I don't blame you if you want to bury me in your memories

prologue- before you kill the monster you have to say it's name

"be careful of that girl

there's a fire burning inside her eyes

she makes kingdoms fall

and monsters wish they'd never been born"

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- she was a queen

with neither crown nor kingdom

the most powerful piece on the board

with no moves left to make

so she overturned the table -

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A scarlet red mask burning with the power of the blood that had been spilt to create it and pouring out with all the magic in it. Thousands of years ago, the crown was forged with the magic from the moon crystal and the blood of the moon goddess. Since then, it has been passed down through the royal family by generation. It used to be a symbol of royalty and brought love into the people's hearts while also bringing fear into their enemies. Now, the crown was a piece of metal. Lost in the void, like the people that belonged to the crown and the city they once lived in.

Or people assumed so.

The location of the moon crystal is in the city of Halfmoon where the Magicats lived, which to all outsiders, is a dead city. It's believed that a threat appeared and killed the population along with destroying their city and kingdom. No one knows the true story except the people themselves and to everyone, they are extinct. The story of the Battle of Halfmoon is not in any textbooks and most people by now have forgotten about the battle eighteen years ago.

If anyone had paid more than half a second in going over whatever rumour was being spread around about the battle, people would have figured out it made no sense. The people of Halfmoon were no cowards and did not give up so easily. When something shows up that threatens the existence of a population, there is the choice between fight or flight. It would be obvious to anyone that they would stand up and fight back against the threat. But, no matter how powerful you are, some people are just stronger. The people of Halfmoon were agile and strong but their threat was smarter and had advanced technology. In this case, brains beat brawns.

The war was brutal and thousands died along with the towns and villages of Halfmoon, the only place standing was the main city. Anyone left standing did not give up until the inevitable happened. Someone slaughtered Queen C'yra in battle, Princess Irma was severely injured and the heir to the throne were missing. The heir was Irma's child but C'yra had loved them like her own. The disappearance of them would have killed C'yra if she were not already dead.

In the end, you have to think about what is best for your people, your family, your friends, yourself. So if fighting had not worked, the best next thing was to retreat. The people of Halfmoon had built underground bunkers in case of a war, prepared for anything. The evacuation alarms rang throughout the city and anyone still alive fled to the safety of the bunkers. The enemy did not believe there were many left of their kind so they left as well with victory but they were wrong. Children, elderly and anyone else who could not fight were already underground when the battle had begun and that was around fifty percent of their population. Ten percent of those fighting survived. It was not a lot left but it was enough to keep the species alive.