Frosted Ranger: Time's Illusion

Chapter 14: A Trial of Truths

Melina and Elisia continue their travels through the Hartwood Forest, luckily coming into contact with no enemies of the wildlife.

(Clans Alaria and Alavere are destroyed. Melina and Kywin were traveling one space right of Clan Alaria when they parted ways. Noriel is west of Clan Testa, but is not shown on this version of the map.)

Elisia openly shows her star fragmented eye while they travel through by foot for another day to reach the end of the forest. Once reaching the end and the sunlight began to fall, Melina instinctively went to pull up the hood of her lost armor, but quickly remembered two things about that motion.

Elisia's notices it. "Old habits die hard?" She says.

Melina shakes her head. "Yea. That armor let me see in the dark. It was awesome and belonged to my great grandfather, then my father, then me and now its locked away in my mother's prison."

"It feels as if you lived enough adventures for one life. Why is that?"

"More like my parents lived quite the adventure and I just want to prove that I can do those things too. Except for.. their killing of Saren."

Elisia stops for a moment. "Hold on. The Dark Queen, i've heard stories of her, but not her name. Killing Saren however fit the pieces together. You are a Seipora?"

Melina sighs. "Yes, my parents were Agents of Aylon. Carsin died saving the world from that mad mage and my mother went insane cause he died. Let's keep going."

"You said you'd tell me a story. We should camp here." Elisia starts collecting wood.

"Fine. But i'm telling a different story than the one's my parents lived." They set up camp and Melina tells her story and in the morning they move out again for the stronghold.

Once they reach the outskirts of the stronghold, Melina pulls Elisia aside. "I'm a traitor right now, it'd be best if you disguised yourself as someone else."

Elisia nods and her hair color changes to a brown and her scars fade away, her eyes turn brown as the fragment is shrouded in magic once again and her armor stays the same aside from a few blood stains across it.

"That works." Melina and Elisia walk up to the front gates of the stronghold. The guards do their routine of putting Melina under arrest while Elisia is credited for the capture.

The guards lead Melina inside with Elisia close behind. Taking her to the dungeon and locks her inside. "Leader Marcon will be here shortly." The guard walks off.

Elisia sits outside the dungeon door while awaiting for Marcon to arrive. Melina shakes her shackles and rolls her eyes. "Getting tired of being held captive."