1. The mysterious planet

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On a dark night, on the small planet of Aaton, when even the stars were feeling too threatened to shine bright, all of the king’s soldiers and all of his enemies were gathered in the same room. On the streets though, everyone were moving along with their own things. The common man was doing his job as it was only four o'clock in the afternoon whilst others were begging, thieving and looting to make a living. 

The skywave-trains were all filled that day as the passengers finally felt safe to travel freely. There was no longer an evident reign of terror which a ruthless person had brought to their country. The country named Beltar, which now lived in peace and not in fright.

Their trains were like rollercoasters and its path was woven between all the buildings which the train swiftly drove past. There were no wires or any other intricate links which were attached to the them. All of the trains would just drive forward on the blue, shimmering pathway powered by a beacon in a different city. There were times when the pathway even went upwards towards the sky. The speed would remain the same and the passengers didn't even noticed they were moving upwards because of the fixed gravity in the train.

The 04.00pm train was in the middle of finishing its route when the ticket collector heard the same mesmerized gasps as he always did when driving in that area. Those that frequently took the train were silent, but they would still stare out of the windows repeatedly. The ticket collector was hopelessly trying to get a womens attention so he could collect her ticket, but the women was sat with her nose pressed against the cold window and her eyes trying to catch every aspect of the tower in front of her. It was no other than the kings' tower. 

She gaped at beautiful tall tower that stood on a mountain for all the people to see. The top of it was sculpted as a circular pointy hat and it was made completely out of ice; to make it shine in the time of the brightest sunlight that only came once a year. And that day was tomorrow. It couldn't have come at a worse time than this for the people of Beltar. The king had an important decision to make and if he made the wrong one it could prove to be fatal for their planet, but the woman was blissfully unaware of all this.

On this night Lord Mortar - the ruler of the planet - was sat on his throne with two guards on each side holding a blade in their hands. One of the guards was gritting his uneven teeth together with fear. Lord Mortar was keeping his emotions in check and thinking that it felt like it had been thousands of years for him since the first time he had sat on that same throne. Which was a little true considering he was 812 years old.

It was a glorious day for the king because his protectors/soldiers had managed to capture all of the darkness' leaders. These protecters were his loyal men and they were now stood lined up next to him on his right. The eight of them were stood proudly there when finally the giant gate was opened. The first thing Lord Mortar glimpsed was a sweet woman around her thirties. 

The woman had curly blond hair that cascaded down her back. On her forehead her hair looked like curtains as they had  a small gap creating an upside- down V. Her lips were small and they almost looked like they had been pressed to her face. Her unordinary even teeth seemed to sparkle each time she revealed them.The guards were almost charmed by her looks, but even so they knew that if they made a mistake they would be severely punished. The woman’s name was Adith Flort aka Adith Flirt. Adith’s power was charming. With one small whistle she could lure any man to do anything. The power did not work on women though and some men on Aaton had trained themselves not to react to her call. A few of the guards were not one of them.  

Behind her came a bunch of nasty and terrifying men in chains around their wrists. Adith and her friends could probably knock out all the guards in the duration of a minute with their powers. In total they were 20 people and they were outnumbered by the guards, but the odds were still in their favour.

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