Guardians Of Magic

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Mundane
"The butterfly floats above the beautiful flower even before it has bloomed"

An elf readied himself to fire an arrow to kill a minotaur. The iron part of the arrow reflected the sun when the string from the bow was stretched. The travelling arrow can almost be heard when it rammed towards the creature's skin. The beast fell down upon contact with the pointed part, spreading blood on the ground. The elf went closer to it and flashed a smile with his bounty, standing proud of what he did.

Behind the elf was the training grounds where Xael Himura (the princess of the kingdom of Furia) and Hiro Takishima (her celestial knight) were training. Queen Serenity Himura stood on the side, giving out comments of how Xael should fight.

"Xael. Maintain your poise," she said.

On the Queen's left, stood Solaris (the royal advisor)—floating in mid air while Kichi Tanaka, (the wizard and also the adoptive brother of Xael) cheered from afar on the Queen's right side.

Solaris swayed her hands in mid air with utmost gentleness and reminded the Queen about how everything takes time but the queen just looked at her and then back at the training.

Hiro, being a skilled warrior, still wasn't fully tired. Xael, on the other hand, was starting to get frustrated and tired at the same time. Stamina has always been her enemy.

She shapeshifted into small critters to hopefully defeat Hiro but she could only transform as such because her power isn't fully developed. She often wonders why she couldn't unleash her full potential as if something is stopping her.

The queen knows about Xael's limited power but she still keeps on pressuring her. That's why Xael's dream is to defeat Hiro so that her mother could be proud of her.

"Pity. The daughter of the legendary queen is being defeated by a knight," Hiro snickered. It was a form of banter to provoke the girl.

That made Xael furious which made adrenaline kick inside her veins. She tranformed as a rat so she can get close to Hiro without getting stopped.

"Xael. A princess does not choose such a dirty creature."

She transformed into a squirrel midway to fulfill the Queen's wishes and transformed into human form when she was inches apart with Hiro and punched him when all that she got. He was caught off-guard for a moment so she successfully punched him.

"Peachy. Giving remarks when he himself can't defend from a proper assault," She teased. She had this sneaky grin on her mouth that mocked the boy. Pride was plastered in her face as the smug expression was still evident in her tone.

"Xael, punch harder," The queen threw another remark at her which made Hiro grin.

"Successfully punching me yet the queen is not impressed. How adorable." Hiro looked down on her since he was taller. She was shocked and she was sure she was insulted. Hiro grabbed her leg and took advantage of her vulnerability. She fell down immediately and was pinned to the ground.

"Let me go!" She screamed. She was squirming to get out of Hiro's grasp but he didn't let her go.

Solaris called the training off.