After they went downstairs
They saw not just a library but something even more ....
Lady aria said "you see all this ?? , this is not just any ordinary library , THIS!!!! this is history"
They all looked around while going downstairs
Thousands if not millions of books around the shelf's
They saw other people reading them
Everyone in the library was thriving for knowledge reading the books like its the last book that ever existed
Some are reading books about fighting and they stand and doing some moves according to the books
Avon said "all these people !! Do they actually believe in the order ? Or is it just they are running from their tyrant rulers ??"
Lady aria stopped and turned around looking serious at him
Lady aria said in serious voice "never in your life doubt a man's beliefs , and these are not any people dear AVON !!! , ( her voice getting louder as she gets close to him ) these are your people the one who's gonna show them what freedom means what being outside the cage is"
Avon looked down and said "I am sorry my lady but I just don't understand , there are humans kingdoms now days , armies that can exceed the expectations, why don't they fight for humanity ?"
Arcadius came to Avon held his left shoulder and said "brother ... Just back off"
Avon has a mixed look between sad and anger
He slowly backed off
Lady aria saw it in him as she also has that sad look in her face as if she knew something about it
Lady aria said "there are many things in this life we humans don't understand and the human mind is one of them , you just can't understand or know what anyone is thinking or how they feel"
Avon kept quite while looking around the dark abyss trying to avoid her
Lady aria knew he was avoiding her
Sara came with sad lol in her face and said harshly"I know we are stranger to you and I also know how rude we are just asking this many questions and favors without anything in return (her hand is shaking and arcadius noticed it) .... But this one time .... Only this time ..... Why ????"
Lady aria eyes widened in surprised
Sara continued saying "why everyone and everything against us ?? Against humanity ?? Why ?? (Her eyes start tearing)"
Lady aria wanted to say something but were hasitant as she moved her eyes to the ground and her face was sad
Vernara kept quiet as she barley keep holding her feelings
Arcadius stood up and held Sara hand and said "Sister please !!!!"
Sara looked at him while tearing up and said while her voice cracking "what ?? What ?? We came all the way here for what ?? They promised us with answers (she turn her head to lady aria ) and we are here to get them"
Arcadius said "I know ... I know and we will get them , but not like this !!"
Sara looked at arcadius in disbelief she said "W...What are you ..... !!!"
Arcadius said "just have patience"
Sara was about to say something but Avon intervene
He said "sara .... He's right , we must have patience , let it go ..."
Sara calmed down a bit and goes back with vernara
lady aria turned around looked up and down
She got something out of her pocket and it was glowing
Arcadius looked at the group as they calmed down he left them and goes to lady aria
He said "my lady what are we waiting for??"
Lady aria said "we almost there , just one step and we reach our final destination"
Arcadius looked around confused and said "annnnnd what should we do ???? Just do a leap of faith into the void ??"
Lady aria said "yes"
Arcadius looked at her shocked and said "wait I wasnt serious about it"
Lady aria pulled a lever and a fence around the stair opened a small path
Lady aria stood on the edge looking down on the void
Arcadius opened his mouth in disbelief and shock
He didnt know what to do he was looking at lady aria and looking back at the group
The group were all setting ln the stair , feeling down and looking at the ground
Arcadius said to himself "great just great I have an ancient women who will commit suicide and 3 siblings who are depressed and gonna cry at any moment that just perfect"
lady aria turned around looking at arcadius , raised both her hands and wink to him then slowly leaning to the edge
arcadius was looking at her shocked and he start running towards her but he was too far to reach her
she throw herself into the void ...
arcadius kept running until he reached the edge , he looked down for a bit and he saw her
she was holding into a ladder smiling and giggling
arcadius looked at her all groomy , opened mouth and said "so amusing"
arcadius waved to avon and the others to come
avon stood up held sara shoulders and told her its time to go
they left and walked to the edge sara went down first then vernara then avon then arcadius
they climbed down for a while until they reached the ground
somehow there was light yet so dark
avon noticed it so vernara too
vernara said "Am i seeing things or there is light here but without a light ?"
