"Wake up my knight! Wake up before all is lost!"
"You must wake now, little wolf!"
I woke up, panting and sweating, as I tried to sort my vision, my room dark but also filled with moon light, is the only thing I see, but in my dream I feel as though the last voice that I heard is familiar to me. An eagle that shined bright like the sun hoovered above me looking at me as if it knew me and I felt as if I knew it, like someone I once loved saying I needed to wake up, than a voice came to me through the wind "I need you my knight, the darkness... its coming!" Nova, I must help her fight the darkness, not only cause she called but I need to save what is left of my people. Though Nova tried her hardest to hold the darkness at bay, people that become consumed by it never come back and by their souls being consumed Nova can not perform the rite to have them reborn, the fight is now and I will take up arms. I get up from my bed and walk towards my armour, where I take my time to fit it on and fasten everything. Just as I grab mysword, a vision came to me of a woman screaming in pain surrounded by a dark mist, and than a flash of light and than an image of a throne room, in the throne room behind the throne stood a tree, which in the vision the tree darkened, and leaves started falling and the tree became twisted and everything in the throne room became dark filled with evil. There was not much time, I have to get to the temple and find away to fight the darkness.
As I was about to leave my room, I looked out of my balcony window one last time, remembering what I have lost and what I could end up losing, and I wasn't going to let it happen again. I stormed out of my room and out of my family home, and headed towards the temple. At first I started to run and with my magic I turn into my animal form (but smaller for now) and run as fast as I can so that I may fly towards the temple. It will take time to get to the temple since I live at the edge of the forest where my ancestor, one of the knights that built the temple, first built his own home and where he started my family. As I got closer and closer to the temple, I could see the darkness below slowly but surely making its way towards the City. I can hear the bells in the distance, telling the people in the city to run to the temple, for the temple is a safe heaven for those that do not know how to fight or wield magic. Entering the city was easy but getting to the temple was another task. The city was like a living labyrinth, unless you lived in the city all your life, you never know where you would end up; I never liked the city, always preferred the forest and the open lands, good thing that in my animal form I have wings and have learnt to fly. As I fly to the temple I can hear the guards ordering the people to hurry, families panicking with little ones on their backs and the other children helping the elderly; I get near the temple entrance and with one swift movement of my wings, I turn back into my demon self, and run to the main hall, where I hope the others are there.
I run down the corridor to the main hall, when I stop in front of the door, and beside these doors are beautiful wooden carved statue. I gently touch it, this carving was done my my ancestor, I remember my father used to make wood carvings for me and my brother, I remember how gentle he would be when he touched the wood, and how he felt calm and relieved when in the posses of doing a carving, and how he would smile with delight when he finished one. Continuing to touch the beautiful craving, and remembering painful memories, I almost forget why I was here, I push open the doors and walk towards 5 young but powerful women that stand tall, in all their glory before the throne of Nova.
The first of the Knights that I see is Skylar, she is to what humans call a witch, but she is a good witch. Skylar uses her magic to heal the hurt and protect the innocent, she does so much for others that she never thinks about herself. When I get closer to her, I can sense the magic inside her, it flows like water, the magic always changes it can be clam and gentle, or it can be powerful and deadly. Magic can take different forms, some times it can be come in the shape of a wand, or a spell, but with Skylar's magic it takes the form mist or dust and it comes in so many different colours. Skylar being a witch and a knight, she does believe in the gods and worships the Goddess of magic, the twin to the God of Dreams, Wakanda. Skylar is the most powerful witch, more powerful than her father, who her taught everything she needed. I look at Skylar with admiration and as I watch, she turns knowing that I am behind her, as she turns her dress turns with her. She turns to me fully and underneath the hood is a beautiful woman in her late 20's with long brown hair which is plaited to one side, her eyes bright blue showing that magic flows in her, like it is within her blood. In her hand she holds a beautiful staff, which at the top hold a purple crystal and on top of the crystal, standing proud is a raven, with his beautiful black feathers all perfectly groomed. Both the raven and Skylar bow their heads in a welcoming gesture for me to be back in the temple of Nova and it also has another meaning like they are welcoming a friend home.
The second knight, stands just across they hall from Skylar is Cillina, she is a huntress, born and raised in the wilds, but it does not mean that she is not civilized in any means. Cillina keeps to the wilds, hunts for food only when necessary and tracks down demons that have done crimes, that decide to hid in the wilds or in the jungles, for only Cillina knows that land better than any, even to the other hunters. I look at Cillina as I admire her passion for life and for the hunt, but as I see her eyes, I see in them that their is this longing, a longing to have someone, to love someone as much as she loves nature. Due to her being born a huntress she wears leather armor, and has a beautiful bow and a quail full of arrow as well as twin daggers strapped to both of her thigh; her blonde hair tied up in different ways, plaits, twists, every inch of hair put away from her face and bright green eyes showing that she has been touched by nature itself and that Cillina is part of it not matter where she is in the world; but the thing that caught my eye is this beautiful coloured snake wrapped around Cillina's neck. Cillina believes that before she kills her pray she must ask forgiveness and thanks the Goddess of the Hunt Therona for allowing her to hunt down her pray so that she may be able to eat.
The third knight, I come close to is Bella. Now this is hard for me to say, but Bella is actually a twin. She had a sister called Willow, Willow was very much like Bella but what made Willow different was that she had a gift, a gift given to her by Ialu, the God of Dreams. He gave Willow the eye of dreams, it allowed Willow to see what was happening in the world, and Willow was also a knight, before the darkness consumed her; not before giving her gift to her sister. Now Bella possesses the eye of dreams and the healing knowledge of Bris, the God of Healing. Bella being the youngest of us knights, without her sister, feels alone but as I approach her, I reassure her that even though her sister is gone physically, spiritual she is here in all of our hearts. Bella's bright red hair swirls around after her to show me her two different colour eyes, one being her natural eye colour that of green and brown blending into one colour and her other eye the brightest blue that you could ever imagine. Her dress simple but move able for she is a healer and must be able to ride that and alway had a thing for making her hair stand out, not that she needed to but the dress did help. Sat beside her is a beautiful red fox, looking at me with big eyes but sitting up like it was a proud servant patiently waiting for his masters command.
Than the last knight that is left was me, I am a warrior, but I also can use magic. I believe in all of the gods, but the one I am closet too is Aeron, the Goddess of Strength. She gave me it the moment I needed it most and without her I would have fallen along side my family; but it does not say that I do not believe in the others, cause I do. However, like all of the other knights that have their special gifts I too have a special gift. There are other gods and goddess that are not well known, and I can, lets say call to them, and they come to aid me in fights. I have had to use this gift a few times against the darkness, to save villages but I could not save them all. In my full armor, I stand to one side and remove my helmet, which releases my black hair free. As I stand in my place with my helmet in my hand a beautiful wolf comes towards me and sits beside me, my wolf, my oldest friend, Aniu. She has been with me ever since I can remember in a way Aniu is like a mother that I lost.