The Fate of the First Hero of Light
It is totally dark...
"Uhhhhhwaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!"
The scream of an infant.
I rush towards the sound.
The crying of the babe gets louder, I am very close.
I hear three newborns screech together.
I see a figure from behind.
It is a woman she is nude, I want to stop but my body moves out of its own accord.
I want to run away, her arms with those tattoos.
"NO! STOP PLEASE!"
I try and resist as much as I can. It feels as if my body is bound, it is compelled to move on its own. I am almost at the naked woman. My mind focuses and I recognize the nude figure!
It is my Grandmother!
"EEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIII!" I shriek.
I realize I am dreaming, I have had this dream before. I twist and resist violently, trying to wake up my sleeping body.
"Geir what are you doing? Look these are your new uncles."
I turn my face.
My naked Grandmother has three babes in her arms. The one has the face of Estonix, the other the face of Micheal and the worst one is the newborn that looks like THE FIRE MAGE!
"Geir I never thought you for the emotional type to come visit us on this our most happy day."
I turn around.
It is the naked Fire Mage
"That is my grandson for you. Always surprising us!" Says the Fire Mage!
He kisses my Grandmother on her mouth.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
"GEIR! CALM DOWN IT WAS ONLY A DREAM!"
I am soaking wet. I was sobbing. My body is sore no doubt me fighting myself to try and wake up.
"VIVI! WHERE AM I!?"
"We are on a ship."
"Oh, I see. I am sorry..."
"Geir why wont you tell me of your dreams? I am your wife please let me help you."
NO ONE MUST EVER KNOW OF THIS! I am screaming in my mind.
"I am sorry Vivi I have already forgotten of the dream."
"Geir I am a Mage I can extract the memories, we can all watch it on a globe. If you want to work through some trauma. Our party could help you?"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT! NEVER EVER! NO!"
"Are you sure Geir?"
"YES!"
The door of the stately room on the ship is flung open.
"LADY VIVILARA ARE YOU SAFE?" the Knight has his rusted blade withdrawn.
"GEIR YOU SCOUNDREL THIS TIME YOU WILL BE SENT BACK TO THE UNDERWORLD! HURTING EVEN MY FRIEND LADY VIVILARA!" The Knight swings his blade and destroys the large bed where I was sleeping. I jump out of the window of the room. I fall into the water. The salt water splashes on my face, the freezing waters calm my body and my mind sharpens. I will swim next to the ship till the Knight has been calmed.
This is the absolute worst time in my whole life.
After my Grandmother and the Fire Mage's murder tour when we were known as the Hyrul-akatsuki. They fell in love. This whole journey they stare dreamingly into each other's eyes. They constantly kiss acting like as if they were still students at the Academy.
Everyone else swoons over their love affair. Commenting on how adorable, beautiful or some other nonsense the affair is.
Only the two people I hate the most, are experiencing the same misery as mine, my elder cousins Estonix and Micheal. Now that the Fire Mage is romancing my Grandmother. They cannot dote on her. This whole journey we stay at the lounge drinking and playing frivolous card games.
Worse still I have started to enjoy their company, they have disclosed they feel the same.
UNBELIEVABLE!
I hear a signal. The rescue parties want to assist me.
Short whiles later...
There are many persons on this cruise ship.
Maybe at least 6,000.
Let me take a stroll.
Assassins are sure to attack me, I will relieve my misery on them.
Finally I have killed enough for today. The other assassins are so frightened now. They try and blend in with the passengers, I know who they are now. If I have that horrid dream again, I will not suffer alone.
I turn around and freeze the many members of Red Oak Assassins Guild, they are shattered into nothingness. Finally I think things might be calm enough, I will head back.
"GEIR I..." "Forget about all that nonsense. Call the others." Everyone is assembled.
"GEIR WE CANNOT FIND THE QUEEN!"
"Zelda is not on this ship."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHERE IS HER MAJESTY!"