avon said "no you are no alone , the ground is too dark almost look like ...."
arcadius said "like the sky at night , wait a second ..."
he looked and observed the ground closely he noticed some stars are moving ...
he opened his eyes wide and said "this isnt just any ground .... this is"
sara said "the real sky !!! but how ??"
lady aria was smiling seeing them how surprised they are and how their mood changed from being depressed to being happy
lady aria said "this is a reflection of the sky , to be more specified what you see is the real sky , i copied the best night i have ever seen into an infinite image , a never ending cycle , thats why you thought it was a void because the void has also copied the most beautiful night it have ever witnessed"
they were surprised yet confused
sara asked "but why exactly this night and not anything else ?"
lady aria said with a smile "because this was the night where every single creature in this world put their deference's away and enjoyed the night , ohhhh what a wonderful night it was"
arcaidius said "what was the so special about this night ? what made everyone for one single night to be peaceful to each other ?"
lady aria was even more surprised when she heard the question , she looked at the ground and closed her eyes , trying to imagine the moments she had
lady aria said "there was a prophesy that one day when the sky turn dark in middle of day where the sunlight reach the center of the sky , the day it follow at the first sunlight will be the Judgment day , the day when all heavens and hell declare war on each other and destroy the world we love , and that day truly came ..."
lady aria put her hands together and it start glowing a pink light came out of her hand
avon and the others were amazed of what they saw
lady aria was holding a big flower pink mixed with light red
they were amazed by how beautiful the flower was
Lady aria continue "the dark sky continued for 2 weeks and in those 2 weeks ... This world was the most peaceful place that exist in this life , the songs , the laughs , even the animals were at ease"
Avon said "what happened after ?"
Lady aria said "after those 2 weeks the dark sky vanished .... , when it did It was night fall already so we waited , that night was the longest night we ever saw , we couldnt sleep at all to be precise nobody slept that night and after we waited the entire night .... it finally happend"
arcadius was whispering to himself "why do i feel like i have read a similar thing like this before ..."
lady aria continue saying "the first sunlight of the new year , and we were ready and waiting but nothing happened ..!!!"
they were surprised hearing this
vernara siad "what ??"
lady Aria said "it was noon and nothing happened after a while BUT ..... we finally start seeing something.... many things actually"
Avon Said In Confused "Many Things ?? , Angels ??"
Lady Aria Said "no ... , shooting stars ! "
avon said in confusion "a shooting star ??"
vernara whisperes to herself "shooting star ??" as she remembers something
lady Aria continue "yes!!! there was so many of them we didnt know where to count"
arcadius said "so the prophesy was wrong ?? they lied to you for centuries ?? "
lady aria turned her head looking at arcadius and said "not really"
sara was thinking and she
sara said "the prophesy is true isnt it!! but something else happened ?"
lady aria smiled to sara as she leaned her head and put her hand behind her beck
she said "you almost there dear"
avon said "it happend before didnt it ??"
lady aria pointed at avon and shouted "BINGOooo"
arcadius said in confusion "what ???!!! how ? when ?"
vernara said "it happend when humans reached the peak of their limit , in another word they got too strong for this world to handle"
arcadius looked at her and said in loud voice "Nonesense"
sara and avon looked at each other confused
avon said : "i hoenstly dont understand what you saying ... "
sara said : "humans ?? too strong to this world could handle ??? .... what ?
sara leans her head to the right in confusion while her hands crossed
vernara said "thats the truth , ask her , she knows more then i do"
lady Aria chuckled and said "i dont know the exact date of the events but it happened before my time in a very very... verrrrry long time ago , Humans Once Ruled this world , it was a civilization that nobody could've ever imagined , from the stroies that i found around the jeru Ruins i found out that humans had so many acheivments in another word humanity have reached the stars ..."
they all were confused about it
avon said in disbelif "reached the stars ??? was it magic ??"
