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NA'RU
BY
PET BABY AMY
c 2012
Prologue
The Dynian Dynasty 2595 ADS:
The stars seemed to be as though they were being stretched somehow leaving behind light trails, even the very essence of space itself, looked as though it was being stretched too, into infinity, as there seemed to be no end at at which ever was the point and cause for pulling all of the stars and space itself towards... who knows what.
All that there was, were the stars and space itself, time too was being stretched, it was impossible to see the end point of what ever it was drawing everything in, seeming to defy everything. The laws of the very universe were being broken and there seemed like nothing could be done to stop what ever it was that was causing the stars, all of time and space to stretch in one long band like streak across the cosmos.
As it moved and stretched, everything else that came into direct contact with it began to be stretched too. Even planets in the nearby planetary star system of Dynia were all being drawn in and stretched like they were nothing more than just pieces of elastic instead of being planets. One moment the Dynian star system was there, the next micro second, it was utterly and completely GONE!!!!!!!
Jade
The Jade Empire 2595 ADS:
Planet Jade was a green planet. Although it had oceans, it was vastly for the most part a tropical paradise with gardens and forest trees that stretched endlessly across the vast land mass that made up most of the entire continent of Planet Jade. There was many clearing, lots of lakes, travelling by ship from one part of the land mass of Jade to another, was very quick with not a whole lot of ocean to sail across.
Most of the Jade people travelled on B.I.K.E.S. Biological, Integrated, Kinetic Energy Speeders. They nearly almost resembled what would be called a bike or motor bike on Earth. The frame work was nearly the same, only there was no wheels. They were sleek and very, very fast. For those who preferred not to weave in and out in-between the trees dodging obstacles on the way flew over the green visage scene-scape, in Sun Gliders.
Powered by the sun, the entire structure of the Sun Gliders, that are like small space craft, but that of which do not fly in outer space is made up out of a material that somehow absorbs the sun light that somehow gets turned into energy for all of the gliders key systems. The Jade people had a great king and under him he held and ruled an entire magnificent Empire.
Every man wanted to be in the Empire Galactic Space Core. It was the most greatest honour any man could ever have, though not all men could be or were fighters for the E.G.S. Core. They were either farmers, builders, shipmen, steel workers, craftsmen. Women did work that was more best suited for the fairer sex. The Jade people were nearly almost Elven like, apart from the fact that their skin was a natural suntan brown. Both the males and females had long black hair, but only the males had their hair in tight pony tales, to distinguish the differences between the sexes.
The males wore lots of different shades of green, browns blacks, orange and brownish red. But not the full complete colour red, bright colours like that, especially pink among other very bright and light colours, were what only the females ever wore. The Jade people were travellers of space, but they made enemies on the way, not by choice, they had technologies like no other and it was that other beings from other planets did not like and made them attack the people of Jade.
It was their technological capabilities as well as their incredible warrior like ways, that made the people of Jade such good fighters both in outer space as well as on the surface of any planet. The Jade people were no match for anyone. King Leon the 13th was the greatest king of all, like his father before him and his father's fathers etc. All who came before, carried the name of the very first King Leon.
King Leon had a son and he was called Leon too. But he also had a second name his mother insisted that he should have. Not wanting to upset his good wife, Queen Gaia. King Leon allowed the second name, which was Na'Ru, which meant son of the Green God. And there was deity known to the Jade People who's name was Jade, from which he had named the planet after himself, he also had a son who was called Na'Ru. In which the Jade people's myths and legends tell a tale where Na'Ru was destroyed by an evil Goddess called Flamessa, The Goddess of Fire.
Leon Na'Ru the 1st was however, no son of a God. He was a mortal Jade being just like the rest of the people of Jade were. Na'Ru preferred his second name, than that of his first name, he had once told his mother, she was happy, she did not want another male to be called Leon, having one Leon in her life was more than enough. Magi was a great and powerful wizard in all of Jade. He was King Leon's personal advisor. Magi had both great wisdom and magic.
