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A long, long time ago, over 5000 years ago, in a land located not far from here, five Tribes ruled over their territories that is now known as "The Land of the Tribes".
There was the Ten-Clan whose people ruled over the skies and could control the airstream. Then there was the Kazan-Tribe who controlled fire and the Tribe of the Keikoku who ruled over the earth and who had the strength to move mountains.
Legend has it that together the Kazan and Keikoku created Mt. Ruri, the vulcano that lies at the coast of Mystia and formed the land that we now live in.
Next there was the Kaiyo-Clan which controlled the water and formed all the lakes and rivers in this land and even the "Blue Sea". And last but definitely not least we have the Tribe of the Hayashi.
They were the strongest and most mighty among the tribes and stood above all the Tribes . It had members that came from all the other tribes. Those tribes lived in harmony for a long time until the battle between the Ten-Clan and the Hayashi.
After that battle the peace between the Clans was disturbed. But not long after King Zeke and Queen Yuii, who were the parents of our four princesses, united them.
Now you might ask yourself "Why would something disturb the harmony?"
Well, the new Chief of the Ten-Clan, Hansuke, hated that everyone only looked up to the Hayashi, that everyone ignored what great things his and the other Tribes could do. It drove him to Insanity.
So he gathered his warriors and walked into their territory. Hansuke knew that the Hayashi were still mourning about the death of their old chiefs and many others since an illness struck the tribe, so he didn't expect that the Hayashi would stand up against him.
But they did...
Their Chief Ookami send only a few warriors. He didn't go there personally since his mate Otaka was struck by the illness and he wouldn't leave her side. But he sent their two remaining daughters with them.
The older ones name was Hazuki. She was known as the "Goddess of War" because under her lead the Hayashi never lost a battle and she was also their head warrior.
Her younger sister was named Chara, a shy and seemingly harmless and weak girl. She was young and unexperienced but still one of the most skilled fighters among her Tribe. She was fourteen and had just passed her last test so this was going to be her first big battle.
Those two were almost unseperable. Well, Hazuki adored her little sister and would do anything for her. As those two walked out of the forrest and onto a wide field with warriors in their back they met a big army with Hansuke at the lead. Once he saw them he grinned.
But that grin vanished as soon as he noticed the warriors behind the girls.
The two tribes stood on the field facing each other with their leaders in the middle.
On one side there were the Hayashi with Hazuki and Chara at the front at the other side there was Hansuke, the new chief of the Ten-Clan. It was a very tense athmosphere and you could see that no one exept Hansuke really wanted to fight.
"We don't have to fight, Hansuke. Just leave our territory and we can forget this." Hazuki looked into his eyes. "You know that only the ones with our chief's permission are allowed to set foot on our sacred land."
She stopped talking as her opponent suddenly started to laugh. He sounded like a mad-man.
"Oh please... Oh Great Wargoddess... I think we both know...the ones that are leaving... ARE YOU!"
With those last words he grabbed Chara. And before anyone could react Hansuke held his sword to her throat. She tried to free herself to what Hansuke held the sword even tighter. One wrong move and she would be dead.
The girl looked pleedingly to her sister. "Ha...zu...ki..." But Hazuki kept her eyes on her enemy. "Let her go." But she only got a mocking look on his face as an answer.
"I said... LET HER GO!"
As she said that she drew her sword and charged towards Hansuke. Suddenly Hansuke jumped into the air and flew away while still holding Chara. But he forgot that some of the Hayashi also have wings so Hazuki spread her wings and went after him.
Under them the warriors charged at each other.
"And that's the bell. Next time I will tell you the rest of the legend. And don't forget that Princess Zenia is going come next week. I want you guys on your best behavior! "
"Hai!"
Cara packed her things and left the room. As soon as she exited the building she noticed a familiar figure standing at the school gates.
"Hey, Cara! Over here!"
Cara walked over to the young woman.
"What are you doing here?! I thought we agreed that I walk alone unless there's an emergency!" the teenager glared at the woman.
"Well, first off, this is no way to talk to your mom! Second, mom wanted me to pick you up. She said she needed us." the woman took Cara's hand.
"Come on! I'll bring us to her."
The next thing Cara saw was a, seemingly normal, wide field.
"There you guys are. I was starting to think you would never come!"
Hoooold up! You guys are probably confused what is happening right now.
Let me explain!
My name is Cara Mystia-Ryujin . I am the adoptive Daughter of Leila Mystia and Ni Ryujin .
The person that was talking to me and mom was my grandma. Her name is Zenia Mystia and if you carefully read you'll know that she is actually the princess of our country.
Well one of the princesses. There are four “main” princesses if you don't count in me and the others. But I will introduce them another time.
Now there are a few things that are special about the world we live in.
Well for starters, there are actually two different worlds or, what they are actually called, timelines. Only very few people can travel between these timelines by going through one of the portals that appear in the timelines.
Next is the thing with our magic.
Everyone has a different type of magic, ranging from little or none to basically God.
There are four different classes-
the Magicless , the Commons , Half-immortals , Immortals.
Depending how strong someone's magic is their lifespan will differ as well.
Well, It also depends on what type of hybrid you are, I guess, but that's way to complicated for now.
Let me put up some examples so you can understand it better.
Let's take grandma Z and my history teacher, since you already more or less know them.
My teacher's magic is average like most of the populations she is a Common , causing her lifespan to be average, so she will probably get to around 90 years old.
Now Z's magic is very strong since she's an Half-Immortal . So she basically can't easily die nor really age causing her to look like she's in her mid-twenties when in reality she is actually been around for over 3000 years. She lost count after a couple hundred years.
Anyways I've probably bored you enough so let's get back to the story!
Cara turned around and looked towards the voice. It came from a young-looking woman. She had black hair with white tips that reached to her hips, her pale skin was covered in scars, and her gaze felt like it was piercing your soul. Overall intimidating and she also carried her
sythe on her back.
‘yay‘
"Seriously I was waiting for ages!" she tapped with her foot.
"Chill Z! I just came from school and didn't even have time to change or to leave my bag at home! So stop complaining an just say what you need us for."
Cara was glaring at the older woman.
"Alright, alright... Well, if you aren't blind you should be able to see that there is another gateway behind me. It opened up earlier today and I saw it during my patrol." She looked more serious now. "I need you to guard it from this side while Leila and I go inside to see to where exactly it leads."
Leila tilted her head in confusion. "Why would you need me to come with you? And why have C guard the entrance?"
Zenia looked her straight in the eyes.
"This is tribal territory, Leila. We might get attacked or captured or who knows what might happen. We don’t know when or where exactly we’ll end up, so just to be safe it's good to have someone here. ... Cara if we don't get back in 30 minutes call Diana. Don't go alone! Understood?"
"Yes..."
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"Where are they? They should have already come back..."