Irise Delegnere (ALIVE'S Book 3)

by Faulina Arif

  The princess surprised and ran to approach the dragon. She kneeling beside him with full of tears. Cry for the dragon that looking at her sadly.

  "No don't die dragon, don’t die please . . . ," The princess wailed. Her heart is truly sad.

  The princess tears fall to the dragon face and then suddenly, that dragon turned back to be a handsome man. Because of the princess sincerity, the dragon can changed back into his true form as a human.

  The princess surprised. She embracing the dragon prince body with teary eyes.

  The dragon prince said "I am a cursed prince. This curse can be lifted if I can receive a sincere love. But when people see me, they are fled, they feared me. And then I hear, at a peaceful kingdom there was a princess that possess a kind heart, I hope this curse will be lifted if that princess loved me."

  The princess gasped in her cry.

  The dragon prince smiled sad. "You are truly a kind hearted princess. And your kindness makes me fall in love. Forgive me princess, forgive me because I am taking you from your kingdom. By now, I declare that you are free to go, I pray, I can only pray for your eternal happiness."

  The dragon prince rested in peace inside the princess warm embrace.

  Princess are truly sad. Her tears can’t stop to flow. And then, with heavy step the princess leaving the dragon castle together with the prince from the fairy kingdom.

  They returned to the princess kingdom. The king and all of people joyfully receive the good news. They made lively and boisterous celebration to celebrate the return of the princess. The king decide to wed his lovely daughter with the prince that rescuing her.

  For the king and all of her people, the princess accept. The kind hearted princess saves her memories about the dragon prince and marrying the prince from fairy kingdom. All of them live happily ever after.

  Randall closing the fairytale book which he recently read and then he looked at his two trusted companion. "So, this is where David dreams coming?"

  A beautiful woman which sitting beside Randall checking a tablet PC in her lap while answering him in calm tone. "Yes. From the data that I receive, the mythical creature like werewolf, beast people, and other creature that David create, are all mentioned inside that fairytale."

  "That kiddo. He really like a child," A large muscular man which are sitting in front of Randall leaned both of his hand to a sword and smiled sarcastically. He glanced at the fairytale book above his master lap. "Is that fairytale really for a kid? Look at the thickness!"

  Randall were not responded to Leon comment and he thought to another matter instead.

  "I never expect that Elysion will be like this, Randall," Said Leon then.

  Randall let out a short sigh. "I remember when David were still become my pupil. He was indeed a spirited and enthusiastic kid. I never had thought if he will do all of this."

  Kurona, the descendant of ancient ninja tribe in the country of thousand sakura looked at Randall. "That is how the circle of the world runs. Realized or not, over times many things will change, especially human."

  "Your words are true," Randall answered together with faint smile.

  Randall fell silent. As a person of many achievement and recognized as a great. Randall felt if he did another unforgivable mistakes. As though he never learn from his dark past. Every human had a different way of thinking and ambition. What was David did at this time, is only a small drop of the sea of knowledge. As a scientist, sacrificing many things for his ambition is not a fault. If someone must be responsible, that will be Randall. Someone that have a great power but was careless and let his pupil do as he please.

  Kurona stares at the window in her right side for a long time, and made Leon curious then also stares toward the same direction.

  "Red moon? Lunar eclipse? In here?"

  "The sign of a great calamity." Said Kurona in calm voice.

  Randall also looked at that red moon while thinking deep. A red moon, this was ever happened at the long past. It went too long, and Randall nearly forgot. The past people always believe, the emergences of the red moon is the sign of great calamity. The past people always did an offering to god, to drive away the great calamity. Those are indeed were heard like a nonsense, but Randall can't deny. Sometimes, a myth is not always untrue, inside some myth there always hidden some deep and important meaning inside. Right, it was sound foolish, only because of that, some life are being offered to unnamed god. But, still that calamity happened right in front of his eyes, causing the death of hundred or even thousands of people.

