Prologue: The Meeting
Queen Evira Kaizen Rasoga attentively sat on her platinum throne as she awaited an audience from many of her faithful subjects from various places in her kingdom. The monarch rested her head in the palm of her hand and sighed quietly, careful not to alert anyone in the palace especially Nalze(pronounced nal-zuh) or she would never hear the end from him. Nalze was one of the Queen's most trusted advisors who constantly worried and/or fretted over Evira's well-being, even when she was a princess in line for the Raasian throne.
He saw her as a sister of sorts as the two grew up together over the years. The royal advisor would often do his best to protect Evira from any and everything he saw as a hazard, sometimes to the point of annoying her and making Evira leave without him on her heels constantly telling her to be careful. Being part of royalty sucked for Evira as she couldn't do things normal children did and it made her sad over the years.
Her father, the previous king frowned at her with disdain when she wanted combat training to learn self-defense if the need arose. He thought that since she was a princess, Evira had to do things a typical princess was supposed to do. And somehow being a damsel in distress fell under that also. The Raasian royal didn't want that life and practiced in secret on the castle's training grounds alone without anyone to watch her(Nalze included).
Evira's skills with martial arts and weapons weren't polished enough to put her on the level of famous gunslingers, monks or swordsmen/women but it was effective in subduing thieves and bandits. One he day he caught her training by herself, but decided not to reprimand her as the old monarch knew Evira wanted to be strong. Hence, the next ruler of Raas after him would not be weak enough to be overthrown and the country torn apart by chaos, strife and civil war until a new king/queen was selected or Raas became a republic for the people by the people.
The Queen mused more until a messenger walked into the room then bowed before her, snapping her back to reality.
"Your Majesty, a visitor's here to see you."
"Very well, you may rise. Dismissed."
The messenger stood up and left the throne room as someone else walked in. The figure was tall, masculine and seemed imposing due to the height advantage it had over almost over everyone in the room, save for Evira and Nalze. The man had long hair as green as a forest that was tied at the ends, topaz colored eyes on his extremely handsome face and wore richly elegant robes that suggested nobility or royalty as he walked on the carpeted marble floor to stand in front of Evira.
He got on one knee and bowed. "Milady Queen, forgive me for dropping by unannounced. I am called Yagura and I hail from Galagna a planet in a galaxy away from this one," Yagura said as he took in her beauty. He noticed Evira's hair was black and layered at her midriff, her creamy skin unmarred as if she were impervious to everything that happened in her life, storm cloud gray eyes, she also wore a dress that was a deep shade of purple and was wise beyond her years.
"You appeared for an audience with Her Royal Majesty did you not?" Nalze asked a bit stiffly as if the Galagnan made a move toward Evira, he would stop him at the pass. The Raasian Queen gave the advisor a look from the corner of her eye but fixed her gaze back to Yagura.
Yagura couldn't help but inwardly smirk at how protective Nalze looked over the royal like a guard dog to its master. Still, he remained calm, composed and collected. "I have been fascinated by the legends of your planet of late, especially the one about the eight mystical gems that had come from each of the eight moons surrounding Ikalorre said to contain powers beyond man's comprehension, that was entrusted to the royal family."
Evira slightly suspiciously narrowed her eyes at the otherworldly noble.
"They are kept hidden from prying eyes who are not of royal blood," she told him with a slight edge in her voice even though she remained calm. "No one but my family and my advisors' families know where they hide."
"Things like this are confidential even to outsiders like you," the advisor bit in.
"Peace, Nalze," the Queen commanded calmly. She didn't raise her voice, but said his name in a tone that sounded a bit like a growl to make him shut up. The ivy haired man was impressed at how calm she was. The ravenhaired monarch never raised her voice once even when she was annoyed. Evira had a strong will and authoritative air about her that commanded respect when needed, and it had somehow made her somewhat attractive in his eyes. Yagura smirked inwardly again but kept his true intentions to himself.
"Forgive me for asking, but I am curious to know if anyone has glimpsed upon them once or twice after being brought out of their hiding place?"
"I cannot say when exactly this happened but by my estimate, it must have been before my birth. But I will have them out only once then, they will be put away again unless the gems are needed in an emergency."
Evira nodded at Iraiza (pronounced I-ray-zuh), another one of her advisors who, in turn, nodded back and left to do her errand. A few minutes later, she returned with a beautifully ornate chest decorated in gold trim all around the edges. Iraiza handed it to the royal, then slightly bowed to her and stood beside the Queen opposite of Nalze.
Evira opened the chest to reveal eight jewels: Ruby; Sapphire; Emerald; Pink/Rose Quartz; Topaz; Diamond; Amethyst; Pearl. As soon as he saw the gems, Yagura's face was painted with a wild, feral smirk which unnerved Nalze and Iraiza somewhat. Evira, however remained calm and teleported away after seeing the otherworldly noble was about to snatch the chest and make off with it. Several audible gasps were heard in the background.
Yagura paid the occupants no mind and began pursuing his prey like a hungry predator.
"That damn snake!" Nalze vocally cursed. "I should have known there was something suspicious about him when he showed up for an audience with the Queen!"
"I had no doubt in my mind that he would began lusting over the gems we have kept hidden away," Iraiza calmly stated. "It makes me wonder how he had managed to hear of the legend in the first place. But at any rate we must keep the kingdom in order until Her Majesty comes back."
The other advisor could only nod and pray for Evira's return once she manages to evade and escape Yagura's clutches.
*Meanwhile in a different corner in the great expanse of space*
Evira on the other hand, had ended up leaving her planet and somehow began traveling across the universe to escape the warlord. She landed on another planet that looked similar to her own. The Ikalorrian monarch kept a tight hold of the chest and wandered around until she stumbled across a cave of some kind.
'I must keep these jewels safe in the hopes that someone or a group of individuals with pure hearts may use them when the time is right,' Evira thought. 'I cannot let them fall in the wrong hands or all is lost.'
She walked into the cave and used a spell to detect sound for any noise nearby. Thankfully the Queen found none and deduced the cave was empty of any inhabitants. Evira continued through the cavern, marveling at the walls lined to the floor with diamonds. Too bad she didn't have any tools to remove any so the Ikalorrian left them alone.
Finally, Evira made it to an area and stopped to set the chest down and open it. She removed the diamond, pearl, and the amethyst as she had planned to hide them. The monarch tucked the amethyst in a pocket on her dress, then sent the diamond and pearl away in the hopes of that someone will find them sooner or later.
"I pray that you fall in benevolent hands."
She sealed up the deeper part of the cave so no one would walk all the way to her hiding place and snatch the precious jewels if their hearts weren't pure. Next, she placed a large blue crystal about her size against a wall, then magically carved an inscription on the wall for anyone who could bypass the barrier and read it. Then Evira put five slots near the crystal's middle and inserted the remaining five gems in the slots.
"That should do for now," she commented on her handiwork. "Now, in order to protect the gems I have no choice but to seal myself up to keep them safe until five benevolent, pure hearted souls make their way here to my chamber and release me from my sleep."
With that, the Queen walked into her crystal prison and slumbered for many, many years until the modern era unaffected by outside influence.
A/N: Man this took me months to do. I kept running idea dead everytime I tried to add more to the chapter lol. Welp this is the prologue let me know how you feel about it. Good? Bad as in it sucks or just plain meh.