Legend Of The Dragonstone

Ch. 2: Myths & Stones

As Luna was finishing up her rounds, the bell rang indicating the start of school. Felavina was already making her way to the school house by the time Luna had finished, causing Luna to run towards her to catch up. "Felavina, wait for me!", Luna shouted towards her, huffing once she was beside her. "Geez Luna, you know I would have waited at the gate.. Besides, Seige isn't even here yet.", Felavina explained to Luna as she put her hand on her hip, and looked towards her. Luna looked down, clutching the front of her dress. "I know, but..", she started if a faint voice before being interrupted by Felavina. "Luna, don't worry so much, You'll never be able to survive the Knights if you act like this.". Luna looked up at her and nodded, Felavinas words seemed to help her. Seige came running up soon after, "Hey guys!", he told them his voice full of excitement as they all turned and began walking towards the school house. " What's with all the excitement?", Luna asked him in her usual soft voice. "Don't you guys remember? Today's the monthly Myths class!", Seige answered as he raise his hands in the air and lumped around them. The Luna and Felavina laughed as their young ginger friend was expressing his excitement. Eventually the three reached the entrance to the school building, each entering the door one by one and Luna was the last to enter. Just as she was entering, she caught a glimpse of black behind her and as she turned to get a better look, she realized it was Starlania. "Hey Star!", Luna yelled towards her, causing Starlania to look up towards her and give a faint smile. Starlania seemed distracted or concerned about something, but Luna tried not to question it.

As the group made it into one of the rooms inside the small school house, Luna waved for Starlania to follow. Of course Starlania hesitated, but made her way over to the group and stood by Luna. "Guys, I'd like you to meet a friend I made. Her name is Starlania.", Luna told her friends, and then turned to Starlania, " and Star, this is my friends Felavina and Seige.". Starlania lifted her hand to wave, and gave a small 'Hello' to the two, and suddenly Seige hops in front of her, eyeing her up and down. "Hmmmm, You're not from around here, Are ya?", he asked her as he stared up at her, seeing how Starlania was much taller then him. At this point, Starlania was feeling a bit uncomfortable, but she answered anyway. "No, I am not.. I came from a place further out in the country.". Seige lifted his hand and held his chin. "I see, I see.. Where exactly, and why come here?", as Seige asked this, Starlania looked down and her voice was lowered. " I don't like to talk about it.. And the reasons we came here are personal, but.. My parents were murdered there.. Leaving just me and my brother.". After Starlanias statement, it all was quite between them and the three seemed shocked. Seige seemed more astonished then the others, seeing how he pushed the topic. At this moment the teacher made his way past the students to his desk, signalling the students to find a seat. Luna, Felavina and Seige all sat at their own table, and Starlania went off to sit by herself. As she was walking, something caught her attention. She looked towards the corner of the class and noticed three boys looking at her, each had a different shade of brown hair, and two had hazel eyes, while the third had an unusual blue. 'Hmph', she thought, as she turned away as if saying she had better things to do, and made her way to an empty seat near the wall.

Back in town, Leon was getting ready to make his way to the library in hopes of finding out some information about the stone him and Starlania were searching for. Leon picked up a small shoulder bag to carry with him, along with a quill and a few pieces of paper for notes. "Alright.. Let's see.. We got paper.. quill.. bag..", Leon was mumbling to himself in his monotone voice, and then placing the two items in the bag. "All set.. Just one more thing.". As Leon was walking out the door, he looked over at the burnt flower that still occupied the tables surface and smirked. "Oh Zehvana.. Here I come.", he whispered to the deceased plant as he closed the door behind him and headed off toward the library, but stopped when a group of guards were walking by. "Excuse me Knights, but could you tell me where the jail is?", Leon asked them in a curious tone, hoping not to seem to suspicious. "You see, I recently moved into town and just wanted to get an idea of the town's layout." As he finished, one of the guards walked closer to him and turned to faced towards the school, pointing to the tower behind it. "See that tower? The jail is to the left of it..", The guard told him while examining Leon. " Ah, I see.. Thank you.", Leon bowed and made his way towards the bell tower and made a left as if he was heading towards the library. As he was walking off, the two guards spoke to each other.
"Why would he want to know where the jail is?", One guard asked.
"Eh, he's probably just a curious kid.. You know?", the other answered.
"Hmm, hey doesn't he kind of look like one of those kids from the posters?", the third guard asked, causing the other two to look at him and then towards Leon, only to then look back at the third guard. "Could be.. but there's no proof.. We should bring this up to Lady Marleen.", the first guard suggested as the other two nodded and agreed. The group of guards continued on their patrol, planning to announce the suspicions to their head guard afterwards. As Leon was finally out of sight from the group of guards, he noticed a second path that lead to what seemed to be the jail. 'Perfect..', he thought to himself, and stopped for a moment to look over it. There was one guard pacing in front of the building, and a few others towards the back. 'Hmm, I'll come back later..', he thought, and sighed. If he chose to explore the jail now it would only end in conflict. After he was done thinking the plan over, he continued towards the library. Once he was inside, there was the eerie silence that always made him suspicious even though it was normal for a library to be quiet. Leon looked around, in front of him towards the wall sat an elderly lady and he assumed that to be the owner, then to the left and right where book cases in rows, each labeled. Leon decided to start in the history section with a book titled, History of Zaron. Most of the book talked about the start of the country and the cities, along with various battles and beasts that terrorised Zaron. After a few chapters of useless stories, Leon shoved the book back into its original slot and began to search once more. He came across a few other books titled, Beasts of the Woodlands, Silent Assassin, and another which was titled Arcaniss. Leon cursed under his breath, pulling one book out and pushing another in. Eventually he huffed and sighed in frustration, and leaned back against the wall that was left barren. "This is a waste​... ", Leon grumbled, seeing how he was never much for reading anyway, but in his anger came a reward. On the opposite wall of him was a glass case that seemed to big for a book, yet something seemed to urge him towards it. As he got closer he realized there was a book being held inside, one that was bigger then the rest. This book seemed to be ancient and was already opened to display a page containing names and signatures. One name stood out, Lamestrus. 'Lamestrus?', he thought to himself as he looked closer. "Written by... Irthonos.. Lamestrus, Who is this? Ive never heard of him.. I wonder if he was an elder.", Leon was mumbling to himself and at some point the librarian had made her way near him, "Interested in the Milarian book are we?", the womens slow voice creeping up on him caused him to turn towards her. The elderly woman chuckled, "Sorry if I startled you son, I don't see many as interested in this book as you are." Leon gave her a faint smile, "Ah, yes.. Wait did you say Milarian? As in the Milarian Druids?", he questioned her, his heart now beginning to race, and his mind becoming curious. This could be the lead he needed. "Indeed I did, I befriended a Milarian once.. Long ago in my younger years. In fact, he was closely acquainted with the author of this book. He kindly gifted me this book almost fourty... two or three years ago after Irthonos passed into the Forest of Whispers.", the lady seemed to loose herself in her memories as if she never has anyone to share them with. Eventually she snapped herself out of it, " Oh! I'm sorry dear, I was just remembering something. You were interested in the book, would you like to look at it?", the lady asked him, and he nodded in return. Leon couldn't believe it. Events like this almost never work this way, they usually end with some missing information or a battle. As the elderly woman unlocked the case, Leon walked closer to it and slowly turned the page revealing an overview and introduction for the book.