An Adventure Begins

Ester and Estrella go out with their father, Caesar, to search for their birthday gifts, odyssey pearls. Unannounced to them, they are being stalked by a group of pirates.

Nova was thrown across the throne room, slamming his back into the wall as a loud thud was heard. You could see the cracks in the wall and the imprint of his small, weak and feeble body. He stayed on the ground, hoping that everything would soon end, but it wouldn't. His father waited for him to get up, with a face of pure rage and disgust, he bit his lip at the thought of raising a child like Nova.

    Cyrus wore a white chest plate made of the strongest material, with a marking to the top right with the words SkyLand, along with large shoulder pads. His body was built like a warlord instead of a king. There was a small portion of his arm revealed, as the rest was covered in a black sleeve. There was a bundle of fur behind his neck that connected to a dark purple cape. He had sharp, dark blue hair and a goatee that was the same color. His face was stern, diligent and powerful. Nova seemed to be the complete opposite of his father. He wore a simple white robe with black clothing beneath, with curly, gentle hair and weak, innocent face. He was small, weak, and scared.

    “Your brother never backed down like this! He would get up and fight me! Why can’t you do the same?! Why are you so weak!” Cyrus shouted at his 12-year-old son.

     Nova stayed on the ground, feeling as if his spine was just snapped, yet he still had conscious. Before, he would just faint even when Cyrus faked him out with a punch, but something urged him to not fall, a voice. A voice so soothing, calm, and compassionate that Nova wouldn't fall.

    “Well then, answer me you disgrace! Nebula would!”

    Nova remained quiet, but he could feel the voice empower him. He could feel energy move to his left palm, like water drops coursing through leaves.

    Cyrus pointed his fingers at Nova’s knee, and a spark of purple light appeared quickly before bursting. It was as if his knee had a bomb placed inside of it, and it had exploded. Nova put his hands on his knee, as he screamed in pain, with tears running down his face, the energy that had flown through his palm had faded, and so did the voice.

    Cyrus raised his hand, as a purple orb of energy rose from his palm. He aimed it at his disgrace of a son and prepared to fire.

    “When you end up in hell, tell that b*****d he should've tried and killed you instead of Nebula,” Cyrus said as he closed his eyes with some hope still lurking inside him about the dream he wanted, and fired.

    The small, feeble prince felt a cold wind brush him before the energy blast exploded, creating a crater where he laid.

    Nova was shocked at the fact he was still breathing, or most importantly, the fact that he was unharmed. He looked in front of himself and found shards of ice scattered throughout the room, with a trail leading up to someone's foot. He wore a crimson red jacket and dark blue jeans. He had spiky light blue hair as cold and as sharp as his ice magic, and his eyes were always charming, but now it seemed sharp, focus, and battle ready. His name was Polaris.

    “What? So you stopped messing around with the 10 women that stalk you and decided to come here? What do you want, for me to call some more for you to pleasure yourself!” Cyrus shouted angrily.

    “Even though that would be appreciated I guess, that's not what I want. Give me one damn reason why you're beating your kid.”

    “Who’s kid is he? He isn’t mine.”

    Polaris ran up to Nova and crouched in front of him, giving him a warm smile, and the cold sharp eyes vanished to make room for the charming, calm eyes that seemed to attract so many.

    “Hey, little buddy.”

    Nova stayed quiet.

    “Listen, do you wanna leave? I could take you outside, give you some ice-cream or whatever you want. I know a guy you could stay with for a while.” Polaris said with a smile.

    “Leave him right there!” Cyrus commanded.

    “So that you can kill him? No thanks.” Polaris said, not even looking at his old friend in the eyes. He picked up Nova and began to walk out.

    Cyrus grunted and bit his lip until he bled, he opened up his palm and fired another attack, set to kill the both of them.

    Nova’s eyes began to turn sharp and vicious, as the color changed from a shallow blue to a powerful purple, and he felt the voice return, and felt energy surge and pulse in his palm once more. Nova never felt this much energy in one place before, he was never strong, he could never accomplish anything like this. But, it seemed as if someone took over. He aimed and fired off all the energy, bursting through Cyrus’ blast, and headed straight for his left eye. The room lit with a purple light from the blast, as the entire throne room was destroyed, and Cyrus was left with a scar that would haunt him until death, and beyond that.

