. Nuala was a normal little girl who loved flirting with the men she watched walk by during their trips through the village. Why would she not do it when she was very beautiful with her almond brown eyes, sleek brown hair, and flawless skin tone. Her body was nearly perfectly curved in all the right places. But little did she know that her life was going to take a very dangerous change, but not for the best. The day was as normal as any other day except for the fact that her 16th birthday was coming up in just six more days. This would mean she would have to try and be chosen by the village elder to partake of the magical nectar like so many before her but she did not know if she would be chosen by the nectar and have the power of the archan arts. No one in her family had been chosen by the nectar dating all the way back to her great great great grandfather. Of course it was random whether or not one was chosen but if one was chosen then they were whisked away two the Whispering isles where they will go through their training with the order of the rising sky. The order of the rising sky was an ancient organization founded 945 years ago after the great war between the races. When a person is chosen by the nectar they summon a magical weapon out of the void. But today would be the first time she would actually see the ceremony take place in her town and in person. There was a lot of excitement surrounding this nectar ceremony because the earl of the towns son was to compete to partake of the nectar so many people who knew the archan arts since it was a common belief that the more people around that knew it the more likely they were to summon a magical weapon. She had been working as a maid for the earl's wife for going on 10 years because of her great great great and many more great grandfather whose life had been saved by the earls many greats grandfather. So that she had been left with his debt because he died not long after making the promise and the current earl found the documents that it had been written down on. So she was forced into her life of slavery to the earl or at least until she saved his or one of his sons lifes.
"Ow are you trying to kill me or something" the earl's wife screamed as I was trying to get the last pin in so that I could fix the dress. "I do not want to go to my sons nectar ceremony covered in blood or better off dead"
"Yes your majesty it's just this last…."
"Did I ask you to make excuses you dumb little girl." I rolled my eyes at the last part and she noticed so she proceeded with a smack across my face. "If I was you I would not treat someone of my stature in such a way, little girl."
"Yes your majesty it won't happen again"
"It better not and do not say won't it is not proper say will not. I will not be addressed in such a scandalous way"
The earl's daughter enters the room to see how things are going in there because they have been working on the dress for over five hours.
"Is everything alright in here "
"Yes darling mother will be out in a little while if this disgusting little girl will finish fixing my dress. We will be on our way in just a short little while."
"Hello Nuala how are you doing today" as the daughter addressed her personally
"I'm doing great thank you for asking Becky" Nuala replied back with a slight grin
"Do not address the servant in that way Becky she is a disgusting little street rat." The earl's wife yelled at her daughter
"Yes your majesty"
"All finished your majesty." Nuala interrupted her right after she finished so that she would not turn on her for calling her Becky instead of her majesty. Also to avoid the slap that was more then likely going to land on the side of her face any moment now.
"Fine, well what are you waiting to get out of her while I get ready for the ceremony myself since someone does not know how to do makeup. As she glared angrily.
Me and Becky left her majesty before she changed her mind and attacked them again. And as me and Becky went around the next corner Becky grabbed me and slammed me into the broom closet.
"You really thought you could get away from me that easily now did you"
"Of course not it's just that your mother does not like me and she summoned me herself" then a leaned in and kissed her
"That's not a bad excuse I'll give you that" as she leaned in and kissed me back. We stayed interlocked in that way until we heard someone start to walk by.
"I have an idea why don't we go to my room. No one cares about what a lowly servant does in her room."
"Okay but let's make this quick so we can continue where we left off."
"Deal" and we ran
We made it back to my room without being seen. I grabbed Becky and threw her onto the bed and kissed her until they became one together.
Between breaths I said " you should get going, you don't want to miss your brother's nectar ceremony.
"Who cares he can have it without me there as Long as I'm with you"
"I would love nothing more than that but your mother would never agree to it."
I know you're right but I really don't care about my dumb brothers ceremony when yours is in just four more days. I know it might seem mean but I hope you don't summon a weapon.That way you are not whisked away to the whispering isles.
"Don't worry I will fail the challenges on purpose so that I won't have to take the nectar. All so I can spend my time with you my love."
"Wow all that for me" we proceeded to interlock again and became one.
"Nuala you are hereby summoned to the lady Eves chambers."said a guard outside my door. So with a groan from both me and Becky untangled and I left for her mothers chambers while Becky went to hers to finish getting ready now that she was soaked in sweat.
The lady Eve's chambers were not very inviting to those who ventured in. It was damp in one corner and covered in moss but everything else was spotless there seemed to be not one speck out of place in there. And the lady Eve sat in the center of the room where the only furniture was, which was a chair and makeup mirror. She sat in the chair while she applied her makeup to her coarse face. I stood in the corner waiting for her to notice me. After about a half hour waiting I thought she was wanting me to say something when she turned towards me with one smooth slide.
"Well do not stand there and back at me and help zip this dress up. You are one dumbass little girl, you know that right."
"Yes your majesty" I said with a growl as I thought about sticking a knife through her throat.
Lady eve made a fake cough to get my attention back. " We have discussed this discussion with the elders and they have agreed to move your nectar ceremony to today.
I looked at her with a quizzical face "why would…."
"We are doing this make it so we don't have to wait in your ceremony to be over in four days"
Of course they were doing it to keep her for even longer. Why not I'm just their free servant because of my dumbass great grandfather.
"So go get ready, you don't want to go to your ceremony looking like that." Her lady yelled at me as I stood there in shock after zipping up her dress.
I went back up to my room to get dressed in my best clothes and was surprised to find Becky there laying in my bed naked with her dress laying on the dresser next to the bed. I stopped in my tracks as I saw her lying there with the midday sun glistening against her magnificent breast.
"Why are you in such a rush my love."she said while I was staring at her emerald green eyes.
