Muralea

Chapter 04

Hello Emilio’ the strange man that appeared in my dream came again.

‘You…who are you?’ he didn’t answer, ‘you spoke about Muralea previously are you a citizen there?’

‘You are correct but I’m more than just a citizen’ and it was then that the light dimmed and I was able to see his face.

‘Dad?’ I said utterly confused. The man here matched the face of the man on the painting in the throne room

‘Oh? You know who I am? Then I assume they’ve come looking for you’

‘But I don’t understand…how are you here? You’re supposed to be dead at least that’s what they told me’

‘Initially yes I’m supposed to be dead but I survived somehow-‘                                

‘Then everything’s alright’ I cut him off ‘you just have to come back to the throne and- slow down my boy’ he cut me off ‘Yes I may be alive but I’m in no condition to come back, well I’ll have to escape from Drakon first’

‘What do you mean?’

‘During the war with Drakon and the Nyx he delivered a blow that was meant to kill me but it didn’t. After my men retreated he learned that I was still alive and locked me in a cave, there is a barrier around it that is draining my mana and add that to the aftermath of the war let’s say I’m not in the greatest condition’

‘What does he want from you?’

‘Well he wants the sacred weapon of the Mura clan’

‘I thought it can only be wielded by someone with Mura’s blood’

‘I’m surprised you know about that already, well anyways your right only those with Mura’s blood can wield it that is why he wants my blood. He believes if he can somehow get the blood inside him he can wield it and we can’t let that happen. People from the Mura clan are already powerful on their own but with the sacred weapon they are able to bring out so much more than they already have, that’s what makes us the most powerful clan. You have to stop him from getting the sacred weapon at all costs’.

‘But I have no idea what to do. I can’t fight them. I was told I have powers which are currently sealed but there is no guarantee of me mastering it in time before they attack. Muralea is doomed in my hands’

‘On the contrary you’re their only hope, you must do anything and everything you can to stop them from getting it before the next blood moon’

‘What’s a blood moon?’ he started fading away ‘Wait don’t leave, I don’t know what to do’

‘Good luck my son, I’ll be awaiting your victory. Goodbye and tell your mother that I’m sorry and I love her’ he disappeared as quickly as he came and I woke up immediately.

 I was in my room trying to process the information bomb that was just dropped on me. There was no way I was going to become king and ruled an entire country by myself that’s crazy. Those were my thoughts but I still found myself on my PC browsing what a blood moon. The information I found online wasn’t satisfactory, as I presumed the best way to get facts about it was to go to the country itself even though I so didn’t want to, at least sharing this information should help them prepare for the upcoming threats.

‘Emilio’ my mom called my name signifying breakfast is ready.

‘I’ll be down in a minute’ I screamed back and went about my daily activities.

*At Work*

I was dressing a mannequin in the men’s section when my friend came running to me.

‘Lio you will never what just happened to me’ Tzuyu came up to me with a giant smile on her face. 'So get this…I went to get a coffee from Ian’s alright? Few minutes after placing my order the barista called out my order and this handsome looking guy and I both answered at the same time’ she started rambling about her day while I continued dressing the dummy in front of me. ‘We talked and he was actually flirting with me and then he asked for my number’

‘And you gave it to him?’

‘Obviously. This is my year, it’s finally going to happen, and I’m going to meet my true love’ she dramatically fell into my arms. I rolled my eyes before pushing her to her feet.

‘I don’t know why you’re so hung up on falling in love. I think it’s overrated’ I started to walk away and she chase after me.

‘Overrated? Are you nuts? It’s the best thing to happen to anyone, love, don’t you want some excitement in your life?’

‘Trust me when I say I’ve got plenty’

‘Where? Cuz I ain’t seeing it’

‘Whatever’ I wasn't sure if I should tell her about it yet. She’s my best friend and we always tell each other everything but I don’t I should involve her in this. As the day went by I thought about it and decided to tell my mom about the dream.

‘I’m home’ I voice echoed through the house signifying my arrival.

‘Welcome back’ I saw my mom coming out of the kitchen. ‘How was your day today?’ we haven’t spoken much about dad and the kingdom even though I have lots of questions.

‘It was good. Mom do you have a sec I need to tell you something’

‘Sure Emil what’s up’ I brought her over to couch where we sat down.

‘Ok first thing’s first’ I dipped my hand into my backpack and brought out a box.

‘What’s this?’ she asked opening it to find a necklace *Gasp* ‘it’s beautiful. Isn’t this the necklace I saw at the shop?’

