Hey thanks for all the reviews (only 1). I am really sorry it took me so long to do this chapter but I've had real problems describing Daray and Lilithan's appearances and clothes. Also I've had trouble motivating myself maybe I need a muse…yeah it could be…no it should be…or what about…oops I'm going off track here's chapter two.
A New Sun
Chapter 2:Leaving Vale
By Daikar
After a long night of preparing our five young Adepts had finally got everything they needed ready for their journey. They had stayed up long into the night. And now as the first hints of daylight were appearing and a new sun (no pun intended) was rising into the sky the Adepts, Daray, Kith, Lilithan, Nerissa and Alexis, were struggling to keep their eyes closed trying to get a few more minutes of sleep. But unfortunately for them their families who knew how important a day it was weren't about to let them miss an early start. The shutters on the windows were opened and light came flooding into the four houses.
In Daray's home, he and Kith were awake and helping out with the morning chores before they had their breakfast (hey, they are people too).
Daray wore a navy tunic with a black belt and chest plate and close-fitting navy trousers. He had black boots that went over his trousers. He wore golden gloves on his hands and a golden cape covering a sheath on his back, which held his sword Muramasa. His black hair came out over his face, much like Saturos's hair, and his golden roots could be seen clearly on his crown.
Kith had on a black shirt just visible under his brown armour. He wore grey breeches and brown boots as well. He carried his sword, the Uranus Blade, in a sheath at his side where he could easily grab it if needed. His black hair was cut short with medium length bangs, slightly shorter than Isaac's. Any excitement he was feeling for the journey wasn't visible in his brown eyes.
"Now Daray before you and Kith leave are you sure you'll be okay, do you have everything you'll need? Maybe I should give some more food in case you can't find any." Daray's mother said.
"Mom we'll be fine I'm sixteen and Kith's seventeen and Lilithan, Nerissa and Alexis are the same age as me. You don't need to worry, if we get into trouble or anything we can't handle we'll return here straight away." Daray said reassuringly.
"We know you'll be fine, son. But when you spend years of your life looking after someone you find it hard to admit that they don't need you anymore, not only to them but also to yourself. Your mother and I will miss you but we know you have to do this, and we'll be rooting for you all the time." His father said.
"Thanks mom, dad. I promise as soon as we're no longer needed we'll be back." Daray said before he left the house. "C'mon Kith the others will be waiting."
"Okay just a sec. Amanda, Marcus thank you for letting me stay here." Kith said.
"You're welcome Kith but you know any friend of Daray's is always welcome here. Now you'd better not keep Daray waiting you know how impatient he gets." Daray's mother said.
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Meanwhile in Lilithan's home Lilithan had been awake for hours waiting for the time when she would be leaving with her four friends on the journey of a lifetime. She had dressed herself in an ocean blue robe with a pouch on the front which held healing items and some crystal powder. She wore cerulean blue boots that went up to her knees. Like her cousin Jenna, she had a short cape draped on her shoulders and she let her fair hair drape down against her back. Her cape was a pale reddish colour, not pink but not really red either. At her side was her whip.
Finally tired of waiting she went down the stairs of her little home to prepare breakfast to find that her family was already down there waiting for her. She had spent so much time changing her clothes around that she hadn't realised it was so late.
"You certainly took your time getting ready, Lily. We've had breakfast waiting for half an hour, I made most of it myself," her elder sister said to her smiling, "you always were the first awake but the last down for breakfast."
"Well, Maria, if somebody came to get me maybe I wouldn't be so late. I completely lost track of time choosing what to where. Anyway if you made it maybe I shouldn't have come down at all." Lilithan said laughing at her little joke.
"You should've done all the preparations last night, you always leave things to the last minute. You barely have time for breakfast. And don't insult my cooking its absolutely fine." Maria said.
"Yeah, fine for a dog to eat." Lilithan said laughing again.
"Girls, girls stop arguing this is Lily's last day with us for a while. Can we just have a peaceful breakfast?" Lilithan's father said.
"We're sorry." The two girls said.
After a rather rushed breakfast Lilithan said goodbye to her parents and her two sisters and left to meet the others at the town plaza.
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And while that was happening after finishing her breakfast Nerrissa was using her psynergy to fill her house with sunlight. Once she had done all the rooms in the house she got dressed. She put on a white and gold tunic and a cape with a picture of a sun on the back of it. She wore snow-white shoes (not the Disney movie) and carried a staff in her hands. Her long brown hair was held back with a headband with the bangs out at the front.
Her parents had said goodbye to her earlier that morning as they had gone to a market in another town. So she left and headed for the plaza where they had arranged to meet before setting off.
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Alexis who had been doing some last minute training by herself had returned to her house for breakfast with her family. They all had waited for Alexis to come in and surprised her as she walked through the door wearing her dark tunic and trousers and midnight blue cape. After they had eaten her sister had pulled Alexis' long dark hair to the side and held it in place with a silver comet shaped clip. She grabbed her sword, Excaliber, and made her way to the door.
"Goodbye mom, dad and Kelly I'm leaving now. I'll miss you but I'll be back soon. Be sure to take care of yourselves while I'm gone. And don't mess up my room or I'll kill you." Alexis said then walked silently to the plaza.
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At the plaza Daray and Kith found themselves there first and waited almost in silence except for Daray's attempts to get Kith talking. Shortly after they arrived Lilithan appeared and ran over to them.
"Oh Lilithan you're here finally. Kith's been silent since we arrived here and I've been going mad with the silence." Daray said.
"Are the others not here yet I thought I'd be the last one here since I was late leaving because I didn't do most of my preparations till this morning." Lilithan said.
"That doesn't surprise me which is probably why nobody is here besides us. They all knew you'd be late so they're taking their time." Daray said.
"I resent that remark I'm a very punctual person and further more…oh I can't do it," Lilithan said and burst out laughing, "I can't pretend I'm punctual I'm always late."
"Yes well I would have taken my time if Kith hadn't rushed me out of the house this morning." Daray said trying to hide a smile.
"You can't fool me Daray I know it was the other way around. You are THE most impatient person I know." Lilithan said.
"Well if you are going to be like that maybe I won't come at all. You've really hurt my feelings you know." Daray said pretending to cry.
Just then Nerissa arrived at the plaza with Alexis.
"What's wrong with Daray?" Nerissa asked when she saw Daray pretending to cry.
"Nothing he's just pretending he's hurt because Lilithan said he was impatient." Kith said finally speaking.
"Oh is that all. If that's the case then he can stop messing about and we'll go since he's probably been dying for us to leave." Nerissa said.
"About time too let's leave because the longer we leave it the closer Isaac and Garet will be to leaving for Lemuria. And if that happens then we'll never be able to get to them." Daray said.
With that they all took one last look at the place where they had spent most of their lives. They took one step out of the little mountainside village that protected Sol Sanctum and they…
End of chapter 2.
Well that was chapter two, hope you all liked it. Please feel free to express your opinions on the story in a review. And I hope the next chapter won't take as long to post.
To hnilmik aka Lilithan I hope my description of Lilithan is to your liking I'm not very good at medieval clothes descriptions either. Just tell me what you think of her and if there is anything you don't like just tell me and I'll fix/change it. Also if maybe you could let me make her a little less quiet it would probably make it a little easier for me to write on her. Bye.