  "Master Alex, there is something horrible at the outside!", The helicopter pilot reported.

  Randall, Kurona and Leon looked at the same window. At the far distance from where they are, a giant lightning bolts flashed for several times.

  At that times Leon eyes widened. "What the hell is that?!"

  "The great calamity, lightning dragon."

  Leon immediately stare at Kurona. His forehead frowned, showing an expression of disbelief and insult. Kurona always know everything just like an old clairvoyant.

  Kurona that realize if she being looked like that stares at Leon. "Why do you looked at me like that?" Kurona squinted her eyes.

  "N-No." Leon shook his head while grinned.

  It's terrible if Kurona become angry. Leon will make a female lion goes berserk. That's why Leon always did the same thing, giving up for his own safety.

  Randall didn't give any comment. He just stay still with a calm behavior. As if he was not surprised and knowing what will happen next.

  The ring of phones interrupting Randall minds. That man take out his hand phone and let out a little smile when he saw the name that appeared in the display. He pressed the answer button and quiet for some time.

  Randall waited. But because there is no voice, in the end he was the one that talked first. "Hello?"

  A female voice responded to Randall greeting. That woman were not spoke too much and only said some important things like usual.

  "I'm sorry, seems like I could not meet you. You can come here, I am now at . . . ," All of sudden Randall phone was dead and their helicopter shaken.

  "This . . . " Leon fell quiet while staring at Kurona.

  Kurona only quiet. She closes her eyes and folding both her eyes below her breast. Her attitude is calm just like her master.

  "Electro Magnetic Pulse Wave." Leon continuing his words, but he are not panicked same like Randall and Kurona.

  Kurona opened her eyes, stares to Leon without smiling.

  Their attitude is entirely different with the helicopter pilot. That pilot are truly confused and panicked. He tried to land his helicopter that suddenly non-functioning. If he are not careful, the helicopter that he piloting will be crashed and all of them will died.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  Reina tried to climb the wall as fast as she can. She climbed up the rubble that nearly destroyed, she walked past many corpses that lying in the middle of darkness.

  Yes, that rabbit eared girl is still alive. After she was unconscious for a long time and suspected already died, Reina become conscious and back to her feet. And now, this time Reina have full control of herself and her consciousness is unlike before. Now Reina regained full control of herself and also her feeling is becoming more sensitive toward everything around her. That was caused by Irfan death. Someone that in the past have got a full control to her well being, but now no one could do that anymore and she had no obligation to stay at Elysion anymore.

  In the times when Reina still unconscious, suddenly Reina could felt a void and pain inside her heart exactly when Sheryl died. But at that times, Reina was clueless for what kind of feeling is that. Reina felt like she was dreaming. She wanted to wake, but her eyes could not open. And when she was awake, everything is over. Everyone are already gone and only she was left there.

  Along with awareness that she completely possess, Reina become confused. She doesn’t know what to do and how. Following her instinct, Reina go to the upper f
loor and that is when she found Sheryl corpse. After a long time, for the first time Reina can feel a terrible pain inside her chest. Her tears fall suddenly and she felt a hollow inside her minds.

  Ever since Irfan becoming her master, at that times Reina also lost her natural behavior as a human. She never felt any envy, anger, or even hatred toward Sheryl.

  Reina are always compliant to Sheryl. As her twin sister that was born first, Reina are well known as a silent-type girl. Different with Sheryl that always cheerful, smart to lure everyone attention and always be liked by everyone. Sometimes Sheryl open attitude could changed to be annoying. Sheryl will blame Reina for something she didn't do only for grasping all attention. Often times, Sheryl asked Reina to do the job that must be did by her. Even though Reina always accept and silent, but still a seed of hatred grows inside her heart, till she ever thinks if Sheryl is better disappear.

