couldn’t get the questions out fast
enough.
“Whoa hold on. One at a time.” He began.
“Everland is completely different from everything you know. Like
Koli and I. We are guardians, handpicked from our kind to protect
your kind, the immortal humans.”
Gwen examined their tan skin and dark hair.
“So, you guys are like Indians or something?” Koli laughed.
“Yah, actually not like Indians, we are the original Indians. The
Native American population here is actually native to
Everland…”
Gwen looked confused.
“One of our ancestors, a young woman Abeytu,
found her lover to be unfaithful and left the Manticans, that’s our
real name,” he began. “She befriended a fairy, who showed Abeytu a
portal into your world, which by the way we call the middle world.
I guess I should explain fairies first. The only way we can travel
between worlds is with a fairy. They possess the powder of the
stones. Each fairy colony is centered around a mother stone, from
which the fairies harvest their energy and powders.
Our fairy is Tina, well, she’s Pete’s fairy I
guess. Her stone is Emerald, therefore her powder is green. Okay
back to Abeytu. Abeytu befriended an Emerald fairy, who had a great
respect for nature, as Emerald fairies do. After being brought to
the middle world, Abeytu, full of rage, disrespected the fairy by
killing animals repeatedly out of pure hate in gruesome messed up
ways. The fairy punished Abeytu by leaving her in Middle Earth and
cursing her to forever protect the animals of the middle. The fairy
stripped her of her transforming abilities, which is what happened
to me back there, leaving her defenseless just as her victims
were. Therefore, in
theory, she didn’t carry on the gene which
explains why we have the ability and our ancestors here
don’t.”
Overwhelmed, Gwen rubbed her forehead. Was he
lying? The burn surrounding the golden mark on her chest answered
her question. “Wow, ok so what is this immortal human stuff?” Gwen
was beleaguered.
“Your kind rule Everland. You are the
immortal humans,” he said it with a touch of sarcasm. “You don’t
age after you’ve been sworn. You’re hearts beat purest of pure, and
make you a target of the dark ones, we refer to as pirates. They
feed on immortal humans gaining their life-force from eating the
hearts of your kind. You are so important to them because if they
devour your heart, they become closer to gaining your immortality.
Pete is the natural born king and you the natural
born…queen.”
Koli piped in from the front. “Yah and your
mother still would be queen if she hadn’t left and been completely
shunned-”
“Koli!” Andrew’s deep voice boomed. Koli took
his scolding in his head.
“My mother? She knows about all of this? She
has something to do with this?” Andrew still glaring at his brother
answered, “Yah, I’m sorry Gwen, we should have been more
sensitive.” He frowned at Koli harder.
“Well, tell me. What happened?” Gwen
worriedly fiddled with the bottom edge of her sweater. Her
mother?
“She was Queen for a long time…two hundred
years or so I think. Everland flourished under her rule. The dark
ones attacks were infrequent. Everyone loved her.”
“What happened?”
“Well… you. She was on a trip to the middle
world on business with the Alchemists, when she met your father.
She became pregnant and lost her immortality. The kingdom disowned
her. Pete’s father, her husband, wanted nothing to do with her. She
had ruined any chance at ever conceiving a completely pure royal.
Once she lost her immortality, it could not be restored. She was
forced out of Everland, never to return. Forced to leave her
kingdom, family and friends. Forced to age and eventually,
die.”
Gwen felt a lump beginning to form in her
throat. Her mother was married before? To Pete’s father? She had
virtually aided in killing her mother. Her mother would have lived
forever if she would have had a pure
enough.
“Whoa hold on. One at a time.” He began.
“Everland is completely different from everything you know. Like
Koli and I. We are guardians, handpicked from our kind to protect
your kind, the immortal humans.”
Gwen examined their tan skin and dark hair.
“So, you guys are like Indians or something?” Koli laughed.
“Yah, actually not like Indians, we are the original Indians. The
Native American population here is actually native to
Everland…”
Gwen looked confused.
“One of our ancestors, a young woman Abeytu,
found her lover to be unfaithful and left the Manticans, that’s our
real name,” he began. “She befriended a fairy, who showed Abeytu a
portal into your world, which by the way we call the middle world.
I guess I should explain fairies first. The only way we can travel
between worlds is with a fairy. They possess the powder of the
stones. Each fairy colony is centered around a mother stone, from
which the fairies harvest their energy and powders.
Our fairy is Tina, well, she’s Pete’s fairy I
guess. Her stone is Emerald, therefore her powder is green. Okay
back to Abeytu. Abeytu befriended an Emerald fairy, who had a great
respect for nature, as Emerald fairies do. After being brought to
the middle world, Abeytu, full of rage, disrespected the fairy by
killing animals repeatedly out of pure hate in gruesome messed up
ways. The fairy punished Abeytu by leaving her in Middle Earth and
cursing her to forever protect the animals of the middle. The fairy
stripped her of her transforming abilities, which is what happened
to me back there, leaving her defenseless just as her victims
were. Therefore, in
theory, she didn’t carry on the gene which
explains why we have the ability and our ancestors here
don’t.”
Overwhelmed, Gwen rubbed her forehead. Was he
lying? The burn surrounding the golden mark on her chest answered
her question. “Wow, ok so what is this immortal human stuff?” Gwen
was beleaguered.
“Your kind rule Everland. You are the
immortal humans,” he said it with a touch of sarcasm. “You don’t
age after you’ve been sworn. You’re hearts beat purest of pure, and
make you a target of the dark ones, we refer to as pirates. They
feed on immortal humans gaining their life-force from eating the
hearts of your kind. You are so important to them because if they
devour your heart, they become closer to gaining your immortality.
Pete is the natural born king and you the natural
born…queen.”
Koli piped in from the front. “Yah and your
mother still would be queen if she hadn’t left and been completely
shunned-”
“Koli!” Andrew’s deep voice boomed. Koli took
his scolding in his head.
“My mother? She knows about all of this? She
has something to do with this?” Andrew still glaring at his brother
answered, “Yah, I’m sorry Gwen, we should have been more
sensitive.” He frowned at Koli harder.
“Well, tell me. What happened?” Gwen
worriedly fiddled with the bottom edge of her sweater. Her
mother?
“She was Queen for a long time…two hundred
years or so I think. Everland flourished under her rule. The dark
ones attacks were infrequent. Everyone loved her.”
“What happened?”
“Well… you. She was on a trip to the middle
world on business with the Alchemists, when she met your father.
She became pregnant and lost her immortality. The kingdom disowned
her. Pete’s father, her husband, wanted nothing to do with her. She
had ruined any chance at ever conceiving a completely pure royal.
Once she lost her immortality, it could not be restored. She was
forced out of Everland, never to return. Forced to leave her
kingdom, family and friends. Forced to age and eventually,
die.”
Gwen felt a lump beginning to form in her
throat. Her mother was married before? To Pete’s father? She had
virtually aided in killing her mother. Her mother would have lived
forever if she would have had a pure
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