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The Land of Rubia - The Lost Princess
Chapter 3
By: AznTiGeR1628
Kirrim and Koryn knocked on the door. They heard footsteps walking to the door swiftly. Syaoran was the one to open the door but Sakura was right behind him. Syaoran had on a dark blue shirt, pants and black boots. Sakura had a pink and white shirt and skirt with a pink belt. She had white pants and pink boots.
As Sakura walked out, Syaoran closed the door behind her. They all started following Koryn as Kirrim talked.
"First we will go to breakfast and then you will meet Yalia. She has something very important to tell you." Kirrim said seriously.
They all had a very filling breakfast of an oatmeal type porridge, and the drink that looked like milk. Koryn told them that they called it saeka and that it was their main drink besides the tasty fruit juice they make only when the fruit is ripe. Unfortunately, the fruit is just starting to grow on the fruit trees.
A young boy came up to the table as soon as they had finished and handed a piece of paper to Kirrim. Kirrim read it and nodded to the boy. He walked away as she started talking. "Yalia is expecting us. Lets go now."
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Kirrim and Koryn stopped in front of a large, golden colored, double door. Four guards stood on either side.
Kirrim and Koryn signaled the guards to open the door. One guard from each side did so.
They all walked into a large room. From the door to a golden throne was a red rug. The ceilings and walls were white but the pillars and doorframes were golden colored. Sitting on the throne was a young woman. She had a golden crown and scepter. Her white gown was long. It reached the floor in the front but was much longer and swept out on the floor. She had long and shiny, dark brown hair that reached below her shoulders. Dark brown eyes with slender eyebrows made her look kind and beautiful.
Kirrim and Koryn curtsied, bowed and greeted their aunt before they left the room.
Yalia turned to Sakura and Syaoran. She stood up and gestured the to follow her into a back room. They all sat at a small and round wooden table. The wood was polished and smooth as Syaoran looked more closely.
After they sat down, Yalia began talking. Her voice was low in pitch but was exceedingly velvety and soft. "Welcome to Rubia, Cardcaptors." Sakura was just about to blurt out how did she know but Yalia just smiled knowingly and Sakura bit back her tongue. Yalia continued in an uneasy voice. "I'm not quite sure how to explain this but.. I need your help." Yalia looked at them. Sakura and Syaoran nodded for her to go on. Instead of talking, Yalia leaned over the table and put an index finger on both of their foreheads.
Sakura and Syaoran's eyes closed as if they were in a trance.
This is what they saw.
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A tall and powerful looking young man and a majestic lady were in a large pinkish purple colored room. A golden crown sat on the young man's light brown hair. The young lady had a pretty golden crown on top of her lovely waves of golden hair. They both looked into their crib that was between them. A baby was wrapped in purplish colored blankets. The baby girl was gurgling happily as she kicked free the blankets when she saw her familiar parents. Her little hands went up as if she was saying to them "Pick me up!" She had blue eyes like her father, but her short hair was golden and thick like her mother's. The lady reached down to the girl and gathered her up into her arms. The baby girl's hands went to her mother's hair and began playing with it. The young couple smile joyfully to each other.
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Yalia let go of her connection after the picture was over.
"Who was that?" Sakura asked. The baby girl was so cute and adorable.
Yalia took a deep breath and waved a hand at the table. The table top suddenly became a large 3-D map. There was one round land mass cut into two right down the middle by a long and wide river. Mountains were on either side of the river. The west side of the Rubitro River was labeled The West. The east side was labeled The East. The mountains that bordered the river on the west was labeled the Western Barrier and the mountains that bordered the river on the east was labeled the Eastern Barrier.
The East had beautiful green hills, covered with flowers and trees. There were distinctive places like farmland, forests, and towns or villages. This was what Yalia ruled.
The Sorceress started to talk again. "The people I showed you was King Eron, Queen Tiara and the baby Princess, named Aria. They used to rule the West."
Syaoran knit his eyebrows together as he caught the meaning of one of the sentences Yalia said. "What do you mean 'used to rule'?"
"I do not know how King Eron and Queen Tiara died but I do know who did it. His name is not known but he is evil, I assure you that. He is a threat to Rubia. Many people think of him as the Dark One, or other nicknames." Yalia narrowed her eyes as she thought of something.
Syaora caught another one of the meaning of one of her sentences. "What about Princess Aria? You didn't mention her."
Yalia shook her head in discomfort. "She is somewhere. No one can find her. The Dark One hid her. I know she is not dead although others might think so. Only I know that King Eron and Queen Aria had performed some kind of spell that they had made. It protects the baby from any harm that might be a threat to her life. I don't know how the spell knows when the baby is in danger but it was very effective when the Dark One had tried to kill her after he had killed King Eron and Queen Aria. The baby is still alive I know it. She should be around ten years of age right now. "
She stood up and pointed at a city with a large golden palace in the middle. A marketplace and many large houses and shops were outside of the palace walls. "You are here in my palace right now. This city in which I live in is called Futiori City." She extended her arm and put her finger a foot over the palace. The tip of her finger glowed a pale red and she wrote Futiori City in a beautiful flowing handwriting.
Yalia withdrew her arm after she finished. She waved a hand at The West. Sakura gasped as she watched dark clouds form, covering the land with an endless darkness. The palace was an ugly gray with gargoyle look a likes. It was the exact opposite of The West.
The Sorceress pointed to the palace. "That's where King Eron and Queen Tiara used to live before the Dark One took it." She let out a sad sigh.
Sakura leaned forward and spoke quietly. "So our mission, if we chose to accept it, is to find her and bring her back to you?"
Yalia shook her head. "No. I am not the one who needs her but it is her people that need her. They are trapped in their own houses, villages, towns, and cities because of him. They are too afraid to do anything. They are like slaves, beaten, and scoffed at as inferior by his soldiers and guards. We need her to get rid of him, to stop these senseless behaviors. I know she can make The West back to what it was before when her parents had ruled. She needs to learn the magic her parents had. She will learn somehow. Her parents put that somehow in the spell but for now, you will have to protect her when you find her."
Sakura looked at Syaoran. They nodded to each other. Sakura turned back to Yalia and said in a confident and clear voice. "We will do anything to help find her."