Author's note: I'm so sorry that I took longer than I said, when I would
release my chapter. I said I would release all of it yesterday but I only
released part of it cuz I wasn't finished. But now I hope you'll enjoy it
now!!!
A POEM OF THE GUARDIANS
Once, long ago, a prophecy was told,
of the birth, the royal birth,
Of Four princesses,
a queen, and Three others,
when evil would come,
come once again,
born in the time of evil,
defenders of good
to Etheria, planet of splendor, and beauty
The birth shall tell of the flowers that are born,
the wise flower of the waters,
the strong flower of the weather,
the bright flower of the sky,
and the beautiful flower of heaven,
joined with the mighty flowers of hope and fire,
together They will stand against the oncoming darkness,
United, no force shall overcome them
separated they shall always stand strong, and true,
as strong as a mountain, and more powerful than a earthquake,
but mountains can crumble and earthquakes can become weak,
There shall be a war,
Good against Evil,
One shall always overcome the other,
and only faith shall decide if the star of heaven shall fall,
or if the ashes of the dead shall rise again
and only the truth of the firey one shall help the angel
reach the star, to grasp it from falling,
but the dark ones shall try to bring the angel down,
yet the white dragon shall come,
and the guardian's fate shall rests upon that dragon,
As will the dark ones,
Who shall prevail, the answer unseen......
Prologue
Queen Tania stared out of the window of the royal chamber, that was exotic
and beautiful, with the beautiful tapestries that covered the walls which showed the Flower family history, and the luxurious red carpet where the beautiful royal bed rested, with its silky sheets, and pillows. The room smelled of fresh flowers, for the room had plenty of exotic flowers, kept fresh by magic, put on them long ago by her ancestors. Queen Tania glanced around the room and then smiled at the baby girl in her arms. "Oh, how beautiful you are my little angel, Charity," she whispered softy to the beautiful baby girl with silver eyes, 'You're going to be a great queen someday my little princess, and your younger siblings too," as the Queen of all Etheria, rubbed her stomach affectingly which showed of a great pregnancy. Queen Tania smiled, Princess Charity, the heir to the throne of the planet Etheria, would certainly be a great queen someday, for the planet was peaceful now for almost two centuries, and no Guardians had been born for two centuries. Surely there should be peace and prosperity for her child, the Queen thought. As the last fading rays of the sun disappeared, some of it caught on a silver diamond embedded in the queen's forehead, the mark of the heir. Little Charity had one too. Queen Tania suddenly saw something. Startled, she looked more closely at Charity's forehead, at the silver diamond, for it was starting to shimmer brightly. "No," the Queen whispered fiercely, for she knew that the shimmering was the mark of an guardian, and heir combined, and that it also meant danger was coming again to Etheria, and the Guardians were being born again to fight against the evil. She groaned and bent over, still holding....... and she knew...... the Guardians were being born again.......
Meanwhile, in the country of Viene, a woman smiled at her young son, and felt her stomach. "My little prince, I think it's time for your little brother or sister to be born," the woman said to the young boy, as she bent over in pain.
Also, somewhere in the Southern Mountains as weary travelers climbed up a
mountain, they gasped at the sight before them. Around them were dead bodies around a campfire, seemly victims of a caravan that had fallen to thieves. The good travelers began to bury the bodies, shocked by such a horrible sight, rarely seen , when suddenly they heard a baby wailing somewhere by the fire.......
Chapter 1: The Ambush
It was a hot sunny day in Etheria. Farmers in fields looked up and waved as a carriage, which clearly was a royal carriage was being pulled by majestic white mares which were wearing the royal colors of Ethera, along a worn out-used road. The carriage was being guarding by about 50 men, about half riding in the front, half in the back, all wearing magnificent armor and uniforms, riding on beautiful mares, alert, as if they expected a attack any moment. The carriage clearly held someone of importance.
Inside, a young girl around eleven years old, clearly beautiful, sighed heavily as she watched the scenery go by out the carriage window. She gently reached up with her slender fingertips to brush the pure white bangs that were in the way of her eyes, away from her sight, as she briefly touched the pure white oval diamond, embedded in a her forehead, marking her as the heir to the throne of Etheria, the planet of richness and absolute beauty, certainly looked the part with her beautiful, pure white hair that was as pure as a unicorn's, her breath-taking silver eyes, her slender body in a beautiful silky blue gown laced with white trim, made the princess a breath-taking sight.
Princess Charity sighed heavily again, and looked at her younger sister sitting across from her, whom she could really tell wanted to get out of the hot carriage. Charity smiled. Although Star Flower was a princess, she looked and dressed much more differently than her older sister with her short, jet black hair, fierce emerald eyes, and was dressed in green and black clothes which brought out her eyes; a green vest with white embroidery of dragons, unicorns, flowers, and had the shield of Ethera. This vest covered her tunic, and she wore back pants which went with her leather boots. On her back was a quiver of arrows with a long bow, and a leather belt was around her waist which had a small dagger, and a medium-sized but long sword attached to it. Star looked more like a feminine boy than a princess, or at least a warrior.
