The Landes
Three magical creatures call Landes live in harmony in The Andes mountains of South America. They must help a princess to re-claim her kingdom taken away from her by her evil uncle and Wekefu an evil Lande who hates humans and wants to create war among the two biggest kingdoms of the south.
Inspired by a beautiful Chilean/American baby girl: This is for you Gabriela
The Landes
By Rubi Romero
Many years ago… there were three magical Landes who lived in the Araucano Forest in the south end of the world.
Lumby, a green Landed had the power of creating and giving life, Machi, a yellow Landed had the power of healing and Sergy, a blue Landed had the power of giving happiness.
They lived there to make sure that humans live in peace and harmony.
Lumby, Machi and Sergy lived happily in the forest for many many years. Sometimes, they checked on the two biggest kingdoms of the south: Chiloe and Argent.
These kingdoms were in constant war for many years, until the God of Life created a series of tall mountains between them. These mountains still exist now… we call them Los Andes.
The kingdom of Chiloe to the west and the kingdom of Argent to the east of these mountains.
On day, Lumby, the wise and older of the three Landes took a walk around the kingdom of Chiloe to ensure that they live in peace, [sounds of steps] when all of the sudden, he heard someone approaching through the trees.
It was the king and queen of Chiloe. They were both praying to have an heir before they die, they worried that without an heir, Barban, the king’s brother would become the king of Chiloe. Barban was an evil man who wanted to be the most powerful king of the south.
But Lumby heard the prayers of the king and queen and with his magic powers, he granted their wish…[magic sound]
Months later, [bells] the bells of the kingdom announced the birth of a beautiful baby girl. The queen named her Divany as she was a gift of the Divine.
Divany had the mark of the Landes on her left arm, the mark of a star lying on a waxing crescent moon.
Divany was presented to the people of Chiloe, [voices of celebrating people] they were celebrating the good news; all of them knew by Divany’s birthmark that she was a true miracle.
Miles away from Chiloe, Lumby also heard the bells and wanted to meet the new baby. Lumby then turned into a beautiful green eagle with yellow stripe feathers and an orange beak to fly to Chiloe to meet the future queen. When Lumby flipped his wings, the wind sang [flipping sound] accompanied by the rhythm of the Pehuén trees in the Forrest [sound of the trees].
All of the sudden he saw someone running through the trees. It was a woman running with a baby. [Suspense music] She ran and ran, faster and faster, while the baby cried [baby cry] as if it was asking to be helped. And when the woman got to the edge of a cliff with no remorse, she threw the baby away [female evil laugh] and the baby’s cried vanished into the dark of the precipice [suspense music], poor little baby!
But just seconds before hitting the rocks, Lumby grab the baby with his beak and rescued it from a horrible death. [Sound of a happy child]
Later, Lumby arrived to the cabin where the Landes lived. He flew through one of the open windows and left the baby on Sergy’s bed.
Sergy and Machi were surprised to see the baby. Lumby explained what he had seen while he changed back into a Landed [sounds of magic]. Lumby was checking the baby to make sure it was fine, when he discovered a birthmark on the baby’s left arm. He knew then that the baby was the princess of Chiloe.
Then he asked Machi to go to Chiloe and find out what had happened.
Machi turned into [magic sound] a yellow condor with very long wings and left flying through the window.
Machi arrived to the palace and heard Barban talking to someone about how he had poisoned the king and queen and with the sudden disappearance of the princess Divany; he would become the new king of Chiloe [suspense evil music].
Then Machi jump to another window to see who was the other person that Barban was talking to. The person’s face was shadowed by the dark [soft suspense music], Machi couldn’t see the face, but then that person walked closer to the light and Machi saw the face. It was Wekufu [strong suspense sound], a Kalku Landed.
Wekufo was an evil Kalku Landed who had escaped from the jail where evil Landes were kept.
Kalku Landes were the most powerful Landes of all. They were the soldiers of the God of life, but when God made the earth and give it to the humans, few of the Kalku Landes went mad and wanted to destroy the humans. This made God very angry and ordered the other Kalku Landes to capture and take the disloyal Landes to a place where the land is cover with thick ice, the land of Antarctica.
Machi was very afraid of Wekufu; he was evil and would kill him if he knew he was there.
