Crimson Fire

Chapter One

Stella Orchis Aron wakes up from bed at six thirty in the morning. She goes downstairs to make breakfast. It consists of coffee, sausage, bread, and eggs. Her mom soon wakes up and also goes downstairs.

Stella is eighteen years old. Her height is five feet seven inches, dark blonde hair and orchis-colored eyes. Right now, her outfit consists of a black mini dress that goes to her knees and black boots that go above her ankle. She wears a shiny black bracelet on her left wrist.

Her mom has saffron-colored eyes and also dark blonde hair and about the same height.

"How's work, Orchis dear?" Mom asked.

"It's fine." Stella answered after swallowing her food.

Stella Orchis is referred to as Orchis by her friends and family. This is because she has a twin sister that is named Stella Lily.

Mom goes upstairs and comes down with Stella Lily. Despite being identical twins, Stella Lily has saffron-colored eyes and light blonde hair.

Mom gives Lily a plate of sausage, eggs, and bread. "Eat up, dear! You have school today."

Stella Orchis finishes her breakfast. "I'll be going now. Bye, Mom! Bye, Lily!"

With that said, Stella left the kitchen and went to the office to meet with Nero.

The office is located in a city called Forget-Me-Not City. Stella opened the door to the main office and was greeted by Nero himself.

Nero is a very handsome young man. Despite being in his mid-twenties, he is the leader of a private military organization. Platinum blonde hair and bright red eyes. He wears a black suit with a white collared shirt underneath.

"Stella! Good morning!" Nero said really quickly. "You have been working here for about six months now. Do you think you can handle more responsibilities?"

Stella works for Nero as an entry level for the intelligence department of the organization.

"I was going to talk to you about that." Stella answered.

"Great! There's this group causing trouble for one of my clients. Amongst these are Andrew, Damianos, Zoe, Galen, and Orphea. I would like you to track them down and see what they're up to. They operate in one of the southern realms. Start with Lachano Ranch. Do you think you can handle that?"

Stella accepts the assignment and reports to her superior Franz. She makes her way to a house in Poppy Beach which is south of her hometown.

Inside the house are Renee, her older brother Florian, and the childhood friend of Florian's named Jasper.

Renee wears a red top with a white mini shirt and white slippers. Florian wears a black T-shirt, blue jean shorts, and black shoes. Jasper wears a blue and yellow striped T-shirt, loose shorts, and black shoes.

Stella explained the assignment to her friends and then they all left for the first destination.

Lachano Ranch consists of two ranches: the sheep ranch in the north and the cattle ranch in the south. There is a village square at the center and fields of kale and broccoli are scattered throughout the entire area.

"There are five names that we need to track down," Stella said. "I was told their names were Andrew, Damianos, Zoe, Galen, and Orphea."

Jasper's stomach starts to growl. "How about we get something to eat first?"

Stella puts the map away. "You boys can eat on your own. Renee and I can handle things on our own. Let us know if you hear anything."

With that said, the girls walk around to try to find a local bar. The boys go off on their own to find a local restaurant.

Walking towards the southern end of the village, Florian and Jasper go into the nearest restaurant.

The boys ordered a medium rare steak. As they ate their food, a girl in her mid-twenties walked in carrying a pile of raw meat.

"Oh, Cassie! Here to bring in more meat?!" said the waitress.

"I'm not Cassie! It's Sandra." answered the girl.

The girl whose name is Sandra and not Cassie has light brown hair and light green eyes. She wears light blue jeans, brown boots, and an orange shirt.

"Oh, right! I keep getting the two of you mixed up. Sorry about that!"

"It's fine. Just remember that Cassie works for Andrew and I work for Georgios." Sandra leaves the pile of meat on the nearest table and walks outside.

"She just said Andrew!" Florian said quickly. "Let's follow her!"

Both boys quickly finished their food and left enough money on the table to cover the bill, and then ran outside to see Sandra walking towards the cattle ranch.

Stella and Renee walk into a local bar located near the northern ranch. Stella proceeds to signal the bartender, but a man in his late twenties or early thirties walks up to her left side.

He has curly brown hair and dark blue eyes wearing blue jeans, black boots, and an unbuttoned red collared-shirt.

"Wow! Two beautiful girls here!" said the man. "Let me buy you some drinks!"

At this time, the bartender came to the man who then ordered three drinks.

The man runs up to both girls with two drinks in his hands. "Here you go, ladies!"

"We aren't interested." Stella said.

"But I already bought these! You expect me to drink them all myself?"

Stella grabs both drinks and instead of emptying the two drinks by drinking, she splashes the man's face with the drinks. "Now they're empty. So stop bothering us!"

"What!? What is wrong with you?!" the guy screamed out loud.

As Stella and Renee make their way to the village square, Stella senses someone was following them. "Hey, Renee? It feels like someone is following us. Do you feel it?"

"Hmmm… No, but maybe we should try to snuff them out just in case."

Before going to the village square, Stella and Renee walk around in a square shaped direction while remembering the faces of anyone that they walk past.

The suspect had been narrowed down to one person. It was the face of a girl with light brown hair and light green eyes.

"Do you see that girl over there?" Stella whispered.

Renee glances around quickly. "The one with the orange shirt?"

Stella calls out to her. "Can we help you?"

The girl turns around and looks Stella and Renee in the eyes. She immediately throws an orange-red Wind Spellbomb and disappears after the explosion clears.