Kingdoms Unknown: The Kingdom of Life

Chapter 5: Light's Prophecy

The group enter into a large, dark room filled with books on shelves. The room had a dark blue carpet floor, and was lined with brown pillars. The ceiling was white. In the center was strange, circular device that was flat and grey. The top of it was sliver. There was an old man on the other side of it with grey hair, and he wore a robe with yellow and dark and light green colors. The man turned around using his brown staff, and showed his closed eyes. "Welcome, Princess and company." He said.

The group remained where they stood. Terra and Trevor went forward. "Grandfather!" They shouted.
The man laughed with joy. "Hello, kids. Oh!" He turned back to the others. "I am am King Elmer, and I may be old, but do not try anything funny with me. Do so, and I will teach you like they did in my young time."
"Trust me you don't want that." Terra laughed. "Trevor got the best of that."
"Terra!" Trevor shouts in embarrassment.
Melody laughed under her breath, which made Trevor turn away.

"I know why you are all here. Terra foresaw this, so I made sure I had all answers prepared. Merlinda, please come here." King Elmer asked.
I put Jace down, and did as he asked. I approached the device.
"This device is a hologram that follows the story of an individual person. I also use it to help find books, but that is not important right now. Princess, touch the hologram, and I will do the rest."
I touched the top of the hologram.

It lit up brightly. Everyone gathered around with widen eyes. "Amazing! You really are the Royal Chosen." King Elmer said.
"The Royal Chosen?" I questioned.
He laughed with joy. "Yes, I will explain: there is a prophecy saying that 'A royal who was hidden in a special kingdom would, one day, bring out a kingdom that was long forgotten. A beautiful Princess, who was accompanied by three others. Her original home would be destroyed, and she would set forth for a new one not only for her, but for her kingdom.'"
"This special kingdom...why did it disappear the first time?" I asked.
"That is an excellent question." King Elmer said. "They would say that 'he who ruled this castle ruled all,' however in your case, it is 'she.' It was said that the kingdom felt how the world was becoming greedy with ruling it. So, it decided to disappear."
"Why am I the only one who can open it?"
"Because, Princess, it is the original Kingdom of Light."
My eyes widen. "But, how-"
"Oh, no!" Terra shouted before a rumble was heard upstairs.

"What's that sound?" Melody asked.
"Aww, crap." Ash said. "What are we going to do?"
"Still clueless, guys."
"Isn't it obvious." I said. "That's the sound of Nathan's army."
Melody's eyes widen.
A bang could be heard on the other side of the door.

I rush over to Jace, and pick him up. He was still unconscious. King Elmer waved his staff, and created a barrier. "Terra, get them out of here!" He ordered.
"Yes, grandfather." Terra said.
She pulled a book, revealing a hidden pathway that led upwards. "Come, quickly." We all followed her.

We entered the main hall. Once there, a bunch of army men greeted us, there looked to be over fifty. A new head took the lead. "I am Sir Eric. You must be Princess Merlinda." He drew his sword.
"That may be true." I said, putting Jace down. "But if you think I am not going down without a fight, you are dead wrong." I draw my sword.
"And when she fights," Melody takes her bow, and the others take their weapons. "we fight too."
Sir Eric smiles. "Charge!" He yells.
We did the same.

Melody and Trevor take first attack by shooting the front line. "Wanna see how many more I can take out from you?" he says.
"I your dreams." Melody says. "But, I accept your challenge."
He smiles, and jumps to a table while shooting down five men.
Melody makes a pfft sound, and does the same, but takes out seven.
Then, she smirks.

Ash used his wand to lift some men in the air, and Terra called a giant flytrap to eat them. "Amazing." Ash said. "You're very skilled."
Terra smiles. "Thank you, however this attack wouldn't work well without your help, Ash."
Ash blushes, and continues.

I was fighting using Grace and my powers, but only to keep the men from attacking Jace. Which was going well until I was thrown into the wall by Sir Eric. He's stronger than he looks. The impact caused a crack in the wall to form. I was in deep pain. The worst thing is, Sir Eric was coming towards me. I wanted to call out for Jace, but I could only make deep breathes.

Ash looked at the fallen Merlinda. "Oh, no, she needs help." Ash was about to move.
"No, don't." Terra stopped him.
Ash looked with confusion.
"Trust me, she's going to get some big help in one minute."
Ash looked back once more, then went back to dealing with the other army men.

Sir Eric picked me up. By my neck. "You know, I don't believe Sir Scourz had the will to do this. He was such a weakling. I couldn't believe I served someone like that."
My eyes widened.
"I was relieved when I found he was dead. After all..." He pushed me into the wall.
The shield around Jace was fading.
"Such weakness is unacceptable for Prince Nathan. Just...like...you." He pushed me further.
Jace, please wake up. I need you. Please. WAKE UP! I speak in my mind.
Jace opens his eyes, and looks over.

I smiled once I saw him up. Then, Sir Eric squeezed tighter. Fear built up inside me. The shield over Jace fell completely. I knew that he knew what was going on. Sir Eric pressed harder. Jace's hand touched his arm. "Now, is that anyway to treat a princess." He said. Just by looking at Sir Eric's reaction, I could tell Jace burned him. I fell, but Jace caught me. "Sorry I was late." He apologizes.
I was coughing. "No...you came just in...time."
He smiled.
I healed my throat, and stood up. "Are you ready?" I got my sword.
Jace got up. "Is she..."
"Don't worry about it!" Terra yelled. "This area is fine!"
Jace smiled.

He created a ball of fire around himself, and I got caught up in it. Surprisingly, I was not burned by his flame. "You're not getting burned on my watch." Jace's voice echoed in the flames.
I smiled, but I was very confused about the situation. Some of my thoughts as to what's going on made me blush, but not in a comfortable way. Jace was transformed, and the fire left. I guess my face showed me blushing. "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing." I said quickly, trying to stop.
"So you're the couple I heard about." Sir Eric said. "This may be fun after all."
Jace and I readied ourselves.

There were now about twenty men left. Trevor had just taken out three more men. He turned to smirk at Melody, but she was captured by some of the men. "Let go of me!" She shouts. the men had her arms and legs. Another one was coming in to finish her off. Trevor jumped down, and stomped on the ground. He made stones appear under the men, which took them out. Melody fell down. Trevor helped her up. "So...you, uh, like my move there?" He smirked.
Melody aimed an arrow in his direction.
"Whoa, whoa, wait."
She shot it behind him, and took out a man. "That's twenty." She runs off.
"Wow." He says, under his breathe, as he uses another stone to take a man from behind out.

Mine and Sir Eric's swords clashed. "I can't believe I didn't see this power you held before." He said.
"You are just seeing half of it." I jumped back, so Jace could blast him.
He was able to block it using his sword. That's when I noticed a current that resembled wind was coming off of the sword. What kind of sword is that? I wondered. While he was distracted, I launched off of Jace to land the final attack that would have killed him, if he hadn't of disappeared into shadows. I almost landed, flat, on the ground, but Jace caught me. "Thanks." I said.
He nodded.
I looked around, and noticed that all the remaining men were disappearing like Sir Eric. What is going on? I questioned.