Hymn Of Empyrean

Chapter 17: New Beginnings

Three days passed quickly so a new journey began.

"Rufina are you ready now?" The Master of Orla Province said.

The Master put his hand on her head as usual and Rufina looked up at him with her bright blue eyes, "Yup, I am Master!"

The carriage came and it had beautiful golden structure and flowers that twisted itself around with two white horses that also had flowers weaved into their mane. Although there seemed to be no driver.

"It's time to go." He rubbed her head.

But there was a lack of movement under his hand. He could see the her hesitation in her eyes and frame so he sighed and bent down infront of her.

"Listen, it's for the best. You will do well for you and the Orla Province. Dont disappoint the clan!" He said calmly before pinching her cheek.

"Ow! I won't, I won't!" She said trying to get out of his grip, "Don't worry I'll finish and come back as soon as possible!" She smiled.

The man could only nod before finally letting her go for the last time.

She looked back and waved before running to the carriage. It was actually a very big carriage, bigger than normal as if it was made to carry three whole families.

The door suddenly opened and she held onto the handles to step inside. She was surprised that she wasn't alone and that there was a handful of people already inside. There was a group of people wearing different shades of purple.

One caught her attention since she was wearing all lilac and white and different parts of body seemed see-through, no, some of her body parts were made out of water? Including her hair.

She looked to her left and saw some faces that she didn't want to see. There was three people together and she made eye contact specifically with one of them and he was wearing green. The other girl next to him was also wearing green and sitting next to her was a more foreign looking girl with ginger hair and soft lavender eyes. She didn't look like an elf from the Gaia District nor a fairy from Orla Province. She was also wearing red and green which was unusual since you wear the colours according to where you come from.

'Weird. Could she be mixed? Either way it's as a taboo and people born like that are usually outcasts. Maybe she's being protected.' She thought.

She realised she was also staring (more like glaring) and was also blocking the door so she reluctantly sat on the other side of the carriage, after all she didn't want to disappoint Master. The other two in green pointed their noses at the younger girl.

'How dare she judge us with her eyes.' They thought.

The rest of the people in room all knew about the conflict between the group but it was old news so they didn't pay much attention to it.

The carriage started moving with its non-existent driver and they could all agree it was one of the smoothest rides of their life. There was no bumps or jumps and it felt like they were riding on a cloud.

Rufina didn't know how long the journey would be but she did want to make atleast one friend for the time being. She looked at the people in pruple beside her and thought they looked friendly enough so she started small talk with them. She took interest of the girl in lilac and let her curiosity escape.