‘I initially planned to give you on New year but you know a lot happened that day’ I rubbed the back of my head ‘you really seemed to like it so I thought it will be the perfect gift, I even got your initials on the back of the pendant. Do you like it?’

‘Sweetie I love it’ she gave me a hug. ‘Thank you’

‘Ok now that’s out of the way I have something else to tell you’

‘Hmm? What is it?’ I told her about my dream, about dad and what’s to come to his kingdom. When I told her that dad was still alive she was so relieved…she must really love him. ‘Are you sure about all of this?’ she asked me

‘100%’

‘So what do you plan to do now?’

‘I’m not sure, but at the very least I think I should tell Kyros about this. He should know what to do about this’

‘You’ve met him?’

‘Yeah in the palace, he’s the one running the kingdom for now’

‘I agree, Kyros should know about this’

‘Glad you’re on the same page on this’ I stood up. ‘I’ll try to be back by dinner’

‘Wait your leaving? Now?’

‘No time like the present and he needs to know what’s going on fast’

‘But how are you going to get there?’

‘Before I left, Xara gave me a weird orb-thingy that will apparently teleport me over there’

‘I’m coming with you’

‘No mom I’ll be fine, besides you’ve got other things to worry about’

‘Oh yeah like what?’

‘Like not burning the house down for one’ it was then that she remembered that we was cooking and smelt the food getting burnt.

‘I’ll try to be home by dinner’ I waved goodbye and went to the backyard. I brought the orb but then I realized I have no idea how to use it. ‘Work, stupid Work’ out of frustration I threw the orb on the ground and it transformed into a portal. ‘Well how about that’

I squared my shoulders then walked through’ when I opened my eyes I recognized the room I was in. ‘this is Agatha’s room right?’ the room was vacant ‘I think I better split before she appears’

I began wondering round the castle trying to remember where the throne room was but this place is like a maze. As I rounded a corner a girl running bumped into me and we both fell down

‘Ouch’ I stared at the girl who was currently on top of me ‘hey, are you ok?’ she suddenly got up and tried to run but a man grabbed her and slammed her against the floor. ‘Hey! What are you doing let go of her’ someone grabbed me from behind pinning my hands behind me.

‘Who is he?’ one man came asking the others

‘He may be an accomplice’ the other one answered.

‘Anyways take them both to the boss’

‘Wait! I think there is a misunderstanding. I’m not an accomplice or anything like that, my father is the previous king’ I tried but they didn’t believe me. They were leading us somewhere, I looked at the girl beside me her clothes were torn and she had scratches and dirt on her but beyond that she was kinda pretty. I didn’t realize I was staring till she looked backed at me causing me to tear my gaze away from her.

I tried a conversation with her ‘Hey’ she didn’t respond ‘Who are you?’ she still didn’t reply. ‘I’m – why are you talking to me?’ she cut me off in a cold tone.

‘I’m not sure’

‘Well stop it’

‘The two of you shut it’ the man in front of us taking us to meet his boss spoke.

We kept quiet throughout until we arrived in front of a door that looked familiar. It had two guards on each side. The man opened the door which led to the throne room. ‘Sir’ he spoke out to Kyros who had his back turned to us. ‘We’ve brought the girl and a possible accomplice’ Kyros turned his back and when his eyes landed on me his expression changed.

‘What is this?’ he asked while his voice rose

The men shook a little with fear ‘we found this suspicious man with her, I didn’t recognize him’

‘And you just classified him as a threat?’ he yelled this time. ‘Release him’

‘Sir’ they immediately released me and Kyros beckoned me to his side. ‘This is the son of the late King Amyntas’

The faces of the guards showed horror when they realized I was telling the truth. They all bowed down instantly. ‘We are deeply sorry we didn’t believe you your highness. We will atone for this grave mistake with our lives’

‘Woah, wait no one has to die or anything. There was no real harm done you don’t have to kill yourself’

‘But we need to be punished’ one of the guards spoke. Like are they for real?

‘There is no need I forgive you’ I said

‘Thank you your highness’

‘Now that this have been solved you are dismissed, and lock the girl in a level 3 cell’

‘Sir’ they got up and grabbed the girl. ‘Let me go I can walk without assistance’ she struggled.

‘Why are you locking her up?’ I asked Kyros beside me

‘She’s from the Nyx clan but don’t trouble yourself about her, she will be taken care of. So anyways, why are you back here?’

‘Because there is something I have to let you know.

My father, he’s alive’