“Ozie!!!” I forgot I live in hell; the twins jumped on my bed and woke me up “What is it guys? I´m kind of tired” they stopped and jumped off the bed, “Mali told us you went to the doctor” Loran said, “and I heard a commotion happen at the market did you saw?” Kelvin asked worried, I didn’t think I should tell them, so I just smiled “Yeah I saw what happened, Molock, the big dark bat came down from a stalagmite and took a misbehaved child right from the street” I put my hands like claws and grasp at the air near them, that was enough to scare Kelvin into grabbing Loran´s shirt but Loran wasn’t too convinced “I… I heard Molock is just an urban legend! You are a liar; you are scaring Kelvin!” but I continued.

“It had big red eyes just like the furnace´s core, the kid didn’t even manage to make a sound when he got caught but a horrible squeaking sound was heard when it attacked” Now both were trembling, so I moved the bed to make a squeaking sound “Oh my god is back! Run kids Run!!!” I yelled Loran and Kelvin started to scream and ran from my room, a bit mean? yeah, totally worth it? Hell yeah, I heard them running back with one of the shields they made they yelled “Leave out big brother alone fiend!!!” and threw the shield at my face with force.

“Wow, wow, wait!” the shield hit me square in the face “A… we are sorry, Mali!!! Ozie is hurt help!” the shield slid from my face and with a big thud landed on the floor my nose started to bleed from the impact and unfortunately I didn’t faint I grabbed a rag and clogged my nose “I guess I deserve it well at least noting bad happ” I looked down and the same staff from before started to come out of my chest before I could do something about it, it was shot against the wall.     

“What the hell just happened?” the tweens asked as I walked to the new staff stoked at my wall, Malika, Dad, and even Talo came to see what happened, but I was entranced by the staff, it was like it was calling me, “Ozie what is that?” Malika asked, “How in the hell did you manage to get it so deep with your scrawny arms?” Talo said I grabbed the staff with one hand and in an easy motion pulled it like it was stuck in sand, I grunted and held my head I heard a voice “They who will be by your side on only your side” “Is that a staff form Elysium, where did you get it Ozwald?!?” dad grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me.

“Dad! Dad!!!” Malika managed to stop him I recovered my breath “I… it crashed against me” he shook his head “No, that's impossible you don’t have anything from Elysium” Malika covered her mouth dad noticed, and pressed her for an answer “well that knight guy that came earlier give him a rock…” he looked back at me “a resonance stone?” “Yeah? I didn’t think it was bad” he took the staff from me, but he dropped it “This damn thing is too heavy Talo give me a hand!” Talo was confused “That can’t be Ozwald was holding it like noting” I started to get really worried, Talo, the strongest of the Voloro, known for breaking molds and crashing supper dense and heavy metals wasn’t able to lift the staff.

I kneeled “This can’t be right,” I said and grabbed the staff, and effortlessly lifted it “See? It's like holding a broom” Talo placed his hands on my shoulders “Ozie I know I give you a hard time, but do you really think I would joke about something like this?” “Okay… now I’m officially scared Dad what is this?” we heard the sound of people running to their homes and locking the doors, in a moment, someone was heavily knocked on the front door we heard it crash, I held the twins as Talo, Malika, and dad put themselves in front of us to face whatever was coming our way.

After the whole staff situation happened, the palace was emptied and everyone was sent to the after-party while  my mother, me, and Queen Rosaria stayed behind to discuss the situation, “My queen… what happened to the staff? Were these maidens not compatible?” after the fact, a few maidens cry for not been selected a few breath relieved they were not chosen, one told me “sorry you seem like a great guy but I’m not into a stranger like that” totally understandable, “Cassandra, dear, you knew going in that this could be a possibility, the staff selected someone else out of your control” “of course, of course, I´m just worried were it might be, it is a powerful relic in the wrong hands it could be disastrous”

She used the same tone she uses when she wants to mask her disdain, “Of course” The queen picked up a shard of stained glass, a fiery red shard, she made a hand gesture and said “Finde” The shard floated to the center of us and started to crack but instead of breaking, it grow bigger and bigger until it resembled a figurine of a building, a three store building, a chimney, and a big sing with the words “Voloro´s Fournes” I swelled hard… it can’t be, I mean is definitely not him right? My mother leaned in to see the store better, and then looked at me “Higen, where in Elysium is this… place?” “Is on… the underworld actually Mother” she grabbed her chest as if she had been stroked by an arrow, “You… you have an affair with a low-life woman?”

Right! Right, there was a woman at the store, she was quite the beaty she must have the staff, not Ozwald, “I was there today to get father´s cape fixed Mother I don’t have an affair of any type” she narrowed his eyes at me, she didn’t buy the statement even though is the true, “in that case Higen why don’t you go and bring the bearer of the staff here I would love to meet this woman that bewitched you” I give her a salute and stand straight “at once my Queen… may I ask for a favor please?” she nodded “can we keep it on the down low? I wouldn’t want to bother the living conditions of the inhabitants of the underground” she smiled and waved her hand to dismiss us “of curse take three carriages and the best knights that should do” it was the best I was going to get if I hadn’t said anything the whole armada would have been sent, I turned around my mother grasped my wrist and said in a venomous voice “this isn’t over young man”

Kelvin jumped in my bed and looked through the window, “Guys… the knights are busting down our door!” what? But we didn’t do anything wrong is this what I get for helping a stranger? “by royal decree members of the Voloro family stepped down and came peacefully” I hid the staff under my bed and we all looked at each other “We have to go down” dad said “there are around five guys right now and who knows how many more, we don’t have weapons and they are at least welling to talk, whatever happens, Ozwald deny everything” I nodded and we as a family walked down the stairs.

