Tales of Legendia – A new Generation

The First Born is Born Again

Now that Niki is 10 years old, Moses faced life like nothing bad happened. He stopped mourning for the lost first born baby and stopped worrying about his lover.

Both loved ones were now gone and he can't do anything about it. All he can do for now is to look after the Second Born.

Niki, the Second Born, was only 10 minutes younger than the First Born.She had adapted most of Moses' genes (and habits as well). This was because Moses mad sure that Niki was always by his side (he was rather over-protective ever since Norma disappeared).

But now that Niki was 10 years old, it was time Moses let her off by her own. She was now allowed to roam around the Legacy with her friends and do errands for other people around Werite's Beacon.

Since Niki was a Bandit, she gained very little fame than that of the other children. Moses didn't mind.As long as Niki existed in his world, he was happy.

As for Niki, she never knew about her older twin sister. Her father never talked about it since he was so heart-broken in the past. Even if she asked where was her mom, Moses will suddenly become quiet, turn around, and start sobbing. After all, he is a family man.

But today, Niki gets to learn the truth..

It took place in the Crystal Forest, the place where Norma went missing. Moses didn't agree at first, but later he decided that Niki was a big girl now and can take care of herself. Niki packed her small sachet with red gummies and orange gummies and took off.

The question: why is it that Niki was so keen to go to the Crystal Forest?

Our little bandit took out a map as she entered the forest. "Let's see.. I'm here.. So the treasure chest must be.." she scanned the map carefully then poked one end of it. "Here!"

She stuffed the map back to her zebra striped pocket and went off.

Few hours later..

Poor Niki got lost. She wasn't a good navigator and besides, the map was upside down. The Werite's Beacon Acadamy never allowed her in so she couldn't learn anything. By now, she should be in Grade 5. All that Moses can do is to bring her to Will's house and have a tutorial there. Fortunately, both the bandits were taught different lessons at the Raynard's, but Niki's grades kept dropping since she always slept in class.

Anyway, back to the plot. Niki decided to keep walking straight which is a very bad idea. You do know in the Crystal Forest, there are mirrors everywhere and sometimes, you don't know which direction you go, right? Well yes, Niki was heading straight for a Crystarantula's nest.

First, Niki felt something soft then looked down. She was stepping on some sort of very soft crystal (Maybe crystal hay?, Niki thought). Thinking that it could be valuable, she stuffed some of the crystal threads in her pocket, then moved on. She stopped again when she saw half a dozen of strange eggs. They were huge, maybe up to Niki's chin and they were all glassy looking.

"Maybe I can bring one home!" she said to herself.

She tried, but failed. For it was much too heavy.

So instead, she pierced one of the eggs with her spear so she can get a hunk of it.

Tink! Tink! Tink! Grrrrrr…

Niki stopped piercing the egg and looked around because she thought she heard a growl. She shrugged it off and continued piercing.

Tink! Tink! Tink! ROOOAAARR!!!

"Sweet Nerifes!" she swore and looked around again. She was certainly pissed off to whatever made the sound and then wished she didn't swore so loudly. For right there behind her, was the owner of the eggs. The Crystarantula herself.

"Uh oh.." Niki mumbled as she quickly snatched the hunk of glass and stuffed it inside her other pocket. The Mother Crystarantula saw this and took full charge for Niki. "ROOOAAARR!!!!"

Niki knew just what to do. She turned around and ran .

"Nice spidey! Nice Spidey!! Yikes!!" A patch of sticky web went pass her. She knew about Crystarantualas. Iron Eren power have no effect on them and Niki was one of those poor Iron Erens.

She found a crack, big enough for her, but too small for the monster. She went in and hugged her knees while rocking to and fro. Outside, she can hear the monster banging at the crack, but the crystals were so strong, it wouldn't break. So far, Niki was safe.

But what a sight Niki saw when she saw the rest of the area. It turned out that the crack was a cave entrance and there, in the center of the small cave, lay small pieces of blue rock.

"Ooh.." she cooed as she picked one up. "Pretty.."

She stared at the blue sapphire stone for a moment, then bit on it. It was no fake, these stones were for real.

"Cool!" she piped up. "I can keep one of these and I could show it to Junior!" Junior, is one of Niki's best friends and will be explained later.

She looked around to find a small piece, small enough to make her necklace. It took a long time until she found one. Actually, it was more like it caught Niki's attention. The blue fragment sparkled and the skin was shinier than the others.

With excitement, she picked it up, then suddenly she saw something peculiar. From under this stone, there was something fishy about the bluish dusty floor. She blew on the surface of the rock and saw.. writing.

She dusted more with her hand and finally found that it was written in English.

To the person who found this cave,

I do not know if you are my child who is reading this, but please, hear me out. Keep this area a secret. Please don't tell a soul about this cave. For the treasures you find at your feet are meant to be for my daughter, Niki.

Niki, if you are reading this, then I'm very happy that you could make it out her by your own. Take as many as you like. You can do anything with them. Sell them, keep them, store them, whatever.

Just remember, I'll always love you and your father. Even if I'm not around anymore, I'm always watching you from above.

Love,

Norma B. Sandor

Mom

Niki couldn't breath. She stared at the letter that was carved on the stone, then read it again. "Mommy..?" she whimpered. "Mom..?"

Tears suddenly burst from Niki's eyes and she tried her best to wipe them away, using her sleeves. But they just kept on coming.

"MOMMYYY!!!"

Suddenly, just as she shouted, the small piece of blue stone sparkled, then exploded with white light. Niki stopped crying and looked at the stone with confusion in her eyes. The cave became a sparkling white and the stone she was holding in her palm suddenly shone brighter.

She heard music. It sounded like her, but wait, it was more mature. The song was relaxing, calm and yet there was something else.. Freedom.

Hey Niki.

Niki looked up from the stone and saw a ghost. She wasn't afraid of ghosts, but the thing that freaked her out was that… This ghost looked just like her.

Both were identical, yet there was something different about the two. Personality, age and soul can be listed. "Who are you?" Niki asked boldly.

The ghost lifted one eye up and smiled, like what Niki does.

You don't remember me, do you? It asked. It's me, Niki.

The ghost came closer and placed her hand on Niki's head.

I'm your twin sister.

Niki blinked, then suddenly felt like she was being drained.

Sleep, Niki. Sleep. There's a Crystarantula bullying you, right? I'll take care of it..

Then, Niki fell asleep.

"Niki.."

"When will she wake up, man!! Like, c'mon!!"

"Niki, wake up."

"Doc, can you do anything?!"

"Niki, dad's worried."

… Dad? Niki opened her eyes slowly and saw that she was in a hospital.

"Niki!"

The next thing she knew, a man with moppy red hair hugged her tightly and she knew instantly that it was her dad.

"Daddy! I-I'm –" she was about to cry again but she buried her face on her father's chest.

"Relax, baby, everything's fine. You just collapsed and all and we found and… Oh man, Niki don't you ever do that again!" he rubbed Niki's back to comfort her sobs. "You got me so worried, man!"

The doctor told Moses that everything's fine except for one thing. Niki had gained something, but they didn't know what.

All this time, Niki kept a secret about the cave. Even that special small stone that remained in her pocket.