Chap 2

Luna

He didn't allow her to go back to the forest even though she wants to. She was told that land dragons are abundant there.

'Land dragon, maybe it was a land dragon. No, it really looks like a statue. A two-headed dragon, where have I seen that kind of statue? And why did I feel weak when I was near it? Maybe because I was sleepy, hmm… no, that's not it.'

She suddenly remembered the dream she had, 'Atlantis is numb when Jakori is near to it.'

"Hitomi…" Van enters the room.

"Someone's here to see you."

"Well look whose back from the Mystic Moon…" she flips her long golden her.

"Milerna…" Dryden is standing right next to her. She is more astonished when she saw a child holding Milerna's hand. She assumes that this kid is their child.

'She stayed with Dryden?'

"Alan sent us a message." Milerna explained.

"Wow… how fast," Hitomi replied. She wasn't really sure if what she meant was how fast the message was or how fast that in a short time she and Dryden had a child.

Dryden carried the child.

"His name is Dylan." He held him out to Hitomi. Dylan is about two to three years old. He has thick brown hair and green eyes.

Dylan is reaching for Van who's standing right next to Hitomi. Van carried him carefully and gently. Hitomi smiled as she watches him warily holding Dylan in his arms.

'It's really ironic for someone who's so violent with sword could be so gentle when holding a baby.'

Dylan leans his head on Van's shoulder.

"Someone needs a nap." Milerna walk towards Van and carried Dylan.

"We'll go and see Alan. He told us that there was an important thing he needs to talk to us with." Dryden and Milerna walked inside the castle.

"Hitomi…" Van whispered. He didn't look at her at all. She, on the other hand knows exactly what he wants to say. She smiled and held his hand.

"I'll show you something."

She drags him into the forest.

"Where are you taking me?"

"DO you remember any stone statues around here?" she turns her head left and right.

"You mean the statue of Jakori?"

"Jakori?"

"He's a character from a myth. He was made by Zera, the god of gods. He made him and his only destiny and mission is to kill Luna. They said that the stone was the corpse of Jakori. It signifies that the soul of Jakori dwells among us, and by the time that Luna reappears again here on Gaia, his chosen one will come and slaughter Luna. There it is."

Van pointed at the statue.

As they draw near to the statue, she began to feel dizziness. Her vision became blurry and her eyes grew heavy. Then suddenly, it all turned black.

When she opened her eyes, she's in the lake again. Luna is in front of her holding a white staff with a blue stone at the top of it.

"My priestess, the time has come. Go, and fulfill your duty." She points her staff at Hitomi. The stone glows and its light surrounded her. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, monster like creatures are passing by. Holding, axes and swords, the ground is wet with blood. She can hear woman and children screaming for their lives.

"No, this isn't real. Wake up! C'mon Hitomi…" she holds herself and fell on her knees.

"Wake up…wake up…." She keeps on repeating these words to herself.

She opened her eyes and found Van sitting next to her. When she sits her self up, Van noticed her immediately and laid her back to bed.

"You better rest; you were pale as a paper when you fainted." Suddenly Van's face is covered with blood. Hitomi's eyes widen. All of this suddenly disappeared when she heard someone knocked at the door. A soldier came in.

"My Lord, I think you need to see this." Van walk towards the soldier. Hitomi stood up and followed him. Van turned around and put his hands on her shoulders.

"Stay here and have some rest."

"I'm fine now, I swear." He stared at her, her face shows that she really want to come. He knows she will still follow her even though he says no. he took a deep breath.

"Alright, but stay close to me okay?" she smiled and nod.

Outside, people are crowding and pushing each other, trying to see what is in the middle of the crowd. Women are holding their children and stopping them to go to the scene. As they pass by the crowd, the people give way to their king. Hitomi and Van are both astonished when they saw an orc. A creature with green complexion, his ears are pointy and his body is manly. It's almost like human but these orcs are blood thirsty and have no interest but to take lives.

"We saw it, eating a deer in the forest. As soon as it noticed us it quickly grab its sword and attacked us." A soldier explained.

"What do we do with it, my lord?" the soldier asked.

The orc opened its eyes and dodge to Hitomi. Everyone backed off. Van and soldiers took out their swords. When he saw her, he smiled.

"Priestess of the moon…" it coughed out a few blood and died. His remains suddenly turned into ashes. Looking at this orc reminded her of her dreams. This made it all clear that what she kept on dreaming was not a dream but a vision.

At the library inside the fortress, Alan, Milerna, and Dryden met.

"You better have a good explanation why you brought us here, Dryden."

"I have…" he brought out a book and opened it at the page where a picture of an orc is drawn.

"Same creature was found at the forest of Asturia last full moon. And this morning, you told me that an orc was found here at Fanelia." He looked at Alan.

"You tracked down that orc when you found it, that's why you stayed here at Fanelia..." Dryden continued.

"Yes."

"What's your point?" Milerna asked.

"Its clear, mythical creatures are coming true."

"That's preposterous." Alan exclaimed.

"Well then, if its not, try to explain to me the orc you found. You said it yourself that you saw it with your own eyes." Alan kept quiet.

"What's more, I think that Hitomi's coming here to Gaia has something to with this."

"What do you mean?" Dryden turned a few pages at the book.

"Luna, will once again descend here on Gaia through the help of her priestess, a girl from the mystic moon. And Gaia will be conquered by Luna."

"You're saying that Hitomi is the priestess?" Milerna asked. Dryden nodded.

"The priestess has a marking of an inverted's' with to circles on each end." Alan suddenly remembered the mark he saw on Hitomi's back.

"How will we tell those two?" Alan stood up and stared at the window where he can see Hitomi sitting under the tree at the garden.

"We should tell them immediately."

"Wait a second; you actually believe that Luna will come? It's just a myth…" Milerna stood up.

"There's nothing wrong if we stay cautious, it's for the best." Dryden closed the book.

AN: about how the orc looks like…just imagine the orcs at the warcraft or Lord of the rings…