Sola to Romansu Book 1: Important Side-stories

by The Storyteller and his Books

Ever wondered where some of the Characters in the Story came from, or how they got where they are now? Now you have a chance to see some of them real close-up, their pasts, their battles, their believes and the choices they made. These chapters will give you insight in what happened inbetween the chapters of the mainstory, I hope for your understanding and that you enjoy it.

6. The House of Memories VI, Reflecting

空とロマンス

Sola to Romansu (Sky and Romance)

Important side-stories

Book 1: The House of Memories / Part 6

9 Years ago, Darven Islands, Chocolat´s Pov:

It was still snow-white outside but the location I saw before me, had changed drastically.

It was not the backyard of some high houses anymore, but the house we lived in now was a big two-story house with a wooden terrace, balconies and a big backyard.

It was shortly after the previous memory, as there still stood some cardboard-boxes standing around.

The Investigation of the Incident in the old Orphanage was closed as an unfortunate Gas-explosion, due to a leak in the pipes and that Felix accidently ignited the same, as he illuminated the light in the kitchen, as he wanted to get a glass of milk before bed, which resulted in the gas exploding, messign up the room, the furtniture and the rest of the gas-pipes in the kitchen.

The corpses of the Lycanians had already been disposed of by king Maranell, as well as their blood, to not raise more questions than necessary.

Ever since his outburst and cruel behavior towards me, during this time, Maxwell was grounded for 2 months, not that any of us left the Orphanage in the Darven-islands at all.

His position in the group of children has fallen to the lowest of positions, as dead last to care about.

Red on the other side was lifted and praised in all heights by his Orphanage-siblings, for his courage to stand up for others, I stayed at his side half of the day, following him around like a stalker, while the other half was spent in company of the weak Banmori, during the few moments of the day in which she did not slept.

The new Orphanage was provided with food by the man known as Quynne Savarin, King Maranell´s Disguise here in the Shepherd Republic as my current self now knew.

I wondered how he did his disguise though, but considering that one of his `sisters´ is apparently Queen Panmora, it was not really a wonder that he had learned to conceal his true appaerance before others.

It might be extremely difficult to do so, but actually anyone would be able to shape-shift, with a lot of training though and the needed condition, after all reshaping the own body takes an enormous amount of spiritual energy, the energy needed for all of our Spellcasting back home.

In Valhalla this Energy is called Esprit, here in the Shephered Republic the same is called Nono, the use of Magic is almost unknown here in the Republic and even if, only used by a few, mainly the Paladin-Trainees at Mau and in olden times also by the Paladins of Ragdoll, as much as I have read in the books of the Orphanage´s reading room.

Quynne Savarin, an old Friend of the Director and the benefactor of the Orphanage, a friendly old man who always wore a smile on his face when he visited us and who was especially fond of Red, which the same appreciated.

In my eyes, if the Director would be the mother to Red, then the Father would be Mr. Savarin, and it seemed as though the young Red saw it the same way.

Today we were to get visited by two other friends of the Director and Mr. Savarin, they were important to come as soon as they possibly could, so the Directors words, apparently one of the was a Psychologist, which would help us overcoming the traumata we had suffered 2 months ago, as many of the other children were nowadays afraid of the dark, I can't say I was not, but with Banmori and Red at my side, I was sure nothing would happen to me.

i often slept either at the sid eof both, Red didn´t seemed to mind it and often even embraced me like a plush-teddy, nuzzling into my hair, it was strange but comfortable.

Outside snow was falling and the fire in the Chimney burned gently, emitting a comfortable heat, at least so it did to me, even 2 months after that night the mood in the Orphanage was quite pressed, even though no one wanted to listen to his rambling, did Maxwell keep on saying that it was mine and Banmori´s fault that Felix died and the more he said it, the more it became a truth to me.

Ultimately our arrival at the Orphanage did trigger the incident somehow, but until today we still weren´t able to determine, how exactly the attackers found out about us being here with the Children and the Director in the first place.

However, whenever this theme was mentioned, I saw how Maxwell winced and then looked aside.

I didn´t want to believe that he had anything to do with it, any I had no concrete evidence, but the suspicious behavior of him at least indicated that he knew something.

Either way we were finally safe, such was told to us by King Maranell and I did believe him as he spoke with such conviction, thanks to that, I was able to calmly sit at the side of Banmori right now, which had dozen off in an armchair.

She didn´t looked good, her left arm was still bandaged, her face an back was bruised and battered and she often coughed blood, everyday a little more.

The two months she still had were almost over, more and more even I had to understand the fact, that soon she was no longer at my side.

Which was sad as in the times she was awake, she and the Director often vanished within her room, closing themselves in, doing something we should not know, but whenever we tried to eavesdrop, all we could hear was the sound of a Hammer falling on an Anvil.

It made me confused, but she told me not to worry when I asked her about it.

All of a sudden, she began to keep some secrets before me, even though our time was already so limited.

That incoming reality was what frightened me the most, if she dies, who will I still have in my life, am I allowed to live here, even though my very existence endangers the other orphans and the Director.

But still even when I would leave, where would I even go to..., I asked the King if he may take us to Panmora Pandaria, so we could find Lady Taluvien or any expert of the Kumear-hospitals and healers, but he said that for the time being his Sister had closed off her dimension, out of security measures, to organize the immigration of so many newbies, as well as to hide them from the pursuing Lycanians.

This way he was not able to contact her for the time being.

And due to the higher altitude of Shangri-La, it was also unwise to take Banmori up there, it might only make things worse than they are right now.

King Maranell Offered to bring one of the healers from there to the Orphanage but Banmori refused, a fact I could not understand even with her explanation.

"The war has already begun whether we want it or not, it might still last a while until it fully begins from anew, but the secret warfare has already begun, infiltration, kidnapping as well as the destruction of Politically powerfull elements..., to let the system, the structure of Alliances, collapse from within." Such was what she said as an explanation, whatever that meant.

What I knew and what I though was what she meant too, was the fact that Valhalla has fallen, the Kumears, if anyone of them is even still alive somewhere in this world, have spread too far without a trace for me to follow, the only ones I knew where to find were this Meiling Pandaria, which the Director told us about, myself and Banmori.

I was barely 4 years old, what could I do, a little girl like me in a big unknown world, a sheltered princess who had never seen conflict and death prior to these days, if I am on my own, I would be dead in but a few months.

Even though Banmori taught me the last 2 years, ever since we had arrived in the Shepherd Republic, on how to fight and to use elemental magic, was my body in no way ready to take on anyone older than perhaps 8 years and my mind was still unable to process the rightful manipulation of the elements to cast even one proper spell, not to mention from the mental and physical strain it took upon me.

My only remaining guardian was dying right before my eyes, everyday a little more, until all life would have fled her weakened body.

Even though we brought a doctor, from a hospital here in the Shepherd Republic, to us, even he told us that it was futile, the damage was long done and trying to remove the shards now, might cause more damage than what already was happening within her anyways.

Looking at her made me come to the realization just how fleeting a life really was.

There was no hope for her survival anymore, so I decided to spend every remaining minute I could with her, like a Mother and her daughter.

Or a loving Aunt and her niece.

"My, dear Choco..., are you there?" She asked.

"I am here, by your side Banmori." I replied as I gently took her hand, with heavy sorrow in my heart, she told me a night after the incident, that she was unable to see anymore.

The King called it Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness, a choronological blindness most likely unleashed by all the traumatic experiences she had lately..., the death of Bunbart, the destruction of Valhalla and the death of many of her friends, then the attack at the Ursa Grande and the attack here in the orphanage and the death of Felix and her own injuries from the fight with the Lycanians.

All of these stressful situations and tragedies slayed so much on her health that she ended up like this, crippled, practically blind and close to heaven´s door.

I hated it, I hated the fact that there comes a day in near Future, when she will no longer be by me side, that I will be no longer able to hug her, laugh with her, spent my time with her.

She was the best friend I had, ever since my birth, the one next to Anastasia, Mother and Father which I could always count on, for me she was like family.

Anastasia and I used to playfully call her Aunt Banmori and it made her smiling, to be considered as special in such a way.

"My dear little Princess..., I don´t want to die..., to leave you alone like this..., if only I was healthy then I could stay by your side until you marry King White Savage, or anyone else you would have chosen as the man you wanted to spent your life with you.

A man worthy of you and strong enough to protect you and Valhalla..., but now I am never going to see you in a wedding dress, I will never be able to send you off with my best wishes down the aisle to the altar, I would never be a bridesmaid to you or Princess Anastasia.

I wanted to take care of your children, defend them with my life like I had defended you..., I wanted to be by your side.

It is strange, now that I feel my life coming to an end, I become so afraid of it, even though I always spoke lightly of giving my life for someone else.

I kept fighting my own fear of dying in order to absolve my duty, to act according to my own desire and conviction..., but now, now that I die there is suddenly so much, I regret.

I never knew if I had been a good daughter to my parents, the best I could have been to them..., I will never know if I was a good little sister to Shuvra, a good Valkyrie and bodyguard..., I won't ever know how it would have felt to marry Boka, or what kind of feeling it would be if myself would have given birth to children of my own.

All the things I hadn´t experienced before, I begin to regret that it is now too late for them.

I regret that my death might tear a hole in the chest and soul of many of my friends and family, a hole which I, if it weren´t me who dies, would try my best to fill up again.

It is as people say, you will appreciate anything you have and had, even more when you are about to lose it." Banmori stated as tears fell from her eyes.

I took her hand and squeezed it tight, holding it to my cheek.

"You can be afraid if you want...,I am terrified after all, terrified of losing you, you are the last beloved person which remains to me, losing you means that I am completely alone in this world, you have been my Guardian, my beloved Aunt Banmori and the best friend I ever could have wished for, you were family to me Banmori and I will never, never ever forget you.

My heart is in pain when I think about losing you, when I know that our time together comes to an end so apprubtly, I don´t want it to end so fast, I had so less of you while others had so much, that makes me so jealous.

Marriage, Childbirth, possible ascension to Queen, all those things I wanted to experience with you at my side, but now..., now that I am going to be all alone when you are no longer there with me, how shall I keep my promise of renewing Valhalla..., I am nothing but a little girl, who has just recently understood, just how big the world actually is, and what kind of dangers lurk within it." I explained as tears streamed over my eyes same as over hers.

"You are not alone..., you have the Director, you have Thea, May, Percival, Katharina, Millie and Vincent, Olivia, Alfred..., and Maxwell." Banmori stated.

"I can forgo Maxwell!" I stated with a definitive huff and without a second too late.

Ever since that night we did not talked anymore and whenever we met I was glared at, painfully shoved out of the way and silently mobbed by him.

I understood that Felix has been his best friend, but it was not like Banmori and I killed him personally or even wished for it to happen at all.

"Well, you still got Red here too." She suggested with a snicker and I flared up.

"We are just friends..., and I have Whitey anyways." I stated and she chuckled.

It was clear that she meant my current interest in the older boy, not only did he saved me and defended me bravely from Maxwell..., no he also cared a great deal about Banmori, whenever she needed something done he helped her out, when the other reliable men in the house, Vincent and Percival, were out of house or already tasked with various other things.

Red offered himself to depend on him, as a thanks for Banmori, rescuing the Orphanage and defending it at the cost of her own health and life.

"It was just a suggestion..., although..., you two would get along well I assume and you surely would be a cute couple, hahaha, cough, cough, cough." Banmori stated laughing before she suddenly had to cough hard.

