If he is by Sentinekka's side, the Daylight Prairie looks even more beautiful than how it usually is.
It's more cheerful, prettier, and its flowers are more colorful.
Ojtaro and Sen' are just sitting on the grass of the Butterfly Flieds. They're looking at the blue sky. Their Kingdom takes the name from the sky, and they see why. The sky is amazing, like the Sky Kingdom once was.
«Are you trying to say that the Darkness never agreed? It always wanted to attack us and didn't want to do it alone?» he asks her, staring at her eyes in an intrigued way. She's telling him some interesting fact about the past that she recently discovered with a new book she found on her bed, as it was a gift from an old and far friend.
«Yep. The Darkness used the King to attack the Kingdom of Sky. That's how it all started, right after the Priestess's death» she explains. «Who wasn't killed by the King, Ojtaro. You didn't know that, did you?».
«I thought the King was evil» he justifies himself, concerned. «The Elders told me that he was outrageous and violent».
«He became like that after the wars, actually» Sentinekka underlines that sentence with her fingers. «The Elders don't want you to rebel against them. They know you're the last hope for the Light».
He shakes his head; this movement is so predictable now, but he still does it when he wants to change the topic of a discussion or when he's not feeling alright. He's used to do that.
Ojtaro stands up and offers her his hand. «May I take you somewhere?».
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«Finally! You're back, Ushtaro!» Leilah tells him after she sees him entering the realm of the Isle. She has been waiting for his brother for almost two hours. «Where were you, Ush?».
«Somewhere» he jokes. Oj' knows well that Leilah doesn't like suspense, and he loves to make jokes about it as Leilah loves to call him Ushtaro.
«Where were you?» she asks again. She's starting to feel bothered.
«Somewhere with someone».
«I'll make you run through the whole Isle».
«In the Daylight Prairie with Sen'» he explains. Heck, no, he won't run through an entire realm like an idiot.
«That's better» she concludes, satisfied. «How was the day?».
«Fine, I guess... We just walked together in the Field, nothing much. Why do you care?».
«Just wanted to make sure you didn't burn a temple».
He glares at her, but his eyes are different. They look more... Dreaming and shiny.
«Did something happen?» Leilah asks again, intrigued. Ojtaro's eyes look so warm! Of course something happened.
Well, she should know... Right? She won't tell it to anyone. Right?
«It is a really long thing» he tries to avoid the topic of their discussion. Elders don't talk about this kind of stuff, and he shouldn't either. He is one of them, after all... Well, not yet... But soon he'll be just like them.
«Tell me, come on!« she insists, jumping like a kid of seven years old.
«This must be a secret. Can you keep one?».
«Of course I can!».
He waits a little bit. He's not sure.
«... Fine» he gives up. «You know what Elders cannot do?».
«You mean... Living without problems?».
«No, I mean... I mean that they don't usually fall for someone».
Ojtaro looks down. This thing is so hard and complicated! What happened to the brave and cold Oj'?!
«You... You're telling me that...» the twin sister gasps, excited. She lets out a joyful noise. «I don't know why you trusted me, you know I'm gonna tell this to Horand and Mihok! Or even to our dad! They'll be so happy!».
«Don't you dare!» he shouts, blushing as he never did.
«You fell in love with Senny!» and here comes another excited screaming. «That's amazing! She is so perfect!». Then she asks, raising her eyebrows under her brownish mask:«So, when will you do your first move, "Rallying Thrillseeker"?».
«Never in front of you, of course». Okay, his cold tone is back, he is somehow still the same. «Also, Leilah: Rallying Thrillseeker and Jellyfish Whisperer are dead people! Have you ever wondered how they...».
«Nope, shut up!».
The fact is that, really, he can't hide that. Under his stone mask, his face is red like a rose of the Starlight Desert.
An Elder should not love. But why does he? Ojtaro is made of Pure Light, not of the one that was created by others. Only Megabird can create with pure Light.
That is so confusing... How does he love someone? Darn it, this is so terrible... But also so beautiful.
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Fly Until You See The Light
FantasySentinekka, on her thirteenth birthday, the date known for the start of the typical journey in the seven realms, decides to bring her best friend, a fifteen year old who was never allowed to start her journey, through the exploration of the Isle of...
