It was a cold night for July, even too cold for an elves. Xavier and Theo sat silently while drinking their hot special lavender tea at the garden outside their cottage. Their pointy ears trembled slightly because of the cold. From far they can see the grand Elfrid castle that the elves been so proud off.
The twin blowing the hot tea while staring at the Blue moon. Suddenly the older twin, Xavier remember about the Blue moon legend. And so he stand and recited, “The sun, the moon, and the stars.”
Theo stare at his twins weirdly. “Did you just recited the Gaia oath?” ask Theo.
“Yes. Aren’t the Blue Moon legend said that if there is two person recited the Gaia oath under the moonlight, the path to the immortal garden will open?” said the older twin.
“And you are brilliant enough to trust that childish myth.” scoffed Theo.
“Well there is no harm recited the oath, aren’t it?” drawled Xavier.
Theo stand up while looking at Xavier “The sun, the moon, and the stars. There….”
Theo can only said half-way because out of sudden the ground started to shake. Their coffee table and the chair they sat earlier on was gone. The trees that surrounded them suddenly wilted and there is no light to be seen. The garden become pitch-black. They can be seen visibly frighten of this outcome.
The ground then stopped shaking, but there was a cracked on the ground. From the cracked they can see something creeping out from it. It was a flower. A blue rose.
The blue rose that was believed to be the immortal flower by the elves. Seeing the blooming flower, the twins mirrored the same shocked expression on their face.
“I know it, the legend was true after all!” exclaimed Xavier. Theo was still in his dazed stated until Xavier suddenly shouted. “What is the continuation of the oath again?”
“Huh? The continuation? said Theo at last after he regained his breath,
“Yes! The oath supposedly have two lines, isn’t? asked Xavier excitedly.
“The second line of the oath….. The truth that can’t never be denied….” trailed Theo softly.
Xavier afterwards hold Theo’s hand while dragging Theo to the blue rose. He grin widely at his younger brother, whispering,” The legend said to hold the flower, then recited the oath for three times. Theo then nodding his head in wariness.
Later on they both hold the rose and recited, “The sun, the moon, and the stars. The truth that can’t be denied.” they both swore. For a minute there was nothing happen. Both of them feel rather dejected from the result.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake again. The pitch-black garden brighten. The wilted trees become healthy and there was more than hundred blooming blue rose. They can feel the autumn breeze even though it was winter season. The small garden widen and there is a trailing stone on the ground.
Both of them stared at each other and nod. They slowly walked through the path. While walking, they can feel their magic become stronger and stronger. The smile seem to be glued at their face. The trailing stone then end at a cottage. The cottage was full with ivy creeping through the corners of the house.
The door suddenly open and revealed a very beautiful and tall elf. Her hair was golden and give the impression of a royalty. The hair was braided with blue rose pinned onto the hair. Her yellowish coloured eyes showed that she is even powerful than the king itself. The fabulous green gown that she wore swayed slightly and they can see the blue rose heels she been wearing. There was a flutter of colourful butterflies surrounded her.
The woman then spoke, “What is this naughty little elf doing at my house?” drawled her with bored looks.
Both of them is speechless and do not know what to said. Xavier then thought that they only recited the oath to the immortal garden. It is not their faults that they being sent here.
While deep in thoughts, they suddenly hear a giggling sound and stared at the elf. The elf then smiled sweetly at the twins.
“I’m only playing around. Obviously I know that people can only reach here by recited the Gaia oath.” said her. “And the two of you are seeking for the path to the immortal garden.”
Seeing that the twins only remained silence, she then stepped down from her cottage and continue to talk. “I’m sorry to disappoint both of you but there is no such a thing like the immortal garden.”
“But both of us can feel that our magic become stronger and the blooming rose too, aren’t it because we are now at the immortal garden?” asked Theo that was remained silence from the first they arrive here.
The woman then chuckled softly. “That is because this is my place, that why you feel such a strong magic.” trailed her. “Even though the legend said to recited the oath and although I do feel happy because for thousand year there is no one visit me. I do feel quite lonely, you know?”
“Consider the magic as my present to you, but now both you have to go home. I do hope both of you will keep this place as a secret” said the woman.
The twins can only watch the woman recited a spell with gaped mouth. Swiftly, they were floating in the air. “Wait! Can you at least tell us your name?” shouted Xavier.
The other elf smiled and then she said, “Gaia, that’s my name.”
The twins that have the perplexed face and suddenly feel like they were swallow by the darkness.
When they regained their sight, they can see the coffee table, the garden and their family cottage.
“She said her name is Gaia. Does that mean she is the goddess of………” whispered Xavier.
The twins then stared at each other and burst into laughing state. They never have once thought that they will ever have chances to meet the Gaia itself. Never mind the immortal garden, they actually meet the goddess itself.
Their laugh was only being cut off by their mother who exclaimed that they are making too much noise in the midnight. With a smiling faced, both of them later on swore in their heart that they will never talk about the Gaia or the blue rose to others.
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