Author's Note: Mountain Rose is where the Destiny part comes into play..
It's staged 13 years after Chapter 3, just so none gets confused.. *sees
some already are* or even more confused..
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'Manetheren... In the old tongue it means "the Mountain Rose". To me it's a symbol of my endless loneliness. I was but a child when strange, unnatural fires began to ravage the homes in the village. Village... More like a small tribe of people, desperately clinging onto the ruins of Manetheren... Ruins of a once proud kingdom.
You see, Manetheren wasn't always this small band of people. Once, 3000 years past, she was a proud and noble kingdom. The pride and joy of the mountain realm. Her people were proud, strong, loyal and beautiful. Then the wicked dark mistresses of magic descended, from what is know known as the witches caverns, onto Manetheren. Her people fought hard and true but... The witches had manipulated a lowland kingdom, known as Masacai, and their forces combined devastated them. But they were the people of Manetheren, the people of the Mountain Home, and they would not give up easily. They managed to seal away this evil, but her people were scattered, and Manetheren was destroyed.
Over the centuries the surviving royal family, of which I am, along side the people have managed to contain their evil. But Manetheren is destroyed and I suspect it is some plot of the Witches' Caverns to annulated the mountain defense. I stress this because I wish to show how it hurt me so when I, a young man of 13, was accused of causing these fires. Starting these divesting fires with the forbidden dark art of fire. Fearing I was in league with the witch cavern, they tried to end 'my' threat. Fortunately I was whisked away by my sensei."
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A soft knock sounds on the door to the private study causing an indigo haired man to look up from the book he had been writing in. Without waiting for a reply it opens and insteps a young girl. Her hair, the match of her father, hangs down to just her shoulders. Her bright violet eyes look up at him eagerly as she walks over to his desk. "Good Morning, Father" She smiles sweetly at him.
"Good Morning, Anika." He says as looking down at what she wears then back up at her face... She was dressed for riding.
She notices his glance and smiles again. "You promised that for my birthday you'd take me and mom to Manetheren, to see the moon roses bloom."
Henry leans back in his chair and nods his head softly with a smile. He certainly wasn't going to disappoint his daughter. "So I did... Go get your Mother and brother so Ill have a moment to get ready."
With a gleeful sound she turns and hurries out of the room to look for her Mother and brother. He smiles as he watches her leave then gets up and walks over to the grand fireplace. Sitting above it, suspended for the world to see, hangs the shining Manetheren Shield.. Once held and wielded by a great warrior who was merged of both Human and Digimon.. The ultimate partnership of between humans and digimon...
Gently he reaches up and pulls it down, setting it onto a table. Walking over to his chair he lifts his sword belt up and straps it on, then picking up the shield he heads outside. Waiting out in the courtyard he grins as he sees that there are a bit more people gathered than he had expected. Along with Rika, Anika and his son stand Miyako and Kazu with their girl Akane. Akane sits upon her horse with light brown hair cut just above her shoulders and violet colored eyes. Also among the congregation stands Bakura, the Queens personal advisor.
Gripping the saddle horn of his large black mare and mounts, turning it around to the others. "Everyone ready to go?"
With a collective yes they turn their horses and start out toward the mountains, and his home... Manetheren.
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Anika gazes around the narrow mountain pass as she rides next to her father.. Here and there she could catch a glace of rabbits and hawks, as well as a variety of wild mountain flowers. "How much longer until we reach Manetheren?"
Henry looks up at her and then around them. "We should be there by nightfall.."
She sighs and goes back to looking about at the scenery. It was colder than down home but her father said it was just cause they were higher up. She glances over at her brother trying, without much success, to flirt with Akane..
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As she started to doze off in her saddle they suddenly mounted a hill and the sight below brought her almost out of her seat. There below them was a sheltered mountain valley.. No more like a plateau that had sunken into the land. Off to the west she could see a large lake and beside it the runs of an ancient city.. The hill was covered in lush green grasses and off to the east was a small forest. It was a breathtaking sight..
She looked over at her father and could see a mix of pain, joy, and longing... "Well everybody" she saw him pause a moment "welcome to MY lands.."
She hung back watching her parents and Bakura talk.. Tomorrow night was the next full moon... And she should get to see the beautiful white moon roses.. She looks about herself and thinks that after seeing the beauty of the land she wasn't sure if the phrase, the beautiful Mountain Rose, her father had used referred to the roses or to this beautiful place..
She could hardly wait until the faithful moment when she would get to watch those beautiful white roses bloom. In fact the only thing she thought was less than beautiful about this place... Were the dozes of crosses on the hill that marked the graves of her ancestors. 'Well there isn't anything I can do about It..' With that she set off to explore, unaware that two eyes were watching her from afar..