Charity smiled again at her poor sister. Star was not used to being stuck in a hot stuffy carriage for long hours. Usually she would be riding a horse, free in the open fresh air, with the men, but Star had faithfully chosen to remain with her older to kept her company. Star Flower was a Flower Guardian, one of the three princesses born during the six days of child birth, the youngest of the triplets born on the six day. With warrior blood running through their veins these guardians were also marked with a single diamond, not the heir symbol, but the Guardian symbol which contained their guardian gifts. The Heir symbol contained the powers of the Etherian kingdom, and usually appeared on the first born of the Royal family. Star had a glittery green diamond on her forehead which marked her as a Flower Guardian, a protector of Etheria, and its people.
("She's the lucky one,") thought Charity enviously, ("she gets to go out and do wonderful, yet normal things, while I have to learn all the manners and future obligations as a queen.") Charity then thought again deeply, and smiled as she thought happily, ("but that'll all change soon this year.")
Star looked at Charity and said grumpily, "I don't understand what you're smiling about. I hate this stupid hot stuffy carriage!! I want to get out of this place!! She crossed her arms as she sat moodily. Charity held back a grin. Star was acting like a child instead of a princess. ("What am I thinking?.") Charity chided herself angrily. ("Star's only nine years old, a year younger then me. She's still a child even though she's a princess. But then again,") Charity thought, while smiling, ("She's too immature for her age.") Her other two sisters were much more mature. Song and Sky were less playful, and much more mature. They held their tongues while Star tended to speak what was on her mind, and did things before thinking it over thoroughly. Still though, Charity loved Star the way she was for Star always was there for her and always made her happy.
Star spoke up once again, grumpily, "I wish we were at home right now, or even back at the Eastern Islands. Everybody liked me over there and it was really great studying with the Eastern Warriors, although I missed our sisters at home greatly." Charity grimaced. Even though Star had liked the Eastern Islands for everybody liked her warrior spirit and openmindess, but Charity had not liked it. There she had to work very hard at her etiquette lessons and steps in becoming a good queen. The princesses there were very jealous of her and her beauty, and had criticized everything she did behind her back. The only one that made her feel welcome was Princess Hope who was the same age as Star and whom Charity missed.
Charity looked at Star and said sadly, "I wish we were at home too, my dear sister." Star looked at Charity, smiled sadly at her, and said gently, "Poor Charity, I wonder how awful it is for you to have to take all those lessons to become queen. All those lessons in walking properly, good manners, and other things. I had to take all those lessons too remember?" Charity held back a smile, she would never forget. Star was the worstest one of all the princesses at taking those lessons. She almost always got everything wrong, and often tripped herself or the teacher when trying to walk or dance properly. But then, Charity mused, ("she never gave up at it even though she hated it so bad. She actually became a proper lady, when she wasn't wearing her warrior's clothes. Though it did take her forever to do so.") Charity remembered the one time Star had accidentally broke the etiquette teacher's nose when trying to curtsy properly. Charity stifled a giggle. Star sensed this and continued, "See what I mean? You always try to hide your feelings and be careful of everything you do and say, afraid that everyone will dislike you because of it. I'm glad that I do not have that tremendous burden to become the future queen of Etheria. It must be very hard on you. I wish you were one of us, Charity. But cheer up, soon you'll be happy."
Charity smiled loving at her younger sister. Star could be so wise and understanding sometimes, when she wasn't so stubborn and hard-headed. "Thank you for caring so much Star," Charity said gently with a reassuring voice. Star perked up, and asked hopefully, "Now do you have any idea how we can get out of this stuffy carriage?" Charity shook her head no fiercely, and laughed merrily when she saw the funny, yet disappointed look on Star's face. "Well at least I got you to laugh," Star muttered.
Gregory of Laxen raised his rough, yet smooth hand up to shield the hot, burning rays of the Etheria sun away from his deep blue eyes, sweat pouring down his face as he wiped the sandy-colored hair bangs filled with sweat away, pausing from his toil in the wheat field as he looked up at his father, Andres of Laxen who had also stopped working to listen to the strange, yet familar-like sound.
There was a loud sound coming from the road next to their field. It sounded as if someone was riding a horse very hard and fast. Gregory and Andres looked at each other, confused looks on both of their faces. No one ever rode on the road next to the field very fast; it was too dangerous with all of the deep holes and sharp rocks. The sound kept on growing louder and louder. Suddenly two men, clearly soldires dressed in red, and black uniforms which bore the sign of the black dragon, emerged into view, riding on fearsome-looking balzck stallions who as they galloped, nipped at each other, still running, driven on by the soldirs who urged them on, whipping at them, and they quickly passed the field, and quickly dissapeared out of view.
Gregory gaped at the road where the men in uniform dissapeared out of view, only a few moments before, thinking rapidly. ("What in the name of Etheria were Dracon soldiers doing here? Aren't they suppose to be at war with the Ethera kingdom?!! They're heading toward Ethera, they must be up to something!!") Gregory's father looked at his son helplessly, as he asked with a hint of disbelief in his voice, "Were those, Dracon soldiers we just saw?!" "Yes Father," said Gregory, not believing it himself, "They must be here to kill or capture the princess!" "No," said Andres firmly, "She's studying at the Eastern Islands with her younger sister, remember? She's safe from harm." "But I thought she was coming back this month, isn't she?," Gregory asked. "Oh no...," Gregory's father groaned, "We must try to warn her somehow!" "But how Father?," Gregory asked questionly.
