Rise of the Malactric Heir

After a while of conversing with Visran, the king and queen entered the living room, and Adora rose as they smiled at her, followed by the others, who stood and bowed their heads to each other.

The king whose name was Zil was tall, had dark curly hair, fair, muscular and had gray eyes.

Jana, the queen, was slim, had brown wavy hair, was fair, and had blue eyes.

"Adora, you took the mask off, you are pretty," Jana said as she approached Adora who smiled.

"Thank you, your highness," she replied and the queen sighed.

"She looks a lot more familiar than I expected, you are your mother and father's child, I know what's been going on Adora, I have seen a lot," the king said as they sat down, and Adora sighed.

"A lot is at risk now, can I ask you something?" she asked as he tilted his head while looking at her.

"Sure, go ahead; I'll do my best to respond," he responded.

"Please be honest with me, I know a lot about the past but yet it's not enough, the Malactrics tried to save people while the war was going on, right?" she asked, as her team looked at her.

"Child, yes they did, they tried, but it all came down even after, I still can't believe there aren't any more Malactrics, the past took its toll on all of us, princess, we are still paying for it," he responded before gnashing his teeth, and Adora sighed before turning to face Alix.

"Believe me when I say I understand, most of us know how harsh the past was and the damages it left on people's lives, it was more than just cruel to most people, they lost a lot of lives; tell me, how frequently have you guys seen the enemy here recently?" she asked.

"We've seen them a few times here, it's strange, coming here lurking for no apparent reason, at least to us, I find it fishy, I had my men track them down, but they slipped, we haven't seen any more of them lately, they suddenly stopped coming or something," he responded.

"Could you have one of your men point out exactly where they saw them?" Adora inquired as the king and queen looked at her.

"Yes, fine, I'll have those who saw assist you, we're trying but.... Adora, I spoke with your father," he replied, and she gave him a sidelong glance.

"I see, what did he say to you?" she asked.

"He's just a worried man, we're all preparing just in case, he knows a storm is brewing, it's already knocking on the door of our new generation's lives, which is you kids, the past has followed all of us here, we're going to face it this time or..." the king responded, and his wife patted his shoulder before he smiled.

"Or it will throw the world into chaos, that much I know from what I have seen so far, they are capable of more than just destruction," Alix said, and the king and Adora both looked at him, and she smiled before lowering her head and gnashing her teeth.

"You are right kid, it will throw the world into chaos, nothing like we have even seen before, we have to deal with this," the king replied.

"Adora, what's the matter?" Ifrit asked as he glanced at her and she forced a smile.

"Nothing, death is knocking at our door, we must face it with everything we have," she responded, and he smiled.

'Adora, she has grown a lot along with her entire team, I have been with her since she was a kid, leaving now is going to be much harder than I thought, I have to face my past as well and she knows that, I see the darkness within them only growing, I wonder what truth she is hiding concerning Alix, but it doesn't matter, I will protect her with my life like she did, even though she is only a kid,' Ifrit thought as his eyes glowed blue and orange and she looked at him.

"Your eyes," she mumbled as she rested her hand on them, and he chuckled.

"Adora, it's fine, I'm fine," he said, smiling as she moved her hand away from him before turning to face the king.

"You said you will have your men show us where the enemies were lurking, can they take us there now?" she asked as she got up along with the others.

"You better be careful," Alix warned and she glanced at him as a dark smile appeared on his face and she flinched before looking away, knowing it was his powers acting up.

"I'll be careful; don't worry about me; concentrate on yourself, you guys have to protect each other," she said and he smiled.

"Don't worry, we know and we will," he replied as the king stood up and summoned the general of his army, who arrived only a few minutes later because he was not far from the castle.

"Your highness," the general, Ran, said as he entered the living room and bowed before the royals and they smiled at him.

"General, this is critical; please have the people who spotted the enemies come here right away; I have something for them to do," he said.

"As you wish, your highness," he replied, "I will be back with them in a few minutes," and the king smiled before the general left.

"Adora, are you sure you guys want to go now? Soon it will be night," the queen said and Adora looked at her before smiling.

"Your highness, we can't wait any longer, we don't know what will happen next, we have to take what we have now, it's our only chance at finding them," she replied, and the queen sighed before smiling at them, knowing exactly what was at stake.

"I understand, kid, but most of us wish we didn't," she said, and Adora smiled.

"Adora, may I accompany you guys?" Visran inquired, and her parents turned to face her.

Adora smiled since she knew the girl was brave and loved her kingdom very much, it was only natural that she would want to protect it as well.