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Right. I'm going to stop this stupid war. No one can even remember what started it!

So, why can't you just wait until we're rulers? You didn't have to join them, you could have gone home.

Except you wouldn't have stayed here. You wouldn't have become king.

You don't know that!

No, I don't know, but I do know you. And that's all I need to make a decent assumption.

There was a long pause. Fine, maybe I wouldn't have stayed, but you don't know why.

Right. I don't really care why. Haven't you ever heard of the saying; 'With great power comes great responsibility'?

Yeah, what about it?

We have great power, being next to rule and we have great responsibilty to the people under our rule. We have to make sacrifices.

But what does it matter to you what happens to the people of this kingdom? They aren't your responsibility.

Because it doesn't matter. The responsibility given to me by my ancestors is to all the people of Cantell. That is something this stupid war has caused people to forget!

If everyone has forgotten it, how do you know?

Because I like to know where I came from. I read a lot of history of the planet. Did you know that Cantella used to be considered the planet of peace?

No, as a matter of fact, I didn't.

Well, it was, before this stupid, pointless war started. Then something came back to my memory and I bolted into a sitting position. Caleb sat up, a little bewildered. I have to go home! I have to get there now!

Finally! Caleb sounded releaved. I mean, uh, why? He revised when I gave him a questioning look.

Uh, huh. I rolled my eyes and then answered his question. I think I can find out how the war started.

How?

When I was reading up on my history, I remember noticing that there were books missing...

How did you know that there were missing books? It's not like there were numbers on the sides like encyclopedias.

No, of course not, that idea was already taken. But there were colors missing.

Colors? Caleb asked skeptically.

Yeah, if you lined all the books up and took a step back you would see that the colors subtely go from blue to purple to red and now to orange. But up close you have to know what to look for and have super good eyes.

Oh.

I didn't think anything about it at the time because I didn't know about the war yet. And after a while I just forgot about it and just now remembered! I'm sure the books are there, somewhere, and they have the answers!

Then I felt the warning, I got every now and then, wash through me. Just as Caleb was thinking, Well then, let's g... Vi? Are you okay? You are really pale. "Violet!" I veguely heard him practically shout, concerned. I veguely sensed him get up and hurried over to me, catching me as I fell sideways and off my bed. I lost conciousness, due to the largest energy loss I'd ever had, just as I was thinking about how hot he was without his shirt.

Chapter 21: Unknown again