Suddenly they heard more noise coming from the road. Really loud noise. They both quickly twirled around to see what else was coming. Gregory's jaw dropped. A mangificent sight had come into view. Gallilent men-in-armor and knights bearing the colors of Ethera rode into view, all of them on mangificent mares, and they seemed to be guarding a beautiful white carriage that was being pulled by majestic white mares. Gregory closed hes mouth quickly, as he drew in his breath sharply and asked hes father, bewilderd, "Isn't that the royal carriage of Princess Charity?!"Gregory's father looked pale. He said quickly to Gregory, "Those two soldiers we just saw, must be rushing ahead to warn others like them that the princess is coming, so that they can ambush the princess!!" We have to stop them!" Gregory eyed the fierce looking men-in-armor, gluped, and asked, "Father how are we supposed to do that? Those men might accidently kill us if we try to stop them. They might think we are the ones trying to harm the princess and attack us instead!"
Andres ingored his son, and began running toward the carriage while yelling, "Stop! Stop! There is danger ahead of you!" A knight in silver armor with the colors of Ethera on his shield, pulled hard on his reins, as he raised up one of his gloved hands and signaled for the men and the drivers to stop. Four men quickly leaped from their horses and moved in to block the front of the carriage door, their swords and shields drawn.
"Hey! The carriage has stopped moving! All right! Maybe we can get out now!," said Star happily. "What is Sir. Edward doing?!," Charity muttered as she tried vailently to see what was happening through her carriage window, but four bulky men blocked the view.
The tall knight with blond hair and blue eyes quickly vaulted of the horse, drew
his sword and pointed it at Andres' throat, only a fraction of a inch away. A who had already halted, hestitated, and gulped as his eyes stayed on the sharp point of the sword. The knight snapped sharply at Andres, "What is the meaning of this instrustion!??" Andres tried to bow like all commoners should do to nobles, but stopped quickly when he saw that the sword was still pointed at his throat.
Andres stuttered, "Um...good sir, I am Andres Lowen of Laxen, and this is my son Gregory," Andres motioned toward Gregory who had quietly moved to his father's side, "We were just toiling in our wheat field when we saw two men wearing uniforms of black and red pass us on this very road. They were Dracon soldiers, this I am sure of for I was a Etheran soldier once. After this had happened, the royal carriage cam, and we realized that the princess must be in great danger, so we stopped you from going on ahead."
"Nonsense," The knight said sharply, "Our forces protect the borders of this reigon! No enemy forces can penetrate them!" The knight then motioned for the soldiers to move on.
Suddenly, a soft, yet commanging voice rang out. "Stop at once!" The carriage door flew open, as a young girl stood there. The sight took Gregory's breath away. The girl was breathtaking beautiful, clearly a true princess, with her long and beautifull, white hair which seemed purer than a unicorn's mane, her kind, yet commanding sliver eyes a beautiful, yet kind face, and a slender figure concealed in a beautiful silky light blue gown trimmed with white lace, and a heautiful white crystal on a silver chain hung around her slender neck.
She motioned for the four men to move aside, out of her way as she desended from the carriage gracefully on her blue diamond slippers. Gregory quickly kneeled when he saw the white, pure-like oval diamond embedded in her forehead; the mark of the heir, Princess Charity Flower. Andres tried to kneel too, but he stopped abruptly when he realized that the knight's sword was still pointed toward his throat. "Put that down," the Princess ordered, "Is that any way a true knight of Ethera treats the people he protects? Threatening a citizen of the Ethera kingdom's life when he is unharmed?"
The knight sheathed his sword quickly and moved toward the princess as Andres breathed a sign of releif and kneeled. "Your Highness," the knight said anixously, moving toward the Princess, "You shouldn't be out here!" A voice inside of the carriage rang out at the knight, "Princess Charity can take care of herself. You should obey her wishes. Besides its too hot and stuffy in this carriage. We need fresh air anyways!" Another girl emerged from the royal carriage.
Unlike the princess who was dressed in finery, the girl was dressed in a black tunic, and shirt with black pants, and a green embroidered yellow threaded vest that covered the shirt, along with brown leather boots. Gregory stared. He had never seen a girl dressed in this fashion before. She looked more like a feminine boy or a warrior than a lady with her short, jet black hair, fierce emerald eyes which reflected a warrior's glare, but yet had a playful glint to them. She also had a quvier full of arrows on her back, along with a longbow, and there was also a leather belt around her tunic, and waist, a small dagger and a long sword attached to it.
Gregory wondered briefly if the girl knew how to use the weapons. Gregory's eyes wandered back to her forehead, and was startled. Ther, right on her forehead was a small green, glittery diamond, shaped as a star. Gregory thought rapidly. This girl was a Flower Guardian, a true warrior princess, a protector of Etheria, sworned to protect the planet and its rulers. Gregory could hardly believe how the day was turning out.He had met the heir to the throne and a true warrior princess. What else was next?
