Chapter 5: Wings of fate

Nyxon and Luna fell asleep. He drifted away into a dream. He was happy here, diving into the corners of his mind for moments that made him happy. He happened to stumble on to when he was particularly happy. It was him outside with Luna as a child. The bond they shared was strong. They just couldn't get away from each other. Nyxon was on a grass hill next to Luna, holding hands as they stared into the clouds. Luna was humming again. She loved humming; so did the butterfly on her nose. Nyxon got an idea while staring into the clouds. He looked over to Luna, "Hmmmmm. Hey Luna? What do you wanna do when you're older?" Luna looked at Nyxon in curiosity. The butterfly on her nose flew away as she stopped her beautiful tune. "I... don't know, really," replied Luna. Her voice was shaky.

"What? Really?"

Luna laughs to herself."Of course not! I wanna still be a Princess Nyxon... Although... seeing how you wanna do the things you do... makes me wanna do it too."

Nyxon raised an eyebrow. Still confused, "You wanna make a lot of friends?"

"Well, yes? But there's so much to learn out there in this world. I bet some people didn't even know we had three moons."

Nyxon raised a confusing eyebrow at the newfound info, "We do?" Nyxon asked.

"Yes! See? That's what I mean. And I bet there's so much more to learn out there too! And I wanna see it all!" Luna stood excitedly, crawling on all fours to grab Nyxon's hand. She couldn't stop hyperventilating from the excitement she was feeling from thinking. "Nyxon! I wanna go on adventures with you! So when you make friends along the way, I can gather knowledge on the world through books!"

"Luna..." Nyxon says softly. "Luna, that's awesome! We can be like partners on the seas! O-Or maybe– no, I have an idea!"

"Nyxon? What do you mean?" asked Luna.

"Luna.... Lets.... Let's get married!" "So we can go on adventures together when we're older!"

Luna's hands start to sweat. She takes immediate notice by pulling her hands, leaving Nyxon in confusion. She begins to stare at him as he sits on the grass plains, staring into his eyes while he stares into hers with his hands out, shaking in fear from whatever response she could possibly give out. Luna stood up as she pulled along Nyxon, his hands were weak, and his legs felt like they would give out at the wrong answer from Luna.

"Y-Yeah!" she says with tears in her eyes. Luna just couldn't stop smiling. "Let's get married one day, Nyxon!"

Nyxons eyes start to water. His tears started to fall on the top of Luna's hands. Luna notices the joy in Nyxon's eyes and takes it upon herself to wipe them away with her hand. Nyxon surprises her by lifting her in the air, making Luna laugh hysterically. Nyxon had begun to spin her around while she was in his arms, laughing and smiling at the foreseeable future the two had in store for them.

Nyxons eyes glistened, a distinct color from what he originally had. From brown to blue in an instant, they had gone for a moment, and Luna had taken notice. "Huh? His eyes just– no, I'm just being dramatic," she said to herself as she continued laughing in Nyxons arms.

Luna had woken up. She was still in the library with Nyxon. Staring at him as she leaned in closer and went to sleep again.

The sun peered onto the kingdom. Its light shined onto the buildings and houses, and plants. The plants rose, the fish jumped in the river, and the King of Esmus had also woken up.

He was up bright and early, yelling in the castle halls as multiple members ran across the castle quickly.

"You!" Magnus screamed from behind the woman.

"Y-Yes?"

"Why is this castle not finished like I said last night?"

"I-I don't know!"

"I know why! It's cause my Son isn't awake!" The King says as he walks away to climb the stairs again.

"You!" The king shouts. "Where is Manda?"

"S-Shes upstairs waking up Sir Nyxon!"

The King stomps his feet up the stairs as he passes by the Elf on the ladder, painting a sign.

The King finally climbs the treacherous steps as he opens Nyxons door to find Manda standing with her hand over her mouth. She looked shocked, almost as if she saw a vampire fly in and fly back out.

"N-N-Nyxon-" she says as she sees the King approaching her.

"Where is he? Manda! Tell me, where is he?" The king says as he begins to place his hands on Manda's shoulders and shake her.

"H-He's gone!"

"WHAT!" The king says as he rushes to the bed.

