The Return of the Blue-eyes Princess
Chapter 1
The glow from the streetlights slowly dimmed till they had gone out completely. All the way down the long street of Sumeria. The darkness of the night grew darker and a cold wind blew through the darkened streets. A faint purple light appeared out of no where in the darkness of the alley. The light had black clouds swirling inside it. The way it all appeared it looked just like a portal, which it was. But a portal to where? No one knew, but one. From the fog of the portal came a bright light or more of a flash one quick flash of light and the portal was gone. Leaving only a young woman sprawled out on her back in the small stones that were scattered around the concrete alley. Groaning softly she pushed herself up so she was sitting up. She looked around trying to get her bearings straight, but with one slight move of her head she could feel her head pounding. She placed her hand on her head. "Next time they don't have to throw me on my head." She mumbled softly to herself. She looked up to the beautiful starlit sky, watching the stars flicker. "It's good to be home..." She spoke once again to the night, smiling slightly as she closed her eyes, taking a deep breath, breathing in the night air of the small city where she once lived. She pushed herself up to her feet and the lights flickered back on. With the lights back on her features could be seen better by whoever was near. Her long black and blue hair was tied back in tight ponytail, except for two thick strands on either side of her face. Each strand was held together by a metal clasp. She had the most beautiful, strange, but brilliant tricolor eyes. The wide outer edges were rich deep blue, and there were two thin circles around her pupils: one blood red and the other was a black as dark as night. But what made her eyes like no others was that the black and red trailed out across the blue of her irises like streaks of lightning. Over her left eye was a scar but that slight scar did not taint her beauty. She wore a red shirt that cut off at her stomach. Over that was a black jean jacket that reached just below the shirt. The black matching jeans held her hips tight but hung a little low. Tucked under her jeans were her black leather combat boots that for some reason looked more feminine than masculine. On the back of her hand was a tattoo of a blue tribal dragon outlined with a thick black. The tattoo trailed up her arm over her wrist and stopping dead center of her forearm.
She closed her beautiful tricolor eyes, speaking softly to herself, speaking words that were unknown to all humans. "Ussta abbilen... Ussta s'argten... Doer ulu uns'aa qualla... Usstan ssrig'luin dosst xxizz..." She opened her eyes again as a bright flash appeared before her. Once the flash had faded a woman with greenish-blue skin stepped toward her. Her long yellow hair trailed down her back with a few strands loose which hung over her shoulders. She wore a long green tunic that dragged slightly on the ground as she walked. Behind her was another young woman. She looked more human than the first but she was still different. She wore a tall purple and pink hat that resembled the pointed hats that you see witches wearing on Halloween. Her short armored dress matched the hat and so did her boots. Her shoulder length yellow hair was tucked under the hat except for a few pieces of it that lay on her shoulders. The two women smiled to the first and bowed slightly at the waist, in unison the two spoke, "It is good to have you home, Lady Kalim." Kalim, as they called her, smiled and bowed back but more of to be polite to her friends then as they did to her. "Mysti..." She said to the woman with the odd colored skin, "It is good to see you again." She turned and looked to the other. "I... do not believe we have met." The other woman smiled and bowed "Maybe not in person, princess, but I already know enough about you. I am Rose... Mage's sister." Kalim smiled "It is nice to meet you. But... where is Mage?" Mysti and Rose looked to each other then looked down. Mysti sighed and stepped forward placing her hand on Kalim's shoulder. "Kalim… I'm sorry…" She quickly jerked away and looked to both of them "What's going on?" Mysti sighed again and looked back to Rose who was still looking down at the ground; she turned back to Kalim, her face serious and sad. "Kalim… Mage… is dead…"
Kalim shook her head, "You're lying…"
"Why would I lie about something like this?!"
"Damn it, Mysti! He's not dead! You're a damn liar! He promised me he would be waiting for me when I got back! He wouldn't break it!"
"Kalim! I'm sorry but that's the truth! There's nothing you can do about it!"