He paid a visit one day to Gaia. “Magi... what an unexpected pleasure to have you come to my chambers... Prey tell, what brings you here?”
"I am here to give you the very same good news I have just given to your good husband and his majesty King Leon the thirteenth...”
Queen Gaia looked to be very excited. “Please do prey tell me, what is this good news that you bring to me?” Magi smiled broadly at his queen.
"You have a truly very blessed son. He bares a very special mark, one given to him by the Gods. Your son Leon Na'Ru will become a very strong and powerful man. He will have almost God like strength, with that comes God like powers too. A gift from one of the Gods.” Gaia seem to tremble, she seemed to be half overjoyed and half fearful at the same time. “May I ask, do you know which God has bestowed this great gift upon my son?”
"Oh yes your majesty... It was of course the great green God himself. Jade...” If it had not been for the fact that he once had a son and more to the point because of the myths and legends. Of one which says that if what so ever the son of Jade were to come back to life in some way, if not as a God, but a mortal, marked by Jade and also baring his son's name. Then that boy would be destroyed by Flamessa. Gaia was a great believer in the Gods and the myths and the legends of her people. Now her joy had turned to solid fear.
But this she could not show to Magi, for fear that he may warn her husband about it. “That is wonderful news, what an honour...” Remarked Gaia, with enthusiasm, to which Magi simply smiled and replied. “It is very wonderful news and a great honour indeed. I can tell that you are very proud of your son. He will one day make the mightiest and greatest King that ever lived. Have no fear for his life your majesty. If or should Flamessa try to kill your son. I will stop her and destroy her...”
"Oh really!!!! You Destroy me!!!!!!!!” Came a sudden voice. Gaia screamed as she saw a body in the shape of a woman suddenly appear before her, it was however, one of flames. It was unsettling to see such an apparition like that. A body, or what looked like one, made completely out of flames, walking, and talking as though it were alive somehow. It was Flamessa, her hair was of fire too which draped and flowed over her curvaceous, stunningly beautiful body.
She wore no clothes, but she was not naked, but if she were, every man would drool like idiots, just looking at her. That is if she were of flesh and blood. Her body however was somehow a solidified form mass of flames flickering, giving off a heat intensity that would burn any man should he ever so much dare to get close to her. Her eyes burned brightly too. She approached close now to Magi.
"Your presence does not effect me Flamessa.” Remarked Magi who stood perfectly still and completely unafraid. “I can not simply be killed by your touch or by that of fire...”
"I already know that Magi...” Remarked Flamessa, who sounded unimpressed with Magi. “I am a Goddess, I know everything... which mean I know and also do have the power to destroy you.”
"We shall see.” Replied Magi still unafraid. But as Flamessa approached him, he vanished.
"I do so love hide and seek, though you can not hide from me forever... I shall find you soon enough Magi and mark my words, I shall truly destroy you...” Just then, Flamessa turned to face queen Gaia. “Oh I have not completely forgotten about you queen Gaia. Once I have found and destroyed. I shall come back for you. But I shan't kill you right away, I will make you watch while I kill your husband, and your son, then I will kill you too.” Flamessa let out a burst of evil laughter before vanishing her self.
Queen Gaia desperately ran off, in the hope she would get to her son before Flamessa got to him. She would have to find a way to protect her son, but she did not know how. She knew that Flamessa would be able to track him down anywhere. Maybe Magi could put some kind of a spell on her son, that would make it impossible for Flamessa to find him. With that in mind, she instead ran off to find Magi first.
Na'Ru was fighting off a sudden and surprise attack of flame demons, they were Flmessa's attack force. He was super strong all right and super fast too. He was happy with a sword in his hand, queen Gaia saw her son, saw how happy he was. She did not want to take that away from him, but he had to stop like fighting and being strong for his own sake, or he will be dead. He was too young to die. He was 18 yarns old and not even yet reach true maturity which was at the age of 20 yarns old. He was still a boy and not yet a man.
