Muralea

Chapter 02

I had no idea how he got in front of me, unless he was flash’s secret son.

‘I should warn you I’m a black belt in karate I will hurt you in more ways than one’ he didn’t show any emotion and just stared at me so I tried to kick him in the face but he blocked it. So next I tried to punch him but he dodged it when I tried to hit him again he dodged my hand then grabbed it and twisted it behind my back. My last resort was to scream for help.

‘HELP! SOMEONE HELP M-‘ he covered my mouth with his free hand and dragged me into an alley.

‘Mlef go’ I bit his hand.

‘Ow!’ and he let go of me. ‘What are you a glorb?’ he said holding his hand that was bleeding. I may have bit him a little hard.

‘A what? Wait, that’s beside the point. Who are you and what do you want from me!?’

‘Finally’ a woman emerged from the shadows like she was part of it. ‘Who knew it will take you this long to catch him Heron’ the woman spoke.

‘Shut up Xara and give me a healing potion’ the stalker now known as Heron said. Xara gave him a little bottle which he poured a few drops on the bite wound and it instantly healed.

‘Ok back up, what just happened?’

‘We came to get you my prince’ Heron spoke.

‘What do you mean get me? And don’t call me prince; I have a name though I won’t tell you’

‘It’s hard not to call you that when you are the prince’ Xara spoke.

‘Ok is this a joke? Did someone put you up to this as some sort of prank?’ I searched around for anyone hidden with a camera but it was really hard to see since my only source of light was the moon but it’s now covered with clouds.

‘This is not a prank, we’re here because Muralea needs you’ immediately she said that my dream came to my mind. The unknown man said Muralea. ‘You may not know this but there is a kingdom outside your world, which is about to fall, because our king, your father died a week ago in the war with the Nyx clan’

‘Hold up. My father died in a car crash, and what is this about other worlds and a kingdom? My father was not a King because that would make me a – prince’ the stalker finished the sentence.

‘I know this sounds crazy’ Xara spoke but I interrupted ‘but – yeah this sounds crazy because y’all are crazy people. So I’m going to walk away from all this craziness before I get infected’. I turned around and walked straight home. Thankfully they didn’t pursue me further.

**

‘Emilio where have you been? I thought you were coming back right after the countdown’

‘You wouldn’t believe what just happened?’ I sat down on the couch. ‘Remember that stalker?’

‘Oh no he followed you again didn’t he, I knew you shouldn’t have gone out. Did he hurt you?’ she started checking me.

‘Mom I’m fine. Anyways he pulled me into an alley, and a friend of his showed up and they started spouting out nonsense about a kingdom, another world, and that my father was the king and he recently died a week ago. Can you believe it?’

My mom face went pale. ‘No…’ she covered her mouth.

‘Mom?’ immediately I went to her side ‘Mom what’s wrong? Are you alright?’

‘You didn’t tell him?’ my head snapped at the voice behind us.

‘What the hell are you doing here? Didn’t you get the message before? I want nothing to do with you!’ crazy one and two were in my living room. ‘Wait how did you get in? The front door’s that way’ I pointed at the door that was in the opposite direction of them.

‘Well that’s because…’ the stalker just vanished from my sight ‘I can teleport anywhere as long as I’ve had a look at the surroundings of the place’ he appeared in front of the door.

‘What the hell?’

‘Do you still believe we’re just crazy?’ Xara said.

I was speechless, what do you do or say in this kind of situation? But strangely, mom didn’t seem surprised or freak out as I was. ‘Hello mom. My stalker and his friend just popped up in our living room and is teleporting all over the place. Freak out a little’

‘Is he dead? Is he really dead?’ My mom asked. ‘Is who dead?’

‘Yes his majesty pass away on the battle field’ Xara spoke in a sad tone. My mom looked like she was about to cry but that was the least of my worries now.

‘I’m sorry I think I missed something. You knew about this about them?’ I asked my mom.