Kalim shook her head and suddenly began feeling weak, falling to her knees. Mysti and Rose ran to her side and knelt down beside her. Rose sighed softly. "Let's go home…" Rose's voice was so distant it didn't seem like she was talking to either of them, just talking to some unseen person near them.
They still lived on that same small island about 4,000 miles from any civilization. But they all lived there happily, or they did. Their large home stood in the center of the island. It was more of a mansion because of how big it was. But most of the rooms had gone unused for a few years. They were used once for the princess's training but she didn't need it that much anymore. When she did go in there it was only for her to work on her fighting styles or maybe to learn a new one. The mansion was surrounded by fruitful trees. The waves of the ocean slapped against the shore as the seagulls called out from high above. It had been a few hours since Kalim returned to the small island she called home. Now she stood on the shore looking over the shining blue water at the rising sun, she watched the many colors fill the sky. The wind from the water blew past her and she slowly brushed her hair out of her face. In her hand was Mage's staff, one of the few things she had left of him. Closing her eyes she let out a soft sigh. "Good-bye, My Mage." She turned and walked through the sand and grass up to the stone steps that lead to her home. Once inside she quickly headed up to her room, not stopping to say anything to Mystic, Rose, or Garen, her third guardian. As she walked into her room, she closed the door and locked it. She took off her boots and her jacket and curled up on the bed, pulling the blankets over her; she closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep. Two tears falling from her closed eyes onto her pillow. At least she could visit him in her dreams, or at least that's what she hoped.
Around noon Kalim woke to a silent home. She could hear the waves outside and the seagulls cawing over the water. She stood up and stretched, heading into her bathroom to wash up. Once she finished she quickly got dressed in a black short top with a matching black denim skirt that stopped just above her knees. She dried her hair and pushed it back behind her ears except for the two strands with the metal clasp on them, those she let hang over her face slightly. Walking out of her bathroom she sat down on the bed and pulled her boots back on. She got up and walked to her dresser opening her jewelry box, reaching into the box she pulled out a gold necklace with a ring hanging on it, she touched the ring gently and smiled as she remembered how she got it.
"I want you to have this…" Mage smiled as he handed her the golden ring with a purple gem in the center.
"Wow… it's beautiful… But are you sure I can have it?" Kalim looked up to him as she held the ring tightly in her hands.
He nodded and took the golden chain that she always wore off her neck, slipping the ring onto it. He smiled and put it back on her. "A gift from one friend to another…"
She nodded and smiled, throwing her arms around him and hugging him tightly. "Thank you, Mage!"
Pulling the necklace on she let it hang down over her shirt. She touched the purple gem in the center of the ring, then opened her dresser and pulled out a pair of black arm warmers, pulling them both on making sure the tattoo on her right arm was hidden. Pushing the drawer closed with her hip she grabbed two silver cuffs and fastened them tightly on her wrists. She looked up from the cuffs to the mirror above her dresser just checking herself to make sure everything was nice and neat. She turned and left the room, heading to the kitchen where Garen, Mysti, and Rose sat eating their lunch. There was an empty seat at the table with a plate and silverware set up. They all looked up from their food, silently staring at her. "Good Morning…" Kalim said, feeling like she needed to be the one to break the silence. "Good Afternoon." Garen said sarcastically with a smile. Rose stood up. "I made you breakfast but it got cold so I made you some macaroni and cheese for lunch. I know it's your favorite." Kalim smiled "Thanks." She sat down in the empty seat as Rose served her some of the food she made. Kalim tasted it "Wow… This is pretty good. Better than I can make." The three of them were happy to see her smile. They knew it would be a while for her to get over Mage. But they were willing to do all they could to make her feel better about losing her favorite guardian. The only one she truly loved.
After lunch Kalim walked out onto the beach where she saw Rose sitting on the sand, her legs curled up beside her as she looked over the water. Kalim walked over to her and knelt down in the sand, not saying a word.
"I think I know why you came out here this morning," Rose said as she continued to stare over the water, "it's easy to get lost, whether you are out on that water or sitting safely at home just looking out into it. You can forget all your troubles."