Yet he was fighting like a man, he was battle proud just like any other man. What could or would possibly make him change his ways? Gaia was all out of options, if anyone would know, it would be Magi. In her rush to try and find him, queen Gaia had ran into a little girl who yelped as she had knocked her to the ground... “Oh I am so very sorry little one... Are you all right sweetie?” Said Queen Gaia in concern as she helped the little girl up from off the ground.
"Oh your majesty, I am so, so very sorry, I was not looking where I was going...” Replied the little girl with tears in here eyes... “Oh no, no little one, it was I who had not been looking where I was going. I need you though to be very brave for me sweetie. I need you to make your way to the secret escape passage immediately. I will make sure to have a knight to come looking for you right away, he will meet up with you and escort you to the escape passage, okay? Do you think you can do that for me sweetie?”
"Yes your Majesty and thank you.” Replied the sweet little girl who had been wearing a very pretty pink dress with frills that went all the way around the skirt of the dress. She unexpectedly gave queen Gaia a great big hug, she accepted the sweet embrace. “Awe, what a sweet little girl you are and that is such a very pretty dress you have on there, be sure not to get it dirty now.”
"I shan't your Majesty, I promise and again, thank you.”
Queen Gaia soon broke the embrace. “You are so very welcome, now run as fast as those little legs can carry you.”
"Yes Majesty.” Shouted the little girl in reply, as she ran off, as fast as she could possibly run. Queen Gaia smiled, then looked a little confused. “That's odd, I do not recall ever seeing that cute little girl before and I just about know every boy and girl here in the entire Empire.” She shook her head, thinking she must be getting old in her age.
But as she went on her way, a horrible and terrible thought came into her head... “Wait a moment... that was no innocent little girl... That crafty wicked witch of a Goddess... That was Flamessa in disguise.” Quickly, Queen Gaia took up the folds of her dress, and began to run back in the opposite direction, hoping against all hope that she wont be too late. Na'Ru was still fighting off the advancing onslaught of fire demons, attacking him form every direction.
Yet somehow he was killing them off, throwing them off of him even, like they were nothing more than rag dolls. He was somewhat letting how strong he seemed to be, go slightly to his head, he nearly almost got careless, one of the demons was able to just slightly cut him, the cut was not too bad, but it could have been so much more worse, it was then that Na'Ru realised he was not exactly invincible, he took a little more care, he had strength enough and speed.
But that did not make him completely a super Jade being. He did not know how he was so strong and so fast. He was glad though that he was and would not make the same mistake of being big headed, twice. Na'Ru had managed to get some of the fire demons to run after him staying in one spot all the time was proving to be too much of a problem. Not for him but the onslaught of demons would never stop, it almost seemed like a way to distract him and Na'Ru had a feeling that was the exact purpose of the onslaught.
He had ran down a long corridor, and there was alcove in one of the side walls, where he could hide and pick off one flame demon at a time as they passed by, not even noticing he was hidden in a small little incline that him very well. Na'Ru had no muscles at all, so it was understandably how he let his super strength get to his head. Na'Ru was as thin as a rake, as the saying goes. He was a bit of a disappointment to his father in that regard.
Of course once King Leon the thirteenth had been told of the prophecy, as told to him by Magi, then King Leon changed his mind completely about his son's inadequate physique. King Leon was sure as his son's powers grew, magically, somehow he would some how become taller and have the true physique to that of a half God. Na'Ru was certain that he had dispatched all of the flame demons, until he heard the scurrying of feet coming down the corridor. Not knowing what it was, he waited, with his sword held firmly in his grasp. But as he saw a rush of pink rush past him, he stepped out of his hiding place and scooped up the little pink thing in his mighty grasp.
Then he heard a loud shrill... Na'Ru took a good look at what he had been holding... “Why, you're just a little girl... I am so, so very sorry sweetie.” Gently, Na'Ru placed the little girl on the ground and let go of her. “Prince Leon Na'Ru.... I think I have gotten my self lost. Your Mummy told me to find the secret escape passage.” Na'Ru cringed as he heard the name of Leon... “It is okay little one. And please do call me Na'Ru. Or Prince Na'Ru if you prefer.”
