I was outside of kingdom walls again today. This time, I was in Balastor Plain. I had to admit this plain was more beautiful than Greydall. Right now, I was picking wildflowers near east of the fork in the road about halfway to Parma. Out of nowhere, a Kibble wobbled up to me. I looked at it confused. Then it held out its hand.

"Oh, you want a flower! Well, here," I said laying out my flowers. "Take as many as you want." The Kibble made the purring-ish sound they usually make as it took all my flowers. I watched the Kibble walk away and then I stood up to find another spot to pick flowers. Just when I sat in another flower bed, I saw a Vespid fly toward me. I screamed and started to run, but the Vespid kept following me. Eventually, I tripped over a rock which caused me to get a long cut in my shin.

"No, no, no!" I cried. The cut in my shin was pretty long, and it was in the middle of shallow and deep. I couldn't walk, and I was no better at standing. My eyes stared at the Vespid coming at me. Right when it was about to hit me, an arrow came flying right at the Vespid, and the Vespid dissolved into a cloud of dust.

"Hey, are you okay?" a voice that sounded about eight or nine-years old said. I looked up and saw a boy run up to me. Judging by his attire, he was definitely from Balandor. He had very dark turquoise hair that was almost black, pale skin, and teal eyes. Actually, my first thought about him was that he was really cute.

I let out another yelp of pain when the boy moved my leg so he could see my wound. "Who are you?"

He looked up and smiled. "My name's Setti. Who're you?"

"I'm Valora. Adopted daughter of the king and queen," I said. "By the way, please don't call me 'Princess Valora.' I prefer just to be called Valora."

"Okay then, Valora," he pulled out a roll of bandages and started wrapping it around my leg. "How old are you?"

"I'm eight," I said shyly. Setti looked at me surprised.

"Really? I thought you were five," Setti said. "Somehow, your pitch black hair and your sparkling silver eyes along with your cute face makes you look younger. Oh, I guess I should tell you my age in return. I'm ten-years old." Setti finished wrapping my leg and he helped me up. I could stand better, but my leg still hurt.

Setti and I spent the day together chatting and walking around Balastor Plain. He told me that his father's name was Medius and that he had an adoptive brother named Grazel. Then I told him about what the castle was like. I told him about Floraine and Valtos, and about Cisna. I enjoyed telling him about how stupid the castle guards were. When it was sunset, Setti walked me to the castle. When I walked in my room, Cisna was there. She had a mischievous smile on her face, which made me feel worried.

"Err…um…hey Cisna, what's up?" I said.

"I saw that boy you were walking with. Is he your boyfriend?" she giggled. I lightly slapped her on the arm.

"I'm too young to have a boyfriend! He's just a friend. Okay, Cisna? Did the words 'just a friend' meet your mind?" I said. She just giggled and walked out of my room. Cisna could be such a weirdo. Well, there was no helping that. I changed into my night gown and went to bed.

On a normal basis, I started meeting Setti in Balastor or Greydall plain. We played, chatted, and explored together. Today we were in Balastor and apparently Setti wanted to show me something. We ran through the plains, but I had a hard time keeping up with him. He had so much more energy than I did.

"Setti, can *pant* you *cough* slow down? I can't keep up with you!" I panted. He shook his head.

"No, Valora! I really want to show you!" Setti said. He grabbed my hand and held it tightly. I was puzzled about that, and at the same time I was speechless. We finally stopped in front of a cave ((author's note: this is the cave where the group found [older] Setti finding rocks)). Setti (still holding my hand) opened the two doors and walked inside. He guided me down a path leading me into a clearing.

"This is what you wanted to show me, huh?" I said. I let go of Setti's hand and walked around. Even though the cave was gloomy, I felt an aura that gave me an urge to do…something. I couldn't quite tell but I just knew there was something for me in the cave. Wait a minute, when could I feel aura?

"Oh no, I forgot! Sorry, Valora. There was something I promised to help Grazel and my father with something. You know your way back, right? Well, see ya," he said and ran off.

"Well, in a way it's a good thing he left," I said shrugging. I returned to walking around the cave, trying to feel where the aura was strongest. Then I noticed something silver in the middle of the cave. I walked up to it and I almost felt a blast of nature aura. My hand pulled out a silver ribbon which glowed brightly silver. Almost right when I picked it up, I was transported somewhere else. It seemed like…I wasn't even on earth anymore. Clouds surrounded me and on my right, the sun shined brightly in the sky, but somehow I could manage looking straight at it. The clouds around the sun were pure white and they seemed to be glowing. On my left side, the sky was blacker than my hair, but the moon shone as brightly as the sun lighting up the dark sky. When some of the clouds cleared, I realized I was standing on grass as green as a leaf on a tree. Speaking of trees, there was a tree to my left with bark a chocolate brown and the leaves were rainbow colored. Ahead of me there were flowers with light green stems and with petals sparkling silver.