    Once all the smoke faded, Cyrus stood with one hand over the scar and the other twitching in pain. Polaris’ eyes filled with fear, worrying about the hell that was brewing within Cyrus, as he broke open the nearest window and jumped off with Nova.

    Cyrus remained in the room with a rage and panic, as his heart raced with thoughts and crushed dreams.

    “You two….you..you two will be the reason why we will all be erased.”

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   This world is imperfect, that's the harsh reality that many have come to understand, and yet, many still can't grasp.

    In this society, humans have managed to evolve at a rapid rate, creating technology that could never be made, seeing views that could never be seen, and exploring areas unexplorable. Why? Why has humanity achieved the impossible? Magic. Magic, the essence of power and energy that everyone has access to. Every living thing has this magical energy. It can bring life, creation, fantastical things, while still having the ability to destroy. Magic is just a word, but the concept itself is more scientific than mystical.

    Humans are born with 3 bases. Light, elemental, and dark. Light and dark are just morals and thoughts from the mind, how your character is and your psychology. Elemental is the strength of magic. Some humans may be born without an elemental base, which means they won't be able to utilize magic, and some are born with two elemental bases instead of one. Humans are able to develop more elemental bases through technique, or simple mutations, which is how most get their powers. Mutations usually begin in early life, and can still manifest even at old age. With these mutations, humans and other living things have been able to produce fire, create ice, fuse bodies, create black holes, and explore the far reaches of space, tackling any obstacle and opponent.

    The origin of magic originates with the big bang, where a single Godly figure rose above space and time and created multiple universes. In the explosion of magic, came stars, gases, and other weaker Gods. These new Gods created planets, asteroids, and clay servants. These servants eventually became all the living things we know today. Dogs, tigers, elephants, humans, aliens, dragons. The universe was born.

    But with this life, with this universe, there must be some end goal? Somewhere to start and somewhere to end? Well, magic plays into this reason for living. To reach perfection, to create the perfect universe. And what happens when this goal isn't achieved? That universe is wiped from existence, no afterlife, no history, just erased. A new universe takes its place to accomplish the goal of perfection, and the cycle continues.

    In this universe, when humanity began, warlords emerged to rule with their power, separating the continents and humanity. Throughout the wars, conflict, and death, many arose who wished for peace and to create connections. Once peace has prospered, the organization StarCorp, emerged, ready to take humanity above and beyond. There were still few who did not want to accept the organization, but they were powerless to stop the army of dreams. From StarCorp, humanity has reached areas unreachable in space, beyond solar systems, beyond galaxies, and beyond dimensions. They have made formidable enemies, those who have slaughtered millions, but the light will continue to shine.

    Our story begins with a simple quest, two kids and their father on a boat, looking for Odyssey Pearls.

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    “And so that's how I saved a bunch of fairies from a skeleton dragon!” Caesar said with pride, remembering back to the adventure he had.

    “Question!” Ester and Estrella said innocently as they raised their hands.

    “Yes, my dear wittle kids?”

    “Do fairies have tails?” The two children said with curiosity.

    “Why do you think they have tails?” They look like people but with butterfly wings, sharp ears, smaller in size, and-

    “And have tails!?” Ester proclaimed as a smile gleamed from his face.

    “I was going to say have a lot of natural magic-” Caesar said as he looked at his children's faces still waiting for the answer. “And they have tails! Yes!”

    Caesar was a particularly large man, with a lot of muscle. He had red hair that spiked out like a volcano, and three little hair strands sticking out on his hairline.  He had a large, radiant smile that always seemed to bring hope and joy around him. His eyes, even though seeing in the moment, are always looking for some sort of adventure, the next challenge, the next leap. He wore a white jacket with brown, not-so-baggy, pants, and black boots with the bottom made out of material similar to iron or steel, but much harder. He also had a pale brown cape, that seemed to flap with pride similarly to Caesar himself.

    His kids were Ester and Estrella, both of which had black hair, which was odd considering that their parents both have colored hair. Ester, age 8, wore an orange shirt with brown baggy pants similar to his father, probably out of admiration. Estrella, age 9, wore a white dress with blue and pink stripes near the skirt and sleeves, with a ribbon on her chest and one tieing up her ponytail. Their faces innocent and slightly chubby, with their heads rapidly bobbing back and forth with impatience. The family was just enjoying their time together, in the ocean and the omnipresent gentle breeze in SkyLand.

