The Last Forest of Azura

CHAPTER I

The Solar City of Azura

It was a bright morning for the Solar City of South Azura. Roughly fifty thousand residents residing their houses. Mothers were supposed to be tending their gardens perfecting the precise amount of watering of each plant, cutting its weed without damaging it, grooming its excess leaves, and planting seeds. South Azurians were always waiting for the Garden Parade where the Government roams around the city choosing the best of exquisite gardens knocking at their door to give gifts and granting wishes.

Everyone had a garden it was a law for Azura. But not everyone has Farms varying from bigger hectares to smaller fields. Other business establishments from baking to solar merchandise are popular around the city.

At the Frimus household, a Consecutive Garden Parade Winner resides

Sun glaring bright at the green plants, she waters it one by one. Sprinkling her water can from left a couple of sunflowers, white flowers, and roses to the right. The water can is emptied, its plentiful water drenched the dry soil of the backyard garden.

"Oh, I didn't even notice, you little white flower, Sun Goddess will spring you into blossom soon and every one of you, my smiling flowers," she said with bliss as she refills the water can with water.

At the wooden backdoor, she hears a muffling footstep. The backdoor gently opened

"Mother, why are you talking to the flowers? "Zilch Frimus asked while yapping and itching his left eye as if the remaining drowse left his bed-bound with him.

"It's a prayer to the Sun Goddess when you give your will to her, she gives it back to you" His Mother Elisa Frimus calmly and faithfully answers with her smooth feminine voice.

Zilch walks past his mother reaching the backyard garden crouching and holding the tip of the petal of a rose.

"It's healthy" he whispers

"Mom, when I grow up, I want to travel around the world to create plant seeds that will bloom into effective herbs and seed that produces foods that other people can eat and grow seeds of it" Zilch turns glancing at his mom

"And I can also find dad while traveling well isn't that great?"

Mother Eliza's eyes slightly gloom from hearing Zilch missing his dad "Your just like your dad, when the poisonous mist is gone you can if that's what your heart says, but you have to be strong emotionally and physically they say there are countless pillager outside our land the mist is also what protects us from those"

It is but it is also locking us up here like we're in a cage mom. Zilch thought

"I heard from Gramps there are unfaithful in our city is that fine? Sun Goddess might condemn them" Zilch said with a worrying tone for unfaithful people.

She looked away briefly, All Azurians are Spirited. They meet eyes, Eliza grinned softly gently grabbing Zilch's left forearm this will should always be hidden to your teachers and the priests or we'll be in trouble" Zilch nodded politely". She stood up "Grandpa Alfroy is having breakfast waiting for you, join him and remind your sister if you see her help me".

He dashes towards the dining table leaving her mother to finish tending their garden. The Sun Goddess gifted Azurians with a circled cross spiking sun mark appearing by birth, The Azurian Soulhealers pronounced the mark to be a symbol of redemption towards Second life.

Zilch sat on the wooden chair at the left of his munching Gramps. He glances at all the dishes his mother cooked. His eyes glimmered in diamonds seeing the scrumptious steak, a steaming chunk of rice, and a bowl of stew which not every Azurians can afford, but farmers like them are wealthy with such resources. He cannot deny his hunger; he just wanted to eat rather than looking at it. He filled his plate with a decent chunk of all the dishes.