A/N: Hey guys. Before reading this, I recommend you watch the Synchronicity series first. It has three parts to it. And this is only the first sequel, kind of like, a prologue before the main story comes. This one will last only for a few chapters or so until we advance to the next part of the Synchronicity.
Please review if you can.
Also, watch out for this symbol § - It's where a flashback of the past starts. Hope you enjoy this first chapter.
Chapter 1: The Sky Where I Look for You
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There was once a large kingdom, called Fauxforde, the kingdom was famous, for there was dragon that dwelled in an underground cave that was located in the outskirts of town. The dragon went by the name of 'Nyktos' meaning Night in Greek, for its slumber was during the day, and awakened during the night. Nyktos was a fearsome creature; its eyes were metallic gold with a black cat-like iris, the dragon's spikes that stuck out from its head to the end of its tail were as sharp as a steel sword, its thick scales covered its entire body without a single opening.
No one dared approach the dragon's cave.
One dreadful night; the dragon left its territory and flew over to the kingdom, covering it in a sea of fire, the kingdom's leading expert in Dragonism spoke to the dragon, the dragon and the Elder made a deal. In exchange for the beast to leave the kingdom alone, they had to sacrifice a young maiden for him to keep as prisoner. She is to sing and dance for him until she dies of starvation or exhaustion, or at least until he grows tired of her and decides to kill her. Both parties agreed to this and the dragon went back in its cave. The Elder announced the deal he had made to the townspeople the following day,
"From today on, a Diva will be randomly selected amongst the females of this kingdom, she is to spend her lifetime singing and dancing for the dragon, Nyktos, and be kept as his prisoner. In return, our kingdom will be safe."
"Today, we start the Draconic Cycle.'"
Everyone nodded in agreement. It was for the sake of the kingdom.
After all, it was only a small price to pay.
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With that, the gears started to turn,
and the pages of the book began to flip to the next page;
the Synchronicity had only just begun.
In the deepest depths of the solid surface of the Earth, in the outskirts of a seemingly peaceful kingdom; across the vast lands, a road stretching towards the east, beyond the great mountains; was an underground chamber where the dragon, Nyktos, slumbered; the chamber was filled with crystals that glowed the color of cyan; five tall prismatic crystal towers made up of blue zircon surrounded a piece of land that floated above a circulation of molten minerals of what used to be zircon crystals, the wind that wandered from the surface ventured unknowingly within the cave; its wails of grief resounding throughout the chamber.
On top of the buoyant land, was the the Dragon's guardian; Hatsune Miku, a pythoness. Her long, light-teal-colored hair fell below her knees, it was tied up into two pigtails with a long black ribbon and a magenta lining in the middle, pinned with a matching orb. She was covered in a bloodless complexion, her eyes were hidden behind her mask, which made it difficult to tell her emotions. Around her neck was a black-and-teal-coloured choker that connected to the rest of her attire. She wore a black, long-sleeved, off-shoulder, corset dress. The sleeves of the dress had a thin teal lining that strolled to her index; the sleeves covered her hands like gloves. The dress parted below the waist from the front, displaying her slender legs; black stockings went up to her thigh with teal lining. Her teal-colored heels were short and slim, the laces entwined around her ankle up to her shin.
The pythoness, sat on her knees, her head lowered to the ground, holding her staff made of steel with her right hand, while the other was on the ground, her hair covered her pale, masked face, and her clothing spread gracefully out on the ground. The cave was silent apart from the sound of slow drops of water and the roaring of the wind filled the chamber.
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The dragon aimed for her head with its sharp-edged talons, she barely evaded the attack; her head was still bleeding non-stop, the girl staggered towards the dragon and continued to sing.
"I just wish even such a small hope can be made a mirac-"
The dragon swung at her again with its claws, this time it hit her whole body with full force, she laid lifelessly on the hard ground. Every part of her body lost its feel. Her hands and legs were all bleeding, and deep wounds covered most of her body, red liquid continuously flowing out of them.
'I-it hurts.. Mei..ko..' the girl said to herself, a tear traveled its way across her face and her heartbeat came to a halt, with that; the Diva had fulfilled her role, finally escaping the villainous clutches of fate. She didn't feel happy, even if she was finally freed. Nor did she feel sad.