"Banmori!" I shouted as I held her hand a little tighter.

"I´m okay, I hurts..., only a bit, I felt worse pain..., anyways to get back on what we talked about, as long as you have people which remember you, you are never alone nor forgotten.

I advise you to stay at Red´s side, not just because I think so as a good match for you.

Red is a good boy with a good head on his shoulder and even though he can act untouchable at times am I sure, that he will defend you just the same way I would defend you.

He has already proven to me that he is a fighter and defender, defending those who cannot defend themselves, helping them.

He defended you even against someone he has known all his life, you..., a girl who had been just a stranger to him but a while ago.

Even now he always watches over you, without you noticing." Banmori explained and I blushed.

"Wait..., are you for real?" I asked her.

"Indeed..., for example, I can feel his presence near the door right now, he might not show it directly, but he does worry quite a bit about you, maybe because he knows how it feels to miss something so important as family, home and friends..., he sees a familiar soul in you i guess.

The Director told me in secret about Red a while ago, because she trusted me not to act careless with those informations and in order to understand this strange but lovable Boy a little better.

It was back then after that night, as you followed him all around and he silently let you..., apparently, he is the son of King Maranell, the one you have seen back during that incident who heaed most of my wounds and injuries, the true man behind the disguise of Quynne Savarin, however, due to similar traumatic circumstances, which the director did not told me in detail, Red had to experience, his memories were sealed on his own wish.

He was brought here not long ago, to not only recover from them but also to be out of danger for the time being and to grow up and become strong on his own, but for now he hasn´t yet find the trigger to set himself in motion.

For now all he does is live a quiet life and to be honest, to many people this is already enough.

However, even though his memories were sealed, haven´t the feelings of them been lost to him, whenever he looks up in the sky and cries, his soul reminds itself of all the losses he had to suffer up in Shangri-La, the old home of the Director and most of the Orphans.

That the King comes often to visit in his disguise as Quynne Savarin, is partially out of worry for the Orphans, but also to see how Red progresses, how he heals slowly and how he lives.

Even though Red does not know Quynne as being his father, you have seen how much his words mean to Red..., he treasures them unconsciously as extremely precious.

I also heard about one of the tragedies the poor boy had to suffer..., he lost his first Love, his girlfriend, as she sacrificed her life for him, that was the reason why Red fell into coma for a month due to the intense shock and several other injuries.

He has lost many things, which his mind has momentarily no memories left of, but his heart never forgot them and it always reminds him that he has lost something or someone, an indication that these things or persons were really precious to him, that he loved them dearly.

I would be most calmed and grateful, if I could entrust your wellbeing, towards a boy who can love in such a strong way..., there is no way he is a bad person." Banmori explained and I remembered all the times Red looked up in the sky, with that melancholic glance and with tears in his eyes.

"I will soon not be here anymore my princess, so I have a last request for you." Banmori stated.

"What is it, what do you want me to do?" I asked and she frowned.

"I ´ve been thinking about this for a long time now, ever since we have arrived in the Orphanage..., and I deem it as the last resort I can make, to ensure your safety in this world, until you grow up, become an adult and find your family back." Banmori stated and a little I was worried of what she might request from me.

"I want you to transform yourself, either in a Felineko or in a Caninu, I would recommend you a Caninu form, it is easier as it is in a large way similar to a Kumear." Banmori explained.

"But how, I haven´t ever transformed myself before, you taught me much about it, but I never was able to successfully do so, before I fell unconscious due to esprit-fatigue?" I asked unsure and confused, she knew that fact very well.

"I know..., but what if there is a spell which can be used by someone else, to help a person to transform..., I will perform it for you, but this is only the first part of my request..., the second part..., I am a little afraid of telling you, but note that it is but only for your own good.

We need to ensure that you won´t fall into danger of getting kidnapped and tortured for the Knowledge you hold, somehow Lycan must have find out that Bunbart shared his wisdom with you, most likely due to Beowulfs influence.

Or at least gave you some kind of messages which is crucial for the survival of Valhalla and the world, after all Bunbart let us close our eyes and ears before telling it to you and Lady Taluvien with his dying breath, so it definitely was extremely important and confidential.

Knowledge must be protected and preserved at all cost.

Therefore, once you have transformed yourself into a Caninu, I wish that you can live a normal life, a life without the threat the Lycanians pose, in order to do that you will have to forget anything and start from zero, just like Red.

Your Memories will be sealed, until the day you become a legal adult, from then on they will resurface and when the time has come you will surely return here to regain all of them, then we will meet again for sure..., who knows, while I tell this to you now, maybe a future you is already listening to us." Banmori explained as she looked up to my adult self, straight in the eyes.

"Now that you know the truth, future Princess, you will know what you have to do, find King White Savage the XIII, and help him, it is clear that, if the Lycanians pose an even bigger threat to all of Tailsworld, the King will take actions, for sure.

He will have to undergo several trials to rise in his force, to establish his rule in this Archipelago and in the world, as a new Overlord over the Savannah Archipelago, or how they were once called in the old Abyssinian Empire, a Kaiser.

But for this he must have the alliance with Valhalla as well, in order to be complete, his trial of us, will be the finding and reuniting of the separated Royal Family of Valhalla, if he manages to do so, he has proven to me and hopefully also your Family, that he is worthy of being called a Kaiser, or at the most a King.

And if Red stays at your side and defends you until you reach your 16th Birthday, he too will have absolved a trial to gain my and your families Trust, after all he might one day become the King of Shangri-La..., maybe even of Lunaris in Ragnarök, if he manages to liberate it and free it from Lycan´s evil influence.

To do that he needs allies which can trust him and vise versa, and what's best than having back-up by some of the physically strongest fighters there are.

There exist an old Prophecy which had been spoken long time before the birth of my grandmother, no one knows if it was told by one of us Kumears or not.

All we know, is that it was told to us Orion Valkyries and to the Royal Families, by Bunbart´s Family as High-Shamans of Valhalla, from generation to generation.

When I first heard it, I never really understood this Prophecy, but now I think I understand it." Banmori stated as she looked deep into my eyes, the eyes of my current self.

"Remember these words well, Little Princess, the Prophecy goes as forth:

If someone disturbs the Harmony of Sun, Moon, Sky and Stars, this World will be plunged into Chaos once more, and in our darkest hour, when the flames of War are rising yet again upon the Free Lands, the old Guardians will rise to quell the fighting, but alone their strength will fail and thus the world shall turn to the Sacred Four.

Alone they can find their destinies foretold for them, as prophesied they will be absolving countless of trials, one more difficult and possibly deadly than the other.

They will travel the skies and even cross the dimensions, over the course of their journey to free our tormented World, growing stronger upon absolving the trials and all hardships to come, they will gain all four, Wisdom and Loyality, Courage and Power, and shall learn from the seven virtues, for in the end they shall stand before the Greatest Evil this world knows.

The eight deadly Sins and the Scourge of our World, Marohumt.

However no one can tell yet, if in the end victorious they will be, or if failing and dying shall be their destiny.

Cometh forth you four, for your time will come, rise to safe the world, pick up your holy weapons and call your comrades to arms, for between survival and destruction, all the difference you make.

The Moon´s little star, the Scarlet Prince and his Crimson Knight shall arise from the crowd, which they had been living among, ignorant of their true destiny.

They have to step into the light, which has been hidden from them for most of their lives, a light they have to regain to become a new, even brighter Moon!

But as a moon alone cannot illuminate a dark sky, he needs stars around him, but those he have to find and gather on his own, the more he gains, the more the dark sky brightens up!

The Sun´s heir, the new King of Abyssinia and his scaled wings, although separated from his family and fighting battles far away from home, shall he regain his friends, his love, his dearest Partner and his path, and follow it to find his Ancestors heritage, a heritage which shall forever change his life!

The Trial of Kings awaits you, and as different and difficult they seem, your Courage can pull you through, the wisdom of the 10 folks will help you to obtain a power you haven´t ever seen, but remember great power bears great responsibility.

The hidden Valkyrie, the lost princess of Valhalla and her Jaden blade, ignorant of her true heritage shall she find her purpose in life, but she must make a momentous decision, once the day of departure has arrived, will she stay with her Guardian-Brother and safe the world she knew and the one he has lost, regain what is lost and defeat the false king.

Will she go with the one she loved and still loves, entrusting the salvation of her former home to her brother, knowing that in his hands their world will be safe and prosper.

Or will she decide to live among her kin and to learn their ways and to become strong for both her loves, when the time has come to reunite and fight the last Battles?

And last but not least:

The tormented Magician, the Sorrowful Paladin and her Forces of Twilight, a Girl whose forces are for both, defending the loved ones and destroying the enemy, powerfull yet under-developed, once perfected incredibly powerfull and potential.

But are her forces really pure, when she herself is doubtful about it..., unsure whether to curse or honor her magic..., can others make the decision for her, or can she find the answer herself, along the journey?" Banmori explained and it was silent in the room, this old prohpecy spoke about so much i had experienced that it was inevitable for my current self not to understand it.

"The Moon´s Little Star, the Scarlet Prince..., scarlet is another shade of red..., this must be most likely Red Savarin, King Maranell´s Son.

At least it all matches to his person so far.

He is momentarily ignorant of his true destiny as Prince of Shangri-La and possible next Overlord of Ragnarök, living among the crowd from which he eventually one day has to rise.

The verse with the stars might refer to people..., to gather people and allies which stand loyal to him, in order to brighten up the world from the darkness that has taken a hold onto our world.

The Sun´s Heir and his scaled wings, definitely King White Savage the XIII, I don´t really know what his part of the Prophecy means, but it will seem that he will be lost one day and has to regain his path in some way, his friends and his Love..., I hope the prophecy means you with that..., a strong ally, who cares a lot about you, is never wrong.

The Tormented Magician, the sorrowful Paladin..., honestly I do not have any idea to whom that part might refer to and what the rest of it means, but maybe you will one day in the future get to know the answer?" Banmori explained to my younger self, but my current self knew exactly who the prophecy meant.

"Elh." I mumbled, the description matched far too well..., I did not meant to eavesdrop, but I heard her and Red talking about her Brother Elhiazar, back on the Asmodeus this morning..., and how much she cursed her powers and her fate as executioner of the Rite of Forfeit.

"The Valkyrie, the lost Princess of Valhalla..., I am sure that this means you..., but I always wondered why she would be ignorant of her heritage and why you need to find your role in life..., but after I thought about how to make sure you survive long enough, I understood what the Prophecy meant.

In order for doing so you have to seal away your memories, blend in with the crowd, live among them just like Red, until the day comes where you regain all of your memories back and then you will know what to do.

But it is your choice if you will stay with Red when you are an adult, or if you follow your blood, means the Kumears if you find some of them, to learn how to become strong, a fighter, a Valkyrie.

I advise you to, if she still Lives, ask either Lady Taluvien or my mother to teach you in the ways of a Valkyrie.

I tried so myself but maybe you were still too young, or I was a bad teacher who knows, at least you know a little about hand-to-hand combat, that memory should at least remain to you.

And with the knowledge Bunbart gave you, you surely will find the path you will have to follow, someday in the future." Banmori explained and I nodded in approval.

Now that I was older, I was able to understand most of all this what had happened lately, but back then I was a little child who had no idea what to do, where to go and most of all, whom to trust.

"The prophecy commences:

Here at the throne, where the silver sphere shines, you shall find the answers, which shall lead you to the salvation of Tailsworld and of the Beast-kind.