The same color of my eyes.

"Where am I?" I breathed.

"A special place, that's where," a man's voice with an Irish accent ((author's note: or whatever Kara's accent is)) said. I turned around and saw six teenagers. Three guys and three girls. They all looked like normal people, but their aura was so strong I could've been blown away. I tried to think why normal looking people would have such a powerful aura. Then it occurred to me.

"You…you guys are gods," I said. My fingers trembled, and soon that tremble went all over my body. "Wh-why am I here?"

"Why don't we introduce ourselves…" the guy with the Irish accent said, "I'm Dinivas, the god of darkness. I'm also the creator of the Black Knight." Dinivas had hair as black as night and eyes an onyx color. He looked like a cat, but he was handsome. Dinivas acted calm, and his voice made him seem like he was pretty bored.

"I'm Wizel, the god of Light. Twin brother of Dinivas," Wizel said. "I'm the creator of the White Knight." Wizel had hair so blonde I almost thought it was bleached and his eyes were as blue as the sky. [No offense to blondies] I always had a very small interest for blondies, but Wizel was knockout handsome. He didn't have facial hair. He didn't have a princely look, either. Despite his non-princely face, his voice was really charming.

"Name's Aldomaea, god of the Sun. Creator of the Sun King," Aldomaea said. He had light brown hair and his iris color looked like a ball of flames. Aldomaea was not even close to handsome. He wasn't even cute. I guess…he would be described as hot. "Now for my twin sister—"

"Lutius, goddess of the Moon. I'm the twin sister of Aldomaea and older sister of Dinivas and Wizel. I'm the creator of the Moon Princess," Lutius said. She had silky pink hair and her white irises glowed as bright as the moon. Heck, Lutius was really radiant. Dazzling, really ((author: not like those nasty superstar ladies who wear too much makeup)). She wasn't beautiful or cute; she was hot like her twin. Her voice sounded beautiful. Just imagine the most beautiful bell sound you have ever heard. That's what her voice sounds like.

"And me, Larvayne. I'm goddess of Animals," Larvayne said. "Also creator of the Dragon Knight." She had light brown hair and fierce red eyes. Well, even though she looked a little "wild," she was still really pretty. Her skin was dark ((author: like Caesar's skin)) but she had a face that had pure mischief. Larvayne's voice sounded fierce, kind of like a tiger.

"Last and definitely not least, I'm Athrenia, goddess of all Nature. I'm the youngest out of my siblings, but the most powerful," Athrenia said. Athrenia was about five times lovelier than her siblings combined, with her silver hair and her silver eyes looked like diamonds. She looked so innocent. Still, she was extremely radiant like Lutius. Maybe even more radiant. What's more is that she didn't have any makeup or anything along those lines to support her beauty. And her voice was delicate. She sounded like a beautiful bird chirping when she spoke. (Back to the story) Wizel waved his hand and the clouds cleared. Dinivas snapped his fingers and Lutius waved her right arm, causing the "darker side" of the garden to clear. A sky blue color spread above us and the sun moved overhead. I could see the gods clearer, but I turned my attention to Athrenia. Her eyes were exactly like mine. Her eyes were Asian-American and they were sparkling silver.

"Okay, back to the point. You're here because you picked up the Silver Knight's Ark, which is that ribbon you're holding," Athrenia said. I was about to say why I could only see it, but it seemed that Athrenia read my mind. "You're wondering why Setti didn't see it, because he found the cave long before you did. Millennia ago, I cast a spell upon the Ark so that only the destined Pactmaker could see it."

"Wait, hold up. Are you saying I'm the destined Pactmaker for the Silver Knight?" I said. "Is that why my eyes are silver like yours, Athrenia? Is that why I have a fixation for nature? Is that why I have a soft spot for Kibbles and Polkans?"

Athrenia sighed. "Yes, yes, and yes. Oh yeah, but you don't have all of that because you just all of a sudden became the Pactmaker of the Silver Knight. You were born naturally with those characteristics. I didn't make you have them. Look, I may be a goddess, but I can't do everything. You were chosen because of those characteristics. Okay, enough with the explaining. Come forward, Valora. I have to bind your soul to the Knight." Cautiously, I walked forward. Athrenia held an end of the ribbon, and I started to glow silver. When the glow died, I felt so much stronger.

"Your soul is now bound to the Silver Knight. Well, see you soon Valora," Athrenia said. I felt lightheaded and I think I fainted.