(Narrator: Vibhuti) It was just a normal day in Agni; I was coming from school. The last lesson ended with the same old lecture: senior year of high school is the most important year of your life, and you must score good marks in the JEE or NEET or whatever exam one should give to get into a big college. I have heard this same speech from my teachers and my mom. When I decided my dream collage is ADIT-Thee, my life became study-eat-study-sleep and repeat. However, now it was the Diwali break, and I got to execute my plan, but before I reveal it let me introduce myself.
Hi, I am Princess Vibhuti, daughter of Queen Jyothi am a pretty, clever, crafty and powerful girl of thirteen. I am from Thanal-Nadu from my father’s side; my paternal grandmother taught me everything about our culture, and I have gone there numerous times with her. I have been trained to be a warrior, a mage, an illusionist and a potionist. I love making something out of random things; she made many gadgets and weapons, and I know my way around technology. I am also very much interested in astrophysics and know everything to do with the universe. However, I am mainly interested in science, mainly physics and mathematics. I am a genius when it comes to magic, for I know how it works very well. I know how to manipulate any type of magic, from Agni magic to Aqua magic. I also love mysteries and can solve any problem, and I know every secret passageway in the castle. I am kind to everyone I see. However, I admit I am a little ok a lot, easy to anger, and I would crack the worst jokes. But I also overthink a lot and can get jealous easily. I want to be an engineer, mainly in robotics; however, I am the heir to the throne of Agni-deshah, so the chances of me getting time to follow my dream are slim.
Ok, enough about my life; I said I have a plan. Ok, so I one month ago I got a dream ok, it said I must retrieve the Shashvatatapasya-manikyams (yeah, I know long name) to activate the Jwaltalavaara (any letter with an a in front of it won’t be pronounced longer, for example ta would be pronounced as t not ta, this is cuz in the Agni language there are half letters and to make them full they put an a. ) and another weapon which was left as a surprise. Then I’d must follow my allies in the quest. I am so excited to meet them. This must be done to combat an upcoming evil, the witch of war Era. She would be empowered by an upcoming all-Migica war, which we must stop. And I can start now cuz I have a lot of free time in my hands now till the end of the year cuz this year, for some reason, we got a longer vacation which would end by January.
Ok, so now I am headed to my BFF Tejasvi’s place to disclose the plan to her. A week ago, I heard about a water mage drowning out multiple Angniya guards at Aatish-fishaani-sheesha and entering Agni-deshah through the Jwalidirvar. They ended the case cuz they believed that the water mage would have died in the mountain ranges, but I know he survived; it was in the prophecy. So, I believe I would meet him at Tej’s place today.
(Narration switches to Tejasvi) Today was just a normal day at my place, where I was continuing my training to become the Agniyoddha of Agnideshah. Hey, I am Tejasvi, a strong, smart girl of sixteen. I was orphaned at a very young age; many people among me thought I was weak, abut Ishowed them who’s boss. Apart from artillery, I was fascinated by history, but mainly the history of Aqua-patriae. I am also a bit of a sociopath who researched ways to torture people, and I have a weird obsession with getting tortured, but it feels so good : ). My powers involve my artillery skills, as I can use any weapon and know all artillery skills of all the places in Migica. I am also a bit of a tomboy; that’s why I keep my hair short. I have many friends mainly the orphans around me, but my best friend is Vibhuti, the princess of Agnideshah. She can be much sometimes, but she is the only rich person who actually noticed me. Even though she is four years younger than me, she can act smarter than me.
Speaking of Vibhuti, today as I was training, she showed up at my place. My place is small but modest, given to me by her. As she entered, she said, “ok so I have some big scoops for you.” So, she proceeded in narrating some weird dream she had, and how we have to retrieve the Shashvatatapasya-manikyam to activate the Jwaltalavaara to save Migica, in a billion oks. I thought her plane was a waste of time; I mean peace in Migica is impossible. So I said, “Vibhuti, are you ok? You’ve been studying a great deal lately, so I think you are tired.” But she insisted, “Tejasvi, let me prove it to you that my dream was prophecy, look.” Then they counted till three and some one knocked at the door. I went to open and I saw a tall man wearing a cloak standing in front of me. I quickly took out my sword and pointed it at him and said, “Remove that cloak and reveal yourself.” So, he did so and, he revealed his face, and he was the most beautiful person I have ever seen. He had piercing blue eyes, slightly tanned skin and dark blue hair. His smile was nervous but contagious. His face looked slightly famine but he would be my perfect prince. Ok I got distracted. Tejasvi, you must not get distracted. I composed myself, and I asked him, “Who are you, and what the hell are you doing here?” he in this soft voice with an Aquino accent, said, “Well, I am Marinus, but call me Marin. I come in peace. I just want to help you achieve peace in Migica.” “Peace in Migica,” I said, “you all are just hypocrites, coming for peace but actually intending war. What is your true cause?” He then replied, “To attain peace in Migica.” Which I still didn’t believe, but Vibhuti from behind said, “It is true; he’s here for peace.” “Vibhuti, you are still young and innocent; these people are just hypocrites.” I informed her, but then he spoke up, “have you heard of the story of King Oceanus and the warrior Ani?” I said no. Then Vibhuti said, “Tejasvi, I think you should listen to it; it is a story which took place 9000 years ago but is still valuable. Marin, would you narrate it?” “Of course.” he spoke, then said, then started, “A long time ago, the people of Aqua-patriae wanted more land, so the ruler at that time waged war after war, expanding the country for no specific reason. Many nations complained, so the cosmological summit made a decree that Aqua-patriae is to return all the land and provide relief to the other countries. Many years have passed since then, and Aqua-patriae's new king, Oceano, wanted to make peace with Agnideshah, so he, on the advice of his trusted advisor Ehan, sent the best ice mages to Agni-deshah to help them in the production of obsidian, as it was very rare and could only be found naturally. The mages cooled down the molten magma to make obsidian, making its production go up by fifty per cent. In return, the queen of Agni-deshah, the elderly queen Deepa, sent fire mages to warm up the oceans of Aqua-patriae to help in the production of Perls. Both places' economy increased as they worked together.
