Sounds of terrifyingly gruesome screams were heard from outside of the forest. She was hiding. She knew what would happen to her if she even remotely moved an inch. The terrifying leader of the Ivory Kingdom would have her head in a second. She has heard stories about the noble warriors and the ghastly knights who trained vigorously to conquer nearby planets. Her mother was nowhere to be found. She had never met her father, and her mother would never speak of him. She was a bastard child. That's all she would ever be. Tears formed a puddle onto the soft soil around her. She whimpered and breathed heavily as gunshots and cannons exploded nearby. At once, they all stopped. She blinked as she heard cheers from a certain group. Chants of glory and victory erupted. She flinched as footsteps approached her sacred hiding spot. They stopped down and front of the bush her mother so effortlessly placed in case of an emergency. A tall, pale being with short, blonde hair ripped through the bush, leaving the terrified hybrid mortal naked with no protection. She looked up at the being, tears beginning to form in her eyes once more. The majestically terrifying being looked around as her warriors approached. They began to mumble certain things in their language. They seem to nod in agreement, as an aura of dark magic wraps around the first being. The black aura swirled around the scared and teary-eyed hybrid as it entered through the embodiments of her soul and heart. She blinked and looked around, the aura emitting from both her hands and feet. She then realized who the beings were. The goddess and sacred leader of the Ivory Kingdom, she who held no mercy, Pechinko, was in front of her. To the almighty Pechinko's right was her sister, Aurora. A beauty at heart and mind but a killer on the outside. On the left of Pechinko was her noblest knight who has been said to never leave her side in battle. Rey, a white haired being that was written to be of true power. To Aurora's left was a being who she has never seen or heard of. She clutched onto Aurora and looked at the hybrid up and down. The hybrid stopped and shook her head. She then realized something. She had completely changed. The scaly skin she once had was replaced with a more tan soft coloration. Instead of her webbed toes she grew things on the bottom of her legs that she has never even seen on other beings. She shook in fear as she looked up once more at the magnificent beings. They said a couple of things she still couldn't understand. Then, as if the goddess somehow had a change of heart, she let out one hand towards the not-so-hybrid-anymore. She took the hand wearily and stood up, not even coming close to any of their heights. One by one they all smiled. Quickly, they grabbed ahold of her and led her to their main spaceship. The other commoners and soldiers climbed into theirs. The hybrid was escorted into the spaceship and sat down. Pechinko's posse entered and sat down in their appropriate seats and stared at the hybrid. Pechinko used her hand and created a ball of light blue magic. Pechinko threw the ball towards the hybrid as it entered through her chest and throat area. She gulped and blinked a couple of times. The leader spoke, her voice loud enough so those who were in the ship could hear.
"I hope you can understand me this time. My name is Pechinko, Almighty goddess of the Ivory Kingdom. Welcome to the team. I hope you're ready. I think this will be a long ride."
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It's been a long 20 minutes since Pechinko took the hybrid on board, raising a few concerns about it.
"M'lady Pechinko. I'm pretty sure the hybrid is incompetent to the fact of names. We should claim her, just in case she gets lost," Rey tiredly suggested, facing the mighty goddess.
Pechinko's eyes gazed to Rey, then turning to face the hybrid. The scared defect looked up at them. She kept her eyes from watering with sheer willpower. Pechinko let out a heavy sigh and looked back to Rey.
"It's your idea. What do you want to name her?"
Rey looked back at the hybrid. She then looked at the rest of the team. She scratched her head as her eyes looked around the room.
"Do any of you have ideas? Tia?"
Rey shook her head at Tia, the girl who was holding on to Aurora earlier. Tia's ears perked up to Rey's voice. She groaned. She contemplated for a minute, then reluctantly got up and walked over to Rey and the hybrid.
"I don't really care. If anything, we shouldn't even keep her. It looks..." Tia struggles to get the right word. "It looks really wrong. Is this how humans looked like before our time?"
Pechinko nodded. She explains to Tia how humans were once powerful creatures with knowledge of the unknowns. Though, humans became extinct due to their own greed and hubris.
"Humans sound stupid." Tia turned, glaring at the human hybrid. The hybrid starts shaking, Her eyes holding some power in contrast to the rest of her. With a hint of satisfaction, and a slight smirk, Tia struts away back to her corner.
Rey started, "Pechinko, how about we name her something elegant. Like, the name of an ancient goddess the humans would worship to?"
"Like what? Athena? This hybrid looks nothing like Athena. Athena had standards." Tia criticized.
Rey rolled her eyes. She glanced around the room of the spaceship hoping a name would come to her. "How about a type of flower? Like Lily or Rose?"
"That is the most basic thing you could name a human. We need something abstract here, not some common wretched everyday name." Pechinko groaned and also started to search around the room. They were stuck. None knew what to name this hybrid. They spoke to the other crew members, none knew what to name her.
"Halo?"
"Destiny?"
"Star?"
"Those aren't bad..." Pechinko started. "But it just doesn't suit her."
"At this rate, Pech, I don't think anything will suit her." Rey declared. Once more, it seemed as if this team of all mighty powerful being were triumphed by this weak 'newborn' hybrid. The hybrid decided to stand and walk around. Pechinko and Rey eyed her, pondering on where she's going to next. Near their seating area was a vase, encased and surrounded by purely clear glass. The vase was of gods and goddesses of the past. On one side, a dark gray and black. The other side- pure white with blue marks. In between there were reddish orange marks with green. These colorations meant the different auras the gods of the past had. The hybrid pressed her face against the glass.
"Is this really how humans used to act?" Tia snarkily remarked. "This is idiocy! Why are we wasting our time?! Let's just throw her out while we have the chance." She points to the door as Pechinko rolled her eyes.
"Vase."
Gasps erupted from the crew. Even the knight who was guarding the door shuffled uncomfortably where he stood. Pechinko and Rey looked at each other wide eyed. Cookie gulped and stepped back while Aurora's mouth gaped open.
With a stutter, Pechinko spoke.
"What did you say?"
The hybrid then turned to her and repeated the word.
"Vase."
Pechinko's face expression shifted from a surprised to a weary smile. She turned to face the crew members.
"She has poise and flair. Did you hear the way she said it? She has such a pretty voice. Aurora we did well!"
Aurora simply nodded, keeping her gaze on the hybrid.
"I might finally have a name for her. Let me try something." Pechinko strutted over to the hybrid and whispered in her ear. The hybrid nodded as Pechinko stepped back to where she was. The hybrid started.
"My name is..."
Pechinko motioned her hands in a cupping form as if to keep going.
"My name is..."
Stuck once more, the hybrid cleared her throat. With elegance and grace of someone who should be on the Ivory Court and in the Ivory Kingdom in general, she declared.
"Blair. My name is Blair."
{End of Prologue}
