Xiaolumi: Fated Encounter I

Time You Learned A Lesson

"People are not born heroes or villains; they're created by the people around them." 

- Chris Colfer.

A/N: Enjoy the song Abyss Aether singing above. X3

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Spring was coming to its end ever so slowly. With it the the warm winds from the south bid ado to the brilliant blossoms that painted the trees and bushes with pastel hues. The gentle breeze taking away dandelion seeds to the skies. It was a deceptive innocence as in the ruins of Old Monstandt the howling gales around the massive tower never ceased. The sky void of any traces of clouds as the sun cast its harsh light down to the world below. Not even a long hawk dared to enter these ruins where four lone figures stood over looking what was now Dvalin's den.

One a young woman that appeared to be in her late teens to early twenties with short blonde hair with long side bangs and twin flower hairpin. Her eyes a rich honey golden amber that wide in shocked horror as they never left the lone crushed dandelion poking out from the stone path. Not far away her celestial fairy friend floated near by with concern as their voices weren't reaching her.

"Lumine, what's wrong? Why are you spacing out?"came a crisp yet sharp voice of the male adeptus walking to her side. His sharp tiger-like eyes full of worry and concern for the mortal before him. Not far away from them was the mysterious blonde mortal with an accent that could not be found anywhere in Tevyet's vast continent. That man, Xiao felt extremely on edge around him. His instincts as a yaksha howling and snarling something was not right which had only grown after he had used his dark energies to remove some kind of core. Dainslief's ominous power matched almost exactly to what he had quelled before from Lumine. Lumine gave no reply though as she by now was trembling, clutching her head as once fuzzy memories shot back violently...

...Screams of terror of the frightened, dismayed, and the dying tainted the howling winds. The stench of the very earth and burning lives left sickening fumes of ash as streams of black and red cube like energy streamed through without mercy. Buildings and the once beautiful palace of pristine white gold laced stone falling to the sea of fire. The moon overhead stained a blood red and the skies a deadly scarlet by the inferno.

"Run, Lumine we gotta get out of here!"came a wail beside her from a blonde boy with a long braid. Various parts of his armor and clothes giving of a sacred very pale blue light as they ran. Lumine stumbled as she sprinted with her brother hot on her heels. The gate...they had to read the Celestial Gate high above the tallest peak to pierced the very heavens. They had to flee.

They kept running the soot and ash burned their lungs as they left the living hell on earth behind. Not long now they would reach that gate. They had to get out of here as they instantly took to the sky with their six beautiful golden wings to guide them. But some how they had been followed. They had been so, so close but the woman before them was no mortal being as she revealed to be the cause of that disastrous genocide they had witnessed. They wanted to get away but they would have to get through her first. But despite their resistance they stood no chance. Lumine wailed in agony as before her eyes her powers were so cruelly chained and shackled away. Her brother taken away before her eyes as darkness too engulfed her into sealing slumber...

"What's gotten into you, Lumine? You're spacing out."Paimon asked in concern.

"I can't believe it...f-five hundred years."she finally stuttered.

"What are you talking about Lumine? What do you mean by half a millennia?"Xiao asked in confusion. Xiao had heard about the tragedy of the fallen nation from Lord Morax but only what his contract with the holy land of Celestia permitted him to divulge. Which was not very much to start with. He only knew two archons had fallen and Lord Morax had been forced to retreat in order to protect Liyue while the others fled to do the same for their nations. But this entire trip he had been accompanying her and Dainslief had been making his blood run cold the more he learned about the Abyss and Khaenri'ah.