Eclipse

The 16th century of England

The weather was surprisingly balmy and traquil, distinctly free from any disturbance.

A simply but wholeheartedly young princess named Avyanna was profound by compression that she, the crown princess must marry a prince, with extend numerous amount of palaces, diamonds,golds and endless powers, together with great proficient by rulling a kingdom.

Tell like it is, ample of it.

She, princess Avyanna. Future sovereign of kingdom Alynthia has never been question whether she wanted to be a follower of the king, her beloved father, whom she perpetually obeys, excellently.

The poor princess ruth over, she was be at pains and still however trying everything although it burst a gut, the entirety seems doesn't makes difference.

" What's your purpose? you know you were born for a purpose, a child that's destined to be soul bound of another foreordained. You can't escape the upcoming Avyanna, the longer you deceive the truths, the further it will be attract. An old man voice swiftly cast back to reminisce into princess's mind.

Simultaneously

The seconds of her every movements, slender fingers that she's steepling while her thoughts are wrapped up in to something way more ambiguous, the every chaos that she hardly mull over unilateral, the princess is manifestly in critical deep thinking. Somehow her handmainen standing next to her has the idea that she must probably bothered of not wanting to betray the man in her dreams.

The only man that makes her heart feels alive, one person who cares to give her the lights in her darkest world whom she's breathing at. That man came from a very long country, become the most bravest, fearless, and absolutely valiant warrior of Alynthia, he is Heloise. The princess first love.

Meanwhile

As the princess cogitate...

The hamdmainden look at her with concern, dwell on difficulty she's the princess observer of everything going on with Avyanna's life, and although the princess was stubbornly in love with warrior, son of prisoner ever since she was only were a teen.

She is powerless to hand the princess an advice she must follow, furthermore princess Avyanna knows to herself that her father would ungrateful when he finds out, and he did.

The madness was beyond but the princess are further self-willed to gave in the happiness she felt inside, so it wins momentarily, as she kept letting Heloise stays beside her nonetheless not until the king fell sick.

She was begun to be force to lower her everything that truly matters in order to save the country, including her father.

" Khiore? " The princess spoke finally, all day long she was only quiet and unhappy.

" Yes my princess? " Asked the handmainden, tone were very low.

" Do you see the sky? " Said the princess, pointing the view. " Isn't so sad "

" The sky? " The handmainden narrowed her eyes to see the outside view, the princes referring to, she was buffled and answered the princess with such a softer voice. " But my princess that sky is clear and very peaceful if I were to ask. "

" I wasn't asking Khiore " The princess sarcastically muffled. She smirked, still there's sadness she somewhere could not hide.

After a while she let go those gazes throughout the castle balcony to look down from her hand, clenching her fists, moreover the moment she unclenched it, was the brief period of time a beautiful fanzy blue diamond necklace, glistened that sparklingly light reflected from her eyes. A gemstones everybody wanted, one look within a eye everyone are captivated.

" Exactly, there's something in that sky but it sends of different meaning to me, like a dark after a light as if I'm the queen of sadness. " Princess Avyanna lifted her head and steadily look at her handmainen. " Am Imagining things now? Do I Khiore? "

The handmainden seems to be lost, she knows how smart the princess is so it's no wonder she believed in her every words.

" We will see princess, may you forgive me but I'm afraid I don't have answer with your question. "

Moreover Khiore, soon after she answered briefly starting to feel perturbed by that peculiar clear blue sky.

At the same time

The princess who is unconsciously sitting on a yellowish sterling silver monarch throne thick golden cushioning and a thin, golds lining of the both sides. That has a ornately alternative designed as a emplaced of a reigning monarchy with tiny pale shimmering blue crystals line, flame of the ceremonial chair for a sovereign.

Although the princess was unsettled she still knows how to manage her self-control.

Khiore who turned her gazes into the princess made her eventually amaze

With such a exemplifies beauty like Avyanna whom she gradually inherited from the past queen, princess's mother, them two are look alike like a ringer of her lovely mother same looks, exactly intelligent, warn hearted person, they charm is bewitchingly, no one can cross it so as their abilities to do the impossible.

Remembering how her life was not this hard to handle a decades ago, when the queen was still alive, her mother she loved with all of her. That's the day when everything seems possible and now it's not anymore.

Being born born in Alynthia imperial kingdom that hundreds years territory of her families royalty.

She was trained to be a queen, just to be someone's wife is never been easy.