    “Tell us another story!” The two said in unison.    

    “Did I tell you about the snowman in the jungle?”

    “Yes!” Estrella said. “No!” Ester said.

    “What do you mean no?” Estrella asked Ester.

    “He didn't tell us that story!”

    “Yes, he did! The snowman wanted the tree of life’s fruit so he froze the entire island, then daddy beat him and saved the day!”

    “Oh yeah, he did,” Ester said, slightly annoyed at Estrella’s know-it-all attitude at the moment.

    “Oh, ok then. How about….how I met your mother?” Caesar said in confusion.

    “Tell us!” The two siblings said with glee.

    “Ok, so it all started when-agh!” Caesar said as a light shined in his eye, briefly blinding him. He looked at the light emitting from below the boat, into the deep and wondrous sea.

    “The Pearl!” Caesar shouted with excitement. “I'm gonna jump down okay! If something happens, let out a flare.”

    Before Ester and Estrella could respond, Caesar jumped down and splashed into the water. Before he dived, however, he briefly creating small flames around his body, to prevent his clothes from getting wet.

    “Wait!” Estrella yelled, however, by the time she spoke, her father was already swimming deep in the ocean.

    “It's okay Estrella. I can make the flare!” Ester said with confidence.

    “We can’t even light candles!” Estrella said as she tried to create flames, but it ended up being a few, barely noticeable, sparks. Ester tried and got the same results.

    The two siblings waited on the boat for their father arrived, however, some had other plans. Behind their small boat, appeared a massive pirate ship, 100 times larger than their small boat.

    On board the ship, a crew member laid on the ground in exhaustion. He had large eyes and wore a striped shirt with some gloves. He wore a bandana and his head was in the shape of that of a chameleon.

    “I can’t take anymore boss. Can we just capture them already…” The exhausted crewmate said.

    “D****t, you waste of space. We’re lucky you kept it up for that long, Caesar just left!” The captain of the ship said. “Now get down there and capture those kids!”

    “Ye-yes sir!” The crewmen said in a panic. The chameleon head pirate grabbed a rope and jumped down to Ester’s boat.

    “Come on kids, let’s just get this over wi-” The pirate said before being punched in the face by Ester and Estrella. “What was that for!”

    “You’re the one trying to kidnap us! Chameleon head!” Estrella said as she stuck her tongue out. Ester followed.

    “The name is Newton!” Newton said as he grabbed Ester and Estrella.

    “But you're a chameleon!” The two siblings said in unison. When they arrived on deck, they made sure to kick Newton in the knee, and he collapsed in pain. The rest of the crewmen laughed. “You’re getting bullied by some kids!” The crewmen yelled over and over again, along with other rude comments.

    “Now now, let's not get ahead of ourselves. He is more useful than the rest of you.” The captain said. Ester looked up and saw a brute, with nothing but large muscles. His skin was particularly pink, and he wore a red hood along with dark blue, torn jeans, with shoes that had his toes exposed. Ester couldn't see his face, but he could see his red eyes and noticed a necklace with a pearl attached to it with a star at the center.

    “The Pearl!” Estrella exclaimed in excitement.

    “What, this?” The captain said as he put his hand on the pearl. “It’s an odyssey pearl. They come in pairs, but I haven’t been able to find the other one.”

    “Yea whatever, just give it to us pinky!” Ester said.

    “What!” The captain shouted in rage, as his veins began to bulge. “Jerry, come here.”

    “Ok, b-boss,” Jerry said as he walked up to the captain's side. The captain grabbed his head, and slammed it to the ground, creating cracks and breaking the wood beneath. He then threw Jerry off the ship.

    “Now, why did you have to go and do that to Jerry, pinky!” Estrella said mockingly.

    “Enough! I don’t think you know who I am. I am the great and mighty, Captain Wrath!”

    Ester and Estrella began to think, but they didn’t know him at all, so they replied with a simple, “Nope.”

    “I would bash your skulls in right now if I wasn’t going to use you for ransom. Newton! Take them to the lower deck and put them in a cage.” Wrath commanded.

    “Yes, sir!” Newton carried the two to the lower deck and began looking for a cage. As he couldn't find one, he put them down. “Don’t move. It would be best that you don't get on Wrath’s bad side.” He went and ran off to look for a cage.

