Aleda flicked her wand and Callisto's shirt was dry again. "Don't cry, maybe if we can get your powers toned a bit better, you will have your fathers gift and be able to control it. We could find out who is responsible for your parents death!" Callisto stood up. "Yes!" she replied and she put her hands on her hips as though she were superman. "I will work hard and avenge my parents!"
Aleda could not help but laugh. "What's so funny?! This is serious!" Callisto said angrily. Aleda covered her mouth and replied "It's just...well, who are you supposed to be? Superman?" Aleda laughed again. Callisto looked confused for a second. She looked down at the ground. Seeing her arms she put them down and turned bright red.
It was still daylight, in fact it was early afternoon, so Aleda got rid of the invisible bubble and they continued walking. Aleda had informed Callisto that they needed to get to the city as soon as possible. For if they were to begin training, Callisto would need a few important items. They traveled for what seemed like hours, though it really only was a little over an hour, until finally hitting the gates of Demi Medina, a small, but greatly traveled city.
Callisto was in awe of the city. The buildings were small as well, but they looked a lot like miniature castles, only with modern looking doors and windows. Aleda led Callisto down the main street where there were shops that had windows larger than any front window of any mortal store. In one of the shops to her right was a magical candy shop. In the window the glowing sign said "Le Olde Candy Shoppe!" Though it seemed like something a mortal candy shop owner would have named his store, at some kind of old fashioned tourist town, as they moved closer, Callisto realized the name of the shop was made of floating, glowing, candy.
To the right was a clothes shop, with what looked like mannequins in the window with some kind of thin robe on. As they walked up to it, the mannequins turned into perfect copies of Aleda and Callisto. "Now they know how to advertise! I'd look so good in that!" said Callisto excitedly. Aleda smiled, "Come on, we'll come back after we hit the Blodd Bank!" "The blood bank? Are we going to sell our blood for money? Do they use needles like in the mortal world?" Callisto replied. Aleda laughed "No, the B-L-O-D-D Bank. It's the Sika Blodd Bank and trust!" "Oh," replied Callisto although she still looked kinda confused.
Down the roadway was a large sign that said "Flea Market!" "Hey! Now that's somewhere I'd really love going! I used to go to the flea market every weekend with my err mortal mom and dad!" This time Aleda looked confused. "I was always with you, watching over you, but I don't remember ever going to a flea market. Honestly, I can see why some wizards would...but why in the world would mortals...Why would anyone really want to buy fleas?" Aleda shrugged then started flying on. Callisto following. Finally Callisto realized "They sell actual fleas in there?" Aleda laughed "What else would they sell at a flea market?" Callisto just shrugged, thinking it best just not to continue with the conversation.
Finally they were in front of the "Sika Blodd Bank & Trust!" Out front on a pedestal was a woman that looked quite real, but Callisto knew it had to be just a statue with the likeness of the owner of the bank. The woman looked just like the story book kind of vampire. The one that was very beautiful, but also very pale with bright red lips and a smile that looked like she could charm you into sucking your blood. However, as they walked closer the woman moved and called towards them "Well Aleda Phyre! I haven't seen you in...Well in 16 almost 17 years! That's like a small amount of time for me, but still! It's been quiet for way too long around here without Demi Medina's number one music act, and biggest partier!" She turned towards Callisto, not giving Aleda a chance to speak, "And who is this lovely lady! I didn't know you had a daughter!"
Aleda laughed "No, this is Callisto!" she moved in closer and whispered "Phoenix and Sunila's daughter. We've been in the mortal world for the past 17 years, but that's just between us" Aleda moved back next to Callisto and said still somewhat quietly "Sika is a good old friend of mine, and your parents, we trust her with our lives, our money, and our blood!" Aleda and Sika laughed, but Callisto, who was pretty confused by the blood remark just kind of shifted akwardly. Sika smiled "I take it your niece doesn't know that I'm a vampire?"
