the prologue ends...

I forgot to write last night, plus I needed to end the prologue, so I wrote extra. Next blog will be the start of chapter 1...



Aleda became a good friend of Callisto's. Well, the only friend of Callistos. As she grew older, it became more and more apparent that Callisto did not belong in this mortal world. It may have been that, considering her mortal guardians were much older even for Ariland standards. Or it could be the curse that seemed to be put upon Callisto. However, On her 17th birthday, her mortal father had a heart attack and died. A few months later, her mortal mother had been so grief stricken, that she too had died.

The night after her mother's funeral, Callisto had ran away. Not even Aleda knew where she was, and Aleda had known her exact location for all of 17 years. Callisto had ran away to a city park, where she snuck off to for most of her life whenever she was upset. Her mortal mother had brought her there when she was a baby up until she became old enough to get there by herself. Just last year her mortal parents told her that they had found her here, right underneath the largest tree of the park.

It was a beautiful park, full of trees and laughter, that is until today. It was quiet, and the rain fell heavily on the city. Callisto climbed the largest tree, and sat on the first branch, which was the largest branch. She sat there crying for over an hour, before falling asleep. She awoke to the voices of a couple of her classmates. "Oh look who we have here!" said a girls voice, though it sounded quite manly. "It's Calloser!" Said a boys voice. Callisto looked down to see two musclebound figures, one with longer dark brown hair, the other with short dirty blonde colored hair. Callisto jumped down. "Go away!" she cried.

"Aww looks like wittle calloser's been crying" said the boy. "Maybe I should make her cry more!" replied the girl. "Leave me alone!" Callisto yelled, this time angry. "If I was crazy, like you, I'd think you were demanding us to leave. Are you Calloser?" said the girl. Before Callisto could answer, the girl pulled back her fist and punched forward, hitting Callisto in the face and knocking her to her knees. Callisto stayed down on her hands and knees, blood dripping from her nose. "Come on Calloser, get back up, like the punching dummy you are." said the boy, and then he kicked her in the stomach.

Callisto stood up, rage filling her. She did not even know how it happened, or that it was happening at the time, but suddenly both of the bullies were upside down in the air. As if they were being held up by a giant man. But no one was there. Callisto yelled "You going to call me Calloser again? Want to punch me in the face again!" They raised up higher. Finally Callisto realized how strange this was. She knew she was doing it, but didn't know how. The bullies fell to the ground on there backs. It looked as though the girl was about to say something again, but apparently she had decided not to, as both she and the boy bully ran away.

Callisto looked at her hands, more by what she had seen in movies of people discovering they had some kind of secret power, than for any other reason. Aleda came out from behind the big tree. She had just got back to the area around the tree for the 5th time that day, after searching the city for Callisto. She had only seen from when the girl punched Callisto in the face. She knew it was time Callisto knew who she was, and where she was from.

Aleda told her about the world of Ariland. Told her about her parents, and told her that she was a mystic witch. "My mom and dad, err, my adoptive parents, told me that they found me right under this tree. Is this where the portal to Ariland is?" she said after thinking for a little while. Aleda replied "Well no, it's actually in one of the trees that are far less obvious, but you can't go back. It's dangerous for you in Ariland."

Callisto did not object, why would she want to go to some strange magical land? At least that's what she told Aleda. That night, after Aleda fell asleep, Callisto hurriedly packed her things into a suitcase and a bookbag. She sat below the big tree that had been such a big part of her life. She closed her eyes, and began to try to summon the portal to Ariland. There was nothing left for her in this mortal world, and she wanted to meet people who knew her birth parents. People just like her! She had known for years that she did not belong in this world.

She tried for hours to summon the portal, but she could not find it. Finally she headed off back home, and went to bed as if nothing happened, unaware that she had been followed.