Chapter 2 Princess Leigh

She decided she needed to eat. She sat down and ate fruits, vegetables and a steaming, very tasty broth that restored her energy. She drank a refreshing red liquid. Then she used the bathroom, undressed and walked into the small heated waterfall, imagined it could be warmer and noticed that it warmed up as if she had touched a button.

- That's weird! – She spoke to herself. She lay for a while, enjoying the warm water on her skin. To the side she saw that there was a rounded bar and took it, it was a soap she used to wash herself. When she decided to leave she realized she had no other clothes, looking around the room she saw some pieces of clothing on the bed. She got up, dried herself and went to get dressed. The clothes were of a soft and very cozy fabric. She lay down and to her surprise got very sleepy and quickly fell asleep. Forgotten felt a soft caress on her face, was startled and at the same time her hands got warm, which made her wake up suddenly. There was a small animal bouncing from her bed and running to hide behind an armchair, that's when she noticed the smell of burning and smoke rising. Jumping out of bed and trying to put out the fire, she realized that her hands had caused it and that she was all lit up, her veins glowing like rivers of lava on her skin. She ran across the room jumping into the bath water and her body cooled as the water boiled and evaporated.

– But what's happening to me? What I am? – She said slowly returning to normal. The little animal that had scared her gave a slight moan and looked at her as if apologizing.

– Okay, little one, don't worry, I just got scared by all this. Don't be afraid, come! – She called him with her hand, which was already normal.

– Who are you, huh? – She asked as the furry little one came walking on two legs towards her. As she petted him she thought she should call someone and remembered that just saying Leigh.

– Leigh, please, I need help. - At the same moment the beautiful princess materialized in her room and looked at her in surprise.

- When Kaeidh said that just think of you and you would appear, I did not think it would be like that.

– Each people has one or more skills, I think eventually you'll get used to it. But what happened to you Forgotten? – Leigh said, reaching out to help her out of the tub.

– I also have no idea what happened to me. I just felt this little one caress my face and when I got scared I felt that the bed caught fire, in my whole body, but mainly in my hands. I ran to the water because I understood that if I was on fire, I needed to put it out. Now besides not knowing who I am, I don't know what I am! - She said.

– Wait, come, I'll help you change and let's talk to Kaeidh. We will explain everything we can or know. – She said, Leigh walking, picking up a towel and helping her to dry off.

– Thank you, I really need answers, since I woke up I've been following everyone without knowing anything about what happens on this planet, or I don't know what. At the same time I know that it is right to be helped by you in the same way that I know that the creatures that came out of the forest were not good things. I feel it in my being - said the Forgotten, looking at the darkened burn mark that formed the shape of her body on the sheets. – That's because you really know. – Leigh replied – It belongs to our people. If you lie, we will know, but sometimes we ignore this ability. Now what doesn't belong to our people is to catch fire. This I have never seen. Tell me better how it went?

– Yes, I was scared of this little being here, – I said, stroking the pet – and I felt the smell of smoke, of something on fire, I looked and it was my whole body, my hands igniting the sheets, my veins felt like lava in my skin and I was glowing. The only thing I could think about was jumping into the water. - Leigh looked at her intently with a raised eyebrow and said:

- From what I see it seems that you are not purely of our race. But let's go to my brother. We'll be able to think about it all better.

She changed into a white, blue and gold outfit with pants similar to Princess Leigh's, the fabric looked like leather, but much softer and more comfortable, it molded her body to the waist, matching the fitted blue blouse and a fitted tunic to the hip. Leigh arranged her hair in a cross braid and finished it off with a gold barrette. Looking at herself for the first time since waking up in the forest, she saw a tall, dark, strong woman with almond green eyes, thick lips, and long black hair. Beside her the princess smiled and said: – Come on! Kaeidh is waiting for us and I'm looking forward to our conversation too.

They left the room accompanied by the little one who was hopping around their legs happily.

– This is a filodi, they adopt us as friends. Believe me when I say they would give their lives for us. You have to name it. They are magic, like everything else on this planet of ours, whenever they are born, fly and choose someone to love. By the way you were chosen. The Forgotten looked at that happy little being and smiled. He was very cute, chubby and his hair was interspersed with blue scales that looked pearly, he had four hands-like legs but he walked upright bouncing around, his eyes were big lilac and round, little drooping ears, pink snout, little round cheeks with little fur of the same color as the scales and with a long tail that obviously helped with balance and jumps.

-Ah, so I'll call him Moony. - as soon as he spoke the little filodi jumped more and more until he disappeared and was soon in her lap, hugging her tenderly by the neck. – she laughed and Princess Leigh spoke.

- As I said, they are magic and he is thanking you for the love returned. He will have your loyalty for life. The Forgotten smiled and gave Moony a pat. They continued walking down the long hallway and came to a huge room with chairs all around it and with several people of different characteristics and ages sitting in them. Everyone was talking animatedly and gradually fell silent, looking at her. They stopped in the middle and Leigh whispered.

– They are all from the Council, each one from a different people and town on our planet. Everyone is excited about your arrival. Everyone has the voices of the ancestors and can speak their versions of the prophecy.