‘Emil, just know that everything I’ve done is to protect you- Protect me! How! By lying to my face every single day of my life, I’m 22! You couldn’t find some time to tell me that I was royalty in another frigging world, that my dad had been alive all this time I thought he was dead! Do you know how much I’ve felt sad and lonely when I saw other kids with their dad and wish so dearly in my heart that mine was still alive!’ tears started building up. ‘Has my whole life been a lie? Am I even human?’

‘Well technically your half human half – Ow what?’ Heron started speaking but Xara elbowed him.

‘Oh great I’m only half human, super’

‘You have to believe me, everything was to keep you safe, the kind of life their living out there is dangerous, and I didn’t want to lose you, you’re my tr- don’t you dare say treasure’. I removed a framed picture of my dad from the wall. ‘Is this even him?’ I held the picture for her to see. She shook her head. ‘Then who the hell is this? Who’s grave have I been visiting all this time!?’

My mom started crying too. ‘That’s your uncle’ she held back a sob ‘he died a year after you were born. I thought you might ask questions as to where your dad’s grave might be so I used his. I’m so sorry I lied’ she started crying.

Not wanting to hear anymore I went straight to my room and locked the door.

I sat on my bed with my head in my hands wondering what the hell is up with my life I heard a knock on a door. ‘Whoever it is, go away’ there was silence so I continued.

‘You’re just going to sit here and brood for the rest of your life? Heron spoke beside my bed.

‘This is not the time, and I thought you said you need to know the surroundings before you can teleport?’

‘Yes that’s why I picked your locked instead’ he smiled smugly pointing at the open door.

‘Could you just please go away now, so I can brood in peace’ I drape the covers over my head.

‘You can’t let this bring you down, in six months Drakon will attack Muralea with his army and take over unless you stop him’

‘I can’t stop him. I have zero information and technique on combat, there has to be someone else’.

‘I thought you said you could hurt me in more ways than one?’

‘I may have exaggerated a little’

‘Anyways, there is no one else, you are the last descendent of the Mura Clan, if you don’t come with us Muralea will fall’

‘I’m sorry but I can’t help you or Muralea, I can’t be the savior to an entire kingdom I’m just a nobody’

‘That’s what you think your highness’ he bowed.

‘Please stop bowing, please stop there has to be someone else’

‘Heron! I thought I told you to let him process this before saying anything else’ Xara came into the room.

‘He has to know what’s going on, if he’s going to lead us’ he defended.

‘Sorry about him he doesn’t think most times, we’ll leave you to process all of this, I’m sure you have some things to discuss with your mom’ she turned to leave dragging Heron with her.

‘Wait!’ they both turned around ‘You’ve met my dad right?’ they nodded. ‘What was he like?’ they both looked at each other before speaking.

‘He was a wise, strong and brave man, a true warrior’ Heron spoke first. ‘But he was also kind, considerate and even funny at times’ Xara added ‘and he loved Muralea and his people more than anything’.

Apparently more than his own son, I didn’t say it out loud.

‘But I think that’s all we can say about him. Kyros can tell you so much more’ she said.

‘Who’s that?’

‘He is your father’s right hand man and best friend, he’s the one ruling Muralea now that your father’s gone’

‘Why do you need me if he’s already in charge?’

‘Because he’s not a descendent of Mura Lea, the first queen and the first of the Mura Clan. Only people of her blood can rule, if the Mura clan is no more the kingdom will go to another elected by the council of elders’ Heron explained. ‘But only one with Mura’s blood can wield the sacred weapon’

‘Sacred weapon?’

‘Stop you’re going too fast’ Xara told him. ‘I think it’s best if we let you think about this’

‘Are they like, pictures of him?’ I hesitantly asked.

‘There are portraits but I don’t think they’ll appreciate it if we took one’

‘Just take a photo’

‘What’s that?’ they both looked at me confused

‘Never mind’

‘You know you could come with us to the castle to see it yourself. The portrait I mean’

‘What did I tell you?’ Xara scolded him

‘Then I will’