shook their heads which irritated the man. He was so irritated by them letting the girl escape that he grabbed one of them by the neck and threw them out the window to fall to their death. "Find her now otherwise you'll be joining him." He demanded as fear embraced their faces where they scattered out in the room to look for Reala who was already outside dealing with a threat that tried to kill Meira.
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The guards saw a girl approach them where they had to turn her away. They were under direct instruction not to let anyone leave the throne room no matter who it was under the orders of Archduke Valerius or that's what Duke Padraig said anyway. They had no reason to doubt his words where they carefully approached the girl. "I'm sorry miss. No one is allowed to leave the throne room until further notice. There's been an event that has happened outside the castle and for your own safety we have to keep you inside the castle sheltered from harm's way." The guard said as he turned Alice away from the door barring her from going out of it.
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Ranathia had managed to regroup with the others hoping that Nathan and Fenrir weren't too far behind. She looked at the group and listened in to find out what was going on and if it had to do anything with what she read in that document she had.

Melianth tried to telepathically communicate with Alexander since she needed to report her findings to him. Alexander's Order regarded Melianth as a very important figure since she was very strong and intelligent. She was also good with finding out information and relaying it back toward the group. "Alexander, I think you should come over here. Seems Padraig dragged Meira off somewhere and now she has gone missing. It has been ten minutes now since the duke returned and still no sign of Meira."

Siia saw that everyone was now present and hoping that the others would be joining them shortly. She would have to continue with what she was going to say since time was of the essence and there wasn't time to delay. It was imperative that they rescue Meira and Reala as soon as possible. She tried earlier to communicate again with Reala, but she wasn't responded where she noticed some kind of interference in the energy field was disrupting her communications with Reala. "It seems the enemy is putting their plan in motion. Reala tried to find out what they were up to, but in doing so she has been captured along with Meira. Her getting captured just confirmed my suspicion that Duke Padraig did indeed take Meira hostage. This is very delicate so we should handle this situation with care. We can't just aggressively gang up on the duke and demand answers from him. We need concrete evidence that he was behind her kidnapping. Leaving won't be easy either. Seems Padraig ordered his guards to make sure everyone stays inside which means he's up to something. I also detected rather very strong energy currents in the room that are dormant at the moment."

Siia took a pause as she picked up her glass on the table and took a sip of wine. She knew it was too late to be embarrassed about letting everyone know her secret now. It was not that important to what was going on in the area. She needed to put that aside for now and concentrate on how to deal with the current situation. "If we travel in one group they'll get suspicious. So I suggest we split up into several groups as not to attract attention to ourselves and alarm the guests. The commotion could cause the people behind this mess to get aggressive and take matters into their own hands. One team needs to retrieve the video tape from the security room. Miia and I will serve as distractions so you can get passed the two guards and into the hallway. After you retrieve the tape make sure a man named Valerius gets it. Then I want that group to search the castle's high floor to see if they can find Meira. The next group will carefully and diligently search the throne for anything that is suspicious. If you find anything that doesn't belong in the throne room, something suspicious or an unusual person report back to me immediately."

"Just hold on." Luhsein interrupted Siia having an idea of his own. "I'll deal with Padraig's guards. Siia and Miia you two would be the best candidates for searching the castle. Since I'm a highly regarded figure they have to obey my authority no matter what. My command usurps anyone within the Windgrace authority. It'll be easier that way and I want to look into something myself as well."

"Very well, President Luhsein. We shall do as you request then." Siia added as she survey the area to see if anyone was looking and it didn't look like that was the case.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

"This does give me an opportunity though." Reala said as she try to concentrate her energy in her and try to communicate with Meira's energy so she could use what she was told to by Siia. She wasn't sure if she could trust Siia's words since Siia herself said that a misfortune was going to befall Meira one that could only be corrected if they retrieved her Memoria Matrix data before it was going to happen. When she was about to activate the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix she was interrupted by a voice that spoke to her in her mind that sounded like Siia. Siia's voice said to Reala as she was successfully able to connect with her conscious with some help from her inner compatriot Stellvia. "Reala, can you hear me?" The voice questioned clearly in her mind as it awaited a response from her patiently.

Reala was relieved it was Siia. Reala knew there was little she could do being tied up like Meira so all she could do is try to give Siia an idea of where she was. The goons had blindfolded and gagged her earlier to prevent her from calling for help and knowing where they were taking her. She knew it was somewhere inside the castle since right at the room they were holding Meira captive they removed both her gag and blindfold then pushed her into the room. "Since I was wearing a blindfold all I can tell you is we are somewhere on one of the higher levels of the castle. I'm guessing we are in the guest room area, but since that area is very large I can't give you a good idea where. I wasn't able to see what was on the door since it was opened before my blindfold was removed and the goon stood right in front of the door to prevent me from seeing what was on the door. But Meira is being held captive on the higher floor and that dirtbag Padraig tricked her luring her into this trap I fell into as well."

