On the surface of Dahlia, Prince Sean nearly felt like crying. The infrastructure was startlingly similar to the infrastructure on Satellite, and this only made the prince pine for his mother and father. He seemed to be having flashbacks, which went back to those fateful last moments on Satellite. The images in his head were so potent he thought he could smell the burning wood and hear the planet tearing itself apart.
"Prince Sean? Are you OK?" Laya asked. Sean looked at her with a few tears in his eyes.
"No, it's just that this planet... it looks so similar to Satellite, and my parents... I feel like it's happening all over again..." Sean said, beginning to sob. Laya put a comforting arm around the prince.
"Just remember that this is not Satellite. Come on, we need to see Lune." she whispered. Sean wiped the tears from his eyes and sniffed up.
"You're right. I've got to get those images out of my head. Let's find Lune." Sean said, standing up. The party climbed up several sets of stairs, and they could hear voices as they neared the top of the sixth set.
"I do believe that we have intruders, my Emperor."
"In that case, allow me to deal with them. It's another rabble."
Sean marched up the stairs and stormed forward. The rest of the party stayed near the top of the stairs. As the prince advanced, he saw a figure standing in front of him.
"Ah, so you're the intruder. Let me deal with you." the figure said, stepping out of the shadow and revealing himself. He was Lune, the Emperor of Dahlia. He used to be a very nice man, but since Orakio banished him, his personality had soured and now he was a very bitter individual. He had long, lime-green hair that was all over the place. He was wearing a long-sleeved royal purple top, with a pair of black pants and dark green boots. He had a throwing knife in his right hand, and he was wearing several bracelets on his wrists, a choker around his neck and a headband just below his hairline. The belt that held up his pants had a sword jammed in it.
"I'm Prince Sean. I come from Satellite, which has recently been destroyed. And who are you, you over-the-top ponce?" Sean asked, very, very rudely. Lune strode right up to him.
"I am Emperor Lune of Dahlia. And you trespass on my turf! You need to be taught a lesson, young Prince Sean. Guards! Sieze this prince at once!" Lune said in a very bossy, grand voice. Just as the guards were about to grab Sean, the prince knelt on the ground in front of Lune.
"Emperor Lune, we're not here to hurt you." Sean said humbly. Lune ushered the guards away and ordered Sean to stand. Normally, the prince wouldn't follow orders, but he had seen what Lune was capable of, so he daren't disobey.
"Then what are you here for, Prince? And I take it the rest of your group is over there."
"Yeah, that's the rest of my group. We're here because we need the four Layan Eyes. We've got two already."
"Layan Eyes? I have heard of them, but why do you need the one in my possession?"
"Some evil force has used Orakio and Laya, and now it wants to destroy the world! That's why I think Laya's Treasure is the key to defeating it. And the only way to get Laya's Treasure is to retrieve the four Layan Eyes, then return them to the world beneath the Bernink Province on Samesina." Lune began to look worried.
"Prince Sean," he said, "there's something you should know. I never intended to hurt anyone, yet I did, and I regret it. If you will allow me to travel with you, I'll give you the Layan Eye and help you get the last one." Sean accepted, and then Rhys came up to the prince.
"Now, Prince Sean, I actually owe Lune a favour." he said. Lune looked at him strangely.
"Actually, Rhys, no you don't. Now come on." Lune said, but Rhys stopped him saying any more.
"I do, Lune. After I told you about the rebels who were defying your rule, I really should do something else for you. I'll stay here and look over Dahlia whilst you, Prince Sean and the rest of the group go after the last Layan Eye and defeat the evil."
"Oh! My sister Alair could've done it, but you can help her. Thanks, Rhys."
"My pleasure, Lune."
After Lune had had another talk with Sean, he handed something else to the prince, along with the Layan Eye. It looked like a pair of mechanical wings, which were made of a black metal.
"Prince Sean, I noticed you had a Wren cyborg with you, and these are some parts for him. They'll allow him to transform into an aerojet!" Lune said. Sean took both things and handed the parts to Wren. The prince then introduced Lune to the rest of the party (they all forgot to call him 'Emperor', but he didn't seem to mind now). Just as they are about to climb onto the spaceship and go back to Samesina, Lune handed an envelope to Sean.
"Sean, I got this envelope. It magically appeared in my pocket, and I almost forgot about it. Oh, I forgot to call you Prince! Silly Lune!" Lune said, handing an envelope to Sean. The prince took it and said that he didn't mind Lune not calling him 'Prince'.
"I say you should open it." Laya whispered. Sean tore open the envelope and pulled out a damp piece of paper. The ink on the paper was smudged, but the words could still be made out. The prince read the letter out aloud.
Dear Prince Sean and party,
Yet again I am forced to write in the most inconvenient of places. I've been locked in a damp prison cell near a sewer, and it smells awful. I've made yet another shocking discovery.
The winged creature that had taken me said that the Dark Force needed a vessel to be truly reborn. I have no idea what that means, or why he said it. He even said that the evil is after Laya's Treasure! The only thing I can suggest is to get the last Layan Eye as quickly as possible. No doubt you've already got the one off Lune.
I found that the last Layan Eye is in England, on Earth. The creature's already sent someone out to get it, I think. He didn't say if that was definite or not. I'm hearing footsteps. I have to go. I'll have to magically give this to Lune.
Lots of love, Lyle.
X X X
P.S. If I figure anything new out I'll contact you as soon as I can.
"So your friend Lyle was kidnapped? We'll have to save him as well as getting the other Layan Eye." Lune said after Sean had put the letter into his pocket.
"Well, he's my grandfather, actually," Sean replied, "yet he acts like a friend." Lune stood corrected.
"Let's fly the spaceship to England then." Laya suggested, and so the party boarded the spaceship.