With the time passing, you shall find C.E.D., who will rise to fight once more, alongside the White Valkyrie and their Metallic Legion, to stop the Dark plague and the Lord of Chaos and it´s Apprentices.

To save the Land of the Sun above and the Land of the Moon beyond the clouds, the Nova Luna Rexio (the new Moon-King) and the Nova Solem Rexio (the new Sun-king) and all of their comrades, the new heroes, Queens and Kings to arise, will have to learn, of Leadership and Endurance, Friendship and Faith, Compassion and Justice, Light and Wisdom.

They must take part in the Cardinal Trials!" Banmori explained.

"The Cardinal trials, I think Red mentioned them before, so his father..., but what exactly are they even?" My current me asked unsure, whatever they were, it sounded dangerous for sure.

As if she could hear me, Banmori answered me.

"There is an old Speech, which I heard from Lady Taluvien once, which tells about the Cardinal Trials:

Where the dark Turtle roams the waters of the ocean and where the fiery bird greets the light of the Sun.

Where the bright Tiger wanders the plains of earth and where the fierce Dragon rides the storms in the sky.

There where these Creatures meet, there lies my last gift, guarded by the Holy Wolf and the Platinium Knight, residing in the Void, to prove those who wish to reign righteously.

But remind yourself that you have to sometimes cross borders to claim your right and the power for yourself, here in the world of souls, you must follow the path, brave every hardship and danger to come, until you reach the Throne of the High-Queen of Yore.

You who you shall wander in a world which isn´t yours, regain what is lost to you, claim the treasure as yours, and to your world you shall return.

But beware, for in a world of souls, you will get to know yourself, in a way you would not expect.

Gather your comrades together and absolve our trials, for we shall prove if you are worth of the Gods' treasures, if you are worth to be rewarded with the Blessing of the Cardinal Guardians and if you are worth to be called Heroes and Royals of Tailsworld.

In order to free those tormented souls under the cloud-sea and save the People in the light of the Sun, those who lead the rebellion must be victorious, or else this world is doomed to fall for all eternity!"

"This surely sounds like a tough quest, however, I think this is actually a good idea, if the trials White has to absolve, shall lead you to the Cardinal trials then you should participate too, it could prove to come in handy to make the other Royal Houses of the Savannah Archipelago be aware of your seriousness, if you can at least brave one of these trials.

The Cardinal trials are different to the Trials of the Kings, as those have always been difficult tasks to absolve, as every new King holds a certain pride and a different task for you to absolve, some harder than others.

However, with the courage you gain through experiencing hardships and failures, the Wisdom you find through experiencing all the things, which this new life you will live has to offer and the power you will gain by training hard, fighting fair and staying true to yourself and the loyalty you earn by having faith in your friends, comrades and allies, will determine who you truly are.

What do you wish for, what do you see yourself as and what might destiny hold for you, becoming a Queen, a Valkyrie or a simple Princess in a big world?

I always wondered about it." Banmori asked.

"I will become Choco Gelatorias Garontrias, a Princess and a protector of the people of Valhalla and I will bring our Kingdom back and make it great again, if you stay at my side even as a spirit, I am sure I can make it." I stated and Banmori nodded.

"Anyways, dear Little Princess..., about my request?" She asked.

"I will grant it, I don´t know what I might encounter in the future, but one thing is for sure, I will need to experience it, whether I am alone or with someone I can trust.

I need to survive..., for Valhalla and its people!" My Younger self stated without hesitation.

"Then let me give you a gift for your departure, it is an old relic which has been passed on in our family since ancient times and was in the end crucial for the survival of the Gongmeng Family and many other Families from Valhalla, during the war of Sun and Moon.

It is one of the Three treasures of the Panda-Kumear Clan.

One of many other treasures of Valhalla, who might be lost nowadays.

It was once thought to be passed on towards my daughter, if I had one, but as none of us, Shuvra nor myself, leaved this world without an heir of the Gongmeng Family, I have decided to pass this gift over to you." Banmori explained as she took a little box with a Jaden Magatama Necklace within, out of her pocket.

"We Valkyries of the Gongmeng families main bloodline always kept this necklace close to us, as a reserve for magic forces, should our own run out, and as a mighty defense shield.

One each wielder weaved some of the own magic inside it, my Mother did so too, and now I will do so too, so that the magic of the Gongmeng Family keeps you safe, for as long as you wear and treasure her.

The Necklace is one part of a Set of Three, the Second part will be the Jaden chest which was kept by the Lao Family, it is said that its most crucial moment was during the war, as it sealed the forces of both the Titano Machinae Leviathan and Behemoth within itself, through the Wolven-Lions-roar cannon, for safe-guarding them.

The Last Part is the Jaden sword of the Pandaria Family, maybe it is that sword which has been Spoken of in the Prophecy..., however it was most likely lost during the fall of Valhalla, same as the chest.

They were kept in the Citadel of the Ancient Bond in the center of Jormungandr, I doubt they survived the destruction.

But still..., if it is the sword from the Prophecy, then you will surely get to find it along your future path.

I will tell the Director to keep this Necklace until the day you become an adult, until you regain all of your memories and return as Princess Choco of Valhalla, from then on, the protection shall be yours again.

Last but not least I have another gift for you, however do I wish for you to keep it closed, until you are an adult and remember anything, I will ask the Director to keep this too in custody for you.

I am sure it will help you out a lot." Banmori stated as she stroke her hand over my head, petting it.

"My princess, my beloved little Princess, may your path, as rocky as it might become, lead you to a Reunion with your parents, may they recognize you and may you become happy, whatever path you will choose.

I will now use the spell i told you before, I have not much time left so please get ready." She stated as she looked deep in my eyes, before kissing my forehead, as i nodded.

"Soles, danmen Rias denga Kumear, blesario no prisella regina, illumi ga Luce vero da pepito, danmen Rias denga Kumear, concola da pepito dan denga oeil siniestro. (Sun, you Guardian of all Kumear, bless our rightful princess, let your light shine above this child, oh you Guardian of all Kumear, hide this child from evil eyes)." She whispered and suddenly light emitted from the body of my younger self as the light of the sun fell down on me, through the window.

"It feels..., warm." I said.

"This spell can only be used when you love someone dearly, your own lifeforce will be used to conceal the true form of someone you care for and shield it from evil eyes, but beware the older you get, the weaker the spell becomes.

I do not know how long it lasts until you meet other Kumears or maybe even your family, if all luck is with you..., but one thing is for sure, returning to your form as a Kumear is not only quite painful, it will also release the concealment spell I have set on you now.

In short that means, that evil eyes will see you again, Lycan´s men will hunt you and he himself as well, for whatever it is they seek from you." Banmori explained.

"But..., doesn't that mean you use your last bit of Lifeforce right now?" I asked in shock.

Of course I understood what Banmori just said, but I was already hunted anyways, so it was nothing new to me.

I was about to back away after she revealed this detail, of her using up her last remaining life for my sake, but Banmori did not allowed it, holding my head still in a gentle but iron grip.

"Princess, I have long decided to give my life to keep you safe, if my last action is to do so, so be it, I will be glad to become your shield to defend and conceal you from the Lycanians, it is the least I can do for you.

Now that my life is about to run out anyways, I might as well give the last bit of it for a good reason, so please, do not cry that way, at least a last time, for me..., smile my princess...

My last wish..., is to have my ashes find a way back home, to become the fertile soil for a beautiful Cherry tree." Banmori asked, as I saw how her eyes became more and more unfocused, the more she used up of her lifeforce, while I felt how my body became warmer, nearly hot, but not uncomfortably, ignited by the waves of life from Banmori, her magic and her love.

I felt that my body changed somehow, the sight I had of the world, changed.

"I will gladly grant your wish..., you will always be in my heart Banmori..., always..., I Love you!" My younger self stated as she smiled a last time, tears running down her cheek.

"I can see it, before my inner eyes..., Your lovely smile..., I thank you for requesting my last wish, my little princess." Banmori whispered, as her voice grew weaker, tears streamed over her blinded eyes and the shine of my body dimmed, letting me look the way, I looked until today, like Chocolat Gelato.

"Goodbye..., Princess Choco-Vanil...." Banmori whispered with her last breath, kissing my forehead, before her chest stopped rising.

"Goodbye Banmori..., I will never forget that you existed, the pain I feel now, it will forever remain." My younger self stated, eyes rolling over her cheeks like water from a loose faucet, as she kissed the dead woman on both cheeks.

"My future self..., if you see this here..., then make sure that her honor, her bravery and her self-sacrificing care for me, shall be rewarded and never forgotten, make sure a monument will be erected, to remind of the Woman who stood by your side, defended you until you were in safety, the woman who fought for you until her last breath, remember Banmori Gongmeng!" My younger self stated, looking up like her guardian before.

"Make her wish come true..., become a great Queen someday, a strong Valkyrie and a loving mother, a woman of which Banmori and anybody else, can be proud of.

Do not let her be forgotten..., and bring a part of her ashes back home, so that it can become a beautiful Cherry tree." My younger self stated, as her eyes met mine.

"I will do so..., and I won´t fail." I replied to her as the colors began to bleach out, all I could still see was that the Director and a younger version of Rose as well as Red entered the Room and comforted me, before taking me out of the room, most likely to seal my memories, i saw how i cried in Red´s embrace and how the same caressed my back to ease my pain with a loving and comforting expression on his face.

The next few memories I saw were of the time in the Orphanage, things I still knew and things I had forgotten, out of a good reason.

My first birthday in the Orphanage after my memories had been sealed, Red standing up for me as some kids in town tried to harass me, the way he defended me from Maxwell´s grudge all the time, until the same was adopted by a rich couple, becoming Maxwell Crown.

I was also shown some of the darker memories.

The day Red and I became even closer, after those assholes from the Kurvaz tried to rape and abuse me, the moment Red transformed into a Lupycan to save me from them, how he massacred them and my fright from him, until also that memory was partially sealed.

The bravery Red gained after that day.

Then there were also some sad memories, like when we left the orphanage and the Director behind, the way Red kneeled before her, giving her an hand kiss, just like he did before with Lady Burmilla.

I think this was the sole royal etiquette he just could not forget for some reason, like a natural instinct, taught to him for years, hammered into his mind and Body.

I saw how myself comforted Red, as the first time a Hunter-Job failed and he despaired, wanting to give up.

The moment Quebec took him under his wing and showed him the ropes.

And then..., there also was that Memory..., that particularly spicy one which made me shudder in horniness, the first time I had sex with Red, the way I seduced him, kissing his cheeks, licking his neck, stroking his exposed member, touching his hard chest-muscles.

The way he tried to resist until it was futile, as I took his hard member in my mouth and sucked him off, the first time, in my life willingly, let a man touch my body in such a way.

The way our bodies grinded together, the way his body-heat merged with mine, the moment I felt endless bliss as he came inside of me, panting and sweating, his eyes full of love for me, but also full of doubt for some reason.

Then there came the moment, a few weeks later, as I realized that I was pregnant, the doubt and worries I had.

I even relieved the days after I decided to forcefully abort the Child, the worst decision I had ever made in my life, the health problems I got through exposing myself to these drugs, the sorrow I felt after realizing that I had made the biggest mistake of my entire life, after Red revealed how excited he would have been if there really was a child growing in me.

The disappointment in his eyes as I told him that there was no child to come and the self-hatred, I felt deep inside of me ever since.