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After a year to celebrate their new alliance, the elderly queen Deepa invited Oceano and Ehan to the palace at Agni. There, Oceano met Ani, the future Agniyoddha of Agnideshah. They both got to know much about each other. Both of them wanted the Agni and the Aqua people to get along. So, the both of them set out on a quest to unite the people of the two countries. So, the people from Agni-deshah and Aqua-patriae lived together in peace. The king Oceano was deeply in love with Ani. So, he proposed to her….” “What the hell?” I cut him off. “Like, why a meant why, she could be independent.” “Tejasvi.” Vibhuti chided me from behind, “Pay attention to what Marin says. Marin, you may continue.” So, he did so. “However, to this the evil witch Era was furious as she was empowered by war and hatred and weakened by peace and love. So, she sent her son Phobos and Demos to create chaos in the cities.
There were fights every day, and Ani was fed up settling them. So, she asked King Oceano to prepone the wedding to next week; to this he agreed. Era regained her original strength and planned to ruin their wedding disguised as a priest.
As the ceremony started and before the tie was made, she came out of the disguise, revealing the witch, Era. The crowed where in panic; the bride tried to attack but was blocked by this evil witch. They were both in an intense fight; King Ocean also joined. Three of them fought, but Era didn’t want to fight with Oceano; she wanted to hurt him by killing his one true love, Queen Ani. So, Era cornered her to a cliff and with one swing of Era’s sward she fell of the cliff Oceano tried to save her, but it was too late; she died. King Oceano was broken; he could not bear living in this world without her. So, he went to the fire-fall and sacrificed himself to be with her. “That’s so sad.” I said, “but that does not concern me. If Era always wins, why should we even?” But then Vibhuti said, “Tejasvi Era dose not win; this is not the end of the story. There was another romance going on.” “Ugh, just stop with this lovey-dovey stuff.” But she started narrating. What it is with love stories today, cuz all the TV channels are just talking about love today. But she narrated. “So, you know when Oceano came he brought his advisor Ehan, whose eyes were caught by the crown princess Divya grand-daughter of the queen and the best friend of Ani. Initially, they were just talking diplomatically. But Divya quickly fell in love with him. Ehan helped her manage the country when mare Aquino and Aquina people came there. He gave her valuable advice to her. However thing were slowly getting bad for Divya, her grandmother who she loved deeply passed away. She became a queen on the saddest note. Just after that, Divya and Ani’s friendship weakened. Ani spent all her time in her guard duties and Oceano. They barely talked. But when she heard that Ani would fight with Era, she begged her not to. But doing so they got into a big argument which ended their friendship. Ehan advised her to talk to her and support her. But as the wedding got preponed, she did not get any time. But has Ani was going to fight era on the day of the wedding, Divya thought she could talk to her but Ani did not listen. And it was too late ani deid in that fight and Ehan became her only lifeline. After Oceano sacrificed himself, Ehan moved to Agni-deshah and became Divya’s advisor and later her husband. The bot of them made it their life mission to defeat era. So, they and five other people did what Stella did and defeated Era there.” Hearing this I brought down my sword and allowed Marin to take a seat. “So, what can we do for peace?” I asked. “We need the Shashvatatapasya-manikyam,” Vibhuti said, “and I know where it exactly is.” “but first we need to find our other allies,” Marin said. “But how, there a so many people in Migica.” “I have just the thing.” Vibhuti said, pulling out here hollo-com. As the was moving through platforms she said, “I once go a message from a certain War_God_46656 which said ‘this will help you on your quest’ with this as an attachment.” She pulled out a map of Migica showing two dots one purple and one green in Chóra-fýs. She zoomed in showing both of them were in the city of Fýsis. Then she said, “we’ll rent a SUV and put this into the its MPS (Migican Positioning System) and drive to them.” “but how none of us have a licence.” Marin asked. But I have an idea, “you know how to drive.” I asked. “yes” “then we can make you one.” Vibhuti said.
(Narration switches to Vibhuti ) I used the illusion spell I learned today while I chanted, “Aag-waham.” Which made his appearance change to a water mage and gave him the same illusion powder in water to change his voice. Then I took my laptop and made all his documents on the internet and made it look official, cuz well I am the princess of Agnideshah. Then we headed to Tejasvi who took us to some licensed driving tester who would grant Marin the license without actually checking the documents, for the right price of course. So, as I presented that person with some cold, hard cash, our job was done; Marin got his license. So, we rented an SUV showing Marin’s license.
Then I headed back to the palace, packing some of my textbooks to study : (, some books related to the magical artefacts, maps, my laptop and other devices, clothes, spices (cuz you never know when you need spices), some torches, moon silver powder, potions and other necessities. I headed to Tejasvi’s place where Marin freshened up into black jeans and a dark blue hoody. And we took off, and I called shotgun, of course.