6. They all make it to their home at the beautiful, lively sun filled village. A giant circle with five houses on each side, making ten beautiful homes in total, with gems on the pathways all around.
Dusk and Dawn run in their homes and quickly grab their crystals, ready to remember everything they can to get back on track with their warrior status, trying to figure out how it affected their whole childhood back at the palace.
Barely able to stay, they both run right back to their horses, making it back to Lady Maldu.
As they make their way to Lady Maldu’s home, they see Lady Maldu holding a blown-out candle, looking at her window with her arm on her hip.
Dusk says to her, “we have the crystals, Lady Maldu.”
Lady Maldu snaps out of it and starts working on the crystals, she puts them in a pot of melted gold and pours something in it and lets it sit there as she continues to speak, saying, “Twilight came by; he just left.”
"I hear that everyone wants you guys to stay away from each other, but I think you need to talk this out. He needs to talk to someone worthy.”
Dawn replies with, “you right?”
“No, you two have unfinished business that you two started, it's time you two sort it out before things get very serious...”
"What happened with Dawn and Twilight?" Dusk questions, looking at both of them, can you tell us something now?"
Lady Maldu cuts her eye from Dusk to Dawn, “yes, he kept mentioning you, more than Dusk, something you told him, but obviously you don’t remember, that’s why we need these crystals fixed. I apologize for not being able to tell you much about what you and Twilight were planning together, that I wasn't present for since he told me that you two would have a lot of private conversations.”
Afternoon comes up to her saying, “we’ve been keeping them away from each other.”
“Well don’t, what you guys need to do is find your youngest warrior, Daylight, Midnight and I will help Dusk and Dawn, okay."
"Yes, Lady Maldu.” Afternoon and Evening say together.
As they stay in the home, they both continue to talk as the hours go by, now a few hours later, the potion is finally finished, so, Maldu gives them the potion, and once they drink it, they change almost completely.
"I hope you two have noticed...How old are you two?" Lady Maldu smirks at them.
Dusk and Dawn look at each other, then they instantly notice, "are we...Older...?" Dusk questions again. Dawn feels the blond stubble on his face, "so it looks to be."
Dusk instantly notices his growing beard and then goes wide eyed. "Oh..?"
"Yes...You guys should now know your age again, Dawn you are twenty, and Dusk you are twenty-one.”
Dusk in his peace outfit, is a green shirt that has a brown belt to separate his orange trousers. He also wears a brown and green necklace, with a gold earring like Twilight.
His warrior outfit is nice and armored, blue and green, with a bow and arrow, along with his staff weapon, like Evening. His boots are red like his gloves, and he has a green shawl around him.
Dawn’s peace outfit is a pink, half-cut shirt, with navy trousers. She wears navy shoes as well, with her hair unbraided and out, which is long and magenta, while Dusk’s hair is short beads and blond.
In her warrior outfit, she has a half-armored navy and magenta pants and shirt on, with purple knee-high boots like Morning. Her hair is half-braided, and she has two gold earrings and a magenta gold necklace. Her weapons are her knives and a small sword.
Dusk is 5’8 in height and Dawn is 5’6 in height.
In their peace outfits, they start marveling at themselves, then Maldu starts saying, “there you guys are, I don’t know what you two were wearing before.” She chuckles a little.
“Our traditional Nokinian attire was a bit messed up.” Dusk answers her.
"It was beautiful, but now you guys are ready to get back to your work, right?"
Dawn answers her with, "yes, Lady Maldu."
And Dusk answers her with, "of course."
“Go home you two, and on another day, your crystals will be completely new, I'm sure of it.” They both nod and then make their way back to the village.
Dusk and Dawn go to the village, and while waiting Dawn sits around marveling at the place’s crystal fountain.
“Beautiful, isn't it?”
“It really is beautiful out here, even though I know it always has been...” Hearing the different tone of voice, Dawn frowns, then she slowly turns around, seeing beside her, Twilight, sitting on the side of the fountain, petting a dog-like creature that has piercing gold eyes like his.
“What are you doing here?” She faces him completely, questioning him.
“I have the right to be here, you know.” He eyes her.
“What do you want, Twilight, we can talk about it you know...”
“You will know once you get your crystal, then we can talk about it.”
“Oh, so it’s a mystery now? Just tell me something, I don't want to keep going on like this?”
Twilight sighs, then he walks closer to her saying, "it's never been a mystery..."
“Before what?”
Suddenly, Dusk comes out from his tent home saying, “Get away from her! If you are going to have a conversation like we're supposed to, do it appropriately, I can see the attitude from a mile away.”.
Twilight backs up saying, “I was just sitting by the fountain, she happened to walk up.”
“Well keep sitting, I don’t want any parts of you until we get our crystals.”
“Deal.” He simply replies.
Dawn looks over to Twilight, "I will be waiting to have the conversation that we need to."
Twilight looks back at Dawn, accepting what she said before he leaves off into the distance.
Dusk and Dawn get their crystals from Lady Maldu the next day, with her giving them their crystals, and while this their crystals overflow their feelings and memories back onto them.
“I feel…” Dawn starts off.
“Good, don’t you.” Lady Maldu finishes her words, “now I need you guys to do what you’re supposed to do this time, no more slacking, okay?”
“Yes, Lady Maldu.” Dawn says again. Dusk nods to her as well.
As they get ready to leave, Dusk turns around and says to Maldu, “where do you think Daylight has gone?”
“I wish I knew, I’ve been praying about it, but then again, it may not be a bad thing.”
“Really?”
“Yes, Twilight thinks she’s there for a purpose, so does my son, Morlagon."
"Morlagon is Midnight, yes?" Dusk wants to confirm.
"Yes Dusk, it's his real name, just like everyone else, except you guys. You guys are the only ones with the same name, everyone else goes by their time of the day, for safety, but to be appropriate, call them by their warrior names, not regular names, only does Morlagon not care about which you call him, okay?”
“Yes, I understand." He replies.
With this, they leave for the night, happy to have their crystals and most of their memories back.
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