Siia sighed to herself knowing it wasn't much to go on, but it certainly was a start. The higher level had tons of guest rooms and it would take time to go through each one and see where they were holding her. Since Reala was blindfolded, she knew asking her what floor she was on was pointless though if Reala paid attention to how many times there was a ring on the elevator she would have been able to tell what floor they were on without seeing. It's something she knew that she would have to teach Reala later. For now they needed to gather information on what was going on. "Can you talk with Meira?" Siia questioned toward Reala who was adjusting her position so she could get ready to activate what she was on Meira.

"Negative, they have us separated so I'd have to yell which would draw suspicion among those who are around us. I also cannot communicate her telepathically until the download of her Memoria Matrix is finished." Reala said as she allowed Siia a chance to say what she wanted say afterward trying to find a way to get comfortable since she felt most uncomfortable in the position she was in right now.

"If what Stellvia's precognition said was true then we need to be ready for when this person tries to take over Meira's body. We cannot prevent him from taking her over, but we can use a countermeasure where we'll use her original Memoria Matrix data once we find the Cosmosphere Restoration neural rune magic. Melianth has a few ideas though she is reluctant to enact them when that time comes. Just make sure you properly download her data. Do it before she comes into contact with a certain person. I'm counting on you, Reala. Melianth also wants you to use your Chaos Rune: Copy on Meleitling and extract the Chaos Rune: Sword from it. We need to limit as much damage to the future as we can even if we cannot prevent the inevitable, we can take steps toward reversing it." Siia informed her as she tried to look like she was talking to Miia to prevent people from getting suspicious about her actions.

"Very well, Lady Siia. I won't disappoint you." Reala answered as she closed the connection then began the activation of the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix preparing to download Meira's original cosmosphere data before the time it was to be breached. She whispered to herself as she glanced over toward Meira who was facing away from her, "Memoria Matrix begin downloading process. Extract cosmosphere information from eternal sphere subject 15078-1459039AFC25AB00FAC07 of Universal index." Reala said as her rune shined lightly on her body as a voice said to her quietly "Affirmative, download process in progress. This may take several minutes to complete so please be patient." toward her as she had begun Phase 1 of Siia's plan. Now she needed to enact Phase 2 which was to retrieve Chaos Rune: Sword from Meleitling, but that would have to wait since she was tied up at the moment with Meira.

"Huh?" Meira said as she felt a tickle on her body from a temporary tingling sensation that dissipated in second after it had manifested. She didn't know what cause that sensation but she thought it was strange. After that a voice started laughing to her in her mind. "Look what your feeble mind got you into. Your feeble weak little mind, little girl is going to be the end of you one day. Luckily your friends are willing to save you from yourself." The words of the voice that spoke to her alarmed her. Not only were its words very disturbing, who the hell was this thing that was talking to her in her mind. She spoke to it in her mind asking who it was. Unfortunately for her, it did not answer her ignoring her words completely. She didn't know if she was hearing things or if that voice was genuine.
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While the Duke returned to his seat, Siia was busy trying to stay in contact with Reala. To her demise, Reala's reckless carefree attitude got her captured, but at least that help her determine the fact that Padraig took Meira captive inside the castle. She couldn't just boldly approach him demanding the truth from him since it would start a scene in the throne room and the guards that suddenly appeared barring people from leaving the throne room looked very suspicious. Also the fact that Duke Padraig returned with a cheerful smile on his face was quite out of place and unusual. She knew that he kidnapped Meira and his goons managed to capture Reala, but since Reala was blindfolded she only had what Reala could tell her to go on.

Miia walked over and whispered into Siia's ear trying to arouse much suspicion when doing so, "Reala found Meira, didn't she?" Miia questioned as it seemed even Melianth came over to join the group to hear what they had to say. Melianth earlier had spoke to Chloris, Lenna and Luther who had informed her that something bad was going to happen and that everyone should embrace themselves for that moment when it arrives for now. She wondered if either Miia or Siia had more information on the matter and was also curious to why she hadn't heard from or seen Reala ever since Padraig lead Meira away. What was even more suspicious was the fact he returned without her and she was nowhere to be found. She knew that she hadn't left the castle from what she heard from the three she spoke to earlier since Luther checked in with both Archduke Valerius and the General of Defense Rhadamanthus.

"What is with the looks on your faces?" Melianth questioned when she noticed both Miia and Siia both shared alert looks where they constantly were looking around their surroundings like they were looking for something or someone.

Before Siia could answer a man dressed in mostly black approached the group who Miia and Siia both knew was their impolite brother Ariesu. Though they knew Ariesu was cold at heart he was still a very reserved and civilized person even if he didn't look like he was at first glimpse. "Did you find her?" Ariesu asked boldly toward the group not realizing he had rudely interrupted Melianth.

