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“But there must a mistake!” I exclaimed. “I- I can’t shift! How can I defend the werewolf world?”
He smiled at me “You will shift at the right time. Trust me.”
“Tatay, I know we are talking about the prophecy right now, but I want to know how we had these powers. A normal wolf family can’t have an entire family be talented.” Drey finally spoke.
“Because,” Tatay looked at him seriously. “We are no ordinary wolf family!”
“We originated from the element faeries. Our ancestors come from the world of Fraeia.”
“Tatay,” Uncle Ronan spoke. ” you are making us more confused. What is Fraeia? How did we become wolves if we are descendants of a fairy?”
“Let me tell you this story, then.”
We have our own world. What some of us never know is that there is another world. The world of these faeries, the world of Fraeia.
Fraeia is divided into four kingdoms: Hydreo (Kingdom of the water faeries); Fireo (Kingdom of the fire faeries); Agreo (Kingdom of the earth faeries) and Aeleo (Kingdom of the wind faeries).
All kingdoms have their own rulers but all of them are under the rule of the Fraeian Empress. Anyone can be the empress, no kingdom is favored. However, the empress shall rule alone- no one to share it with. But she has to have children to continue her legacy and the royalty. She may choose her successor among her children while assign the rest as rulers of the other kingdoms. She also may choose on what kingdom she will stay. Most queens chosen are quadrelemental, as what they call to those faeries who has the power of the four elements.
Not all faeries have the power to manipulate the elements, too. Only those of royal blood but those who are not, have unique abilities.
Hydreans have the ability to breathe underwater and to swim very fast; Fireans can’t be affected by fire and have the ability to forge anything with fire; Agreans have the ability to grow any kind of plants, revive dead plants and heal all wounds using plants; and the Aeleans have the ability to fly and command the strength and direction of the wind.
Quadrelementals can do anything they can think of their element power. Unfortunately, they are very rare. Not all quadrelementals are queens, too; only those who bear the mark of the empress. But I don’t know what the mark is. I just know, it’s a unique one.
Eilea, an empress of Fraeia, ruled for such a long time. She ruled the kingdom of Aeleo while her brothers ruled the other three kingdoms. Eilea was a quadrelemental as her predecessors were. She has four daughters but none of them were quadrelemental. Though it was not the first but it was very rare.
Siren, the eldest, has the power of the water. She has the ability of the usual Hydrean but more than that, she can control water at her will. She can talk to creatures in the water and transform herself into a mermaid or any marine animal.
Vine, the second daughter, controls the earth. She can move boulders, flatten or grow mountain at will. She can also change into any animal found on land.
Igni, the third, has the power to control fire. She has the same ability with any Fireans but more than that, she can transform herself to anything she can think of- people, animal or even non-living things.
Aerea, the youngest, has the power of the wind. Aside from the ability to control it, she can decide the weather. And like her sisters, she can transform into any flying creature.
Before the empress chooses her successor, she would send the candidates to the human world to observe and study their ways of living. They need to know that any action or decision would affect the humans.
The four sisters were sent to the human world. It took them one whole month in that world until they were ordered to go back.
The empress chose Aerea to be the next empress. The other three were happy for her, too. They accepted their mother’s decision.
After the coronation, Siren was assigned to Hydreo as well as in-charge for the supply of seafoods and pearls for jewels.
Agreo became the kingdom of Vine and she led the people who are in-charge of food and of the aid for those injured.
Lastly, Igni was assigned to Fireo and was in-charge of the production of weapons and other utensils or crafts useful for the entire Fraeia.
As Aerea, aside from being the Fraeia empress was also leading the Aeleans in maintaining peace and order of the entire kingdom as well as the weather.
Not long after the coronation, Aerea discovered that she was pregnant. Empress Eilea asked her about it and she told her how she found a good man in the human world; how they felt a bond on each other; how they felt complete when they were with each other.
Eilea was surprised with the pairing. So she asked the goddesses about it. The moon goddess explained that she made the pairing to protect the guy and his kind from destruction. She called out for her other children to tell them about Aerea’s situation as well as to bless her child as tradition say.
For the past four months of Aerea’s rule, Fraeia was in peace but not until a group of former Fraeians who were banished from the world went back for revenge. They fought back but since the attack was a surprised, it left them unprepared. Eilea took over Aerea, ordered the Aeleans and the other kingdoms to defend the four sisters and Fraeia. She ordered the four sisters to go and hide to the human world. She took a light orb, the Fraeian source of power, from her own body; split it into four; separating each element power and gave them to each of her children. She told the importance of each of these orbs and the need to care and protect it so that no one could get it from them especially the banished. She finally told them how great the orbs power when each part would be united.
To ensure no one can really get it from them, Eilea buried each of the orbs in each of their bodies making them the owner and the only ones to use its power.
“To ensure no one from the banished can go after you, I will close the gateway of Fraeia. No one can get in here nor go out unless the next rightful Fraeian quadrelemental empress comes of age. And only she can open the gateway using her power combined with your powers.
