Arabetha

The young priestess and her few friends ran through the fields behind the church, her long brown hair flowing and blowing in the wind behind her. The fresh spring air was what they looked forward to all winter and the flowers were already starting to bloom.

"Arabetha, we have a special guest here. Could you please come in and serve the gentleman something to drink?" yelled the High Priest from the church's back door. The church itself was a magnificent castle with towers and a bell tower in the middle that's stroked perfectly on every hour. It was made of grey stone that had been cut to fit perfectly together, which was now covered in beautiful green ivy in parts. She ran inside as fast as she could. She was running so fast though that she almost fell over a young boy not much older than her and with stunning grass green eyes.

"Oh! I am so sorry!" said Arabetha, "Forgive me I am always in such a hurry and it makes me clumsy, I am terribly sorry." She felt like an idiot for having almost fallen over him. Of course, the person she had to make a fool of herself in front of today was this gorgeous boy. She could feel her cheeks getting redder.

"Well, I will forgive you if you could do me the small favour of showing me where the High Priest's Quarters are. I am here with Highlord Atreidies and I seem to have gotten myself terribly lost in this place. It will be a great embarrassment if I can't find my way and catch up with him. Some warrior I will turn out to be. My names Falon" He grinned at her and she could see the sparkle of laughter in his eyes.

"Arabetha, could you bring us some wine for these gentlemen," The High Priest said watching her leave the room and the door shut behind her. "That my Lord is the fifth. Dear me, the poor girl will never be able to live her life the same way again. She is only sixteen with so much to live; I fear this all may be too much for her. But no matter, she will accompany us to the Kingdom where the Queen and I will tell her destiny."

"So, she doesn't know? How will she be able to help us if she is so young and her training is incomplete? She will be more of a nuisance than any help for us! She has no idea of the type of danger you are flinging her into, how will she be able to do this!" Atreidies almost yelled at the Priest.

"She has been trained far beyond any of her fellow students. She has been told she had great power in her but nothing of the Legendary Five or that she was one of them. We taught her the art of shadow magic knowing this day would come one day. She has the power inside her. She will just have to find it in time to destroy the Galgor. She is destined for great things," insisted the High Priest. A smash by the door startled the two men. There stood Arabetha, shock on her face and the broken wine bottle on the ground by her feet.



"I am so sorry! I'm so clumsy sometimes. Let me go get something to clean this up," she said in a fluster looking like her mind was racing at a mile per minute.

"No, Arabetha…you should stay. I should have told you this long before. Stay with us and let me explain."