Zorya

Light glowing orb guided me trough calm and peaceful forest, we followed a little road which led to one small lake between trees and clear night sky.

Looking around i saw small log on the ground, a perfect spot for enjoying the view and talks. I proceeded to sit on right side of it and Zorya was next to me on the left side.

"I like this place so that's why i brought you here." 

Feminine voice said, i turned my head to white orb levitating left of me.

"What is this place anyways?"

I asked trying not to sound arrogant but still failed in the process.

"It's one of Astral Realms, it's the place where spirits connected with nature come from."

My mind still couldn't comprehend all of this but i gave a confirming nod to Zorya.

"I don't wan to sound rude but why are you white lighting orb?"

That definitely sounded rude but Zorya didn't minded it.

"Oh" 

Zorya let out a small chuckle, surprising me for a moment.

"I forgot that most of mortals can't see me in my original form, the way you see me is because you can't comprehend this realm."

So it's due to my weakness heh.

"But don't worry, only one person who visited this realm saw me in my true form, and he was very unique specimen."

One person came up to my mind as she spoke and i decided to ask her.

"And who is that person?"

White orb jumped from excitement and answered.

"Oh he's quite popular in your world, that person was Emil."

My eyes widened and i opened my mouth from shock.

So Emil did exist after all and i thought of it just as a legend and myth for children, truly my experience in Etheric Realm proved the point but i still wasn't so sure. But this now confirms me that Emil and his stories were true all along after all.

I looked back at the lake and sighed.

"Zorya do you know how can i enter Etheric Realm?"

She stood quiet for some time until she spoke again.

"Well that's pretty interesting question which i don't know the answer for"

My face went from excited to disappointed but i guess if spirit and guardian of realm beyond human comprehension doesn't know that, then no one in the mortal world doesn't either. 

I looked back at Zorya and i jumped from shock, instead of cute glowing white orb now stood beautiful green haired woman i white dress with bunch of unknown symbols to me on it. Her green hair is long and clean like well treasured gold, her eyes are also green and clear like open field.

"What's wrong?" 

She asked me concerned.

"Em i see you in your original form now" 

She looked at me at shock for a second there, she then proceed to smile and ask me to describe her appearance which i did. Suddenly my body started to glow and Zorya turned her eyes back on me looking at me with sadness in her eyes.

"Looks like like our time for talking is over"

I looked at her and she then stood up, looking around once more and seeing that my body glows brighter and brighter i stood up too looking at Zorya.

"Well it was nice to meet you Sparrow."

She gently smiled and offered me her hand, our hands connected and a blush appeared in my face.

"How did you know my name?" 

She looks me directly into eyes before speaking.

"Well i'm following your journey for quite some time now to already know your name and who you truly are."

Her hand squeezed mine once more before white light covered my eyesight, at the end my ears could barely hear gentle female voice saying something to me that sounded like simple farewell. 

Next moment captain Jone barged into sleeping room and raised an alarm for everyone to wake up and get ready for a battle, everyone started waking up and preparing for enemy attack. My preparations were pretty quick as captain Jone re entered the room and began explaining current situation. 

"Okay everyone i see that each of you is awaken and ready."

Captain Jone yelled and inspected us while wearing his standard suit and flying googles. There's around forty three of us standing there like statues and listening to captain Jone's yelling. In total there's around fifty and two of us on Aura but rest of the crew are either engineers or pilots who currently have hands full of work.

"Enemy airships are coming our way."