Chapter 133


    Maia


    I run towards all the children and tap a little orc boy on the shoulder.


    Tag, you’re it,’ giggle and runoff.


    He chases me,ughing.


    ‘I’m going to get you,’ he yells.


    Emberes running up to me, leaps onto my chest, and knocks me to the ground. I yfully grab


    him and lift him into the air above me.


    ‘Ember, I think everything is going to be okay now,’I smile.


    Sparkles begin to swirl around Ember. He is suddenly too heavy to hold. Different colour swirls engulf


    him, then two arms appear, then two legs and long red hair. Ember falls t onto me as my arms can’t


    hold his weight anymore. Our foreheads bump together on impact.


    The girl before me is very pretty and around my age with beautiful long hair like mine, but in a lovely


    shade of red. Her skin is fair, with cute freckles across her nose and cheeks. Her eyes are green, and


    she has a cute little nose.


    ‘Maia! She yells in excitement and wraps her arms around me.


    ‘Ember, is that you? I thought you were a boy this whole time?’ I say in shock.


    ‘Yes, it’s me,’ Ember smiles.


    She grabs my face and yfully rubs her nose against my nose. I giggle and wrap my arms around


    her.


    ‘Ember, I had no idea you were a… what are you, Ember?’ | ask.


    ‘I’m a witch, Maia! I’m here because thest of the witches cast spells to save all these children,


    including you and me, over a thousand years ago! You broke the spell, Maia, you and Damon. We


    would only be free again once the world was rid of war and hatred,’ she exined.


    Ember is up close to my face sitting on myp as if she were still a fox.


    Damon approaches and sits next to me. N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.


    “Ember, please, tell us what happened and how all of this came about?


    Ember stands up and begins to tell us the story as loud as she can so as many children, soldiers, and


    warriors can hear the tale


    ‘After many years of peaceful coexistence amongst all our species, the witches identally opened a


    portal to another world inhabited by people called humans. Although we resembled each other, humans


    Over time, the witches travelled in secret between realms, but some never returned to Mysteria.


    Witches had been Caught casting spells Out of fear of bing cursed, the humans bound and burnt


    them at the stake.


    The vampires, werowolver, loe and mages were amongst those who eventually discovered the witches


    opening the portal intrigued and ounous, many entered the human world to live, where they began new


    packs, covens and nests for ther kind They know they could not show their abilities to the humans as


    they did not want the samete as the wilches the world was vust, giving them plenty ofnd and


    ces to realde away from humans.


    ”


    When travelling to human viges, they did not shift or use magic and found that they got along well


    with humans. Some became the best of friends and shared each other’s secrets, including the portal to


    Mysteria. The humans begged to be taken there, and the witches and werewolves agreed.


    The humans fell instantly in love with thend of Mysteria and chose to stay there.


    Orcs were one of the few species who refused to enter the human world, warning other species that


    allowing humans into Mysteria might prove to be a detrimental mistake.


    More humans and supernatural beings began to inhabit each other’s worlds. Mysteria was a peaceful


    world until half a century passed, and it descended into war. Humans desired more territory and a king


    and queen of their own.


    The supernaturals desired no more deaths in Mysteria, so they granted the humans additionalnd and


    chose a married couple, Asher and Merith, as King and Queen.


    Even though their requests were granted, they were fearful that the other rulers would turn against


    them, and so, after meticulous nning, a second war erupted. Humans hunted and ughtered many


    elemental sprites, leaving their corpses on orc territory and ming the orcs for the deaths


    After this massacre, King Pyrus and Queen Lydia, the rulers of the sprite kingdom, consulted the


    leaders of all realms for help. It was agreed that all realms would protect any remaining elemental


    sprites from the orcs.


    King Asher agreed to help protect the sprites and convinced the alpha king, the leaders of the other


    realms, and King Pyrus and Queen Lydia that the orcs needed to be eliminated before the orcs killed


    them all.


    The strongest of all species, the orcs managed to wipe out half of the realms throughout the war before


    being obliterated in reprisal for being used of a crime they did notmit.


    The Midnight coven of witches believed the Orcs were innocent, but the realms would not listen to


    them. The Orcs entrusted the coven of witches with the safety of their young, hiding them in their


    Covenstead to save the species.


    In the aftermath of the war, every species was at its most vulnerable since every realm had suffered


    significant losses and many injuries needed time to heal. The humans took advantage of the opportune


    timing, knowing realms were ebbing at their lowest and attacked the realms, sessfully wiping out the


    human world through the portal.


    Humans gathered witches and vampires in droves before burning them alive on stakes. They captured


    werewolves and locked them up with heavy chains of silver before torturing them to death.


    The werewolf realms realised toote that the humans, not the orcs, killed the sprites. With all the orcs


    dead and with a poption muchrger in number than the other species, werewolves were the next


    strongest species.


    The witches of the midnight coven, humans and werewolves were thest to remain in Mysteria. After


    the Midnight Coven used spells to hide as many children from different species as possible in the trees


    of the forest, a few managed to escape through the portal and lived out their days on earth, while the


    other two witches, Lou and Prune, remained in Mysteria in hopes of finding more children to save


    before their demise at the hands of humans.


    Werewolf King, Alpha Dominic, and King Asher agreed to an indefinite truce. The humans knew the


    werewolves were much stronger in strength and number. They agreed to keep to themselves and avoid


    each other’s territory. Thend was surveyed and reallotted to both rulers, precisely and identically


    halved. Arge forest between the two halves became a no-man’snd that neither party couldy


    im to.


    King Asher ruled West Wallow, and Alpha Dominic ruled Moon Crest Valley.


    Over the years, knowledge of this great war and the existende of other supernatural creatures


    dissolved into fairy tales for children


    Thest witches had past a spell that the Moon Goddess would free M into the world again at the


    perfect time where she would find her one true love and rke what was rightfully hers. The spell also


    turned me into a fox to stay by Maia a side as her friend and help guide her over the years


    The rest of the children and myself would remain spellbound until Queen Maia and Alpha King Damon


    broke it by ending thest war and bringing peace between the humans and the werewolves,’ Ember


    says and smiles at me.