Machi flew back to the cabin and when he arrived he decided not to tell anything to Lumby and Sergy. He thought that Wekufu will kill them all.
Machi told them that everything was planned by Barban who had become the new king of Chiloe. The three Landes thought that it was not a good idea to return Divany to the kingdom at that moment, so they decided to take care of Divany until she grew up and reclaimed the kingdom to Barban.
Many years past and Lumby, Machi, Sergy and Divany enjoyed their lives in the forest.
Divany was very closed to Sergy. They played, eat, clean and played jokes on Machi who was easily scared.
One day the Landes were planning the 19th birthday of Divany, when Lumby told them that it was time to tell Divany the truth about who she was, but Machi refused to talk about it, he was afraid of Wekufu so he would avoid that confrontation at all cost.
Few days later, Sergy and Divany were playing hide and sick in the forest when Divany heard someone asking for help [help] Divany got closer and saw [soft suspense] a wounded young man on his [horse sound] horse.
The young man asked Divany to help him, because he was being hunted by soldiers from Chiloe.
Divany took the horse and the young man into a cave where Sergy was hidden. When Sergy saw Divany with that young man and his horse, he became very curious about those new creatures. Divany asked Sergy to help him.
All of the sudden they heard the soldiers approaching, so Sergy turned [magic sound] into a giant cougar and run towards the soldiers to distract them from going into the cave. After the soldiers were gone, Sergy returned to the cave to take Roble to their cabin.
When they arrived to the cabin Sergy placed Roble on Sergy’s bed, Divany asked Sergy to go and looked for Machi but as Sergy was leaving, Machi and Lumby entered.
Machi poured a bright yellow powder on Roble’s wound. [magic sound] The arrow turned in to a reddish smoke and vanished through the air while the wound started to heal. Machi told Divany that Roble would be okay, but that he needed to rest…
Divany took care of Roble day and night. Sergy was upset because Divany didn’t want to play with him like they used to.
Few days later, Roble woke up, he tried to stand saying that he needed to go back to Argent to save his people from Barban.
But, Divany told him to rest to get his strength back before he could ride his horse again…
As the days passed, Divany and Roble became very good friends. Divany enjoyed the stories that Roble shared about the people from his kingdom.
One day while Sergy was complaining about Divany not playing with him, Lumby and Machi carefully observed Divany and Roble.
Lumby and Machi smile at each other while Sergy couldn’t understand why they were smiling. Lumby told Sergy that Divany and Roble seemed to care about each other with love.
Sergy left mad mumbling that Divany didn’t want to play anymore. Machi and Lumby were very happy because the love between Divany and Roble could bring the two kingdoms together.
Next morning Divany and Roble took a walk around the forest, while Sergy follow them closely. Roble told Divany that he needed to go back to his kingdom and fight Barban, but Divany begged him not to go, because Barban could hurt him.
Roble look at Divany’s eyes, he hold her hands as he got closer closer to Divany [romantic music] when all of the sudden Sergy appeared between them shouting that Roble needed to save his kingdom.
Roble let Divany’s hand go, thanked Divany and said good bye. Roble [whistled sound] whistled to call his horse, jump on it and left. Sergy was very happy…
Sergy was jumping up and down, but when he noticed that tears were coming down Divany’s cheeks, [crying sound and music fading] he felt guilty. He understood that Divany cared for Roble.
Sergy will do anything to make Divany happy again. Divany asked for his help to ensure Roble’s safety.
Sergy agreed, left a note for Lumby and Mach and together they left …
Few minutes later, when Machi and Lumby arrived to the cabin, they saw the note posted on the door.
Lumby read the note, looked at Machi as he knew that they needed to help Sergy and Divany.
Machi was shaking, but finally confessed to Lumby that Wekefu was helping Barban [soft suspense music]
Lumby told Machi to go and advise the Kalku Landes and bring them to capture Wekefu. Then Machi turned [magic music] into a beautiful condor with long rainbow color wings and flew away.
Lumby turned into sparkle light eagle and flew to the kingdom of Argent to help Sergy and Divany.
In the mean time, Sergy and Divany arrived to Argent just to find out that Roble had been captured. Divany ask Sergy to go back to the forest and ask Machi and Lumby for help.