The knights asked us to sit at our dinner table, and we were all on edge, dad tried to take a knife from the kitchen, but they were promptly taken away, what was going to happen? Is the knight really responsible for this? God damn it I’m still in my sleeping clothes! In time the knight that came to the store sat down with us, he seemed very concerned and stressed, I don’t want to believe he is responsible for this so let’s get this talk started and see where we end up.

“First let me start by saying that I’m sorry” the knight started “You see today we at Elysium were going to have an event for the transmigration selection, where” my dad interrupted him “An Elysian is chosen to get to the human realm and fought titans, live and learn from the humans” the knight was surprised, we all were, “dad how did you know?” Malika asked, “Higen has been a while” Dad just name-dropped the Knight, I shouldn’t be surprised considering he has a cape made by my mom “The last time I saw you Ozwald wasn’t even borne, is nice to see you, kind of” he looked at the other knights clad in their armor and helmets.

“I wish we could talk more Sir. But I have to go back with her” he pointed at Malika “Wow hold on cowboy at least buy me dinner first” she said “If you wanted a date you just needed to ask no need to bust down my door and terrify my brothers” he laughed a little “I must apologize for the inconvenience I just knew that the staff of Eon would choose a beautiful individual, such as yourself” we all stood still and in silence “what is it? Did I say something wrong?” “No… am we don’t have a staff,” I said, he blinked for a moment.

“excuse me?” he asked “Yeah we don’t have a staff Higen none of my children have it” my father continued he was not convinced “I’m pretty sure is here, her majesty herself tracks it here, and I assume your daughter has it and is just shy about it” “oh please,” I said while tumbling my finger “what do you think that a staff would” “Ozie no!” dad yell “fly…?” we all herd several crashing sounds as the staff flew from under my bed and into my hand.

I swelled hard, Higen´s eyes seemed like they were going to explode “… oh I know what this looks like, but I can explain” I nervously laughed “Wait…” he nervously smiled as the other knights started to chitchat among themselves “so… your sister didn’t get the staff it was…” he pointed a trembling finger at me “…you!” “Kill me now” I sat back down, “so… fun story I was going about my day at the doctor, and then when she took my blood the staff found me and entered my body…” he pounded for a moment, “and at the same time the maidens in the palaces pricked their fingers for the choosing and it chose you…” I was concerned “Excuse me maiden? Choosing? I need more explanations” A guard put his iron-clad glove on my shoulder, “no need,” he said in a strong voice, “Once we are at the palace Her Majesty will explain.”

“Yeah… what if I don’t go?” I took his hand off my shoulder “Unfortunately Ozwald you can’t say no… the staff is a powerful artifact that only you can move, and the queen wants to talk to you, listen, it would just be a few hours you can eat whatever you want, take a nap on the softest beds and… and” he was struggling for words “dad?” I looked at him “if her majesty requests it, you should go if anything you can return the staff” “dad!” Talo hit him on the shoulder “how can you say that! You don’t know what this” he slammed the table and angrily pointed at Higen; it was weird to see him defending me “Dubious character knight wants!”

Higen got close to my brother’s face “My character is of the most pure and refined!” “Oh, really now? You just came here hit on my baby sister and then you want to take my cute little brother and you claim to be pure!” “You little!!!” I grab them by their faces and separate them “Okay if you two dumbasses could stop you are going to get the tweens all riled up!” Loren and Kelvin were already betting on how would win in a fist fight “Kelvin!!! Big brother will break that knight!” “naha the knight guy has something under his sleeves I can feel it!!!”

“Everyone, calm down!” Dad called “Ozwald can you please go with Higen before everyone loses their head” I nodded “Can I change clothes first, or is that also out of the question?” the knights surrounded me and one of them said “It is, we are leaving, you will get clothes suitable for the eyes of the queen at the palace” he sniffed the air around me “and a proper shower” and they rushed me to the carriage as Higen sonly join us.

I raised my arm and sniffed myself “I… I don’t smell do I?” I asked Higen when the carriage started to move, the question obviously caught him by surprise “A… am… I don’t think so… you smell… nice?” he coughed to regain his composure “Forgive them, they don’t know basic manners, you went to the doctor, what happen?” he asked me concerned I blinked for a moment “ever since I was a kid I have this periods where I have this terrible headaches” “my god and what did you have?” I shrugged “I don’t know, I take some medicine for the headaches, and they help” he got really worried when I told him about it “If you need special medicine, we can get it once we are at Elysium, I didn’t know I’m so sorry.”

I laughed at his display of worries, and waved my hands at him “Calm down” I yawned “I took my medicine today actually I feel very sleepy right now I was going to take a nap before all this, mind if I sleep?” “Of course please I’ll tell you when we arrive, sweet dreams” he is very extra, but he is not a bad person like Talo thought, I stretched my arms, placed the Staff against the wall, and took my long-awaited nap.

“…Ozwald… we arrive…” I heard the voice of Higen waking me up I wanted to sleep more so I rubbed my cheek on the soft thing I was resting in, curios I wondered what it was, I felt it around with my hand, very soft but on some spots kinds of hard, I finally opened my eyes and was faced with Higens shoulder and bicep I rolled against the corner of the seat “what was my face doing on your shoulder?” I asked he rubbed the back of his head, he tried to be cool about it and calmly explained, “You see when the staff went back to your body you were going to fall to the ground and I didn’t want you to get hurt so I let you sleep on my shoulder.”