Tayla

It has been a long time since I last wrote in my diary. But recent events have made me wistful. So I guess I'll start at the beginning, 15 years ago when I was about 3 years old not long before when I was supposed to originally meet Nostra. The fallen empire launched another raid the largest we had ever seen thousands of undead warriors March towards our kingdom from the Frozen wastes of the North. In response my mother Queen Alita marched in an attempt to stem the tide calling on aid from local kingdoms to fight off a common threat. At her side my father Queen Esta and the royal guard gathered in the courtyard it was then when I met Nostra father. She was a black fox with a beautiful yellow armor humming with electrical energy one of the very few armored Fox outside of the Royal family to gain a second infinity after reaching a certain point through their evolution. Breaching the sovereign Life wall most beings gain new abilities or an afinity if their luck. And lucky she was, she gained the lightning affinity, upon gaining an infinity lesser armored Fox gain a runic design inherent to the Royal family. Through many trials and hardships she fought and gained Lantesh's approval and in doing so gained a name, a true name, a true name is given by higher being to a lesser imprinting upon them a portion of their power and her name given to her by Lantesh was Avalon.

She belong to the captain of the guard Renault Ashwin he had served my family loyally for nearly 200 years with Avalon at his side. It took Avalon 130 years to gain lantash's approval and from their Union came three kits Saphira, Resa and last but not least my partner Nostra. Saphira is the eldest and belongs to my oldest sister the crown princess Vetty Ray Vos Reta, Resa belong to my brother Prince Celdor Moran Vos Reta. For those that don't know the armored Fox and the lunar Fox were born from the Moon goddess Lunamara, legend has it that once upon a time both species had two genders male and female however in a time before recorded history she and her lover were embroiled in a major battle between the gods and in this battle she lost her lover, his name lost history and in her grief she vowed never love another man for all of time, her wish was so deep that it affected her children and so from that day forth no male Fox was born from the armored or lunar species of fox. To honor their goddess the people of the lunar kingdom vowed never have a male heir to the throne for their shall never be a man upon the throne of the lunar kingdom. Though there have been male descendants from the Royal family, the throne shall never be within their reach instead male family members of the royal family when they come of age join and head the military of the lunar kingdom as great generals and leaders they advise their Queens on all matters related to battle thus securing their place within the kingdom.

The lunar kingdom has two royal families the first being human and the second being the armored Fox that stand by them the armored Fox royal family has been bred for countless generations from the strongest individuals within the kingdom bred to be intelligent from a young age and to be a constant companion side by side they would protect the kingdom with their human counterparts. For an armored Fox to court a member of the Royal family one must go through arduous trials to strengthen one's body and spirit, three requirements, first to stand above the rest in strength and skill, second to reach sentience to be a faithful companion, and third gain the blessing of the one they Court. Thus this is how Lantesh and Avalon's Love story begin the two had been smitten since they were young kits, friends from a young age Avalon slowly fell in love however since lantash came from the Royal family the only way she could be one with the one she loved was through hardship and trial, trials that nearly cost her her life, though she would never regret. When Lantesh Granted Avalon her name to the day Avalon died, they were together for nearly 70 years during that time Lantesh had planned to have one child for each of her human counterparts the Royal family, the first Saphira was born 5 years after lantash and Avalon bound their souls together in the way that monsters do instead of The promise by mouth that most marriage is. The second Resa was born 40 years later. The last Nostra was born an additional 40 years later however there were complications, due to her injury Nostra remained as but a spark within her mother for nearly 15 years which caused a burden both Lantesh and Nostra nearly resulting in her being stillborn and taking Lantesh's life. 15 years ago during the last raid from the fallen empire to the north my mother, Lantesh, Renault and Avalon were separated from the main Force facing off against one of the undead generals a being that rivaled my mother in power, from what I've been told they fought for days separated and cut off during that time lantash was injured by a cursed blade that tour through her armor and left her weekend, a weakness that she has bin stuck with her for 15 years, enraged by her lovers injury Avalon lept forth seizing the general in her powerful jaw and without a moment's hesitation gathered all the energy within her and self-destructed taking herself and the general to Oblivion in an attempt to save lentesh and my mother. The soul Bond between Avalon and Renault resulted in his death when Avalon died.The only reason Lantesh didn't die when Avalon did was because Avalon had protected her soul with the last bit of strength she had in an effort to protect Lantesh and her unborn daughter. If Lantesh hadn't been injured I would have met Nostra only a few months later since the gestation time for an armored Fox is rather short only taking about a week to form the egg and about 3 to hatch.

