[IC] The Job af the Assassin and Life of the Prince

[Raptra]

From Raven's words, it was clearly not the first time she was experiencing this pain, but his frustration only grew when it was confirmed that there truly was nothing he could do take it away at the moment. Eliezer felt a slight relief when Shadow entered, regardless of whether the man had heard his call or had just happened to be making his way to the room. Shadow too, was familiar with the situation by the exchange he started to have with Raven. She was visibly in immense pain, and Eliezer could only think to nod at Shadow's advice before the latter left. He reached for a handkerchief on the nearby dresser and twisted the piece of cloth before letting her bite down on it to help her endure the pain.

Trembling slightly from the ordeal, he then proceeded to pick her up and lay her onto the bed. Sitting by her, he took her hand once again and rubbed in circles on her palm, trying to comfort her as much as he could. He muttered an "I'm sorry," under his breath, resenting the fact that he could currently do little for her, and shut his eyes tightly, hoping to goodness that it would somehow all be over soon.

Suddenly, he was in a different place. The snow-coated forest surrounding him was illuminated by the large, bright Moon in the night sky above, and seemed almost ethereal. Before he had the time to process what was happening, he could make out a figure approaching him through the trees. As she drew closer, her glowing white skin, sliver hair, and crystal blue eyes started to become prominent. Sensing great power from this maiden, Eliezer instinctively drew his sword from its sheath, but stopped himself from attacking when he was hit by an inexplicable feeling that she was no threat to him. Noting his anxiety, the beautiful stranger offered him some reassuring words.

"Crown prince of Dainia, do not be afraid."

Eliezer had absolutely no idea what to make of the situation, but managed to stutter out a question. "W- Who are you?"

"Somebody who has a gift for you, my dear prince," she replied, stepping even nearer to him and placing a hand on the flat of his rapier. "You are frequently quick to draw this, yet hesitant to actually use it. Tell me, what have you named this lovely weapon?"

Uncomfortable at the implication that she had been watching what he had been doing, Eliezer was tempted to comment, but he suspected that nothing good would come out of doing that, and so he simply answered her question as he recalled how the name of his sword referred to the way it gleamed even when light was scarce. "The Nightstar."

"How fitting, the Moon does not shine alone in the night sky after all," she pointed out, and then lightly chuckled at the prince's confused look. "You shall understand soon enough, Your Highness."

An intense white glow appeared where her hand made contact with his blade, gradually growing and blinding him as he heard her parting words. "Trust in this weapon from now on, my prince, it will not fail you..."

"Your Highness? Your Highness!"

Eliezer felt a firm grip on his shoulder before finding himself back by Raven's side. He turned to see his trusted guard looking at him curiously. Before saying anything, he immediately reached for the rapier at his waist and slid it halfway out from its sheath to check if anything about it was different. Nothing. Had it all just been a hallucination from the stress he was going through? Hildebrand was becoming more alarmed at the prince's strange behavior, and spoke up again.

"Forgive me, Your Highness. The assassins mentioned that Lady Omrea was in pain. You hardly seem well yourself. Is everything alright, Your Highness?"

Eliezer shook his head, distraught. It was occurrences like what had just taken place that made him question if he had done the right thing. His lady was now suffering, and Shadow was about to bring someone else into the estate. It was unlikely that he could keep this from Adelina much longer.

"This is all... a big mistake," he mumbled, standing up and heading for the balcony. "Leave me be, Sir Hildebrand."

The knight looked on as the prince left the room, genuinely concerned about Eliezer's mental state. It had looked as if he was in some sort of trance when Hildebrand had entered. Was he reaching his breaking point?

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Raven was great full when Eliezer placed the cloth in her mouth to bite down on for it was helping a bit with the pains she was going through. Once she was placed in the bed she he’d his hand back griping it once in a while when a sure when through her. She was soon even asked in a bit of sweat from all the pain she was enduring. She tried to relax but was still wondering what was going on she hated this a lot for she felt like all she was doing was now creating a whole set of new problems.
After a bit her fears were realized for even though her eyes were closed she could still hear Eliezer and Hildebrand talking and she clearing heard Eliezer this was ‘This was a big Mistake’ and soon tears fell down Raven’s face.
”Why am I alive......Why am I even here for stupid revenge I am a fool. Raven thought in her head as she laid on the bed as a few more tears escaped.

Amy soon walked in and saw Eliezer at the balcony but decided to let him be and walked over to Raven and ramped a rag in the cool water and started to dab Raven’s face with it. “Hang in there Raven Master should be here soon.” Amy whispered to Raven as she got Raven cleaned up from her sweat but did notice she head some tears streaming down her face but assumed it was from the pain and wiped them off and get her a bit cleaned up before getting the rag wet again s she can put the rag on her forehead after wringing the water out making it only damp. Amy placed the damp cloth on Raven's head to help and saw Raven twinge a but due to the pain. Amy let out a small sigh watched over Raven.

Raven just laid there and heard Amy’s voice and soon Raven wondered if this will ever end if thing will even get better if things be better if she did not exist. Slowly Raven lost conscious of her surroundings and found herself along in a weird cage like things and when she touched the darts it hurt. “Where....Where am I?” She said looking around not knowing what just happened it what was going on. What had happen was Raven had some how entered her mind trapping herself leaving her body defenseless and a crescent moon mark had appeared on the back of her right hand with weird writing that only a Lunarian could only understand. But the weir part was a Start had formed on the back of Eliezer’s hand with similar writing.

Soon Shadow and their Master Returned and entered through the balcony and rushed past Eliezer to Raven while Shadow stopped before Eliezer. “Eliezer are you alright?” Shadow asked concerned for the Prince but also soon noticed the star and markings on the back of his hand. “And how did you get that star and writing on your Eliezer?” He asked as their Master went to Raven.

“Raven its me are you ok?” He asked but no response came from her.”Raven?” He asked and shook her a bit but nothing and her noticed she had no pain twinges or anything. “RAVEN?!” He said worried and soon looked down at her right hand to see the crescent moon mark and weird writing on the back of her right hand. “What is this?” He said shocked even shocking Amy when she saw it. “Master what is going on?” Amy said worried. “I....I don’t know Amy I never seen this before.” Their master said worried and scared.

[Raptra]

Eliezer felt trapped. He was tired of it all, tired of running into issues he believed he neither had the confidence nor skill to handle, tired of having the fates of thousands potentially depending on every decision he had to make. Was he not born and bred for such a responsibility? Why then, was he feeling so inadequate? Perhaps it was because most other young royals likely managed not to get involved with an enemy of their state, or so he would assume. He wondered about how much more he could take, thinking that his earlier conversation with that mysterious woman was a sign that he was slipping into insanity. Once again, he felt the desire to leave it all, but this time more than ever. Was this a show of his incompetence, as he had believed the entire time, or simply one of his humanity?

He was jolted out of his thoughts when two figures suddenly appeared at the balcony, stumbling back as the first darted past him into the room. The second was Shadow, who expressed concern for the prince before directing his attention to the strange symbols that had appeared on the back of his hand. Eliezer was still pondering on what to say in response to the assassin's first question when he was prompted to look at his hand. He could only stare in stunned silence at the markings for a good long moment, knowing for certain that it was not a hallucination this time since Shadow could see it as well. He was unsure if that was better or worse, however, for he was at a lost as to what to make of this too. While he slowly reached up with his other hand to curiously run his fingers over them, the conversation that Amy was having with the older man about what was on Raven's hand peaked his interest.