The girl smiled at Gregory and his father. "You must excused Sir Edward's behavior, he tends to be rather stubborn, and harsh at times," the girl said while glaring at the knight who had clenched his jaws tight. It was clear that the two disliked each other. The girl spoke to them again, " I am Princess Star Flower of Ethera, the Guardian of Universe. Please rise, my sister and I do not like it when people kneel to us." Andres and Gregory stood up, hesitant. Princess Charity then spoke to them, "Why do you prevent us from reaching our destination?"
Andres bowed deeply, and repeated to her what he had told Sir. Edward. Sir. Edward looked angrilly at Andres and Gregory, and said to Princess Charity, " Your Highness this has to be a trick! How could Dracon soldirs have gotten into the Ethera kingdom with our mighty forces guarding the borders? It's impossible!!" Princess Star stared angrilly at Sir. Edward as she snapped at him, "Use your head!! Our forces cannot protect every inch of our border. No force is perfect! Even our force has faults in it!. Besides our whole force isn't at the borders, we sent some to guard other kingdoms' borders as well, not just our own." Sir. Edward just stared at Star, fury in his eyes.
Charity looked at both of them, and sighed, "Star is right Sir. Edward. Enemy fores can penetrate our borders no matter how large our forces are. Star?," Charity beckoned for her sister, "We will need our sisters' help in evaluating this situtation. Will you call them please, Star?" Star smiled. "I thought you would never ask," Star said happily. She extended her fingers, and had raised them, when suddenly Sir. Edward spoke, "Wait!," he said firmly as Star lowered her fingers and turned to stare at him, as did everyone else.
Sir. Edward continued, "Princess, why do you need to call upon Lotus and Storm Flower? My men and I can scout ahead. We have no need of your sisters." Princess Charity looked at him, her patience wearing out as she said sternly, "Sir. Edward, Star is right, you do not use your head. The Dracon soldires might sense you and your men coming with their magic. My sisters are immune to that, no one can sense their magic except a member of the Flower family, or another Flower Guardian, which I doubt they have. Also, they are sworned to protect me, so they should be here right now, taking care of the danger, now stop questioning my orders!"
Princess Charity motioned for Star to continue. Star nodded, and asked Andres, "Where are we now?" Andres, suprised by her question, answered, "We are in Laxen of course." Star nodded, "I thought so. It's too far away for me to try and reach them by telepathically, I'll have to do it the harder way" Star then extended her fingers on her right hand, raised it up in midair, and brought pure green fire to her fingertips. Sir. Edward, Andres, and Gregory backed away from the light, alarmed. Star quickly drew a star in the air with her magic, and it hung there amazely.
Star chanted a few words they did not understand. The star on her forehead begin to glow with a glitterly green light as the green light went out of her fingers. Star then spoke, "I just opened up a dimension to let my sisters know I'm heere in need of them, and so they'll find us quickly. Ouch!! My head! Whenever I use this spell it always gives me a awful headache. Oh, my sisters will come soon." They all waited.
Song and Sky had begun training hard with their training master, Sire Allan of Nazeran, when they felt the call. "What was that?!" Sky asked Song with surprise showing on her face. "It must be Star. She and Charity must be in trouble! We must go now!," Song said. Song's and Sky's staffs clanged to the ground as they dissapeared, leaving their bewildered teacher holding only a staff in his hands, wondering where in the name of Etheria, had Lotus and Storm went.
Gregory and the others watched as the star in the air dissapeared, and a silver and blue mist appeared before them, where the star had been. As they watched, amazed by the sight, two girls stepped out of the mist. They were wearing clothes like Star's except they were different colors. One had hair like Charity's except it was slivery, and she had blue eyes tat seemed to be filled with knowledge and wisdom and she had a sliver vest on with black embroidery. This one seemed like Charity. The other one had medium-cut blond hair, fierce sky-blue eyes, and seemed to have a warrior- like aura around her, and she wore a sky-blue vest with white embroidery. She seemed more like Star. Both of them had diamonds embedded in their foreheads. The girl with silver hair had a sliver, tear-shaped diamond, and the one with blond hair had a round, sky-blue daimond which seemed to sparkle inside.
The one with sliver hair stepped forward, and asked, "Younger sister, why do you call us? Is something wrong?" Star beamed at the girl, "I called you because Charity told me to, Lotus." Charity stepped forward, and introduced the two girls to the others. "This is my sister, Princess Lotus Flower, Guardian of Life," Charity motioned toward Song, the girl with sliver hair, who curstied. "And there is also my other sister, Princess Storm Flower, Guardian of Nature." Charity motioned toward Sky, who also curstied. Gregory looked from the two girls to Star. These three girls were triplets? They all looked so different from each other!
Charity spoke again, "My sisters, I have called upon you, because we have received information that there in danger on the road ahead of us. The Dracon country might be involved in this. I want you, along with Star to scout and ahead and see what you find. You may report back to me when you are done." The two sisters, and Star then cutsied again, and said in unison with each other, "Yes, sister" They all then began running hard on the road in the direction that the Dracon soldiers had dissapeared. Charity watched them as they went while thinking a small prayer, Mother Etheria, guide my sisters, and keep them safe from harm. Sir. Edward also watched them go, his mouth thin.