"If only..., if only I had seen the truth and not my delusion..., maybe..., Red and I would have..., but no.., he has Elh now, I should not..., am I really that wicked, would I really get that far just to make up for what I did..., Elh would hate me." I mumbled while the memories played of all around me.

But still..., I still cannot forget the feelings I have had back then..., as if I ever could get over them..., I always wondered, how a child of Red might look like..., I wanna know it..., If Red would love me..., even when I would become a Kumear, would he still love me the same way he has had loved me before..., would he lust after my body like back on that day?

Even though he has Elh, would he give in to the temptation, to my seduction?

If I would ask him..., would he have sex with me one last time, knowing that we might never see each other again..., and if I then would get pregnant again..., no I do not need to question that..., I already know my answer very well.

If I would get pregnant again by Red, I would definitely give birth to it, every child has a right to be born, no matter what everyone says, maybe I will be shunned and hated by people, most likely Elh, but I will not apologize for it, as it would be a child from my deepest feelings for Red.

But I was Reluctant, if I would decide to such a thing, I might destroy all the relationships I currently have here in the Shepherd Republic.

If I suggested that, Red would hate me, Elh would definitely hate me..., and Cereus..., he would be disgusted with me, that I am sure off.

Maybe they would understand that I still have deep feelings for Red, but they would not understand nor accept, that I would deliberately destroy a blooming Relationship out of selfish reasons.

"Sex with Red..., once more..., it is out of question, a big fat NO..., but at least a deep kiss must be allowed.

A last kiss before he parts away from Chocolat Gelato, the Caninu Girl he knew and loved like a little sister..., before I become Princess Choco G. Garontrias of Valhalla, before I become all too conscious of my position and too responsible as to risk such a scandal.

Still..., I wish I had something more lasting of him, something to always remind me, that there is someone out there who thinks of me, especially when I am stuck in the dark." I thought to myself, while around me Memories appeared and vanished again.

I don´t know how long I was already in this world of Memories, but I soon felt how the world around me blurred away, I was sure that I was about to wake up.

For better or for worse, one thing was now clear to me.

The Director was right, I was definitely someone else after all this, so much I had forgotten, so much I had now regained, but there was also so much which I would have to leave behind.

I had to follow the destiny which was mine to fulfil, a mission of extreme importance.

"The world depends on our survival, Red, Elhize, Cereus, lets make sure our future in peace can continue, let´s show Lycan and his breed not to mess with us!" I stated to myself with deep conviction and burning determination as the light around me got brighter per second.

My decisions were set..., for better or worse.

Red and Chocolat´s Room at the Savarin Orphanage, Darven Islands, Red´s Pov:

I woke up..., in that same room I had woken up so often in the past, with the same familiar sight, of Chocolat sleeping safe and soundly right next to me..., and yet, I felt that something in me had definitely changed.

I matured up more than I had before, I had now a clear goal before me, a mission I had to absolve at all cost.

I was aware that the absolving of the Cardinal Trials was necessary, for not only myself but most likely for other potential Kings and Queens as well, such as Princess Terria, White..., and Chocolat.

I heard the Prophecy my father told me about and it was clear from whom it talked, Elh, Chocolat, White, as well as myself.

I knew since the talk came up, that Chocolat was rumored to be the lost Princess of Valhalla, but to have it shown before my very own eyes was like a harsh slap in the face for me, especially when I remember how I always acted around her, most of the time like a complete idiot...

On the other hand I had forgotten what kind of asshole Maxwell really was, thank god that he was adopted a year after this incident at the age of 14.

I never heard anything about him anymore and that might have been for the best, otherwise I might have punched him in his perfect teeth multiple times.

I remembered who he was, one of Byson´s best friends back in our days at Shangri-La, he was obnoxious all the time and a lot of students had a grudge at him for his selfish and self-centered behaviour, always only siding with the strongest, as long as it was convenient for him.

The scene where he tried to Punch Helena to hurt me mentally was something I would never forget..., but also not how Byson intervened, taking Maxwell down.

He might have been a bully and a bad boy when he was a kid, but one thing was for sure to me now, Byson had deep feelings for Helena and even after she rejected his love did he not forgot about them and defended her whenever it was necessary and whenever I couldn´t.

I rembered how he stood infront of my hospital bed, with tears in his eyes, the day I woke back up from coma.

He said that he had hoped for me to wake up again, so he could punch me in the face, for not saving Helena with the forces I possessed.

I was about to let him as I felt the same way, before Lady Burmilla entered the room and threw Byson out, saying that it was the fault of the adults to have left me in the dark about such possible forces, as they were not at all acknowledged about them as well.

No one knew what forces slept within me, the least Helena or myself.

All what happened was a tragedy, but there was no one else to blame but Baion and his companions.

That was the last time I saw Byson, he was not even at the Funeral, but I doubt it was out of spite for me..., I think he just wanted to keep Helena in his memories the way she was before she died.

Haxel explained to me that Byson wanted to run to her aid, as she slipped through the legs of the guards and ran over to me.

He wanted to safe her, but the guards held him back..., his anger heightened as I accused everyone, of not trying to help her, to protect her.

At first he was full of rage and about to beat my unconscious body black and blue, only held back by Kangonas, before he turned towards Maxwell and beated him up instead, as he spoke ill of Helena and her apparently stupid attempt to safe a monster.

Byson was in love with Helena, that much I understood..., and that he was not particularly fond of me I did understood too..., I wonder how he lives nowadays, if the death of his juvenile love ever crushed him beyond repair, or if he managed to move on.

Either way, I as one who sealed his memories from her and anything else, had no right to criticize him about it, once I would see him again.

I still remember one of the things I did afterwards, I asked for my father to show me how the corridor-spell worked, which he had used sometimes to get from one place to the next, so also on that faithfull day, to bring us from the waterfalls outside of town towards the very center of Moonstone.

He explained that it needed a mark as an Anchor-point, to open a gate near this point, then you had to concentrate and think of that place strongly, when the gate then opened you just had to walk through still thinking strongly about it, about a connection between the place you are and the place you want to be, the magic does the rest.

So many new things were shown to me in these last few hours which surely felt like a lifetime of experiences to me, I learned magic I would have otherwise never thought to be possible, details I had forgotten and those I still remembered but never truly knew what to do with them.

I saw how I arrived in the Orphanage with no memories of my past, how I struggled to get a good start in life.

I remembered the first day I met Princess Choco and her Guardian Banmori Gongmeng.

I especially remembered how I accidently barged into the Bathroom, half-asleep, as they were bathing..., a beautiful Felineko woman was standing before me, fully naked, with some of the hottest curves, a tall built with long slender legs and a beautiful face.

Overall, she was gorgeous to look at and I remembered how little Red got all horny from seeing her and the night after began to jack off for the first time in his new life.

I think at that moment my old fetish ignited from anew..., Felinekos, even when just as a disguise for a Kumear, sure are hot.

Another detail I remembered was how beautiful Choco looked like, after she took of her bandages around her face.

That beautiful pale-cream-colored fur she possessed, which was almost but not yet white, those beautiful purple eyes, the cute nose and her sweet round ears.

Even as a Kumear she was lovable.

Another Memory showed me the attack on the orphanage, the death of Felix, the brave fighting of Banmori to safe the rest of us, the accusations of Maxwell and his maltreating of Chocolat as she still was a Kumear, how my younger self tried to protect her from him and how Banmori after defeating the enemy arrived wounded and badly hurt, trying to quell the fighting of Maxwell and me, but collapsing before she could do so.

I remembered how Quynne Savarin, my father in disguise arrived and took care of nearly all the wounds, which Banmori had suffered during the battle.

I remembered how she refused to go to a hospital, in order to let as less people as possible know about the existence of the Princess and she requested from my father to keep Princess Choco safe when she died.

I remember the last moment I saw Banmori alive, as I brought her a plate with food, Choco sleeping at her side..., how she asked a favour of me, to stay at Choco´s side as a friend and to look out for her a little, to be her emotional support in times in the far future.

I remembered how I kneeled before her and without hesitation answered her, that I would keep Choco safe for as long as it was necessary, that I would vow this to her, who fought and risked her life for all of us.

That was just moments before she spoke with Choco a last time, before she died.

As I entered the room afterwards, along with the Director and a young Rose, I witnessed how the Choco I had known had completely changed her appearance to a Caninu..., I felt how I suddenly was conflicted with my vow to Banmori, as I suddenly felt far more than mere friendly feelings for the new born Chocolat Gelato.

I fell in love at first sight with her.

But I understood that she was not meant for me, she still was a Princess from far, far away and that she was in love with a boy called Cereus Melizera, White´s true name, as I now know, that she longed to see him again.

It was not long after, as also my memories of the incident which robbed us of one member of our family and a dear friend, had been sealed by Rose.

From then on Chocolat and I lived together as friends and later as adoptive siblings.

My vow to Banmori was fulfilled diligently without me truly knowing about it anymore.

However I also witnessed how I often went to Banmori´s grave and prayed, feeling deep gratitude for some reason.

To me and others, it was the same unexplainable quirk I had, similar to all the times, when I watched the sky, during the day and the night.

I remembered the sorrow I felt as I left the Orphanage together with Chocolat, who begged to be able to stay at my side, instead of staying in the orphanage, where it was at least safe.

I witnessed how she persuaded the Director who at first refused to let her go as well, saying that it was not so safe outside, as she might think.

But Chocolat had always been stubborn and in the end she got her will.

We said our goodbyes to our friends, to the Director and to my Father, who spoke a spell upon us, to keep us safe and alive out there, telling us that whether we would go, we would never be alone, there would always be someone looking out for them and as long as we would keep on believing in it, this would remain.

In hindsight he meant that there was always some of his men hiding in the shadows, wherever we went, in order to keep us safe.

And then..., yes, then came that particular Memory.

The fulfilment of my love for Chocolat.

The day I lost my virginity on her, one year after we left the orphanage.

The way she looked, her rose-colored body beneath me on the bed, all naked.

My crumbling ability to resist the temptation and her seduction.

The moment I tasted her hot kisses on my lips, the way I licked her body all over and the feeling as my erect member penetrated her hot folds and deflowered her, the cry in agony and pleasure alike which she tried to muffle by burying her face in my chest.

The horny moaning as we had sex for the first time in our lives, the incredible bliss I felt as I came inside of her, with her moaning my name up to the moon, as I took her from behind, caressed her body and fondled her breasts.

The bliss I felt as we finished the morning after, messing around the whole previous night through.

It was wrong, not meant to be, but it happened and I had to take responsibility, so much I knew, I tried my best to earn enough money with the few jobs I managed to get, from simple ones to dangerous, working night and day, working myself to the bone.

Until nearly three weeks were over ever since that night, as I found Chocolat on the ground of the old garage, which we called our home, intense pain in her stomach, blood flowing whenever she peed.

I literally freaked out as I, several days later found the abortion pills in the garbage, of course I wished she would have kept the child, but I was none to force her to stay with that decision, it was her own choice to make after all.

However I was shocked, enraged to find out that she did this behind my back, that she literally played with her own health to erase my child.

But more so, that she lied so meanly in my face, saying that she did not got pregnant at all, and that she just poisoned her stomach with something bad which she ate.

At first I was inertly furious, thinking that she never loved me in such a way, that bearing my child was unthinkable for her, that she hated the thought of giving birth to my child, that the entire night we had, had been just due to the mating season taking our minds, that the devil made her do it.

To me it was as though she was saying, that she hated me as well.