Eliezer nodded to Shadow, signalling for the assassin to enter the room with him, and approached the man whom he understood was the assassins' master and adoptive father. "Despite my wish that our meeting was under better circumstances, it is still a pleasure, sir. If I may..."

He knelt by Raven's side and glanced over the back of her hand, finding the symbols on it to be similar to the ones on his. He was not one to believe in magic, but how could he not when such an unexplainable phenomenon was taking place before his very eyes? It then dawned on him that what he had experienced earlier with that silver-haired maiden was probably real and not just all in his head, but who was she, and what do these symbols mean? He already knew that Raven was the heir to the throne of Lunar, was this a supernatural gift bestowed upon the Lunarian royal bloodline? Perhaps his father was somehow aware of this. The king's intention to end this bloodline would make so much sense if this was true. Eliezer wanted to discuss this with Raven's companions, but he knew that he had to be cautious when revealing information about her.

He turned back to the assassin master. "Sir, what do you know of Lady Omrea's origins?"

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Raven’s old master looked at Eliezer as he expected Ravens hand examining the moon and also seeing the star that resided on Eliezer’s hand now. ”So this is the boy that is destined for Raven. The one he spoke off all those years ago.” HE thought in his head before being pulled out of his thoughts and looked at Eliezer. “AS you said I wish we were to meet under better circumstances I am Azara a pleasure to finally meet you your highness.” HE said with a simple bow and returned his gaze to him. “And if you are referring to Raven actually being the missing hair to Lunar then yes I already know how do you think all the lunarins found out that the heir was still alive but not know who it was.” Azara said and nothing Shadow and Amy looked completely shocked at the news. “Wait what?!?!?!” They both said at once and Azara told them to hush. “I did not find out until after the first time this happened to her years ago and once I did I had to keep it a secret The king of this kingdom is after her head.” He explained to his two other adopted children and disciples.

“But if that is true why didn’t you get here out of here years ago?” Shadow asked while Amy was freaking because she basically fought with a princess. “I tried but she was to stubborn for revenge I could do nothing about it and I was not going to tell her she was a missing princess back then for i fears she return to her kingdom and use an army to start a war something both kingdoms did not need and he warned me not to tell her for she was not ready.” Azara explained confusing both Amy and Shadow and they were it confused Eliezer also. “He?” Amy looked confused as she asked and Azara sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose wondering how he was going to explain this to them for even he had a hard time believing it at some points.

”Do not worry Azara I will explain.” A voice said making everyone freaking and soon a light from from Raven forming a small orb and it floated over to the middle of the room and a figure soon appeared before for them. “Hello everyone I am Prince Aster of Lunar also Raven’s father.” The man said with a smile while Amy almost fainted from what she saw and Shadow was frozen. “Forgive me I figure this be the best way to explain everything for I am the one that told Azara to not tell Raven she is the princess of Lunar.” Aster explain to them all.

“You see after my wife and I were killed before my last dying breath I casted one last spell to have my soul attach to Raven to keep an eye on her and the poor dear she ended up seeking revenge and nor did I ever expect she run all the way to the kingdom that had us massacred.” Aster explained and looked at Eliezer. “No offense Eliezer for you had no knowledge of this you were young when that happened so I do not blame you at all.” Aster explained to Eliezer and saw the start mark smiling but decided it was best to not tell Eliezer the meaning behind it for now. “Though I must ask one favor once Raven fully awakens please let my father meet her he is actually in your kingdom now Eliezer looking for her thanks to the help of Allister.” Aster said with a simple smile towards Eliezer. “Oh and of course he is in hiding he does not want to draw in any trouble.” He finished explaining to them and smiled waiting to see if Eliezer had any questions.

[Raptra]

Eliezer was relieved when 'Azara' revealed that he knew of Raven's history, enabling open discussion about the topic. However, he was then suddenly dismayed at the other two assassins expressing themselves rather loudly upon hearing the news, for no other residents of the Nemes Estate could know that the assassins were within the property walls. While Azara silenced them, Eliezer turned to Hildebrand, signalling for him to step out and warn them should he see anyone approach the room. Visibly unsettled by the situation, the knight immediately left to keep a lookout. The prince had intended to speak with Azara about the supernatural abilities of the Lunarian royal family, but the older assassin was too busy giving an explanation to his students, though, their astonished reaction was understandable.

As expected, Eliezer was just as startled as anyone else in the room when the new voice was heard out of nowhere. He stumbled back in alarm when the orb of light appeared and shaped itself into a human figure. While the figure introduced himself as Prince Aster of Lunar and continued the explanation from where Azara left off, Eliezer shut his eyes tightly, attempting to process what was currently taking place. He also partly willed himself to wake up, considering the possibility that it was all simply an extremely vivid dream. He did manage to catch most of what was being said despite his state of mind, and opening his eyes to find things to be just as they had been, he could only engage the ghostly figure of Prince Aster before him if he desired to get anywhere.

"Your Highness, I- I..." he stuttered, looking around at the others for some validation that he had not lost his mind. "I must ask why you have not communicated with Lady Omrea all this time, unless this spell does not allow it. The abilities of your family have seemed to be rather... ambiguous, thus far, and I wish to know what one of the Lunarian royal bloodline is capable of at full potential."

He glanced down at the symbols on his back of his hand before he continued. "Before all this, I believe I had a... vision, of a maiden with pale skin, silver hair, and crystal blue eyes. Would you happen to know her identity, and if she is of any relevance to what is currently happening?"

Eliezer was also concerned at what Aster said last. "It is dangerous for your father to be here, Your Highness, even if he is hiding. I shall do my best to locate the king before he is discovered by my family and my people."

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Aster looked at Eliezer with a sad smile when he asked why he never spoke to his daughter after all the time. “You are very close actually Eliezer with Magic there are rules and sometimes a price to pay.” Aster explained to him. “And this spell, basically to stay with a loved one they are not allowed to speak to them or show ourselves before them.” Aster started to explain to Eliezer. “If we do we will vanish, not allowed to return, and at this time of her life she is not ready for that to happen.” Aster finished his explanation of the spell to him. Though he did listen to him as he basically explained the Moon Maiden and was hesitant on that but sighed a bit as he looked at Raven.

