Seven Years of Hope
Chapter 1

Copyright© 2018 by Shiina Ai

“Sister Selenia! Sister Selenia!”

The loud voice in my ears along with the shaking of my shoulders wake me from the fog in my mind. As I open my eyes, a soft blue light enters my eyes reminding me of what we once lost. It is a familiar light, one I’ve seen probably a thousand times, even tens of thousands of times. It is the light of the Holy Starsilver, spinning slowly above the magical altar made by the now extinct azure mountain people.

“What - where...” I look around the room, recognizing a chamber that I haven’t seen for years.

It is a chamber that I haven’t entered for at least six years. This chamber shouldn’t exist anymore. Six years ago, this place was attacked and ransacked by the demons of fire and the demons of blades that killed all the priestesses and burned the entire temple complex down. Even the Holy Starsilver that had adorned this chamber for the past 600 years was taken away to gods know where. Only a handful of priestesses and Knights of the Holy Starsilver survived the sudden attack. I was one of those who survived and had to escape alone.

The sister breathes a sigh of relief. “I’m so glad you are awake. You suddenly lost consciousness during dawn worship. Are you alright?”

“Sister Eryes?” I ask in disbelief. Sister Eryes was one of those who sat in worship during the attack on the Hall of Stellar Radiance. She should be the first to die. How can she still be alive?

“Yes, Sister Selenia. Greetings of dawn. If you are feeling unwell, you should’ve told me. It is not good to pray with an ill body.”

“No ... no, I am fine. Is this a dream?”

“A dream?” Sister Eryes seems to fall into deep thought before she hit the palm of her left hand with her other fist, “Indeed! Life is a dream. A dream that speaks of our worth before the stars. I have finally found the answer!”

“Uh? What?”

Sister Eryes falls to her knees facing the giant crystal of the Holy Starsilver. She closes her eyes, clasps her hands at her chest and says, “Oh Radiance of the Night, I thank thee for thine guidance. Please continue to guide this humble self forever more, until this dream ends and this humble self returns to the stars.”

A door behind me opens. “Sister, I heard you collapsed. What happened? Are you alright?”

It is the voice of someone who should not exist anymore. It is the voice of someone I have missed so very much. Someone who should already be dead, long, long ago.

“Kal-Kaldar?” I turn around, looking at the face that I haven’t seen for six long years.

“Yes, it is me. Is something wrong, sister?” Kaldar answers as he gets on his knees with a face full of worry.

“Kaldar!” I cry aloud, my feet push me toward him in a sudden jump.

Caught off guard by my sudden move, he instinctively opens his arms, allowing me to jump into his embrace. His body covered in chain mail is hard and cold, but this ... knowing that behind it Kaldar still breathes and his blood still courses through his veins, is such a great comfort that my tears can no longer be stopped.

 
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