  But all of those feeling vanished after Reina changed form to a half-beast girl. Her feelings are lost and the things that she know is only to obey her master. Reina and Sheryl become mutually indifferent. Both of them never fight, hurting each other or even feeling envy. Both of them were like meeting a different person that never cared to each other.

  And now, all of Reina natural behavior as a human returned when Sheryl and Irfan died. Reina could never expect, losing her twin sister are truly painful. Suddenly a stream of horror and the shadow of fears assaulting her minds. She now are alone, no one can be relied upon and she doesn’t even know what will she did after. Her heart is empty and lonely. With this condition such as now, she had no clue where to go. If there will be someone that found her, she doesn't even know what will happen to her.

  Loud crashing sound had been heard from anywhere. A lightning bolts strikes around the tall buildings like a whips of angels. As if the wrath of god descend upon humankind that caused by their arrogance.

  Reina trembling in horror. She jumped the last building debris and running in panic. She was managed to climb to the surface. While running Reina tears would not stop to flow and she would not dare to look behind. She know what was happened, something incredibly terrifying is awaken. Something that been feared by any kind, human, animal, and also herself awaken for vengeance.

  Because of panic, Reina keep on running without looking at her surroundings. She only wanted to run away from the chaos. She go through the forest with full speed, unaware she was now at the main road and exactly at that second, a car hit her and she once again fell unconscious.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  "Something strange happening," A young girl that now aged 16 years old muttered with soft voice while gazing to the outside of car window.

  A lightning bolts have been seen at the faraway place and those lightning bolts generated in short time interval without stopping. Something terrible are certainly happened and is this the cause of the arrival of her loved ones? Is his arrival related to this strange occurrence?

  That girl private chauffeur are also looked at those lightning bolts. He thinks the exact same thing as his young miss. "Should we return to mansion young miss?", He asked while looking behind.

  "I want to know why father came here," Answered that young girl without looking at her chauffeur.

  Her chauffeur understood and he looked back to the front. Exactly at that times he surprised and braking the car at once.

  "Apologies young miss, I pray that you are unhurt." That private chauffeur looked behind in panicked state.

  That young girl rubbing her head that before are hitting the head of driver chair. Her facial expression is unchanged, still flat and calm. "What happened?"

  "Seems like I bumped something miss Alicia."

  That young girl named Alicia fall quiet for a moment and then immediately came out from inside the car, she walked to the car front, and found a girl lying 2 meters in the front of the car.

  Alicia approaching that girl and stands beside her body. Both of her eyes squinted when she found unusual things above that girl head. She was curious and squatted. Because of her curiosity, she can't defy her will to touch things that are similar to a rabbit ears. Slowly she touch those ear.

  Those ears moved and made Alicia startled till both of her eyes widen. Alicia becoming more curious and uncertain, she touch it one more time. Is this ears real? She thought. And that ear moved once again every time it was touched by Alicia. Alicia smiled, she was addicted to play with those ears.

  "Y-Young miss, she was bleeding," Said Alicia private chauffeur, he muster up courage to reprove. He could not hold himself to reported that rabbit eared girl condition. Since before he standing behind Alicia, looked at what Alicia did.

  That chauffeur exasperated with his young miss. Rather than checking that girl condition, she instead played with her unique ears.

  Alicia are just noticed. That rabbit eared girl in front of her is covered by blood. And seems like her injury is comes not from the hit, but from a fierce battle.

  Alicia suddenly rise. "Get her to the car."

  "Yes, young miss," that chauffeur of hers answered.

  He immediately approach that rabbit eared girl and lifted her heavy body easily. And then, he laid her at the back seat.

  Alicia enters and take a seat at the front, followed by her chauffeur.

  "Return to mansion," Said Alicia.

  "Are you certain young miss? Are you cancelling you agenda to meet master Alex?, That chauffeur asked to ascertain.

  Aria takes a glance toward the rabbit eared girl that now is still unconscious and then looked back to her chauffeur. "Yes, return to mansion." Alicia repeating the same orders.