Callisto tried to hold back her suprise, but was unable to. "You're a vampire!" she said. Aleda looked relieved as she and Sika laughed. "Yeah, but don't worry, I'm not anything like those mortal books, and portable Disque De Simras, what do you call them...ah yes 'DVDs!' We do drink blood, but we have ways of getting our blood without hurting others!" Callisto looked more relaxed. Then it finally hit her. "Wait, what do you mean niece?!"
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
chapter one-more to the story
The Aleda of the present day flicked her wand again. "If I had to guess, I'd say your parents were 2 of the most well known mystics in our world. Even including the queen. Though it was true that your parents were good friends with the queen, and myself, they weren't just known for being good friends to royalty. As you have seen, Your mother was a general of the queens army, and fearless to boot. Your father, was one of the very few mystics that had the gift of foresight. He was also the most powerful clairvoyant mystic. Most only could get visions once in a great while, and even the ones that saw visions every day could not make heads or tails of them without the help of a vision reader. Your father however, he could cause himself to get visions, and they were very clear visions. I was one of the few who he showed any of his visions."
Aleda stopped to allow Callisto some time to let this information sink in, then she swished her wand, and they were back in the bubble sitting around the table Aleda had conjured. "Was that it?" Callisto said with a let down kind of look. "No, there is more, but I'm not entirely sure about all of what I have been told, and it's late. I promise you, that we will talk more once I have found out all that even I do not know of what has occured." Aleda replied.
Both women were quiet for what seemed like hours, until finally Callisto said "But wait a minute! You told me you would tell me about that man back there, and what that was all about."
"Oh, right! Well, that's kind of one of the things I was talking about, but I guess I can tell you of my assumtions. See, I'm pretty sure that was the eldest son of the queen. You see, in the mystic world, the line of succession of royalty is a bit different then in the mortal world you have known for 17 years. In the mortal world, most countries royalty succeed with the men of the royal family. In Ariland, it is the women who are usually in power. The only way the men of the royal family have been able to be King, is if they are no daughters, or if they are the eldest and marry before the queen dies. Now I may be wrong, but I think he may want to take you as his bride, so he can be king whether his mother dies, or is murdered."
Callisto looked at Aleda as if she were crazy. "Ok, I understand needing to get married to become king, but why would he want me as his bride? And how does he know about me anyways? Wasn't he only a few years old when I was born? I mean from the memory you've shown me." Aleda hesitated, as if there were something she had not wanted to reveal. "Well, I am quite certain that all of Ariland have heard of you. I mean you are the daughter of the two greatest mystics ever known."
Callisto swallowed hard. "The two greatest mystics ever?" Aleda smiled, "Well, none could surpass the power they happened to possess." Callisto looked awe struck for a second, and then finally, with a frown she replied "If no one was more powerful than them, how did they die?" Aleda's smile faded, and she looked as if she was afraid to say, but reluctantly she replied, "Well, there are 3 reasons you will be well known in this world. The reason we have already discussed. However, there are two other reasons. You see somehow, word got out of your father's vision. As well as a vision he had before that. Both were about you. It's rumored that the last vision was about you too. I can't say for sure that the last vision was anything like the first two, but at least the first two showed that you would...Well, that you would be even more powerful than your parents."
Callisto laughed, "I don't believe those visions foretold the future. There is just no way I could be more powerful then them. I mean, I just recently found out I had power, and wouldn't I need to train. Or something like that?" Aleda replied "Well, yes, but the mystic powers is more of a birth rite, meaning that your power stems from your belief in your power more than anything."
Callisto played with the food left over on her plate. Her appetite had gone with the excitement of the story. Finally she broke what seemed like the hundredth silence of the night with "Well, what as the last reason?" Aleda looked even more serious now, and she sort of wiped her forehead, as though wiping invisible sweat beads. "Well, your father, when he died, he was having that last vision. It has been widely rumored that this vision of you was a reflection of your power, and that it had been so powerful that it ended up killing him. Now that is just the rumor, no one knows for sure just what happened to your father."