Out of spite, after she asked me why I avoided her, why I was loading myself with work to stay away, somedays even for days, I explained to her that I wanted to buy a house, so that, if she would be pregnant, she would be able to give birth in a proper home instead of in an old, dusty, oily garage.

The moment I spoke these words, sugarcoating them as much as possible with the actual venom I felt under the surface, I saw how she inertly died, her eyes lost their shine, it was as if for a second all life left her.

Then she cried, saying that she was not Pregnant, that she already did the test.

As I said before at first I was furious with her, but I quickly realized that having taken that decision hurted her, incredibly.

It was plain to see that she did not aborted the Child out of spite, but because she believed it to be the only solution to keep our life together, especially since we were nearly living on the street and since she was barely a child herself.

I heard her saying to herself, that one day we might fall in love with someone else and our lives would part from each other, that binding me to her in such a way, with a child from me, was not what she wanted to do to me.

Honestly I was confused, conflicted and convinced that such a thing as us to mate again, should never happen again.

Chocolat was convinced that I would not be able to love her nor the child like a father does..., but she never knew that I was more than ready for that.

Delusions and misunderstandings forced her to play with her health in such a way and it made me miserable.

I told myself that I should never let something similar happen again.

Maybe that was why I was so angry as she slept with White..., if he would have gotten her pregnant..., would she have aborted the child out of the believe that it was for his sake as well..., to not bind him at her, if he had to return to his folk.

If there was nothing more than a one-time thing between her and us, out of which nothing happens, we would not be so bound to her, such was her conviction.

She never truly considered how we would feel, that maybe we wanted to have something more with her, than just the memories of having spent a night with her.

I would have wanted to raise a child with Chocolat, I can say that with all of my conviction.

But it was never meant to be me, such I now know.

Out of the memories I had of my school-time, I knew that Kumears were quite serious with promises given and as much as Princess Choco once told my younger self, had White also promised to marry her, once she was an adult, to her own mother.

He was meant for her and vise versa, such I now know.

Also had I Elhize anyways, I loved my fierce little Paladin, just the way she showed me how much she loved me, ever since she decided not to be able to sacrifice me in a ritual, which would have saved the world, if it all would have depended on it.

She chose me over the wellbeing of everyone, is there any stronger evidence of love?

I would not want her to hate me, so I told myself to never do something which would result in exactly that, so I vow that I will never cheat on her.

No matter how many nice woman and girls will come at me, I will stay faithful, no matter what will happen.

"Elh is the only one for me." I mumbled as I sat up in the bed.

The sun was about to set, so soon it would be night, I doubt that we will pierce the fog of the Devil´s throat today, maybe tomorrow.

Now that I know anything I wanted to know, I was a lot readier to take on the Lycanians.

As an Ancient, it was my duty to see that this world was to survive, no matter whom I had to fight.

For the world as I know it, is in reality far bigger than I originally thought.

Once My father and Shiro Melizera, the first White Savage, saved the old world, the broken Supercontinent Elysia, from Marohumt and his kin.

But the World, Elysia, had already existed several thousands of years before that time, the first High-King of the World, King Elias of the Elyan, kept the piece of the world for Millenia as a never-changing beacon of hope and light in an ever-changing environment.

One constant in a world which changed every ten years greatly.

He and his folk lived peaceful in coexistence with many other folks until he was betrayed by his own brother, who had fallen victim to the so called seven Deadly sins, but he himself became an eight one, the one who seeks glory above all else.

Most likely the eight of the deadly sins from the prophecy, after all no one knows if he died or survived during the era of the belligerent states, if he survived he might still live today, as the Elyan was a race of long-living Lizard-like people, the conspecifics of the Repturui, I did not know much about them, just what I read in books in the royal Library.

I did not wanted to ever fall so low as to give in to anger, greed or whatever there were, that was for sure..., so I had to keep in mind that what I have to do, has to be done for others rather than just myself, for the peace of the world and for my famly and friends as well.

I wanted to live in a peaceful world, just like all those I know too, knowing that it make the decision, to act against all the threats which arised lately, a lot easier.

I was an ancient, a soul which gets reborn over and over again within a new being, although a new person, do some memories of the previous life remain.

In my case it was the memory of how my father, Quynne Savarin Shiro Melizera and other Kings of the united Kingdoms of Sun and Moon fought against Marohumt, before the golden Era truly began.

An era of peace, built on the sacrifice of many people, a high price was paid to fulfill the wish for peace and in the end the only one to survive it, were 3 out of 30 people who once fled the facility of Armenia.

3 of 9, who once arrived at the house in the mountains.

Quynne Savarin, Panmora Pandaria and Genma Savarin

And the way things stood, these 3 might become only 2 in near future, when my Father dies.

Shiro Melizera, Arcana Melizera, Ciarella Savarin, these three had already died and might have been reborn, in Cereus Melizera, Choco-Vanil G. Garontrias and Elhize Melizee.

If my father dies..., I was to take his position and part of his memories within me, just as it already happens, whenever I lose control over my anger, same as the memories of this other being, how did Carmine called it, Remulus I think.

But the stronger I get the weaker my father seems to become, just as if two ancients with the same soul fragments cannot live at the same time for too long..., still..., will I truly be able to shoulder the weight of the world upon mine and the shoulders of my friends?

If this prophecy has to be fulfilled then Elhize, Choco, Cereus as well as myself will need to give it our all, but to do so we have to become a lot stronger.

One each of us, we came so far, but we won´t give up halfway, after all we had to sacrifice or what sacrificed itself for our sake.

With no more fear within our hearts before an unknown fate we had to stand up and face our destiny.

Choco and I have done so and I am sure that Elhize and Cereus will do so as well some day.

But for now, we should prepare ourselves on surviving and fighting the battles here in the republic.

"Until my home is safe, I won´t be able to venture out and safe the rest of the world, that much is clear." I mumbled as I sat on the bed, looking towards the desk on the other side of the room, a dusty old photograph was to see on it, a picture of all the children of the Orphanage together with the director, Choco and Banmori as well as myself, most likely taken by my Father.

It was to a time as Felix was still alive, before that tragedy happened.

"Hmmm, Red..., are you already awake?" I heard it next to me as the grip on my hand loosened up a bit.

"Yeah just a couple of minutes ago, how about you, not too many Nightmarish Memories?" I asked her.

"A few, they were quite scary I admit, but I was glad to be older before I witnessed them, I think if I had kept them as a child, I would have not become who I am today." Chocolat explained.

"I guess you are right, sometimes you must loose something to gain even more, such is the way of evolution." I mused.

"How phylosophical, I barely know you like this, Brother." Chocolat teased me.

"Anyways, how am I supposed to adress you now, Chocolat my dear little sister, or your Highness Princess Choco?" I asked.

"..., for the time being I am still Chocolat Gelato, until I at least decide to return to my old form and take on my responsibilities which will be in a short while now, I have left my folk waiting for far too long.

I guess it is time for me to return at their side..., but this means that I will have to part from yours..., that thought kind of scares me the most." Chocolat explained as she leaned at my shoulder.

"I know..., but we did talked about it, if one of us finds his or her family, we will let them go, if living together becomes unable for the other one.

I doubt that the Kumears would like me with you guys, at least not all the time, and I would kind of find it sad to be the only Caninu/Lupycan under all those Kumears, which shall live in the Gaya Republic.

Maybe Queen Pandaria might be happy to see me, as I am the son of her Brother, her nephew in a way, but that might be all, your family has made it quite clear to me where you belong and I think this is for the best.

You an I, we come from different places, we were allowed to stay for 11 years together..., that should be all we can ask for, it was pure coincidence, or some kind of higher power which has brought us together after all.

If Valhalla never fell I doubt that we would have met prior to today or only somewhere in the future and I doubt that our relationship would have become so good as it is right now." I explained and she nodded.

"I thought about that as well..., if you would have stayed at Shangri-La with all the others..., then Banmori and I would have never met you, I don´t know what would have happened to the both of us, maybe the Lycanians would have found us and killed us, who knows?" Chocolat stated as she nuzzled her cheek in my shoulder feeling my body-heat igniting hers.

"This is quite a scary thought..., if you and Banmori would not have been there that day, maybe the Lycanians would have killed us all before father even arrived.

So many things could have happen in a wrong way and our entire future would have been different, if anything of what had happened to us, would have been out of its designated place by a mere centimeter.

A sword-strike that hits instead of being blocked, an arrow that kills instead of being evaded by a hair´s breadth, things like that, in hindsight I can´t believe how lucky we had been in some ways..., on the other hand I also know how sad all what happened has been before.

The destruction of Valhalla..., the attack at Shangri-La, your separation from your folk and family..., the death of Helena and many more..., so many thing have happened to us to lead to this very day..., if just one thing would have been different our whole past would have changed.

I´m glad I finally can remember anything..., after all, living a life with no past is worse, than living a life build on past tragedies." I stated and she nodded.

"Anyways, now that I know what my goal is it is easier for me to accept my role in life, all I have to do is to play all of my cards in the right and strategic order, to reach that goal with most of my deck still intact." I explained and she nodded.

"All the stones from my side had vanished but my own, but slowly so slowly I gather them back, I hope that when I face Lycan in the end, my side of the Field will be filled again, it would be bad to stand against him all on my own..., after all there is something within me which Lycan wants some kind of secret and treasure, if he manages to get it, we will never going to see each other again, that is for sure." Chocolat replied.

"Yeah, in the end there will always be a Damocles sword hanging over both of us..., as long as I exist am I a threat to Lycan and his plans of world-conquest.

Father won´t hold out much longer, only for about a few years at most, now that I have regained all of my memories, the gears of fate have begun to turn yet again and if we are not careful, they might turn in the wrong way, wrecking the machine which is our world." I stated.

"Yeah, from now on anything changes..., so..., may I ask a most selfish last request from you Red, one you might not like?" Chocolat asked blushing but with serious eyes.

"What is it you want?" I asked, a little unsure thought.

"I want you to kiss me, a last time, passionately, just like back in that night, that night I lost my virginity to you." Chocolat demanded and I gasped.

"But Chocolat..., you can´t ask that of me..., that would be like cheating on Elh..., don´t make me do something like this..., I´m sorry, but this is not a wish I can fulfil to you." I stammered and I saw how she let her head hanging.

"I know..., I know I shouldn´t feel that way at all..., after all I have..., but I cannot take it anymore..., the thought of leaving you..., it scares me..., what if we never see each other again, I don´t know what I shall do to ease that pain!" Chocolat stated as she threw herself in an embrace with me.

"I beg of you, just one kiss, one simple kiss, I know you don´t want to cheat on Elh, but maybe we never see each other again, if I cannot see you anymore, I at least want something which always reminds me of the love I felt for you, the light you had been to me, when I wandered in the dark and lost everything I ever had." Chocolat begged me but I could not betray Elh like this.

"I´m sorry..., I´m sorry Chocolat but I can´t, it would not be right.

It would not be fair, neither to Elh nor White." I explained.

"I know..., I know it wouldn´t but I cant forget my feeling, ever since..., ever since that night I wanted you to love me, more than just as a sister, I wanted you..., but I didn´t know how you felt , I did something terrible, I lied to you the whole time.

I have no right to ask this of you but I cannot keep my feelings on a leash anymore when I know that you soon will leave me.

If I cannot see you anymore, I at least want you to know how I feel.

I know very well how selfish this is and I hate myself for doing this..., but I Love you Red, I have always loved you and that wont ever change." Chocolat explained with tears in her eyes.