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A POEM OF THE GUARDIANS
Once, long ago, a prophecy was told,
of the birth, the royal birth,
Of Four princesses,
a queen, and Three others,
when evil would come,
come once again,
born in the time of evil,
defenders of good
to Etheria, planet of splendor, and beauty
The birth shall tell of the flowers that are born,
the wise flower of the waters,
the strong flower of the weather,
the bright flower of the sky,
and the beautiful flower of heaven,
joined with the mighty flowers of hope and fire,
together They will stand against the oncoming darkness,
United, no force shall overcome them
separated they shall always stand strong, and true,
as strong as a mountain, and more powerful than a earthquake,
but mountains can crumble and earthquakes can become weak,
There shall be a war,
Good against Evil,
One shall always overcome the other,
and only faith shall decide if the star of heaven shall fall,
or if the ashes of the dead shall rise again
and only the truth of the firey one shall help the angel
reach the star, to grasp it from falling,
but the dark ones shall try to bring the angel down,
yet the white dragon shall come,
and the guardian's fate shall rests upon that dragon,
As will the dark ones,
Who shall prevail, the answer unseen......
Prologue
Queen Tania stared out of the window of the royal chamber, that was exotic
and beautiful, with the beautiful tapestries that covered the walls which showed the Flower family history, and the luxurious red carpet where the beautiful royal bed rested, with its silky sheets, and pillows. The room smelled of fresh flowers, for the room had plenty of exotic flowers, kept fresh by magic, put on them long ago by her ancestors. Queen Tania glanced around the room and then smiled at the baby girl in her arms. "Oh, how beautiful you are my little angel, Charity," she whispered softy to the beautiful baby girl with silver eyes, 'You're going to be a great queen someday my little princess, and your younger siblings too," as the Queen of all Etheria, rubbed her stomach affectingly which showed of a great pregnancy. Queen Tania smiled, Princess Charity, the heir to the throne of the planet Etheria, would certainly be a great queen someday, for the planet was peaceful now for almost two centuries, and no Guardians had been born for two centuries. Surely there should be peace and prosperity for her child, the Queen thought. As the last fading rays of the sun disappeared, some of it caught on a silver diamond embedded in the queen's forehead, the mark of the heir. Little Charity had one too. Queen Tania suddenly saw something. Startled, she looked more closely at Charity's forehead, at the silver diamond, for it was starting to shimmer brightly. "No," the Queen whispered fiercely, for she knew that the shimmering was the mark of an guardian, and heir combined, and that it also meant danger was coming again to Etheria, and the Guardians were being born again to fight against the evil. She groaned and bent over, still holding....... and she knew...... the Guardians were being born again.......
Meanwhile, in the country of Viene, a woman smiled at her young son, and felt her stomach. "My little prince, I think it's time for your little brother or sister to be born," the woman said to the young boy, as she bent over in pain.
Also, somewhere in the Southern Mountains as weary travelers climbed up a
mountain, they gasped at the sight before them. Around them were dead bodies around a campfire, seemly victims of a caravan that had fallen to thieves. The good travelers began to bury the bodies, shocked by such a horrible sight, rarely seen , when suddenly they heard a baby wailing somewhere by the fire.......
Chapter 1: The Ambush
It was a hot sunny day in Etheria. Farmers in fields looked up and waved as a carriage, which clearly was a royal carriage was being pulled by majestic white mares which were wearing the royal colors of Ethera, along a worn out-used road. The carriage was being guarding by about 50 men, about half riding in the front, half in the back, all wearing magnificent armor and uniforms, riding on beautiful mares, alert, as if they expected a attack any moment. The carriage clearly held someone of importance.
Inside, a young girl around eleven years old, clearly beautiful, sighed heavily as she watched the scenery go by out the carriage window. She gently reached up with her slender fingertips to brush the pure white bangs that were in the way of her eyes, away from her sight, as she briefly touched the pure white oval diamond, embedded in a her forehead, marking her as the heir to the throne of Etheria, the planet of richness and absolute beauty, certainly looked the part with her beautiful, pure white hair that was as pure as a unicorn's, her breath-taking silver eyes, her slender body in a beautiful silky blue gown laced with white trim, made the princess a breath-taking sight.
Princess Charity sighed heavily again, and looked at her younger sister sitting across from her, whom she could really tell wanted to get out of the hot carriage. Charity smiled. Although Star Flower was a princess, she looked and dressed much more differently than her older sister with her short, jet black hair, fierce emerald eyes, and was dressed in green and black clothes which brought out her eyes; a green vest with white embroidery of dragons, unicorns, flowers, and had the shield of Ethera. This vest covered her tunic, and she wore back pants which went with her leather boots. On her back was a quiver of arrows with a long bow, and a leather belt was around her waist which had a small dagger, and a medium-sized but long sword attached to it. Star looked more like a feminine boy than a princess, or at least a warrior.
Charity smiled again at her poor sister. Star was not used to being stuck in a hot stuffy carriage for long hours. Usually she would be riding a horse, free in the open fresh air, with the men, but Star had faithfully chosen to remain with her older to kept her company. Star Flower was a Flower Guardian, one of the three princesses born during the six days of child birth, the youngest of the triplets born on the six day. With warrior blood running through their veins these guardians were also marked with a single diamond, not the heir symbol, but the Guardian symbol which contained their guardian gifts. The Heir symbol contained the powers of the Etherian kingdom, and usually appeared on the first born of the Royal family. Star had a glittery green diamond on her forehead which marked her as a Flower Guardian, a protector of Etheria, and its people.