"If you mean Meira then no. We just have an idea where they are keeping her though we have confirmed through Reala that it was that scumbag Padraig who took her hostage. We do not know his intentions since Reala can't communicate with Meira while using the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix. We'll just have to wait for her to finish and then make a connection with Meira so she can find out what is going on. All we know is that Padraig is preventing her from attending the coronation, because he wants to assume control of Windgrace. We know nothing more than that or how he plans to kill all the leaders that are present. Even Stellvia won't tell much about it since she fears interfering with fate is an unwise decision. We are on our own for now." Siia stated toward Ariesu updating him on the situation and debriefing him about what happened to Meira who was with Padraig earlier.

"Then perhaps I should go ask him myself. I can be quite convincing." Ariesu said as he was about to walk off in Padraig's direction only to have Siia grab him, "No Ariesu! You will only cause a commotion that way. We have to approach this problem carefully and we can't just go decide to beat the truth out of people when we are angry. I know how you feel about her, but we need to gather more information first before being hasty." Siia said as she tried to convince Ariesu to reconsider which just gave a hmph and then the words "fine" afterwards in a loud tone. The last thing she wouldn't to do was cause a panic that would alarm the guests. They had to handle this situation delicately with care or else they might cause a major commotion amongst the people who attended the ceremony especially the citizens.
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"Excuse me for a moment." Ranathia dismissed herself from both Pheliana and Mithos presence as she made her way toward a group of three girls and even one that looked a lot like Meira who she wondered who it was. It wasn't Meira she knew since she wore an entirely different dress apart from the one that Meira wore and their were some slightly distinguishing facial features that allowed her to tell the two apart.

"Enjoy yourself, Ranathia." Princess Pheliana answered as she finally decided that she needed to return to her advisers. She looked over toward Mithos before she rejoined her group, "You can go do as you please, Mithos. I'll be fine without your protection. Besides, I fear something else is going to happen which I want you to look into for me if you could. It'll give you a chance to present yourself as a representative of our nation in front of the newly crowned leader." She concluded as she walked back over to rejoin her advisers and talk to them about what they were going to do when they had a chance to speak to the new leader of Windgrace.
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Four men dressed in very fancy high tech looking like uniforms approached the group who were concerned about how they acting. The group leader who has long shiny silver hair that reaches down his backside became quite alerted by the commotion he saw when he read their lips and decided to come see what was going on for himself. "Ahem." The man said as he approached the group from behind where they all faced him. "Might I ask what is going on here?"

"Lord Luhsein, what brings you over here?" Siia asked quite surprised by the sudden approach of the Erewhon Pavilion leader. The only one of the group who probably didn't know Luhsein was Ranathia who was about to join the group. She became quite surprised herself when someone of that stature approached the three ladies and one man that were talking amongst each other.

Ranathia tried to communicate with Nathan using her mind hoping he would listen to what she said, "Nathan, bring all the others to where we are. Something has happened and it is very important that we regroup and find out what exactly is going on." Ranathia answered as she ended her communication link to his mind then focused her attention on what was going on between the people that were present talking.

"You too Fenrir." She said as she temporarily tried to make a communication link using her mind with Fenrir hoping her heard her. She also remembered seeing the pink haired girl in the group talking to Chloris, Lenna and Luther earlier, but she didn't know what they were talking about since she was so far away from them at the time. To find that same girl over with this group means that something must be going on that everyone needed to know about, but not get too loud as to let the guests hear what they were speaking to each other about.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

A noble dressed in fancy clothes approached Meira with two of his guards walking beside him dressed in black attire. They looked like to be his bodyguards, but no one other than this person knew who they were. The man is dressed in a fancy white with gold embroidery shirt wearing blue slacks and white shoes. They walked over toward the group introducing himself to them all then dragged Meira off so he could talk to her alone in private inside the banquet hall.

Meira looked at him surprised when he just suddenly jerked her away from the group, but judging by the expression on his face it looked to be quite urgent. "What might I do for you, Duke Padraig?" Meira was a bit in a state of confusion since she wasn't quite sure what was going on. She also saw a moment ago a girl dressed in a dress that looked more like a skirt approaching her but they suddenly stopped turning around facing the other direction. She wondered what that was all about.

The Duke smiled pointing toward the door as he walked toward the door where Meira turned around, "Don't worry, I'll be right back. Seems that Duke Padraig has something to tell me. Just enjoy yourselves until I get back." Meira said toward her friends as she waved before turning around and following the duke through the doors down the hallway. They continued to move through the castle until the elevator they got on reached one of the higher floors where he told her ladies first before following behind her. Meira was curious what could be so important that they had to talk in a place that was hardly secure at all where there was no one around or to be seen.

"This way, Princess Meira if you please." The duke answered letting her pass by him as he held the door open then a grin hid under his face which was turned away from her at the time as he shut the door then locked it.

When Meira heard him lock the door she became alarmed where she questioned out of curiosity, "Why did you just lock the door?"

