Moonlight

Chapter one

-16 years ago-

Third Person p.o.v

The violent sound of war was the only thing heard for miles around. Usually the strong warriors of the light could lessen the sound so that the humans could sleep but tonight it was obvious that the darkness had been training hard and multiply secretly. Inside the castle Queen Luna hurried down the corridor with a small bundle of pink blankets. She got at the end and made a sharp left before spotting the door she needed to go through. A quick kiss was placed on the infant's forehead and she smiled sadly at the babygirl.

"Stay Strong and Safe my sweet Esmeralda. One day you shall return and defeat the darkness. Then once again the world will be safe." She handed the sleeping baby to a young woman. "Please take good care of her.." The young woman bowed her head,"yes your majesty." In the next instant she was gone.The queen turned around prepared to fight alongside her faithful warriors but was stopped by the razor sharp point of a sword. A deep chuckle that would make even the most gruesome creature cower in fear sounded around the corridor.

"Hello Luna it's been a long time... I will only offer once more. Join me and together we may rule over the world. Over every human and animal. Deny me and die." The man that said all of this was the King of Darkness, Jeremiah.

"I would rather die then rule beside such a evil man such as you Jeremiah." The queen said fearlessly. Jeremiah sighs.

"What a shame that it has come to this..." with those words the king of everything dark let his sword pierce the queens delicate skin. Queen Luna dropped to the floor dead. Although she had not made a sound the warriors knew that their queen had just died and they grieved. They knew that they were overpowered and wounded. They quickly fled to safety, exchanging promises to themselves and each other that this would not be the last fight. They locked themselves away to heal. They couldn't help but wonder what had happened to the loved princess, Esmeralda.

-Present-

"Esmeralda, honey, I'm off to work!" the 16 year old girl got out of bed and walked down the stairs.

"Bye Linda, I'll see you later." she embraced her guardian.

"Love you sweetheart." the woman hugged her and got into her car before driving down the road. The teenager walk back to her room after shutting the door. She had been reading through her world history book when she was interrupted by Linda. She brushed her ,almost white,blonde hair out of her face and settled back into her room. The room was completely colorless. Filled with only black and grey. In fact not only was the house like that but the entire world. The king demanded that all color was to be destroyed the day after his coronation. Only 9 months after Esmeralda was born. The only things that held color now was the things that couldn't be controlled such as hair, eyes, skin, and the colors of the world (trees,grass, the sun, the sky. Things like that).She suddenly heard a loud noise outside her window which faced the road. She peeked outside and saw a moving truck. She was delighted, maybe there would be a girl or boy around her age that would be willing to be friends. She didn't have many because of her light colored hair and vibrant green eyes. Many people tried to keep blonde hair out of their families by only reproducing with people that have darker hair in fear of the king. The parents of children that go to school with Esmeralda warn their children not to interact with the girl. Despite being shunned by the other children and even some adults Esmeralda never let it bother her. She had Linda and her uncle Carlos ,who wasn't really her uncle but a family friend. As far as Esmeralda knew she was just a baby that Linda found and decided to keep. Esmeralda opened her window to get a better look and saw that there was a young girl running towards the house. A boy around her own age walked up the walkway to the front door and two middle age people stood by the truck holding each other. The man and woman looked to be only a year or two older than Linda. The boy suddenly turned and caught Esmeraldas eyes. She felt herself blush in embarrassment of being caught and she shut her window and disappeared behind the curtain.