Notes before reading: This fanfiction isn't my very first one, but it's definitely the very first I upload in English. You, dear readers, have to know that I'm Hungarian and even if I tend to read a lot in English, it's possible that I'll mix American and British English. For that I apologize in advance, but I'd appreciate if you would point out grammar mistakes or tell me your opinion if you choose to write a review.
EDIT: I noticed I made some really ridiculous spelling errors in the note above. My only defense is that I was using my tablet and I had yet to get used to it back then… So the mistakes are corrected, ya~y!
Prologue
Naptera always dwelled in darkness.
Or at least she didn't spend much time in the sunlight since she saw better in the shadows, not mentioning the harsh hotness of the Sun. It was cool in the caverns and she hated the dry air of Heliohapt anyway.
Her people spent so much more time out, under the daytime sky than her as she, after all, was also much different from them. Not in appearance, but in abilities; she saw things that they didn't— little bird-like shapes, golden white and fluttering. They were beautiful, ethereally so. She could ask them to do things for her; like stop the bleeding of her knee if she accidentally tripped or lift her in to the air, above the ground even if just a few seconds and there was an occasion when she managed to light a flame with their help.
These birds seemed to always flying all around the world and nowhere at the same time. Each one was an individual, but even groups of them could form a being right after they passed. So very strange, yet so very natural they were. Naptera also noticed that there are eight different color shades they shine, aside from the warm golden white glow. This latter was also another reason for her to like better the blackness of caves as in the dark these 'birds' seemed to glimmer more.
She loved them, but other people found her 'visions' creepy and bothersome, even her own parents. While they were teaching her everything they knew, they also forbade her to speak to anyone about these 'shining bird-things'. Although she didn't understand why, but she did as she was said so nonetheless. And so thirteen years passed.
Then they came, bringing death in their wake. Almost everyone was killed; only Naptera and a little girl eight years younger than her were spared. They took them to an entirely different country and began to 'train' Naptera. And they trained her until the birds around her became darker than night and filthier than a cesspit and somehow she felt it wasn't long until she break and lose it. Though the members of the organization failed to notice that they didn't break her soul entirely, but why would they care when they had the perfect instrument to blackmail her? It was that little girl, Manna was her name.
The organization assured Naptera that should she rebel against them, then Manna's fate will be certain death. Thus they gave her a mission, one she's absolutely not allowed to fail. She has to bring them a person's head; the head of Sindria's ruler, King Sinbad...