Northern Conflicts

Lost Daughter No More

As the woman walked towards the group soldiers began to bow but Amethyst didn't do so until the lead soldier pulled her down to their level. "My queen is it her?" The lady raised Amethyst's head with one finger and smiled. "Hello daughter, I have waited many moons for your return." Amethyst looked at her with confusion carved on her face " I look like you, you are.... wow, my birth mother" Jewel told her that my parents were alive but seeing is believing.

"Quickly, let us get inside, we must celebrate immediately." The queen told the soldiers. While going through the door Amethyst saw another set of soldiers picking up Jerome's body and putting it in the same cart he carried through the corner of her eyes. That was enough to keep her grounded.

When they got into the wall they were boxed in, it was a dead end. So Amethyst started assuming the worst Just as she was starting to worry a solider pressed a button on the wall and suddenly they started to move downwards. The soldiers looked at Amethyst to see how shocked she was, but her face told no tales. However, her mother smiled Do not fear child, it is an elevator created by our leading inventor Broshaun III. It moves up down and sideways." Instead of focusing on the fact that her mother just read right through her she questioned why elevator, why is it named after only one thing it can do and not all. She was also thinking about the Thritians ability to hide such technology since the villages that they invaded showed no sign of these developments.

When the door of the elevator opened the group went into another elevator and when that one opened up, they went into another. They kept doing this until Amethyst started to get hungry. The time the queen, the lead soldier and Amethyst got to the household of Abrose all the moons had risen. The place was not bad Amethyst figured that a house is decorated based on the personality of its owners. She didn't see weapons on the walls but instead she saw paintings of nature.

She was so lost in the paintings that she didnt realize the mirror in front of her. It seemed so mystical, she saw herself in clothes like her mother and she was smiling. Amethyst also saw another version of herself step from behind the first, but she wore something darker and she had a sour expression on her face.

Amethyst was so intrigued she willed herself forward, while walking forward she realized that her reflections stood still. It was as if they were no longer reflections, as she got closer they seemed to be more and more realistic until she got close enough. Amethyst was not pleased with her conclusion, she was not the only one with her face, there are two other human beings with her face. "You.... have my face."

The smiling version of herself seemed to be very excited when she introduced herself as Wéverly (pronounced Way-ver-ly) and introduced the girl next to her as Beatré (pronounced Be-ah-treh). Beatré did not look as pleased to see Amethyst and she insisted on referring to Amethyst as Áxios (pronounced Ax-e-yus). Amethyst guessed that was supposed to be her name.

Wéverly did most of the talking as Amethyst got used to the whole triplet thing meanwhile Beatré stood there annoyed. She finally spoke up "Sure, waltz right in lost daughter of Trithia. Do so without explaining your previous residence or how you have survived this long." Amethyst ignored her because she developed a theory that Beatré blamed her for being unable to meet new people, seeing as their mother and father swore never to show them to the people until the lost daughter was found. At least that is how Wéverly had explained it.

This takes us to why Amethyst was allowing someone to stuff her into a dress.

Apparently, there are specific dresses in which the child, or in their case children, of the sovereign are shown to the public in but they are normally shown as babies. That size dress was obviously not going to work, so they had to get three large replicas pronto. Needless to say, they were on a very tight schedule so the dresses did not have to be perfect, but Amethyst was not grown to be anything less than perfect. With that in mind she asked her assigned seamstress if it was possible for her to tweak it up a bit to fit her style; and that she did.

The celebration began at the next sunset, but they were not to be introduced until the second moon reached its peak. The girls met Abrose before the celebration to keep up with tradition of being presented to the father. He was not allowed to see them until all his children that were carried and birthed were presented but that notion seemed rather silly to Amethyst, it was an unnecessary way to test patience no sane person could have.

When entering the Great Hall to be introduced they walked in the order of birth. Beatré, then Amethyst and afterwards Wéverly. Each carrying a blue jewel with conversation skills.

"Fellow people of this land we welcome you to the presentation of the Ferox Sisters. Future rulers of the Trithian Clan and possibly the fourth world." the announcer began to speak as the girls began walking towards the front of the room. There was a huge uproar and the announcer paused until it died down " Wéverly Ferox, youngest daughter of Abrose and Quad Nores you will rule the east. Beatré Ferox, eldest daughter of Abrose and Quad Nores you will rule the west." The crowd cheered loudly again stopping the announcer from continuing but he was able to get their attention again "Áxios Ferox, the lost daughter of the Trithian Clan and the second daughter of Abrose and Quad Nores you shall rule the north. These three will reunite at the centre of our land as a combined force known as, the council of Law" A few people were so excited that they passed out, but the celebration continued. Amethyst and her sisters went around and greeted as many people as they could until someone else decided to address the population, this time it was Qwen.

She stepped forward and cleared he throat turning everyone's attention to her. She then began to speak "As we all know the fourth world has no leaders and are willing to let the future queens rule their land but unfortunately, we have a law that speaks to such a thing." Many people looked shocked but Qwen seemed unfazed "The land can only be taken not given, the fourth world requires a battle to prove the worth of the queens nothing else will suffice."

A man from the back yelled "This is preposterous!!" Another woman shrieked "A battle, are you crazy!?" A few comments were made about the sanity of the people from the fourth world. Meanwhile others were giving suggestions like sharing the land equally but to no avail Anzula wanted a battle and nothing else.

Qwen explained that since the death of their rulers they don't know who to trust, this is an opportunity to show that Thritia respects their laws for it lives hand in hand with their land. She even went on to say that she will personally make sure that no one will die during the battle. She then turned to the Ferox sisters" Each of you will choose three people from your future land who will train and fight alongside you. You will go up against six different groups, but you can only get two lands but be warned each land welcomes its queen differently." Abrose looked quite upset he asked if there was any other way but Quad Nores said that they would comply. Abrose then threatened that if anyone tried to kill his daughters there would be consequences. Amethyst thought his treat was taken seriously as many people looked uneasy. Qwen however lightened the mood when she announced the feast was prepared and it was time to eat.