Divany got through the crowd [crowd voices] and beg Barban to free Roble, but Wekefu with his magic vision immediately recognized Divany and when Barban gave the order to take Divany as a prisoner, Wekefu whispered to Barban.
Barban then asked Divany to marry him in exchange of Roble’s freedom… [music] Their plan was to marry Divany before someone found out the Divany was alive and claimed her as the queen Chiloe.
Divany accepted [suspense music] Roble beg Divany no to do it and confess his love for Divany [music]
Divany tried to tell Roble that she loved him too, but before she could say a word, Barban order his guards to take Divany to get ready for the wedding. [music]
After the guards took Divany away, Barban order Wekefu to take care of Roble for ever… [music]
Sergy and Lumby heard of Barban’s plan and decided to help Roble to help them stop the wedding and rescue Divany.
Wekefu order the guards to get rid of Roble… The guards took Roble away while Sergy and Lumby follow them… [suspense music] Wekefu turned around and look very careful around him, he had felt the presence of Landes, but Sergy and Lumby hide on time…
After Wekefu left, Sergy and Lumby followed the guards. Sergy turned into a giant cougar [magic sound] to scare and distract the guards, while Lumby rescued Roble, then Sergy threw magic powers at the guards and make them laugh so hard that they throw themselves to ground.
Then Sergy turned back into a Landed [magic sound] and left with Lumby and Roble.
In the mean time, Divany and Barban were getting married when all of the sudden Roble, Lumby and Sergy entered running through the crowd to interrupt the wedding.
Barban turned around and order his guards to get them. The guards started to throw arrows at them, but Sergy and Lumby turned the arrows into white roses [throw arrows and magic music]. Then as Roble was running towards Divany, one of the guards threw an arrow at him, Divany desperately tried to run towards Roble when Barban grabbed her by her left arm, Divany pulled herself away tearing her sleeve off and leaving her birthmark exposed. ..
Roble fell wounded to the ground. Divany runs to him, but Wekefu threw a black powder [magic music] at her so she couldn’t move. Sergy and Lumby tried to fight Wekefu, but he was more powerful than them.
Barban order the guards to finished Divany… [suspense music] when Machi entered flying through the windows with the Kalku Landes behind him. Machi threw a magic yellow powder [magic] at Divany to free her… Divany tried to protect Roble from a guard spear, and when the guard was about to stack his spear into Divany, he noticed Divany’s birth mark and drops his spear…
Barban draw his sword and as he is about to stab Divany, Sergy turned the sword into a bindweed and trapped Barban with it. As the other guards are about to draw their swords, the other guard told them to stop,
Barban tried to order them to continue, but Sergy made the bindweed to cover his mouth as the guard announced that Divany was the baby that disappeared many years ago, Divany was the Queen of Chiloe, The guards kneeled while Divany desperately asked Machi to save Roble…
Wekufu tried to help Barban, but the Kalku Landes formed a circle around Wekefu. They extended their arms to the side as a purple light glowed above and around their arms. Wekefu tried to throw black powder at them, but it didn’t work… Wekefu started to pulverize while the Kalku Landes directed the purple light toward Wekefu. .. Wekefu turned into powder and then the Kalku Landes drop the powder into a wooden red box with a golden lock…
Sergy turned the arrow that had wounded Roble into a green leaf. Machi torn the leave and turned into yellow powder that fell on Roble’s wound. But it was too late, Roble didn’t wake up. Divany’s eyes filled up with tears of pain…
Lumby put his hand above Roble’s heart and let a magic green glowing light go through Robles chest then that light turned into a white bright light cover Roble’s entire body and as the light vanished Roble opened his eyes.
Divany hugged Roble while the guards took Barban away and the Kalku Landes took the red box with Wekefu trapped inside it. Lumby, Sergy and Machi said good bye to the Kalku Landes as they flew out through the windows.
Lumby told Divany the truth about who she was. Divany smiled, turned to Roble and apologized for what his uncle had done to his kingdom.
Divany told the guards to free the people of Argiant.
Roble asked Divany to marry him and unite the two kingdoms. Divany accepted while Sergy threw golden powder around the kingdom of Argiant as a sign of happiness and prosperity for both kingdoms [magic sound].
Lumby, Machi and Sergy were laughing while Roble gently kissed Divany… [music]
The End
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