The Captain and his guards hovered over the survivors to access their injuries, but the general motioned for them to not get too close as he and his comrade were exiting the aircraft.

“Stop crowding us and give us some room.” The General ordered.

The Captain and his men responded as they moved back to give them room.

“Sir what happened?” The Captain asked.

“We were ambushed from the inside by one of those things.” Replied the General. “It came out of nowhere; we were lucky to survive.”

“Where is the creature?” Asked the Captain.

“It’s remains are inside.” Said the wounded soldier.

“I’m glad you guys are ok.” Replied the Captain. “Let us escort you to the infirmary.”

“You don’t think I know where that is Captain?” Snapped the General

“No sir.” The Captain nervously spoke up. “I just thought-

“You thought wrong. Start investigating how that thing got on my ship immediately.” Ordered the General.

The Captain saluted then he and his men started examining the ship while the General and his soldier left the hanger. Once they were out of the hanger and with no one in sight, they started to search for the Princess and the one responsible for the killing off their kind, Kevin. Meanwhile, Kevin was still in disbelief that he was in another world. He sat at the edge of the bed, bent over with his head buried in his hands trying to process it all. The Princess and the Knights gave him his space as they stood across the room.

“Do you really think he’s from Earth?” Caleb asked softly to the others.

“That pillar of light did bring him here.” Vinnie softly replied. “It must’ve somehow bridged our worlds.”

“The only way for that to happen was with the help of the gemstones and those have been lost to us for years.” Rika added.

The Princess wasn’t really focused on the conversation. She couldn’t help but look at the melancholy earthling who sat alone. Knowing that they weren’t going to get any answers just standing there she had to learn more about their visitor. She left the group and walked over to him. The knights watched curious to what she was going to do, Rika watched them carefully especially Kevin. She approached Kevin who was still distraught with his head buried in his hands as he remained still. He didn’t bother to see who was walking up to him; she sat next to him again.

“Are you alright?” The Princess asked.

At first, he didn’t budge but he then lifted his head up and sat up straight just looking ahead staring into space. He let out a big sigh of defeat.

“I-I don’t know.” Kevin said with disappointment in his voice. “One minute, I’m running for my life, the next, I’m in a new world. What if the Advant Guards got my family and friends? There’s nothing I can do.”

The Princess looked at the melancholy Kevin. She felt sorry for him as she couldn’t imagine what could be happening on Earth. She thought back for a second the lessons and stories she heard when she was little but then she remembered the harsh truths she was taught as well.

“Then nothing has changed on Earth.” She solemnly said.

When Kevin heard the Princess’ statement it got his attention to the point that he looked at the Princess confused.

“What do you mean?” He asked.

“Our ancestors were actually from Earth before we made a home here on Zonia.” The Princess replied. “Like you, we were hunted down for what we are.”

“But why?” Kevin asked. “We were taught that Seirei Jin were on Earth for centuries, and that they were evil, but no one could explain why mankind hated them so much?” Kevin asked.

“I’ll show you.” Said the Princess as she moved closer. She gently touched his face with her hands. Feeling her warm soft hands, Kevin softly blushed a little nervous to what she was going to do. To Kevin it looked as though she was going to kiss him.

Kevin watched as the pupils in her eyes began to glow with her red reiki, then expand till her eyes were engulfed in reiki energy. Nervous at first, he remembered Stewart doing this before, minus the hands, but only this time, it was both of her eyes. Kevin wanted to look away as it felt awkward but like a moth to a flame, he became entranced by her glowing eyes. Soon the pupils in his eyes began to glow red as she transferred some of her reiki energy into him. The energy expanded till his eyes were engulfed in reiki. The room around him turned white as though a bright light lit up the entire room. In a flash he wasn’t in the room anymore he was outside, in a jungle filled with giant flowers and creatures that only were in history books; pre-historic animals like the saber tooth tiger roaming around foraging for food. He looked around amazed as he couldn’t believe that he was seeing the past. The Princess, next to him, smiled amused to see how excited and nervous he was seeing history before his eyes. The scenery changes as they were in the middle of a peaceful village filled with pre-historic humans performing daily tasks, and kids playing they were dressed in furs from the hunts in the past. It was then Kevin noticed a pre-historic human had gathered firewood in the middle of the village, and ignited the wood using its reiki energy. Then more villagers brought over a makeshift spit where they had the caught beast of the day already skewered and placed it over the open fire for it to cook. Neighboring villagers arrived with baskets of fruits and vegetables and they all got together to eat.

