"Cold......it's cold. I can't feel myself. It's freezing" echoed a soft voice of pain in darkness, "This cold.....I felt it before.... it was there earlier but, this once.....is.... worse...eh...er..." her teeth clenched with eyebrows shaking.

In an empty dark space, where frozen spiky chains joint from all directions on a single girl who was trapped at the center. Her hands tied at the back with it all the frozen chains tied around her from neck till toes. The Spike hurt her a lot as the chains were getting firmer after every 25 seconds. It gain strength from her and more chains grew on, connecting with the main one a new one stretched out, swiftly taking around itself the girl and tied her more.

As the spikes twisted more on her, the blue ice chains were getting stained in red liquid by the blood of the girl. Pain were attacking her like needles were squeezing inside her. Screams were trying to tear her throat but, the girl remained still in her position with her eyelids shut and eyelashes soaking in tears.

Her tears floating down her cheeks, glittering her cheeks with it, dropping down her ears and chin. She was hung straight by the chains.

No words could be related of how much agony given by these chains was killing her heart yet, by all this she still remained calm and patienceful.

"I have to wait.....I must wait....There was once he told us that in a battle field, there is no hope.....but, each time thus happened......I always kept my trust....I lived in Astiriya....for it's hope and they always trusted me by my hopes...." the girl could only speak these words to herself as tears kept floating nonstop, "I have to wait..... I must wait...they won't let me down... They never did....They promised me they will come and I will wait....(sob).... I can do (sob.... sob) must....."

The darkness was filling over the space, absorbing every single object in it. It raised below her from nowhere. As the fog floated upwards, it passed by the girl, giving her shivers of fear, cold with loneliness.

"It's getting thick hard to feel anything but, cold.....I can't take it but, will wait no matter what."

On the top of the war field hill, there were three injured men standing in shock ness looking at the disaster held on the army.

"For real....?" asked the man in the left who was holding up the other one by under his one arm, "That was our last formation....what now, Your Highness."

A King was holding another kingdom's king, who was seriously injured turned dumb by seeing it and roses in anger. His fist shivered, talking a step, he tired to move front but, the King who holding him asked him to stopped struggling cause he was in no position to make another move.

But, the injured King wasn't ready to stop when an alarm stopped them all.

"KING ALTAR!!!!!"

Both looked back to find a soldier riding his horse, heading straight towards them in worries.

"What now?!" panicked the helper.

The soldier jumped off his horse as his horse ran aside he, pushed himself climbing higher up towards the hill, pushing himself in exhaustion. Arriving near them, catching up his breathe, he exhale and inhaled nonstop.

"What 'so wrong?" asked the third one a Captain Knight "Calm down.."

"Captain Ra'eed!. This is terrible" spoke up the man in heavy breathe, "Our kingdom 's king....The Masked King....He's been attacked...There's a huge threat behind....please..We have to retreat!"

"WHAT?!!!" all three exclaimed in shockness out of their skin.

"But, how?!" asked the helping king.

"I don't know but, we received a message of emergency reforcement. Please Your Highness King Altar take action...It's a matter of time he will get stabbed by a sword."

"SHUT UP!!!" shouted King Altar in rage at the tired soldier, "Don't talk such nonsense!"

"Your Highness...." said Captain Ra'eed trying to calm down the injured King before he blows up in anger, "Please with all do respect Calm down and take action....We mustn't fall in here."

"That's right" said the helper King, "We can't bend down our knees yet. There is still a hope.. "

King Altar remained silent filling in rage. He turned back looking at the war field, down where the soldiers were still fighting and enemies were arriving more in New units.

"That bastard will pay.... I swear" said the King inwards with tighten fist. The fist opened in Palm and roses high. All three men looked up at this signal, growing shock Knowing what it really meant.....

Author Note:

This is my first book here. Hope everyone enjoys it. Will be updating once or sometimes twice in a week.

Read it and leave comments.

"Ah, I am finally done!" jumped back I-rangris  on her bed, relaxing herself from exhaustion.

