Also, I got the parchment from an image free site and then I edited it in PicsArt for Alethin's note.
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Part 1: Lost Memories
Darkness. All there was darkness...no sound to be heard and nothing to be seen…
Until, there was a light and deep feeling of coldness washed over. ‘Why was it so cold? Why is there suddenly a bright light?’ The voice thought to itself before it slowly open their eyes and was staring at their blurry hand...well, actually her hand. She felt something laying on her chest and it very heavy and cold. She turned her head as she saw a black and blue figure and a white figure laying upon her bosom. She tried to concentrate on the small figures as her eyes slowly begin to adjust until the figures became clear as day.
Two small hatchling dragons laid upon her chest as both of them stared up at her and stared into her eyes. One of the dragons, that was white as snow moved closer to her and paced it’s nose against her’s as it stared into her eyes. The woman couldn’t resist reaching up and petting the top of the hatchling’s head. It let out a small catlike purr that brought a small to her face.” Ow,” she jerked her hand away as she glared over at the darker version of the white dragon when it hand wack her hand away with it’s tail as it seemed to be glaring at her. “Alright, I will pet you, too. There was no reason for you to hit me.”
She reached over with her other hand and ran it over the cold scales of the head of the dragon. “I wonder why you two are out here alone. Where is your mother? You two shouldn’t be out here alone.” She watched as the two dragons glanced at each other as if they were silently exchanging something between each other. “I wish I could understand you then maybe you can tell me how I got here and why I am laying out in the middle of the forest. I doubt you guys can tell me who I am or to tell me how I lost all of my memories anyways.”
“Pure!” She turned her attention away from the dragons when she heard someone calling for someone’s name over and over again. “I wonder who they are looking for? I hope they find them.”
“Pure, there you are!” A male voice came from above her and she jerked her head up to see a man riding a rainbow like bird. He landed the bird near her and jumped off the gaint bird and started to walk towards her. He crossed his arms as he glared at her angerly before he started to scold her. “Where have you been? I have been looking for you all morning when I saw you messing from the inn. I even missed breakfast and we already missed our boat back to Arkene. What gave you the idea to go running off like that? You better have a good excuse this time.”
“Wait, I think you are sadly mistaken.” What even was this guy talking about? Who was this guy? Did she even know him? Apparently, he was calling her Pure, but that couldn’t be her name right? After all, this guy could be just a random stranger just playing it off as if he knew her, but what if he did know her? He might be the key to getting her memories back so she had to take a chance. She sat up before she answered him again. “I am sorry, I don’t know who you are...and to be honest, I didn’t even know who I am. So I don’t know if I am this Pure person you are looking for.”
“Pure, you have to be joking.” The man looked into her eyes and she was pretty sure he thought she was joking, but then his face turned into a look of concern. “I am Caleten, remember? You gave me the nickname bird brains and I would tease you back by calling you princess and you always hated being called princess. You saved my life from almost drowning once when we were teenagers. Since that incident, we became traveling buddies and best friends. Don’t you remember when I flirt with a another magi and it turned out he had poison my drink and you stopped me from drinking it then switch the drinks without him noticing? If it hadn’t been for you I would have almost died. Also, that time we had a prank war...remember how angry I was at you for cutting my hair while I was asleep and I woke up completely bald? Please tell me that you remember any of that?”
Pure shook her head gently before giving Caleten a sad look. “I am sorry, I really wish I remember you, but I honestly don’t.” she apologized.
“At least, tell me that you remember Iristen and Laierna?” He said.
“I am sorry, who?” She asked.
Caleten let out a sigh and pointed towards the white dragon that was now laying on her lap. “Iristen is your White Ice Dragon hatchling...” He went other and pointed towards the black dragon next to her. “...and Laierna is your Black Ice Dragon that you have raised from eggs. They are quite attach to you as you are with them.”
Pure looked down at the dragons as they stared up at her. “I am sorry, but I honestly don’t remember them. I was actually thought they were just here to keep me company until their mama showed up or something similar to that.” she said.
“This is bad,” Caleten said as she watched him heading towards his Puva and climbing onto his back before he turned and looked at her. “Come with me, we are going to see Alethin.”
“Alethin?” Pure asked as she stood up as both of her dragons climb onto her shoulder. “Who is Alethin?”
“Alethin is the Black Market dealer. He runs a shady business, but there is a chance he might have a memory potion out of anyone I know.” Caleten explained.
Pure seemed uncertain, but she needed her memories back. This could be her only chance to discover what had happen to her and who she was. “Alright, but if we get caught doing shady business, I am tripping you so that way the guards are busy with you and I can make my escape.” She said before climbing onto the back of the bird and wrapping her arms around Caleten.
She watched as her friend started to coax the Puva gently before they took off into the sky. She looked around amazed at how high they were. She couldn’t help to smile as she took in the beautiful scenery that they were flying over. She felt her heart fill with joy as the wind blew her long, brown hair. “It is so beautiful up here.” she said.
“That it is,” Caleten said with a chuckle. “Nothing beats flying. Well, expect for gorgeous men.”
