It was a snowy time of year during this Winter Festival when everyone from all around got together to show off their different talents and shop owners would set up booths to sell their wares in their stores. The King and Queen would chaperone some of their students from the local school so that parents could see what their child could become at the school of Knights and Pages. This year the festival was being held in the town of Dragano which was between Surkim and Dragon Fang. It was early during the morning when all you could hear were screams coming from Lord Dominic's home where Lady Elizabeth was struggling to give birth to their very first child.Lady Elizabeth and Lord Dominic had been married for seven years before she conceived this very special child. It was foretold that his magic would bring peace to their world, and they would have many years of great wealth. Finally, after many hours, Lady Elizabeth delivered a beautiful, healthy baby boy. They had already picked the name Airow, after his father. Lord Dominic went and made an announcement that his lovely wife had just delivered him a son and his name is Airow. He went back inside to where his wife was lying and caressed her cheek proudly. He had a certain box in his hand which he opened, showing his love and appreciation. It was a beautiful necklace of pearls with a dangling sapphire pendant. He also placed a crystal fang pendant around his son's neck, attached for him to wear with pride, representing his family's magic.
In another house, at the same time, Sir Jonah’s wife was also in labor with their first child. She struggled for twelve hours and finally a little girl was born. She had brown curls and the brightest green eyes. But because of the long labor, his wife lost a lot of blood and died. Lord Dominic heard the most sorrowful cry and knew immediately what had happened. He rushed over to Sir Jonah’s home and found the infant in her crib crying and Jonah holding his wife’s hand. Lord Dominic went over and laid his hand on his friend’s shoulder to comfort him. Sir Jonah looked up and then Lord Dominic that he had a lovely little girl to take care of.
“Remember, you have to take good care of her so that she can grow up and marry my son.” Said Lord Dominic.
Jonah stood and went to the infant and picked her up and was able to quiet her. Dominic was going to see if his housecleaner who had just had a baby a couple of months ago would be the baby’s wetnurse. Jonah spoke up and said that her name will be Jade, like the color of her eyes.
“Lord Dominic, your wife and mine made a promise to each other that if anything happened, the other would nurse the child so that the bond between them would be closer.” Said Sir Jonah.
So, they wrapped the little girl up and went to go see his wife. When she saw what they were bringing, she reached up for the little girl and cried as her best friend had passed away. She would take care of the little girl and make sure she grew up to the sweetest thing ever.
It had been a month since the birth of Airow when Lady Elizabeth's sister talked her into taking a stroll in the market. While walking down the main isle, they had stopped near the baby shop to get Airow a new blanket. A small child was heard screaming down this alley. Lady Elizabeth, being a knight, took off to help with her sister in tow. As they reached the child, bandits jumped out and stabbed her from behind, leaving her body to die on the ground.When Lord Dominic got home, he went looking for his wife and son. Since he could not find them there, he went in to see Elsa about what was for the evening meal. Soon there was a knock at the door. Some of his knights asked Lord Dominic to follow them. Lord Dominic asked about his son. Where is my son? He is always with his mother. The knights assured him there was no one else.
Five years have passed since the death of his beloved Lady Elizabeth and the kidnapping of his son Airow. Lord Dominic was known as a retired Knight searching for any clue about his son. Being a retired Knight and Lord, he was able to spend most of his time trying to find some kind of clue to the location of his son and the murder of his beloved wife. Lord Ethan had on numerous times tried to persuade Lord Dominic to train his son, but Lord Dominic refused as he just didn't have it in him.On the other side of Dragano, Lord Ethan was busy training his son in the basics and fine art of becoming a page and a knight.
“Airow, you had better stand still, if you know what is good for you.” Exclaimed Ethan.
“Father, in a real battle my opponent is not going to be still so neither should Airow." Explained Arron.
“We will worry about that when you actually start page training, so get ready to strike.” Advised Ethan.
Arron ran to start his attack but as he tried to strike Airow with the wooden sword something amazing happened. In just a single second, Airow not only dodged the sword, he also jumped ten feet backwards. Arron ran to Airow to make sure that he was alright as he always considered Airow his younger brother.
“Airow that was amazing, you jumped ten feet backwards.” Exclaimed Arron. How did you do that?
Airow did not know, he just thought that was what you were supposed to do. Ethan had always thought the boy Airow was strange. No matter how many times he beat him, he would never cry out and he never bruised. Airow was a kind and gentle child even considering the circumstances of how he came to be in Ethan’s care. After his conversation with Arron, he snuck off to meet with his friend Jade at the stables to have some fun. Airow was not allowed to leave the house. If his father found out that he was going to the stables to meet his friend, he would surely be beaten.
After five minutes of running to make sure his father would not notice that he was gone, Airow finally reached the stables. Airow went searching for his friend Jade, who seemed to have not arrived yet.
“Prepare for your kingdom to fall young knight." Called a voice from behind.
He turned around and noticed a girl who was his age and had emerald-colored eyes. This girl was his best friend, Jade.
“You will never defeat me, evil doer.” Exclaimed Airow.
As usual they pretended to be knights of good and evil. Today, Jade chose to be the evil knight which meant her objective was to conquer the kingdom
meaning the Dragano stables
. If you wonder why they talk like adults, they were always talked to as adults and had been treated that way since able to walk. Ethan had always made Airow work the fields and treated him cruelly but his brother had always treated him with kindness and as an equal. Jade had chores where she helped around the stables. She was responsible for feeding and watering the horses plus she had her chores in the house to take care of her father.
They were using wooden swords that her father had made for them and practiced around the training court. Jade went to stab Airow, and he jumped nine feet backwards. When he did, he hit the poles where the gate was attached. He then hit the ground and rebounded to stab and jab back. Jade ran up to him very quickly to check and make sure that Airow was okay and did not get hurt.