Blue month, Day 7 - Twenty six years ago.

  A man dressed in white with light red hair arrives at a small village on horseback at high speed. The man knocks on the door of a house from which a woman can be heard screaming.

  "Welcome, thank you very much for coming."

  "Hello, I see it has already begun."

  Inside the house was a woman who was giving birth. The man in white came to the bed where she was lying. "Please, start pushing hard."

  After a while, the man grabbed the little baby. The birth was successful. - "It's a girl." - Suddenly, the girl's father began to laugh very loudly... it wasn't laughter like when someone laughs at a joke... it was laughter of happiness combined with laughter of malice.

  The father looked at the mother. - "Can I hold her?" - The exhausted mother of the newborn girl got a few words out.

  "Of course, but you must be very tired right now, so be careful." - The man in white handed the baby girl to her mother and looked at the father. - "So, what will the baby girl's name be?"

  "We haven't thought about that yet... I am very grateful to you, please... tell me, what is the name of the woman closest to you?"

  "That would be my mother... Blaze."

  "Blaze is a nice name... Sir, I'm very sorry, but we needed an expert to help deliver our baby. Unfortunately, no one can know that the child survived the birth. My wife and I can keep the secret... but I don't know how I can trust you."

  Before the man in white could realize what the girl's father had just said, he had a knife stuck in his stomach. - "Wh... why?"

  The man collapsed to the ground. The father came to the mother. - "So you heard it, Blaze... the name for our little girl. Do you like it?"

  "It's beautiful." - The mother looked into her baby's eyes. - "You hear that? One day, everyone will know your name... Blaze!"

  "Queen Blaze, your husband's brother has arrived." - A member of the staff approached Blaze as she sat alone in her room, looking out the window... with an expression as if her beloved had died yesterday... which was true.

  Blaze wiped the dried tears from her eyes. - "Of course, I'll go there now. Please go and get my children too, they should welcome him as well."

  Outside the entrance to the Heart of the Exploding volcano stood a carriage from which Ruby, the brother of Flame V, stepped out. He was the man who was to become the new user of the scythe with the red Crystal inside it tomorrow. Several of Ruby's men stood nearby, ready to protect him at all costs.

  "Ruby! Welcome to the Heart of the Exploding volcano. You must have had a long journey. I'll show you to your room." - Blaze approached Ruby and tried to shake his hand in greeting.

  Ruby pushed her's hand away. - "Just because my brother decided that you would be Queen of Lava lake doesn't mean that I will recognize you as queen. Where is that scythe? I want to see it."

  Blaze pointed to Ash, who was holding a large scythe, a legendary item that contained the red Crystal.

  "Hi, Ash! I see you're taking good care of the Crystal. Hey, I'm sorry about your dad, he was a good man. Are you ready for tomorrow's handover?" - "Yes, he was a great man... and yes, I'm ready..." - Ash forced a smile, while thinking to herself what a jerk Ruby was.

  What a moron, the way he treats my mom. Is it because she doesn't have the blood of the rulers of the red Crystal kingdom? I'd love to chop his head off with MY scythe right here and now, all this bastard cares about is when he'll sit on the throne of fire. I bet if I wasn't holding the instrument of fire in my hand, he wouldn't even notice I was standing there... no... he wouldn't even remember I existed.

  Stolen novel; please report.

  Ruby was shown to his room. He unpacked and began to prepare for his brother's "funeral," like the rest of the red Crystal kingdom.

  Blaze came to Ash's room, who was also getting ready at the moment.

  "Ash, I... I'd like to tell you a story before we leave. May I? Or are you not in the mood?" - "Actually... I could really use a nice story right now, at least it will take my mind off reality."

  Blaze began to tell the story while all the citizens of the kingdom began to attend the funeral. Later, Blaze and Ash arrived. Ash had a completely different expression than she had a moment ago... the story Blaze told Ash was very important.

  Green month, day 30 - Twenty years ago.

  In the middle of the night, Blaze's father came to her bedside. - "Sorry to wake you, but it's time to go on an expedition. Can you handle it?" - "Yes, Dad."

  Blaze and her father walked through the forest. - "Blaze, would you like to know why we only let you play outside when it's dark, and why we taught you that if someone sees you, you have to lie about who you are?"

  "I... isn't that normal?"

  "No, it's not, Blaze, and I'm sorry you're so restricted, but trust me, it's worth it... really." - Her father stroked Blaze's head. - "We're here." - In front of them stood an old ruin with a trapdoor that led deep into the ground.

  Blaze's father lit a torch and began to lead her through the corridors. - "Daddy, I'm scared." - "Don't be afraid, I'll calm you down with a story. You've heard the story of Horw the Conqueror, haven't you?" Blaze nodded.

  "As I've told you several times, on the day Horw obtained the red Crystal, several original citizens of the city built around the ruins of the red Crystal fled. These citizens had no idea that Horw would attack them and slaughter them all if they didn't give him the red Crystal. Everyone talks about how Horw unified the entire Middleworld, but no one talks about how many women lost their men, how many children lost their parents... no one talks about how Horw was a bloodthirsty maniac. Blaze, there's something I haven't told you yet... you are a descendant of one of the original citizens of that city. If your ancestor hadn't managed to escape back then, you wouldn't be here now.

  Blaze and her father arrived in the center of the underground room, where the battle for the red Crystal was carved into the stone. The event when Horw I. came for the Crystal and was willing to do anything to get it.

  Blaze's father knelt down and looked Blaze in the eyes. - "Blaze... you are a miracle child and you have a great task ahead of you. You must do whatever it takes to make the ruler of the red Crystal kingdom fall in love with you... you must rise to power... your ancestors, Blaze... your mother and I believe in you."

  Suddenly, back in the present, Blaze is telling Ash about her past. - "My mother... she was almost never home, she only came to see me once in a while. She was very kind, but she just couldn't be with me... My mother lived here in the Heart of the Explosive volcano, she was the wife of a good friend of the ruler of the red Crystal kingdom. My father was an "ordinary man" from a small village.

  Back in the past, Blaze's father is telling her another story... this time about her birth. - "A few days before you were born, your mother was traveling by carriage to one of the towns in the Lava lake region. Your mother and I planned for the carriage to be attacked. That way, she could be "kidnapped" and give birth to you in the place where you are now growing up. You see, Blaze, your mother infiltrated the bad people who support Horw's conquest of Middleworld. If your mother had given birth to you there, they might have corrupted you too... they would have filled you with illusions about how Horw was a good person."

  "As soon as your mother gave birth to you, we bought a child from a woman who was very poor and needed money... Your mother returned to the kingdom with that child in order to protect you."

  Blaze and her father arrived in front of a painting at the very end of the room. -"Blaze, you are the one who will finally bring the right people to power... the original inhabitants of Lava lake. The ruler of the red Crystal kingdom must fall in love with you."

  In the present, Blaze finished telling Ash her story. - "Ash, I... I never wanted to infiltrate this kingdom. The day my mother introduced me as a distant relative of hers, to your father, I fell in love with your him and completely forgot my origins. I gave birth to two beautiful daughters. I lived happily with him, but now that he is dead, I know one thing... his brother must not get his hands on that scythe, Ash... he must not. Ash, do you understand what I'm saying?" - "Mom, I understand you completely. I love you, and I loved Dad. I always wanted you to two to be happy.

  In the past, Blaze looked at the drawing. There stood her ancestor, the man who led the escape from the city around the ruins of the red Crystal. And underneath was a quote.

  One day, fire will burn in the right heart...the heart of true ruler.