Fly Until You See The Light

Eden (1) - Chapter 5

«My Elder, the shipping is going well!» someone exclaims in the midst of that huge group of boats from every realm. A shipping. Seven different boats, and each one had features from each realm. They all cross an ocean of clouds.

«Glad to see it, young Pilgrim».

The Elder of the Isle has got his wise tone of voice, but it seems to be warmer and kinder. The Isle's boat looks like one of the ancient crafts that you can usually see in the first realm. Daleth looks younger, but he still has got his beard and his scepter.

The other boats are kinda similar to the first one, but they have different dimension and various colors as their symbols. Every realm always had a special color: Isle has got white, Prairie has got yellow, Forest has got dark turquoise, Valley has got a peach color, Wastelands has got lime, the same color as Sentinekka's eyes, and Vault has got a pretty shade of blue.

But what about the Eye of Eden?

Every Elder is on a boat, and they lead their people to a new place that they now consider unknown.

Lamed makes a gesture. With her grey hands and the same powder she used with Sentinekka, she creates the silhouette of a Cosmic Manta, who flies near the boat and starts shining as a star can do. The deity's eyes are bright, they show emotions that they've never showed after the Shard's arrival and the corruption.

Then, on the Valley's ship, here she is: the one and only Priestess Samekh with her two children. They're looking at the clouds they're flying on, amazed by everything they see.

«You'll see so much more, my babies» she whispers to them while kneeling. They fastly reach her and sit with her. Sah didn't change much, but Mekh is so much different: she has really long hair, and they don't have that "mushroom shape" they they have now.

Two other boats never stay too much close to each other, but they're not too much separated too: Ayin and Teth were like best friends; a silly Elder who loves butterflies and a monotone and scary one who actually is an innocent person could never be enemies.

And, as last, there is Tsadi. He's staring at his soldiers and people with proud eyes. Sentinekka didn't know he used to be so silent. She thought he was like Ayin, someone always excited or prideful... But he looks like he wants to hide his behavior. That's strange, really strange. Maybe he just wasn't talkative?

Suddenly, a new ship reaches them: it's not big, but not small, and it has three colors on its crystals that are supposed to represent the symbols of a realm. Blue, white, and gold. The colors of the Eden before the fall.

«I think your son likes to sail, my Elder» someone else says on the Isle's boat. They're speaking to Daleth, who smiles while looking at the young man who was going to be the famous King Resh. He's already a King.

«He does» Daleth answers. «He knows how to do that and studied every way and rule. I believe that he's even better than me about navigating».

Resh encourages the people of his realm with excited words, and he even helps them when they have problems. That times were for real a golden age... Everything was perfect.

Lamed waves elegantly at her best friend, who reciprocates in the same way. He loosk like he wants to tease the Elder, who scolds him with an amused stare.

The Elders were united, and they were searching for a new land. Sentinekka feels that they are close, that they're going to find that place soon. She just questions herself what happened to that Aviary Village. Why is it forgotten, now? She never heard of it.

Nights and days pass faster than she thought. That flashback tells much, but the time in that memory is different. Obviously, Sentinekka and Guwa are still in the Eden and it's still the same day, the same hour... It's amazing how the flashbacks can work. How the magic works.

And, after some seconds, they see something far away: an island, a big green place.

«How many nights?» Teth asks to Resh, intrigued, and he answers after staring in wonder that new home:«Twenty-three, if we count this one...».

«We did it!». That's Ayin's voice. «Yahoo!». Butterflies, golden and white mantas and manatees instantly reach the boats and move gracefully in the air and inside the clouds. Yeah, he is joyful as always. Samekh too, she is showing to her children the creatures of the Prairie. Teth has crossed her arms - familiar, Ojtaro is literally identical to her - and is now staring at the new island with a confident face.

The only one who is silent is Lamed. She's smiling, of course, but her eyes say something more. It's true that the eyes never lie. 

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«That day was the same day Lamed, the Vault Elder, had her first visions about the death of the Kingdom» Guwa tells her after that vision finishes. «She closed her doors for the first time and understood that somehting was wrong. But she closed her doors permanently when...».

«When Resh escaped from his family and locked himself in the Eden» Sentinekka ccontinues her sentence. With a worried look, she adds:«We need to go. Can we?». She doesn't care about the fact that they still did not sleep. She needs to go ahead and continue the journey before it's too late.

«Of course».