TOWER OF IVÁDIA — THE WEST It was night now, and Althea was still waiting outside for the figan to arrive as she sat on the bench which was near the nest. She was not asked to wait for the figan outside, but she only came to sit by the tree and let the night wind grazed her skin. The loud cry of the figan reached her ear and her eyes widened as she got up hurriedly. She looked to the inner gate and she saw Nika walking out of it hurridly, in anticipation to attain the knowledge of where the dwellers of the east were. “The figan, I hear its cry... It is near,” Nika said to Althea and she nodded. “Yes, yes, sister... I was about coming to inform you,” Althea said to her as she walked down to her. “It was faster than I expected, others should be made as fast as this one as we cannot afford any delays in our mission to get our hands on the Callibra,” She said to Althea and she nodded as they looked up into the sky beyond the main gate. They still heard its cry, this time it so
CAVES OF EFLIE After deciding on what to do, they had finally decided to proceed with Iasias plan. It was finalized last night after Iasias brought the idea earlier in the morning yesterday, now a new day had come upon them, and this was the day they sent their words across to Ivádia for the trade, giving them their people in return for giving the witches the Callibra. “So, here it is! There's only one thing stopping us from reaching out to the witches now, a volunteer,” said Dalmatius and Iasias got up from the rock upon which he sat. “Give me the scroll, I'll fly to Ivádia and deliver it,” Iasias said to Dalmatius as he had finished drafting the message. Iasias knew that they were all battling with the thought of who would volunteer to go and he could only make it easier for them. No one wanted to be the one to go to Ivádia, but it did not stop the fact that the message must be delivered that morning. “Are you sure about this boy?” Dalmatius asked and Iasias nodded —tucking hi
TOWER OF IVÁDIA Nika was feeding the horses in the stable with an apple... The door flung open and the sunlight outside found its path through the open door and brightened the room. Althea walked in hurridly, sweeping the hay which lay on the floor with the edge of her gown. “Sister!” She called as she walked closer to Nika, and Nika could see that she was carrying what looked to her like a scroll in her right hand. When she drew closer, It no longer looked to her like a scroll, she was sure it was a scroll, definitely. “Althea, I assume the dragon has stopped hovering above the castle as I no longer hear the sounds of its wings pushing through the air,” Nika said to Althea and she nodded. “I told you it would go when it realizes that the castle is still not vulnerable enough for it to penetrate. They only got to our sisters in Vocí as a result of only one mistake,” Nika said to her as she turned back to her horse and fed it the apple in her hand. . . “No! You seem to be missin
CAVES OF EFLIE After Delivering the message in Ivádia, it was night and Iasias was still on his way back to the caves as he had reached Eflie few moments ago. he saw the caves ahead of him and the dark night clouds were making it difficult to have a good view of it from the direction he was approaching the caves from. Iasias descended upon the midst of the caves. Elvio, Dalmatius and Domminick who seemed to have fallen asleep much earlier, were all coming out of their caves. “Welcome back boy!” Dalmatius yelled and Iasias nodded. They all sat and waited for him as he flew past them and landed in front of his cave. He walked in, and as he tried turning back into human, the pain which came from the injury he sustained while fighting the eccrifyte came back to him in a more excruciating way. He screamed as a result of the pain immediately he was done putting on his trousers. He lost grip of the shirt as he fell on his knees, screaming. Iasias felt every bit of the pain all over again
TOWER OF IVÁDIA Althea pushed open Nika's door slowly and the sound of the opening door caused Nika to stop pacing all over her room. “Thank goodness! You are here sister, I didn't want to bother you as I thought you might have already been far asleep by this time,” Nika said to Althea as she approached her. “You know you can always wake me any time my attention is required. I'll be always willing to assist you,” she said to Nika and she nodded. Nika grabbed both her hands and made her sit with her on the bed. “You haven't had any sleep ever since the moon rose. Is there any truth in what I just said?” She asked and Nika nodded to confirm that she was absolutely right about her conclusion. “I can't find time to sleep, I've been thinking about this offer, the offer the dragons made to us. What are we going to do about it?” Nika asked and she sighed. “I thought you had gone straight to the council after I left the stable at noon,” she said and Nika nodded. “Yes! I did go to see th
CASTLE OF PILIÁ Katerina believed that she was carrying a young one in her stomach, and this was the right time to proceed with the birth sacrifice. As it stands, three men needed to be executed at the execution ground. The witches were born into this belief and so did their sisters before them. The man who's child you were carrying must be slaughtered and have his blood offered to their sisters who have passed, with the intention of preventing the male involved in the conception process from getting any form of attachment to the child in their stomach. The man whom the child was for must be killed not only to prevent him from getting attached to the child when delivered, but also to prevent it from the other side. The child must not be aware of who her father was, and she must not be attached to him in anyway. Their sisters who has passed believed that the connection between father and daughter was strong enough to change the child's view on what they do and how they treat them, a
CASTLE OF IVÁDIA It was morning, and Varia was outside the Inner gate with her canvas pasted on the rectangular board which has three support system, holding it up to her shoulder level as she drew with charcoal and graphite. Her drawing was of an imaginary man sitting on the ground and resting his back on a tree. He has the hair on the left side of his head tucked behind his ear, and the length of his hair was slightly below his lower neck. He was putting on a pair of trousers and a shirt. One of his knee was raised and his other leg was fully stretched. Sister Cera was walking pass her, and she was forced to make a turn towards her as her artwork obviously drew her attention. She walked down to Varia and stood behind her while she drew, amazed. "Varia, I never knew you are an artist. One of great expertise if I must say?" Sister Cera complemented Varia's work and she dropped the piece of charcoal in her hand and turned to her with a grin on her face. "Thank you sister Cera," Var
CAVES OF EFLIE IASIAS' POV Since Iasias could not lay on his bare stomach in the caves, and his back was severely injured from the fight with the eccrifyte, he slept outside last night and here he was waking up in the same position. He opened up his eyes and his eyes met the morning sun as he was resting his back on the tree and his head was slightly raised, facing the sky. He looked down from the sky and he was startled as he saw Elvio, Dalmatius, and Domminick kneeling in a close range from him. Close enough that their faces were almost an inch away from his face. “What are you all doing?” Iasias asked in shock, and they all gave him space to breath. he sighed as he rubbed his eyes, trying to erase every urge to fall asleep again. “We are worried about you, we have been waiting for you to wake up,” Domminick said and Iasias brows furrowed as he replied, “why are you worried about me?” he asked. Iasias tried to get up, but he rested his head back on the tree the moment he began