“Raven what have you gotten yourself into to have the Moon Maiden speak to Eliezer.” Aster said with a sigh. “It seems you were visited by then one we are descended from, basically our blood line comes from.” Aster explained to Eliezer and looked at everyone. “It mean dark times are coming your way and she might be giving you a fighting chance Eliezer meaning you now have a bit of Lunars power probably in your blade now but the hard part you have to unlock the power yourself.” Aster explained to Eliezer. “Though our bloodline is very strong only first borns bare it hence the genetic traits a blessing and a curse.” Aster said with a deep sigh. “As you see once our powers awake we go through great pain and we must keep our abilities a secret in fear of being used for evil along with those who fear what we can do.” Aster explained to Eleizer. “But also to keep the magic bloodline flowing for once the first born dies before being an heir into the world, the cycle ends and the magic will die.” He let out a long sigh and looked at Raven as she just laid their. “Hence why the heirs were always so heavily protected and not really allowed to leave the castle until I meet Ophelia she gave me the feeling I never felt of love and freedom I will never regret leaving with her and raising Raven outside of the palace.” Aster smiled a bit. “seeing the world of how some of our subjects live and how things actually work will give her perspective on things of those who never seen anything outside the castle walls along with making her a great ruler one day.” Aster finished showing how basically all the life of Royals were very shelter that also contributed Aster to become so doll like in the past. “I did not want Raven to turn into a human doll like I did.” Aster explained and laughed a bit at his worry about his father.

“Do not worry my father is not completely defenseless just like how the moon maiden gifted you with power he has servants my mother has gifted with our power to protect him only they have it so they help keep him hidden.” Aster explained with a smile and soon Raven groaned a bit. “I better disappear RAven is going to wake up Eliezer the biggest advice I can give you is stop over thinking things.” He said with a smile. “The more you over think the more things will eat complicated you may be the next King but you must do what is best for you sometimes and the ones you love and I know you love my Raven for that mark would not have appeared on your hand if you didn’t.” He said and soon vanished before Raven opened her eyes and groaned a bit. “Raven are you ok?” He master asked as Raven looked a bit dazed still.

[Raptra]

Eliezer listened to Aster in silence, attempting to process the details that the latter was providing him with. He was already too familiar with such an occurrence, due to the plethora of new and unexpected information that had kept coming his way ever since he had met Raven. He was certain that there was much more to come, and had serious doubts about his ability to pull through it all for both Dainia and Lunar. He was currently making the most of the situation at hand and therefore had most of his attention on his exchange with Aster, though, he knew at the back of his mind that the overwhelming pressure was going to hit him sometime soon.

So, the lady whom he had seen in his vision was the Moon Maiden, the very origin of Lunarian magic. The power that he had felt radiating from her back then now made sense. He ran his fingers over the sheath of his sword when Aster mentioned his blade, wondering how he knew that it was he sword that the Maiden had touched, before remembering how he had mentioned that he knew everything that had happened to Raven and that he had likely seen him examining the sword. Eliezer did not wish to think about who else might have been watching him and Raven all this time. He nodded reflectively when Aster mentioned how he had been a doll, recalling how Raven had said the same about him.

"She has told me how much I remind her of the stories she has heard about you in the past, Your Highness. I appreciate the advice, I assure you that I am doing my best to think for myself. I assume that Lady Omrea and I have your blessing, Your Highness, but we shall never have that of my own parents. However, I believe that will not matter after the issues at hand are addressed..." Eliezer trailed off, admitting to himself that a dispute within the royal family of Dainia was inevitable if he were to take the steps to rectify the overall situation.

Eliezer approached Raven's side and took her hand as she started to awaken, looking over the symbols on both their hands again. He already had the intention to reveal to her that she was the heir to the throne of Lunar, but telling her that he had just spoken to the ghost of her dead father would be giving her even more shocking news. At least the other assassins in the room had been there to witness it all, had they not? Just as he began to ponder over how to break the information to her, footsteps could be heard approaching the room together with Hildebrand's frustrated voice.

"As the personal knight of His Highness, I must insist that Prince Eliezer is to be left alone!"

"Voices were heard, Sir Hildebrand. As guards of this estate, we must ensure that the crown prince is not harmed on the property of the Nemes family!"

"I assure you that I would be the first to be alerted if anybody was here to harm His Highness!"

The footsteps were only getting nearer, and it was clear that Hildebrand was speaking louder than he would have had to in order to alert the current occupants of Eliezer's room of the emergency. The crown prince signaled to everyone present to either be silent or leave before opening the door just a little to find his knight and two of the Nemes Estate guards.

"What can I do for you?" Eliezer inquired flatly.

"Forgive us, Your Highness. Voices were heard coming from your personal chamber and we were afraid that you might have been in danger," replied one of the guards.

"The concern is much appreciated, but I am safe and well. You may leave me," the prince assured them.

Hildebrand let out a sigh of relief after the guards left, and Eliezer ushered him in and shut the door.

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

The master looked over Raven as she slowly started to regain conscious when they all heard the footsteps and the voice. Amy and shadow quickly hid just in case while their master stayed close to Raven just in case he needed to defend her while she was waking up. But he soon sighed in relief when the guards left for he had no desire to shed blood over something so pointless. Once Hildebrand entered and the door closed Amy and Shadow came out from hiding. “Those guard are sure on edge.” Amy said and Shadow shrugged. “They are just doing their job it look bad on them if they let something bad happen to Eliezer they might get executed and the Nemes family could also be in a great deal of trouble.” Shadow explained and Amy groaned knowing he was right.

“Enough you two look lets all just try to be as quiet as possible we do not want them coming back and they find us and Raven is going to be very vulnerable for the time being especially since she has no way of controlling her new abilities.” Their master explained to them and they both nodded and soon Raven’s eye completely opened but still looking dazed and slowly started to sit up. “Raven if you are dizzy or dazed still you do not need to get up.” Her master tried to explain and to get her to lay her back down but she pushed him off a bit which shocked him a bit while she moved her body to wear her legs her hanging over the side of the bed and she was rubbing her head a bit. Soon she weakly looked up at everyone all confused. “Wha...what happened to me?” She asked them and none of them were sure at what to say or do due to her being new to her abilities and not sure how well she handle the news.

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Roberto was with her servants and Allister before the Nemes manor. “Sir I do not think this is a good idea you might scare her if her powers have awaken and who knows what she can do with the no control she might have over her abilities?” Allister said trying to reason with Roberto but he was not having it. “Which is why I need to be before her and help her start learning control it will make the king find her ten times faster if she does not have control and her emotions will do most of the triggering if she is not careful.” Roberto said as he looked at one of his servants and nodded at them while the female nodded as she chanted and a light formed around them and soon they were all transported into the manor in the room were everyone was in with a sealing spell to where no one could get in or out along with making the room sound proof.

Both the Amy And Shadow pulled their weapons out ready t strike once the people suddenly appeared and even their master joined in while Andy moved Eliezer and Hildebrand behind them next to Raven.

Roberto only grunted at them “I do not have time for this I have come to take my granddaughter back to Lunar at once so move or I will have forced used.” He said while Allister tried to calm the king down. “Your majesty please if your force her she will retaliate she does have her fathers stubbornness.” Allister tried to explain.

“Allister I am done waiting I can not let the king here get his hands on her and I wait to long t even be close to her I already missed her birth, first steps, heck eve her first words and you are telling me to be patient when I am done with it you should have brought her back once you found her not hesitate.” Roberto said still angry about it.

“But sire.” Allister said and Raven soon stood up slowly and held Eliezer’s hand both the marks showing on their hands and Allister noticed. “Sire look at their hands.” He said and Roberto looked and noticed the moon and start symbol on them. “What he is her soulmate?!” Roberto said shocked and making Raven looked confused at what was happening for she was still in and out of it

[Raptra]

Eliezer's mind was racing to put together an answer to the question Raven had put out right after she had awoken when a group of people suddenly appeared in the chamber. Both he and Hildebrand instinctively reached for the grips of their swords at the potential threat, not yet processing the bizarreness of how the group had arrived. As Andy ushered them behind him, Eliezer recognized a familiar face among those who had just appeared, to his absolute astonishment.