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'Manetheren... In the old tongue it means "the Mountain Rose". To me it's a symbol of my endless loneliness. I was but a child when strange, unnatural fires began to ravage the homes in the village. Village... More like a small tribe of people, desperately clinging onto the ruins of Manetheren... Ruins of a once proud kingdom.
You see, Manetheren wasn't always this small band of people. Once, 3000 years past, she was a proud and noble kingdom. The pride and joy of the mountain realm. Her people were proud, strong, loyal and beautiful. Then the wicked dark mistresses of magic descended, from what is know known as the witches caverns, onto Manetheren. Her people fought hard and true but... The witches had manipulated a lowland kingdom, known as Masacai, and their forces combined devastated them. But they were the people of Manetheren, the people of the Mountain Home, and they would not give up easily. They managed to seal away this evil, but her people were scattered, and Manetheren was destroyed.
Over the centuries the surviving royal family, of which I am, along side the people have managed to contain their evil. But Manetheren is destroyed and I suspect it is some plot of the Witches' Caverns to annulated the mountain defense. I stress this because I wish to show how it hurt me so when I, a young man of 13, was accused of causing these fires. Starting these divesting fires with the forbidden dark art of fire. Fearing I was in league with the witch cavern, they tried to end 'my' threat. Fortunately I was whisked away by my sensei."
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A soft knock sounds on the door to the private study causing an indigo haired man to look up from the book he had been writing in. Without waiting for a reply it opens and insteps a young girl. Her hair, the match of her father, hangs down to just her shoulders. Her bright violet eyes look up at him eagerly as she walks over to his desk. "Good Morning, Father" She smiles sweetly at him.
"Good Morning, Anika." He says as looking down at what she wears then back up at her face... She was dressed for riding.
She notices his glance and smiles again. "You promised that for my birthday you'd take me and mom to Manetheren, to see the moon roses bloom."
Henry leans back in his chair and nods his head softly with a smile. He certainly wasn't going to disappoint his daughter. "So I did... Go get your Mother and brother so Ill have a moment to get ready."
With a gleeful sound she turns and hurries out of the room to look for her Mother and brother. He smiles as he watches her leave then gets up and walks over to the grand fireplace. Sitting above it, suspended for the world to see, hangs the shining Manetheren Shield.. Once held and wielded by a great warrior who was merged of both Human and Digimon.. The ultimate partnership of between humans and digimon...
Gently he reaches up and pulls it down, setting it onto a table. Walking over to his chair he lifts his sword belt up and straps it on, then picking up the shield he heads outside. Waiting out in the courtyard he grins as he sees that there are a bit more people gathered than he had expected. Along with Rika, Anika and his son stand Miyako and Kazu with their girl Akane. Akane sits upon her horse with light brown hair cut just above her shoulders and violet colored eyes. Also among the congregation stands Bakura, the Queens personal advisor.
Gripping the saddle horn of his large black mare and mounts, turning it around to the others. "Everyone ready to go?"
With a collective yes they turn their horses and start out toward the mountains, and his home... Manetheren.
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Anika gazes around the narrow mountain pass as she rides next to her father.. Here and there she could catch a glace of rabbits and hawks, as well as a variety of wild mountain flowers. "How much longer until we reach Manetheren?"
Henry looks up at her and then around them. "We should be there by nightfall.."
She sighs and goes back to looking about at the scenery. It was colder than down home but her father said it was just cause they were higher up. She glances over at her brother trying, without much success, to flirt with Akane..
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As she started to doze off in her saddle they suddenly mounted a hill and the sight below brought her almost out of her seat. There below them was a sheltered mountain valley.. No more like a plateau that had sunken into the land. Off to the west she could see a large lake and beside it the runs of an ancient city.. The hill was covered in lush green grasses and off to the east was a small forest. It was a breathtaking sight..
She looked over at her father and could see a mix of pain, joy, and longing... "Well everybody" she saw him pause a moment "welcome to MY lands.."
She hung back watching her parents and Bakura talk.. Tomorrow night was the next full moon... And she should get to see the beautiful white moon roses.. She looks about herself and thinks that after seeing the beauty of the land she wasn't sure if the phrase, the beautiful Mountain Rose, her father had used referred to the roses or to this beautiful place..
She could hardly wait until the faithful moment when she would get to watch those beautiful white roses bloom. In fact the only thing she thought was less than beautiful about this place... Were the dozes of crosses on the hill that marked the graves of her ancestors. 'Well there isn't anything I can do about It..' With that she set off to explore, unaware that two eyes were watching her from afar..
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