“When Earth was just one continent, there were two different species of man: the homo sapiens, and the homo lumens or man of light. These types of humans were able to produce large amounts of their life force that they could manifest them into the physical realm.” The Princess narrated.

The scenery changed into the 12th century. The world was developed, people were wearing clothing from that time in history. Kevin and the Princess were in Salem, Oregon; Kevin still marveled at how humans thrived in this century.

“The two species evolved over the centuries.” The Princess continued. “The homo lumens, now called Seirei Jin, kept to themselves living in peace. They used their born gifts for healing, communication, and survival.”

They watched as a young woman was being chased by a group of men who wanted to have their way with her. She turned the corner of a nearby building into an alley only to end up in a dead end. She turned around to see her pursuers had blocked her only exit as they walked towards her. With nowhere to turn she had no choice but to defend herself. She gathered up her reiki energy till an aura of her reiki surrounded her. She then released an energy ball at her pursuers which sent them flying out of the alley. Surprised to see what she did to them, the men got up from the ground and fled yelling out “Witch!”

“When humanity discovered what we were capable of doing, they feared our abilities and so hunted us and anyone they protected.” Said Princess Anya

The Scenario changed again showing a large gathering of people in an open field. Men, women, families were all together scared and worried for their lives as they were the Seirei Jin race. They encircled a group of five individuals who were speaking to them about their current situation. Kevin and the Princess watched as the five individuals held hands and began to charge up their reiki energy. Their auras of gold, red, green, blue, and white surrounded them but their bodies began to glow bright white. The stronger their reiki energy became the brighter their bodies were till their bodies began to dematerialize into atomic particles. Their particles then collected forming into five individual gemstones, in the color of their reiki energy. Kevin looked at the white gemstone realizing it was the one he had on Earth. The gemstones floated towards each other and created a pillar of light large enough to encircle the Seirei Jin. They then transported them out of Earth’s atmosphere and traveled through the galaxy to their future destination. Kevin started to piece things together realizing how the true origin of the Seirei Jin shaped history.

“For the Seirei Jin to live in peace, our ancestors sacrificed themselves by becoming those stones and transporting us to a place we can live in peace.” Said the Princess finishing her narration.

“Zonia.” Kevin answered softly.

Suddenly there was a flash of light causing Kevin to close his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, he was back in the room with the Princess whose eyes were normal and the Knights who never left their spot.

“Wait, that can’t be it. Said Kevin. “Our history books mentioned a battle with the humans and Seirei Jin.”

“That was because a group of rouge Seirei Jins who wanted revenge for what the humans did. They stole the stones and invaded earth, but with the help of our parents, they ended the war. They and the leaders of Earth agreed to close the path to our worlds. Leaving any Seirei Jin that wanted to stay on Earth so long as they chose to live as humans never to reveal their powers. Once back in Zonia, the people made our parents the heroes of Auran thus the Knights of Auran were born. Said the Princess.

As Princess Anya talked about their past, Rika became impatient as she felt they were going nowhere with explaining about their history. She approached them once more.

““Princess, we’ve wasted enough time with him.” Rika interrupted. “We must know if he has it.”

“Have what?” Kevin asked.

“You came in a pillar of light like how our people came here.” The Princess replied. “For that to happen, we believe you may have one of the gemstones.”

Kevin realized they were right as he remembered seeing it in the flashback the Princess showed him earlier. He thought to himself that if the stone brought him here the stone could take him back home.

“You’re right.” He said as he began to check the pockets of his pants and jacket, but he came up empty handed. “I don’t have it.”

