ALyXaNdRiA_BaRBiE (the Sexiest Spy of the Underworld)

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I think the people who have watched "The Sea Prince and the Fire Child"
will agree with me when I say it was one of the loveliest and most
endearing animes ever made.

The tale was spun with such magic and beauty that I still think about
it until now.

It is the story of the two lovers, Syrius, the water child, and Malta,
the fire child. It is a story about love, friendship, the importance of
family, ideals and determination, with a touch of adventure.

(Syrius and Malta)

The anime tells of the forbidden love story of Syrius, the Sea Prince,
heir of Oceanus, the King of the Sea, and Malta, the fire child,
daughter of the Queen of Fire, Hyperia. Of course, what is forbidden is always
interesting and sweet.

Anyway, I digress. The story begins, as legends go, a long time ago
when the King of the Sea, Oceanus, and his sister, the Queen of Fire,
Hyperia,are brought apart by the web of lies which the Lord of the Winds,
Algaroc,spins between the two. The hurt goes so deep and the chasm so wide that
the siblings have forbidden the fire children to play with water and
the water children to never go under the sun, or there will be recriminations.

(Oceanus)

(Hyperia)

(Algaroc)

The anime starts with the coming of age of Syrius and Malta. Oceanus
gives Syrius the responsibility of watching over the ocean and the beings living in it, and of taking care of the Eye of Algaroc, which was taken to subdue its owner, and forbids him to cross the forbidden zone.

Like I said, people are always drawn to what is forbidden.

Anyway, Syrius crosses the forbidden zone and reaches the surface where
he sees Malta guarding the Holy Flame, the flame that indicates the
boundary between the fire people and the water people.

It doesn't take long for the two to realize that they have fallen in
love, an unhappy fate for both of them.

They try to seek answers to their main question, why they can't be
together, and Aristurtle shares the story of the two siblings' quarrel.
He also tells them about the star where water and fire children can live
happily ever after and can be reached through the flowers of the Calia
plant that blooms during the eclipse at the Hill of Elysium.

Syrius and Malta considers this as their only recourse since she finds
out she will be crowned the next queen when the sun shines after the
eclipse and she will never see Syrius again. The two agrees to meet on the hill
during the eclipse to catch the flowers that flies to the stars.

Hyperia finds out about Malta's relationship with the water child,
Syrius, when she has been negligent of her duty and lets the Holy Flame die.
She has been imprisoned but she escapes with the help of her friend, Piale.

(Piale and Malta)

Syrius has not been doing his duties as the Prince of the Sea and as a
result, chaos erupts in the kingdom. When he admits his love for the
fire child, Malta, Oceanus has him imprisoned.

The time of the eclipse comes with Syrius having no way of escaping.
Malta makes her way to the hill and waits for Syrius there as she watches the
Callia flowers blooming and flying to the stars.

Malta
tries to hold on to some of the blooms but she is powerless to
stop them. She is deeply heartbroken when the last of the Callia flowers are
gone and there is still no sign of Syrius.

With the help of his friend, Bibbles, Syrius manages to escape from his
imprisonment but is too late because the eclipse has already passed and
the Callia blooms are all gone. Syrius is heartbroken when his friend
Bibbles is hurt. Bibbles has helped him escape by giving Algaroc his
eye to wake him from slumber and shake the bowels of the sea.

Syrius is blinded by the incident when his prison breaks with the force
of Algaroc's power. With determination, he makes his way up to the hill
where Malta has transformed and is being crowned as the new queen. Malta sees
him and asks him to go because she thinks it's already too late for the
both of them. She is now the new queen.

Syrius is drawn to Malta's voice and keeps on going, unaware that the
sun is glaring brightly.

Malta warns Syrius not to come any closer but as he progresses, he gets
under the heavy rays of the sun and dies. He falls off from the hill.

Malta cries and releases all the pent-up rage and sorrow inside her as
she holds Syrius' lifeless body in her arms.

She decides then and there that if Syrius has died because of the sun,
she should die in the water so she can be with him.

She flies to the ocean carrying Syrius' dead body after which Oceanus
appears and holds both the dead bodies of Malta and Syrius in his hand
and raises them up to heaven where their souls fly to their star and live
happily ever after.

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