May 18th 1896
Hobbling out of the hut, She looked around. "What is this place..? It's nothing like Cottonwood. This must be an entirely different village all together." She had mumbled to herself.
Isaac met up with her. "Oh walking already now aren't we?" He said in his Scottish accent. His red tufted beard, green eyes, and funny smirk glanced back at her.
She stared at the man. "Who are you..?" She asked. Isaac laughed shaking his head slightly in amusement. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Isaac." He said as he put out his left hand. Alenia glanced down upon his hairy arms feeling disgusted by it. But in respect she shook his hand anyways. "Now before you ask, yes I know where your sister is. If you would please follow me." He respectfully asked gesturing with his hands to follow.
Shrugging her shoulders trusting his words. She followed him through the small village. To a small tent that lay hidden from the rest. Almost as if it were private. Going inside, It was much bigger than on the outside. Puzzled by this, she looked upon the cot. Forgetting about this puzzling tent. Her eyes swelled with happiness as her sister was laying there peacefully. "ANYA!" She cried out in tears of joy.
Anya awoke with a startle to see her sister standing before her. Noticing first her wound, But dismissed it for she was to joyful to ask. Wanting to run up, and hug her. She tried to get up. But Her body prevented it. "Ahh..." She cried out in pain.
Immediately Alenia was by her side. "What's wrong?" She asked looking worried. She sighed with a heavy breath. "I have been wounded" Looking into her eyes with sorrow. "I am sorry, For my behavior. I kept all of this a secret from you, I should have told you. You are looking for answers aren't you.." She said, keeping the part of how she was wounded from her.
Alenia nodded, and replied "But take your time, I do not want to burden you with my heavy questions, I have been through enough as it is. King Reuven is brutal." She mentioned,
Anya laughed slightly but it quickly changed by the end of Alenia's sentence. "Did he hurt you?" She asked Alenia with concern. Alenia was silent for a moment before speaking, 'Define hurt. Anyways that doesn't matter..I need to know Anya..He called me a prophetess" She said with an oppressed attitude.
Sighing with a heavy heart, "Alenia, there are things you have to discover. Things you must figure out for yourself. I know I could answer every question that you have right now. But the truth is, we are running out of time. This war needs to be put to an end. Alenia, You and only you can put a stop to this. There are forces beyond your control. The elf king must be stopped, And the Qu..." She interrupted by pain.
Alenia was shocked, fear washed into her eyes like a stream. "What..I don't understand Anya, what do you mean..?" She asked fearful as her heart went into pain.
Anya sighed trying to get up. It was a struggle, as she rose from her bed. The infection spread a little more with each movement. 'Aaah...Oh this cursed infection.." She cried out. Gasping for breath. "Alenia I don't have much time, There is much to tell you. I will start at the beginning of everything."
"Alenia, I was supposed to tell you that you were the prophetess from our ancient scrolls..." She began to say. But Alenia stopped her, "Prophetess? Everyone keeps using that word.." She said as she glanced at Anya for more. Anya looked at her strangely.. "When you first arrived I debated with the Council for some time on weather to train you for war in-case such a thing that happened to you now. Would ever happen, they all rejected my proposal.. And forbid me from telling or training you. Father,.. Father hasn't returned because he died in war, and I couldn't tell you..I was weak for not doing so. But you were so happy.. And you deserve to know the truth..about.." She paused looking over at Isaac. Isaac only nodded trying to encourage her.
Alenia was concerned, "That I should know about what..?" She asked. Anya was quiet.. "The truth about David's death.." She softly said while looking away. Alenia's heart fluttered. "The truth, What truth?" She asked scowling at Anya in confusion. "Of who murdered him. At least my speculations of who.." She replied. Alenia was frightened by the coming news. "Okay, go on..?" She said with a bit hesitation. "The wolf.." she replied looking at Alenia with sadness.. "The wolf??" She asked in confusion.
"There is two Anya, Which one do you mean?" She asked. Anya looked over at Isaac, "There is two?" Anya asked. Alenia sighed looking at both Isaac and Anya, "There is a white one, I met her in the woods, she saved me from starvation.. " She spoke up.
Anya was surprised and shocked, "My speculations point to the black one, The day you showed up that following pitch..He was in the shadows." Anya began to say.. "I know,.." Alenia replied softly.
