The Maiden of Light
A/N-I do not own Ghost Hunt. This is inspired by TheShadowWriter's story The Narcissist's Kingdom. Dedicated to all you Fantasy/Supernatural fans. Please review! I do not accept flames, though.
CHAPTER 1
In the land of the Heavenly Mountains, there was a nation, united and binded. Everyday, the nation's civilized population helped improve the nation and its beautiful, vivid lifeforms. But then, as the years' passed by, Greed, Lust and Pride have befallen over the nation, and the Great War of Ragnarok begun on the very heart of the nation. But in the midst of hope, the "Maiden of Light" appeared, her long, silk and glowing bodice flowing, her long, brunette hair waving along with the movements of her pale-colored, flawless body. She appeared, flew up to the awestruck warriors and stared at them with golden, shining eyes.
"I thought it was just a myth, a legend." a warrior breathlessly whispered, looking at the fairylike woman who had an expression of anger and sadness on her glowing face. Then, in an amazement, she spoke, her tone filled with sadness.
"I gave you the opportunity to live together, stay together, cooperate together. You have destroyed that cooperations with the seven deadly sins. From now on, you are to be divided into four kingdoms, and will forever be struck with distance and uncooperation. You must live by yourself in a strategical way, and must overcome challenges you will face near the end of time. Now, I divide you, and will forever be isolated just as you want it to be!" With that, the newly aggressive maiden struck a powerful earthquake that divided the land. Its population screamed, cried, wept and together formed noisily sounds that instantly transformed into chaos. The warriors were baffled and terrified, and a warrior cried, "Quickly leave to evacuation immediately!" And as the life-threatening earthquake stopped, civilization finally realized their nation is now divided and a new civilization should be made.
"I trusted you..." the weeping maiden whispered, "but I suppose some promises were meant to be broken." With that, the maiden disappeared, leaving traces of tears and white feathers behind the baffled people. In twenty years, she will return once again- Judgement Day.
In twenty years, after the incident, the newly isolated kingdoms gained the power and courage to start an advanced civilization. The population each contributed to support their kingdom, and each kingdom had different ranks of monarchy, and each kingdom had its own ruler, mostly coming from a royal blood. Sometimes, they came from an assessment test to see if they can truly be a king (which was a "weird" system) and sometimes the ruler had a feeling their royal blood was a curse.
A kingdom was named after it's location. The first Kingdom was named the "Northern Bird" kingdom. The second one was named the "Eastern Wing" kingdom. The third one was named the "Southern Desert" kingdom and the fourth one was named the "Western Sea" kingdom. Each had its own system, its own strategies to live a better life, and its own slogan.
Our main character currently resides in the "Eastern Wing", down to the south. She is orphaned, and is recognized as a "world-class thief". Brunette-haired, pale, flawless skin, torn-clothed and barefooted, Mai Taniyama ran around the daily supermarket with a pile of fresh, delicious food and with patrolers on her trail.
"Come back here you little brat!" a patroler shouted, waving a baton in his right hand. The other patroler followed.
"You'll never catch me!" Mai shouted and dashed towards the fence that blocked the supermarket. She climbed over and dodged. The patrolers ran around and tried to look for her. She was out of sight.
"Dang! We lost her!" the first patroler cursed, and gasped for air. The second patroler reported that he hasn't seen the fleetfoot either.
"We need to keep an eye on her. She's been repeating the same routine over and over again like she wants us to be her freakin' babysitters!" the other patroler responded and sent a signal to keep on searching for her.
When the area was clear, Mai stood out and picked up the foodbag. She then walked towards the crowded supermarket and dashed home.
Mai entered her shelter. Inside it was dusty, broken and empty. It was silent, and no one greeted her a welcome. Exhausted from her daily work, she lied down on the golden-colored hay she found and packed during her daily tour around the city, and gobbled some of the food she found: a red, juicy apple, loads of fresh, newly-baked bread and prune juice. She gobbled pieces of bread first, and helplessly drank the prune juice. The taste mixed together formed an untangible taste. She then licked the remains of the juice on her lips.