     Ester and Estrella were in amazement, they found chest upon chest of gold, jewelry, and many gems. They also found other cages, with exotic animals in them, mostly birds or fish. One animal they found particularly peaked their interest. A giant, muscular, parrot, with sharp claws and teeth on its beak, looking like a prehistoric creature.

    Newton returned with a cage, and it seemed as if he was barely able to carry it. He dropped it in front of the two kids and said, “All right, get in.”

    “Question!” The two said in unison, similar to how they said it their father.

    “Ugh, yes!?” Newton said slightly annoyed.

    “How did the ship appear out of nowhere?” Estrella asked, with Ester slightly angered at his question being delayed.

    “Oh, that's because of my magic. I can make anything I touch turn invisible for a short time.”

    “Also, what is that?” Ester asked quickly in excitement. He pointed at the giant parrot, and immediately, Newton had a fearful expression on his face.

    “Lets just, not talk about tha-” Newton said before Ester running up to the beast. Newton and Estrella quickly running behind in panic. As they examined the green feathered beast, they noticed it was particularly calm, not moving at all.

    “Shake its hand!” Ester said to Newton.

    “What! No way, I'm not going to shake it because you told me to, that thing could kill me! You're my hostages any-” Newton shouted, before the beast grabbing his head with its giant hands. It quickly threw him up in the air and then slammed Newton to the ground multiple times, leaving him unconscious. Ester and Estrella became slightly scared, but, happy that Newton wasn’t a bother anymore. Ester noticed a pair of keys on his belt and removed it. He then looked at the cages and noticed locks, and the thought came to him and Estrella, releasing the animals.

    They began to walk around the lower deck, slowly but surely, releasing the animals. The birds flew around the deck while the fish remained in the water until Ester and Estrella could find a way to get them out. Eventually, all the animals were freed except for the giant parrot. Ester decided to name him, Rex, for the time being.

    Ester and Estrella began to think about how to let the animals out of the ship. They could just go to the upper deck, but that would be dangerous, with all the crewmen and Wrath up top. The two looked back at Rex and remembered his immense strength. Despite being fearful, this was the only way. Ester approached the cage gently and opened the lock. Rex walked out, not agitated or angered at all, calm actually. He began to look around, as Ester ran and hid somewhere behind a few barrels. Rex put his hand above his cage, and in an instant, he crushed it. He then grabbed the crushed cage and threw it across the deck and into a wall, creating a hole, and an escape. Ester and Estrella quickly and frantically began pouring the fish out of the deck as the birds flew out freely.  Rex screamed, sounding like an actual dinosaur, and the air seemed to spread out in fear. He looked at Ester and charged.

    Ester ducked to avoid a vicious slash, then proceeded to run frantically. Rex gave chase instead of flying away to freedom like the rest of the birds. Rex chased Ester like a lion chasing a deer. He lunged forward as Ester made a sharp right turn. Ester hid behind a cage, hoping that Rex would inevitably fly away. Rex jumped atop the cage and reached for Ester’s head. He gently raised him into the air and began to crush his skull slowly. Ester felt immense pain like he was a balloon ready to pop. Suddenly, Rex let go, and Ester fell to the ground. Estrella had thrown one of the fish bowls at Rex. The glass shattered, hitting the floor, making the only noise in the lower deck at the moment.

    Rex turned around and charged Estrella in a swift yet chaotic movement. Estrella ran, rolling under Rex’s slash attack. The beast lunges forward right behind Estrella, the shockwaves causing her to trip and collapse to the floor. In a panic, Ester ran towards Estrella, as Rex opened his jaws, saliva began to drip and hit the floor, as an awful odor was emitted. The jaws got closer and closer, as Ester ran closer, but Rex was faster. In the blink of an eye, Estrella’s body glowed in a magical light, and so did Ester’s. The two dashed towards one another like magnets, faster than Rex could even close his jaws. Estrella’s head phased through the beast’s jaws and collided with Ester’s body in another flash of light blue and white light. As the light cleared, smoke emerged from the collision point, and as the smoke cleared, there was only one person, not two.

    He was shirtless, with just brown baggy pants and black boots, along with iron bands around his wrist. He was slightly taller than Estrella, the older of the two siblings. He had long, orange, spiky hair, that reached down to his back, and multiple strands of hair stuck out to form a boomerang shape. He was muscular, not as muscular as Caesar or Wrath, or Rex, but muscular compared to someone at the age of 8 or 10. His eyes a mixture of Ester and Estrella, and he looked down at his hands in confusion.