"I know I have no right..., as the one who killed your child..., as the one who threw away a life because of my own delusion and false conviction, because I misunderstood you and because I did not know you at all.

11 years we lived together, ever since that day as I met you the first time I liked you, I learned to love you but in the end when I had the opportunity to become closer to you than any possible I threw that chance away, because I was convitcted that you never loved me this way." Chocolat stated with a voice full of grieve..., a voice even I could not ignore.

"I loved you since the first moment we had met, after you transformed and even before, it was love at first sight Chocolat..., but I knew I was not meant to be yours, you had Cereus and to steal the girl of another man was nothing I ever wanted to do, it was wrong to do so.

And something within me told me that I should not weave this love, which I felt for you, any further.

But then you shapeshifted and became someone completly new, and i fell for you all over again.

Back then after this night, as I tried to resist you but was unable to do so, I thought that I had hurt you, that I had violated my own ethics, even though i had no idea what they were, as I basically forgot nearly anything about our previous relationship, months ago, beside of a few things.

I knew the name Cereus, but had no idea who he belonged to and of course I could no longer remember that you were a princess, but I had a feeling that what I did was wrong and not meant to happen, that I have hurted you.

As you ran away the next morning, I understood that my mind tried to warn me about this, but my heart already belonged to you, I was hooked.

I tried to take responsibility, to earn enough money for a house should you have become pregnant of me, little I wished for you to be.

As I then found out that you lied to me about not having gotten pregnant by me, I admit that I was a little disappointed, I thought that my love to you was unrequited, that you killed my child which grew inside of you out of spite for what the mating season did to us.

But then I confronted you with my plan and I saw the truth, you misunderstood my behaviour and therefore got rid of the child before it could grow to one.

After I understood that both our convictions had been wrong, I began to ask myself why fate had to treat us in such a way.

We began to live as if never something had happened between us, but I never forgot that night." I explained.

"Neither did I." She replied.

"I know..., after I met Elhize I thought that this was what fate once had planned for me, that I told me that our love was never meant to be and just a fault in fate´s plan.

As we met White and you began to remember your past and your love for him, I understood that we only ever should have remained as adoptive siblings.

That forbidden night, was a coincidence which was never planned by fate.

And still.., I cannot say that I ever regretted it, the night we spent, I will forever remember it, remember that once there was a princess who fell in love with me, as we both had lost our own selves and all we possessed." I explained.

"But..., I don´t just want to remember, I want something more lasting, if I could I would want to give it another try and get pegnant by you:" Chocolat stated.

"Please, Chocolat do not say such a thing easily, you are a princess, you should know better than to risk such a scandal." I explained.

"..., But..."

"No buts, Chocolat, stop it, we are trough with that topic, I won´t cheat on Elh, not with sex or a kiss or whatever, no matter what." I stated and I saw the tears in her eyes welling up from anew.

"But..., if I have her permission for a Kiss, it won´t be cheating right?" She asked, trying another attempt.

"As if she would allow that." I stated mockingly as I stood up from the bed, walking over to the window, to look at the evening sky outside.

"And if I would do?" A new Voice asked and my head spun around so fast it actually hurted.

"Elh..., how long did you stand there?" I asked her as the door opened up fully and Elh and White entered.

"We stood there long enough, the director and Rose predicted that you might have awoken by now, I must say thought, that your conversation was quite interesting." White explained.

"I see." I replied as I blushed, but not as much as Chocolat did.

"White.., Elh..., I..." She stammered.

"We know Chocolat..., Red, I appreciate the fact that you want to stay faithful to me and I thank you dearly for that, but this here is Chocolat, not some random girl or a good friend.

This here is your little adoptive sister, whom you spend most of your life with.

She requests a last final passionate kiss from you before she changes and your ways part.

It is a huge step which both of you have to take by deciding to act upon your responsibilities, and who would I be to deny that.

If you need a better reason, just see it as compensation for my stupid suggestion earlier today, you remember as I, more or less, told Chocolat and White to have sex to get rid of the mating-heat in the first place." Elh explained and I saw how both kids flared up in embarrassment.

"If you say you are okay with that..., then I guess I have to believe you..., but still, are you really sure about it..., what if I get hooked on it..., I mean I did love Chocolat before..., who says that kissing her in such a way won´t reignite these feelings?" I asked.

"If they do then I hope you at least take me as your side-wife, that's the least I would be cool with." Elh explained with a blush and I was buff to be honest.

"White..., what are your thoughts about all this?" I asked him, hoping that at least he would side with me.

"For the moment Chocolat is still Chocolat and not Princess Choco-Vanil, so I cannot truly forbid her anything, after all we aren´t even in an official relationship yet, before that she is still free to do as she wishes, even though I do hope she choses me in the end." White answered and my frustration just grew.

"Red..., can it be that you absolutely do not want to kiss me?" Chocolat asked with a sad expression.

"Nnnngghhh..., no, that's not it..., it´s just..., I don´t know if it is such a good idea to do something so risky, I am barely together with Elh since a few days, even if she says she is cool with it..., what makes that of me if I really do get hooked on it, even though knowing we might not see each other in a long time, what if my relationship to Elh is going to suffer under it.

Then again, maybe I worry too much and nothing more will happen between us, but then I begin to think for myself how that I might not put in all of my feelings..., I just don´t know what to do!" I explained after a while of wrecking my brain trying to figure out what is right and what is wrong.

"Then we will decide for you, if you cannot make the choice." Elh stated in a huff, before she pushed Chocolat from behind, of the bed and into my arms, just in time as I turned around to face her and complain.

Needless to say that we both, Chocolat and I blushed, after we found ourselves in such a close embrace, with the sudden prospect of such intimacy infront of us.

"The Director explained to me, thanks to asking her Kumear acquaintance at Shangri-La some time ago, how to forcefully return another Kumear to her or his original shape, if the same is no able to do so herself.

I do not need to tell you that it will be quite painful, I bet your Guardian has told you so before she transformed you, am I right?" Elh asked and Chocolat nodded, blushing as I still held her in my arms.

"Then it is your duty, Red, to ease her pain in a sweet way, after all you are her older brother aren´t you?" Elh stated.

"I guess so?" I replied as I looked in Chocolat´s eyes, the eyes I once fell in love with.

"Will you really help me..., brother?" Chocolat asked with a whisper.

"Yes, I will, if you allow I will." I replied and she nodded still blushing.

"Well after that has been cleared out of the way, let´s proceed.

Red hold Chocolat close to you, really close, Chocolat, get ready to lay your self in Red´s hands, let go of all worry and even in the midst of pain, remember that Red is here with you along the way." Elh directed and I nodded reassuring.

"You better sit on the bed; her knees might give in." She stated and we did as told to us.

I sat in Indian style with Chocolat on my lap looking backwards.

"And what now?" I asked.

"Well, there are two ways of returning the shape, one is a forceful one, which just has the termination of the false shape in mind, often used to return criminal Kumears in disguise back to their original shape to confirm their identity.

And one is the loving one, just as the spell to shapeshift has been spoken over someone with love, it has to be taken away by love again.

Its going to hurt either way, but the loving words are more to ensure that although it hurts the pain means no lasting harm." Elh explained.

"I see, well we definitely will use the latter, I don´t want to bring you any more pain than necessary." I explained to Chocolat and she nodded.

"Then Speak after me!" Elh stated as she spoke in a language I have heard ages ago, maybe during a lesson in history back at Shangri-la.

I looked at Chocolat and she nodded after breathing in and out to calm her heart.

"I´m ready..., do it Red." She stated.

"Well then, here we go I guess.

Soles, danmen Rias denga Kumear, esta illumi ga Luce vero da pepito, onoma horlos lo ga no danven, ga blesario esta nixe recevero, ora horlos illumi banow, novare alphagos.

Urbanimo ga illumi, san frei vero da pepito, gonga ga zukun na struta ga wegiros!

(Sun, you Guardian of all Kumear, you have shone your light upon this child, now the time has come to rest, your blessing was well received, but the time has come for a new dawn, a new beginning.

Dim your light, set free this child, on that she can walk the path to her future)!" I chanted the incantation while looking deep in chocolat´s eyes.

"I thank you..., Red." Chocolat stated as she suddenly began to glow same as my Royal mark on my hand, as my rano was used to iniciated the shape-shifting.

"I feel warm..., it´s getting warmer and warmer..., nearly hot." She stated after a little while, as we witnessed how before our eyes Chocolat began to change her shape.

Her ears began to shrunk and round themselves until but two little ears were left.

"It feels so hot..., i´m sweating..., it feels as if I am near a campfire." She stated as she indeed sweated like crazy as if we were in the deepest summer, in a sauna or as she said, near a campfire.

The next thing to change was her tail as the same was pulled back into her body, leaving in the end but a little stump of fur,.

"It´s burning..., its so burning hot..., it hurts.., it hurts so much Red..., help me, please..., I beg of you!" Chocolat, slightly uncomfortable began to shout in pain as her fur began to pale out even more than before.

Her arms became a littler thicker than before, so her legs, her hands got bigger as well, i felt how her weight began to increase as well, not too much but slightly.

Overall her whole muscle and corporal structure began to change, I could not imagine how painful such a thing must be, I held her in my arms, seeing the tears in her eyes.

"Red..., please..., do it.., before I disappear..., completely!" Chocolat stated as her face began to change a little and without needing to be told twice, I leaned in.

"I love you, Chocolat..., guess this is goodbye..., but no matter where you will end up, no matter where I go, note that you can always call unto me, no matter how far we are apart, I will always be by your side." I stated as I kissed her deeply and passionate, before magically branding her my own gift into her hand, of course i did not brand it in like a tattoo, mind you.

It was more like my own personal tag, a marking.

It was a spell, which my father thought me, the mark of the corridor spell.

"This is my last gift for now, whenever you are in deep trouble, you can call unto me by forcing magic into the mark, and I will appear to save the day!" I stated with a smile as I kissed her again.

The light which Chocolat radiated began to dim and after a while it was gone.

Right infront of me stood someone else than before, even though the eyes were still the same, had her shape completely changed itself.

Not that it was any worse, it was just so completely unusual to me, since i knew her other form for so long.

But I remembered that face in which I looked now, after the intense shining was gone.

"You are still as beautiful as the day I first met you." I whispered into her ear absentmindly, as I held her close, while she nuzzled in my embrace blushing.

"..., Thanks, brother..., may I have a mirror..., I want to see myself as well." Chocolat..., or rather said, Princess Choco, asked.

It was the same voice, but the face it belongs to now couldn´t be any more different from the Chocolat I know.

By all means it was rounder, a little chubbier but still full of determination, that I could assure you.

She gulped, breathed in and out to calm down, before she looked into the mirror.

Chocolat´s Pov:

"Wow..., this sure is.., strange..., I was so used to see myself as a Caninu..., I guess I need some time to get used to my new look." I mumbled as I looked at my entirely new shape, my clothes were already as stretched as far as they could, overall I was a lot chubbier than before, not from fat but rather muscles, my arms were bigger than they ever had been, the most thing I though had to get used to, were my tinier ears and my tail that had basically vanished, until but a little stumb was staying.

Not to mention that my fur was barely white, the biggest change I could see.

"I look so different, this is going to hunt me for some time, that´s for sure." I stated.

