the story continues, the baby becomes a child.

Prologue Continued....


As word spread about the death of the famed mystic army general, and the baby named for her mother's last words, Phoenix realized he needed to protect his daughter. For it was said that Callisto was the princess of legends. For Phoenix himself had prophesized of a day soon, when the kingdom would be in completely turmoil. He had prophesized the queens children fighting over their mother's crown as if they were rabid dogs after a peace of scrap meat.

He had foreseen the queens death, which would bring about an uprise all around the kingdom. Sisters fighting their sisters, and brothers fighting their brothers, as the kingdom divided in support of each of the queens 3 children. He called his dear friend, a fairy named Aleda, to his home, and told her of what he had seen. He told her of his fears for his daughter, and gave her some instructions to take his daughter to the mortal world, and to watch over her. He had just finished his instructions, when the last of the prophecy appeared to him. He cried out in agony, and fell down dead, before he could share it.

Aleda brought Callisto through the portal to the mortal world. It did not take long before a mortal couple heard baby Callisto crying, and they took her in as her own. Though the mortal couple were quite nice people, Aleda stuck around and watched over Callisto.

Callisto grew up, knowing nothing of her true parents, or of the mystic world of Ariland. Aleda went unseen and unnoticed by Callisto for 12 years. If it had not been for the 15-year-old boys, that always picked on Callisto, she might not have come into view. Aleda had been watching the bullies angrily, trying as hard as she could not to curse them. This particular day, quite possibly by fate, they had decided to get really bad. Normally they would push her a couple of times, call her names, maybe take her money or schoolwork. Today however, Callisto tried her best to ignore the bullies. Tried to act as though they were not bothering her at all, in hopes they would finally leave her alone. It only egged them on more, and they started pushing her harder, until she fell to the ground.

She tried to get back up on her feet, but they started kicking her. Finally Aleda had had enough. She flew in, picked up the biggest of the 3 boys, and threw him on top of the other two. She pulled out her wand and a rather large ogre appeared before them. He picked the three boys up, with one hand, brought his foot back, and kicked them high up into the air. He then turned around, and brought Callisto to her feet, smiled at her and gave a wink, before turning around and catching the three boys.

The ogre set the boys down, but held on to the back of their coats. Before he could so much as yell "boo!" to them, all three started crying, as the front of their pants became more and more soaked. The ogre laughed and said to them "If that scared you, just wait to see what will happen if you pick on that poor girl again. Mark my words boys, you will not come back down from where I throw you next!" He let go of them, and whispered "boo!" They ran so fast, that it was if they had never been there, that is except for the 3 puddles that were left by them.