"Allister?" The prince inquired, unsure if he was completely believing what he was seeing.

At what Eliezer had said, Hildebrand properly looked the group over and spotted the butler. "Mister Cornell? What are you doing here? What is the meaning of this?"

All who had just come made no move to attack just yet. Instead, Allister and an elderly man in the group started to argue after the latter demanded that the rest of them move aside, and Eliezer listened intently to the quarrel, quickly picking up on its subject. Granddaughter? Lunar? Your Majesty? Was this man the current king of Lunar and Prince Aster's father? They would be saved the effort of looking for him if this was true. Eliezer wondered how this could be verified, before realizing that the fact that this man and his companions had been transported into the room by magic should be sufficient evidence that the power of the Lunarian royal family had been used.

"Y- Your Majesty?" He stuttered out, when he could finally get a word in.

He then felt Raven's hand around his own, and gripped hers tightly in response. She was still visibly bewildered by the entire situation, and he knew that he could not delay telling her what he had known about her origins the whole time any longer. At the king's exclamation at him and Raven being soulmates, he turned to look her in the eye.

"My lady, I regret not revealing this information to you at an earlier time. You are... the sole heir to the throne of Lunar. The heirloom and the strange abilities you possess are proof of this. This man, he is the king of Lunar, and your grandfather," he explained, before letting out a sigh and continuing. "You should go with him, at least until the chaos within Dainia and my family has been settled. My father is currently searching for you, and he must not have you."

He glanced down at the symbols on both their hands. "Destiny suggests that we shall meet again. Until then, Crown Princess Raven of Lunar."

Eliezer then addressed the king. "I can do no more for you, Your Majesty. The rest shall be between you and the princess."

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Raven just mainly looked confused at what was going on but it was almost like she was only half there the other half was missing. She just listened to the whole exchange and honestly did not know how to process all this information especially the part about her bing the Crown Princess of Lunar. While Allister was worried but for more then one reason for he knew the king was losing it a bit but the weird part Raven was not talking at all for he though she would not be that speechless. “Sire please lets just calm ourselves.” Alister said trying to be the voice of reason and looked at Eliezer.

“Forgive me your highness I was trying to prevent him from making an appearance like this due to safety reasons but it seems like I failed to do so now I see where Prince Aster gets his stubbornness along with Raven’s stubbornness.” Allister explained to him as Roberto glared at Allister for being so kind to the Prince the son of the man that took his son away forever.

“this is ridiculous but as lest you have some common sense on returned Raven to me.” Roberto said and Raven did not like how he said that like she was an object. And it was her master that spoke up.
“Now hold on I do not like how you said that Raven is human/ your granddaughter not an object.” He said and Roberto got annoyed and went up and grabbed Raven by the wrist hard. “I have had it we are going back to Lunar now!” He yelled and Raven freaked a bit and hand glowed and sent electro shocks though her grandfather and he let go letting out a yelp of pain.

“And I saw that coming.” Allister said and Raven just looked at him not knowing what to do.

“THis is nonsense Raven ou have to come back to Lunar now it’s your duty and I can care less about this soulmate for I hate that this prince is your soulmate now you are coming home and staying in LUnar where you belong.” Roberto said approaching her again as he siblings got ready to interfear but soon Raven clenched her first and her eyes glowed along with a magic circle appearing on the floor. One of the servants that served Roberto got in front of him. “Your majesty stopped she started a spell circle and we don’t know what it is for.” She siad and Roberto was wondering what was going on.

“Foolish man this is the exact reason your son ran away for you forced this fate on him.” Ravens mouth wa owing but a different voice came out surprising everyone. “Due to your fear of him suffering the same troubles if he did no marry a noble and forcing him to be nothing more then a man that should obey you.” The voice said as she pointed at him. “You pushed your son away and now are at risk of doing it with your granddaughter for this is not what she needs now.” The voice said through Raven.

“This is ridiculous get out of Raven she belongs with her real family.” Roberto said not understanding at all.

“Such a foolish man you are all you care about is what you want and not truly understand what your granddaughter has truly went through along with your son.” The voice continued and raised ravens hand and snapped her fingers and a light surrounded hildebrand, Eliezer, Roberto and Allister. “So let me show you all.” She said as she snapped her fingers again and they all vanished and appeared in a forest. “To level you must find and learn for Raven is not fully awaken find the missing piece for its hidden here in this time.” The voice said through Raven and soon Raven vanished.

Once gone Allister looked at himself and Roberto and noticed they looked differently. “WHat the why doe we look different like we are teenagers again.” Allister said and Roberto looked at himself and he was right. “Hmm the voice said time what could she have meant by that.” Roberto said so confused.

While they were all panicking a little girl approached them and went straight to Eliezer and tugged on his shirt and when he would look at her he would see a child version of Raven. “Who are you mister?” Little Raven asked him with her he’d tilted.

[Raptra]

Eliezer was taken aback by the unpleasantness of the king, especially when he had still attempted to be polite with the latter even after what had just happened. He had done everything within his means in the best interest of those he cared about, and he decided that he was not going to be silent in response to the unjustified expression of hatred towards him.

"I would suggest that you take the advice of Mister Cornell, Your Majesty. You are so consumed by anger that you are displacing the emotion. I am not to blame for the tragedy that had befallen your family all those years ago, I had been raised believing that the event of Wynton Forest was a mere territorial dispute. It is apparent why individuals of our status are brought up to control our emotions, to allow us to project a respectable image for those who look up to us, an image that you obviously are not upholding at this moment. I have decided that I shall support the princess' decision should she decide to stay. I did not excuse your intrusion only for you to direct your hatred towards me, and there shall be no further discussion between us until you display civil behavior."

Hildebrand listened to Eliezer in stunned silence, not expecting such firmness from the prince. It was evident that Eliezer had reach his limit when it came to the insolence of others, even if it was of the Lunarian king. There was not much time for any response, however, before an unknown entity took over Raven's body and their surroundings changed. Considering all that had happened, both Eliezer and Hildebrand were hardly fazed by such occurrences anymore.

"What is it this time?" The knight groaned, while the long sigh escaping the prince said all it had to about his sentiments.

Eliezer assessed the situation, believing he was quite sure of what was going on. It appeared that only he and Hildebrand were still as they had been before. Could it be because they had not been involved in what they were about to see take place? Eliezer's suspicions were confirmed when a young girl with Raven's distinctive features approached him.

"Pardon me," was all he said in reply to her, before backing away.

The prince motioned for the rest to move away too before explaining why he did that to the girl. "It seems that we have been sent to the past. I would assume that anything we do or say could alter the future, and I therefore suggest that we stay hidden and merely observe to discover what the entity possessing Lady Omrea desires to show us."

