It was 7:55 in the morning. Ben was looking outside. A flock of fieries, a type of birds which were bright orange in color and could breathe fire, were flying in the horizon. They were very small and often did not cause any harm. But they were a menace once provoked. It was a beautiful sight and Ben sat there mesmerized. Suddenly he remembered something and his face went dark. The bell for the first period rang. It was history class. A look of exasperation was there in the face of every student.
It was 8:01 AM. A man entered the class. He was more than six foot in height. He had a well groomed moustache. The most surprising part was he wore a martial attire. He had a dark blue round neck shirt and a black pant. On the side of the shirt there were two symbols: LM. When he turned back to place his book on the table, they saw a symbol on the back of the shirt. The symbol of a red color sun surrounded by a red circle. Some one from the vaunted Hamont family. And also a Lord Martial. Students were stunned. What the hell was such a high ranking man doing here, teaching children history. He turned back and with a calm voice said,
" Hello students, good morning".
His voice seemed to have a certain power to it. Each and everyone of them looked at him with rapt attention. It seemed like the air, the benches, the books, and everything in the class was obeying him and turning silent.
He continued,
" My name is Delvin Hamont. I will be teaching you history of the three planets in the Nova solar system."
The students had history lessons in the previous years. But it was limited to the country they were living, not the entire solar system. Although they knew certain things, it was not an extensive knowledge.
Delvin continued,
" Many of you may be wondering about the need to study the stories of old times. The reason for teaching you history is for a simple purpose. It is to make sure that the current generation does not repeat the mistakes of the previous generation. You are the ones who should lead the country and the planet of Terra to the future and hence these lessons will serve as refrences for you when you make important decisions in your profession and your life."
Saying this he turned to the table and took out a device and plugged it into the projection device. The students were still contemplating what they heard. More than the power of the words, it was the power of the man who said it which had more impact on the students. Some of them remembered a saying from the martial community. ' When a Lord Martial speaks materia listens, when Lord Martial moves materia makes way'
Suddenly all the lights in the classroom turned off and they were drowned in an augmented reality. They were suddenly in the middle of the solar system.
Meanwhile a several thousand miles away, in a large mountain range, spanning hundreds of kilometers, a bizarre scene was happening. A particular valley was devoid of any organisms except two. Two people were sitting opposite to each other on a stone table rising from the ground. One of them was a woman. She was exquisitely beautiful. She was beautiful in all aspects. She had a beautiful braided black hair, dressed in all white garment with a green lining. She looked like a goddess who descended the heavens to grace the land. Anyone who saw her would be mesmerized and some weak minded may start to worship her. Opposite to her was a man. He was shorter than her, with a red hair and beard. He was shorter than a normal person as well. But his muscles told that anyone who messed with him will be quashed. The man seemed to be impatient. He growled "Why did you ask me to come so urgently? This better be important." The woman sighed. She said " Impatient as always. Your race has always been like this. Impatient for everything." The man sneered and answered, " At least we are not the snakes you are. Beautiful faces and slithering character." The surrounding seemed to shiver under their weight and because of this all organisms in that area ran away. This continued for a short while and then the woman said:
" I had a vision"
The man suddenly looked intently at her. She had the ability to gather countless intelligence from various sectors much better than his. But what truly differentiated her was her ability to sense change in the nature itself. Any phenomenon will cause changes in nature, even if it is very small. She could sense this change. If it is big, she will get a clear picture, but if it is small she will only get vague clues. The woman said in a grave tone " The souls of those seven bastards have awakened." The man raised an eyebrow. He said "Didn't we destroy them and scatter their ashes. Don't speak nonsense." The woman said, " Then tell me the how did the Marthyas rise." The man had no answer for that. The woman continued " Those seven killed 4 Martial Entities without the power of meridians. Don't forget that. The current Marthya race is not something we can touch. If only we had followed through." The man said :
" We could not. They had the technology to withstand our onslaught. If we had followed through, we would have suffered, even though we would have annihilated Marthyas."
After that the man had an amused expression and he said " It is pathetic that they are very greedy. Some of them will do anything including betraying their own race to get what they want." The woman also smiled hearing this. She said " Yes. Some of them want alliance with us as well for some resources. Truly a pity. But so what? We can use it to our advantage. We need to use them against the Marthya race."
Her expression then changed. " We also need to find out people associated with those 7 bastards. I believe there must be someone or a group of people who inherited their teachings."
The man said " Isn't their teachings out dated. Does it have any significance."
The woman had an irritated expression. " Did you forget. They killed 4 Martial Entities. 4 peak level martials of that time. That too without the power of meridians. Just imagine what would happen if someone had the power of meridians combined with the tricks of those bastards. What kind of power would they have. They would annihilate our entire races."
The man hearing this had a grave expression. There was a minute of silence between the two. Then the two of them gradually faded away and the atmosphere in the valley returned to normal.