– Forgotten, welcome to the Council of Life. Sit here beside me and let's listen to everyone so we can find out all we can about the prophecy. I apologize for not having anything ready. Until two days ago we thought you were a legend. We live without imagining that you would ever be here for real. – Kaeidh said, bending down and looking into her eyes. Leigh took her arm and the two of them went, sat in the indicated chairs.

"Hello, Forgotten, I'm Travalt from the people of the north," said a tall, grizzled man. – My ancestors would like to speak now, may I? Kaeidh looked at her and nodded. She nodded too and looked at him intently. From a necklace that she wore around her neck, a light appeared, which floated to illuminate the room and right in the middle of the large empty space, images of people appeared in them.

– Ten thousand years ago, they said that ten disciples of Life would be born again, who chose to be born by water at the same time, and sealed their lives for the benefit of the peoples – in the image ten people appeared dressed in short clothes in different colors, entered a lake crystalline and bright, immediately their legs, feet and arms, created scales and fins, in their neck they opened gills and they dived in the lake, going down to the bottom and there an energy like a shining tree that moved in a mixture of light blue, white and dark blue lights. They touched her and the light was on their bodies, coming out of their mouths, hands, hair and eyes. They were static suspended in the water. – They have been given the gift to care for and protect their people. But they received more than that, when they returned they said they needed to document what they would say next. Everyone was concerned as it took two days to emerge and this has never happened in all ages. Unfortunately only the chosen ones can emerge in the lake of Life. Scribes of all peoples came, and they used portals to get them faster given the urgency of what happened. They sat in this room and wrote for days and days. Thousands of documented scrolls. These scrolls were read and stored and then lost in the fires caused by Borag. – and in the images everything that Travalt had described appeared. Afterwards, more people performed, including representatives of the peoples of Pirim, Aland and the people of Zoltark, the Century. More images were appearing, with more stories told, in some drawings made by one of the chosen ones, there she was. With the same green eyes, skin color, same hair. And in one of them she glowed and was suspended in the air with a sword of light. Kaeidh explained that they underwent metamorphosis depending on the environment they were in. If in water, they created gills and fins and if they needed to fly, the body created a kind of wing, thus being a people that adapted to practically everything. At the end of the presentations, which lasted about four hours, they all said goodbye to rest in their rooms, to eat so that they could conclude the investigation of the facts. They would all go to work on the leftover papyrus and the jewels of each village's past the next day. They needed to know what the next step would be and what the Forgotten's mission was.

They spent a few weeks focused on their studies. Each day they learned more. Forgotten realized that Kaeidh looked at her thoughtfully at times. And she also found herself admiring him, his intelligence and his tall bearing. He was polite and helpful with everyone and a little hesitant with her at times. They spent many hours together. It seemed they unconsciously sought to sit or be together all the time, even in the huge library or the communal table in the dining room. They always looked for each other with their eyes and sat together. Leigh had even joked and said.

- The two seem in love. Feeling something for my brother? Can I call you "sis" now? – and laugh

She couldn't even answer Leigh and Kaeidh appeared beside her.

– Forgotten, can we take a walk around the castle? I need you to tell me everything you've known since you woke up. – said Kaeidh

- Yes let's go. I also want to know more. – Said the Forgotten one, grimacing at Leigh and leaving with Kaeidh

– Forgotten, can we take a walk around the castle? I need you to tell me everything you've known since you woke up. – said Kaeidh

- Yes let's go. I also want to know more. - Said the Forgotten. They left the Palace through a huge door, went down through a lawn with flowers and trees around it towards a fountain of crystal clear water and sat down in it. The waters stirred and tinkled, as if it knew they were there. The Forgotten looked a little startled and Kaeidh smiled.

– It's the source of life, she's just saying hi. She is alive, not just a fountain where we can quench our thirst. She really is life. You will get used to it. The Forgotten reached her hand up to the water and it rose, hugging her whole hand. Feeling a warmth and joy coming from her, the Forgotten heard what the water was thinking and she began to understand the strange language of the source of life.

– She said welcome, that it is a joy for her that I am here. I'm understanding her language, as if it were you and me speaking. Kaeidh was amazed

– This has never happened to any people. We never talked to her, not if we were not chosen by the peoples and even they, never talked to the surface waters. Never like you are doing now. We receive information from the tree of life but we never talk to it. You're really special, Forgotten.

– I'm also surprised, since I woke up, it seems that even though I don't know it, I know how to converse in all the languages ​​of all the people I met in your room. I feel you as if I knew you from other lifetimes. And I plan to find out everything that's going on or and know everything about me and the water and the prophecy – she recounted to him the few things that had happened since she opened her eyes in the forest. He looked at her attentively and made sure to pay attention to every movement of her hands and body. The way her lips twitched or slightly puckered the corners of her eyes when she thought about what she was saying and pondered every thing she remembered.

Her tanned skin was enchanting and Kaeidh was trapped by that enchantment. Honestly, for the first time in so, so long, he took a real interest in an elf. And this one so special and breathtaking for anyone, she was caught in Kaeidh's eyes and thoughts.