"Zelda is travelling on a different route."
"YOUR MAJESTY WE MUST FIND HER! COME WE WILL COMMANDEER THIS VESSEL!"
"CALM DOWN!"
"GEIR..."
"She is safe. Having her aboard this ship is the worst possible place to be."
"Geir what do you mean?" asks the Fire Mage who is locked in arms with my Grandmother.
"Now that Zelda is Queen again. Some in the Houses are not happy with this outcome."
"GEIR WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"They could tolerate me because I was part of House Dominitus, but now that she leads again, seeing that she is from a distant land, they cannot accept it."
"SCOUNDRELS!"
"Sir Hunfrey what Geir is saying is true. Most of the people of the land also want him to rule again." says my Grandmother.
"Geir if this is true should we not have her by our side?" speaks my Grandmother embraced Fire Mage.
"That is not possible."
"Why?"
"The Royal Houses are going kill each other on this trip."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" screams everyone.
"I knew this would happen one day." says my Grandmother.
"Teela?"
"That House Vasilios stood up when the King returned. They removed all the other Houses banners and glorified their name. The other Houses will have to act on this slight to their honour."
"LADY ESDEATH WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"
"Sir Hunfrey only one of the Houses are going to be left after this journey." says an unknown voice.
"WHO ARE YOU?" The Knight unsheathes Rust Bane.
Out of the shadows two figures appear, Estonix and Micheal.
"LORD ESTONIX, LORD MICHEAL I COULD NOT SENSE YOU!"
"Geir what is happening I could also not sense them?"
"Vivi they had the same teacher that I had."
"Yes, Vivilara, Aunt Teelee trained us before Claurilles was even a mistake being made in his mothers womb."
"ESTONNY!"
"Aant Teelee..."
"Here get dressed Claurilles and Vivilara these are our Houses clothes. Geir here is your crown and coat. Leave your parka and your weapons on the bed. The servants will come to clean and store them."
"I understand." I take off my parka and put on my Royal Coat and Crown. "Geir what is happening?" asks the Dark Elf.
"Vivi we are going to war."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" screams the party.
On the deck of the cruise liner. As the ship is facing the waves in the giant storm. The blood is being cleared off the wooden floor, as the water splashes as the ship moves up and down. The dead bodies of the various Royal Houses slide towards the sides of the railings on the ship.
"Die Dominitus dog!" I kick the young man so hard in the face. His head folds flat onto his back.
"Claurilles use your rapier! You are not fighting in a tavern." I sigh deeply. The large amount of the various House members of Vasilios moving to attack me. I poke them with the long silver pick till they stop moving.
"They are dead I think?"
"It is the King kill him!"
House Apolian's members move to attack. The House is well known for their magic users strength. I could kill them all without even blinking. But a House victory using forbidden techniques might as well be the same as losing.
As I am the "King" I am not allowed to use any magics. They start preparing spells, I recognize each one of them, as they are weaving their hands...
"This will be troublesome."
"Defend the King!" The young girls of the House's mages club move in front of me.
"Your Majesty let us take these traitors!" I look at the absolute resolution in Koralia's eyes.
"I understand dedicate your lives to House Dominitus!"
"Yes!" Like vicious beasts that have finally woken up, they stand strong. The expert mages of House Apolian's hesitate for only the briefest of moments.
Now to find Chrisanthi.
I enter the lower levels. I hear screams on the floors deck. It was Koralia's party. A person who is resolute and capable can accomplish anything. They were not capable enough. They fought for me the King and their House with all their hearts, there is no dishonour in dying that way.
"Chrisanthi! Where are you! It is me Claurilles!" There is long hallway leading to the great cabin of the deck that was reserved for House Apolian, two people fly out of the doors of the cabin breaking them in the process. It is Estonix and Micheal both are severely injured. Estonix's face is bloodied he is gasping struggling to breathe his larynx was crushed. Micheal is totally limp. I can hear his heartbeat starting to slow.
