When Krissy appeared through the gate, she found herself atop a small grass hill overlooking Hope City. Hope City was  surrounded by a huge crystal like gate with a large castle castle surrounded by stone buildings. The castle sparkled in the  sunlight as the purplish crystal building soared to the heavens. Krissy stood there in awe for a second. She had seen crystal  palaces before, such as the one on DarkDiamond, but this one seemed more lovely. She slowly walked down the hill through the  gates and into the busy city. 

The townspeople didn't seem to even notice she existed as she walked through the crowds. It had been over a year since she  seen such bussling crowds. Silverdust and its towns were very relaxed unlike Hope City. She had missed the excitment of  cities, the only small town she enjoyed was her hometown. Krissy slowly made it to the castle until she came to the front  gates.

The gates surrounding the castle were large black metal gates, nothing that would stopping intruders smaller than three feet.  She waved her hand and the gate opened up for her as she walked through then closed behind her. Standing before the castle,  she realized it was much better than the one on DarkDiamond. She smiled to herself and continued on, "Protecting...Hope..."

Through the doors was the main hall which was almost as busy as the streets of Hope City. It seemed a bit weird, she had  never been in a castle with so many people within it. Some were the townspeople, they were dressed like those outside, yet  there were noblemen. They wore the clothing of those from Leto and Letosheba. It was quite apparent that many had come the  light realm to help with the building of the colony or to maybe vacation. Either way, a problem arouse...just like with  Princess Alexis Light, those of the light realm held a grudge with those of the dark realm. Only more hatred could come since  she was the Princess of all of Neodimnemesis. The only good thing was that she was a secret. No one knew she was a princess  until she told Alexis during one of their battles. She wasn't known like the light princess was so if she keep it a secret  here, things wouldn't be a problem.

Standing there for awhile attracted a little attention to herself. A nobleman named Lance stopped talking to a female dressed  like he was and approached Krissy. "Excuse me Miss, are you lost?" Krissy snapped back into reality and looked at Lance. She  started to feel a bit faint as her face become more pale then usual. "Miss, are you okay? Should I go take you to a healer?"  "No!" she shouted without thinking. A healer would use light maigc then..."No, no, I'm fine...just nervous. Do you know where  I can find Lady Artemis?" He nodded, chuckling a bit. "You must be new to Hope. The throne room is on the second floor, come,  I'll guide you there myself." He extended his hand and she put hers in his hand. He smiled at Krissy then nodded as he gently  grasped her hand and lead her up the stair to the throne room. 

Krissy followed Lance up the stairs to the throne room. As she watched him, she began to blush. He was very handsome with his  short blonde hair that seemed to flow to the right in perfect locks with a great physique even in the strange aristocratic  clothing he wore. His hands were gentle yet strong and his eyes were beautiful even if they were sharp. She could tell he was  once a warrior before he came to this tranquil colony of Faith. ‘Wake up Crystal,’ she suddenly told herself as she was  starting to fantasize. ‘Not only is he from the light realm, but don’t you remember teasing all the guys from Silverdust?’  She frowned but focused her attention back at the matter at hand.

Through the huge front entrance doors, up the big grand staircase, through another pair of huge double doors, and down a long  candlelit corridor, Krissy wondered how big this castle was if the throne room was so far. As he opened the third and final  pair of grand doors, a large room with a huge staircase that was somewhat pyramid style stood before her. The light realm had  one as well as the dark realm, but this one didn’t have a veil around the throne nor was it extremely high or narrow. It was  about only ten stairs higher than the floor and the space around the throne could fit a royal court. Lance dropped to one  knee as he approached the bottom stair and bowed.

“My Lady, this girl was lost and looking for you so I brought her here.”

Artemis stood up and smiled slightly. Artemis looked nothing like Faith. Faith looked so young and delicate, with flowing  silvery hair with two golden blonde locks as bangs. The symbol for Innocences, her race, glowed dimly on her forehead and her  eyes were such a soft silvery white color, they could barely be seen. Her whole body was extremely slender and petite, while  she wore a long glimmering silver gown that hugged nothing with a white priestess like robe atop of it. Artemis on the other  hand was her daughter created through magic and apart of Faith. Artemis had long blonde hair with short bangs in the front.  Her eyes were blue, the color of sapphires and her skin wasn’t pale like Faith’s but tanned, but not as dark as Krissy. Her  body was small but not as petite as her mother and she looked older than Faith as well. She dressed in tight sheer dresses  that dragged behind her and had no mark of the Innocence.

Artemis walked down each step slowly, her dress following behind. She came down and hugged Krissy as if they were old best  friends. Krissy stood there a bit surprised then quickly hugged her back not to cause a problem. Artemis released Krissy and  smiled again, this time seeming happier. “The head sorceress of Silverdust, Crystal…welcome.”

Krissy stood there a bit confused as she smiled goofily, “Lady Artemis, it’s nice to see you once again as well…” Artemis  clasped her hands together and nodded, “Did my mother send you to come and get me, or do you have a message?” Krissy smiled  in the same foolish manner before shaking her head. “Umm, not exactly…” 

"Lady Artemis, everyone at Silverdust was disbanned. I'm here because Lady Faith recommended that I come here..."

Artemis nodded then smiled as she grabbed both of Krissy's hands into hers. "Then she wants you to come and relax in my  colony as well. Mother only lets a select few come to Hope City since it is in this uncharted territory. But this place is  much better than even Leto." Krissy smiled fakely, "Better than Leto?"

