Repudiated One

A breeze picks up, shifting ripples of clouds as the hot afternoon sun shines down upon a shimmering Kingdom. The Holy capital of light elves, Luxtorious. Even though this hash sunlight bore down upon these fortified lands, no citizen mind for the streets of the entire kingdom were empty upon this fateful day.

*Thump thump thump thump*

The sounds of unified stomping feet, the taps of staffs, and the banging of armor. Shook the outlands of Luxtorious as each citizen took up this rhythmic beat. Light elves from all different shapes, sizes, ages, and backgrounds all stood together as one as they beat in unity. Standing in the front of the entire crowd keeping the citizens pace, stood the high priestess of the light elves. One of the founders of the kingdom Luxtorious, Haldir.

As she stood facing, what once used to be a grand oak tree that reaches out to the heavens with its withered branches, each tap of her ornamented stall sent its hooped blessed rings to bang against themselves, letting out a melodious jingle. With each jingle clouds forms above them in an ominous swirl, darkening the sky above this dying oak tree.

High Priestess Haldir ” Restituzione à nous. ”

She yells between a beat in an aged voice that still held authority and power.

Citizens ” Restituzione à nous. ”

They began to chant the voices of the old, the young, the rasped, the shrill, the gruff and even the softest. Their voices all combined into a blur of pitches and yet the message was clear.

”Return to Us ”

They chanted on as they all hoped with all their hearts. Believing in one unison truth.

The breeze picks up in a more violent, threatening flow, blowing hard on each and every light elf threatening to carry them off to the swirling crackling clouds above if their hearts weren true.

Sparks of lighting ripples through the clouds above them as a deafening clasp of thunder roared, undermining the crowds determine chat to the mere squeaks against such a thunderous sound. Even so, the crowd still kept chanting, still kept screaming for change! For a miracle.

*Crack sceeeeeeeen BOOM*

A single blast of lightning fell from the heavens in such a blinding light it made the old thought that they had become blind. It fell with such speed that no heartbeat could catch up to it. It fell upon the oak tree so hard its rippling impact knocked everyone off their feet and blew them all 10 feet away.

The buzzing sound of eardrums rang in everyones ears before it slowly disappears into an eerie silence that only th