The duke told her it was for her own protection while they talked. He then walked casually over toward sofa on the other side of Meira with his back turned. He started to grin since he knew he managed to get the princess to fall for his plot. He was about to hatch his plan for her but before doing so he grinned saying while trying to hide the laughter in his voice preventing from jumping the gun before he could reel her in, "You probably want to know why I brought you here, don't you? Wouldn't any curious princess who asks too many questions?"

Meira was confused by his last statement since she had no idea what he meant by curious princess who asked too many questions. She had hardly asked any questions and was only alarmed by why he locked the door after she went into the room. It was a legitimate questions due to the fact that his actions seemed a little suspicious. Though she found it hard to believe that someone close to her like Duke Padraig would plot anything. She casually said as she walked over toward the door, "Why don't you just tell me now, because I need to be returning to the throne room. The coronation will start soon."

"I'm afraid you won't be attending the coronation, Princess." Padraig said with sincerity as he turned around and unveiled a handgun which he pointed at Meira with. "In fact, you won't be going anywhere, my dear." He grinned.

"What are you doing, Padraig? What is the meaning of this? I demand an explanation for this kind of behavior." Meira demanded as she kept her distance from Padraig and not moving from her position since he would probably shoot her. "This is a joke, right?" She said as she tried to step one foot forward only to have Padraig yell, "Don't move one step, princess. If you do I'll be force to use this on you." Meira then realized he wasn't joking. She didn't know what to do and before she could react two men grabbed her from behind.

She tried to struggle but Padraig revealed what looked like a trigger out of pocket with his free hand putting his finger near a red button on it. "Behave princess or your friends might pay the price." He smiled as he looked at her with a serious look on his face showing that he wasn't kidding. He didn't yet reveal what that thing in his was for, but Meira knew it looked like some kind of trigger to a bomb.

"What have you done!?" She demanded while his one of his two men kept her held back while the other one prepared a chair that they most likely planned to force her to sit in.

"Isn't obvious?" Padraig grinned as he approached Meira then let his hand embrace her face caressing it. "I planted bombs in the throne room. If you do not do as I say your friends will die, understood?" He finished his statement with a more sinister tone in voice as the accomplice that wasn't pinning Meira's arms behind her back was looking around for probably some rope to tie Meira to the chair he prepared for her.

"YOU MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU!?" Meira yelled only to have the one accomplice clamp his hand tight over her mouth to keep her quiet. Padraig threatened to push the button by tapping on where the goon whispered into her ear to stay quiet and he'd release his hand on her mouth. Meira had no choice other than obey their commands and the man released his hand on her mouth returning it to his side.

Walking back and forth near Meira Padraig paced slowly on each pass as he continued, "I've waited too long for an opportunity to take control of this country. It was years I waited to take control of this country and you stole my chance at seizing the throne. I still have a chance as long as you don't show up. By default of your absence I will assume control of the throne. I'll make sure that I tell them you were too ill to attend." He paused there as he again approached Meira and grabbed her chin pointing up toward his face, "You behave like a good princess and do as these men say. Your friends might just live if you do."

As he went to unlock the door seeing Meira gave into his demands he ordered his men as he opened the door turning his head, "Tie the princess up and keep her quiet. I don't want anyone screwing up this plan of mine." He paused then he added as he closed the door behind him, "Kill anyone that comes through this door that isn't me." He ordered his two guards as he walked away down the hallway grinning about the fact he would soon become King Padraig and control the entire Windgrace populous. It was like a dream come true for him. With the princess under wraps and safely secured away all he had to do was return in time for the queen's resignation. He walked pass his two guards informing them to kill anyone that tries to go through the door that they are guarding. From what it looked like as he walked back to the elevator once he had the princess in captivity the security suddenly heightened in the castle.
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Meanwhile back in the throne room, certain girls in the room had saw Meira had left with the duke though she didn't return. It had been nearly an hour and she still wasn't back after going with Duke Padraig. Siia and Miia who were both dressed in fancy Chinese dresses with two slits on the side became very suspicious about what was going on. It wasn't like Meira to miss an important event and it certainly wasn't like her to take an hour to hear someone's report. Something was very wrong. Siia looked over toward Miia and remembered that someone that looked like one of the bodyguards of Padraig lured Ranathia away from Meira saying that had a report for her. Though she noticed when Ranathia got over toward the position that person was supposed to be there were nowhere to be found.

"Something is wrong." Siia said toward Miia where she looked over and noticed the girl that met earlier with pink hair that was with Meira's mother was also gone. She wondered where she went off to as well. Her suspicion became even more clear when Padraig returned to the throne room, but Meira was nowhere to be found. There was an unusual cheerful look on his face which you wouldn't see naturally since he complained about the fact Meira was going to become ruler of Wingrace and not him.

