"Edana…" Bloom cooed as she gently rock the baby. They moved back to the dining area, passing Sheila reading her book. Bloom was holing the baby while Sky walk two steps behind her.
"So, what are you going to do now since you found what you're looking for?" Miele handed Sky a cup of water since they all sat down. Sky glance at his girlfriend, waiting for her response.
"I must protect Edana at all cost but—" Bloom answered, turning her attention on to her host, but clamp her mouth shut from saying else more.
"You still don't trust me. You're cautious that what you say will take the babe away from you," Miele got up and walk over to a cupboard behind her. Opening the wooden door, she pull out a rather large leather bound book.
"What is that?" Sky asked.
"This book came from my first ancestor, Mi Li. She was in charge in documenting the first day of King Alistar Lux came to the throne to the collapse of the Desert Kingdom. She became a close friend to Goddess Blaise and became the only apprentice Blaise ever had." She open the book and flip through a couple of pages until she pause on a picture. It show Blaise cover in dirt and blood, wearing metal armor with a red dragon symbol across her chest and back. Strange tattoos were etch across her face. Her eyes were glowing and her mouth was open, screaming. Her ruby red hair glow in the setting the sun,. A broad sword and a round shield, with strange symbols around their edges, were raise high into the air in a fighting stance. The desert and flames swirl around her, dead warriors litter around her, in the shadows behind her, warriors fought warriors gallantly. In the smoke fill sky, a red ruby color dragon let out a mighty fire roar, lighting the sky with flames that scorch the enemy to dust. Not too far behind her, a young blond hair man, King Alistar Lux, wore his royal armor, kneeling down, his hand outstretch toward her. He was injure, bleeding heavily from a wound between his chest and stomach armor plates as his other hand tries to stem the flow. A thin trail of blood fell over his left eye from his cut on the middle of his forehead to his left ear. A silent plea escape his lips, his vivid blue eyes held for the first time since he save Blaise, dread, fear, and helplessness.
"Impossible," Bloom whispered, her face paling slightly. Meile shook her head sadly.
"The picture show how Blaise defended her king from Serible's deadly strike. It was the first time the two woman met, the first time, they would clash as enemies. But in reality, Serible and Blaise were sisters, separated from birth, each went through many hardships and struggles. Serible was raised by a loving family but was suddenly taken from an evil deity. The deity needed a vessel to live in our world, and saw something in her. He taught her everything he knows in using the dark magic. She held raw wickedness in heart and he use it. He never foresaw his own doom, Serible used her new found powers and destroyed him. She harden and became an assassin, killing anyone to earn a profit and relishing their bloods. At one point, there was light in her heart, a man she fell helplessly in love but had to kill him in order to carry out her plans for King Alistar. She had to give up her feelings and kill the one person that held her heart.
Blaise saw through her, whenever they fought in battle, she would try to bring the light into her sister's heart. Bloom are you ok?"
Sky look over at Bloom who was trembling. Edana sensing her distress, bean to whimper. That was when the same gold-tan color tattoos from before began to slowly appear across her face. Her hair was glowing a ruby red while her body was glowing ruby gold. Edana stop her whimpering and finally open her eyes. Sky couldn't help but let out a startle gasp. Those eyes, they're exactly like Bloom's.
"Goddess," Meile whispered, her hands clasp over her heart, shakily. Bloom slowly open her eyes but this time, her eyes were glowing faintly, revealing wisdom beyond Bloom's years in her eyes. She look down and let out a soft smile.
"My daughter," she spoked softly, tracing her pinky over Edana's cheeks.
"Daughter?" Sky asked, staring at her. She turn her head over and held his eyes. For some reason, he couldn't pull away.
"You may look like my beloved, Alistar, but you are not him. Yet, I can see all of his personalities and likes in you," she said, surprising him. She glance down at the baby before lifting her eyes back to him, "You will be a great king just like him."
"Alistar never got the chance to hold her. He was afraid that he would drop her, fearing he would crush her with his hands," her eyes twinkled with unshed tears.
"What happen to him?" Sky asked.
"He died, protecting his family from Serible giving Goddess enough time to escape," Meile replied sadly. "Goddess manage to get to her now-destroy temple to send her only child somewhere safe until she would protect her again."
"I saw goodness in her, I still do believe there is hope for her but I'm running out of choices to save her from this darkness. Serible will come after Edana and use her as a vessel for her dark powers, molding her into her perfect warrior, much stronger than her old master."
"So what do you want us to do? We can travel to the other kingdoms in Sipar. I can get us a ship to take us away until we can form a new plan to take down Serible," Sky raised his hand over to her but stop mid air, hesitantly. He slowly brought his hand back to his cup. She's not Bloom. The motion went unnoticed between the two women and the infant.
"Sky, you must get to my temple. I will send your friends there. There is a chamber behind a symbol only Bloom will see. Everyone must go through before her for she is the only one who will be able to close it. Once close, Serible won't be able to follow you. In the chamber, to you right, will be a door, leading to another chamber, a portal. Tell where you want to go, only Bloom has access to it, and you only have a small window when it opens. I will tell you more once you cross through the portal," the Goddess of the Desert said. "I had to send my dragon away during my final confrontation with my sister. I gave him a task. One, simple, task."
"What was it?" Meile asked.
Don't tell me what I think it is, Sky thought, his hands sweating.
"I gave my friend a share of my life essence and told him to create a universe, where I can see stars miles and miles away," she answered.
"So you're dragon was the Great Dragon that created the Magix Universe that soon resided on the planet, Domino. When he died, the planet became full of life. Domino's royal family pass down his power, the Dragon Flame, to the next generations after he passed," Sky said, slightly trembling from all of this.
"Bloom is the Fairy of the Dragon Flame. She is the Great Dragon's companion, guardian, and master just like I was. I can see she has evolve to so many levels, her heart to save everyone she cares and everyone else that are threaten by her enemies. Enemies that would seek out the Dragon Flame. She is a brave woman. She will finish this long, bloody, war." That doesn't explain anything as to why.
"But why does it have to be Bloom? Why couldn't you send in someone else? Why does it have to be her?" Hw couldn't keep his anger in much loner as he slam his hands down on to the table. He sent a glare at her. She only gave him a sad look with weary eyes.
"Because Serible would have killed her once she learned she's my reincarnation. Bloom would never have known about her true fate before fate became cruel to her. You would have lost the love of your life before you ever met her for the first time."