Magnus pulls off the sheets violently and throws them against the wall, leaving a dent in their spot. He looked at the space lying on the bed as he panicked. He felt sick. He felt he could just scream. And he looked like it he was just about to. But he didn't (surprisingly.) Magnus took a deep breath to calm himself down. Magnus looked at Manda with his happiest face, "It's fine. He's just being a kid again." Magnus muttered.

Nyxon was fast asleep at the library. Luna had also taken comfort in the pillow she was lying on (That being Nyxon.) Nyxon had a dream, still taking comfort in his comfort. His dream was slowly interrupted— a woman, the same woman he saw in his blade the other day, was in his dream. His scar started to hurt. He wanted to scratch at it– but he couldn't. His hands wouldn't move. He saw a woman with silver hair; her eyes looked as gray as gravel. But that was all, Nyxon woke up, and without a second thought, he scratched himself; "That's better,"

Nyxon jerked his head in various spaces as he noticed he was still in the library. He turned his head outside as loud music and shouting could be heard.

Luna groaned as she opened her eyes to Nyxon. She must have still been tired. "Hm? Oh, morning Nyxon–" Luna said before yawning, "Did you sleep well?"

"I'm fine. Did you?"

Luna pushes herself off of Nyxon as she stretches and yawns. "Y-Yeah, I did." She stretched, almost similar to a cat. It made Nyxon laugh before Luna frowned, "Oh man, sorry, Nyxon" "I-I forgot to teach you how to read last night. I-I'm sorry."

"Hey, it's fine. Reading isn't all that important for me right now," Nyxon says as he pulls Luna in for a hug. She yawns. "When we get married, you can teach me everything you want," said Nyxon. Luna started to hum again if only the birds outside could hear her. Nyxon took a deep breath, "And read all the books you wanna read, and travel all the lands across the world." Luna's eyes widened, "Books!" Luna shouted excitedly. "I LOVE READING BOOKS! Nyxon!" Luna gives another big hug to Nyxon. He couldn't be any happier than he was right now.

Luna was happy. Nyxon couldn't think she was anything but that while hugging him. Luna looked at the room behind her as she noticed the calendar. It reads, "June 27." Luna gasped; she barely could contain it, so Nyxon heard it just as quickly as it happened. Luna whispered, "It's your birthday–" said Luna. She quickly kissed Nyxon, surprising him again. It was almost relentless, but she stopped again to hum Nyxon a tune just for him. It was beautiful.

Luna's song stopped, and she finally noticed just what little time she had left before Nyxon needed to be in the castle. She pulled Nyxon out of the chair and outside the library just in time.

Luna gets up and pulls Nyxon out of the chair outside of the library he falls outside of the building. He pulls himself up as Luna forms a falcon from the ground from her Aura again as she did previously. She wipes her forehead as the falcon slowly rises from the ground and soars into the air."Hey, you should relax with the Aura use," Nyxon said. "Here, I can just fly us to your place," he said as he got up and offered his hand to Luna.

"O-Oh," Luna said as she wiped her forehead again. "Yeah, all of those owls drained a lot of Aura from me. Thank you, Nyxon."

The falcon slowly fades away as Nyxon hovers himself over the air with his wings. Luna takes comfort in the hug Nyxon has her in as she lets out a sigh of relief as Nyxon begins to soar through the environment. It was windy, too windy, in fact. Nyxon had started to progress through the land.

Nyxon had finally managed to fly into the town of prophets. What should have taken Nyxon minutes took him only a few seconds. Finally coming in contact with the town, he stepped down gently to let Luna off as she jumped toward the ground. They began running desperately towards the castle that had occupied the town of prophets. Luna quickly addressed herself that she was in a rush as crowds cleared a lane for them to run past quickly. They jumped through the flight of stairs leading into the castle, the halls where the stairs had met had been filled with books on the sides where the railings had met. Various titles had been marked with red stamps, not like Nyxon could read them anyways at the time. He was in an important rush, after all. They finally approached the bathhouse room as the two stared at each other, a sense of relief finally washing over them.