Few years ago, before the incident, a girl in her normal lifestyle like anyone, living a peaceful life among her family was busy arranging her stuff in her new room. As it was done with all the drawers, dressing table, books shelves and study table, the growing up girl fell exhausted on her bed to catch up some breathe.

As she laid there, her grey color eyes went up to the side table where a chest stood.

With red covering and golden lining designs, on it was a blue beautiful crystal placed on the head of the lid.

How it got there?

Just after the day of long traveling from one country to the other due the father's job, as arriving into a new house her parents led her a personal room for herself. Since she was 13 years, growing up, privacy was going to be a part of her. For the first time this was going to be her OWN room with her own stuffs.

Later, after having dinner along with her parents, she turned lazy to unpack her stuff and left it for the next day, hanging up all the work. That's where she found the box.

Falling on the pillow her head bumped on a hard object suddenly hit from under it shocking her out of her skin. When she picked up the pillow, there it was, the red treasure chest.

In present, I-rangris sat up, staring at the chest, wondering how did this chest get under her recent placed pillow. At first, she thought of sharing it with her parents, as she always did especially with her beloved mother since she was the only daughter for her.

But, then she hesitated remembering she shouldn't bring much worries to her due to her weak health as a heart patient. She had to be more careful nowadays with every talk she spoke with her mama cause her condition always remained critical and needed rest most of the time.

The morning breakfast was also I-rangris 's responsibility as in early age she started to pick up the house hold on her hands. Every single thing was her responsible. Daily after the break fast, the father named Tayoah announced a routine that he would take Asila the mother in the nearby hospital for her special care, leaving their daughter behind alone in full trust for career of the house and return at dinner.

Thus, I-rangris never minded and always got something to do especially with her long thick brown hairs, tie down like a braid till her heels. However, this time, there was something different.

Crawling to the side table, she picked up the small chest, scanning it around where could be the opening, "There isn't even a key hole or a lock to open it."

Shaking it harshly, she tried listening from inside for any noise but, it was dead silent. "Perhaps, this odd looking crystal has got to do something to do. I haven't seen any jewel like this before."

The shiny blue crystal placed on the head of the chest was her only attention, "Let me try this."

She placed her hand on the crystal, trying to pull it out or something but, instead it flashed out a bright light surprising the girl.

As the light turned blue and the box started glowing, the girl grew extremely terrified that she threw it away. But, instead of dropping it floated on the air. The lightning crystal shouted a beam straight towards the cupboard, standing at the corner of the room.

All the decoration and designs started glowing in lining. It took turn from their position, moving back and in the center appeared a door lock.

I-rangris watched all this like a frozen status, unable to believe even what her eyes were telling her.

There really did appear a lock.

She turned to this floating box and found it smoothly opening IP it's lid.

Holding up her courage she paced near the flying box taking it hold on her hands. To her surprise, it rested in it and her hands were sparkling bright. Filled in bewilderment, I-rangris took a look at her left hand, turning stunned to see a bright crest printed on it.

"Wha.....where did this come from? AH!" more startling it got vanished into her hand.

This was worrying her cause nothing was comparing together.

A shiny box throwing out beam. then the cupboard begin to glow and wake itself and then..... "This box" she spoke as thoughts were rushing in her head. Just what happening around this room.

"What exactly happened here?" she thought. Looking at the which finally opened there were two stuffs placed on a silk pillow.

A beautiful Grey brooch and a golden key.

With dump minded, the girl placed the box on the bed and picked up the two treasures and stared at it. "Maybe....it could be connected there...." her glanced turned to the cupboard and she paced to it.

Wondering whether it would work, she inserted the key in, surprisingly it turned to the left on itself, "Ah how?!" stunned the girl. An expected situations occurred.

Without any support, the cupboard opened its door wide with a bright flash, "Eh!! Ah!!" the blinding brightness shires the girl's sight with a force of dragging coming from inside I-rangris got pulled inside not letting any way to let her struggle and drowned her in a white space following by the slam of the door behind....