"Claurilles...she...is...too...strong...run." whispers Estonix he passes out.
I start crying the tears are flowing fiercely.
"Aw poor baby. I didn't take you for the emotional type King Geir."
"How could this have happened!"
"Hahahahahahaha! Are all Dominitus men this pathetic!"
"SHUT UP IDIOT! THAT I DID NOT GET TO KILL THEM MYSELF!"
"..."
"CHRISANTHI!" I glare at her, I am so furious my dark energies have engulfed the hallway. Paint is starting to peel off from the walls.
She steps back.
"THERE IS NO ONE THIS FLOOR TO SEE ME TEAR YOU APART. THAT I HAVE TO HEAL THE TWO PEOPLE I HATE THE MOST IN THIS WORLD! I WILL NOT SUFFER ALONE! PREPARE YOURSELF!
I broke all her bones. She stopped begging for mercy. She is totally unresponsive and has a vacant stare. I pick her husk up and cast it through the ceiling. I hear it break through the ships deck and land on it.
"Claurilles I do not know what to say?" "I have been humbled Claurilles, even after all the misery we have caused you. You would still save my life." I just walk pass the now healed Micheal and Estonix they are dusting off the crystal shards that I placed on then to heal them.
My eyes burn and my cheeks are sore. My constant sobbing while breaking Chrisanthi at the thought of having been forced to heal them. Constantly reminding myself that it is for House Dominitus's future, while secretly wishing no one could see me killing them.
I move upwards to the deck.
The deck is in chaos. There are dead bodies everywhere.
"Did we win?"
I see my Mother, Father, sister and brother on their knees. The House of Apolian seems to have won. I shake my head side to side.
"Unbelievable! What would Lord Anaxtus say! I cannot believe we have fallen so low! That the other Houses were not killed immediately! Do you have anything to say for yourselves?!"
"..."
"Claurilles your House is defeated we have joined forces together with House Vasilios to make sure House Dominitus is totally annihilated!"
"They will betray you idiots!"
"Not if we betray them first!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" the other House's members are getting restless.
"Of course we will try, it is part of being in a Royal House."
"LORD VASSOS!"
"So the coward finally shows himself."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!"
"Even when I was still a little boy I could see you for the lowly worm that you are."
"KILL EVERYONE!"
"Do not speak as if it is in your power to achieve something like that."
"THE HOUSE HAS BEEN DEFEATED!"
"Our House has lost some of our weaker members. While your Houses strongest members were killed."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
"Look over there." I point towards Koralia's parties corpses.
"WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THEY ARE DEAD CHILDREN!?"
I point my finger to the other mages. Half of them are dead the others have magical burns and are disfigured.
"Even our children are stronger than your adults."
"ENOUGH KILL THEM!"
"Claurilles help us!" my scared Mother and Father scream at me.
"Mother, Father remember you are my parents."
"Son help me!"
"Father have you ever tried fighting back?"
"Claurilles...I...I have never."
"Father you are a Tulok as well. You have the same body as my Grandmother and myself."
As if a switch was flicked. My Father's life energies change immediately. He breaks the arms of the persons holding him and his family captive. He kills the first person effortlessly.
"Claurilles!" my Mother looks towards me.
"Mother I am the King. You are also my parent."
"I understand."
"Please darling." My Father nods and gives my Mother a sword. She starts wielding it like every member of House Dominitus was taught."
They kill their capturers, take my brother and sister and they retreat to where I am.
"Must I personally come to fetch each one or can you not come out of your own power?"
"Are you talking to us?" says Isidora.
"WHO THE HELL ELSE WOULD I BE TALKING TO?!"
"Forgive me King Geir." "Yes, no need to shout."
All my House members break free and join me. As they walk towards us the true reality of the battle is revealed. The fashions of the Houses members lay on the deck some are wearing the red of my House. But there is a sea of blue and green clad bodies.