Kalim shook her head "Not all of them."
Rose sighed and looked to Kalim, "You really loved him, didn't you?"
Kalim turned to her shocked, "What?"
"My brother… you loved him, didn't you?"
Kalim looked down and closed her eyes, nodding slowly. Rose sighed, "I figured as much… Why didn't you tell him?"
She kept her head down, "I should've told him."
"Yes… Why didn't you?"
"I… was scared… like it was forbidden for a guardian to love the one he was protecting, especially a princess."
"It is, but…"
"But I should've… I should've told him…" She looked up slightly and sighed.
Rose looked to her, thinking about what to say for a moment then said, "My brother would've given up everything just to be with you… His life, his families… even his magic. Just to be with you… He loved you. Whether you knew it or not he did."
Kalim looked down her, "Don't you miss him?"
"Of course I do! He was the only family I had."
"He was the best guardian I had… He was also my best friend… Ever since I was little I felt like he was the greatest thing that has happened to me. I loved him…"
"I know you did… and he loved you too."
Kalim reached forward placing her hands into the water as the waves came toward her, "I just wish I could've heard it from him…"
"Did you ever do anything to show you loved him?"
Kalim thought for a moment, and then nodded slowly. "Once… The last day I had with my guardians before I fought the Red-eyes Knight. I was standing on the balcony over looking the wasteland…." She closed her eyes, remembering that night.
"Are you alright, Princess?"
She smiles and looks to him, "Please, Mage, no formalities… It's been really annoying hearing it from everyone else in the castle. Not you too… Ok?"
He nodded and laughed slightly, "Alright, Kalim." He handed her a glass of red wine. She smiled and took it. "Thanks…" Sipping it slowly she looked back out over the wasteland, where she knew the final battle would take place.
"You're nervous, aren't you?"
"Nervous? No no no… The correct words are 'dead scared'."
"I offered to go with you…"
"I don't want you to get hurt… It's dangerous out there… I don't want you out there."
"And I want that for you?"
"Mage… this is my destiny."
He set the glass down on the stone rail of the balcony. "And my destiny is to protect the princess."
"You do not need to die to protect me…" She set her glass down next to his and looked back down at the wasteland, leaning on the railing.
"I risked my life once before in my attempt to bring you home."
She turned and looked up to him, "What?"
He looked down to her and stood like a knight would before a king or a queen but a little looser. "When you went to fight the Knight for the first time, you told me to stay back so that I wouldn't get hurt. I followed you anyway. I watched it all. I watched the battle. I watched… I watched you die… When it was all over I tried so hard to wake you. I tried to revive you but… I failed… I was weak from all the magic I had used but I was still strong enough to take you to your new home. The place where you parents slept in their eternal rest and now you would join them. You… the beautiful princess who had so much life in her the night before and now had none left. I took you to them and the thing that bothered me the most was that I had to dig the grave for the greatest person in history. The beautiful princess that I was sent to protect. Before I let you go… I…" he shook his head.
"What? You what?"
He placed his hand on her cheek, "I cried for you. I cried for the most wonderful person in the world who had given her life to stop this man from destroying us all. Before I left… I said good-bye… with a kiss. For a moment I was hoping this was all a dream and with that one kiss you would wake. But you didn't and my heart was torn… I left you with your parents and that was that…"
She looked up to him as he looked down. She noticed that remembering that day pained him and she wished she knew what she could do. She placed her hand under his chin and lifted his face so he was looking to her; she looked into his eyes and smiled slightly. She held his hand on her cheek, "A good-bye kiss? Then… I must say… Good-bye to you, My Mage…" She pulled her hand off of his and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her lips gently against his. He was a little surprised at first but it didn't take long before he let into it and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him.
"And that was it…" Kalim's voice broke as she spoke and she wiped her tears away. "The next day I was with him in the morning… I would've kissed him again but I knew I couldn't with our superiors there… But I wanted to so bad… Just in case I would never be able to see him again… That was the last I saw of Mage…"
Rose moved closer to her and hugged her "I understand… We'll all miss him"