The Caelest Kingdom
After his final heroic battle with devilish Death Lord, a strange unnatural feeling took Auron. He strayed abandoned and lonely out of though and time. Stars wielded ahead and every day was long as life age of the Earth. But it had not been the end. And he felt a life in himself again. He was send back by higher forces...as an "ultimate reward and gift" for his ultimate deed, as destroying evil forces, saving the human kind and bringing peace and harmony back in to the world, his strength, honour and courage.
Auron was slowly easing himself awake. Hearing some kind of distant yet approaching voice, which sounded deep and somewhat cracked, which sounded quite familiar to him. Shocked, hero slowly opened its eyes and he suddenly realized, that he lied in comfortable, richly decorated bed, standing in beautiful big room, with a warming fireplace, comfortable armchair, table with some chairs and the bowl full of fruit, library, wardrobes and some shelf richly decorated as well, various pictures on the wall, beautiful carpet on the floor and golden candlestick on the ceiling.
And who he can see more: Mallad! A black crow with his red eyes, yet full of sensitiveness, was sitting on the small night table beside the bed and he had a gentle smile in his beak. Absolutely shocked Auron swiftly sat in the bed, he could not believe his own eyes yet he was so happy and pleased to see his feathered friend again and...alive?! And so the bird was very happy and pleased to see his "master" again, healthy and alive. But, just right now, Aruon with another shock and surprised realized that his right hand is...whole again! He could feel it again and moving his fingers again perfectly. Mallad smiled gently, confirming that he know it would surprise him and swiftly flew of the table right to paladins healed and recuperated hand.
Auron who had a bit recuperated from his shock already, yet still a bit confused asked what happened? What is this place, how it is possible that Mallad survived Death Lords confrontation and that Auron himself survived it and his hand is the whole again? The bird explained to wondered paladin, that he remember only how Death Lord absorbed his live energy, knocking him unconsciousness and then nothing more.
Though, surprisingly... a strange unnatural feeling took Mallad. He strayed abandoned and lonely out of though and time. Stars wielded ahead and every day was long as life age of the Earth. But it had not been the end. And he felt a life in himself again. He was send back by higher forces...that his time had not came yet, that he still had to do on this world and for his courage, determination and willingness to help the hero.
Quite astonished and shocked Auron now explained to bird, that right the same thing. Like they would both get a second chance. Suddenly someone knocked the door, quite astonished Aruon and Mallad straightened their attention to door and paladin a bit unsurely said to come in. Door opened and a quite high man and a beautiful woman entered the room. Auron now recalled and realized that he know him. The man had a deep blue eyes, nice orange hair and beard with a golden crown on his head, a muscular body covered by nice shiny armor decorated with golden edges, a golden cross on its chest, red cape and he held some kind of beautiful long golden halberd like spear: a "God Of Power" himself. Though a woman, she was so beautiful divine, that any living another woman would by jealous of her. She had a deep blue eyes as well, a golden crown on her head, unusual and beautiful long hair by rainbow colour, glittering and waving in the air, she wore a white-orange sun like decorated robe, golden necklace with a cross and also golden sun shaped belt and golden shoes.
A god like person smiled gently and asked how do his patients feel. Still a bit astonished, Auron replied their divine host that they feel much better, actually...great. Though, both paladin and crow now turned their attention right to divine beautiful women be the Gods Of Power side and asked who is she astonished. Well, she looked like a princess or goddess. The woman only smiled gently and introduced herself as "Princess Celestia" a "sister" of God Of Power, her "brother", who only looked at her with a gentle smile as an approval. God Of Power also confirmed and introduced himself that his true name is "Prince Caelest". Quite still astonished and probably never being stopped surprised, Auron and Mallad eventually recuperated and Auron asked what had exactly happened, what is this place and what is going on.
So, after a while, all three sitting comfortably at table, (though talking and wisecracking crow was sitting on Aurons shoulder) with a cups of delicious tea and some cookies, God Of Power and Princess Celestia explained, that since Auron had slayed and destroyed cruel, dark and evil Death Lord, everything changed: the light burned through the darkness shrouding the world, the entire land recuperated, human kind saved and that good triumphed against evil by paladins heroic deed. They even proudly stated, that he is a "hero". And by that, when hero was near death, the Higher Beings and of course God Of Power himself, brought Aruon and his little feather bird friend, Mallad back to life.
Astonished and charmed by divine deities narrating and admiration, Auron eventually asked what is this place anyway, that he had never seen anything so beautiful in his entire life. Divine siblings stood up from the table and said the heroes to follow them, that they will show them something. Auron and Mallad without hesitation listened to them, stood up and they all went through the door together.
Auron, Mallad, Prince Caelest and Princess Celestia walked through a long beautiful passage, build and decorated in almost unknown style, well actually a "divine one" with a shiny floor, when they eventually reached a big door, guarded by two paladins in shining armor, wearing Greek based helmets and each of them held a spear. When paladin, crow, divine prince and princess approached, the guards straightened themselves up, the group passing them, opening the door and entered an even more beautiful, divinely decorated big hall, which was actually a private room of Good Of Power and Princess Celestia with a balcony.
Prince Caelest and Princess Celestia brought Auron and Mallad outside the balcony and both even could not get enough of looking of what laid around. The balcony was actually build on high tower in the middle of unreal castle build, decorated and suggested in to divine, European like castle style with some form of futurism or something, surrounded by beautiful gardens and little lake and castle gates and behind the gates a beautiful metropolis like city and building and streets build and designed by the same divine style, surrounded by sea on one side and beautiful nature and mountains on the another side. But the most unusual was the sky: it looked like more the "universe", full of glowing stars, planetary nebula and sun shining in the middle.
Prince Caelest and Princess Celestia proudly welcomed still astonished heros in..."Caelest Empire" or also "Kingdom Of Heaven", top of six realms and that they both are its rulers. Then after a more while of admiration and appreciating of the divine beauty, God Of Power offered Auron and Mallad to stay here with them, to serve to divine royal siblings and protect the people and entire Caelest Empire. An impressed Auron considered himself deeply for a while, but suddenly his heart had filled with a grief and he denied a sad expression in his face. Mallad of course realized that something bothering his master and so asked gently what is wrong. Auron sighed and said that it is about his father, how he perished unintentional by Aurons hand back on the tower during the battle with Death Lord. With a tears in his eyes he said that he will never forgive himself and that he cant even imagine life without his father. Though both Prince Caelst and Princess Celestia comforted and soothed hero and told him to follow the royal sibling couple.