“Is this the way to the secret escape passage, Prince Na'Ru?”
Asked the little in a fit of tears. “Oh please don't cry, no, you really are lost. I Tell you what I will take you there my self.”
Suddenly he scooped her up again in his strong arms and carried her all the way to the secret escape passage. There was a night guarding it. “Thank the Gods you have arrived Prince Leon Na'Ru.” Replied the knight the moment he saw and recognised Na'Ru. He knew he really could not ask the knight of the Royal Empire to not call him Leon. Na'Ru suddenly passed the little girl over to the knight, he was surprised, but he took hold of the little girl. “Please take her and guard her well. Lead her and the others to safety...”
The knight did not like the sound of that. “But your royal highness. What about you? If what they are saying to be true, let me protect you.” Na'Ru was not about to let anyone did for him. “NO!!!!” He replied a little harshly, but then he calmly then said to the knight. “I can fully take care of my self. I shall face this Fire Goddess. I wont run, fight her I must, should I die fighting, at last I will die as a man and as a hero...” The knight bowed nodding his head.
"Of that I shan't deprive you of, your royal highness, no one would deserve that more, than you.”
"Thank you, now take this little girl with you and go.”
"Yes your royal highness.” Replied the knight, he took the girl and was gone. He went on, suddenly the little girl vanished from his arms, but strangely the knight carried on as though nothing was wrong.
The little girl soon appeared in a hall of some kind. She was about to do something when a sudden voice called to her. “Oh that is awfully very clever of you Magi, I was almost fooled. But there is an aura about you that never changes, no matter how well you may well change your appearance.. Though I must admit, the frilly pink dress suits you.” The little girl stood and faced Flamessa, but she did not scream, she shimmered, her body changed, but not fully.
Instead of a tall and wise old looking man with a beard in the robes of a wizard.
Stood instead was a very small old man, with no beard, wielding a pink wand, not a mighty golden staff and he looked down at himself, to his shock and horror, he was still wearing the pretty frilly pink dress. “You shan't get away with this Flamessa.” She gave Magi a cruel smile. “Oh but I already have.” She fired something at him and Magi was destroyed, as impossible that was.... He was gone.
Meanwhile.... Queen Gaia was frantically trying to find her son... She somehow bumped into him on her way as he too had bumped into her... “Mother....” Na'Ru looked a little shocked and surprised. “What are you doing here?”
“I met a sweet little girl, but afterword I realised she had to be Flamessa in disguise...”
"What?” Gasped Na'Ru realising the horror... “Did this little girl have on a pretty pink frilly dress?”
"Yes why?”
"I have just dropped her off with a knight of the Empire at the secret passage.”
"No, that wasn't me you fool... Though it does not matter who she was. I have you now Na'Ru and now you are going to die....” Remarked a woman's voice. Suddenly Flamessa appeared before Queen Gaia and Prince Na'Ru. But just then there came another sudden voice, which unexpectedly said. “I do not think so...”
To which Queen Gaia, Prince Na'Ru and Flamessa turned too see who had suddenly spoken. “No... it is not possible.. I destroyed you...” Shrieked Flamessa in shock and disbelief. “As if you could ever really destroy me Flamessa...” Remarked a very grinning Magi who was no in his proper form. “I do not care what it takes to destroy you Magi, but destroy you I shall...”
"You will have to find me first..” Replied Magi with a chuckle and vanished, but so did Flamessa. Just then a sudden voice called out. “Quickly, get out of here while I distract her... For your own safety Na'Ru, do as your mother tells you to do.” Remarked the voice of Magi, Queen Gaia had by now a very good idea, of just how to get her son safely away from Flamessa, but Na'Ru was not going to like what she now had in mind....
TO BE CONTINUED....