Redwing - Chapter 5 *Edited*

Realm Reunion central, royal meeting room, five hours earlier

‘Welcome to mission Blind Eye, to stop Eyeline for good,’’ introduced Ladwana.

I was looking forward to this mission, being the leader of all kingdoms and top spy leader, I have fought many battles against Eyeline’s army. She has been trying to destroy our kingdom for far too long.

‘Universe will lead us.’’

That was me, Universe, the princess and only royal of Realm Reunion. I was here with some of the most powerful spies and protectors from all the twelve realms.

‘As you all know, ’’ Ladwana explained, ‘Realm Reunion is the only place where all magical beings can live in harmony due to our planets magic magnetism capabilities which allows Realm Reunion to hold fifty times more magic without our magic forces over-heating and blowing up. If Eyeline destroys our planet, all Realms will break up into war. That is why we have to complete Mission Blind Eye, because the stakes are high. The downside is that our force field will be down for five seconds, to lure Eyeline in, but as soon as she approaches us she will be blasted into smithereens. Yet, if Eyeline was to strike at our forces, there would have to be a battle, one in which the odds are more in her favour.’’

‘Isn’t it too risky, then?’’ I asked.

‘If all goes according to plan, it would have been worth the risk.’’

Our spy guider doesn’t understand all the lives that are at stake here. She lost her family to Eyeline and her eye army, so I guess she would take any chance she could get to destroy Eyeline. Eyeline and her army were created by an evil force, and for reasons we do not know, Eyeline’s creator made her hell bent on trying to take over Realm Reunion.

Realm Reunion is the second planet in this galaxy. We are the only planet, apart from the Utopians, that refused to join the war over earth. We may have the best army, but no one should take what is right-fully human’s. Some claim they’re ‘saving earth’, but they’re just greedy.

‘Troops in your positions, the force field is about to lower. Eyeline is in our sights! Spy leaders try to lead Eyeline towards the forcefield!’’ Our army was another reason why Eyeline kept attacking us. If she could get control of our army, she could use them to attack earth before any of the other kingdoms, and everybody would think it was me.

I leapt up into the air and extracted my wings, they glowed a midnight black as I soared into the air. My chestnut hair trailed along behind me as my heart thumped inside my chest. My navy blue dress flapped at my ankles and stood out amongst the clouds.

I looked down at my kingdom and felt proud. Beautiful green trees were everywhere, the village children were running about gaily and laughing, making their way in doors for the mission. I raked my fingers through the clouds and looked up at the clear blue sky above me and the golden sun, burning at the perfect climate for this time of day. The flowers were blooming all shades of red, blue and white. It’s a shame that the day will be ruined by our mission. Our mission! I was so happy flying that I forgot about our mission!

I suddenly saw an eye in the distance and my heart sank to my boots. Not an ordinary eye, an eye filled with pure evil. My heart rate leapt up to an alarming rate. What was the spy guider thinking? Eyeline truly was dangerous. I felt a shiver go down my spine, a feeling that someone was watching me. I turned my head, my heart skipped several beats. There, staring at me was Eyeline.

She was exactly as I had imagined her. She had neon pink hair to her shoulders and neon yellow skin. She was wearing vines wrapped around her and both of her eyes were glowing, and they both were pitch black. She was holding flames of fire in her hands, I would have been in awe of her if she wasn’t so scary. She truly was a beautiful nightmare.

With a grin on her face, she threw one of the fires in her hand at me. I had to fly fast and make it to the force field before it closed! I dived back in the direction I had come from. Where were the back-ups? I looked down to see my troops fighting Eyeline’s army of humans, covered in eyes. She had hit right in our defences! Eyeline was hot on my tail, throwing fire balls at me. The children below me were running and screaming, eager to get indoors. Everyone wasn’t inside yet! I felt like screaming and running, everything was going wrong! Eyeline was almost a metre away from me now, but the forcefield was also in view. I dived down into it right before Eyeline could grab me.

I turned around to look at Eyeline. She was fuming outside the force field. Suddenly, it dropped down to the ground and faded. The mission! Oh no! We can’t let Eyeline in! Eyeline, noticing that our force field was down, took her chance and dived down towards the terrified villagers.

‘No!’’ I screamed as she conjured an eye army that blasted straight at the children. I ran behind a pillar and stayed hidden while all hell broke loose. I heard shots behind me, screams and fire sparks. I didn’t know what to do. I felt so guilty. I could go through with the plan, or I could run and hide. Everything was resting on me now, what I do will probably decide the fate of my kingdom, yet in the heat of the moment, I froze.

I didn’t even know what I was doing here. I thought being a magical human would be easy and fun, especially when the Destiny guider offered me a royal spot in my own kingdom, but all I’ve caused is pain. Not knowing what else to do, I changed back into my bird form and flew away.