    “So, I hear Ester and Estrella in my head. I feel like Ester but feel like Estrella. Huh, weird.” The being remarked to himself, turning around slowly as Rex lunged towards him. In a panic and shock, the being jumped up in the air, avoiding the attack, but jumping much higher than expected. He landed on the back of Rex's head, but when he did, he caused Rex to slam into the ground. The boy jumped away, still confused.

    “Woah, strong.” He thought to himself. “I wonder if-” The boy felt an energy flow to his arm, then to his wrist, and finally his palm. When touching the surface of his skin, it spread to the entire palm, and a sizzling feeling occurred, then a popping one, as if explosions were set off. Fire began to form, and much larger than anything Ester or Estrella had ever formed. With a gleaming smile, he launched it at Rex, touching his arm and setting of a small explosion of flames. The flames faded quickly though, and Rex got up and roared at the boy. He roared back in confidence, scaring the wind the same way Rex’s roar did.

    “So, what shall I call myself? I'm not Eser, and I'm not Estrella.” The boy thought to himself as Rex began to race towards him. In a quick thought and reaction, he dashed forward and uppercut the beast and roared in his mind, “My name, my name is Leon!”

    Caesar swam down to the bottom of the ocean, finally grabbing what he was trying to get, a pearl, but not just any pearl, an odyssey pearl. The odyssey pearls come in pairs, a permanent link between them when they are produced. What this link does is that it can allow the wielder of the pearl to teleport to the location of the other linked pearl, no matter the distance, instantly, faster than light or anything else. Caesar picked up the pearl, and a smile appeared on his face.

    “Now to find the other one,” Caesar said to himself. He raised the pearl up and it began to glow. It consumed his body and boosted off to the other pearl. When the light faded, Caesar found himself in the sky, falling. He looked down and saw a pirate ship, with birds flying everywhere, and a hole to the side of the ship. Directly below him, was a man with a red hood, and shining pearl on his necklace. It was the pearl linked to Caesar’s newly found pearl. He landed atop the red hooded man and the rest of the crew stopped fighting the birds as they were in awe at the landing.

    “Probably should've been careful where I would teleport to…” Caesar said as he rubbed the back of his head. Suddenly, was launched off the deck. Caesar sent energy to his feet, spreading, sizzling, then finally popping, letting out flames from the cleats of the boot, skyrocketing him back to the ship. He looked around and realized he was on a pirate ship, the deck looked old like the crew always did a sloppy job cleaning. Caesar looked forward and found what seemed to be the captain of the ship, and found the linked pearl.

    “Hey listen, I just want that pearl, so if you can just hand it over I will let you return to your pirating, okay?” Before anyone could respond, someone ran up to him with a knife, ready to stab him. Caesar sidestepped to the left, dodging the knife, grabbing the attacker's wrist and neck, slamming him on the ground. When the attacker fell, he let go of the knife. Caesar then kicked it off the ship and then kicked the attacker off the ship as well.

    “Even though I would like to fight a bunch of pirates, I have to get back to my kids, so would you kindly-” Caesar found himself being attacked by squid-like creatures, grappling onto his body and staying attached. The squids were colored like a messed up rainbow. They were on his arms, legs, chest, and face. They began to bloat up and soon exploded, leaving nothing but a mess of colors in the aftermath. One giant squid tentacle bashed Caesar to the wall and number of barrels, as the crewmen began to back off. An explosion of fire was set off where Caesar was, and he arose unharmed, with some of the color stained on his clothes.

    “All right then. I suppose I could tell this adventure to the kids. And you stained my clothes, Halley isn't going to be happy about this. So, I might as well make you pay.” Caesar said as he looked at the captain, with a colorful squid tentacle replacing his arm.

    “Get him, boys!” The captain commanded his crew. All of them began to run towards Caesar, and he simply let out a surge of flames while shouting, knocking all of them off the ship. The birds remained hovering in the sky, as one small parrot landed on Caesar’s shoulder.

    “You can go, I'll be fine.” He whispered to the bird. The rest of birds flew away, back to wherever they came from.

    “So, what's your name o-captain.” Caesar asked in a joyful manner.