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Little Raven tilted her head in confusion as she watched Eliezer walk away with the others and followed them a bit but as they talked about the past and future it was like their voices went mute in her ears. “Raven.” A male voice rang out. “Raven come on little black bird time to go home.” Raven turn around happily and ran to a man with the same features as her. “DADDY!” She yelled happily and jumped in his arms and was caught by her father. “There you are my little black bird.” Aster said with a smile and hugged his little girl. “Daddy there are some weird people over there.” Little Raven said as she pointed at the group in the distance. Aster looked at the group with a raised eyebrow but soon felt magic around them and was shocked for he felt it was Ravens from from a different stage of her life. ”What happened to have them brought from the future?” Aster thought as he held his little girl.

Roberto was annoyed with what was going on but also shocked to be in this mess but when he heard they were in the past he looked up and saw Aster from the past. “Then I have to warn them now if I can save my son from death I am going to do so.” Roberto said as he made his way to them right away not caring if it screws things up for he just wanted his son back and have Raven raised in Lunar where she belonged. “Sir please stop reconsider that for we can maybe doom Lunar if you do that.” Allister said but Roberto was not listening at all.

Aster watched a younger version of Roberto approached him and looked confused a bit. “Um Hello there?” Aster said a bit confused soon Roberto started to say he was his father and to warn him but all Raven and Aster could hear was a ringing sounds and Raven covered her ears and uncovered them. ‘Daddy can you hear what he is saying?” Little Raven asked and Aster looked confused. “No sweetie I can not maybe he is mute?” Aster said to Raven and Roberto looked shocked from what they said about not hearing what he said. “What you can not hear me?” He asked not believing it.

“Oh there is his voice Daddy.” Raven said as she giggled and that Made Roberto even more shocked. ”If we try to warn them about the future they can not hear it means that even though Raven or who ever possessed Raven brought us here are sure the past can not be altered.” Allister thought in he head and Looked at Eliezer and Hildebrand and waved them over and once they do he whispered to Eliezer what he thinks was going on about how if they do try to warn them they can not hear their voices and believe that even though they are there the one that brought them set it that at least the main parts of history can not be altered.

“Well I do not know where the four of you come from but I am Aster and this is my little girl Raven.” Aster said with a smile and Raven waved happily at them and giggled. It seemed Little Raven was more happy and free compared to her older self they Eliezer had meet in the future. “If you have no place to stay you can stay in my home it may not have that much room but it is at least a place to stay and I know my wife be willing to welcome you all with open arms.” Aster said with a smile to them.

[Raptra]

Eliezer said nothing else to the king when he decided to go against his suggestion and interact with child Raven and her father, knowing that it would be pointless since he was also ignoring what Allister had to say. Eliezer was the one whom Roberto hated, after all, or was that actually true? For a king who had brought his son up to have such an extensive control over his emotions, he currently seemed to demonstrate very little self restraint. Perhaps he was only directing his anger at Eliezer because he was so consumed by guilt. Despite Allister's explanation to him and the knight, Eliezer was still apprehensive about interacting with anyone in this timeline regardless of the subject. It did not matter, however, for Aster and Raven were already aware of their presence and were speaking to them.

Eliezer only thanked Aster for his hospitality, and then turned to Hildebrand. "This is clearly before the raid on Wynton Forest, which my family was responsible for. I am curious to know what they, or rather, we are doing at this moment. I wonder if there is any way I could catch a glimpse of my family."

"I would assume that the king and queen would be plotting the attack as we speak, Your Highness," Hildebrand replied.

"Shall we have a look around the Dainia of this time, Sir Hildebrand?" Asked Eliezer. "Perhaps something we witness might provide us with some aid on how to put an end to what is taking place in our timeline."

"I'll accompany you wherever you choose to go, Your Highness," the knight responded.

The two stepped away, agreeing that they would merely observe whatever they would come across and do their best not to interact with anyone or anything else.

---

Meanwhile, there was alarm at the Nemes Estate when the dead body of an assassin was spotted on the property, along with other evidence of intrusion. The members of the Nemes family were gathered by several guards to ensure that they were all safe, while the rest strode about in urgency to locate the crown prince and his personal knight, who were nowhere to be found. The guards of the Nemes Estate attempted to suppress their collective panic at Eliezer's disappearance, to no avail. Adelina was especially worried for the prince, being the only one in her family to be aware of what he was secretly involved in. The royal family were quickly alerted of this discovery, and ordered for the Nemes family to be escorted to the palace for better protection.

While the rest of her family were settling down at the palace, Adelina came across the younger prince furiously reprimanding the Nemes Estate guards for their negligence and telling them that they were to find Prince Eliezer or face severe punishment. She listened from the side, and then approached Mathazar as the guards cleared the area. He sighed in relief when he saw her, pulling her into an embrace.

"My dear Adelina! It is a relief that you and you family are safe. However, I shall only truly be at peace when I know what has become of Eliezer. I can only hope for the best."

Mathazar seemed to be in visible distress as he took a seat with a heavy sigh, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Those who fear his disappearance merely because they value him as the benevolent heir to the throne do not know the fear I currently experience as a brother. If anything happens to him, I shall personally do my best to ensure the one responsible will pay for it."

Adelina was unsure of what to believe. Did Eliezer not accuse his brother of attempting to assassinate him? Her time with the princes would lead her to find the idea absurd, but what motive would Eliezer have to turn her against his brother with a false accusation? Regardless of what the truth may be, she decided to play along for the time being.

She sat down beside him, echoing his mood. "I am so sorry. I do not claim to know your pain, but Eliezer is also much more to me than to most in Dainia. I regret not having done more to ensure his safety, if there had been any more I could have done."

Mathazar looked up at her, gently running his fingers through her hair. "You are not to blame, my lady. However, if there is anything Eliezer has said or done during his stay at your home that might provide us with a clue as to what happened to him, we would appreciate it immensely if you would share it with us."

She wanted to trust him, but was hesitant to tell him anything after all that had taken place. "I... shall do so if I recall anything."

"Thank you, my lady. You should be with your family, I am certain that today's events have been rather stressful on all of you as well," he finished off, before standing up and leaving.

He made his way to a private corner where Robynne was waiting, and teased her with a smirk. "I could sense your jealousy from where I was, my lady."

The maid chuckled. "I trust that you pretend with the noblewoman, but are genuine with me, Your Highness. We are unsure of what has truly happened to Prince Eliezer, but we are certain that it is going to be difficult for him to explain this one if he does return."

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Little Raven watched the other two leave and just looked confused and Aster mainly shrugged and figured they had their own path they needed to walk down to help them return to the future. “Well then I see your other two companions are off doing what they wished but you two are welcomed to come to my home” Aster said with a smile and soon a female appeared and smiled at them. “There you two are.” She said and Aster looked behind him while Allister’s eyes widen. “Mommy!” Little Raven said happily as Aster put Raven down and watch his little girl run up to Ophelia happily. “Hello my little princess my look how dirty you got again.” Ophelia said with a small laugh.

Ophelia looked up at the two visitors and looked a bit shocked. “Oh I am sorry I did not see you two there.” Ophelia said with a smile and she picked up little Raven into her arms and Aster walked over and placed his arm around her. “This is my wife Ophelia the love of my life.” Aster said with a smile and Allister noticed that both of them have the same symbols on their hands like Raven and Eliezer but Aster had the moon and Ophelia had the star and it showed him that the two were soulmates just like Raven and Eliezer are. “Hope you do not mind love I invited them to our place for it seems like they do not have a place to stay.” Aster said to his wife and Ophelia laughed.

