IMMORTAL LOVE - Josh and Erika

Part 1 : Birth of a Princess

         There is a world that is not known to mere mortals like you and me.   A different realm, a different reality.   A  world where humans like us could only speculate, dream about and make up stories.  But it is out there and its existence is as real as what your mind can possibly conceive. And yet, it is  a world way beyond our wildest imaginations.

        Kingdom Archaeya is part of that world.  Archaeya is just  one of the kingdoms in the middle realm. In their world, they have three tiers or realms.  The middle one is where most of these spiritual beings are born. A place where beings possess magical powers  bestowed upon them by celestial gods at the time they were born.   Each spiritual being in the middle realm is bestowed one magical power at birth.  Another unique thing about their world is that each one of them lives for thousands of years. One earth life is equivalent to a hundred years in their world.  But, they do not live forever. They also die and when they do, they either ascend as demi-gods to a higher tier or realm called Malaya or descend to a lower level they call Harika where  criminals and evildoers are thrown into.  

         Now, the gods have decided to anoint special individuals born into the middle realm. The chosen ones  were expected to be  born with royal blood.  And yet, there are also those born  from ordinary beings in their world.   These are the chosen ones with unique powers and abilities.  They are the ones feared by their kings or  rulers because they  can easily overthrow their  kingdom. 

      The special powers these chosen ones possessed, however, can only manifest and be awakened by the Gods when they reach a certain age.   And so, Kingdom Archaeya's rulers would then  do everything they can to suppress the  existence of these special beings by killing them while they are still young  once they are known. 

         It has been said that the ones born with a bright, sparkling insignia on the left side of their chest, directly above their hearts, were the special ones.  They are spiritual beings that not only possess great powers but  ethereal beauty, talent, astonishing skill and abilities and good fortune.  The gods have chosen them because they were tasked to rule the different realms in that magical world.  These special beings were born to lead and bring peace and prosperity to all the different realms in their world.  

      Alas, their world is not as perfect as you might think for they also have conflicts and wars brought about by  greed, envy, jealousy and hatred.

        Keisha belongs to that world.  She is one of the king's women in his harem at  Kingdom Archaeya.  A daughter of one of the many renowned scholars of magic in their world.  She is one of the five women who were selected and had received favor to become part of the king's harem.

       The royal family had tried many different ways to produce more heirs to the kingdom.  The queen herself failed twice to provide an heir to the throne when she lost the babies through miscarriage.  The  number of concubines in the King's harem had now grown in size and number in the hopes of increasing their chances to have royal babies with that unique insignia on their chest.  For years, none were born.  But one day,  there was one chosen royal that was born.  A prince.

      The only one born as the chosen royal, at that time, was named Prince Kenjie.  He is the  son of  King  Arkaeno and  Lady Keisha,  the king's favored royal concubine.   But Prince Kenjie was sickly and frail as a baby.  

       The queen, Andalucia, upon hearing that baby Kenjie was a special royal baby  immediately took him and  made him as her own.  She had told everyone in the great palace that as  mother of all in their kingdom and because the baby was very sick, she will personally take care of the newborn prince.  

      Queen Andalucia, however,  has other plans .  She was scared people will no longer pay her respect as Queen mother and so she decided to banish Lady Keisha from their kingdom.  The Queen also took Prince Kenjie away and hid him from his birth mother, Lady Keisha.