"Yummy!" Mai cried. Then she laid down on the stack of hay, thinking about what to do next.
"I'm tired of this life." Mai said, touching the hay with her index finger. "I wish I could have an adventure... an adventure where anything can happen: Fantasies, Horror, Romance or whatever what it's like." Mai stood up and walked towards the window. It was nearing sunset.
"For once, I want a dream come true, but... I..." Then, Mai yawned and once again lied down on the hay.
"Ad...venture." Mai whispered as she slowly closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.
"Where am I?" Mai spoke, floating overhead the whole kingdom of the Eastern Wing.
Mai looked around. She was flying! Then, a voice- a gentle, innocent voice can be heard. Mai hastily looked and saw a girl... a girl that looked just like her! Except the silk bodice and sported a longer hair. She looked at Mai. "Pretty isn't it?"
Mai nodded. She was baffled and amazed at the same time. She didn't know someone would look like her...but then again, let alone speculations.
"Mai Taniyama...?" the twin spoke. How did she know my name? Mai thought.
"Yes?" Mai asked, a bit frightened. The twin smiled as a response.
"In no time you will begin your journey of destiny. A journey of friendship, adventure and hope. You will have companions with all sorts of personalities and abilities." the twin explained. Companions? Abilities? And...wait...did she just say adventure? As in adventure-adventure? Mai thought, amazed.
The twin laughed. "Don't worry Mai. You will have the chance to meet and acquaint yourself with your companions. Some will be dangerous and blissful, and some will be gentle and serene. Either way they will be your friends." The twin then took Mai's hands and looked at her intently.
"Good luck, Mai. And remember, fulfill your destiny! You are Earth's last hope!"
Earth's last hope? Mai thought, a bit awestruck by the words of the twin. Then, in an instant, Mai called out, "Wait! What do you mean by You're Earth's last hope?" And with that, Mai woke up.
"What the heck? What was that?" Mai sat up as she looked outside the window. It was early evening.
Mai stood up from her bed and ate her remaining apple. She then placed her leather coat around her shivering, frail body and walked outside. She needed a time to straighten out her thoughts.
Mai walked around the enormous kingdom. Her whole body was shivering from the cold, swift wind. Her leather coat provided a portion of warmth, but wasn't enough to shield her from the cold.
Then, Mai felt something or someone grab her arm and pulled her with full strength. She fell instantly and landed hard on her back. Then, she lost half of her breath.
Three to five men circled around Mai. One punched her through her stomach, another uppercutted Mai on the chin, the third one grabbed her hair while the fourth and fifth tightened their grasp on her hands and legs.
What the hell did she ever do to them?
"Stop it! Please!" Mai cried to the torturers. Actually, these men were known for their mischievous acts on both ladies and children. They would torture them physically, and torment them mentally. Men were the exception.
Then, one of them pulled out a sharp, but dull edged knife. As Mai saw her face and body, she screamed so loud one's eardrum would shatter to pieces. But the men ignored.
"Time to die, girly!" cried the men. Mai covered herself with her bruised arms and legs until she heard the words-
In the midst of hope, I summon the Dragon of Lightning and its judgement!
Lightning-violet lightning-flew from the sky and hit the five men each and after that, they went unconscious.
Mai was awestruck, and at the same time bedazzled. In her mind, the question came up:
Where did that lightning come from?
Just then, a man who wore a black coat came before her. His hair was black-colored, pale, white-skinned and his eyes-it was violet, yet gentle to look at. He was very handsome too. The young man carried a 6 foot-long stick that had the thickness of that of a wooden bo-staff. It even looked like a wooden bo-staff too.
Mai was amazed. Then, suddenly, the boy looked at her intently, but Mai felt tired. Then in an instant:
Everything turned dark.
A/N- Chapter 1 has ended. Sorry its long. Anyway, watch out for Chapter 2!