Anya was confused by this point, "You know?" She said. Alenia gritted her teeth, "Remember that night I went out to watch the sunset..? I met him in the woods, His name is Imperial..He says he is supposed to be my mentor. That you were lying to me, That I was the Savior of Idor. And that he was to train me.." She spilled the truth.
Alenia stared at her wildly. "Imperial wouldn't murder David, I don't believe you.." She softly said. Anya scoffed at Alenia in frustration, "I am telling you that he did.. We found old patches of black wolf hair where he was killed. Alenia looked up, "Really?" She asked. Anya nodded looking at her while her emotions fought with her in her mind. "I am so sorry.., I should of told you much earlier. David might still be alive if it wasn't for me" Anya said trying to comfort her. "So David, didn't die because of me.. He died because of.. you..And Imperial..But why would he do such a thing.." She said through her tears and anger.
Imperial was just outside of the tent. "No.. This foils all the plans.." He growled as he raced for the cliffs of Baht bay. Where he had met the queen several times. "Talindra! come show your face to me!" he howled. She arose from the waves with a watery accent. "I know of the deeds that Anya has done. Her watery arm stretched out planting a clear vial on the soft ground. "Give Alenia this vial. Soon she will forget her mission. She needs to stay in the darkness for any of this to work."
He barked, "Are you certain that this will make her forget everything?" He asked. The waves roared loudly.
"Don't doubt me!, I may not have much down here in this grave of water. But I still work my ways. Give this to her, And our mission can still be fulfilled." She said. "Anya must die...And Alenia .? Well she is merely a pawn." The waves crashed as Talindra's voice faded. Several fins came above the water staring as Imperial left. It scowled vanishing into the water below.
In the dead of night, Imperial came to the aid of Alenia's sorrow. But was immediately thwarted by her anger. "HOW COULD YOU!?' She screamed at him. "You vile creature, I have trusted you. You were always there, always present. And now I've come to find that you have killed the one that I loved." She yelled at him. Imperial growled at her, "It wasn't going to end any better anyways." he spat out with bitterness.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SSMgVHgmb
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She scoffed at him, "Leave.." She said. He bared his teeth as he attacked her biting at her leg. She screamed in pain as he smashed the vile magic down her throat. The liquid poured down her throat as she screamed to the burning in her mind.
The poison worked its way through Alenia's veins during the night. It flooded her brain with chemicals tearing apart any memory that didn't correlate with the plans of Talindra. Turning her into a mindless pawn. Alenia must fight the darkness that now flooded through her blood. The light in her eyes dimmed as hopelessness set into a dark depression. Confusion raced around her cranium. She didn't know where she was going or even who she was.
Stirring restlessly in her cot late that night. Her dreams were haunting, dark, and cruel. Running from the village, as she saw herself falling from the cliff. The water began to approach, as she plunged into the depths below. Her lungs were consumed with the vicious water. She was drowning as a portal opened below her. Alenia was sucked into the portal like a worm hole. The sea portal took her to Idor. Washing up on the shore she awoke in her dream. Anya stood over her scowling at her, "This is your fault.." The demon spoke in a deep voice as she began to tear her own skin off. Terrified Alenia ran for the forest. Jolting awake she sat hyperventilating over the dream. With a shake of her head, she fall back asleep. This time dreaming sweetly of Anya and the fun times they had together. The bliss she had growing up was wonderful. She wished with all her heart that one day. She could return to Cottonwood, and bask in the happiness she once had.