“Why do I get this feeling that you say that a lot?” She asked.
“Because I do.” He chuckled. “Normally, you would playfully smack my arm and threaten to drown me in the river or something.”
“Did I really say or do that?” She asked.
“Yes, but that is how we teased each other...I guess I should have asked, but maybe I did and I forgot...but do you remember how you lost your memories?”
“No, I just woke up in the forest alone and with no memories. My head doesn’t hurt so I couldn’t have fell and hit it.” She said gently. “I remember being surround by darkness and remembering feeling very cold, but that was it.”
“That is strange, but there could be a chance that maybe a magi used some magic or a potion to do that to you, but I guess we will have to wait until you regain them back.” Caleten whispered. “Ah, there is Alethin’s cart now.”
Pure glanced over and watched them circle the cart before they landed near it. Caleten was the first to exit off of his partner before she jumped down. She looked around to see if anyone was around, but the place seemed deserted. Something, felt off to her so she made her way other to the cart. She looked inside and noticed there was a snake in there. “Caleten, I don’t see see him anywhere, but there is a snake inside the cart,” she said.
“Adela? She would never leave Alethin’s side since they are bonded.” Caleten said as he looked around the cart before he found a piece of parchment under the wheel of the cart and pulled it out. His eyes glanced over it before he held it out to her.
She walked over and took the piece of parchment from Caleten’s hand gently before she begin to read the message. The message said:
“Looks like we will be doing a prison break well.” Caleten said.
“What is your plan then?” She wasn’t too certain about this, but if saving him meant getting her memories back then so be it. She would deal with the consequences later on. “So what is the plan?”
“My plan is that I will go in disguised as a guard. Once inside the jail, I will set off a large explosion to distract the guards. I will free Alethin and he and I will run to you, as you wait on my Puva here, and you will fly us away.” He said.
“What happens if that plan doesn’t work?” Pure was uncertain this would work. This seemed too simple and too easy for this to actually work. “Then what do we do then?”
“You will run away, of course.” Caleten said. “But I am sure this will work...you have to trust me.”
“Alright, fine,” She said with a sigh as she couldn’t believe she was agreeing to this.
“Great, let’s go get the supplies we need and then we will set our great plan into use.” She watched Caleten climb aboard his companion. She couldn’t stop herself sighing one last time before she followed him and climbed on top of the puva. She wrapped her arms around him before they took off to the sky as they left the cart and Adela behind to go save their master.
Part Two: Discovery
Pure heard the explosion go off and looked towards the direction of the prison. She was sitting on top of Caleten’s puva nearby as she waited for Caleten to complete his mission to save the Black Market’s shopkeeper. She sent a silent plea that everything was going okay inside of there. She kept her eyes peeled as she looked for any sign of Caleten coming her way. She petted her dragon companion’s for comfort until she spotted her friend running from the prison with guards chasing after him, but no Alethin. Where was Alethin? Did the plan failed or...she couldn’t waste anymore time by sitting here and just thinking. She had to save her friend while she had the chance. She coaxed the Puva into flight before she led it to fly next to her master. She held out her hand to Caleten. “Take my hand.”
Once Caleten grabbed a hold of her hand, she pulled him aboard his feather companon before having her fly off away from the guards. She waited until she knew they were safe and when her friend caught his breath before she finally spoke. “What happened in there?” she asked “Where is Alethin?”
“Well, everything went according to plan, but Alethin had other plans. Once I freed him, he gave me the memory potion and just disappeared...at least the man was kind enough to give me what we needed, but he is a jerk for leaving me in there for the guards to come after.” Caleton mumbled. “Anyways, land down there in the woods. We should be safe enough so you can take the potion.”
“Alright,” She said.
Once they safely landed down, another note appeared and floated down in front of Pure. She begin to read it aloud for Caleten to hear.
She looked over at her friend. “Seems like Alethin is asking for his customers help to find out who set him up.” She said as she watched the note smoke and burst into flames. “Should we help him again?”
“Let’s worry about you getting your memories back first before we do anything else or make any other decisions.” Caleten said before he pulled a vile from his pocket and hand it to her.
“You are right,” She took the vile before poping the cork off it. She made a face as an awful smell hit her nose. She pinch her nose so that way she wouldn’t vomit up the potion. She looked up at her friend and cheers to him. “Bottoms up.”
She brought the vile to her lips as she drink the contents until it was all gone. She dropped the vile and didn’t even hear it shattered as memories rushed back at her. She remembered everything. She remembered who she was and what happened to her. Most importantly, she remembered that she was the one who set Alethin up. She was the one that led the guards to him and if anyone find out, she could get into serious trouble from Alethin’s loyal followers and from Alethin himself. The real question though was who hired her to get Alethin in trouble? Who was this person? Why did they take away her memories? Were the expecting her to fall for them? If so, they had another thing coming, for she will find out who they were and put them in the blame instead, but first she had to find them and take the blame off herself, however, she just had a plan in mind.
Pure couldn’t help, but to smirk before she turned and looked at her friend. “Looks like we will be playing in Alethin’s little game after all.” she said.
(To be continued…)