“My my now I know where Raven gets her lets take in every stray or hurt animal I can get my hands from” Ophelia said with a smile and Aster laughed at that. “But I do not see why not can’t leave them out in the cold.” She said and Aster kissed her cheek showing Roberto the love the two have for each other and in fact showing how happy his son was even though he had no luxuries along with having to work hard Roberto so no regret just a happy father and husband.

Allister soon broke the silence for them both. “Thank you both for your hospitality we truly appreciate it right Sir.” He said and Roberto nodded. “Yes thank you very much.” Aster smiled and they lead the way back to their small little home while Hildebrand and Eliezer made thier way to Dainia.

---

Shadow watched the whole encounter happen at the manor all the way to the palace. He wanted to make sure Adelina and her family was safe for he held no trust with Mathazar and little Robyn. But what he did not understand was were did th dead assassin come from for even if they had killed the assassin off they would have disposed of the body not leave it close by.

Shadow watch the conversation with Adelina and Mathazar and he could tell she was conflicted in telling him anything but was glad she did not out any information. Once Adelina was a lone he come out from the shadows. “My lady are you ok?” He asked as he stood before her but kept his distance not wanting to scare her in any way. “I know this is a hard time with what is going one but I can assure you its best not to tell Mathazar anything he trul is not as kind as he seems I know for I spy on him and the little maid that is latched onto his arm when they think no one is looking.” Shadow explained to her. “I also can assure you my sister can has already made it priority to protect your family.” Shadow explained meaning Raven was the one that made the order to protected the Nemes family.

[Raptra]

A large wagon caught the attention of several residents of the village as it pulled into the area. They immediately approached the vehicle to aid in unloading the collected wood it was carrying. Unseen by them, however, were Eliezer and Hildebrand, who had managed to sneak onto the carriage when it had stopped in the forest. The two cautiously disembarked in silence so as not to alert anyone around of their presence, and swiftly made their way out of the village and in the direction of Dainia Palace. Eliezer had to admire his knight's skills in stealth which, though were nowhere near those of an assassin's, still managed to keep them hidden thus far.

To the prince, there did not seem to be any drastic differences between the Dainia of the past and the one he knew. Almost everything looked to be familiar, except for the people, but it was not as if he knew the people in the lower and middle-class districts sufficiently well to recognize the difference anyway. His mind had been on the aforementioned, as well as staying out of sight, before he was startled by Hildebrand stopping abruptly. The knight was peering around the corner of a house, and Eliezer expressed his confusion in a whisper to him.

"Is everything alright, Sir Hildebrand?"

A sad smile formed on the knight's face as he looked ahead. "Yes, Your Highness. Forgive me, I just cannot help but linger here for a while. You see, this is my home."

Eliezer followed Hildebrand's gaze to see two dark-haired boys, an older and a younger, playfighting in the garden. Both were laughing from enjoyment as they tumbled about on the grass.

The prince nodded in understanding. "I see. You and Sir Aldebrand were close since the both of you were at such a young age. I had always thought this to be the case for myself and Prince Mathazar, before I came to know that his affection for me had been a lie all the while. However, with the loss of one brother, I believe that I have gained another. I sincerely appreciate everything that you have done for me thus far, Sir Hildebrand."

"Your Highness, I…" Hildebrand trailed off, touched that the prince considered him to be as close as family. He then shook it off for the time being, turning to the view of Dainia Palace from where they were. "We should continue on, Your Highness. Perhaps the opportunity for a quick trip to the palace shall cross us if we wait by the road."

"That we should," Eliezer agreed. "Provided you are ready."

"I am, Your Highness," Hildebrand replied, before taking one last glance at the boys in the garden and sighing in bittersweet satisfaction. "Goodbye, brother."

---

"You..." Adelina sighed and narrowed her eyes, immediately recognizing Shadow from the first time he showed himself to her.

"So says you," she responded to what he had to say about Mathazar, and then took a step closer to the assassin so that she could lower her voice. "I do not suppose that you know of Prince Eliezer and his knight's current whereabouts? My guards have done all they can to ensure that the prince was safe during his stay with us, and I would rather they not be answerable to an incident that is not a result of their negligence."

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Shadow watched Miss Adelina as she spoke and knew she was not going to believe him even if he fully explained what was going on. “Well believe it or not they have been sent to the past.” Shadow said to her knowing she will not believe him one bit. He he lead her to sit down and sat before he making sure to keep his distance for he did not want to make her feel uncomfortable. “Pease just listen to what I have to say Miss Adelina for I understand most of this will be very hard to believe but so show you you can trust me.” He said and soon took his mask off which he has never done after Raven had attacked him when she was in one of her rage mode years ago. Shadow showed his true face to her. This is who I am and what I look like only my sister Raven and master have seen my face like this after an accident years ago.” Shadow said before her. Shadow then placed his mask down and looked at her and took a deep breath.
“I am going to tell you the whole story from the beginning and please all I ask is for you to listen until the very end and then you can ask anything you please.” He explained to her and once he got her agreement he started to tell the story. “it all started when we were all children orphans in the land of Diana with no hope or will to continue living until Raven came into our lives.” Shadow said to her looking down remembering how life was hard and no one wanting to help the bad omen children. “A girl whose home was burned to the ground and witness her family slaughtered before her eyes but still had the will to live due to her want for revenge against Dianas Royal Family.” Shadow explained as he went on how she would steal food for them and not care what the villagers said or did to her Raven always made sure there was food for them.

“This went on for a couple years until she stole from an Assassin Master and she was able to get away from him but he still found her but instead of punishing or taking the money back he took us all in and raised us to be assassins giving us all a purpose in life a will and want to live.” He said to her and continued with all the harsh training they went through but all became strong along with how some moved on and started a life for themselves but how Ravens goal has never changed. “raven was the only one that was still attached to Revenge and she used to go by a different assassin name Blood Moon Raven she never cared how much blood she shed that girl was filled with anger blind by rage and it was only calmed by..” he paused and touched his face. “It was calm by me for I was trying to stop her this scar was formed after that I guess something snapped in her and she changed but her thirst for revenge was still there I will say that.” Shadow explained to her but he looked serious. “And we thought she finally got the opportunity when Mathazar came and requester her to assassinate Eliezer so he can take over the throne.” He started to explain to her.
She did strike a deal with him for she wanted to get her hands on their father to take her revenge finally for what h did to her family and home.” Shadow then took a deep breath and looked at Adelina all serious.

“But she broke the most important Rule of the Asssasin Code.........She fell in love with her target Prince Eliezer and terminated her contract with mathazar and choose to protect the prince instead.” Shadow explained and looked at Adelina.

“You may think this is all a trick or I am just saying this to make her look good but that is not the case for sh was even considering vanishing without a trace to help Eliezer but that is why he came here to see her and he did sneak her back into your home but things just escalated as we all learned the Truth about her........Miss Adelina Raven is Princess Raven of Lunar the missing Heir to the throne that had her family slaughtered by the the orders of the King of Diana.” Shadow said to her and waited to see her reaction.

