Chapter 12:

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Alright! you all know the drill...flash back time. (In Lux Aurea)
No one's POV:

"It's nice to finally meet you, your majesty." Rakesh, the Moonshadow mage said, shaking the young queen's hand. "Thank you. It's wonderful to meet you all as well." The orphan queen replied. The small team that consisted of Akiyu, Rakesh, Aspen, Atlas, and Cyra, were all excited to meet the human ally for the first time...all except one. The purple Star-touched elf huffed and left the room. The young queen notice, and asked a question out of curiosity. "Who was that?" She asked. "Oh him...that's Aaravos. The Star-touched elf of the group, just don't mind him." Akiyu hissed out. The orphan queen hummed and continued looking over at where Aaravos left. A soft smile appeared on her face.

About five minutes later — Outside:

"Hello." A soft voice said. The Star-touched elf jumped at the words, ready to attack who decided to try and sneak up on him. "Oh it's just you...the human queen." He said softly, lowering his defensive. "Do you mind if I join you?" She asked. Aaravos nodded his head, not really caring.

The young queen sat down right beside him, watching the sun slowly set.

Just out of the corner of his eye, Aaravos noticed the orphan queen examining him up and down, but trying to be discreet about it. Aaravos sighed quietly. "Is there something you'd wish to tell me?" He asked. "Oh no, nothing...I've just never seen a Star-touched elf before." She replied quickly.

Aaravos softly chuckled at her. There was then a short silence, but it wasn't awkward.

"I've always been interested in magic and found it fascinating. "I've heard about the other arcanum's and how your friends describe them, but what about the Star arcanum? What does it feel like to be connected to that? To understand it?" The human asked.

Aaravos hummed, thinking for a few moments. "To understand the star arcanum is to—to understand the symbiotic relationship of life and death, the balance of time and the dimensions, the fabric of reality and dreams. I don't know any better way to put it." The Star-touched elf replied.

"Oh...well that's...a bit more complex then the others." The orphan queen stated, Aaravos simply nodded in agreement.

Aaravos let out a little sigh before talking. "You aren't as bad as I thought you'd be...your okay." He said, still watching the sunset.

"Thanks!...I guess." The orphan queen said, sounding confused, not sure wether to take that as a complement or not.

Aaravos chuckled at her reaction.

Back to the present time:
Still no one's POV:

It was a stare down between the two sides, just waiting for someone to make the first move. "We should attack now, well their just standing there!" Claudia whispered—yelled to Aaravos. "No, you never make the first move when your opponent is paying attention. It makes you too vulnerable to their attacks. There's three of us, and a hundred of them...we can't risk it." The star-touched elf replied, never taking his eyes off the army.

"What are we waiting for? We should attack...now!" Rayla said, sounding impatient. "No. Not yet . Aaravos is planning something." Callum replied, putting his hand in front of Rayla. "Callum"s right, somethings not right, he's planning something...but that's just an art of war." Queen Janai said quietly, cutting into the conversation.

Seconds felt like hours, every passing moment...an eternity, and Aaravos never losing his soft, yet unnerving smile.

Just then the three archdragons: Zubeia, Rex Igneous, and Domina profundis, landed behind the army, causing all the soldiers to look up at the mighty dragons.

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