Melianth herself who stood beside Ariesu while intermingling with the Erewhon Pavilion group was also concerned. She wanted to intervene but Ariesu stopped her shaking his head. He told her it wasn't wise for her to get involved and that she should just wait for right now. There was no clear evidence that anything happened to her since they would have heard about it already. Though he did keep a very close eye on Padraig knowing that there was something that he was hiding under that new expression he had on his face. Some suspicious activity can be seen as guards look like they bar the door after Padraig talked to them. Everyone else was too busy enjoying themselves to ever notice that two guards stood in front of the door.
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Back upstairs Meira was lead toward the chair with a man pointing a gun at her back. She had no choice other than to obey their commands as long as they held leverage. If she showed up at the coronation Padraig might detonate the bombs in the throne room. There was nothing she could do at the moment. She hoped no one would come looking for her since it would endanger the guests. She took a seat in the chair where the tied her hands behind the chair securing a loop to one of the posts on the chair to prevent her from getting out of it. He then coiled several layers of rope below her breasts securing her tightly to the chair.

"Ouch dammit, that hurt!" Meira protested since the rope pinched her skin and it hurt. The man tying her up loosened it a little bit so it didn't irritate her that much as he looped a layer in between her hands to prevent her from easily squeezing them free. He then bent down low and poked his head underneath her dress where Meira first thought was pervert. The man never looked up to see what she was wearing underneath. He tied her ankles in the same way as he did her hands with a layer in between to make sure it was hard for her to get free then secured a portion of the rope to the chair so she went nowhere. Meira thought in her mind how she hated the predicament she was in right now. She needed to find some way to escape when they were done or hope someone came to her rescue. She sighed to herself, "This sucks and I cannot believe Padraig would do something like this. I can't warn anyone or they might kill everyone."

"Comfortable princess?" One of the men grinned as he stared at the trussed up princess who was tightly bound to a chair. Before he made his next action he would wait and see what the princess had to say. They were told the princess had a big mouth and it was something they learned from a Guardian noble they happened to run into at a bar. They weren't sure if Meira would behave like a good girl until the queen's resignation was over. They weren't sure if they needed to force her to be quiet or not. The two stared at each other shrugged.

Meira heard a girl's voice outside where she whispered to herself what was going on. The two men who tied up earlier were now sitting at a table playing a game of checkers. When the voice came closer she heard the words "okay dammit, don't be so pushy" she realized it was a girl. She wasn't entirely sure the girl was but when the door was unlocked and finally opened she saw a pinked hair girl with her hands tied behind her back being lead into the room by some of the guards in the castle. Meira turned her head away for a moment as they forced her to continue to walk forward into the room until they pushed her hard in the back on a bed. One of the men finished tying her ankles together before they exited the room. Meira thought she had seen this girl somewhere before but where? Then it hit her, it was the same girl she saw down in the throne room lobby that looked somewhat like her. She was curious to know who that girl was, but the men kept the girls separated to prevent them from talking to each other. One of the men that was in the room watching TV demanded at the captured girl, "Sit there and shut up. No harm will come to you or the princess if you behave. Got it?"

The pink hair girl nodded at him though she was very uncomfortable because her ropes were tied rather tight. She tried to fight against her bonds to no avail where she realized she was wasting energy. She looked over toward another pink haired girl who she knew was Princess Meira where she contemplated to herself quietly, "I knew Padraig was up to something, but my carelessness got me caught. Damn this floor is crawling with these cronies. I was stupid enough to get myself captured which is embarrassing. They also took all my weapons and I did not like how that guard patted me down."

One of the men walked over toward the girl lying on the bed pulled out a handgun and pressed it hard to her head to get Meira's attention. It was pressed so hard against the girl's flesh that she cringed when it was pressed against her temple. "Now that we have a hostage we can use against you I think you better just do as we say, princess. Otherwise this girl dies. It'll be a lot easier now that this girl went snooping where she didn't belong and landed right in our laps. You two behave like good girls and no harm will come to either of you." The man with the handgun said as he pulled it away from her head and returned it to the concealed holster in his coat.

"Who are these guys?" The pink hair girl questioned as she looked at the man with fire in eyes, but was forced to obey their commands as long as they had a hostage to force either of their captives into submission with.
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Ranathia noticed that Mithos was looking at her rather strangely like if it were a stare which irritated her. She immediately shifted into a serious pose as she approached Mithos a little closer where words finally came out of her mouth. "What are you looking at!?" She said in frustration not amused by the blonde hair man's audacity to stare at her which she found not only rude but also very insulting

"You're Princess Ranathia, aren't you?" The silver haired wing girl asked Ranathia as she examined the room closely. She felt an unusual air within the room which she knew was a bit suspicious. She would refrain from saying anything about it not to alarm anyone, but she needed to consult with her advisers as soon as she was done with her conversation with Ranathia.

Ranathia turned her head away in a hmph type of gesture staring at the ground not pleased by the girl addressing her as princess. She hated the title princess since she thought it was a sexist way for males to say women were incompetent. "Ranathia, yes. The princess part I can do without."

