CH XIII - Dark is Light

Riya POV

Me and the other wolf stood gazing at this beautiful garden with lush green grass, dew drops settled on their leaves; flowers of every color and scent filled the grass and the land in front of them. This scenic landscape was complete with crystal clear, sparkling stream of water running through it, the water sparkled so from the sun shining down on it, it looked like a million diamonds flowing. We were awestruck and stood stock still gazing at this beautiful creation in front of us. I was besmackled by the beauty in front of me but a million questions were running through my head.

"whoa!!!, where the hell are we? what is this place?" I guess i spoke my thoughts out loud, which startled the other wolf. I turned to look at this majestic wolf beside me she was nothing like any wolf I had seen. Her fur was just shining like silver in the light of the sun and her eyes were a beautiful turquoise blue with a little lilac swirling in them. No I am not gay, uh uh, nope, not at all. But you got to appreciate beauty yeah and she was exquisite. There was something very familiar about this wolf, but nothing was coming to mind.

"Ummm sorry. soo am Riya and this is my wolf Ailyn", Ailyn shook her head at the other wolf.

The other wolf squinted her eyes and turned her head like she was thinking about what to say, so I assured her, "it's ok am not going to hurt you. what's your name?"

"uh..mm....my wolf's name is Ariya and I think mine is too" She turned away from me after answering and I could hear her wolf whining.

"Hey it's ok. Don't you remember your name? Your wolf and you will not have the same name, it's most of the times different?"

"I was..." She got cut off by the entrance of someone in the scenic land in front of us. Both of us looked to whoever entered and we were in awe. Standing in front of us in all his glory was a warrior clad in moonlight like shining armour.

"Both of you are requested to follow me to the training grounds immediately", he says and turns to walk off.

"woah....woah.....hold on boy!!!!.....you can't just barge in here and order us to follow you somewhere" I reasoned with him.

"BOY???......WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CALLING BOY CHILD.....I AM THE GOD'S WARRIOR. You will respectfully call me sir. Am I clear. Now follow me silently I do not like to waste time on petty issues."

"oops...." I quipped "sorry....ss...si...sir...", Ariya stammered. I wondered why such a majestic and powerful looking wolf was stammering. Didn't she know or feel her power radiating off of her....hmmm.....intriguing.

We followed this mystery WARRIOR man to wherever he was taking us in this unknown but be-a-utiful place. We trotted behind him for what felt like hours but could have been minutes, am not too sure, was too caught in the scenic view I was getting. Finally we arrived at this palace with structures so magnificent, I had never seen such beauty.

"come on , go on we don't have all day. Climb the stairs and the rooms on the left of the platform atop is for you to choose to stay for the time you are here. I want you in the training grounds in the next 15 mins. All you will need is already available in all the rooms. Don't make me wait." saying this he just flew to wherever he had to be.

"aaah damn!!! he didn't tell us where the training grounds are....how are we going to get there and if we are going to be late, he is going to have our heads....aaargggh....what is this place anyway and where are we?....I have so many problems to solve and this is just wow" I was submerged ranting in my head that I had not noticed Ariya had gone into the palace. Guess she just likes to follow orders very well. oh well!!

Moving into the house I was even more struck by the new technological fixtures and stuff in the house. It had all the up-to-date electronic items to things I had never seen and the best part was there was a huge flatscreen TV with an awesome playstation connected to it. I have to try it out later..........awesome. I quickly climbed the stairs and reached the floor AW(ANGRY WARRIOR) told off, what?? he didn't introduce himself. I chose the lilac door frame and the interior of the room was filled with lilac flowers and scents. The walk-in wardrobe also had everything lilac and black, just what I like. Quickly taking the required items into the attached bathroom, I changed and freshened myself. Walking out I was met with another girl, about my age and the same aqua blue eyes with hint of lilac as Ariya.

"Ariya???" "Ye...yess.....are you Riya ??" "Yep that's me al'right. You are very pretty by the way do you know. Let's get to this training thing."

"Th...thanks...yes..ok" "ok then. So do you know where we have to go? I have no idea at all. By the way any ideas on where we are and how we came here?"

"umm...no. sorry"

"Let's fin out then shall we", and I looped my arm with her and we walked out together. I started to lead her in the direction AW had flew off to, and 10 mins later we were in the training grounds. I was pleased with myself.

"Reporting for training sir and ahead of the time you had given us sir" I mock saluted him. AW glowered at me for a minute then barked " get running 100 laps"

"what!!!" I did not have much time to get back at him as I was pulled away by Aria to do the laps.

"Are you going to just follow orders around? don't you ever do anything on your own? I don't where the hell we are and why we have to obey this AW??" I fumed at her ignorance or whatever.

"AW??", she meekly questioned me back.

"Aaaah...is that all you listened to.....Angry Warrior alright...it's not like he introduced himself to us or something so I had to call him something right." Aria cowered away from me, I didn't think I was coming so strong at her guess she is a very very scarred or scared person, but she was looking at something behind me or rather someone I guess. When understanding dawned on me, the hairs on my neck stood stiff, I immediately knew who was standing behind me. AW!!!

"My name is Ernesto and NOT AW....Now that you know my name get to running the laps". At his harsh command Aria began running feverishly. I just sighed and started to jog.

"I told you to run laps NOT JOG. Now speed it up. In the next five minutes you have to be done with 50 laps at the least"

I gawked at him. Who the hell does he think he is. I was going to give him a piece of my mind, when I felt a hand on my shoulder stopping me. I looked to see a very petrified Aria. She must have had a very bad experience if his shouting was causing her anxiety, as she was lightly hyperventilating. I gave her a reassuring smile and started to run along with her.

We had completed our laps, the keyword "almost, when we were stopped. My lungs were burning for a good amount of air and Ariya seemed a little disturbed but otherwise nothing else, I was literally panting. Wow, this girl can run or knows how to really hide very well, I have to find out. I was about to go by her still standing side looking at the person who stopped us. I lifted my head to look at who she was staring at and could not believe the sight in front of me. Never in a million years would I have expected this. A million feelings were flowing through me....

The sight in front of me was like the light I needed from all the darkness in my world and such was the look on Ariya's face as well. That look left me perturbed though....hmmm.