During the night, Anya's infection grew. She screamed as she held Isaac's face, "Please take care of Alenia..She AGH..Needs to be protected at all costs!" Anya yelled. 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSa7s9tJLb
Issac held her with tears in his eyes as he pulled her close. The infection ran its way up the veins of her arms as they turned black. They ran through all the veins into her face as they bled into her eyes. It caused her opticals to darken into a black void. Her voice got deeper as sharp barbed teeth grew from her mouth. Issac set her down as he backed away from the bed she was laying on. "Prot..ect..Al..En..I..a" She managed to push out as a beast seemed to take over. "ARRRRRRRRGH!" she yelled as she charged for Issac. 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHmMX7zp6x
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He didn't bother to alert Alenia of the fiasco. He dodged the new creature's moves as he scowled at her. Her face began to morph as he dodged her rolling out of the tent. "The faceless curse.." He gasped to himself, "Mom..Dad.." He mumbled to himself, "You were hit with this too..Why does Akkar have access to one of the most deadly curses known to this world.." He thought to himself as he dodged the next attack. The creature hissed at him as her face merged into to what looked like a flat, non detailed version of her face. 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1k2kXX7il
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Her eyes had sunken in and skin had rapidly grown over her eyes. Her mouth looked as if it had been sewn shut but she was still able to talk. 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipVRsQ7UmK
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The creature pointed to Issac as it spoke in a very ancient Ashorian language. "Vos Fac Non intellegite Quid quod ut veni.." 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRK1c8YL5m
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Issac repeated it back to her as he noticed she had calmed for a moment, "I don't understand what is to come?" He said barley able to make out the translation; 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmwgHcYJN0
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She continued as her face surged with pain, "du forstår ikke hva han planlegger, hva tankene mine" 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2JQcntTwu
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He scowled, "You do not understand what he is planning, what my mind..?" He furrowed his brow, "That your..Mind..What..?" He asked. 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhF3hTNsWy
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She barred her teeth as she snapped at him, "Hva Bantu planlegger, 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJlNy85XTF
Issac squinted "What Bantu is planning?" 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUT4DNNYMw
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Anya in her deformed face; nodded, "Seksjonsplaner, Han planlegger å rive Idor fra denne verden og ta henne som sin mørkets dronning" 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRykVJV6cC
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Issac stared at her "Idor a queen of - What, are you warning me.. what are you warning me of..?" Issac blinked at her.. Anya roared at him, "BANTU PLAN.. DARKNESS!!" She screamed. As she screamed. She lunged for Issac again this time she barreled into him knocking him to the ground as her teeth sharpened, she pushed him to the ground and strained for his neck.
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He stabbed her with his blade as mages from the encampment bound Anya in ice. 129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxvZtHlgf8
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They moved her to a cage in the tent as Issac sat staring at her, "Why would he want Idor as his queen of darkness..What kind of plan is that.. Does he still hold love for..Idor..What for? Why would he love his creator..Wh..This doesn't make any sense.." He said to himself as he laid down contemplating life as his optics stared at the ceiling above.
May 19th 1896
Waking the next morning without Anya was a horrible process. Isaac met her at the entrance of her tent. "Sleep well?" He asked her trying to make conversation. She only nodded walking out of the tent leaving him. Passing the cage noticing the frozen corpse of Anya. Because of the vial she drank, She didn't remember what Anya had told her, . The vial gave false memories to the brain. "What happened to Anya..?" She asked as she grabbed the frozen bars to notice her deformed face, "Is..Is she dead..?" She asked as her eyes teared up. Issac sighed, "That my dear is the curse of the faceless..They are what took my mom and my dad..From me at a young age, The faceless have spread across Ashoria, and Earth..They call them Night horrors where I am from.. I do miss Ireland..very much.." He said, "Maybe one day I can walk its roads, and see its hills again.."
Alenia sighed as she wiped the tears from her eyes, "This..All of this doesn't make any sense in the slightest.. I.. I don't even know what I am doing, who I..who I even am Issac.." She said as she scowled at the corpse.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSGlBNQ21C
She headed into the commanding chief's tent. Everyone looked up at her with shock and curiosity. She didn't particularly like the attention but she took advantage of it.
"If any of you here knows anything about training. I need to start if I am going to be the prophes-" She stopped abruptly as her mind burned, "I can't quite remember the word,.." She mumbled as she looked up. They all looked towards the commanding chief of the encampment. Things were a bit hectic since second ranking officer was now frozen in a cage. They had no clue where to turn. The savior had no defensive training, could barely handle a sword, and was weak beyond all measure.
She had no idea where to turn, or what to do. The sacred scrolls told very little of how she would muster her powers and where they would even come from. It was said Alenia would find the Holy Aura and they would train her. Only problem was Imperial would never help her find it. He among others; which was few, knew of the Holy Aura. The Holy Aura hadn't been found in thousands of years.
Without a plan they were deemed doomed to lose the war. Alenia would need to figure something out. Frustrated by everyone's stupidity she walked out of the chief's tent.
