Chapter 6 Coliseum day

Today is the coliseum day and everyone is excited but I can't seem to shake off the feeling that something bad will happen today, but I just brush it off as me being paranoid once I see the excitement on Ali's face as she gets dressed in the outfit we had picked just yesterday, she urges " Miri get dressed i don't want to be late and end up at the back" " I know I know I'm getting ready now ,don't rush me" I reply already getting a bit annoyed by how excited she is for this, I don't know what's wrong with me I feel so irritable today and my myrridan seems to be unsettled as if my powers want t

o burst out from within, but I do a good job keeping it under control and even hiding it from Ali.

I take slow deliberate steps behind Ali as we walk towards the coliseum, I try my best to control my breathing cause for some reason I think my powers might be increasing but so far I'm doing a good job keeping it under control as we arrive at the coliseum we are led to the section were humans are expected to seat and luckily we found two seats up front which alira couldn't stop raving about , but suddenly all the chatter dies down and we hear the sound of a trumpet and a loud shout all empire royal are entering first to enter is the royal demon family containing the king queen and their crown prince then next was the dragonian royal family which sat the king , queen and their two princes and lastly the royal shadow family which sat the king the seven princes and the royal hostage which was the last dragonian prince . The king of the shadows stood to say his speech which will mark the start of the event "good day people and royalties of the empire, as you all should know this coliseum day is held in order to celebrate the victories of our ancestors in the myrridan coup" I whisper to Ali "what is the myrridan coup", "that is what the ancient war against humans is called by the other empires" she whispers not forgetting to add " you really should pay better attention in history class" I simply groan and continue listening to the shadow kings speech "this year coliseum which is being hosted by the shadow empire has decided to involve the human realm for the first time ever, so that they also can enjoy the festivities of this glorious day, in old fashion every empire have been separated to their various position with their rulers sitting at the head,each empire will send their set of warriors who shall represent them in battle and there shall be a little surprise for everyone at the ending of it all and so by the power vested in me by the ancestors of night I hereby declare the beginning of this sacred coliseum!!" Loud cheers occur from every single empire, but all I can think about is how that word little surprise makes me feel even more uneasy, "damn girl look what empire do you think that warrior is from"alira's happy voice pulls me away from my thoughts as I look over to see a burly man with golden armor flexing his muscles and snake like tongue out at the cheering audience, "are you actually serious Ali? Well after looking at his snake like tongue and muscular appearance which are almost inherent traits of the dragonian empire, I have to say he is from the demon empire" I answer sarcastically which earns me another shoulder smack from her. We watch one by one as different warriors all from different empire go into the coliseum ring as they begin to battle, me and Ali sitting up front and center are able to watch and even detect mistakes in their moves and stances,making silent commentary to ourselves and through this we realized a few facts that alira pointed out "the shadow empire warrior are only middle class tagged warrior not even their best and have won more than half of their matches, against some of the best the dragonian and demon empires has to offer, so if these were the best warriors in the shadow empire then I can't even imagine what the outcome would have been or imagine if we humans had to participate that would just be a bloodbath" I agreed wholeheartedly with her the shadow empire's strength was nothing to underestimate "especially with the rules of the match each match must last up to 5 minute with both candidates fighting at their best the only exception being one of the fighters dies before the 5 minute mark and after the 5 minute mark the match must continue until one party forfeits" I add repeating the rules of this competition " riri I have a bad feeling about all of this, the rules of the this years contest seems to stress endurance and time like they need the matches to last long, I can't explain it but something is amiss" alira just voiced out the concerns I have had in my heart all day " Ali if anything happens you are to run even if it means leaving me behind, do you understand?", " girl let's just pray nothing go wrongs cause I will no sooner die than leave you behind" Ali replies and I know she means that, a loud voice bellows all of a sudden "the winner out of all the empires in this years coliseum is the undefeated champion of the shadow empire, who we all call!!!?" And everyone starts to chant "gigan shadow!! Gigan shadow !! Gigan shadow!!" We look to see a faint shadow warrior me and alira where to focused on our discussion we didn't pay attention to this match, this warrior could easily be over 7ft and that is my rough estimate, that sinking feeling only intensifies as the announcer speaks once more " and now for the kings suprise" as soon as those words leave the mouth of the announcer some of the chairs the humans were sitting on both male and female alike drops leaving a hole in their place and they now appear inside the arena with that monster looking warrior and I turn to see alira was also taken "the humans will fight the champion in something of like a mock war to demonstrate that the battle of our ancestors can never happen again, it is a sort of reassurance that peace shall remain among all empires for eternity" everyone cheers except the people of the human realm whose screams are being tuned out by all the cheering and as for me, I see red my alira, they took my alira the only family I have left is down there, they stole my parents from me 5 years ago and now they want to take my Ali, my sister , I feel my power about to leave my body but I rein it in and take deep breaths cause if I loose control now every single one of them including my Ali will die and with this resolve I myself jump into the arena.