Trapped In Hisstory

It has been a few days since I was brought to the punishment circle. I was still here. It is dark and it is cold and I could not feel my body any more from the fatigue.

My only source of light was the light coming from the hole in this place. Sometimes the light gets blocked, and I know people are peeking inside to see how I am.

The familiar little voices that I could hear are probably the children from other clans. I told them I would play with them, yet I did not come to see them. They must be so disappointed.

That one kid that I promised to play with, I do not know yet if the others told that person why I could not come to the agreed time.

I hope that lynx would not misunderstand...

My eyes are wet again as tears keep falling while I am lying on the cold ground. My body hurts so much, please I beg of you all...stop.

Father, I will do anything you want, please get me out of here! Mother, please help me! Brothers…

I wanted to shout for help, but I could not use my voice. I could still feel my father's hands on my neck, strangling me until my throat was all dry and desperate for air.

It hurts. It hurts so much.

At this point, I kept wishing they would use weapons on me, instead of punishing me physically without making me bleed.

Blood.

The one I have always hated. Blood disgusts me, for me to see someone get killed and their blood scatters around the place. I hate the smell of blood and its color that could not leave my mind.

This time, for an unknown reason, I wanted blood. I wished they would punish me and make me bleed, but they would not do it.

Are they scared? They should be.

I wonder what will happen if I bleed again. I did before, but I did not know what happened since I do not have memory of it. I would just pass out and the moment I wake up again, the expressions on their faces are hard to understand. Some are amused, and some are deeply frightened.

This ability that we Summa Octo have, why do I suddenly want to use it?

"Fera! Fera!"

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard someone calling my name. Ah, that voice, brother Eickstedtae is here.

"Get up, you can go back to the lair now." Brother said.

Get up, hmm I wonder how?

Eickstedtae sighed when he noticed that I do not have the ability to stand in my current state. He carried me and I cannot hep but wince, my body ached so much when he lifted me. 

Eickstedtae glanced at me then looked away, why are you looking at me like that? Are you actually pitying me? 

"Next time, just stay inside. Do not do anything that will make them mad again." Eickstedtae said, more like an advice from the eldest.

He was more close to Pertyi, and so he never once helped me nor tried to approach me except of it was an order from father.

I did not say anything and he carried me until we get to the Summa Octo's lair. All of my brothers looked at me, Keyserlingi and Nigriventer gritted their teeth when they saw me.

They once experienced this. Once in their life, so they know how much it hurts. Especially for someone like me who did not experience it only for one time.

Eickstedtae put me down and I tried to stand up straight. I manage to stand on both feet but it was hard to move. I went to the corner to sit down and I saw my mother staring at me as she swallowed the lump in her throat. She looked away as if she does not care how I was.

Then I found out what all the clan meetings are for. All the meetings where the ruler of Animalia and the leaders of each clan attends, it was all for chaos.

My mother stood up as soon as Bahiensis entered, "How was the meeting, Bahiensis?" Phoneutria Boliviensis asked.

Father did not even look at my way.

"We will be moving soon." Bahiensis said and a smirk grew wider on his face. "A war against royalty. This will be fun."

Keyserling turned to Bahiensis, "Father, have you all planned this thoroughly? This is against the royal families, we do not know how big their armies are!"

"Do not raise your voice on me!" Bahiensis yelled and Keyserlingi immediately went silent, "All of the clans in the Animalia tribe will attack. Normal humans like those will stand no chance against us!"

"Father is right, why are you so scared, brother? We will win this war." Pertyi said with a confident smirk.

So all those meetings were for war. I wonder if they planned this properly, if the armies were bigger than they thought, then the whole tribe will be wiped out no matter how strong we are.

"Have you all thought of this through? Father, you know they have thousands of armies in their command! Even if our clans have abilities, we will be outnumbered and we will be defeated!" Nigriventer said, and Keyselingi nodded in agreement.

Boliviensis were worried as well, but she kept silent, not voicing out her opinions, putting all trust in her husband's plans.

Bahiensis knew exactly what his sons would say to him. But he ignored him and the corner of his lips kifted into a smirk, "We will win this war."

The Summa Octo glanced at each other in silence, and they did not say anything further.

At first, I wondered why he said that with no worries. I wondered how he could say that we will win with so much confidence?

But I never knew there was another meaning.

"ATTACK! WIPE THEM ALL OUT!"

"GET THEM!"

"LYNCAS!"

"LUPUS!"

"FOR ANIMALIA!"

"VULPESSS!"

"FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY!"

"KILL EVERYONE OF THEM!"

I hid behind the trees and covered my ears, the yells are so loud that it was piercing the inside of my ears. The war went on, and my brothers and I were right.

We were all outnumbered. Of course, it was not only one royal family. So it means that there would be thousands and thousands of troops.

They attacked each and every one of the people from different clans. I could see blood everywhere, corpses swimming in their own blood made my body shiver.

But I noticed something odd, and it scared me. From the start I felt something was off. I looked around and noticed my people running around joining the battle,

But no one was attacking them.

W-what is this?

They all dropped to the ground, dead, others were still alive but either one or more parts of their body was sliced off.

The armies of the royalty stopped fighting, leaving only the Aranea Clan alive. The people made way and King Lionel and King Cadell appeared.

The two kings, the two rulers of the Star Kingdoms were right in font of us, Araneans. And that boosted the confidence of all the people crawling on the ground.

"Go!!!!"

"Bahiensis, kill them!!!"

"We will win!!!"

The yells of all the survivors from other clans grew louder, hoping for the victory that they wanted. The leader of the Lyncas Clan had a huge smile on his face but it vanished when Bahiensis turned to look at them.

"That is right," Bahiensis said and smirked, "We, Araneans, will win." 

I was dumbfounded, I could not move as I processed what was happening inside my head.

"We will win this war."

Hahaha. Hahahaha! So that was what he meant! All of the other clans are down, and only our clan survived. That was the victory that he wanted?

All the hope that they had vanished and the knights killed them, leaving only the Clan of Aranea alive.

Phoneutria Bahiensis told the royal family about their every plan that was discussed in their meetings. Bahiensis helped them bring the Animalia tribe down! 

Sacrificing all the other clans for the victory he wanted. The blood and sweat of all our clans were in vain.

Eight years have passed since then, I was already 19 years old. I had an argument with my mother because she did not like my attitude.

She dragged mme by the hair and the two of us went outside, father and my brothers just let her because they know she will punish me.

When we reached the are where no one was around, she let go of me. I was on the ground and I looked up to her with tears in my eyes.

"Leave."

What?

She stared down at me then averted her gaze, turning her back around me. "I will tell them that you ran away." 

"Leave this place, leave Summa Octo."

She glanced at me one last time, "Run!" 

I could not ask her anymore and did as she told, my feet moved on its own and I ran away, not even knowing where I was going.

I ran and ran and ran until someone suddenly grabbed my hand. He was faster than me, I feel like I am going to trip because of his speed but he suddenly turned to me and carried me.

"Forgive me, my lady. Carrying you will be much faster." the man said.

I was perplexed, my mother told me to run away, then suddenly there is a man carrying me.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked.

He stopped running and looked at me with a smile, "To His Highness, Prince Caliber."

Before I knew it, we were already at the place where this Caliber was in. He was sitting on the log, beside the tree as he was staring at the lake.

This man is a prince...from the royal family that killed our tribe.

The man turned around and smiled as he approached me. He extended his hand to me, "Phoneutria Fera, would you like to be my royal aide?" 

Little did I know, accepting this offer changed my life.