Luna quickly left the room. She was going to join in later when she got the chance. Nyxon started to take off his armor and equipment as he was getting ready to enter the pool of water. Nyxon started thinking to himself again. Just what was behind that door? And who is the woman he keeps envisioning? Every time he thought about it, his head would start to hurt, and his scar would start to burn. It felt like he was sitting in a pool of lava each time he thought about the mystery of what was behind the door. He stopped soon– it was time for a bath. Luna was back.

The bath felt nice. Nyxon was clean now. And the smell of toads was hopefully gone as well. Nyxon and Luna spent most of their time splashing around and playing in the pool just like they did in the river. It was fun. Nyxon had fun. Luna got out of the pool to dry herself off. She wrapped her towel around her body and hair as Nyxon did the same. Luna turned to see Nyxon, his back completely exposed to her. Nyxon felt he was being looked at. He decided to make a joke. Nyxon turned around, "Princess? Is something wrong?"

Luna seemed to keep staring into Nyxons eyes before breaking out and responding, "Hm? Oh, sorry, I-I mean, how could I not get lost in your eyes."

"My P-Princess! I'm flattered, but please, aren't you engaged?"

Luna gasped dramatically "I have never heard such an outlandish accusation before! How dare you!"

Luna turns her back towards Nyxon with her arms crossed. Her hair ended up hitting Nyxon swiftly as she turned around. Nyxon eventually snuck up behind her for a hug, surprising her as she shouted again in excitement and joy from Nyxons warm embrace. Slowly they were running out of time. Needing to hurry back towards the kingdom had become a priority for Nyxon as Luna had started to reread the time. The celebration would begin soon, and it was only a matter of time before Nyxon was late. Luna quickly made her way downstairs, along with Nyxon by her side per usual, as she slammed through the door out to the castle. "Luna? Just where do you think you're going?" A voice whispered from behind her.

She turned around in sudden shock and fear. "D-Dad?" She said in a surprising tone.

"Luna!"

"Dad!"

Nyxon raises his hand slightly in the air. "Nyxon?"

Cleo rolled his eyes, "Yes, I know it's you, Nyxon," Cleo shared an expression towards Luna. "Luna?"

"Dad– oh right!" Luna claps both of her hands together. "Nyxon? Can you go to the castle ahead of time for me?"

"Uh, yeah. Just don't be late, though."

"You telling me not to be late? You're funny."

"Fine, I'll see you later! Nyxon says as he brushes Luna's hair from her face.

It had left her stunned, and her ears had almost turned red as he turned around to fly away before he took one last look and laughed into the air as Nyxon had flown away. King Cleo chuckled, "So, you're husband, hm?"

"What the-" Luna says before pulling on her ears. "Why does everyone keep doing that? First Mom, and now you?"

"Oh, come on, how could you not?" He said as he began to stare at Luna from below him.

Luna got nervous. She knew she'd seen herself with him before. "Ok... maybe I-I looked just only a couple of times ahead and before..." she said as she began to turn her head away from King Cleo.

"Either way, I can see a bright future for the two of you. Nyxon might just be the key to what you need to advance as a prophet."

"An angel of time? Right?"

"Yes, once you take in the realization of just what your true purpose is. The power will one-day dawn upon you," Cleo said as he began to walk beside Luna.

"What made you become an angel of time? I mean, how do you even realize what your purpose was in life?"

King Cleo pokes at Luna's forehead. "That moon crescent you were born with was how I knew you were destined for something great. Same here with me."

King Cleo stops to scratch at his chin. He looks at Luna, whose eyes begin to shift colors. "Again?" He thought to himself. "I realized my purpose in life had been fulfilled when I saw you. To bring you to life was something I was very proud of. That's how I got it. There's another purpose out there. Another you have yet to fulfill."

"What if–" said Luna. She felt another question bottle up inside of her, ready to unleash itself. She said, "What If I don't know my purpose in life?"

Cleo was stunned. He didn't know what to respond with. His right eye shifted back a day in time, revealing the history of the day before. Luna looked happy. She looked happy to see Nyxon. That was enough for Cleo to see. His eyes shifted back to the present, revealing Luna to be still standing near him. King Cleo put his hands on his daughter's shoulder, "If Nyxon makes you, you're happiest. Then maybe your purpose lies somewhere with him." said King Cleo. 

Luna was stunned. "Thank you, Dad. Thank you for being my Dad."