The Scepter of Serpentari

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Autumn

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I was just barely older than one when it happened but I remember every detail as if they were the lyrics to my favorite song. The fire, death, the screams. If I had been older I would have marched into battle with them and kept them safe. I could’ve kept my people from dying if I was older than a mere child. Now we have to hide hoping never to be found by the witch that did this to my people, my family! 

The war had been going on for 3 years before I was born. My people were hopeless on the brink of extinction. My mother, Queen Korinna, was expecting me, an heir in a time of absolute despair. She prayed that the child would be a girl so we could have a queen when she died. The queen’s guard, Natalia Amala, was praying the same thing. Hoping that the queen’s baby and her babies were girls so they could help fight this war. 

This was 2 years before that awful tragedy. My mother and Natalia went into labor at the same time both giving birth to two healthy girls and one boy, me, my best friend Nabastia, and her twin brother Lukas. 

I was no more than 18 months old when it happened. The day started normal, everything was as it always was, planning our attack, training, and preparing for the next battle. 

It was about 2:00 pm when everything happened. They swooped down from the sky and started attacking us. They set fire to our temples, mom just narrowly got me out of the castle alive before they burned it. She put me, Nabastia, and Lukas in a boat with one of the young women.

 This woman’s name was Aphrodite Azlana, she was the most beautiful woman in the Kingdom, but that day the blood of her sisters stained her beautiful blonde hair, and her large Lime green eyes looked as if they had cried thousands of tears. She got into the boat with me, Nabastia, Lukas, and her five-month-old son Cloud. 

The person who did this was Queen Floga; she is the Empress of a race similar to my own. A race of super-powered Amazonian like women but that’s where the similarity between our races ends. Her race, which is called the Pyreids, rulers of fire, and all they stood for was death and destruction. 

Like a giant wildfire but even so, every wildfire has to turn into an ember at some point. They thought they killed all of us, but little did they know that five of us escaped from right under their noses! 

We are the last of the Serpentari, the snake people, to live. Serpentari are Amazonian like women who are born with a spiritual connection to snakes. Granting us the power to speak to snakes. 

We stood for peace and prosperity and helped other civilizations in trouble. We made peace treaties with the humans in case something like this were to happen the human government would have a safe house ready. The safe house would be stocked with food and clothes. There would be a bank account with money for groceries and food. There would also be a job for any adults who came along. This place is now my home. 

I live here with Nabastia, Cloud, and Lukas. Now we’re 17, going to Lakeview Academy. A boarding school for special kids without parents. We share a dorm with 3 other girls, Nerdia, Marinette, and Sasha. 

Every seven years a building called the Hall of Relics appears. It is a historical museum that Aphrodite said contained the last remaining secrets of Serpentari.

“Kathleen Korianna Astromoff, Get up,” My yellow, snake-eyed best friend Nabastia Amala yelled, shaking me “I can conjure a bucket of cold water that we could pour on her,” My silver-haired friend Sasha offered. “Okay okay I’m up,” I said wide awake “Finally,” Marinette said as she looked up from polishing her bow and stated very bluntly,” Nabastia and Sasha have been trying to get you up for 20 minutes.” “Whaaaaaaaaaaaat,” I yelled, “20 Minutes! I gotta get ready.”