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~♡~ There she is Standing tall and proud A gentle smile on her face The Guardian ~♡~
Third Person's POV
"Who are you?" Loke asked the woman.
The woman herself merely smiled in reply before making her way down her throne. "Well, I am Eleanor, the Guardian of this world and I've been expected six of you to be here." The woman said with a gentle smile. "Us? but, why?" Anthony asked.
"Because you are the Chosen Ones, my dears." Eleanor said again. "What? What are you talking about?" Ben asked. "Yeah, what about the Chosen Ones?" Ash asked as well."Let me tell you the story. A long time ago, there was a prophercy about seven reincarnation of the seven legendary heroes of Underland.
"In Underland, there are two kingdoms. Harmony Kingdom and Elemental Kingdom. Both Kingdom stand facing each other, divided by a magical forest called Empódio. Both Kingdom had formed an alliance with each other for generations.
"However, the King of Elemental Kingdom did not feel satisfied. He decided that he's the one who will govern all of Underland. He declared a war with Harmony Kingdom. The king of Harmony Kingdom tried to persuaded him but, to no avail. They had no choice but, to fight. On the first war, Harmony Kingdom won but, lost their king.
"A few weeks after the king's death, his oldest child rose to the throne. Not until a few months later, the Elemental Kingdom declared another war. Like his father, the newly-crowned king tried to persuaded them and again, they couldn't. Another war broke but, with a very different result. Elemental Kingdom had used a very mysterious dark magical arts to fight in the war. It caused a great loss to Harmony Kingdom." Eleanor ended her story with a sullen expression.
"S-So, is there any connection from this story with the prophercy?" Anthony asked, stuttering slightly. "Oh yes, there is. In fact, a very important one." Eleanor said, nodding curtly. "The newly-crowned prince formed a special group of seven elemental users, which includes him. This group is called Eptá.
"This group consisted the king himself, who possessed the power called Lightning Master; his little sister-the princess- who possessed the power called Starlight Garden; the princess' fiancee who possessed the power called Peaceful Darkness; the best female warrior in the kingdom, who possessed the power called Whirlwind; the kingdom's smartest soldier who possessed the power called Winter Fortress; the kingdom's best combatter who possessed the power called Hellfire; and the kingdom's best defense guard who possessed the power called Wood Creation."
"They all died protecting the kingdom. It is said that only their reincarnations will be able to possess their powers and control them. And those will be all of you." Eleanor finished, smiling elegantly. "I knew that you are their reincarnations the moment you were born into this world. I've been watching you. How you grow, how you bond, everything." Eleanor said again.
"Wait...one question!" Loke said, stopping her from saying more. "What is it, my dear?" Eleanor asked. "You kept mention 'Underland' in your story. What is this 'Underland'?" Loke asked. Eleanor stares at him for a moment before bursting into a fits of giggles.
"Why, silly me. I forgot to tell you. Pardon me~" Eleanor said. "Underland is where we are now. This palace, the flower fields, monsters, all these mirrors, and what-not you are witnessing right now is Underland~" Eleanor explained lightly, clasping her hands together.
"Ooooh..." they all cooed in unison. After a minute, they stopped as they realized something. "Wait...did you just said 'monsters'?" Ben asked. "In Underland?" Ash asked as well. "Yes, I did." Eleanor said casually.
All of them were silent for a moment as they felt the realization hits them. "Eeehhhhhh!?!?!?" They screamed in unison. "M-Monsters?" Stacey choked on her words. "Yes, the monsters mostly came from the Elemental Kingdom and it's making this world of Underland miserable." Eleanor said with a sorrowful kind of tone. "Though, that's not the only one that make this world misreable" Eleanor said, not loudly.
"What else?" Loke asked. Eleanor sighed before beckoning one of the mirrors in the room to come closer. The mirror flew over towards them as a tv-like vision began to shown. Images of people in a village was shown. Some of them wear rags and walk on all fours. Stacey and May gasped at the horrible sight. The boys clenches their fists at the sight. How horrible indeed.
"The people were treated very horribly. The people that came from the poor became slaves and the people of higher position spends their moneys and time on betting and alchohols. It has been that way for thousands of years. The only thing that keep their hopes up is the prophercy. But, even most people already given up on believing on the prophercy." Eleanor explained sadly.
All of them were silent for a moment, the horrible scene keep replaying in their minds over and over again like a broken recorder. Stacey shivers as tears came flowing from her eyes. "So...horrible..." Stacey sobbed quietly, her palms covering her face.
May pulled Stacey into her embrace, attempting to calm the girl down. "I'm very sorry for showing those horrible scenes." Eleanor said, pushing the mirror aside. "So, how are we going to go home? We can't just stay here forever." Ash said, getting an elbow on the ribs from Ben.
"Well, there is an enchanted gate made of gold in the farthest point of Harmony Kingdom. It is called Gate of Epithymía. They said that the members of Eptá were the one who made it. It is said the gate can give you everything you wish for and take you anywhere you want." Eleanor explained.
"However, in order to activate it, you have to collect all 6 keys of Harmony. The Hell key, the Ocean Key, the Forest Key, the Wind Key, and the Earth Key. All six keys were taken away from Elemental Kingdom's best magic users. Fire King Blaze, Water Queen Mizuki, Ice Witch Freeze, Rock Golemn Rocky, Wind Woman Wendy, ;0n and Root Wizard Ruth." Eleanor explained.
They all fell into silence, processing everything Eleanor told them. "I know that this is all too much for you to take in an instant. Come, Rubelle shall show you all to your rooms. You'll stay in my castle until you're settle with this world." Eleanor said, pointing at Rubelle, who stands not too far away from the door.
"Have a good rest, my dears!" Eleanor said, teleporting away. There was another silence before Rubelle cleared his throat gaining the six teenagers' attentions. "Right this way, misses, sirs. Follow me!" Rubelle said, beckoning them to follow him. They looked at each other before hesistantly following the talking lamp.