"Oh I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. Forgive my lack of manners, Lady Ranathia. I am Princess Pheliana of the Kingdom of Eden. I came to this banquet in hope of strengthening my relations with the Kingdom of Windgrace. Strange a non-Windgrace member would be taking control of this country. Throughout the course of history, all members who ruled over Windgrace had "Windgrace" in their last name." Pheliana said after her introduction she made toward Ranathia. She wasn't sure how things were going to go with trying to strengthen the ties between the two countries, but she did hope they'd at least be considerate and listen to what she had to offer. It was better than hearing her advisers talk about what politics would benefit the Eden country. It was a way for her to shield herself from the political world for a short while which she would take full advantage of.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

A large mass of nobles dressed in their finest had already walked into the throne room where Meira's coronation ceremony was being held. Among those present were galactic nations like the Erewhon Pavilion stationed far away from the planet known as Gaea to nations of the Gaelan planet such as Cimmeria, Lumina and Kingdom of Eden to just name a few. The only leader that didn't looked to be present at the coronation ceremony was Princess Alicia who was still at loss due to the death of her elder sister and brother at the hands of a terrorist. People intermingled amongst the large groups that settled around their particular areas so they could converse with one another while enjoying the finest the castle's kitchen had to offer. Security in most areas was rather light so that the people could enjoy their festivities without fear of becoming suspicious about what was going on.

The throne room in the castle had been transformed where there were higher areas that appeared with tables and people standing on those platforms. The area around the throne had been expanded giving more space for people to gather without it being too crowded so that people could get around freely without bumping into others. There were larger groups toward the inner walls of the room and a lot less people gathered in the center making it easy to maneuver around in the room. Most of the people were talking with their friends, family or even colleagues they knew about various subjects some were even laughing in joy as if they were having a great time.

Meira who was standing amongst her friends talking looked around the room at all the people who had gathered for the event. She never realized that so many people were going to gather for just one occasion and why her out of all people she seemed to question in her mind. She was dressed in a pure white dress made of the finest fabric that flowed all the way down to the floor which dragged on the carpet when she moved around. Her high heels were quite uncomfortable which she thought were tight and made her feel awkward since they felt like they pinched her toes. She wasn't alone with her friends since her entourage was also with her who were Nathan and Alexander, but Ranathia seemed to have wandered off somewhere earlier.

She looked around the groups of people while trying to listen to her friends that were talking to her, but also remembered she better keep a low profile about her actions so that she doesn't cause a commotion. She knew if something bad was going to happen then surely they had to prevent it, but they didn't want to alarm the guests who were trying to enjoy their time. They would have to carefully survey the area for anyone that looked suspicious or out of character. She looked over toward both Nathan and Alexander sighing deeply at the many people in the room, "With all these people here it's going to be hard to spot who is the one that is going to be causing all the trouble. We can't talk too loud or we'll cause distress for the guests who are trying to enjoy themselves. We'll just have to observe our surroundings closely until we find someone that looks like they don't belong here. Both of you keep an eye." She said in a low voice as she turned her head in their direction momentarily before returning it toward where it was originally so that she could listen to her friends without them thinking she was ignoring them.

Ranathia moved around in the crowd was getting a bit frustrated since where she was the crowd was rather thick. Someone had come pulled her away from the crowd with information though she was a bit cautious and suspicious about the nature of the person. They managed to pull her away from Meira and the rest of the group where she was on guard about the fact that this might be the way they are trying to plan everything. "Ugh, this crowd is so thick and hard to move around in..." Where she was cut when she bumped into another individual who had wings though she couldn't entirely see who they were that was accompanied by another girl that was wearing a slender long pink dress with two slits where the thighs were like it were Chinese style. "Hey! Watch where you're going! You males have no sense of dignity or direction and that is why I hate you the most!" She raised her voice as she rose to her feet dusting her black dress off as she stared at the person in anger.

"My apologies, miss. My entourage is sincerely sorry for burdening you." A girl with silver hair as she reached her hand down toward the person saying, "Are you okay, Mithos?" The girl questioned as she had to fix the crown on her head after she pulled him up off the ground.

Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

Melianth saw the girl didn't mind if she took a seat and decided to sit down across from her to make it easier for the two to talk to each other. Then they wouldn't have to stare off to the side each time they said something and could remain eye contact at almost all times. She was very curious who this girl was and judging by what she was wearing she was under the notion that Alice was probably from one of the academies if Windgrace, but she could not confirm this since she wasn't wearing her school uniform. She would just have to go by an educated guess she made and see if she was correct if she were to bring up that question.