"Um, my nectar ceremony was moved to today. So I need to get ready for it." I said through breaths as I sat down on the edge of the bed.
Becky proceeded to jump out of the bed and run to the closet to find me an outfit to wear to the ceremony. "No not that. Definitely not that one. Not clean enough. Ohhh this one is perfect." As she drags a dress out with patches all over it.
"Why that one." I said with a laugh.
"It's the best one that you have, okay i don't have much to work with here love." She then made a glance at her own silk dress on the dresser.
"No, definitely not your mother would kill me thinking I stole it from you." I said with wide eyes
"Not if I wear my other one that looks identical to it. My mother won't be able to tell the difference because I bought them."As she laughed at her plan I could not help but join in.
She tossed her dress back on and we proceeded to her bedroom so she could get her identical dress and give it to me. And as we turned the last corner we ran into the earl, lord George.
"Hey dad, what are you doing here right now." She said white a yelp of surprise.
"I came to see if you were ready for the ceremony." He said to her after his surprise disappeared.
"I'm nearly ready i Needed Nuala's help with my dress it won't take very long father don't worry about me worry about your son is he even up right now."she replied back to him with a side way glacé
"Oh shit you're right he's probably still asleep." He hurried down the hall in the direction of her brother's room.
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"All right here you go" She finally clipped the last buttons together so that it would not slip off of me during the ceremony.
Then we heard the trumpets sound they could hear all throughout the village as they announced that the ceremony would begin shortly.
"Oh shit it's time we got to go before it's too late for you to have your ceremony until you turn sixteen." Becky said, " which is in four days."
"Okay okay" I yelled as we raced down the halles making left turns and right turns when needed until we came to the door to the courtyard.
"You for this ready Nuala" Becky whispered into my ear.
"As ready as I can be for something I never witnessed before in my life." As the fear inside of me grew even bigger.
"Good luck'" and Becky raced over to where she and her family were to sit. The top box which overlooked the entire courtyard. This was there for those of great powers but none were greater then the lord besides the king and queen.
But as I squeezed into place beside the other contestants and looked up there to get a glimpse of Becky but her and her family were not up there but the king and queen were. King Maurice and his lady Camila at my nectar ceremony there will be no greater honor for Becky's brother cause the must have come to see him and no one else. There are fourteen people in line in front of me. Becky's brother was three people in front of me I noticed so if they were here for him they would leave right after his ceremony.
"Hear he hear he may I please welcome the king and queen to please us with such a monumental occasion. Now back to business will those in the ceremony grab a staff and come towards me now." We all grabbed a staff off the eastern wall of the courtyard. "Now I want y'all to use these staffs and knock a rock across this line in the sand." I stifled a laugh as she said this because it did not seem like a very hard thing to do to see if a person had the arcanic powers or not.
"Pigna Smith's son is first in that line so she will go first." The elder announced and Pigna walked up to the rocks the elder laid out in front of us and swung as hard as she could and hit the rock towards the line but it stopped right as it reached the line as if there was a wall across it keeping the rock from crossing." Next" the person next in line had the same exact results.
The line began to dwindle as everyone gave it a try, some hit it to the left and right of the line to no avail. Then it was Becky's brothers turn to give it a try he stared at the rock then the line and made his decision he would barely hit it through the barrier cause that's what everyone was calling it now and it went on the line and bounced back and nearly sacked him in the face.
Then the line continued one and then it was my turn and I was last in line now. I looked around and noticed a little breeze coming from behind my foot. I wondered how no one else had noticed it. I took my place by the rock and had decided on what to do to lose this while making it look like I tried my hand and swung at it backwards and knocked it backwards until it hit the area we're I had felt the breeze. I expected it to just keep sailing until it hit the wall but it hit the other wall instead on the other side of the line and everyone gasped at what had just happened.
As did I as a smile crossed my face and the elder called me to the stand to take a sip of the nectar. I began to pray that it would not work for me as I remembered my promise to Becky and I had just made a fluke of a choice. As I took a drink from the nectar there was a burning sensation down my throat from it and it tasted like my favorite drink in the world, chocolate fizzpop.
The whole courtyard was silent as nothing appeared to be happening then I felt a tingling sensation go through my entire body then a flash of lightning from the clear sky hit the ground right in front of me and there were it had hit sat two twin blades with intricately woven hilts that painted a picture of the stars in the the night sky with gems that glistened in the sunlight.
For some reason I had the sudden urge to grab them but I was scared of what would happen if then all of a sudden out of impulse they were in my hand and I was swinging them in a circle until I looked up and crossed the two blades and through the crack right above the top of the intersecting blades and saw the flag of the nation the two crossed blades of midnight and realized they were the same and I dropped them sundinaly scared.
"The twin blades have returned" the village elder finally announced as I dropped the blades on to the ground. "The blades of ringraf have returned from the fires and announced this girl as the savior of our people." Mummers erupted all throughout the courtyard at this because they did not like me or because they did not believe in what had just happened but some were happy it had happened.
Then I looked up and saw the queen and king looking down at me and smiling as if I had been what they came to see, not Becky's brother.
Then I was rushed inside of the nearest door by someone who had big meaty arms and enough strength they just had to yank once and I went flying into the room which just so happened to be the amory. The room was pitch black and I could not see who had pulled me inside but I could hear the clinking of metal in a scabbard. And then there was clinking metal deeper inside the room also faint but loud enough for me to hear but my assault appeared not to hear anything as he continued dragging me toward the sound. I eventually thought that maybe he was working with whoever was making the sound as we walked ever close to the sound.
But as we got to the sound there was nothing there, only a wall and the noise was coming from under our feet. No wait it's above us up in the attic. Then I realized that the sound was all around us, it was even inside the walls.