The chief shook his head in frustration.Irritated he called for the mages of the camp. "MAGES! Get me those scrolls again please!" He shouted. They were sent scurrying around the camp for the scrolls. Laying them out carefully. The parchment was thousands of years old, it had cracks and pieces missing. Clearly they didn't know the full story. There was five pictures laying in front of them. A beautiful woman with silken clothes around her head with hues of purple and a man bending down on both knees behind her. Then there was Alenia standing with a sword in hand next to her was a black wolf with amber eyes in the shadows of the bushes standing next to her. The third picture explained the woman was the Queen of Idor corrupted by magic with the man falling behind her. The fourth picture showed a darkness born out of the Queen and Alenia slaying it with the sword in hand, with a hint of a white wolf standing next to Alenia. Lastly the fifth picture showed Idor in redemption.
Alas they only had two of the pictures of the missing beginning story, with only half of the beginning story and the end clearly shown. There wasn't much to do. It was Anya who figured out what they had in the beginning. It was Anya who found the savior. The chief felt lost without Anya, she made sense into the pictures. They all told a story but no one seemed to know what that story meant. Alenia had left the camp several hours ago while they scampered around trying to get answers to train the savior for war. But they were far behind. They were clueless with what was going on. Leading Alenia into destruction with their clueless scampering. Alenia was followed closely by a stranger in the forest. As she mumbled to herself she felt a presence nearby. "Who's there!" She called out picking up a stick and a stone next to her.
A white wolf padded out of the forest looking up at Alenia with its ice blue eyes. Dropping the stone and the stick. "You.." She said, "You were in the castle, You were the elf..That helped me escape." She continued to say as she began to step forward. The vial couldn't block all the memories, only the ones in the past twelve hours. The only thing that it could block was the truth that Anya had told her that night. The wolf whined at Alenia as she darted swiftly into the forest.
Without thinking Alenia went into a sprint chasing after the flurry of white through the forest. Dodging logs, fallen trees and anything else she could lose her footing on. Panting tiredly the flurry of white seemed to lead her for miles. Alenia's legs began to get tired and her breath heavy. But the pressure, and desire for answers pushed her legs to pump faster. The wolf veered left as Alenia followed as swiftly as she could. Coming upon a series of ruined buildings. In awe Alenia slowed down looking around, her eyes glanced at every fallen tree and broken tower. Her glance returned to the wolf standing calmly in front of her. "What is this place?" She asked.
It was as if the wolf almost smiled at Alenia. Her eyes twinkled with happiness it seemed. Padding off into the direction of the ruins. Alenia followed in curiosity her legs wobbled as she took each step. They almost wanted to buckle together not allowing her to walk another few feet. The female white wolf stopped at a door. Alenia glanced at the wolf then back at the door as she tried it the door was locked. Frustrated she stomped her foot. "Its locked!.." She yelled at the wolf. It gave her a look as if to say "Come on, use something to bust it open."
Sighing Alenia looked around for a rock of some sort. Grabbing a large boulder she heaved it back to the door. With all her effort she threw it at the rotted wood. Busting it to pieces dust flew out like an explosion. Coughing as she stepped through the doorway as she looked around but everything was dark. Feeling around the room she wished that she could have something to see. Stumbling over something large she fumbled around in the darkness grabbing the wooden box.
Alenia pulled it out of the doorway coughing, looking at her find trying to figure out what it was. The case was a beautiful wooden matrix of designs carved into the wood. It would be a pity to destroy something so beautiful. But it was almost as if it something inside it was calling her. Grabbing a stick she started to bash at the case to no avail it stood strong. Frustrated as she tried to look for something that would open the wooden case. Going back into the darkness of the room she got frustrated further that she couldn't see. In anger she stomped her foot, The ground shook with the stomp of her foot as the entire room lit up with torches. Alenia's eyes widened looking around, on the wall was two pictures. "Is..That..Is that me?" she asked studying the picture. It explained and showed her being thrown off the cliff and coming onto the beach of Idor. "How would someone know, I never told anybody besides David..." She asked as she took them both off the wall. Folding them carefully she took them out picking up the case in her left hand she took one last look around.
It looked thousands of years old as if it was out of place and out of time completely. It stood here with no concept of the time ahead of it. Not much was left, nothing to recognize. The female wolf lead her back to the camp silently as she carried the heavy container still having no idea what was in it.
