The union of the pendants

The king had fought valiant battles including the Battle of Nõlha six hundred years ago, along with his four loyal guards. In the northernmost moor of Ealtheeldi, separated from the Greech forest near the coast near the mountains. Nõlha was a beautiful thriving town, the houses were made of dark wood and the inhabitants did not stand in the trees like the elves of light. It had a stone stronghold. After the war, Nõlha no longer existed and that area was still destroyed and in ruins. Nobody dared to go there anymore, many were afraid, even rumours of some sightings of ghosts or ghosts.

Meanwhile, Aisaka and Azzurra were in their room. The first was on the bed with her knees to her chest reflecting on what had happened. Her punishment seemed unfair and she was frustrated. The second tried to console her by embracing her.

"Thank you, big sister, for taking my necklace back, I like it very much. Can I see yours?" She was very curious, but at the same time sad for Aisaka.

"Here you are." I gave him the necklace and to our amazement, we noticed that they fit together perfectly like a puzzle.

"Wow, together they are one, just like the two of us." Azzurra was delighted with the discovery.

"That's right, inseparable." I commented on tickling her.

Suddenly the door to our room swung open.

"What a beautiful picture I see. I thought you were crying I came to console you, but I see you don't need it." Amdir grinned.

"Humorous." I poked his tongue out and we all laughed together.

"Apart from that I didn't come just for that, we have to go to lunch and it will be just us. My father and my mother will meet them for dinner, now they have urgent needs to be sorted out."

"Yes, I know the little prince of my boots and after eating you two will go to magic class, while I will go to the library to read piles of books." I said haughtily and pointed to them and snorted.

Amdir couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, what are you laughing at?" I threatened him.

"No, nothing, nothing ... You just said it in a weird way. Okay, let's go eat."Amdir hastened to say on his way to the door.

Azzurra was always playing with the two necklaces, fitting them perfectly together. From that union, the necklaces began to resonate and rise by themselves, immersed in a splendid gold and silver light.

"What the heck is going on ???" I yelled jumping up on the bed seeing that strange magic and Azzura did the same.

"I don't know ... I ... I ... I didn't do anything ... I just joined him" she screamed in panic.

"What ?????" The only words that came out of the prince's mouth turning towards us hearing the resounding of the pendants.

But suddenly everything stopped and they began to throb and a violent wave of energy hit us knocking us to the ground. I don't know exactly how many minutes went by, I just know that I had crashed into the bookcase and a mountain of books overtook me. When I opened my eyes again, I saw Amdir and my sister's face frightened. Their fall had gone better than mine.

"Are you OK?" The little prince asked me, holding out his hand to help me get up.

"Yes .. but what was that thing ..? Azzurra don't play with the necklaces anymore!" I said dazed and confused. She gave me the necklace back.

"I didn't like the thing that happened at all… that's not normal." Said the doubtful moor.

"Well... I think you're wrong .. the merchant said that they are like twins, that they have powers and I think there is nothing to worry about that much, however we better start." I replied confident and careless of the fate that awaited me.

"This thing that happened almost killed you .. Do you realize that ?? I'll do some research about it when I can anyway yes we go." Protested the prince and from me, as an answer, he received only an annoyed "puff" and I rolled my eyes.

We walked towards the dining room, it was very large and in the middle there was a gold carpet with a long wooden table a little darker on it and the chairs also made of wood. The food was ready on the table served on trays and bowls in a dark wood, even the cutlery was of that material there. There was salad, fruit and hare meat. We ate at will until we were full. With full bellies, we went down the hall and parted halfway and said goodbye. Continue alone down the corridor and at the end was the palace library. I walked into that huge room full of tall dark wood shelves that held lots of books. I gasped and was frightened at the thought that I had to read them all. On the left was a silver-haired elf, he looked very old. I went towards him he was reading a book, he was wearing thin half-moon glasses. I waited a few seconds in an attempt to notice me but it didn't. Then I coughed to let people know of my presence. Then he lifted his face and looked at me, his eyes were light blue and he was wearing a silver tunic.

"Hi baby, my name is Samir and I'm the keeper of this library. Artus told me you were coming." He said in a hoarse voice.

"Hi, my name is Aisaka. I'm here for the new lessons." I brought my right hand to my chest and tilted my head towards the ground.

"Yes, I know who you are and I have been informed of everything. Well, to begin with, I will ask you to read some books and then you will tell me what you learned from those readings. I put it there on the table." He pointed to a table with silver armchairs near a large window where the light filtered through. Above it was a lamp and a column of ten books. At that sight, I widened my eyes.

"I have to read all those books ?? But then how can I understand what I have learned?" I protested.

"That's the beauty of it, you have to figure it out by yourself and if your answer doesn't satisfy me you'll have to reread it from the beginning. I'll give you a week, you'd better get to work right away." His lips were hinting at a half-smile.

"But they are all large volumes, they will have two thousand pages if not more." I protested more and more dismayed.

"This is my job I do not accept complaints and now go on." Samir was very irritated and I didn't add anything else, I just went to those books and started leafing through the first pages.