---

Back in the past many ministers and other were around the king of Dianas table talking about their next plan of attack. “As intel shows they finally found the Prince of Lunar he lives in the forest with his wife and his Daughter your highness.” One of the ministers said while the other mumbled.

“Why should we care I mean Lunar is nothing except that stupid Rumor or myth that the so call heirs have magic and are dependents of this so call moon maiden.” Another minister said annoyed by al this talk about something he believed did not exist.

“Does not explain why a prophecy we found claimed that a female child will be born as heir to Lunar and was destined to be the most powerful that can wipe out Diana that bared the name of a black bird.” Another said an soon all ministers started to argue while one looked at the king of Diana and as wondering what he was thinking.

“Your highness what do you think of all this and what is you wish to do? After all you called us here for a reason.” The young minister siad as he watched the King/

[Raptra]

Adelina was hardly impressed by what she thought was Shadow's attempt to shock her out of her current concerns by telling her that Eliezer and Hildebrand was in the past. It obviously sounded like nothing more than a fib to her, and she was looking forward to hearing how he was going to explain it. However, once they were seated and he took his mask off, her expression softened out of pity for the assassin, and she found herself listening to what he had to say next, despite it being unrelated to the whereabouts of the prince and the knight. As one of the well-to-do individuals in Dainia who would always try to aid the poor of the kingdom, she was touched by his story, but now feared the Moon Raven even more.

Shadow's scars, and what he had just said about Raven's tendency to fly into blind rage were sufficient evidence for Adelina to tell that she was a very dangerous person. Were these assassins truly protecting the prince by allowing someone like her to even be near him, much less be in a relationship with him? Even if she really was in love with him, did this claim of love warrant trust that she was never going to hurt him the way she had hurt Shadow, or worse? She was worried for Eliezer's safety, both due to the current situation and the fact that he was romantically involved with someone who seemed to be an unstable killer.

She reached up to touch his face, but stopped herself, looking away as she let her hand fall to her side. "I'm deeply sorry for all that you and your companions have been put through, but you know what the Moon Raven has done to you. Why do you risk putting Prince Eliezer in the same danger by allowing this 'love' between them if you claim to be keeping him safe?"

---

Eliezer and Hildebrand had managed to find a carriage in which several guards were transporting goods to the palace. The vehicle had been stationary while most the the guards were away from it attending to other business, and the two had managed to get into it to find some appropriate apparel for disguises before travelling with it back to the palace as part of the group. Once at their destination, the guards poured out and set to work unloading the carriage. The prince and the knight managed to slip away from the hustle and found a secluded spot where they could discuss their next objective.

However, before they could say anything to each other, they heard hushed voices coming from around the corner. Cautiously peering out from where they were, they saw one of the ministers conversing with a female redhead in black, fitted attire. Both Eliezer and Hildebrand realized that there was something about her appearance that reminded them of someone whom they knew. They could not make out the words exchanged between her and the minister, but they saw the latter handing her a bag of gold before she went on her way. The two then nodded to each other, nonverbally agreeing to follow the minister who happened to be going to meet the king.

---

King Hendrick of Dainia was known for his cold, aloof demeanor, one that his elder son had taken after. He looked over all who were at his table, before responding.

"It is time for us to rid Dainia of this threat. Tonight, we take Wynton Forest, and we eliminate the Lunarian heir and her family," he announced. He then turned to the captain standing by his side. "Ready the troops, Captain Werner. You shall leave for the forest at sunset."

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Shadow laughed a bit for he understood her fears of Ravens blind rage which has become very rare now. “Be as it may yes but sometimes in life we must take risks no matter how dangerous it can be take Eliezer for example he is taking a big risk by choosing to be with Raven still after one learning his brother had originally hired her to kill him and two also finding out she is the missing heir to the Lunar Throne.” Shadow explained to Adelina as he sat. “He could have just turned his back on her and shunned her after learning those truths but yet he is risking everything to be with her and she is doing the same for her as an assassin she can be targeted as weak and now finding out her origins is another conflict she has to deal with.” Shadow said with a small smirk. “But she got that risk taking from what I know from her own father for he made a very huge risk way before she was even born.” Shadow said “For what I just learned her father ran from his throne to be with the woman he loved and raised Raven among commoners.” Shadow explained and looked at Adelina. “In Life we can either make the choice to follow the safest path and everything be predictable or you can take the risky path that takes you through twist and turns along with unpredictable outcomes but sometimes you just have to take that chance for the reward at the end can be grand.” Shadow explained to her and looked at her with side eyes. “After all aren’t you taking risks yourself for your dear old friend?”

---

Fath with King Roberto and Allister that were in the home of Asters home back when he was still alive watching the family dynamic that they had developed. Raven was playing with toys that were obviously not the best but could tell they were handmade and ophelia was busy cooking away with the little food they had but willing to try to stretch it out best as possible. Aster was going over numbers at the table until Raven walked over and tugged on his leg begging him to play. Roberto watched as his son was willing to drop anything and started to play with his little girl by dancing which made a raven smile really big for she loved dancing with her father. Roberto looked down with sadness. “He is no anything like me after his mother passes i strictly focused on work and when he asked to play i used to shut him down but here he is willing to stop and just play with Raven when she asked how does he do it when i am sure what he was doing is important?” Roberto asked as he watched.
“I am sure it is because he may be busy but still wanted to create precious memories for he knows in the blink of an eye Raven would no longer be a little kid.” Allister said to his highness as the continued to watch the scene before them.

---

All the ministered nodded before the king and went off to rally the troops and prepare to strike.

[Raptra]

Adelina reflected on all the time she had spend with Eliezer growing up. Despite his constant lack of expression, she had never doubted that he always had Dainia's best interest at heart. Has that changed now that he had been exposed to love? Then again, what kind of ruler would he be if he had the need to be sheltered from such aspects of life in order to fulfil his obligations? She would not have thought Eliezer one to be swayed by something so sentimental. Perhaps he had a plan of his own to ensure the safety of the kingdom, one that differed from that of the rest of the royal family.

"Prince Eliezer is the heir to the throne," she replied. "He will ultimately bear the consequences of what I do to assist him. I must admit that I am unsure of what his true intentions and priorities are at this point in time, but the prince I know would choose to wed the heir of Lunar even if it was solely for the sake of keeping Dainia safe and ensuring peace between us and Lunar. Regardless of whether he actually is in love with her, I shall not oppose this decision if he makes it, for the sake of our kingdom."

Footsteps were then heard approaching, and Adelina shot Shadow an urgent glance, signaling that it was time for him to leave. "We can speak again at a later time."

A knight stepped out into the area. "Dame Gertrude Monday being sent to escort you to your temporary accommodation at the palace, my lady."

"Right, thank you," Adelina responded, as she stood up.

Gertrude curiously tilted her head at the noblewoman. "Did you have company here, my lady? I am certain that I heard you exchanging words with somebody else as I arrived."

Adelina shook her head while they walked off together. "You must be mistaken, Dame Gertrude."

