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The boy fell straight down for a while, before a bright blue light lit up from his pendant and his body went horizontal before his plunge slowed to a hovering decline, his clothes spread about him as if he were floating in water instead of midair. He had passed out from his sudden fall, so he was unaware of his stone using its power to save him from a death-causing plummet. His hair flowed around his head although still contained within the ponytail. His shoes had been lost in the first few minutes of the drop, not that they'd been worth much.
The clouds and birds seemed to part for him as he passed amid them, almost as if his presence was something to be revered. The boy who had fallen from the sky like an angel, descending to the places below. His face had paled a little from the cold air and goose bumps rose on his skin. But soon the air became warm again as he still fell, for his home had been a far, far way up.
Just below him, a man with long blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue outfit, stood atop his castle watch tower, looking out to watch for enemies, unaware of the boy that floated downwards. But, fortunately for him, one of his subordinates looked up and shouted, "Hey Boss! Look at that!"
The man looked up just in time to see the boy and held out his arms, the boy floating just above them before his pendant lost its light and his weight dropped on the one who held him all at once. He grunted a little before he shifted his hold so he could carry his sudden passenger better. "Where did this boy come from? The sky? But there's nothing up there in the clouds, unless he's from the Mystic Moon…"
"Commander!" another man called, beginning to climb up to where the blonde man was holding the newcomer. "What's up? I just heard that you caught some kid who was floating in a ball of light!"
"Yes, Gaddes, I did. Come see."
Gaddes completed his climb and gazed down at the boy. "What the heck? I've never seen hair that color, nor clothes like that, except for Fanelia, and what's with all these weird symbols? I've never seen them before."
"Especially this one here," the commander pointed out, gesturing to the one on the front center of the boy's shirt. "It's here, on this pendant, and tattooed on his left hand. It must mean something important, if it's on so many things, including on his body. I think I'll bring this boy to Fanelia once he's awake and bring him to meet Van. If my hunch is right, wherever this boy came from has to be connected to either the Mystic Moon or Draconians."
"You mean he might be like Van?"
"For all we know or he may be something we've never encountered before."
Gaddes touched the boy's clothes and blinked. "This is the lightest yet the most durable material I've ever felt before, Commander. It feels like it's made out of nothing, yet it must be strong enough to endure the harsh treatment from the wind of the kid's fall. And…what the heck? It's slit in the back on both sides, like it got ripped!"
"We can ask some questions once he wakes, Gaddes. Just help me get him down."
"You got it, Commander."
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