Chapter 26: Late Arrival

The sudden power was felt all over Empire of Dawn. Even the king, queen and princess who were in the throne room was surprised about the sudden outburst.

"I think something's wrong within the empire." The queen said worriedly and went to her daughter's side.

"Don't worry about a single thing, my love. For I will find out what's going on." Ang just in time when General Frost came inside, looking troubled.

"Sorry for barging in sire, but an urgent news came up." He told and bowed to pay respect.

"What is going on?" The king asked and let him stand up.

"There has been a report that someone breached the Northern Dawn... Taking lives of innocents." He explained and the three looked at each other in horror.

"That's where Daisy is at! We must do something!" The queen said worriedly.

"We will do anything to save them my love... General Frost, I need you to gather every best cavalry in the palace and ready them to battle. We will set forth to Northern Dawn at once." He said and without any other words, the general bowed one last time before going out of the room to do his business.

"Will they be ok father?" The princess asked.

"They will, Imea (Aymiya). The lord of Dawn will never abandon them." He explained at hugged his child, before going out of the room, leaving the two behind.

He didn't waate any more time and just hurriedly put his armor on to get out of the castle and start for their journey to Northern Dawn.

"Everything is ready, my liege. We were just waiting for thy orders." General Frost said and showed his respect.

"Set forth to Northern Dawn!" He immediately ordered, and the general followed him while shouting, making everyone move with their horses. They marched towards the designated land and tried to be there as fast as they can.

"Please be safe, all of you." He said while riding his horse.

Meanwhile~

(At Northern Dawn)

Daisy is silently crying as she walk towards her dead family. She couldn't even move her feet, but she just forced herself to do so just to touch them one last time and to say goodbye. She tried her best to lay them straight, and even if she couldn't, she tried to put back Jaimey's head that just kept of rolling away, making her have no choice but to put it straight up like its body is buried underground, when in fact, Jaimey's body is just in front of it.

"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything at all... I'm sorry I couldn't save you... I'm sorry for being weak... I-" She stopped halfway when she couldn't handle it anymore. She just cried and cried, nothing to do anymore. With no one else by her side. After crying, she just sat there like a traumatic child and didn't move. She felt like something has snapped and she felt none.

On the other side of the town, where the entrance of Northern Dawn lies, entered the king with his men. And they were really sad and disappointed by what they saw. Dead bodies everywhere, blood splattered on the ground and at some of the houses. They even saw some bodies that were burned.

"We were too late to arrive." General Frost said. "The news came late." He continued making the king sad and at the same time, angry at whom made this mess.

"Search the whole area... Do not leave any houses close, even the trees unturned! See to it that you see someone alive! Specially a little girl with long, black colored hair." He commanded and everyone went away to follow his instructions.

"Sir, what else is your command?" General Frost asked, unsure of what to say. The truth is, he knows why the king is being a troubled, he knows what's going on with him, so he tried to ease it by changing the topic.

"You stay by my side general. Let us roam around the plaza, to see if we can find something or someone." After hearing the answer, the king started to move the horse, making General Frost follow pursuit. The other platue, also followed them to guard the king. And as they were about to enter the plaza, four other guards called their attention.

"Your highness! We didn't saw anyone else in the east part of the town, aside from this two boys." A guard explained, while holding the two said children. "They tried to fight us, but we held them back and explained that will not hurt them." It continued.

"And why would they do such a thing?" General Frost asked.

"That, sire, we don't know." Answered the soldier.

"Whatever the reason was, we can't force them to talk... They might have been traumatized by what happened." The king said and got down in his horse. The horse neighed at this and he just touched its hair to shut it up. "May I please know why you tried to attack my men?" He asked at the two, while trying his best to not scare them, but the children where just scared as hell, making them try to hide with each other. He sighed in disbelief as he look at the four guards and said. "Feed them up and make them warm, they must have been hungry, thirsty and cold out in this ghost town."

"Yes sir!" The guards bowed to show respect and guided the children to their foods, but one of them ran back to the king and said.

"There are a bunch, n-no a-a-an army of men, I-I should say... Terrorists! They attacked our town and killed everyone that they see." He said and cried like there is no tomorrow. "We survived, because we both hid in our secret basements." He explained and the king just nodded as an answer. He also kneeled to level him with the boy.

"Don't worry about that now, because you two are already safe, ok?" He said reassuringly and wiped the boy's tears. "Now calm down and just follow my men... They will make you feel better." He said and smiled, making the children sighed in relief.

"Thank you sir." The boy said and they followed the guard away. Just in time for another men calling for him, and this time, he was losing hope about finding Daisy and her family.

To be continued~