---

After listening to what had been said at the table through the door, Eliezer and Hildebrand darted off before the occupants of the room poured out of the room. The prince and the knight agreed that they should start heading back to the forest to warn Allister and Roberto, as Dainian troops were going to be there in a few hours. They made their way to the palace stables and quietly mounted a horse each, before riding back to where they had come from. However, as they rode through an upper middle class district, Hildebrand suddenly skidded to a stop, causing Eliezer to do so as well.

Before the prince could inquire the reason for the sudden action, the knight pointed near a house some distance away and spoke up. "Your Highness, is she not the one we saw speaking to one of the ministers earlier?"

Turning to where Hildebrand was pointing, Eliezer saw the same red-haired woman from the palace climbing into the window of the house. He nodded, and then glanced at his knight, indicating that they should try to find out what she was up to. Keeping their distance from the house, they rode around for a better view of what was happening inside. Looking through the window, they saw the woman alone in the room with a young girl who also had red hair. The two spoke for a while, with the woman occasionally caressing the girl's face as they did so. They then shared an embrace, and the woman left the room the way she had gone in.

"The child, she looks like..." Eliezer began, and then trailed off as he was unsure.

"Miss Read?" Hildebrand finished, revealing that he was thinking the same as the prince.

Eliezer nodded, but decided that they could attempt to make something out of what they had just witnessed at a later time. They took off again, continuing on back to Wynton Forest.

[Fairy Tale Dreamer]

Aster laughed Happily with Raven but soon froze and looked out the window. “Daddy what is wrong why’d you stop?” Raven asked her father with her little head tilted and catching Ophelias attention as she looked at her husband. “Aster?” Ophelia asked concerned and Aster looked at her a bit before looking at Raven and patted her head. “Sorry sweetie daddy got distracted.” Aster said but then looked at his wife with a concerned looked and it made Ophelia worried. “Um Dinner is ready lets all eat.” Ophelia said as she put the food in bowls as Aster got Raven settled at the table and told Roberto and Allister to come and sit down. Roberto and Allister looked at each other concerned for how Aster was acting earlier. They both sat down with the three of them and looked at the food. Roberto could tell it was really thinned out soup to accommodate the two of them when the three barely had enough for themselves. But Roberto watched a little Raven eat happily the thinned out soup and compliment her mom along with thanking her for the food making Ophelia smiled at her little girl.

Allister tried the soup and it was not good for it was really watered down and barely had any flavor or even nutrients to raise a growing child. ”This is how they lived for so long?” Allister thought as he looked up and watch the three of them eat and still smile. Allister could tell right away that they knew it was not great but they had been at least great full to have even any food on the table at all. But what caught Allister attention was how Aster once in a while kept looking out the window as if he was expecting to see someone or something. After they all ate Ophelia was wiping up Ravens face while Raven just laughed and giggled a bit from all of it. But Aster was still looking out the window and he saw him moved his lips but no words could not be heard from him.

---

While the people of the forest were getting ready to settle in for the night the kings troop started to make their way to the people of the unsuspecting villages of the forest with the orders to find the prince and kill but also kill those that stand in their way.

---

Aster looked worried before finally taking a deep breath in and turned towards Allister and Roberto with a small smile. “I believe it will be safer for you two to leave our home.” He said before going to his wife and whispering in her ear and making her go wide eyed with fear while Raven looked confused at her parents. Aster bent down to his daughter and pulled out the family heirloom pocket watch. “Raven I am giving this to you for this has been passed down in my family to all the first borns in our family and since you are our first born it belongs to you now.” He said and Ravens eyes sparkled at the pocket watch for she has seen her dad use it and showed it to her a lot and she could not believe her dad was suddenly giving it to her.

But soon screams were heard and Ophelia looked out the window. “Aster they are here already.” She said for Aster had told her what he saw coming. “Hide Raven quickly.” He said and Ophelia picked her up. “Come on sweetie you need to hide.” Ophelia said as she went to the rug showing a secret door wile Aster went to Roberto and Allister. “Quickly you two need to leave also.” He said and ushered the two out the back door. “Wait you need to leave also they are going to kill you and your wife if you all stay here.” Roberto said to Aster wanting his son to come with along with his wife and grandchild but Aster smiled. “Thanks dad but history can not be changed for this was preset a long time ago.” Aster said and Both Roberto and Allister looked shocked from what Aster said. “Please take good care of my daughter, your granddaughter, father and also do not force her or push her away from her destiny to not only save lunar but the kingdom of Dainia.” Aster siad as he cast a spell and teleported them to safety. Ophelia hugged Raven one more time tight, “Remember my little black bird you are so loved no matter what happens me and your father will always be with you no hide and no matter what do not come out and do not make a sound.” Ophelia said and lowered Raven into the floor and closed the trap door and covered it. Aster came back and hugged his wife and that was when the guards barged into their home.

---

Roberto and Allister appeared at the base of the road that lead to Dainia and Roberto had tears going down his face for what his son said and soon many of the residents were starting to flee in fear. Roberto tried to push against them to get to Asters home but with no luck. “Sir stop you are going to get yourself killed.” Allister said trying to hold the old king back. “No I have to save my son and his wife I can’t lose them.” He said but soon stopped as he saw the fire start to rage burning homes and most of the forest down and more people fled from their homes screaming and crying. “No...” Was all Roberto said as he watched his people be slaughtered and flee for their lives. Allister stood by the kings side and gripped his shoulder.

Little Raven was watching the raging fire also as tears streamed down her face as she watched the place she has called home before turning and following the crowd of people fleeing their homes to take refuge in Dainia.

Roberto stood there as tears feel. ‘I am such a fool Allister I thought I was protecting my son and his future but look what I did I lead my son to death and granddaughter having to grow up to what she had to survive and here I am after finally reuniting with her I try to control her like I did with Aster.” Roberto said and Allister looked at the king. “Sir we are only human we make mistakes she is here now and you need to let her get used to this the fact she is a princess and the fact that she loves the crown prince they are soulmates and as Aster said it is her destiny to save both kingdoms by the sounds of this this was preordained by a great being or the universe there is no changing it all we can do is learn from this past and walk forward for everyone’s sake I think that is what the being inside Raven wanted us to learn.” Allister explained and soon a bright light consumed them and Eliezer along with his knight and in the midst of darkness Ravens stood before them but the different voice spoke.

“I see you finally learned something and you are Right Allister all of this has been decided by the great beyond in hopes to bring peace between the two kingdoms and stop something even worst that was predicated to happen.” The voice explained to them and she held her hand up and a ball of light appeared. “Now I think it is time for all of you to return to your time and forgive me Eliezer it looks like i may of caused you some trouble but no worries.” She said as she let the ball of light float before him. ‘I will give you this use it to help with that dear Lady Adelina and her family it is a protective spell to make sure they are safe no mater what.” The voice and and she waved her hand. “Be safe for the time of when the path of destine is to split is coming soon one leads to death and destruction of both kingdoms while the other is of peace and harmony only the choices you make will decide which future shall unfold.” The voice finished and a light blind them all and soon all four of them found themselves back in the room they had been earlier in the manor of Lady Adelinas family and Raven lay in the bed deep in a sleep but the only difference now was that she had a white streak of hair now on the left side on her face that mixed a little with the rest of her black hair.