Chapter 5

imprisonment

Night began to fall upon the kingdom and Ema was stressed (but mostly scared) as ever, sleepily she pondered about what the lord would do to her and if he would let her go. As if the guards with the huge weapons escorting her to a cell was actually comforting, she then wondered about her weird feelings she began to have after her first good night sleep on the beautiful but dangerous world. Maybe its my hunger she thought to herself and she wondered if she would get to eat at all, If anything at least enough so she wouldn't die of hunger. Ema was then sad but her sadness was soon replaced by anger while she thought of the devious fammal that brought her here in the first place. Scale! Her eyes started to water and she clenched her teeth I never want to see him again! She thought her face flushing red. The guards stopped, making Ema coming to a sudden stop and almost tripping over her own feet. Fear then filled her as she shivered, Ema then realized the guards noticed her fear and she was ashamed. Dumb emotions! She thought I'm on such an emotional roller coaster right now I mustn't show weakness!

“Here is your chamber.” One of the guards spoke up

“your food will be brought to you in the morning after your sleep but before you wake.” The other confusingly murmured

Ema nodded and she walked in while the guards made sure the door was securely locked. The room wasn't much of a cell and more comparable to a hotel with horrible wallpaper, in the middle of the room was a small mattress that looks like it hasn't been used for ages and a small window at the side of the room beside a small toilette lit up the room with the glow of the moon making the room much more comfortable. Ema now exhausted and very hungry walked up to the mattress and passed out like a light.

The next morning Ema awoke to the sun streaming in from the window, squinting her eyes to adjust to the light she noticed her breakfast (or so she thought it was) beside her mattress on a plate on the floor. Beside the plate was a note it said.

The food here maybe different but this is edible for humans, apparently its delicious according to the citizen humans living in villages today. Enjoy! - Lord's berry picker

Ema looked down in disgust at the oddly colored fruits on her breakfast plate, she picked up a blueish fruit that looked like a apple sized pumpkin, and took a small bite and to her surprise it tasted a cross between a banana and a pear with a hint of something familiar but she couldn't describe it. The fruit itself was very different, it had two layers one was the outside that was hard as an apple and it was about 3cm thick. While the inside was a soft liquid peach like texture that oddly enough tasted really good. After her breakfast she noticed the very same weird feeling came back to her but stronger, she had an urge to do something but she did not have a clue what. She sat down to think and that's when her door opened it was the lord.

“Hello human how was your food?” Her asked curiously.

Ema lifted her right eyebrow then looked away. “Why should I give you answers if you cannot give me any?”

The lord chuckled, “I'm not here to hurt you I want to train you or prove my theory in this matter.”

Ema rolled her eyes, “okay try me what do you want me to do lord?”

He sat up surprisingly, “no human before said yes, they usually flee in terror” he thought for a moment, “and it is not necessary to call me lord, my name is Taro king/lord of the fammals but just call me Taro.”

“Okay so Taro...” Ema started to ask she didn't trust him but had to go along so she had a better chance of going back home. “Humans are not powerful beings and we do not seem to have any powers so what do you want with us? Or prove with us for that matter.”

The king smiled at her in a weird way then said “did you feel normal after your first night?”

Ema cringed surprised at how he knew about her feelings “no... well...uh..how would you know anyways?!?”

“All humans have this feeling in other worlds” Taro replied “It's there destiny to feel and be powerful”

Ema laughed “Okay then!” her sarcastic attitude didn't make Taro happy

Taro scowled at her “Humans do not believe in there powers, they think there weak, heck if they think somethings right it HAS to be right because they don't trust even themselves they rather trust fact.”

Ema shook her head then said “if I do not believe you how will I even help you?”

The lord smiled then briefly said “each night the feeling becomes stronger until you ether pretend this world isn't here like other humans or accept magic. Only then will the lord prophecy will come true.”

“what is this prophecy?” Ema asked still confused

“I'm glad you asked.” The king smiled then he began his story, “Every world is connected by some magical force, some say it's a link others say that they are time dimension doors placed at each edge, whatever they may be they are there. Usually each world's link is connected and the doors are open but for a strange reason they are not, there closed. This is a problem and the only people that could solve this problem is a link rider. Link riders have the ability to travel to each world flawlessly without much problems while regular animals are nigh impossible to get to one world but unfortunately link riders are rare and no one has ever seen one in this generation. The only species to become link riders need to have hands and mostly humans have been picked, that's why your feeling this way in this world. You may be the one to get chosen if you believe this and you could help save the worlds since they need each other to thrive.”

“so......um” Ema began “dose anyone know what happened to the worlds magical link?”

“that” the lord began “can only be answered if you are a rider and for that to happen you need to be chosen by your own magic”

“what?!?” Ema closed her eyes “I seriously don't understand! This is why I'm in captivity?!?”