("She's the lucky one,") thought Charity enviously, ("she gets to go out and do wonderful, yet normal things, while I have to learn all the manners and future obligations as a queen.") Charity then thought again deeply, and smiled as she thought happily, ("but that'll all change soon this year.")
Star looked at Charity and said grumpily, "I don't understand what you're smiling about. I hate this stupid hot stuffy carriage!! I want to get out of this place!! She crossed her arms as she sat moodily. Charity held back a grin. Star was acting like a child instead of a princess. ("What am I thinking?.") Charity chided herself angrily. ("Star's only nine years old, a year younger then me. She's still a child even though she's a princess. But then again,") Charity thought, while smiling, ("She's too immature for her age.") Her other two sisters were much more mature. Song and Sky were less playful, and much more mature. They held their tongues while Star tended to speak what was on her mind, and did things before thinking it over thoroughly. Still though, Charity loved Star the way she was for Star always was there for her and always made her happy.
Star spoke up once again, grumpily, "I wish we were at home right now, or even back at the Eastern Islands. Everybody liked me over there and it was really great studying with the Eastern Warriors, although I missed our sisters at home greatly." Charity grimaced. Even though Star had liked the Eastern Islands for everybody liked her warrior spirit and openmindess, but Charity had not liked it. There she had to work very hard at her etiquette lessons and steps in becoming a good queen. The princesses there were very jealous of her and her beauty, and had criticized everything she did behind her back. The only one that made her feel welcome was Princess Hope who was the same age as Star and whom Charity missed.
Charity looked at Star and said sadly, "I wish we were at home too, my dear sister." Star looked at Charity, smiled sadly at her, and said gently, "Poor Charity, I wonder how awful it is for you to have to take all those lessons to become queen. All those lessons in walking properly, good manners, and other things. I had to take all those lessons too remember?" Charity held back a smile, she would never forget. Star was the worstest one of all the princesses at taking those lessons. She almost always got everything wrong, and often tripped herself or the teacher when trying to walk or dance properly. But then, Charity mused, ("she never gave up at it even though she hated it so bad. She actually became a proper lady, when she wasn't wearing her warrior's clothes. Though it did take her forever to do so.") Charity remembered the one time Star had accidentally broke the etiquette teacher's nose when trying to curtsy properly. Charity stifled a giggle. Star sensed this and continued, "See what I mean? You always try to hide your feelings and be careful of everything you do and say, afraid that everyone will dislike you because of it. I'm glad that I do not have that tremendous burden to become the future queen of Etheria. It must be very hard on you. I wish you were one of us, Charity. But cheer up, soon you'll be happy."
Charity smiled loving at her younger sister. Star could be so wise and understanding sometimes, when she wasn't so stubborn and hard-headed. "Thank you for caring so much Star," Charity said gently with a reassuring voice. Star perked up, and asked hopefully, "Now do you have any idea how we can get out of this stuffy carriage?" Charity shook her head no fiercely, and laughed merrily when she saw the funny, yet disappointed look on Star's face. "Well at least I got you to laugh," Star muttered.
Gregory of Laxen raised his rough, yet smooth hand up to shield the hot, burning rays of the Etheria sun away from his deep blue eyes, sweat pouring down his face as he wiped the sandy-colored hair bangs filled with sweat away, pausing from his toil in the wheat field as he looked up at his father, Andres of Laxen who had also stopped working to listen to the strange, yet familar-like sound.
There was a loud sound coming from the road next to their field. It sounded as if someone was riding a horse very hard and fast. Gregory and Andres looked at each other, confused looks on both of their faces. No one ever rode on the road next to the field very fast; it was too dangerous with all of the deep holes and sharp rocks. The sound kept on growing louder and louder. Suddenly two men, clearly soldires dressed in red, and black uniforms which bore the sign of the black dragon, emerged into view, riding on fearsome-looking balzck stallions who as they galloped, nipped at each other, still running, driven on by the soldirs who urged them on, whipping at them, and they quickly passed the field, and quickly dissapeared out of view.
Gregory gaped at the road where the men in uniform dissapeared out of view, only a few moments before, thinking rapidly. ("What in the name of Etheria were Dracon soldiers doing here? Aren't they suppose to be at war with the Ethera kingdom?!! They're heading toward Ethera, they must be up to something!!") Gregory's father looked at his son helplessly, as he asked with a hint of disbelief in his voice, "Were those, Dracon soldiers we just saw?!" "Yes Father," said Gregory, not believing it himself, "They must be here to kill or capture the princess!" "No," said Andres firmly, "She's studying at the Eastern Islands with her younger sister, remember? She's safe from harm." "But I thought she was coming back this month, isn't she?," Gregory asked. "Oh no...," Gregory's father groaned, "We must try to warn her somehow!" "But how Father?," Gregory asked questionly.