Treated like a goddess and serve like a heir princess.

Routine is same over and over again.

" Princess you were silent since the last two days, as well you haven't visiting the king from the beginning he fell ill, I'm here to send you the message that the Lord was waiting all day long. " Knight elfhere spoke on his behaft. " Hope you may allow me to court you over there. Said he, bending over and kneeling his knee, as he kept his head lowered and bowed.

The current most powerful king was the princess Avyanna's father, but he was old enough and unwell to pass his power to his heir apparent. And that was Avyanna his only child with the real empress who died decades ago.

High people in the kingdom was even debating whether to crown princess Avyanna as the next lord, however they have rules that women is not in the list of prominent but it was the emperor orders to make her rule the kingdom, not even the emperor children with mistresses, but only his favorite daughter.

" What's your concern all about huh? " The princess disdainfully, look down on him as if she wanted to smite him with his own sword on his back.

" The king is in crucial conditions, he needed your presence not your absence. " Knight Elfhere loftily raised his chin in front of the princess. " Avyanna " he assuredly added. Addressing the princess by only her first name.

" Pfft, " Princess Avyanna smirked, he got her attention and no longer seemigy bored. " Your phlegmatic are truly ungracious my dear haft brother but I do understand besides you were a blood related no wonder you have that unlovely nature.

" Umm princess Avyanna the king won't gonna like once he..... " Said the handmainden, hoping to lower the burning grief from the two siblings but she failed, the room still was about to set on fire.

" Silence Khiore, do not interfere us two. " Princess Avyanna gave the handmainden a once over look.

Furthermore Knight Elfhere continues....

" I'm just here under the king's wishes to see you by his side. " Said he, trying to explain but tone was still the same.

" And you think I'll follow you? " listen older brother you were born as mistress child and you'll die exactly the same. Keep my words now you may go before I strike the sword directly through your throat. " Said the princess steadily staring at him. " To make that mouth of yours know it's place. "

Knight elfhere stopped speaking up, he stood up and took a deep breath, taking a turn to leave, an out sudden another knight came along with their military group.

" What's this knight the second all about? " Princess Avyanna calmly asked the highest ruler of knights which knight elfhere secondary position before the man whom the princess talking to.

" Princess Avyanna. " The most trusted knight of her kingdom bend his one knee and kept his head's down. While his voice can't hide the terror within his fears.

" What it is? Tell me " Princess Avyanna loftily asked, she gave the knight a permission to stood up and make it clear what's his tongue want to speak.

" The emperor wants to see you, h.. he was "

" Complete what you are saying! " Princess Avyanna behun quiver she raised a voice as she rise up from her sit, no longer waited for the people to inform her what's going on as everyone can't hardly do their roles well.

The princess go there by herself as she really must went to another palace where her father is resting.

And to see the king's awful condition, Princess Avyanna clutched her fists

Standing up in front of the room, scared her but she didn't show any of it, not even a shadow of her fears.

She was born to be brave, knowing the fact that her father will be sooner lowering his crown or worse, dying won't fear her any longer.

She must be the person her mindset wants.

" Khiore ready my horse I'll go there by myself. " The princess ordered.

Khiore nodded and runs to fetch her orders.

" Avyanna....." Knight elfhere stood from the hall, not letting her go. He put a hand over her shoulder.

Everyone was shocked, not wanting to interrupt they know the princess don't wanna get personal to any matters mostly to the one of son of the king's mistress childs.

" Why you kept stepping on my way huh? " Princess Avyanna furiously glare at him.

" Father he asked me to court you there, so I must. " Said him, defiantly.

The princess bit her lower lips in vexed. She then tried to steal the sword from his back but knight elfhere dutched over which eventually almost lead the princess with broken arms.

" Ouch! "

" Enough! Avyanna I was force to protect an immature like you! "

Hearing her hatred brother raised his voice goes in to princess's nerves.

Nontheless Khiore come over, just after the moment, saying the horse are ready outside the castle arches.

somehow princes Avyanna was not moving, but her jaw are furiously clenching, meanwhile her fingers that is quivering from livid.

She lost it, her control.

" Scrap the princess order she'll be coming with me " Knight elfhere spoke, tho he's seeing how madly he made the princess irked, he still won't dare to say what he want to.

" Come alone with us and we promised, you'll be safe. " He added.

" Really? " The princess wrathfully move and slowly took a two steps further from knight elfhere.

