The legend of Aurora

Chapter 1: REUNION Part 2

Years later

Howl looked out the window. He was in the Valley of the Portal, with all his friends, except for Stella, who had died years ago. In this valley, Stella had healed the entire planet, destroying herself, to secure a future for them. In the middle of the valley laid a runic circle, created when she used the healing spell. The valley had changed in the past few years. It was now the Majutsu-shi palace, the only part of the Majutsu-shi kingdom, since the Majutsu-shi are nomads. They built the temple in honour of Stella, as she had been called beside the goddess Majutsu-shi. They say that if you stand in the middle of the healing circle, on the day of the fool moon, like the day that Stella healed the planet, you can travel to the Immortal Realm. That is why they call it the Valley of the Portal. It had been years since Stella left the world of Sebun, but Howl didn't seem to understand the fact that he would never see her again.

A lot of things had changed since the reborning of the world. The Majutsu-shi had a kingdom. Ayla and Will had married. Callie had finded her Hebi, an animal that is a part of your soul. Ayla's Hebi is her phoenix, the Phoenix King Yanlunnis, and Will's Hebi is his horse, Rigo. It was a stray cat she had found during a fire in her village, and called it Natt. The kingdoms of the world of Sebun had been united once more. Everyone lived in peace. There was prosperity. The harvest has been good every year since the last five years ( the Reborning ). No natural diseases had happened. It was all perfect.

Except for one thing. Stella wasn't there to see it. But no one cared. Most people didn't even know Stella truly and deeply as her friends did. But Howl wasn't sure of that either. In her last hour, when she was sitting down that cliff next to the valley, wondering about the world, she said some things. Most that Howl didn't understood. That no one understood. What was a Baransu Guardian? What did she mean with the last one? What Realms?

Howl had many questions, but Stella wasn't there to answer them. He had always been the one who had an answer for every problem, every question, but he couldn't answer any of them. Maybe, if had talked more with Stella when she was alive, if he had asked more questions and hadn't been so caught up in himself, maybe he could have found out who Stella really was. Now, he had the feeling that he didn't know her at all. Maybe she was the kind of person that looks to the future, as they usually thought she was, or maybe she was stuck in the past. Maybe she had an answer for everything, but they never asked her. She was the kind of person one would forget that she exists. They never talked with her, never asked her questions, and forgot her for hours. And now they will never know who Stella truly was, because she is dead. But Howl knew something. Stella is the kind of person that would give her life to protect others. And that had happened. And Howl knew something else.

Something important. And he was sure of it. Stella had been the most powerful being to walk the world of Sebun. Even more powerful than the Gods. Because the Gods can't revive people that are dead. And Stella revived every one who had died in the Great War of the Valley.

後

Howl went outside. It was windy, and the sky was covered with dark clouds. There was a storm coming. Howl walked around the forest, thinking about his things. As he approached the centre of the forest, the trees became brighter, and more magical, and normal forest animals like deer and squirrels stopped being heard, and exchanged sounds with more mystical and magical animals, like phoenixes and unicorns. When he wanted to realise, he was lost.

– Of course, now I'm lost. Could anything go worse today?– Mumbled Howl. Suddenly, something fell on his head. Phoenix poop.

– Well nothing worse than this can happen – Then, It started to rain.

« All I need for a perfect day » thought Howl. Then, he went in search of a way out of the forest.

後

After an hour, he had already given up. The celebration was about to begin, and he had to say some words. But he was still lost in the forest. He was thinking of a way to let their friends know that he was lost in the forest next to the temple, when he saw a light. It was dim, but still viewable. He decided to follow it. In the middle of a clearing in the forest, was a fountain of cristalin waters that glowed.

– Now I've seen everything! – Exclaimed Howl. He suddenly felt very thirsty, and approached the fountain. He put his hand inside the water, and drank of it.

When he finished drinking, he felt a strange presence. He turned around. Behind him was a Kitune, the nine tailed japanese fox. «These types of animals haven't been seen for milenia! » Thought Howl. But it wasn't a normal Kitsune. It had deer horns and flaming phoenix wings. It was entirely white except for the tip of its paws, tail, ears, Its wings and some markings on its face that were blue. Its outlines were blurry, as if it wasn't really there. Howl thought it was a vision. Then the Kitsune started walking slowly away. It looked back. It was like an invitation to follow him.

– Maybe you know the way out of this forest? – Asked Howl

Kitsune nods. His eyes seemed to say: « Follow me out of the forest, the celebration is about to start » . So Howl followed Kitsune. Every minute that passed, Kitsune became more and more blurry. « We have to go faster, we are running out of time », seemed to say Kitsune, whose outline was barely visible, and Howl thought he really heard it that time. Then, he saw the temple.

– Thank you, Kitsune... – He started to say, but Kitsune was no longer there. He ran to the temple, and entered through the door.

– Howl, there you are, the celebration is about to start, how come you were outside? Have you seen how it's raining? You are going to catch a cold, well don't just stand there, come inside, and please change into somethin clean, have you seen your clothes, they are dirtier than a pig's! – This long monologue came out of Callie, who had seen Howl enter the temple of Majutsu-shi – Hey I found Howl, though not in good conditions, come here! – She told their friends, who were also searching for him.