Suddenly they heard more noise coming from the road. Really loud noise. They both quickly twirled around to see what else was coming. Gregory's jaw dropped. A mangificent sight had come into view. Gallilent men-in-armor and knights bearing the colors of Ethera rode into view, all of them on mangificent mares, and they seemed to be guarding a beautiful white carriage that was being pulled by majestic white mares. Gregory closed hes mouth quickly, as he drew in his breath sharply and asked hes father, bewilderd, "Isn't that the royal carriage of Princess Charity?!"Gregory's father looked pale. He said quickly to Gregory, "Those two soldiers we just saw, must be rushing ahead to warn others like them that the princess is coming, so that they can ambush the princess!!" We have to stop them!" Gregory eyed the fierce looking men-in-armor, gluped, and asked, "Father how are we supposed to do that? Those men might accidently kill us if we try to stop them. They might think we are the ones trying to harm the princess and attack us instead!"
Andres ingored his son, and began running toward the carriage while yelling, "Stop! Stop! There is danger ahead of you!" A knight in silver armor with the colors of Ethera on his shield, pulled hard on his reins, as he raised up one of his gloved hands and signaled for the men and the drivers to stop. Four men quickly leaped from their horses and moved in to block the front of the carriage door, their swords and shields drawn.
"Hey! The carriage has stopped moving! All right! Maybe we can get out now!," said Star happily. "What is Sir. Edward doing?!," Charity muttered as she tried vailently to see what was happening through her carriage window, but four bulky men blocked the view.
The tall knight with blond hair and blue eyes quickly vaulted of the horse, drew
his sword and pointed it at Andres' throat, only a fraction of a inch away. A who had already halted, hestitated, and gulped as his eyes stayed on the sharp point of the sword. The knight snapped sharply at Andres, "What is the meaning of this instrustion!??" Andres tried to bow like all commoners should do to nobles, but stopped quickly when he saw that the sword was still pointed at his throat.
Andres stuttered, "Um...good sir, I am Andres Lowen of Laxen, and this is my son Gregory," Andres motioned toward Gregory who had quietly moved to his father's side, "We were just toiling in our wheat field when we saw two men wearing uniforms of black and red pass us on this very road. They were Dracon soldiers, this I am sure of for I was a Etheran soldier once. After this had happened, the royal carriage cam, and we realized that the princess must be in great danger, so we stopped you from going on ahead."
"Nonsense," The knight said sharply, "Our forces protect the borders of this reigon! No enemy forces can penetrate them!" The knight then motioned for the soldiers to move on.
Suddenly, a soft, yet commanging voice rang out. "Stop at once!" The carriage door flew open, as a young girl stood there. The sight took Gregory's breath away. The girl was breathtaking beautiful, clearly a true princess, with her long and beautifull, white hair which seemed purer than a unicorn's mane, her kind, yet commanding sliver eyes a beautiful, yet kind face, and a slender figure concealed in a beautiful silky light blue gown trimmed with white lace, and a heautiful white crystal on a silver chain hung around her slender neck.
She motioned for the four men to move aside, out of her way as she desended from the carriage gracefully on her blue diamond slippers. Gregory quickly kneeled when he saw the white, pure-like oval diamond embedded in her forehead; the mark of the heir, Princess Charity Flower. Andres tried to kneel too, but he stopped abruptly when he realized that the knight's sword was still pointed toward his throat. "Put that down," the Princess ordered, "Is that any way a true knight of Ethera treats the people he protects? Threatening a citizen of the Ethera kingdom's life when he is unharmed?"
The knight sheathed his sword quickly and moved toward the princess as Andres breathed a sign of releif and kneeled. "Your Highness," the knight said anixously, moving toward the Princess, "You shouldn't be out here!" A voice inside of the carriage rang out at the knight, "Princess Charity can take care of herself. You should obey her wishes. Besides its too hot and stuffy in this carriage. We need fresh air anyways!" Another girl emerged from the royal carriage.
Unlike the princess who was dressed in finery, the girl was dressed in a black tunic, and shirt with black pants, and a green embroidered yellow threaded vest that covered the shirt, along with brown leather boots. Gregory stared. He had never seen a girl dressed in this fashion before. She looked more like a feminine boy or a warrior than a lady with her short, jet black hair, fierce emerald eyes which reflected a warrior's glare, but yet had a playful glint to them. She also had a quvier full of arrows on her back, along with a longbow, and there was also a leather belt around her tunic, and waist, a small dagger and a long sword attached to it.
Gregory wondered briefly if the girl knew how to use the weapons. Gregory's eyes wandered back to her forehead, and was startled. Ther, right on her forehead was a small green, glittery diamond, shaped as a star. Gregory thought rapidly. This girl was a Flower Guardian, a true warrior princess, a protector of Etheria, sworned to protect the planet and its rulers. Gregory could hardly believe how the day was turning out.He had met the heir to the throne and a true warrior princess. What else was next?
The girl smiled at Gregory and his father. "You must excused Sir Edward's behavior, he tends to be rather stubborn, and harsh at times," the girl said while glaring at the knight who had clenched his jaws tight. It was clear that the two disliked each other. The girl spoke to them again, " I am Princess Star Flower of Ethera, the Guardian of Universe. Please rise, my sister and I do not like it when people kneel to us." Andres and Gregory stood up, hesitant. Princess Charity then spoke to them, "Why do you prevent us from reaching our destination?"