She felt nothing.
The dragon roared.
A new Diva was to be chosen.
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'My dearest Rin..' the pythoness mumbled to herself.
'Surely enough, you wouldn't turn out like the others, will you?'
'...because you are my only treasure.'
The silence stopped when a monstrous roar made its way into the chamber, slightly shaking the entire place. The pythoness gently stood up and walked out of the chamber carrying her staff with one hand and her dress trailing from behind. Her heels made clicking sounds as she headed for the dragon's resting place.
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A man and a woman lived happily in a simple house just outside Fauxforde. They had recently given birth to fraternal twins; they named the girl Rin, and the boy, Len. The farmer worked as a construction worker, while the mother stayed home to take care of the children.
"I'll be back before midnight!" Rinto announced as he gently kissed the foreheads of his sleeping children, and lastly, went to the kitchen and planted a kiss on the cheek of his wife, Lily.
"Okay, take care, and don't forget to pick up a few oranges and bananas!"
"I won't!" Rinto replied before closing the door behind him.
Lily finished drinking her tea and made her way to her children's room, she saw the twins sleeping comfortably on the bed, side by side, a smile formed on her face as she sat down beside them on the bed. The window was open; letting in warm rays of sunshine, and the soft whispers of the wind. She looked at them with such tender, loving, motherly eyes as she gently caressed her daughter's fragile head, stroking her small strands of blonde hair,
"Both of you look so much like your father, I'm jealous." she chuckled to herself and started to hum a lullaby. Her humming was stopped by a sudden knock on the door.
'Maybe Rinto forgot something?' She thought to herself as she sat up from the bed and went to the door,
She slowly opened the door and her eyes widened with fear; there were three people outside the door; an elderly man wearing a black robe holding up a royal decree, a priest, and a soldier. The man in the black robe spoke first.
"Madame, your daughter has been given the honor to serve the kingdom." He said as he smiled at the woman.
Lily knew what he meant by that. They were going to take her daughter away from her. Without giving Lily the chance to speak or to even run to her children; a soldier restrained her while the men wearing robes wandered into the house."No! Please! Don't take her away! I beg you! I'll do anything! She's only been born! Please don't take her away so quickly!" Lily cried, frantically trying to free herself from the tight grip of the soldier. Soon, the babies cries were heard from the room. The man in the black robe exited the room holding a crying infant, the other man in the white robe following from behind.
Lily was freed from the tight grips of the soldier, she collapsed to the floor, processing everything that had just happened. Her daughter had only been brought to this world, yet taken away in the speed of light. Without leaving a single word, the three men left. Lily sobbed as she heard the carriage from the outside galloped away.
It was half an hour til' midnight. Lily sat on the same spot for hours. Her cries stopped but tears continued to stream down her face. 'It all happened to so quickly...'
The door behind her gave a small squeak, a
"I'm hom-" Rinto rushed by her side, dropping his bag filled with oranges and bananas that spread out on the floor, "Lily! What happened? Are you hurt anywhere? Where are the kids?", "Our daughter.. They took her away. She's the new Diva." She explained to him what had happened during the time he was gone, she paused between sentences, her voice was shaking. As she finished explaining what had happened, she covered her face with trembling hands.
"I'm sorry Rinto. I couldn't do anything to protect our child. I'm so sorry..."
The room fell silent, Rinto gritted his teeth and ran out the door, 'Damn the Draconic Cycle! To hell with it!' He said to himself as he ran towards the palace. As Rinto climbd over the castle walls over to the garden, using a rope and a small harpoon he got from work. Two guards spotted him. He ran as fast as he could into the castle and hid in one of the rooms. He waited patiently as the shouting of the guards died down into the halls. As soon as it was quiet, he got out the door and ran for the stairs. Before he knew it, he heard a voice call out to him.
"You there, intruder. May I ask the reason why you're here?" a man in a black robe looked directly at Rinto. He wasn't a bit intimidated by this, considering the fact that they had stolen his daughter without any form of notice or warning.
"I'm here to bring my daughter back, the one whom you've chosen to be the next Diva without consulting the guardians." Rinto darted back with a serious glare.
