2. Kyria's Story
"Yes," Kyria admitted. "I'm from Earth."
"Your from the Mystic Moon," Van exclaimed. "How did you get here?! How did you even know about Gaea?!"
Van paused to take a breath. Kyria was smiling. She hadn't expected this kind of reaction. It was amusing.
"Yes, I am from the Mystic Moon," she acknowledged, still smiling. "In answer to your first question: I wished to come here. To answer your second I have to show you something and then tell you my story. Are you sure no one can see or hear us?"
"Yes, the guard at the door is an old friend of ours. He has orders to keep everyone away from here," Hitomi told her.
"Good," said Kyria getting up. She walked over to the window and closed the curtain. Then she turned around to Van and Hitomi's puzzled looks and smiled.
"What I'm about to show you is my biggest and deepest secret and I don't want anyone else to see it," she told them before turning her back on them again.
Kyria closed her eyes and concentrated. Suddenly a pair of beautiful, strong, and glowing white wings sprang from her back. White feathers floated all around the room. Van and Hitomi sat speechless staring at Kyria's outstretched wings. Kyria let out a sigh of relief and content. She hadn't let out her wings in almost two weeks, It felt good to let them out again. After a moment she pulled them back in leaving behind a flurry of feathers.
"Your a - a ----," Van couldn't finish. He was still shocked to discover that there were more Draconians still alive.
"Yes, I'm a Draconian," she supplied as she turned around to face them. "Now to tell you my story. Forgive me if I start crying it's pretty sad." Kyria sat back in her chair to begin her tale.
"I guess I should start with when I discovered my wings. You see I already knew about Draconians and Gaea, because my Grandmother, whose name was Mary, Told me stories about them.
My Grandmother had a house near a cliff overlooking the ocean. I would sit on the cliff and watch the waves. Well one day the ground under me crumbled and I fell toward the rocks below. I thought for sure I would die but I didn't. My wings came out. They weren't strong yet but they slowed my descent. I must have blacked out after that because I don't remember anything until I woke up in my Grandmother's bed with her sitting next to me. I told her what happened and even asked if I had imagined it. She said I hadn't. Then she handed me a white feather. She said she found it next to me. When I still didn't believe her, she stood up and showed me HER wings. I asked her why I never knew and she told me to ask my mother. THAT was a mistake. I asked her and she slapped me and told me to never talk about it again. She even disowned my Grandmother for telling me about Gaea and showing me her wings. My mother forbade me from ever seeing her again. Of course I didn't listen to her. I wanted to learn more and how to fly. My mother never knew. She thought I was at the Library when I went to see my Grandmother. We kept this up for about a year. Until one day Grandmother had an accident and was killed. Mom didn't even care, but I was devastated." Kyria paused. Tears were starting to run down her face, but she quickly wiped them away and continued.
"After Grandmother died I couldn't take it anymore. She had given me something when I was little. She said that I would know how to use it when the time came. That night I went to my room and packed all the stuff I thought I might need. I waited for my parents fall asleep before I took out the necklace that Grandmother gave me. I held it in my hands and wished with all my heart to go to Gaea. A bright light descended and took me away. I landed in a grassy clearing. I didn't realize it then but I was on the border of Fanelia. I saw some lights in the distance and went toward them. It was still night so no one was around, but I had to find a place to stay. I found an abandoned house and went in. It hadn't been lived in for some time, but it was still livable. So I found a bedroom, took out the sheets I brought and fell asleep. I was rudely awoken by my cat, Jake, who apparently wanted food. So I got up and fed him. Then I set about cleaning the house. It took me about two weeks. This morning I finished and went for a walk. I walked into that bar I told you about. That's the end of my story, and now I better get home. I haven't left Jake once since we came." Kyria finished.
A long silence followed. Then Hitomi asked the question that had been bugging her.
"Will you show us your necklace?"
Kyria was surprised by this but nodded. She reached under her shirt and pulled out a gold chain with a beautiful golden heart on it, with diamonds on one side. Suddenly Van's pendant and Kyria's heart burst into light and filled the room.