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Long before the Citadel of Darigan, another dark city floated in the air above the haunted woods. An urban jungle of blackness with inky streets weaving between looming buildings, each glowing mournfully through the surrounding mist. It has been years since that once thriving City of Darkness gave way to decay, forgotten by the denizens who departed after its terrible destruction.
One remained. A girl, still young by Neopian terms, but one who had learnt much in her time. She can still be seen amongst the rubble of the ruined city, her pure white hair cast into the wind, vivid violet eyes watching the citizens of Neopia from above. This is not her story. This is the story of her faithful stallion, Nemesei.
The foal's birth and upbringing were not unusual or extra-ordinary in any way. The young male was the foal of two proud Unis, part of a large herd which roamed the plains. They were simple in colour, nature and lifestyle, relying on their natural surroundings for survival and wanting nothing more than they needed. Nemesei, then, was red, the hue of his father with his mother's blue eyes. He grew like any other, running and playing with his friends and lounging in the fields under the sun. Days were peaceful and the nights warm.
However, the young stallion soon realised that he was different from the other Unis of the herd. He longed for more than their peaceful life. He longed for adventure, excitement, a life of challenges and rewards.
Then the Stranger approached the herd. She had seemed to know exactly what he wanted. Not tall, but strangely she seemed to tower above the Unis of the herd. Her face was hidden by a hooded cloak but a few white strands of hair escaped the darkness and blew in the wind. She spoke to the herd, expressing her need of a companion, one who knew no fear, one who would remain loyal to her for eternity.
The Unis snorted in disgust. Loyalty was a trait of gelerts or perhaps lupes. Unis were wild, and these ones would remain wild. But Nemesei stepped forward, agreeing to become the girl's companion.
The girl introduced herself as Castor, and explained that she was one of a lost tribe. She moved her hood back a little to reveal intricate tribal markings on her face, a line of four dots above her left eye and two horizontal waved lines, crossed vertically by a third under her right. She had been travelling in search of a prophesied city, The City of Darkness, and had travelled far from her origins, Mystery Island, to find it. The City lay to the East, through the forbidden woods. Nemesei had heard tales of these woods and grew bleak with fear for what lay beyond those dark branches, but the girl had requested fearlessness and loyalty and Nemesei would never retreat on that promise.
They travelled for weeks, often exchanging less than a handful of words each day, but as they travelled, Nemesei learnt more and more about his new mistress in the absence of speech. He grew to know exactly how far she could travel in a day before getting exhausted, how she would pause at obstacles to assess them before formulating a plan. How she could gather food and water from the wild as if she had spent her whole life among it. She never told Nemesei what her life had held before travelling towards the City and he never asked.
One misty night, the Haunted Woods and the mountains beyond came into view. "The City is just beyond that Mountain Range." Castor said softly. Nemesei knew what was beyond that Mountain Range... unmapped teritory. Places where no Uni had been before. Nemesei just nodded and continued on towards the forest.
The Woods were thick and dark, little light managing to penetrate the canopy of wiry branches and thick, leathery leaves. Bodiless sounds flew on the wind between leaning tree trunks and silent eyes watched as the cloaked girl and her young, red stallion cut their way through the forest. They had been travelling through the Haunted Woods for almost a complete moon-cycle, when three soundless arrows pierced their way through the undergrowth and dug themselves deep into Nemesei's hide.
Nemesei bucked at the pain, poisonous fluid spreading from the arrowheads through the wound and out into his flesh. He began to feel weak, but feared for his mistress' safety. As he struggled to stand the pain and weakness, a masked figure leapt from the shadows and began advancing towards Castor, a gleaming blade in each hand.
As Castor drew her own sword and turned her attention to the masked attacker, Nemesei fought against the poison which was spreading down his hind leg and across his back. It slowly turned his colouring from red to grey as the poison began to take over his body. Fighting to stay awake and not collapse under the pain, he noticed another figure emerge from the shadows.
This figure, clutching a dagger in it's outstretched hand, was creeping silently towards Castor. She would be stabbed in the back while distracted by the first attacker! Pushing the pain and weakness back, Nemesei struggled towards the figure and with his last ounce of energy, launched himself at the second attacker.
To be continued...
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