"Ah yes, Kagamine Rin. She is to be the next Diva, this is for the sake of the whole kingdom. The selection of the Diva cannot be taken back, we did not inform you because we already knew that you wouldn't give her up. What kind of parents would agree to let their precious daughter become a human sacrifice? In exchange, I sincerely apologi-"
"Sincerely?! Why must we sacrifice the women of this kingdom, even for such an excuse. I demand a new system be created for the sake of human lives!" The man chuckled at what the man had just said. "But this system IS created for the sake of human lives, for the lives of the people in this kingdom. Think about it. One small price to pay, for something that's worth more. History repeats itself." The man in the black robe smiled at him.
"That still doesn't give you the right to take away someone's li-"
The sound of stabbing on a flesh. The worst feeling. The most painful feeling he'd felt in his life. A second later, Rinto staggered, and dropped to the ground. He stopped moving. Blood started to spread across the marble floor.
"Now, now, Ruko. You need not go that far as to directly stab his heart." The man in the black robe sighed and called the servants to clean the 'mess',
"But he was really annoying and persistent, I just wanted to shut him up. He was arguing with you too! You agree with me too, don't you, Priest Bakushi?"
A girl around the age of 14, with dark purple hair and blue topaz eyes smiled at the priest.
The following day, three men knocked on Lily's door and told her the news about her husband's death. She cried for two weeks after that, forgetting to feed Len from time to time.After she got out of her depression, the only thing that kept her going was the only thing that she had left, and deeply treasured; Len.
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Several years later..
A blonde-haired woman with long hair that went up to her waist, tied into a low ponytail with a dark-teal ribbon, wearing her usual dress with; a white top and a dark-teal colored bottom, carefully made her way through the crowd carrying a bag of bananas and a few vegetables like; carrots, a cabbage and onions. It took her quite a while to escape from the sea of people, letting out a sigh of relief, she continued to make her way back home. On the way, she saw two children asking for money from a nearby couple but they ignored them, the man had spit on one of the kids, while the woman was giggling. She felt shocked by how the couple acted towards the poor children. She put down her bag of groceries and dug out two dimes from her pocket. She picked her groceries up from the ground, and approached the children.
"Here you go." She bent down, and handed a dime for each of them, the two children thanked her, and bowed. They ran to the nearest store that sold sweets. The woman couldn't help but smile. She went got up and started to make her way back home, in the outskirts of the kingdom.
She stood in front of a small house, holding her bag of groceries with the other hand, she searched for the keys to her house.
'Now where could it be..? Don't tell me I lost it again?! He will scold me.. I've already lost them more than twice!' she mumbled to herself while searching for the keys.
The door creaked open, and standing on the doorway was a young man, that looked about the age of 18. He had blonde hair that was tied up in a ponytail, he had lightly tanned skin, his aqua-blue eyes looked irritated. He wore white sleeveless turtleneck, long black gloves, white pants and a black belt that hung loosely on his waist.
"Oh! Len! What a coincidence! You opened the door as soon as I was about to unlock it! Thanks!" Her voice trembled a bit while she was laughing nervously. She headed towards the door but Len blocked her every entrance, this went on for quite some time. He obviously didn't buy her act. "You lost the keys again, didn't you?" Len asked in a strict voice. "Ahaha.. hahaaa. Yes. I'm so sorry Len! I think it fell out of my pocket when I was giving money to some children on the streets!" Len sighed, "Kagamine Lily, what would you do without me?" "I'm really sorry Len! I'll earn my own money to buy my own key, I promise! Plus, a mother shouldn't rely on her kid." She smiled at him. "Do what you want." Len took the groceries from her hands and headed back into the house. "Thank you very much~" She thanked him before following him into the house.
'It's not going to be long before he starts asking for permission about leaving again to search for her, since his 18th birthday is coming up. He'll be all grown up and by then he'll be able to fend for himself.' Lily thought to herself.
'He'll be able to choose whichever path fit to his liking, leaving me, just like Rin and Rinto.' Lily's expression formed into a sad smile. Wondering kind of future lies ahead for her son.
She quietly prays for his safety.
TBC..?