Estonix and Micheal climb up the stairs. They have recovered, their fighting spirit is burning fiercely. They stand next to me.
"What will you do now Vassos? There is no rock on this ship for you to hide under."
He looks as if he wants to run. But he is forced to fight for the first time in his life.
"Claurilles leave this to us." Micheal and Estonix walk towards the other Houses members, they want to run but there is only the endless waters around us and the ship.
"Estonix, Micheal wait take this." I hand them some papers.
"I see a list so we need just kill these people?"
"Yes."
"Very well King Geir retire to your room. We will resolve matters here."
"I understand."
"What about us?" my Houses inhabitants are looking at me.
"KILL THEM ALL! ATTACK!"
The red members rush towards the other Houses members. They collapse out of fear and are on the defense.
Many days later...
The fighting has spread throughout the ship. House members are fighting room to room trying to gain ground. The alliance that House Vasilios and House Apolian had, has been broken. Where they are fighting each other, our House members strike and kill them immediately.
"Geir how long still?" my Grandmother is basking in the sun and holding the hand of the pasty skinned Fire Mage. They are lounging on the deck of the ship bronzing their skin.
"The Houses need only be whittled down for short whiles still, then we can leave."
"GEIR HOW COULD YOU LET SUCH AN INJUSTICE HAPPEN?!" the Knight has not stopped crying for even one moment. The bloodshed between the Royal Houses, he does not know how to act. House Vasilios had been up till recently the ruling House. But when I was the King it was House Dominitus. Now that Zelda wants to rule again. He does not know what to do.
My wife is comforting him.
Long moments later...
"THE INTERNAL HOUSE WAR IS NOW OVER EVERYONE MEET ME ON THE DECK!" I use the contraption the shaking Captain assists me with, to call to the ship's passengers.
My House members appear not even one tenth have died. My Father and Mother appear they signal they want to rush to me. I shake my head, they understand. Business first.
"THIS IS CLAURILLES OF HOUSE DOMINITUS MEET ME ON THE DECK IMMEDIATELY THE INTERNAL HOUSES CONFLICT IS OVER!"
No one appears...
"I WILL SEND PRINCESS TEELA OF THE TULOK TRIBE TO ASSIST YOU SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY INTO THE AFTERLIFE!"
Immediately there is a surge of people onto the deck.
Micheal and Estonix move towards me.
"Claurilles what now?"
"We will negotiate the terms of their surrender. Then begin arranging marriages that will paralyze their ability to ever stand up against House Dominitus."
Micheal starts crying. "Now I understand what Father could see in you."
"Micheal, Estonix do you have any ideas?"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY CLAURILLES?"
"Shhhhh I have been to busy with all my other responsibilities. I do not know of the other Houses internal affairs. You two must have many mistresses. Tell me how we should proceed?"
Short moments later...
"UNBELIEVABLE! YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE!"
Micheal and Estonix's faces are red.
"Claurilles everyone does not need to know!"
"THIS IS A CATASTROPHE!"
"Why Claurilles?"
"I will have to ask the one person. I do not want to know anything about!"
"IT CANNOT BE!" Micheal takes a step back.
"Surely there must be another!" Estonix is starting to look pale.
"ANCIENT ANCESTORS! WHY DID YOU ABANDON ME! I WILL NOT SUFFER ALONE! YOU TWO WILL STAY WITH ME!"
"No, Clarullies! I am very thankful you saved my life. But this I do not want to know!"
"Yes, Claurilles I still want to enjoy my first lovers embrace. You are already married you know this already."
I only blinked and Estonix and Micheal disappeared.
I look to her.
The one person I never want to hear a story from...
ATHENA!
I signal to her she comes to me.
She already has my hand and is stroking it in a seductive way.
"Yes, King Geir?"
"I would ask for your assistance with some internal House affairs matters."
She stares into my eyes with clear intent.
"...anything for the King..."
Finish.