“Did you drop it somewhere?” Vinnie asked.

Kevin thought back to the last time he had the stone.

“When I fell, the stone came out of my pocket and saved me, that’s when it took me to space, and I must’ve blacked out cause all I remember is waking up here.” Kevin explained.

The Princess looked at him confused to what he said as she knew what happened.

“Wait, you don’t remember saving us back at the village?” Princess Anya asked. “You wiped out an entire army of creatures with your reiki, it was incredible.”

Kevin scratched his head as he thought about it for a second then shook his head no.

“I hate to disappoint you but there’s no way I could’ve done that.” He said.

“Have you forgotten already?” Retorted Caleb. “You’re a Seirei Jin.”

“I’m only a half breed.” Kevin snapped back. “I don’t know how my powers work; I have a seal that prevents me from using them sometimes. There’s no way I could’ve done that.”

Rika did a quick scan of Kevin using her reiki abilities as she stared at him with purple glowing pupils. She saw Kevin in her purple vision, but she also saw the Celtic markings all over his body. When her eyes became normal the markings vanished.

“He’s right, he’s got a seal on him.” She reported. “One of the old ones, it’s used to suppress his reiki; and it’s a strong seal too.”

The Princess couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She knew what she saw she knew what he said. “I will protect you.” She thought to herself how he could forget that.

“That’s impossible, I saw you do it.” She said as she stood up starting to get upset as no one believed her. “You said you will protect me; you used your reiki to save us.”

“And I’m telling you I don’t remember!” Kevin snapped back raising his voice at Princess Anya as he stood up and into her face. “Look, I just found out that I’m part of a species that’s been hunted for years in my world and now you expect me to be a hero? That’s your so-called Father and his Knight’s department not mine, why don’t you get them to figure out who saved you?”

Without hesitation, Princess Anya punched Kevin with a charged-up fist full of reiki energy that sent Kevin flying across the room into a wall causing a large indent. As the dust from the rubble cleared, Kevin stunned and in pain from the impact, stumbled out of the damaged wall holding the side of his face that Anya punched him. Caleb whistled the sound “wow” as he and the other knights were impressed at the Princess’ punch. The furious Princess extinguished her reiki energy and walked up to Kevin who was still stunned by what the Princess did.

“You dare insult the dead?!” She yelled. “If it weren’t for the knights, the human race would’ve been extinct, and you wouldn’t be here disrespecting those who can’t even defend themselves.”

Kevin’s eye widened as he didn’t realize their parents were dead. He looked at the knights feeling their growing hatred for him as they looked at him coldly. He then looked up at the Princess as she had tears well up and roll down her eyes as her faith in him began to diminish.

“I believed you would help us, maybe I was wrong about you.” She said coldly as she stormed out the room.

“Hey wait!” Kevin exclaimed feeling guilty for what he said.

Kevin gets up from the rubble and tried to follow. He didn’t mean to get upset and say what he said. It was out of anger and frustration he said it and now he had to make things right by apologizing. The Knights however used their reiki to appear in front of Kevin in an instant with their weapons in hand forcing Kevin to back off as he was unarmed.

“I think you’ve done enough.” Said Rika sternly.

She stood down while Caleb and Vinnie continued to point their weapons at Kevin.

“I’ll go after the Princess, make sure he doesn’t go anywhere.” Rika ordered.

“I don’t think he could if he tried.” Chuckled Caleb.

Kevin remained still and silent as she watched Rika leave the room in search of the Princess.

The General and the soldier continued to look around the castle in search of the Princess and the Knights. They were on the first floor main hall that displayed four of the five statues of the original Knights of Auran two on each side of the room standing tall and proud with markers displaying their names, year they were born and year they died. The statues stood next to the first set of stairs that led to the second floor. Seeing no sign of the Knights they were going to back track and check out another part of the castle till they heard Rika call out to the Princess from above them. They looked up to see The Princess on the second-floor walking away still upset about what happened with Rika catching up to her. They walked up the stairs to follow them.