  "Yes, young miss." That chauffeur answered while at the same time activating the car engine. He then turn the car to takes his young miss to her mansion.

  On the way, Alicia mind filled by that rabbit eared girl which she recently found. She are not surprised if that kind of creature exist. But one question appeared across her mind, how could they exist? Is it true if something bad already happened? With those severe injuries, is it true if that girl facing a terrible battle? Is that battle happened around those lightning bolts that now can still be seen? Right, Alicia will get that answer after that girl awakes.

  The Legend Awakes

  At the times when everyone looked at Lorend with confused face, Ichsan that still stand in front of David looked toward Lisa and he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

  A cigarette at Ichsan mouth fall off. His face tensed and his eyes weren't blinked. None the least he was able to remove his sight from Lisa.

  Slowly that little girl body changed and turned strange. Started from her body skins that covered with scales and then blackened, then her red eyes glows bright, till her horns grows longer.

  Ichsan muttered and then shrieked with sharp voice. "Oh God!!"

  Hafiz and Marsha turn their sight toward Lisa and all at once their bodies frozen stiff with their eyes opened wide because they also see Lisa transformation.

  Not stopped until that, her arms along with her nail becoming bigger and bigger together with both of her legs that destroying her shoes, then her head becomes bigger and her neck become long like a giraffe, and suddenly at her pelvis bones grows a black spiky tail all together with her wings that becoming larger.

  A few second later, Ichsan spontaneously screamed loudly. "R-Run . . . !!!" Ichsan leaving that place and ran with his tail between his legs like a coward.

  Everyone inside was surprised to hear Ichsan screamed.

  Lisa body keeps growing larger. Only in split second, that little girl form is fully changed to be a dragon like, with its size around 30 meter in length.

  Lorend struggles more by fear. She managed to get out from those 3 mercenary grasps.

  However also at that times, the hungry dragon extend its head toward Lorend. By opening its large mouth once, that dragon immediately ate Lorend and 3 mercenaries which near her.

  A loud scream full of horror reverberated inside the dragon mouth. Shortly there could be
heard a cracking sound of bones and spurting bloods from the dragons mouth. That is the blood of their dead friends and Lorend. All of them is just a snack for the hungry dragon that newly awaken.

  All of people there becomes scared and immediately running away. Aria and Zafar ran to the first entrance, and then they coming out from the parliament building from main entrance door.

  Reyn, Marsha and Hafiz run through a back door, the door where Ichsan coming in.

  "Come! Fast! Hurry!!" Ichsan shouted loudly while giving Reyn, Marsha, and Hafiz that still far away a command.

  All of them followed Ichsan and managed to come out from the back entrance of parliament building.

  Exactly at the time when everyone safely out from the parliament building, the ground below them vibrates, the color of artificial skies turned to red, and alarm of danger sounding and after that, a great explosion occurred. The parliament building which are very large and could contain thousands of people destroyed in an instant. Building rubbles fly together with that explosion, and then a massive black wing could be seen above the building remains. The transformation of that little girl is now perfect, that little girl completely turned into a black terrifying giant dragon.

  That dragon body size is giant, like a jumbo jet merged into one. Its total body length is 150 meter, it’s tall from the ground to its body is 40 meter, its weight is more than 500 tons and its wings length is more that 700 meter. And in all of it body part, grows sharp thorn that could pierced any flesh easily. Truly a terrifying giant beast that comes from ancient legend.

  "Oh my god, holy, holy?" Ichsan muttered while feeling amazed and scared.

  Aria and Zafar unable to change their sight toward another direction. They keep looked at Lisa astounded while keep walking backward.

  That dragon tried to move its massive body and once again a lot of rubbles fall to the ground, this time it was much than before.

  Aria and the other was busy to dodge the rubbles that nearly hit them.

  Reyn that saw Aria waving his hands toward Aria direction which are far from him. "Aria!!" Reyn shouted loudly, but Aria still can't hear him.