"Thank you." Melianth answered as she made herself comfortable taking a seat in one of the seats at the table that Alice was sitting at. She was curious to know why such a girl was sitting all alone with no one to talk to. "Gets rather lonely when you have no one to talk to, doesn't it? I'm aware of that feeling since I know it all too well." Those were the first words to escape Melianth's mouth ever since she sat down though she wasn't sure what to entirely ask the girl. Her mind, itself, was still in a state of confusion and she didn't know hardly anything about this girl. "Judging by your clothes, I take it you're from the academy around yonder? Could be just a mistake so excuse me if I give you the wrong impression." Melianth asked politely as she put her casual smile on her face.

Alice looked up from her food to the noblewoman and paused before swallowing her food. It seemed to her that Melianth was looking for someone to talk to while she ate. Alice replied Melianth's first question with a nod and spoke for the second. "Yes, I attend Tharome Academy, ma'am." The second question did bother Alice, what was wrong with her clothes? She's not wearing the uniform nor wear any accessory related to another academy. So why exactly did the woman mention her clothes?

"Yes, I attend Tharome Academy, ma'am." Alice said toward Melianth which struck her curiosity if she knew a girl she wanted to ask about. She wasn't entirely sure that the girl that was in question attended the same academy as her, but maybe she knew something about them. "I see." Melianth responded as she crossed her legs before she added onto her statement. "You wouldn't to happen to know a long beautiful looking pink haired girl named Meira Rystaliuskal, would you? All I've gathered from my sources is that she's part of the House of Rystaliuskal inside the Windgrace capital. She attended an academy, but I'm not sure if it was the same as yours since she was an aristocratic youth." She paused for a moment a bit ashamed of what she said. She thought it was rude she phrased Meira as an ariistocratic youth since it might give Alice the impression that she was coming onto her as condescending.

"For my condescending words, I wasn't trying to say you're a peon. I'm sorry I am tried to say such a thing without thinking about it. All I wanted to know is if you knew a girl named Meira or if you ever seen the girl around before." Melianth said after she apologized for what she had said in her previous statement.

If what Melianth said offended Alice, it didn't surface to her face. The blond seemed to think on an image of the person that the woman asked, coming up with a snobbish looking princess type in her head. Confident that she herself had never met the girl in question, Alice shook her head slowly. "I do not have the... honor of knowing such a person, ma'am."

Melianth reached into her pocket and was about to reveal a photograph of a girl who attended the military academy from what she remembered from the past. From what Melianth had gathered from the shards of memories she still had of the girl when she kept an eye on the girl from a distance like there was a fence seperating the two, Meira was not at all a selfish girl like a lot of people once believed after they found out about her princess nature and was in fact a very well disciplined lady with proper manners though sometimes she was a hothead who allowed her anger to get the best of her when people tried to tease her. She wasn't sure if telling her about the girl would do any good since it was obvious this girl might not know who she was talking about. She just remembered the two didn't know each other and she didn't introduce herself which made her feel a bit embarrassed. Before she asked anything else or showed her the photograph she introduced herself, but she apologized once again for her lack of manners, "I apologize for my lack of manners and not being ladylike, but we didn't even introduce ourselves. My name is Melianth and you are?"

Alice fought the urge to frown as she saw Melianth seemed to wandered off in her own mind before focusing back and started an introduction. It tickled Alice's curiosity that Melianth only stated one part of her full name for whatever reason, even so, she didn't have the same freedom to do the same. In the back of her mind however, something was saying to her that the noble in front of her wouldn't mind either way.

"Ah, my name's Alice Langfeldt, ma'am," Alice said, bowing a little as her position allow. She then straightened her back and this time wondered if she should deliberately acted boring or if she should act friendlier.

"Nice to meet you, Alice." Melianth greeted as she focused her attention completely on Alice as she still held the photo in her hand which she was looking at earlier. Her hand mostly loose, but her thumb gripped firm so that the photo did not slip out of her hands. Trying to stay away from trivial formalities, Melianth brought her hand up and set the picture on the table that's when she began to continue speaing to Alice. "Alice, have you ever seen this girl before?" She asked calmly as she slid the picture in Alice's direction. If she saw the girl before even perhaps vaguley the picture she took out of her pocket would surely job her memory. Melianth thought to herself as she tried to remain relaxed. "I don't mean to impose upon you, but what brings you to the castle? Call it just a curiosity."

"Mother." Another pink haired girl that looked somewhat like the girl in the picture other than her eyes which were not blue like Meira's eyes approached Melianth from behind. She found the girl rather interesting where she asked who it was she was talking to.

Melianth knew by the sound of the voice and the way they stressed the word "mother" that it was Reala. She was surprised to see Reala since she did earlier send her to apologize to the queen for causing destruction in the city earlier. "A friend of yours?" Reala asked curiously as she looked at Alice and the peered at the photograph that her mother had handed to Alice. There was a pink haired girl in it that looked a bit like her aside from some other features which made it easy to distinguish the two girls apart like the eyes and hairstyle.