after the defeat of the fallen empire my mother and father returned with lantash upon Solaris back I was still young I didn't fully understand what was happening back then but even then I could feel the sorrow emanating from Lantesh and my mother the soul Bond between my mother and Lantesh meant that my mother had felt the sorrow that Lantesh felt when Avalon died, it took years for my mother to get over it and I know for a fact that Lantesh still feels it. because of her injury nostril wouldn't be born for many years later and although I wasn't treated cruelly or anything of the likethat there was a certain pity because I didn't have my partner when I was young, to make up for it I spent my days training honing my strength and body and when I couldn't do that I would spend my time studying arcane arts and political studies sharpening myself as best I could to make up for that hole in my life that I didn't even know I had. it was a month before my coming-of-age ceremony when I first got word that Lantesh had finally given birth I had immediately ran to my mother's room we're both Lantesh and Solaris reside. the moment I entered the room I felt a sudden nervousness that I'd never known throughout my entire life it radiated through me like a cold wind on top of a mountain peak. laying in her bed with a beautiful smile on her face Lantesh beckoned in me towards her to which I did and I sat next to her she laid there curled around a beautiful egg white with red ruins around it they seem to hover just slightly off its surface humming with arcane energy it was beautiful I spent the rest of the day curled up with Lantesh and the egg at that moment I never thought I could be more happy only to be proven wrong later. After 3 weeks we all became worried and stressed, she still hadn't hatched from her egg and left all kinds of stress on me and Lantesh, for 3 days we stayed next to the egg within the stable where all the Young armored Fox within the kingdom would hatch and meet their partners. On the fourth day we return to our duties since we could no longer wait however we still couldn't help but worry for this young life had yet been born. Three days later Id gotten word that Nostra finally begun to hatch and I immediately ran from the training yard covered in sweat, dropping everything I was doing leaving my trainer's flabbergasted I ran like I had never ran before. I watched with bated breath as the ruins that surrounded the egg merged with the shell leaving a beautiful pattern the egg, it began to swell and shake and finally crack in the first thing to pop out was the cutest set of ears I'd ever seen followed by a beautiful pair of eyes that shined with a vibrant gold light when she fully came out she was a little smaller than a full size dog which tell you how big her egg was. As I talk to Alowen the Elvin barn master I noticed nostril was acting strange worried that she was sick due to her late birth I asked Aolwen to check her status to my surprise I learned not only did she have a dual element from birth she was also sentient and the surprises didn't end there but more on that in a minute. To my shame I was in too much of a hurry and too excited that in my haste to have a bond with her a bond which I have been craving since I was a young child I frightened her a little in my haste to form the bond. To form the bond one needed to put blood from the respective partners on their foreheads and forge a connection to their souls the ritual itself isn't complicated however does require some incantations which I had studied for many years. To do this I required a silver Needle which I had for forging blood bonds and servant bonds which are used to bind monsters or people to oneself. When I pulled the needle out I saw almost immediately the nervousness and fear within her eyes and it made my heart break so I set the needle aside and slowly caressed her easing her into it and only when I knew she'd calm down did I proceed. The blood Bond was not like anything I'd ever expected the sheer heat and pain of forging our souls together was partly my fault for the bond would have been easier if we had time to get to know each other better however today was my coming of age ceremony and I desperately wanted her at my side when I Departed for my first commission. After the bond I could feel her in every way that my mother described I could sense her emotions her thoughts her fears however I didn't expect was the confusion that I felt from her and then I heard her thoughts for the first time, her voice was beautiful like an angel whispering in your ear. We talked for a little while and with a little hesitation she told me that she was a reincarnation and a man, I was a little surprised not that she was reincarnation per se as it was fairly common but the fact that she had retained memories which was much less common normally when one receives their baptism would one know that they were reincarnation this is normally done at a coming of age ceremony when the gods or an agent of the gods descends to Grant the blessing which would help us through our journey in life. Noticing how late it had gotten I had hurried us to my bedroom so that I could get changed into my ceremonial armor to begin the coming of age ceremony I couldn't help but notice how flustered Nostra got once she heard we were going to be sharing one room it was an interesting sensation and although I understood it, it was still weird and strangely flattering. However this only serve to remind me that I am already engaged to my elder sister before anybody says anything me and my sister discussed this long before, and we decided we found each other very attractive and look forward to our time together which is probably for the best considering the matches my sister had for her were not very desirable although her suitors were indeed very beautiful my sister had always been kind of an introvert which is hilarious considering she's the one in charge of diplomatic relations right now. Getting dressed we had a little discussion just getting to know each other better after we had gotten ready we made our way to the amphitheater we're the nobility and our mothers were waiting for us. Ceremony proceeded as normal and it was only after the priestess from the lunar Temple had finished her prayer to the goddess that two pillars of light descended in front of me and Nostra, shocked beyond words the goddess lunamara herself stood before me and gave greetings as if I were an equal in her eyes speaking in the language of the gods translated from my ears alone she told me that I had been chosen to receive her blessing that she would bestow upon me the Frozen Moon affinity the rarest of ice magic affinities she told me that I would need these powers to counter those of which my companion were to receive and that together we would balance and protect each other. The pain I felt as my body was transformed from the blessing was beyond anything my mother had prepared me for the reason for which I understood later was because the goddess herself and not a proxy had presented the blessing channeling her blessing directly within my flesh felt as if I was standing upon a tall mountain the cold air blowing right through me freezing my bones solid my hair and eyes changed with silver color and the cold wind could constantly be felt blowing from me. Moments later I felt the pain coming from Nostra and immediately turned towards her she had changed as well and the heat coming off of her should have been scalding but I felt it comfortable like snuggling next to a warm blanket I pulled her to me and passed out.

I woke up to the sound of screams and thunder my mother wrapping her arms around me she told me that Nostra had lost control and gave me a coller one that I dared not use on anyone for it was a collar of binding it was designed to enslave one's will to the collar's master. Enraged I began to call my mother all kinds of things that I regret now my own emotions inflated by Nostra's, I could feel everything she did her rage her sadness a deep sense of betrayal so deep it felt as if I had my heart ripped from my chest it hurts so much that tears fload from my face Non-Stop freezing before they even fell to the floor looking out the window I saw the destruction ensued Solaris trying her best to keep her at Bay although she was infinitely more powerful she didn't want to hurt her young niece. Looking at the collar in my hand I knew I had no choice because Nostra is tearing her own body apart using magic that her body wasn't ready to handle her pain kept increasing and I knew her life was in danger so I lept out the window without a single thought and landed on the tattered ruins that was once the courtyard outside of my room the pain in my heart grew as the ice around me did freez everything around me I walked slowly letting her know I was there for her and only her I kneel down in front of her feeling her pain feeling my pain for what I must do and with a click I had forever..... stolen my partners freedom.