"Most definitely, especially since you lived for 11 years as a Caninu and only 4 years as a Kumear, I still remember how I transformed for the first time in a Felineko, suddenly I was so thin, my shape, my fur colour, my entire look had completly changed, but with the time I got used to it.

Of course, you will find so many things strange, just try to walk, the sudden height difference will make you stumble at first but with the time you will get used to it." We heard a voice coming from the door to see how Anastasia, Father and the Director entered the room.

"It has been so long dear sister of mine..., I´m glad to have you back." Anastasia explained as she burst into tears, upon looking into my eyes.

"Sister..., finally I too have a concrete evidence that all you have said and all the memories I had regained before are real..., that it is not some long drawn out dream of mine..., I am really me, a Princess of Valhalla..., its so strange..., I think I should feel something more..., but I do not feel any different than before, at least inertly." I explained.

"Maybe you still do not realize it, since it is all still fresh to you and we are still in a past and well-known environment for you, but once you meet mother and the others you will come to realize that so many things have and still are bound to change in your life." Anastasia explained and Father nodded.

"My dear daughter..., I honestly have no words which can describe what I feel right now, I´m just so glad, so happy to have finally found you, to see that you are safe and sound." Father explained.

"Princess Choco, it is an honor for me to welcome you back." White stated as he bowed deeply before me, I blushed and looked down in shame, for seconds ago I still kissed my Brother deeply and now, as I am back to the Princess I was before, the promise my younger self and White once made, suddenly came into my mind all too consciously.

We promised to marry once I became an adult..., and now look at me, I was all adult, even physically almost a year older than him, while he barely changed from that time.

"Time sure is strange when you live in different worlds." I thought as I curtsied, just like I was taught so.

"Well look at this, just seconds ago you still were my cute, bossy little sister and now..., you have become quite a fine Princess within a blink of an eye, who can even bow with such grace, time sure flies." I hear Red´s joking voice.

I turned towards him seeing him smile.

"Anyways, from me as well..., welcome back, Princess Choco, it is a honor to meet you again." He stated as he gracefully bowed as well, better than his clumsy attempts from before.

"The honor is all mine, dear Prince Red." I stated as well..., before we both burst in laughter.

"This is so awkward..., like really, awkward." I stated with a sheepish grin.

"You can bet it is..., but it is royal etiquette so we have to train to do this without laughing." Red replied smiling.

"Well..., I might not be a Princess, nor a Queen..., and I doubt that you can call my Family aristocrats, even though the Melizee clan does branch of from the Melizera Clan, but please consider my outmost respect and salutations as well, it surely is an Honor for me to have been in your company for so long, Princess Choco." Elh explained as she bowed.

"Silence, you Peasant!" I shouted and it was suddenly dead silent in the room.

"..., pfff.., hahahaha, I´m sorry I just had to do that, your face was priceless Elh..., no seriously, all full of shock." I laughed and it felt good as they laughed with me.

"Seriously it cant get any more awkward than this, I mean you guys do not need to show so much respect, during speaking with me while we are in private, you´ve known me way before I was a princess or even had the glimpse of an idea, that I actually was one, before becoming a Caninu.

Just because I am now officially back to that state, doesn´t mean that everything we had has to change between us, I am still the same as before, only that I have now so much more clarity as well as responsibility in my live." I explained and Elh nodded.

"I admit, for a second my heart stopped." She stated with a chuckle.

"Oh Elh as if I ever would hold you for any less than you are, you are a dear friend to me and the woman my Brother has fallen in love with, how could I ever treat you like not being worth of breathing the same air as me, I would rather slit my own throat than ever thinking such a thing." I stated as I embraced her, gave her a peck on the cheek and nuzzled her, which made her blushing.

"You feel so soft." She said as she began to grope me here and there, nuzzling my cheek with hers, it felt good to be honest.

"Yeah I kind of feel myself a lot fluffier than before, but also way stronger." I explained with a puffed up chest, which was huge to be honest, bigger than before to be honest, making Elh looking at it in sheer jealousy.

"You need to show me that shapeshifting spell as fast as you can, you hear, I can´t stay flat for all of my life." She explained with a forced smile.

"They say that the flatter the chest, the closer you are to one s heart." I replied.

"Althought that doesn´t help, if it gives you issues and inferiority complexes throughout your life." She replied and I smilled.

"So you say you have become stronger..., is that so, then show me." Red stated as he placed his arm on the night table.

"Let´s see how strong you really have gotten, remember you still haven´t won one single time against me, without someone helping you cheat." He explained and I smirked.

"You sure about it, the way I feel now, I might break your arm." I stated.

"I doubt that dear sister of mine, after all I too have gotten a lot stronger than the last time." Red replied.

"We will see." I stated as I placed my arm next to his, grabbing his palm.

"Well since it is futile to try and stop you, I will be the referee, on your marks..., ready..., set..., go!" White stated and once he said the word I began to push while I felt how Red did as well.

"Well look at this, the little girl from before has finally learned to fight back, fair and square." Red explained after a while, as our arms stood back in the middle while sometimes descending to the one side, sometimes to the other.

I had to admit that for once I really understood how strong Red really was.

In arm-pushing you had to focus a lot of strength into one of your limbs, leaving the rest up to a good posture, strenght and condition.

That neither of us was able to truly bring an end to it after half an hour passed, was evident that we had finally become as strong as one another.

"Phew this was the first time neither of us could win, guess that says it all, you definitely have changed in some ways..., I guess I do not need to extensively protect you anymore, as you might well be able to do so yourself, so let no one tell you that you are weak, your strongest point are your skills as a pilot but I am sure that with time comes experience, and soon you will leave me in the dust with fighting as well.

But be sure that I won´t stay lazy either, I too will make sure that I become stronger, and not only in Body, but also in mind.

After all the fate of the world depends on our survival, just as the old Prophecy has spoken it." Red explained and I nodded.

"I guess you are right, Red, anyways now that I have all my memories back, I need to do something very important." I explained.

"You mean to pray at Banmori´s Grave, am I right?" Anastasia asked and I nodded.

"Let´s go pay our respect, Choco and then we go save our friends." Red explained as he showed me a thumb up.

"Not so fast, its okay to go pay your respect, but its about to get dark out there, I am already worried enough about you kids, so don´t you dare doing such a reckless action as to fly into such dangerous area by nighttime." The Director explained with a huff and a stern glare.

"I guess you are right, flying into a storm in the dead of night would be more than just a little reckless." Red replied and we all nodded.

"Good to have you understand that..., anyways, I have some Gifts for you Kids..., or rather things which have been kept here for you, to receive them once you have matured enough and regained your memories.

This one is from your father Red, I´m not really sure what it is or why it looks like this, but he said that it is beyond important for your further path, essential for when you are in company of your Knights during a fight." The director explained as she handed of a box to Red.

Inside laid a golden handle for a sword with several engravings inside and seven transparent Crystals stapled over each other within the handle

"It´s.., a sword handle..., but there is no Blade..., does that make any sense to you?" Red asked Elh and me as he looked at the gift of his father a little confused.

Maybe even a little disappointed, though he did not show that.

"Not really..., though if your father has kept it here all these years, it must be important." I stated and he nodded.

"I guess so, somehow all what Father says or does has a deeper meaning and happens rarely on a whim and without a good reason, maybe so this time." Red stated in thought and we nodded not sure what else to say to this.

"This here..., I remember it was the Locket I got from Merveille upon my departure from the laboratory, the first and only picture she had taken together with me." Red explained as he opened the Silver Locket with a moon-ornament.

"So this is how Merveille looked in younger years." Elh asked upon looking at the photo inside and Red nodded.

"This here is for you too, it is a gift from me and from Lady Burmilla as well as from Rose." The Director explained as she gave Red a bigger box.

"It is an armor fitting for your title as Scarlet Prince." She explained.

"Thank you so much, dear lady Cherrypie." Red exclaimed as he embraced her, while she smiled blushing.

"And this here is for you, Choco." The Director stated as she gave me a large package.

"This one is from Banmori, she used her own one as main material, to remake it into your possible adult shape, if it does not fit, we can still make adjustments, I worked on it as well, since she was unable to work, with the rest of life she bore." She explained as I opened the Package, inside laid an Armor similar to the one Banmori once wore, but in a different color-scheme, Jade-green with black as underground and golden ornamnets.

Next to it was also the Magatama-Necklace from my Memories.

"She´s beautiful..., I will go look if she fits, okay?" I stated but the Director held me back.

"Wait there is something more, Banmori herself asked us to take her weapon up to Shangri-La and reforge it if possible, to shape a weapon which you can wield.

We managed to forge it into the shape of a sword, after several years of working on it, and our Blacksmiths spoke of it as a masterpiece, which stands in close concurrence to a sword forged by the Royal Blacksmiths of Mina..., so here it is, your first and very own Sword, all you have to do is to give it a name.

Naming an object makes it stronger, more resistant and more obedient, especially weapons made out of special ore and possibly with special powers.

So how shall we call it?" The Director asked me as she gave me a long box in which a beautiful Jaden Sword with gold ornaments and polished emeralds laid, it looked similiar to Banmori´s Dragon-glaive, which she always wielded, as far as my memory reached.

If I wouldn´t know better, I would say that this is the sword told in the Prophecy.

"A name, hmmm..., good question..., it should have a name fitting to it, a name fitting to the one it originally belonged to..., how about, Faris Seral, Fierce Soul.

I think that would match." I explained, naming the sword in Valhallian, a language which suddenly rolled so easily over my tongue, as if I had always spoken it.

The name had a nice ring to it, if I may say so myself and the Director nodded in approval.

"A good name indeed..., anyways now that you have your gifts, the time has come for you to fulfil your destiny.

Make sure you live a long and good life, fitting of the one intended by those who sacrificed their own lives for you, until you have to face Lycan and his horde..., it might not always become easy, but one thing is for sure, our world counts on you and so do we." The Director explained and we nodded.

"I guess it is best if we hurry now, the faster we save our friends, the more likely they stay alive, but before we still have to pay our respect to Banmori." Red explained.

"Indeed, let´s get right to it, just wait a second I will look if the Armor fits, now we are still here." I explained and they nodded.

"I will help you, leave anythign to me!" Anastasia stated excitedly and I nodded.

Together we walked into the Bathroom.

"So, Sister..., you have chosen to come with us, am I right?" Anastasia asked while we were in the middle of dressing.

"Indeed, I know its going to be painful and I will miss Red and Elh much, but I have to follow my destiny wherever it will take me, if I do not, the world we know might end and what more, I might mock the sacrifice Banmori has done , for me to survive.

She wanted to see me become strong, a proud Valkyrie of Valhalla and maybe someday a Queen, wether that would come true or not, will at least return back home, after all I still have to bring her ashes back home.

Valhalla might have been destroyed, but I once heard someone saying, that home is more than just a piece of earth, it are the people we encounter there, the people we love and cherish, for me, Valhalla is the folk of my Parents, the folk Banmori and I came from.

But i won´t stay with you for all too long, as sad as it is.

I don´t know who made that Prophecy but if it is accurate, then I will have to help White in his quest..., but I also want to get to know how the life I have left behind would affect me, thats why i will return for a while." I explained and she nodded.

"One thing is for sure, I will stay at your side, even when the time comes, that you decide to venture on with White..., I will just go with you and leave the matters of Valhalla in the hands of our parents, they are far more competent anyways, over the entire years that we searched, we had not much time for me to be prepared as a potential throne heir and to try and learn anything I can now, in such short time, would be futile.