LADY ARIA nods as a no
she said while looking at the stars "from the scrolls that was found it says that mankind build something that helped them cross the sky and they called it (machines) in another word a very advanced tools , dont forget they never used magic because in that time the concept of magic was nonexistent or concidered to be a sin and the judgment of all that used magic was death !!!!"
arcadius , vernara and avon felt proud hearing about this
arcadius stretched his shoulders and said "as it should be now"
avon nods
meanwhile sara felt a bit of sadness hearing about it
lady aria felt it as she looked side eyes on her
sara noticed her staring but soon she tried to hide it
from the looks of it lady aria seem ... disapointed she looked away from sara as she walked through the abyss
lady aria said "as humanity reached the stars they also caught the attention of something else ... we call it angels nowdays but them ..... they called them Aliens !!!!"
once she said aleins a chill hits their spine as if they saw a ghost
vernara said "the ..... who ???"
arcadius looked shocked as he respond to vernara "aliens !!!!"
lady aria said "those angels creatures followed the humans back to this world and with that they made the first contact ... appeared peaceful shared knowldge and some of their advance tools and humans thought they found otherworldy allies to rely on they never knew their true intentions sadly"
lady aria did something with her hand that start glowing and then a small blue ball in her hand appeared
she throw it to the sky and it shreaded like glass spreading some beautiful flowers and butterflies
the group was amazed by how wonderful it was
as avon was about to touch a butterfly
a strong red wind blow that away bruning it all to ashes
the group guarded their faces from the wind
they looked up and they saw fire ..... fire like no other
lady aria continues "but soon after a massive war raged between the angels and humans , from the scrolls it is been said that humans fought bravely .. fought like there is no tomorrow , united as one , under one flag , one leader they fought with everything they got , but sadly humans were in disadvantege they couldnt push any further our limit doesnt allow that and the invaders kept coming the defeat of humans was inevitable , but humans had another option in their hand , the final option"
lady aria made another ball but it was purple this time raging with lightning she throw it and a massive explosion happened something avon and the others never saw before a massive mashroom like clouds ( nuclear explosion ) coming from the ground and waves of flames follow it
avon and the others this time they were terrfied of what they are seeing
lady aria stood still looking serius and said "they decided to destroy this world"
they were shocked by what they heard
avon asked "w-why ?? shouldnt we be the strongest why do we need to destroy what we fought for ?"
lady aria looked at him and respond "from what i have read the invaders werent here for humans or the world itself its something else ...."
arcadius eues widened as he figuered something
arcadius snapped his finger and said "is it recourses ? "
lady aria pointed at arcadius and said in cute voice "bingo !!!!!"
vernara was confused
she said "what ??? hold on .... what ?"
lady aria said "there is only one material in this world that no other world has it ... does anyone know what is it ???"
they all looked at each other doesnt know how to answer
lady aria gave a sigh and said "let me give you a hint , its everywhere even here with us , wherever we go we always find it , you use it everyday whenever you feel tired or dry.... so what is it i wonder ?" she put her finger in her lips
avon said "everywhere and everyday ??? hmmmmm is it a tree ??"
lady aria looked at him surprised by his answer
she said "why do you think its the .... tree dear ?"
avon said in proud way "because from the tree we use the wood to build houses and other structure as for the leafs we use it for so many things ..."
arcadius burst from laughing and said "thats the lamest thing i have ever heared .... hahahaha a tree ..... a damn treee haha"
avon said "yeah keep laughing and once its proved i am right you awe me an apology"
arcadius said "oh yeah ?? you bet bro"
arcadius turned to lady aria and said "lady aria is it tree ??"
lady aria crossed her arm togeather while closing her eyes she said "hmmmmmm nope ..."
arcaidus burst again from laughing
avon looked confused and said "w-what ???? howwww ?"
arcadius said calmley after laughing "think about it brother if there is trees here there gotta be a trees on their world as well ..."
avon said "thats a possibile yes"
vernara gives a sigh and said "boys will always be boys sigh anyway you all fools if you think its tree or anything ..."
