TIITLE: THREE RINGS OF THE GRAVEYARD

When I was young, my parents always told me stories about adventures like a big dragon in the sea
and a white valley full of dead animals. I always love to hear a story like that, but I know it's only fiction.
A story created by someone's imagination, not until I met those three people.

A beginning will someday, be born with from our own hands.

"Afia, get over here!" my mother called me, "Wait up!"

I’m here in my room packing my clothes because I am going on an adventure! But, no, it's not an
adventure at all, it's a nightmare. Do you want to know why? So, I suppose I'll tell you. Here's a thing, my
parents want me to have a vacation at my grandmother's house. Here in our village, you can only go
outside when you reach the age of 16.

This is the first time I'm going outside the world and I'm alone. It's a boring trip. I don’t want to go to my
grandmother's house because it’s near a cemetery. My grandmother enjoys living there, which is why
we don't get along. 

I go to the kitchen where my mother is preparing food for us. "Where is father?" I asked, we usually eat
together.

Mom said, "He's at the port preparing a ship so you can go to sea safely."
"Wait, a ship? I'm not riding a vehicle or what? " I confusedly asked

" Afia you need to take a ship to go to your grandma's house, you will travel for 10 hours there," she
cheerfully said.

"What a 10 hours trip? And why are you so happy about it? I said, irritated. I have motion sickness and I
have to ride a ship for 10 hours. I think I'm going to die before I reach my grandmother's house.

"Because your grandmother lives on an island and you will go there to help her since it's
summer”mother said. "Huh? but why did she live on an island?" 

Here in our nation, it's rare to live on an island because usually there's a pack of wolves living there. Our
village is the smallest. The biggest is probably the city where the nobles and royals lived. My hometown
is infamous because it has the best quality ram and ship making here. My father is a shipwright like my
grandfather, while my mother works in a bakery.

She said, "You will know when you get there," and after we ate, we went to the port where my father is.
I see a beautiful ship that my father made years ago. It looks like a pirate ship to me, like I see in books.

“This ship is not custom-built but modified for cannon power, fast speed, and quick boarding. Oars were
also common in some designs that could be employed during low winds. This kind of boat was favored
for longer battles targeting large spoils with its larger hold and great firepower. Could also hold over
100-“ father said and mom stop him from talking.
“Okay, Turi, no one asked about your ship. Stop bubbling there and your daughter has to go” mom said.
“ Dessa your so mean!” my father said while pouting and we just laugh at him. He’s like a kid when a
ship is a topic.

I said goodbye to my parents and the ship left our village. The captain is my uncle. He's a great man, but
I don't like him. because he's always doing playboy things. I'm standing here on the terrace, and there is
a girl that looks 30 years old standing beside me.

"Hi, is this your first time?" She asked. She's wearing a pink and white dress and a hat. Her hair is
beautiful, like it is shining when the sun is reflecting on it.

"Yes, this is my first time boarding," I replied.

" I see, then you are not aware of what the outside world looks like." She asked while getting a book
from his pocket.

"I guess so," I confusedly replied.

" Since you are from the last army decendants, I think you're awar-" I cut off her.

"What do you mean? I ask

" oh i-it's nothing, if you get bored you can read this book, since your from that village, you don't know
what that book is about” she said and leave.

It's a small book called "When he came back." The whole book is colored black, with a small eye on the
back.

Our nation was a closed country before. 100 years ago, no one was allowed to go outside or inside of
our country. It's full of illegal activities and almost all of the people here are slaves. The nation suffered
for 100 years, and the royal family was the one behind it. There were 10 people who were willing to free
our nation. They fight for those people who can't. They live for the people who don't have the will to do
it. They dream for the people who don't have the power to chase it.

Those ten people are the reason our nation didn't suffer anymore. But they lived with the people in
question for so many years. Where are they? What do they look like? All people know them, but no one
remembers what they look like. Even the names remain unremembered, not until a person says they
wrote the names before they forgot them. The names are Lydan,Adon,Joz,Feron,Nesso,Henm,Moki,Noki
and Zagaroth.

It's like a fiction story, but since it's here in a history book, I think it's true then. But why did that woman
call our village the last army? It makes me curious why it sounds magical like what my parents told me a
story about adventures.

12 hours after

“Finally! I feel like I have traveled for years” I said while standing in front of my grandmother's house.