    “You shouldn't be so happy now Caesar, you're facing the most dangerous pirate of the sea. Captain Wrath!” Wrath said in honor of the title.

    Caesar began to think if he knew he was. He let out a simple, “Nope.”

   Wrath began to get angry and just attacked with the colored tentacle. Caesar sidestepped to the right, dodging the whip, and dashed forward. Wrath opened up his palm and sent magical energy to his wrist. The energy began to sizzle and burn, then decay. It remained were sent to his palm, and fired of balls of sludge. Caesar dodged every one of them, and as they hit the wooden floorboards, they began to melt it, as bubbles and steam appeared. Caesar took notice of this and smiled.

    “So, your magic is toxins eh?” Caesar said as he began to run circles around Wrath, continuously dodging the toxic sludge.

    “Just knowing that isn’t going to save you!” Wrath said in a rage, firing blindly at Caesar.

    “Well, that may be the case, but you know-” Caesar ran straight towards Wrath, and the captain whipped at him with the toxic tentacle, but found that his opponent had vanished. Caesar had run up behind Wrath faster than the blink of an eye. He put his hand on his back, and unleashed a flaming explosion, propelling Wrath forward and crashing him into the ship’s wheel.

    “-It’s the first step in claiming victory.” Caesar said with pride, believing he won the battle and finished the adventure.

    Wrath arose from the rubble of the wheel and patted out the flames on his hood. He began to bite his lip in a rage until he bled.

    “You will never see your kids again you hear me! They are my hostages! Got it!”

    “My kids, what are you-” Caesar, in confusion, said as he began to look around for the boat they were on. He found it, and they weren’t anywhere to be found.

    “All right, enough games. Where are they?!”

    “Wouldn’t you like to know. They are long gone n-” Wrath said as suddenly, a hole was made in the middle of the ship. Rex arose from it, with Leon riding its back. Rex ran around the deck in a frenzy, roaring and slamming about. He looked to his right, and found Wrath, standing there in shock. The beast roared at him, and then slapped him off the ship in an instant. In one last roar, Rex knocked off Leon, and grew large, sharp feathers from his arms, and flew off. Leon laid on the ground, trying to catch his breath from the fight. He had some bruises throughout his body, but nothing broken or severely injured. He looked around and saw his father, and a smile appeared on his face.

    “Dad!”

    “Kids..uh, kid!” Caesar said in confusion and happiness. The two dashed towards one another and gave each other a giant hug.

    “You should’ve been there dad! We were freeing these animals, but then that bird attacked us, and then we did a thing and turned into this, and then we started beating him up and-” Leon said in excitement, ready to share his tale.

    “Hold on there buddy. First, you're not very good at telling stories. And second, nice job fusing!”

    “Fus-ing?” Leon said in confusion.

    “So you fused without knowing what it was? Eh, it was probably a mutation or something.”Caesar said as he chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

    Suddenly, the boat began to shake, and the water began to change into a polluted rainbow color.  A giant hurricane of water and poison appeared before Caesar and Leon, and once it faded, appeared a giant, toxic clone of Wrath. Colorful Tentacles began to appear out of the ocean, as one of them grabbed the ship and lifted it closer to Wrath’s colossal toxic form. He opened his eyes and looked at them directly, with a smirk.

    “Hey, Caesar! Can’t stand up to me like this can you?! I will let you know why they call me the king of the pirates!” Wrath shouted as the giant tentacle began to crush and smolder the ship.

    “It's okay dad, we got this!” Leon said as he put his hands together, creating a large fireball. He prepared to launch it, but then his body and began to crack, crumble, dissipate, and split back into Ester and Estrella.

    “Wh-what the-” The two said in unison once more. Caesar quickly grabbed the two, and placed them on his back, and jumped off the decaying ship. Caesar began to summon fire beneath the cleats of his shoes and started to run on the toxic goliath, leaving imprints of magma as he walked.

    “Get off me!” The beast screamed, his voice echoing across the sea, raising his hand and slapping where Caesar was. He jumped off quickly and set off a stream of fire as he flew from his cleats, flying just above the polluted sea. Caesar began to spin and dodge all sorts of obstacles, sludge balls, tentacles, and Wrath’s hands as he slammed them as if trying to swat a bug. Caesar flew a far distance away, to make some distance and focus.

