Asroth

He smiled and stroked his beard. It's been along time since someone faced him. Even when he was young people seldom faced him. This young man he believed had been trying to get out of the capital of Red kingdom to the southern outskirts- the sea farming towns where perhaps he would get some quiet. Hahaha there was no quiet for this young lad. Why I must make sure he is completely embroiled in this, no escape. He gleefully thought. Yes no escape.

The Red kingdom was full of testing day. Parents were gathering to find out there child's aptitude's. The kingdom was in full festival mode. Visiting testers had gathered from other kingdoms strengthening ties between nations.

In the meditation room however things were somber. Kalis was trying not to pace. While Asroth was trying to persuade the mother to try the crystal of the Gold Kingdom. Stating something about dual citizenship. Kalis had wanted to be the savior role with the learning cube but was out matched by Asroth. A well known tester in the Gold Kingdom and the headache of the tester of Red Kingdom.

Curiosity out weighed common sense. The child learning cube had the Gold crystal placed and a warm glow of citrine surrounded the cube. The healing seemed to accelerate and the gold glow in her veins become brighter. The child's hair follicles glowed under the pink fluid. Her body emitting an other worldly glow. Soon the Red kingdom crystal that the mother held for the child began to pulse with her heart beat with some trepidation the mother placed the red crystal in and it grew brighter in the room that the pyramid in the center started to glow as if harnessing a small sun. The fluid started to bubble and the mother grew fearful again the light was too bright.... Her child's ordinary life was over before it began.

The hum of whispers and murmurs filled the room. They looked up to be surrounded by a sea of testers and more coming in the meditation room. Muttering and murmuring about the light, two stones too soon. Highly dangerous what made them gape all the more is when the two crystals fused together.

"What in the world? A new crystal... It's purple... What does that mean? Purple there is no Purple Kingdom. Asroth's here, of course he would be here, when Asroth is here so is trouble." Some of the testers blanched at this comment. A bunch of old men fighting was not a sight to be had beards flying and all. Could the crystal be a throw back to a forgotten kingdom or a new one going to start.

"Fellow testers!" A woman interrupted. A small old woman with a simple bun spoke her long hair draped behind. Her staff emitting a glow. "This is highly irregular this child is now both a Red and Gold kingdom citizen. Her crystal is purple making me wonder if she has the attributes of Blue Kingdom?"

"Test, test, test. We should test all the crystals. I say we make a mix class of students of all the kingdoms. This child is special already she has an unfair advantage, what about the other children. Yes have Asroth teach a mixed class." A bunch of testers spoke in unison. The cacophony deplorable on the ears.