" Yes " He answered not moving from where he stood.

" Mhm so will you lower your position or even worse pay your own blood just to save the princess that is your heatless, evil little sister? " She asked with tone of scornful.

" No, he answered abruptly added, " But yes...." He sincerely look from his little sister's contemptuous eyes. " As your brother I'll "

" Pak! " A loud sharp slap landed to his face, that left a mark and a blood that dropping from the ground. He didn't say a thing while the princess bumped his shoulder and left the chamber.

The princess was little satisfied to have a blood left on her flock dress she's wearing that from the family she whom she absolutely disgrace, bitter sweet but it hurts to hear the brother she once loved, trusted, says he care for her. Although if it's real or not she have one rights in her mind, and that is they're enemy.

An hours has passed.

Princess Avyanna safe and sound reached the palace, one maidservant leads her the way, it was dashingly beautiful place but worse nightmares of her that's why she left and decided to trained into the main kingdom of Alynthia.

" Princess welcome back, the king he's sick are attacking him, the mediocor manage to calm him down so there's nothing to worry as if for now. " Said the maidservant.

" I've heard enough, you can leave. " Princess Avyanna nonchalantly said, opening the corridor.

" Finally there you are " The king smiled in weakness, he tried to sit with help of the princess.

" Thanks my daughter. "

" Father? " Princess Avyanna bent her knees and tightly held the king's cold hands, she pressed it and won't let it go, never letting go her longing gaze to her sick father.

He's about to say anything but he begun to vomit a blood.

Princess Avyanna hardly can't take the sight.

" Princess give him a time, he's been vomiting this worse since in the morning. " One of the servant who takes care of the king, asked for a permission.

" Mhm I can wait. " Said her just holding her father's hand.

It took an another hour to speak up with the king as he fell asleep without even knowing, the princess stays she even won't plan to leave until the king opened his eyes.

" Avyanna.... my daughter " The king sneeze princess Avyanna's hand.

" Yes father? " She hurriedly answered

Her eyes are welling up, the time she squeeze her eyes shut was the moment her father gave responses.

" My da....daughter... " The king begun to reached her another hand. He look deeply in the princess, pleading eyes and hadly said. " Do my last wish, don't marry that young man, our kingdom needs great successor like you, do what is right, I don't wanna make you marry by force but it's only way my daughter.

" Father... " The princess unclenched her fists, she remains silent, face turned paled.

The king wants his daughter force to take the plunge, the kingdom can't be ruled by a woman, that's how the people expected is, the only feasibility was to her to marry a prince to become the next king and she be the queen.

The princess eyes can't no longer hide the pain, she felt, as if she was dying. " Yes father, be well...I will wait for your wellness to announce this to our homeland. " Said the princess, woefully, still can't unreservedly embrace the the grief, she discerned.

Days later after waiting for the king's wellness, the kingdom has begin to prepare for the king's overt announcement.

Every reign has come to witness it.

Simultaneously

Princess Avyanna was elegantly standing next to her father, quietly waiting for the emperor to finished announcing her alliance with the prince of highest dynasty.

Her face did not show any please with anyone. Her mind was running, feeling like it's can't no longer undergo the witlessness, and staring at the huge crowds where she and her father is standing from the top of roof even made her comprehend that she can't ruled such a vast of people with no one but only a partner whom she can't be attach to.

The princess hands move, she slowly took a steps, shaking her head while eyes were crying. " Father... " She gasps. " Forgive me, I'm not utterly incompetent for this, no i can't father, efface me from the memory of yours, but i shall follow my heart! " The princess indignatly shouted and quickly escape the kingdom.

The king was shock, but he still signaled the guards not to follow the princess.

Something is in his mind while staring at his daughter from upper, escaping from the kingdom while riding a hoarse.

He did not let go his ungrateful and disappointment burning gazes until the trace of Ai jun cannot be longer seen from empire of his entire realm.

The princess at the same time managed to passed their homeland, where everything is their territory.

She kicked the horse and made it turn to opposite way, she knows well that if she goes straight the garrison troops will be easily to perceive her escape by tracking down the horse foot prints.

Seemingly feeling that something were off with the weather. She ignored and instead increase the speed, applying a spurs by gently pricking upwards into her sides and giving a hindquarters a quick tap with the crop of her horse, making it run very zippy.

" Yahhhh! " The princess even tightly held the reins and liaise with the horse by moving her legs.