arcadius looked at her and crossed his hands on each other and said "oh yeah princess ?? please indulge us with your knowlege then whats the answer ? "
vernara looked proud and said "hehehe its simple off course the answer is ... air ...."
avon and arcadius looked at each other and burst from laughing
vernara looked gloomy at them and said "heyyyyy what so funny ?"
avon said "air .... damn air .... hahahaha she said we use it when we dry the hell air gonna do ?"
arcadius said "of everything you could said ..... of everything hahaha whats next ??? dirt ????"
vernara said while clinching her fist "oh just you wait , you both will beg for mercy once you know that my answer is the most logical one"
lady aria said "hate to brake it for you dear but your answer is wrong ..."
vernara eyes widened as she said "WHAT ????? ..... F-fine whatever then lets hear your answer since you are the smart one"
arcadius said "fine fine ..... the answer you all been waiting for is ..... clouds...."
avon knew this was coming he put his hand on his face so embaressed and couldnt show his face to anyone
vernara burst from laughing
lady aria was so close to laugh
arcadius said "what you think its wrong ..."
avon said while his voice cracking "p-please ... explain ....."
arcadius said "every world has a differnt clouds and probably they ran out of clouds or something ...."
vernara said "amazing .... this is just .... amazing wow ..."
arcadius said "just you wait "
lady aria chuckles ....
she said "nope its not ..." continue to chuckles
arcadius looked at her and said "not you too my lady"
lady aria said "sorry sorry couldnt hold myself ..."
while everyone is laughin and enjoying their time avon took a glimpse on sara
he nods to her with a smile
sara looked at him and she gained some curege to talk her mind
avon kept looking then crossed his arm togeather as he waiting for sara
sara got close to the group
sara said "is it ..... water ?"
lady aria opened her eyes amused by the answer she looked at sara with smile
lady aria said "wonderful dear , 10 points for gryffindor"
arcadius and vernara looked at her
arcadius said "water..... i was about to say it , yet i thought it was a common thing ..... in ... hold on you said we need this things when we are dry ??? you mean our body ???"
lady aria said "correct and you answer wasnt far from it"
vernara was mumbling to herself "water ... the source of life ...."
lady aria said "they came to take our water ..... and they did .... 40% of this world water dried thanks to the invaders and then humanity choose to eliminate the source which they came to take but was a very very long time ago people nowdays might think its just another children story .... yet the ruins still stand and you might find more around this world...."
then she flicker her finger and everything went back to normal to the empty space void room
lady aria said gently "follow me please , we got a lot of work to do"
they all followed her as they all walking they looked around but it all was endless ... stars ...
avon got close to lady aria and said "lady aria ... may i ask you a question ?"
lady aria looked at him as she nods as yes
avon said "what happened exactly after that ... did humans survive or what ??"
lady aria said "if humans died that day none of us would be here to tell the tale so yes we did survive but how many ?? i have no idea same goes to the invaders ... i didnt read anything about them"
avon said "did you explore the jeru ruins ??? like all of it ??"
lady aria said "no it was too big to explore and we had too little time to sapre ... there is some iron doors are shut closed there might be some valuble secrets behind them .... maybe one day i will show i to you ... you might end up liking it"
avon said "thanks lady aria ..."
lady aria said "dont thank me yet ... i didnt do much to begin with"
avon said "even though you seem like a good person and i trust you , my sister would've said the same to you .... thank you for helping us"
lady aria looked at him then dashed behind and messed up with his hair
lady aria said "once we are done here i will treat you all to a good meal ..."
arcadius said "HELL YEAHH"
vernara and sara chuckled
avon asked lady aria "so what do we learn first once we reached to the library ?"
lady aria respond "the dark history"
avon was confused he asked "dark history ??"
lady aria said "yes"
avon said "and waht about the story you told us about ?"
lady aria said "that dear is ancient history , now we almost there ..."
chapter 11 : dark history
chapter 12 : the royal library