"I'm sorry, Alice. Accept my apologies for my daughter's rudeness. Her name is Reala and she is somewhat lacking manners which I'm ashamed to say is true." Melianth said with hesitation on her face, because she knew it was true that Reala meant well but sometimes came across as a bit too curious.

A baffled look flashed on Alice's face before she took the picture from the table and examined it. The person in the picture didn't seem to be close to the mental image she built earlier. Even so, she was sure that she had not met this Meira before. Another voice cut in and Alice looked up to a similar looking person with the girl in the picture, who Melianth introduced as her daughter. Alice blinked as it was pointed out and also felt the hair on the back of her neck raised when Melianth mentioned her name again.
"Alice Langfeldt at your service...miss," Alice said to Reala before answering Melianth. "My answer remain, ma'am. I have not met her before. I doubt she attended the same Academy as I am, but if you wish I could try to look for her when I return."

Reala nodded to acknowledge Alice then took a look at the picture herself to notice a girl who looked a lot like her aside from her eyes and hairstyle where the girl in the picture wore her hair off to the sides in two poney tails. Reala remained quiet though since she had a hard time speaking to people she didn't know. She had enough courage to confront them, but not enough to say anything meanwhile Melianth returned the photograph to her pocket after Alice pushed it back to her and said she doesn't think she saw who she was looking for.

"That's not necessary, but I'd be grateful if you would." Melianth answered toward Alice's request since she felt she was imposing on the girl, but also would like her to keep an eye for a girl like that. She then stood up from the table, "Time's are indeed pressing and I want you to remain safe from danger, Alice. I thank you for at least giving me time to present my case, but I now must return to my duty before people start getting suspicious about my actions. Have a fabulous evening." She smiled as she signaled for Reala to follow her along. The two made there way toward the hallway to leave the dining area.

Alice stared at the back of the leaving noblewomen and left to her own business to mind. After a moment, she sighed as she stood up. A quick look told her that it was getting late and that she wouldn't made it to head home unless she wanted to walk part of it. Which meant she would be taking the Queen's offer after all. She would not lie, now that she's calmed down, the idea of spending the night in the Royal Castle also excite her on top of the nervousness. Sighing to herself, Alice stood and cleaned up after herself before she could be interrupted.
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"Do the gods favor him over me, or is some demon powerful enough to deny them?" Alexander asked as Siia heard what he said coming down from the tree she was on earlier as she materialized a cloak which covered most of her body not allowing anyone to see her young. She then walked over shaking her head lightly as she approached Alexander from behind.

"Not exactly. My sister doesn't favor anyone over you or anyone else for that matter. They are seen in her truthful eyes as all equals though the current intrusions within my sister's conscious may have deluded her original way of thinking not allowing her to always see the truth." Siia answered as she walked out in front of Alexander from behind confronting the entire group. She looked over toward Miia placing her face toward his ear and whispering as she pointed in a silver haired girls direction that was on the other side of the fence, "You can go ask if you want."

"I'm just pleased you are safe, Alexander." Ranathia sighed in relief seeing he was fine as she remained under the influence of her new state for a long duration of time. She decided to remain on guard in case someone else came in unexpected so she would be ready to take them on if necessary.

When Alexander started to talk about the intruder from earlier Ranathia did remember what direction he went, but she didn't even think to track his scent. It was too late now since he was long gone where she had no place of placing a tracking glyph on him or at least have one follow him from a distance undetected.

While Ranathia remained to stay on guard, Meira approached Alexander and thanked him for alerting them of the intruder. She was relieved that everyone was okay and also relieved that none of the information they discussed earlier fell into anyone else's hands. She though was curious to who that intruder was just like the mysterious pink haired girl she ran into earlier. There were certainly mysteries showing their faces in the gates of the Windgracian city which excited Meira since she loved mysteries. This was just one more mystery to add to her collection for her to solve.

"What do we do from here?" Meira questioned toward Alexander, Ranathia and the other mysteriously hooded girl who didn't want to show her appearance to anyone. Ranathia and Siia who is the hooded girl didn't know what to say, but Ranathia and Siia both remembered that Alexander talked about the assailant going out of control when he came into contact with Ranathia. Ranathia was unsure though Siia placed her finger and pondered the thought in her mind that might have lead toward her manifestation of the power activating inside of her. Judging by how long Ranathia has endured the state, this wasn't the first time it's happened and that it must have manifested inside her long ago. Siia though didn't know enough about the special crystal inside her body other than from what she remembered from the old Sindel texts she read of certain person who she seemed to be infatuated with, but there was no evidence to why she was so interested in the individual.

"I'm pretty sure, it had to do with her power or it had to do with the fact..." Right when she was about to say what it was about her mind became blocked where only she knew the answer to it. It was her obviously stonewalling again as she thought to herself quietly without trying to influence others around her.

Ranathia remembered that Alexander asked what caused the assailant to act like she did where she answered as she noticed Siia in deep thought thinking perhaps it was about the samething, "I don't know."