    “Alright so, fusion is when two people turn into one because their bodies become pure magic and they start to create links. You two defused because you ran out of energy, you must be tired right now, but hold on just a little longer!” Caesar said to reassure his kids. “Guess you two are apart of my next tale huh?”

    “Aye!” Ester said trying to be excited but still being tired. Estrella just nodded with exhaustion.

         A tentacle sprung up ready to whip Caesar. He moved left in an instant and began to fly forwards the giant.

         Caesar traversed through Wrath’s attacks, ducking and flying over tentacles with amazing speeds, but not going to fast that his children would fall off.

       Caesar flew to the head of the beast with rapid speed, landing in between the eyes and leaving two imprints of his footprints. He raised his fist as fire covered it in its entirety, slamming it into the giant, and pulling out a necklace. It was Wrath’s necklace, the one with the paired odyssey pearl that Caesar found. He leaped back and landed on his chest.

    “ENOUGH!” Wrath yelled, forming a bubble of sludge where Caesar landed. Ester began to squeal in panic as Estrella was just too tired to do anything at all.

    “Guess it has to come to this!” Caesar said. Flames exploded in his shoulders, proceeding to travel down his arms as he pressed his fingertips together. The flames reached his wrist, then his knuckles, and finally his fingertips, and then burnt out. Multiple small, rapid explosions appeared in between his palms, and a single, small flame was formed. It began to expand at a rapid rate.

    “Solar Flare!” Caesar shouted as the flame began to increase in size and let out a giant explosion. Destroying the toxins around him, and burning away at the giant form and the polluted water, creating a mushroom cloud as tall as a skyscraper, destroying any remains of the ship, and the small boat that he and his children were on.

    “Wh-WHAT! NO, NO, NOOOOO!” Wrath yelled as his toxins dissipated into nothingness.

   Once the smoke and fire cleared away, Caesar landed on a shore and found Newton, Wrath, and the rest of the crew lying there unconscious.

     “So, are you two okay?” Asked Caesar.

    “Yea…...yea we are…” Estrella tried to respond. Ester’s eyes seemed to dazzle with light, still remembering the vivid images of the explosion.

    “I wanna do that one day dad!” Ester said as if completely ignoring his own exhaustion.

    “You will one day, but for now let's just go home and get you your birthday gifts. I have to go call the authorities for these punks.” Caesar said as he sighed, not wanting to deal with any more work. Caesar began to fly back to the castle at a slow speed compared to that when he was fighting so that his children can take a break. They fell asleep on his back.

    Once they got to the castle, Caesar gave the two pearls to a nearby guard, and then carried his kids to their rooms. He laid them down, and they slept.

     “Goodnight.” Caesar said to the kids he loved.

    The next day.

    Ester and Estrella woke up and raced to the throne room, excited to see their father and mother and what surprise they will get for their birthdays. Ester was now 10, and Estrella was now 11. When they opened the giant door, they only found their father waiting in the king's chair with a grin on his face. He jumped up and landed in front of his kids. He started to laugh pridefully at the fact that his kids went through their first adventure at a young age. He crouched in front of them and put his hand on their shoulders.

    “Happy birthday kids!” Caesar said in excitement as he handed them the two pearls they got yesterday. Even though their birthdays were on different dates, the two siblings would celebrate it together in one day. The pearls were set up as earrings. Ester put his on the left ear, and Estrella put hers on the right. They were as blue as the ocean, with a star in the middle as bright as the sun. The pearls had a link to one another, and now they created a link between family, between two kids, between two siblings.

    Ester and Estrella made a new gesture with their presents. They would knock the two earrings together, and give each other a fist bump, as a way to reassure each other that they would always be together.

    This is how the legacy of the new, prince and princess of SkyLand, began.

Author's Note

What can I do to improve? What did you enjoy about the chapter? What bothered you?

Reviews

[Lyssa]

I liked how in the beginning there is more than one story and all the together the outline of the uniqueness of your story. There are some grammar errors such as the name of things.
Lastly, don't feel as though you have to outright explain everything in detail. Let things about each character develop without being repetitive.

[Train]

What bothers me is that I am not here for you man. You understand that phrasing that word that implicitly covers the whole conversation even in friendshipe and guile. Help yourself yourself he always says but youre too busy to keep up with him. Let's see you be that friend one day.