Leto, the direct opposite to Darkdiamond, the ruling city/planet of Letosheba, the light realm. Leto, just like Darkdiamond,  was only a stole landmass with a barrier around it, floating around space in its own realm. But unlike Darkdiamond, Leto had  many inhabitants and considered to be like a resort. Leto was set to look like heaven even through it was the place were most  of Letosheba's top "soliders" resided.

Krissy nodded, "So then no warriors are here?" Artemis nodded, "No, not at all. Only nobles come here...oh, you're not a  noble?" Krissy tried not to laugh as she smiled, "I am, but just like the Princess, I have the soul of a warrior. But I  assume this place has no need for such a person around." 

"No, not really." Artemis started as she let go of Krissy and started back up the stairs. Once she was seated again, she  finished her sentence. "Hope City is very peaceful, this planet itself is peaceful. There are only two more colonies here,  both extremely primitive compared to this place. Neither are warring type colonies so we shall never have problems. So you  'warrior's soul' will be restless if it's hoping to fight constantly like at Silverdust. There isn't even an arena nor  coliseum."

Krissy nodded, "I understand, yet I don't wish to return home...so I'm willing to change my lifestyle to fit Hope City."  Artemis nodded and waved her hand in a regal way. "Then Miss Crystal, welcome to Hope City." Krissy could almost laugh at the  sudden change of character. She nodded then bowed and left, followed by Lance, whom had witnessed the whole thing. 

Krissy walked out the door and Lance shut it. She sighed heavily then laughed. Lance watched her then smirked, "So you were  one of the few people to go to Silverdust?" Krissy stopped then smiled, "Yes, like she said, I was the head sorceress,  beating Princess Alexis every other day to keep that title, but that's old new. Would you mind showing me a room I can call  my own, or should I be asking someone else?" Lance shook his head and once again gently grabbed her hand and lead her to her  destination.

This time there was more stairs. In fact, he took her the to fifth floor. Krissy could almost feel herself getting tired from  walking so much in this enormous castle. "I think..." she muttered, "I'll fly next time." Lance laughed as he stopped, "Oh  yes, I forgot, you must have the ability to fly if you were the head sorceress. It's pointless now through, we're here."  Krissy looked at the large door questionable.

"Well Miss Crystal, open the door." She nodded as she opened it and then a surge of magic closed it. She frowned then turned  and looked at Lance. "I don't think it likes me." He chuckled again then smiled, "No I guess I should have warned you, it's  fitting itself to you, it should be okay this time." 

Krissy sighed then pushed open the huge door. This time the door opened and she was allowed inside. The floors were blue  marble just like the walls. In the center of the room was a bed with blue satin sheets and golden pillows. To the right was a  built in fully body oval mirror and a built in bookshelf right beside the mirror. On the opposite side of the bed was an  entrance to the balcony. Next to the balcony door was two chairs and a coffee table. Strangely no closet through.

Krissy smiled as turned back around and looked at Lance. "Thank you so much, Sir Lance." He shook his head as he waved his  hand carelessly, "Just Lance will do, Miss Crystal." "Ack," she exclaimed, "it's Krissy, no one's called me Crystal for  years. Well, hopefully I'll see you again, but as for now, I'm going to lay down. Thank you again." He smiled then took her  hand and kissed it before bowing and leaving her alone. 

Krissy walked over to the bed and fell down, face first. For a whole five minutes, she had peace and quiet. As she was  falling asleep, a loud voice started to speak. It was almost faint enough to be a whisper but not the authority and tone was  to forceful. Krissy moved her head slightly and looked in the mirror. Instead of her reflection, a dark angel was standing up  looking at her quite evilly. Krissy turned her head and put a pillow on her ear.

“Like that will do any good…” it muttered.

“Yea, yea, yea. It’s useless, just like you. What do you want Dark?”

The dark angel smiled deviantly, as she shrugged. Krissy turned back around and looked at the mirror again. “No Dark, you’re  not running any mocks here.” The angel frowned sadly, her pure black eyes showing a bit of anger.

“And why the hell not! This place could use someone like me.” “Because,” Krissy muttered not even playing attention anymore,  “I said no Darkmistress. Let me rest now and shut up.”

Darkmistress folded her arms as she narrowed her eyes on Krissy. Her wings slowly folded inward till they were almost  unnoticeable. “Krissy, if you won’t let me out, then I won’t let you have peace.” Krissy sat up and looked at Darkmistress.  She slowly rolled herself to the edge of the bed and walked to the mirror till they were face to face. The girl in the mirror  was slightly taller than Krissy, and much paler. Darkmistress was almost as white as snow, but her hair was as black as tar.  She was the perfect looking gothic angel.

“Dark, you never give me peace, now will you shut up, or will I have to make you hush?” 

“I’d like to see you try.”

Krissy touched the mirror and it started to ripple. It continuously rippled as if it were made of water.

“That did nothing, Krissy…” Darkmistress taunted.

“Wait for it…” As the rippling slowed down, the mirror started to show a place where darkness and nothing laid. Slowly, it  became a picture of space and looked like it froze until an image slowly became bigger. It was Darkdiamond. It showed the  entrance of Darkdiamond then inside th door down the hall till it came in front of the ruler of Nemeclipse, Darkgoddess Kia.  “Understand now?” Darkmistress didn’t respond.

Krissy smiled happily as the image of her mother faded away. “Good…” She went back to the bed and went to sleep.