I am more suited as a popstar and fighter than a Queen anyways, maybe to motivate the troops, in times of war." She stated smiling as she embraced me.

"But putting that aside you really look nice sister, so womanly." Anastasia explained me, as she groped me here and there.

"Anastasia stop it, now is not the time for this, I am confused enough within my heart, I admit it feels good to be touched by you or Elh, that´s why i can´t have it to develop that kind of inclination." I stated.

"You mean your feelings for the boys, for White and Red, am I right?" She asked.

"Yes, I mean, Chocolat loves Red, so much is clear, but Princess Choco loves White, so much is clear as well..., as I am one and the same, I am so terribly confused right now whom to love.

My life is a mess, all I ever knew has suddenly been thrown over, ever since I met White and regained these memories of him and myself.

Its all a mess and I don´t know where I should try and begin to bring it back in order." I explained and she stopped groping but instead just lovingly hugged me.

"Dear Choco, I cannot help you unless you let me, but one thing is for sure, I am there for you, no matter what.

You are my beloved sister after all." She stated as she kissed my cheek.

"I..., I.., thank you, Sis." I explained, not knowing what I should say, it was a problem of my on after all, of course it was hard for others to tell me what to do, if it comes to love.

"Well then, lets look at you..., damn girl, I like what I see, it all fits perfectly." Anastasia explained as she led me to the Mirror and I blushed as I saw myself in the mirror.

"This is perfect, you look like a true Valkyrie, I wish I had such an Armor." She stated and I nodded slowly.

"Well then off we go, to pay our respect to Banmori, once more and this time for real!" She stated happily and aloud as she strutted out of the Bathroom.

"Dayum, now that looks nice." We heard as we met Elh, White and Red.

"Thank´s a lot!" I stated blushing as both White and Red looked at me with a blush.

"Indeed, it is quite nice to the eyes, I would say." Elh explained as she scanned me of, after nudging Red in his stomach as the same began to stare.

"Well then lets go." I explained and they all nodded.

We made our way into the backyard, still observed by curious eyes, who now looked out from the doors more openly.

"She´s so beautiful." I heard voices whispering.

"Yeah but the Felineko girl looks also quite nice, if only she had more chest." I heard another few voices and out of the corners of my eyes, I could see how Elh strutted forward, her fists clenched painfully, trying not to react to it..., but it was plainly to see that she was jealous, her eyes teared up a little.

"But look at those two men..., wow they are so dreamy, i wonder if they are models?" I heard other voices saying.

"One of them apparently lived here some years ago, same as that girl." someone stated.

It didn´t stopped until we made our way out of the house.

"Here we are, well then Red, Elh, Choco, now its your turn to pay your respects!" Anastasia explained and we nodded before we kneeled down before the grave.

"I will do so too, there is just so much i have to thank her for." Cereus explained as he kneeled next to me making me blushing.

"Choco, how about you say something." Anastasia encouraged me and I nodded.

"Banmori..., it is me, Choco, the girl you have saved, protected and cared about for 4 years, 2 of these years we spent on foreign soil, and even though it has been hard at first, has this place here long grown on me, it has become a home to me, I found friends and people I held as close as family to me.

You were right, Red has been a good match to me, as a loving brother and the man I was able to fall in love with.

However this was to a part also due to me no longer being able to remember, all what has happened and all what I was, but I bet that even if I would have kept all of my memories, I might still have fallen in love with him somehow.

Now that I do remember again however, I am in a little conflict.., I love White too, so much I know..., but I will not want to say that the meeting Red and I had, the relationship as adoptive siblings and one-time lovers, would have been a mistake and not meant to be.

Fate has played its game with me and now it left me infront of a mess of a puzzle, which I have to solve somehow..., but I am sure that I am by far not the only one with a similiar problem.

However this one is insignificant compared to the problems which are about to arise, the time of the Prophecy has come, all the components have been gathered together and she is about to unfold itself, from here on out many hardships might await us, but we surely will push on through, with many of our friends and loyal comrades at our side, we will make sure that the lives which had been saved and preserved for so long, were not in vain, nor the sacrifices others have committed for us.

We will cherrish them and grown upon them, so that one day we can give it our all to save this world.

I want to thank you that you saved me on that faithful day, that you protected me for 2 years straight and that you thaught me so much, as much as you could teach a 4 years old, thanks to you I am to a part who I am today.

Our path will be rocky and sometimes we might seperate from each other, by whatever circumstance which will arise, but I am sure that we will always find back together again.

We are who we are right now, but one day in the future we will become the sacred four out of the Prophecy, that I am sure about and for that we will learn, train and fight, in order to make the wish, for our world to live on in peace and freedom..., the wish, which you and so many other people had and still have, come true." I stated as we kneeled infront of the grave.

"May your soul rest in peace, knowing that your duty has been fufiled, your wish for me to become strong has been fufiled as well, but I promise you that i will not stop here now, I will become even stronger, strong enough to become a woman and a Valkyrie worth of being called a Princess of Valhalla.

For having this oportunity, i thank you with my deepest gratitude." I stated with outmost determination.

I felt how the Magatama Necklace emitted a gentle heat, as if to answer me, to indicate that Banmori has heard me.

As I looked up it was as though I could see her, a faint ghostly shine in her shape which smiled and showed me a thumb up, before turning around and fading away.

It told me that the protection she had given to me so long ago, after she transformed me into Chocolat Gelato, was now gone, all I now had was the protection of the Magatama-Necklace and my own strenght, as well as the loyality of my friends.

"This was really a nice speech." Anastasia explained.

"Indeed, just I really would like to know what you meant with you and Red having been one-time lovers?" Father asked with loud and furious voice.

"Geez Dad, really, Choco is a grown woman, and adult, stop treating her like a little Child, she is old enough to make her on decisions and take upon the consequences of them.

You do not need to give her trouble too." Anastasia stated as she pulled her father away by his ear.

"Ow, ow, ooow, okay, okay, I get it, I won´t ask any further, so please release me, Anastasia." The same whined as he was dragged away painfully.

"Elh, White..., I am sorry, but I cannot forget my Love for Red, still..., I won´t act upon my feelings, that I promise..., I hope you can understand that.

White..., I will try my most possible to remember the promise I have given you and to reiginite all the feelings I had once for you.

Some of them have already, such as my passion and my lust, but I am sure that once we travel together, seperated from Red and Elh, that they will increase, i know it will somehow work out, maybe not instantly but it surely will do." I explained.

"I can wait, no fear." White explained with a smile and I blushed, he was just too good of a person.

"One thing is for sure , Choco..., I will never ever forget you, that is for sure, I will not forget the love I have felt for you, be it as my little sister or as a lover, but my choice remains with Elhize." Red stated as he hugged me again, after we stood up.

"I will miss you Sister, once we go different ways, that is for sure." He stated and I nodded as I hugged him too.

"Elh..., the time we have spent together was wonderful, for once I had someone other to talk and discuss things with, than Red, someone who understood me, and someone who helped me to keep a certain someone in check.

I witnessed how you two fell in love and I was ready to give my own feelings up for your sake.

But I cannot deny my feelings for Red..., what I can however do is, to decide wether I would act upon them or not and I chose not to, I do this for your sake so make sure you become a good girlfriend and someday maybe a good wife to Red, he had earned but the best." I stated and she nodded.

"I will cherish your decision and I will make sure that Red and I stay together, in good as well as in bad times." Elh explained as she looked at Choco, deep in her eyes.

"Well then, I guess the time has come for your depart, just promise me not to take the risk and venture into that place tonight, wait until dawn at least, I know I said it before but I am just so worried about you, you guys can be quite reckless sometimes." The Director stated after we reentered the house to get towards the living.

We both, Red and I, kneeled infront of her.

"We will heed your advice, you need not to fear, we will meet again someday in the future, that we promise." Red explained and I nodded.

"And then we going to celebrate a big party." I replied and she nodded smiling.

"Red, Choco, I am glad to have had you as two of my children, I doubt I can get any prouder, you have grown so much and so strong, it is incredible..., I will never forget the years we had, maybe you kids met through a coincidence, but I would rather like to say that it was meant to be from the start in some way.

I wish I could, but I have no right to stop you and keep you away from your destinies, from all danger that awaits you, so know that my heart and spirit will always be at your side, I will always be thinking of you, no matter how far you guys go." The director explained as she embraced us with tears in her eyes, a loving hug we returned.

"My Prince, we need to go, Lady Burmilla and the others have meanwhile arrived." Greyhound who arrived in the door explained and we nodded.

Suddenly the handle of the sword began to pulsate and Tenebras Noctem, Greyhound´s sword began to glow.

"What is this, what is happening?" I wondered before a cone of deep purple light streamed from the scabbard of the sword towards the handle right into one of the seven Crystals, coloring the same purple.

"Red look!" Elh exclaimed as suddenly a part of a sword began to appear, one side of a sharp edge, several centimeters long and glowing in a pale silverish light, like the Moon in the Nightsky.

"What just happened?" Everyone asked.

"I don´t know but it looks like this sword is indeed deeply tied to the Order of Seven." The Director explained.

"Maybe the sword fully appears when you meet all of the seven swords and gain their loyality." Greyhound explained.

"I was trained for it and I was ready to accept my role once i would meet you, but I guess there had always been a little doubt within my mind, especially after I met you the first time, until the moment I saw you fighting, the way you fought and protected, the way you did not give up until everyone was saved, the way you took on the fight agains the ghoul nearly alone and the way you commanded others, with the best interest in mind, it all showed me that you were worth to be my master.

I lay my life in your hands!" Greyhound explained as he kneeled before me.

"My dear Greyhound, I appreciate your allegiance, may our path lead us to a way to bring back the peace for the free Regions, for all of Tailsworld." I explained and he saluted.

"As you wish my Prince!" He replied.

"Well then, I think we stayed here long enough, our ride is waiting for us!"I stated and the others nodded.

"I guess this is goodbye then..., gosh this is so hard..., sending you off knowing that many dangers will await you, no woman nor mother should ever have to do that." The Director stated with a pained smile.

"We will surely return safe and sound, so stay alive and well until then, you understand!" I stated and she nodded eagerly.

"Keep a good eye on her Thea, I´m counting on you!" Red explained.

"Naturally." The Young Woman replied.

"You stay out of trouble as well..., as far as you can, I do not would want to have to hear, that some of my fellow orphanage-siblings have died at such a young age." She replied in a huff and we noddeed with a smile, before we were brought outside.

The children finally appeared to say goodbye and one each of them wished us luck.

It really broke my heart as we saw the Orphanage getting tinier, while we flew away on the Scarlet Wolf after loading in the Asmodeus.

"One day we will return, so stay strong and alive until then, may the gods blessings are with you." I heard Red mumble as we stood at the window.

"May you spent your days in peace and freedom..., we surely will pray and fight for making that wish come true." I continued and he nodded, as the Orphanage disappeared in the sky that gradually turned several notches darker, now that the night appeared.

We will fight soon, to make sure we all can witness a new dawn in freedom and peace once more.

End of Story

A/N: This was `The House of Memories´, one of the many Side Stories to come, as you might now know was this more an Origin story of Chocolat, than of Red.

I really hope you all have liked this little bonus story, one of many.

As promised many references for the future books have been written inside this, some might still arrive in the last few chapters of the Main story but not all of them.

I hope it has made the story interesting enough for you to visit it again, once this book ends and the new one starts.

In this sense, read, review and recommend.

Yours truly, the Storyteller and his Books.