My Beginning After the End

The Council

We stepped through the portal that led into the Floating Castle, when my vision came to, we were in a circular room with the portal frame we just walked out of. There was a door that went out of the room with two guards in silver armor guarding it. As soon as the guards noticed Elder Virion, they bowed to him.

"The Council is waiting to see you all." Elder Virion told my mother, then slowed down to match my pace. "I want to speak with you afterwards, I heard what happened, and I want more details from you."

"Alright." I responded as the guards opened the doors, and we walked through.

"Why does the council want to see us?" My father asked Elder Virion.

Elder Virion turned down a hallway and we followed. "We want to apologize, and to let you know that your family will be staying in the castle from now on for safety purposes. This is for your sake and Arthur's."

My father looked at the ground when he said Arthur's name. "I see."

"We get to stay here!" Ellie exclaimed.

"You do." Elder Virion sent her a smile, one he would lose over the next couple years. "Here." We stopped in front of a giant golden door, and the two other guards waited for Elder Virion's orders. "Open it, they are with me." They nodded and opened the doors.

As we walked into the room Elder Virion made his way to his seat, and we walked up to the royal families of Dicathen. In the room sat the King and Queen of Sapin, King and Queen of Elenoir, the three eye Pantheon race Asura, and standing behind them were the five lances.

"We welcome the Leywin family." King Glayder said as we stopped in front of the council members.

"Your majesty." My father said as he bowed to him, my mother and sister did the same by bowing along with him.

I turned toward King Eralith and bowed to him. "Your majesty."

"How dare ---." Lance Bairon shouted but was cut off by King Glayder.

"It's fine, Bairon." He waved him off, as I stood back up, I sent King Eralith and Queen Eralith a smile.

"I'm sorry, your majesty, my son doesn't know the customs of our people, we'll make sure to teach him them later." My mother grabbed my shoulder.

"It's fine Mrs. Leywin, I understand." The King responded.

"That's incorrect, I know the customs, ---." My mother covered my mouth, and I stopped talking. I removed her hand and said calmly. "I won't talk."

Elder Virion spoke up. "Alice, Rey, I would like you to meet Lord Aldir, he is an Asura sent here to help us." He motioned to the three eye Pantheon. Aldir's third eye was glowing purple, kinda freaked me out.

We all bowed to Aldir. "It's nice to meet you." My father said, Aldir nodded, and I noticed he was staring at me.

"We have decided for everyone's sake that your family should reside inside of the castle, like I mentioned earlier it's for both yours and Arthur's safety." Elder Virion told my family, then a serious expression crossed his face. "A war is starting, as you know, and your son is going to be a key player in it."

"I see." My father said with a sorrowful tone. "Well, thank you for letting us stay."

Aldir rose to his feet. "Little Leywin boy." I tilted my head to him, still adjusting to the sight of someone having a third eye. "I hear you are a Blood Deviant." I turned to Elder Virion.

"Everyone knows, Virion, the night of the attack, some of your professors saw what you were doing, and even a student said you told her." I figured that; Elder Virion didn't seem worried by this.