Shadows of Atlantis: Emergence of the Engi by Donsha Hatch Read Free Book Online Page B

immediately caught his attention. An immense hallway with statues of white and yellow gold was right in front of him. Realizing that this was likely where he could see a representation of his mother and father, he slowly paced down the grand hall, studying each statue.
    He passed by many statues, but suddenly, he felt irrepressibly drawn to a huge pair of statues at the middle point of the hall. As he gazed up at them he somehow knew they were his parents without even looking at their nameplates. There was a color painting of them near the feet of their statues, and as he studied it he noticed a stark contrast in the eye colors of his parents. His father Kinol had dark red irises and his mother Allura had bright blue irises. He then understood the origin of his rare purple eyes. He also noted their gorgeously exotic appearances. Although the Undarians he’d seen up to this point were all phenomenally good-looking, his parent’s appearances were truly a beauty of another kind.
    “The Hall of Edixes. Where all of our former rulers come to rest.” said Marz, walking up beside Eiris.
    “That’s them.” said Eiris.
    “Yes. They are still the most divergent and amazingly beautiful Undarians I’ve ever met to date.” smiled Marz.
    “I see why she was called the Breathless Beauty.” noted Eiris.
    “Yes. She was quite an eyeful.” he nodded.
    “Jannis said something about a school.” said Eiris, changing the subject.
    “Decades ago, in order to help maintain peaceful relations between the races, your parents had a wondrous school built. The Undarian Academy of Science, Medicine, and Technology. It’s your choice whether you will either become the youngest Edixe to ever ascend to an Atlantian throne, or go back to school. Either way, you will have the full support of your people.” smiled Marz.
    “My choice?” asked Eiris in deep thought.

 

    Eiris patiently sat in the gigantic auditorium as hundreds of Undarian students began pouring in from the large entrances. Sitting in one of the lower level seats, he overheard some beautiful Atlantian girls whispering to each other as they gawked at him.
    “Oh my gosh, he’s so beautiful.” said one.
    “I know right? Look at his eyes.” replied the other.
    “Go ask for his autograph. Or no, ask him for a holo selfie!” the first one said.
    “No. You go!” the other one hissed.
    Eiris smiled their way and waved to acknowledge that he was friendly and they didn’t have to gawk. One of them got wide-eyed and started fangirling.
    “Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! He just waved at me!” she cried fanatically.
    Then a gorgeous girl with emerald green hair and light green eyes sat next to Eiris. She had beautiful markings like him, and most noticeably, obediently sitting next to her was an extremely rare looking big cat.
    “Is that a…...?” started Eiris.
    “Golden saber-toothed liger? Yup.” she calmly smiled.
    “That’s pretty awesome.” said Eiris.
    “Thanks. That’s actually her name.” she informed.
    “Whose name?”
    “My liger. Her name is Awesome.” she smiled, as the saber-toothed liger purred.
    “That’s pretty cool.” laughed Eiris.
    “Yup. So I see it’s already becoming a pretty interesting day for the new year.” she smiled.
    “How so?” asked Eiris.
    “You haven’t heard the rumors going around? Prince Eirisidae, the son of Allura and Kinol is supposed to be coming to this academy.” she said.
    “Guess that’s a pretty big deal huh?”
    “Uh, yeah! No one even believed that they really had a child, let alone him being here at the academy.” she scoffed.
    “Yeah, I guess so.” Eiris laughed.
    “Why is that so funny?” she squinted.
    “No reason.” he smiled.
    “Well anyway, my name is Kezzy. Nice to meet you.” she smiled.
    “Likewise. My name’s Eiris.” he smiled back.
    “...............Eiris as in Eirisidae? Primary Prince of Atlantis? Son of Kinol and Allura Eiris?” Kezzy said wide-eyed.
    “Um, yeah. Kind of still