Arriving back at the encampment she took her findings to the chief. Gently setting the case on the table and the pictures next to them. Unfolding them she began to study them questioning how these pictures could of told how she got here if she never told anyone. They were as old as the ruins. The chief walked in when he heard the news walking over with a rush of excitement. " "Alenia how did you do it?" He asked her. She looked up at him with confusion. "Oh this wasn't me," She said to him. "Well then who found these?" He asked with curiosity. "The white wolf.." she simply explained. "Well I am glad he could help you find this..Case." he said about to get up. "She.."Alenia said. The chief stopped, "Pardon?" He asked. Alenia looked up as their eyes met. "She.. The wolf was female. And the case is locked I can't figure out how to open it." She said
Setting the pictures down she looked up at the chief. "How did any of you know that I was coming here?"
He sighed gazing at her, "A woman appeared by the name of Besmira, She claimed a great warrior would come to Idor and save it from the goddess' mistake. She was deemed crazy and cast out of the districts, she housed herself in what we call the Neutral zone. Found by the Holy Aura, she warned them a great evil would befall the land. No one listened until it happened,..Besmira explained the evil would grow...and only one could stop it, The child of Elf and Human..." He said looking at Alenia.
Alenia stared at him wide eyed. "Elf?.. ?" She said as she ran her hands vaguely over her short ears.
The chief nodded, "Weather is seems crazy or not. You are only chance to save Idor." He told her confidently. But this didn't give Alenia any bravery. What if she failed? What would Idor do then? Still fumbling with the lock she slammed her fist down on the hard oak table. The building shook massively causing the lock on the case to fall off. Looking at the chief.."I didn't mean to do that..That's the 2nd time its happen." Alenia said. The chief stared wildly at Alenia with amazement. "2nd time?" he asked, "What do you mean?" He continued. She cleared her throat almost nervous. "Well, it happened in the ruins, in the darkness I tripped over this case, and I stomped my foot in anger and the room shook violently. That's when the torches lit in the room. It was how I found the new drawings." She explained feeling horrible as if something was wrong with her. "It only seems to happen when I am angry or frustrated." She said.
She took the lock off the case as her heart began to beat faster. Excited for what was inside of it. Alenia flung the lid back and was taken back by the beauty of a magnificent sword. She had never seen anything like it before. The blades glowed an icy blue, The handle was wooden and tiny patterns were carved all along the sides of the handle. The blade was thin, sharp and feminine. As if it was made for Alenia to hold. She looked over at the chief as she gripped the sword in her hand. The blade began to hum as Alenia's hands began to glow. "What is this." She said in a scared tone. Her hands were glued to the blade. She couldn't take her hands off of it. It was if the blade was melting to her hands. Suddenly her hands swerved as if she had the skill to use it for many thousands of years. The blade moved gracefully through the air. Alenia was astonished by the skills of her hands. Suddenly the blade's glow dimmed as if the power was shut off.
The handle of the sword became heavy. Alenia set it down softly on the table as she looked over at the chief's astonished reaction. She didn't know what to say for a few minutes. They both just stared at the normal looking sword. The metal had cooled and the wood had changed color. "I have no idea how to use this.' she finally said. "None of this makes any sense to me at all." She said sitting down. 'What kind of prophecy like this tells no answers. How am I supposed to figure everything out. And the wolf..That white wolf, How do I even .." Her voice faded as she looked up at the chief of the village. He was lost for words to encourage Alenia.
"Well you study the sword, Have your mages look at every ancient book there is. I need to know how to access this sword's power. My own for that matter I need to know everything there is to know about this sword. Where it came from, Who it belonged to, how long it's been here." Alenia commanded.
Alenia wandered through the encampment thinking to herself. She passed Anya's cage once more. Wrapping her hands around the iron bars she starred in. The look of pain was frozen on Anya's face. Alenia couldn't almost bear to look at her sister. Upset she wandered out of the encampment scuffling her feet as she went along. The white wolf was watching her guarding her. To make sure nothing happened to her. She didn't know that Alenia's memories were played with the night before. The vial that she drank not only messed with the memories in the brain. It seeded darkness into her heart. The white wolf could only do so much, with everything at stake. She had a huge burden to carry. The white wolf padded off into the forest with a lot on her mind, "How am I supposed to get Alenia to realize her destiny?' she questioned herself as she padded away into the mist. It was clear that not one soul clearly knew how to save Idor. It was to be a battle uphill, of knowledge and strength. Alenia would have to figure out her path soon or all hope might be lost.
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