Of Love and War

Return i

The news of Enuo's bravery spread like wildfire right after Mine-a and Imaw returned from the Gate of Aznamon. The kingdom of Lireo and the Sapirian soldiers and citizens that are staying in there mourned for they had lost a formidable force. Some were really affected by it, one of which is Pirena, it was her first time that a father figure was there to guide her.

Lireo

"Why mother? Why didn't you help Rehav Enuo?" a teary eyed Pirena asked Mine-a

Mine-a only looked at her daughter and caressed her face

"Mother?" Pirena still wants an explanation why her mother, the one considered the most powerful in encantadia because of the gems couldn't help the Rehav

"Pirena, there are things that even the power of the gems can't vanquish. What Enuo did was for the whole Encantadia, he sacrificed himself so that your new sibling will be born in a peaceful encantadia" Mine-a hugged Pirena

But Pirena's mind worked differently, she thinks that it was because of the baby that is in Mine-a's womb that Enuo perished.

After a couple of lunar cycles the youngest of Mine-a's heirs ,Danaya, was born. All of the greeneries and pashneas in Lireo were in a festive mood. The trees and crops yielded good harvest and the pashneas seemed very happy.

But Pirena still bears a hint of hatred towards their youngest.

Years later . . . .

(Timeskip to when they were already teenagers, the same time as the last part of the previous chapter)

"Pirena!" shouted Ades to a running teenager, the diwani picks up the trail of her gown as she tries to outrun the chasing head handmaid

"Why do you keep on pestering me Ades! I only want to have a glimpse of this war scrolls" the eldest of Mine-a's daughters argued as she hugged the scrolls she's taken from the royal archive

"You do know that those are confidential information! Even the head mashna needs authorization from the council to look at those" Ades is gaining

"Why does she move so fast even though she is somewhat of a thick build" Pirena blows a hair on her face as she turns around the hallway

"Guards stop the young diwani!" Ades shouted but Pirena was quick in her abilities, she used a technique which made her look like she turned into five more Pirenas running towards the guards

"Hahaha you really need to step up your game if you're to capture me" she giggles as she speeds up to her room

On the gardens of Lireo, a younger diwani is playing with the Adamyans near the fountains. Alena, the third daughter is fond of staying there, looking into the gates, wishing she could get out and wander into the citizenry. But Lirean laws prohibit the diwanis from getting out of the castle walls until they have achieved the sanggre status. She wants to explore the outskirts of Lireo and maybe meet her destined one. Just like the ones she's read on the books in the royal academy, the ones where an encantado and an encantada find love unexpectedly

"Alena, you're here again"

"Yes, Sage Imaw. I was only playing with Banak and Nakba" Alena tries to hide her urge to go out of the gates

"Haha, I can easily read your expression Alena. You want to get out of of here" Imaw said to a lonely Alena

"Oh how I wish I could roam the streets of Lireo and meet the other diwatas" Alena with dreamy eyes said, imagining an encantado who would sweep her off her feet