Author note:

where is it leading to? What is this going?

......................

Hope you all like it.

Next chapter, next Tuesday.

stay tone

Traveling through white passages not even a sight could be opened by the brightness. I-rangris through it till shortly another gate opened, and she got absorbed in it.

Somewhere in a dark forest, green portal opened out of nowhere with the girl been thrown out.

THUMB! She did a hard landing and fell dizzy, "Ouch!" sitting up with her headache, I-rangris moaned, "What was all that? My head hurts too...huh? "

Opening her eyes, looking around she found herself being surrounded by thick Titan trees with brushy hairs on their heads. The ground covered in grasses with bushes leaning by the trees, "This is.....some kind of.....forest" said the girl confounded by the atmosphere, "but, where am I? How did I get here? And?" she got puzzled to find in her palm nothing but, the brooch that was treasured in the chest back in her room, "Where's the box? Where did I drop it and why....?  How?" huge pressure of anxiety conquered her, shivering and terrifying her.

She held herself exhaling inhaling serval times and said, "Don't panic....it's going to be alright. It's just a forest. Perhaps, maybe there must be someone nearby camped or a group resting. Normally, there could be some chances."

Standing back on her feet, I-rangris could barely think. There were paths leading at all sides. She got trapped in at the center of multiple roads, in a new place with nowhere clues.

The forest was at the daylight but, still dark atmosphere appeared in some sides. Rays of sun pass by the bushy hairs of trees till the ground. The loud cries of birds with wind breezing slightly displayed some life in the surroundings.

I-rangris stared at the surrounding paths, picking up her decision she turned back and took the one at the right saying inwards, "staying in open place won't help anything. I have to move forward. Maybe then, I will be able to find out where am I transported to."

Pacing through bushes, passing by the trees and crossing wet soil, the single girl suddenly stopped, "wait..." hearing something like a flow of liquid she asked, "could there be a river nearly?. It's the sound of water."

She hurried her steps further, following up the sound, pushed away some bushes, I-rangris got surprised to find near her foot, fresh river steaming.

Clear color less water running down the hill. She passed by the opposite way of the river till finally, walking by the bank of the river was safer, "Ah! There's someone...." she noticed a coat hanging on a branch of a tree with a sheath leans down. I-rangris came here the tree, finding out the coat soaked, and the sheath washed well.

The figure of the two objects were abnormal.

The coat had designing and decorating with lining gold lace and crystal whereas, the sheath had red carver with silver designing and decorations.

"Is this place some sort of fantasy world?" asked the girl inwards "in my world, these are only imaginary stuff?" She wanted to feel it whether it was real or not.

The moment she was about to touch the sheath, "I won't do that if I were in your shoes." suddenly, a male voice came out frightening her. She backed away few steps, looking here and there, wondering where could that come from.

Her caught on a figure at a far distance, there a tall male, wearing simple shirt, black pant and boots, washing his face from the river water.

"AHM.... I am sorry for misbehaving." apologized I-rangris.

The young man dried his face, stood up and approached towards his stuffs. When he looked at her, a shockness stamped I-rangris on the ground. There was something odd in him, "His eyes has a crest in them....similar to mine but, more modified. How is he even capable to look at me?" startled I-rangris by looking at the cold eyes of this stranger.

The man had black eyes with dark Grey hairs. In his eyes In his eyes, there was a purple crest, visible to all. Anyone starting at it might feel as though, they would go blind but, this man was normal in his looks.

He picked up his stuffs while the girl could only start there like an idiot.

"You want something?" he asked while buckling his sword belt.

"I am lost...I don't know where to go" answered the girl politely.

Taking his coat, he directed her to head north, perhaps the place you would visit might visit be your home, "Or specifically, your last home...." he sounded serious. After finishing his piece he walked away, jumping the opposite direction and got absorbed into the forest.

I-rangris stood there wondering what did he mean by this?. The last home...? It sounded weird. "This place is starting to freak me out. Better follow the given instructions rather than going insane here." suggested the girl to herself and headed straight into the forest.