Andres bowed deeply, and repeated to her what he had told Sir. Edward. Sir. Edward looked angrilly at Andres and Gregory, and said to Princess Charity, " Your Highness this has to be a trick! How could Dracon soldirs have gotten into the Ethera kingdom with our mighty forces guarding the borders? It's impossible!!" Princess Star stared angrilly at Sir. Edward as she snapped at him, "Use your head!! Our forces cannot protect every inch of our border. No force is perfect! Even our force has faults in it!. Besides our whole force isn't at the borders, we sent some to guard other kingdoms' borders as well, not just our own." Sir. Edward just stared at Star, fury in his eyes.
Charity looked at both of them, and sighed, "Star is right Sir. Edward. Enemy fores can penetrate our borders no matter how large our forces are. Star?," Charity beckoned for her sister, "We will need our sisters' help in evaluating this situtation. Will you call them please, Star?" Star smiled. "I thought you would never ask," Star said happily. She extended her fingers, and had raised them, when suddenly Sir. Edward spoke, "Wait!," he said firmly as Star lowered her fingers and turned to stare at him, as did everyone else.
Sir. Edward continued, "Princess, why do you need to call upon Lotus and Storm Flower? My men and I can scout ahead. We have no need of your sisters." Princess Charity looked at him, her patience wearing out as she said sternly, "Sir. Edward, Star is right, you do not use your head. The Dracon soldires might sense you and your men coming with their magic. My sisters are immune to that, no one can sense their magic except a member of the Flower family, or another Flower Guardian, which I doubt they have. Also, they are sworned to protect me, so they should be here right now, taking care of the danger, now stop questioning my orders!"
Princess Charity motioned for Star to continue. Star nodded, and asked Andres, "Where are we now?" Andres, suprised by her question, answered, "We are in Laxen of course." Star nodded, "I thought so. It's too far away for me to try and reach them by telepathically, I'll have to do it the harder way" Star then extended her fingers on her right hand, raised it up in midair, and brought pure green fire to her fingertips. Sir. Edward, Andres, and Gregory backed away from the light, alarmed. Star quickly drew a star in the air with her magic, and it hung there amazely.
Star chanted a few words they did not understand. The star on her forehead begin to glow with a glitterly green light as the green light went out of her fingers. Star then spoke, "I just opened up a dimension to let my sisters know I'm heere in need of them, and so they'll find us quickly. Ouch!! My head! Whenever I use this spell it always gives me a awful headache. Oh, my sisters will come soon." They all waited.
Song and Sky had begun training hard with their training master, Sire Allan of Nazeran, when they felt the call. "What was that?!" Sky asked Song with surprise showing on her face. "It must be Star. She and Charity must be in trouble! We must go now!," Song said. Song's and Sky's staffs clanged to the ground as they dissapeared, leaving their bewildered teacher holding only a staff in his hands, wondering where in the name of Etheria, had Lotus and Storm went.
Gregory and the others watched as the star in the air dissapeared, and a silver and blue mist appeared before them, where the star had been. As they watched, amazed by the sight, two girls stepped out of the mist. They were wearing clothes like Star's except they were different colors. One had hair like Charity's except it was slivery, and she had blue eyes tat seemed to be filled with knowledge and wisdom and she had a sliver vest on with black embroidery. This one seemed like Charity. The other one had medium-cut blond hair, fierce sky-blue eyes, and seemed to have a warrior- like aura around her, and she wore a sky-blue vest with white embroidery. She seemed more like Star. Both of them had diamonds embedded in their foreheads. The girl with silver hair had a sliver, tear-shaped diamond, and the one with blond hair had a round, sky-blue daimond which seemed to sparkle inside.
The one with sliver hair stepped forward, and asked, "Younger sister, why do you call us? Is something wrong?" Star beamed at the girl, "I called you because Charity told me to, Lotus." Charity stepped forward, and introduced the two girls to the others. "This is my sister, Princess Lotus Flower, Guardian of Life," Charity motioned toward Song, the girl with sliver hair, who curstied. "And there is also my other sister, Princess Storm Flower, Guardian of Nature." Charity motioned toward Sky, who also curstied. Gregory looked from the two girls to Star. These three girls were triplets? They all looked so different from each other!
Charity spoke again, "My sisters, I have called upon you, because we have received information that there in danger on the road ahead of us. The Dracon country might be involved in this. I want you, along with Star to scout and ahead and see what you find. You may report back to me when you are done." The two sisters, and Star then cutsied again, and said in unison with each other, "Yes, sister" They all then began running hard on the road in the direction that the Dracon soldiers had dissapeared. Charity watched them as they went while thinking a small prayer, Mother Etheria, guide my sisters, and keep them safe from harm. Sir. Edward also watched them go, his mouth thin.
Author's note: I know that this chapter is very long and doesn't have much action in it yet, but I was going to make it longer, but I couldn't type it all out in time. The next chapter should be more exciting. If you want anymore information, or want to comment, please sent me a review, but if you rather sent me a email that's fine. I would continue on with the story, but Winter Break's coming soon, and I won't be able to get on the internet. But I'll be able to write at least two more chapters, so don't be sad, cause I'll be back soon.
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