Minutes have passed.

The way and areas become more and more rocky and meadow, full of tall grasses.

Furthermore the horse never stopped running until it felt something moves from the under ground.

" Gypsy! What's wrong? Stop!" The princess, begins to dismay as her horse started to frightfully wriggle.

She went down from the horse, so shock as she also felt the moving grounds, hasty wind and freezing air bumps from her face.

Her eyes widened, staring at the sky slowly obscuring the light, turning it to red darkness. " Dark.. blocking the light? how possibly? "

A brief moment of time, very rapid and accurate the sky was brimful filled with dark and tenebrosity, princess Avyanna was no light, her only way to see is the remaining red moon that little gives her light to see from naked eye.

The princess has no choice but to talk by without any not even her horse, that now can't hardly walk because of lacking energy and the wild reaction cause from the solar eclipse.

The princess keeps walking and walking, while she hears nothing but the wind sounds and the animals continuously whining.

Alas

She can't find a way, it's been a hour, since she finds herself repeatedly pondering with the same areas.

Feared made her run even quickly, trip and fall down, she as well repeatedly goes back to her knees, just to run nowhere.

The weather becomes rainy, producing runoff with such high intensity of rainfall, follows by strong lightning.

The princess keeps her mind focus to find a place. Quivering while soaking with wet, she once again cried out loud, but the rain drops made it not visible.

Another time of tripping down, her knees is now bleeding, both hands were no longer touching grass but finally a ground. She noticed and forthwith rose to her feet.

Seeing an unfamiliar bridge that goes with somehow endless river. The princess eyebrows puckered, first she was hesitating but nonetheless took a quick gaze, it was shadowly and dark, but she can accurately say it's a deep river and a very strange one.

" Crack... " A grinding sound that follows with weird rustle sounds, made the princess legs go numb. She alone with isolated place where no one else but her.

The sound she heard is a signal that she is not completely alone. " Hello? " Said her, gulping as she further go near to check where does it came from.

Her hands were nervously holding on the bridge parapet barrier.

" Hello? If someone is scaring me, show yourself! " The princess frighteningly spoke.

" What are you doing here? " A man deep voice, echoed the abandoned place.

The princess at a second saw he was a male, someone seems so familiar

So she rub her teary eyes to see a clear sight of the man face however, furthermore, the wind comes with extremely powerful wind, which made her loses her balance.

The man tried to runs over towards to her, he catches her other hand and tell her to hold on.

" Keep holding! " The man said.

" Look from your behind! " Princess Avyanna yelled, the bridge were falling apart and there's a multiple solid tree branch that flying off with his direction.

She as well tried to see the sight of the man's face as his scent was even familiar to her, however it was dusty and dark place, too dangerous and she runs out of time.

The man was alarmed of what the princess warned.

" Shut your eyes, I will save you, trust me! " Said the man assertively

He could avoid the branch if he dutch over and let go the princess's hand, but he rather closes his eyes, pushed Ai jun from the river, secondary jumps and follows her downward.

The water splashed, but after that the sky begins to show the light, the rain, storm and strong lightning vanished within just seconds.

What happened was no left trace, including her and the man who tried to save her.

Time, 12: 32 PM, 2019 At the Dawson's residence.

A graceful little boy was running all over the place, and then there's a young man, sitting on a sofa and reading newspaper, he is exceedingly gorgeous as most of the woman nowadays.

A ball the little child holding got reached from the flower vase near with stunning woman.

" Son! " The man brows snapped together, he put down the newspaper and carried the child out of the room.

" Daddy no! " The kid wiggle to escape from his dad's arms, but he failed.

" Shhhh "

" Daddy i won't run again please let me stay with mommy. "

" No " The man opened the slide door, put down the child and turn his back, after ordering people to watch over his son.

He took a sharp breath, locked the door and closes the windows.

Pick up the newspapers and continue reading in silent.

It was so peaceful, one man who's with sleeping beautiful woman, nothing can be seen or hear only the sounds of clock on the wall.

Later on

The man fell asleep without even knowing, he stretches his , knock his knackles after waking up, furthermore his gazes sooner landed towards to the woman laying down on a huge queen bed.

" Where are I am? " A woman's voice echoed from the room, the man hastily stood from his sit to check upon her.

Avyanna's voice were so weak, she sounded like a dying from lacks of energy which is understandable as she was in coma for ten years.