The rightful empress will bear the mark like mine which will come out eighteen years after her birth. Fraeia will be waiting for your return. So, children, please take good care of yourselves.”
And with that, she closed the gateway and the four sisters saw how the beautiful Fraeia slowly loses its beauty.
As soon as the four sisters saw the last sight of Fraeia, Serene, the moon goddess, came to them.
“My children,” she said. “You are destined to be a part of this world, though, indirectly. I have a favor to ask from you.”
“What is it?” Aerea asked, courage shown in her face despite her big stomach.
“I want you to use your powers. Make a protective barrier that would protect my children, the wolves, the lycans and other creatures, from total exposure, most especially the wolves as you will all be a part of this world not for long.”
Their jaws dropped as the goddess ended her speech.
“You mean,” Aerea spoke. “My D-Dean is a werewolf?”
“Yes!” and she smiled.
“Oh my!” Igni exclaimed.
“So, will you help me?” she asked. “I can’t help them without you. Your power is more direct than mine.” She explained as if reading the question out of their heads.
They nodded and smiled. They formed a diamond with the goddess in the middle. They raised their hands over the goddess as they unleashed their powers to help her do the barrier she said to have.
After a few moments, they stopped and broke their formation. Igni held Aerea to the waist and supported her.
“Thank you! As a sign of gratitude, I will lead you to your mates. Sadly, you will all be separated but not for long. If you want to see one another, think of your sisters and imagine being with them, surely, you will be with one another the next moment.” She smiled and allowed them to say goodbye to one another and vanished the same time the sisters did.
Aerea was brought back to the pack house of the Silver Moon Pack, where Dean (Aerea’s mate) is the Alpha. He was surprised but happy to see her again and with a big tummy.
Dean and Aerea had three children, Brienne, Gedric and Ernst. Each of them had the power of the wind except for Brienne who was a quadrelemental.
Siren and her mate, Dave had two children, Jared and Sienna, who have the power of water.
Vine and her mate, Kyle had two sons, Marc and Paolo, who had enjoyed their power of the earth.
Lastly, Igni and her mate, Blake got Hailey who enjoyed her fire power.
Eighteen years have passed and so, the four Fraeian princesses prepared for the big day, the day they will find out who will be the next Fraeian empress.
Alas! It was Brienne! They trained her on how to use her powers. A month later, Brienne, opened the gateway to Fraeia. They defeated what was left with the banished and restored their world to its former glory.
Brienne went back to the human world to wait for her mate. As for the sisters, since they were not the empress, they stayed in Fraeia with their mates and ruled each kingdom in the absence of Brienne.
Brienne found her mate and went back to rule. However, she brought her mate with her in Fraeia as she can’t live without her mate as she is a werewolf. A change of rule was then made. All empresses shall rule with her mate as long as she is already bound to him (as in marked and mated) before she is crowned.
Empress Brienne then bore a son and their family became a family of the boys. So then, the next empress came not from her family. When her successor was crowned, Brienne and her family went back to the human world.
“It has been long since the crowned empress was a quadrelemental since Brienne’s successors were not like her. Even the present empress of Fraeia is not a quadrelemental. Empress Alexie has even been ruling for so long because most of the descendants are boys. In fact, the gateway to Fraeia is once again closed. The four princesses are already tired and are hoping to rest and travel to Saâd or the promised land.” Tatay said.
“I, together with your Tatay Lorenz, am the tenth generation of Brienne’s son. We are the direct descendants of the second quadrelemental empress. And it has been fate since after all the generations we had one girl. I even thought, for a while that your mom will be the next empress but when she did not bear the mark, I felt relieved. I don’t want her to leave this world. Now, we have again another set of boys in the family. It’s a good thing fate has given us one girl!” Tatay sighed. “Though I’m afraid of what she will have to deal if she will be destined to be the next empress.” He said looking sadly at me.
Until I layed on my bed, the story Tatay shared kept on repeating on my mind. I can’t believe everything that he said. It seems impossible, so impossible. I slept through all the thoughts I had.
I was awoken by a hot feeling. It seemed like I am burning inside. The hotness inside was opposed by the coolness I felt around me. I screamed for life!
I felt my brothers came to my room came to my room followed by my parents and grandparents.
“Is she shifting already?” I heard Rochie asked.
“No!” Tatay answered.
As soon as Tatay answered him, one by one my brothers crumpled to the floor. Despite the pain, I saw my brothers suffer from different kind of pain.
I continued to feel the same pain I have. I kept on whimpering and twisting side to side. I screamed as more pain came and pulling me to the darkness.
A few moments later, the pain had stopped. At the same time, I felt Tatay and my mom approached me. I tried to open my eyes when I heard my gasps around me. I tried to open my eyes again but the weakness was pulling me into the darkness.
“Ri!” was the last thing I heard as I succumb to complete darkness.