"What about my mother?" Callisto asked, almost unable to speak. Aleda cleared her throat, obviously to stall what she had to say and she continued, "Well, she died in childbirth. See she went into early labor with you. Something quite unnatural in this world, and it seemed you were not going to make it. She used her last bit of life to bring healing into you and she saved your life. That however, I happen to know to be very true. That is why you look so much like her. Not just because of genes"
Callisto closed her eyes, tears falling down her cheeks. "My dreams! They were memories then!" she cried. Aleda flicked her wand, and a box of tissues appeared before Callisto, and Callisto took one and blew her nose. "It was not natural the way she died. I've seen it in my dreams. Someone poisoned her." she said, the tears streaming down so excessively that her shirt was already soaked.
Aleda stopped to allow Callisto some time to let this information sink in, then she swished her wand, and they were back in the bubble sitting around the table Aleda had conjured. "Was that it?" Callisto said with a let down kind of look. "No, there is more, but I'm not entirely sure about all of what I have been told, and it's late. I promise you, that we will talk more once I have found out all that even I do not know of what has occured." Aleda replied.
Both women were quiet for what seemed like hours, until finally Callisto said "But wait a minute! You told me you would tell me about that man back there, and what that was all about."
"Oh, right! Well, that's kind of one of the things I was talking about, but I guess I can tell you of my assumtions. See, I'm pretty sure that was the eldest son of the queen. You see, in the mystic world, the line of succession of royalty is a bit different then in the mortal world you have known for 17 years. In the mortal world, most countries royalty succeed with the men of the royal family. In Ariland, it is the women who are usually in power. The only way the men of the royal family have been able to be King, is if they are no daughters, or if they are the eldest and marry before the queen dies. Now I may be wrong, but I think he may want to take you as his bride, so he can be king whether his mother dies, or is murdered."
Callisto looked at Aleda as if she were crazy. "Ok, I understand needing to get married to become king, but why would he want me as his bride? And how does he know about me anyways? Wasn't he only a few years old when I was born? I mean from the memory you've shown me." Aleda hesitated, as if there were something she had not wanted to reveal. "Well, I am quite certain that all of Ariland have heard of you. I mean you are the daughter of the two greatest mystics ever known."
Callisto swallowed hard. "The two greatest mystics ever?" Aleda smiled, "Well, none could surpass the power they happened to possess." Callisto looked awe struck for a second, and then finally, with a frown she replied "If no one was more powerful than them, how did they die?" Aleda's smile faded, and she looked as if she was afraid to say, but reluctantly she replied, "Well, there are 3 reasons you will be well known in this world. The reason we have already discussed. However, there are two other reasons. You see somehow, word got out of your father's vision. As well as a vision he had before that. Both were about you. It's rumored that the last vision was about you too. I can't say for sure that the last vision was anything like the first two, but at least the first two showed that you would...Well, that you would be even more powerful than your parents."
Callisto laughed, "I don't believe those visions foretold the future. There is just no way I could be more powerful then them. I mean, I just recently found out I had power, and wouldn't I need to train. Or something like that?" Aleda replied "Well, yes, but the mystic powers is more of a birth rite, meaning that your power stems from your belief in your power more than anything."
Callisto played with the food left over on her plate. Her appetite had gone with the excitement of the story. Finally she broke what seemed like the hundredth silence of the night with "Well, what as the last reason?" Aleda looked even more serious now, and she sort of wiped her forehead, as though wiping invisible sweat beads. "Well, your father, when he died, he was having that last vision. It has been widely rumored that this vision of you was a reflection of your power, and that it had been so powerful that it ended up killing him. Now that is just the rumor, no one knows for sure just what happened to your father."
"What about my mother?" Callisto asked, almost unable to speak. Aleda cleared her throat, obviously to stall what she had to say and she continued, "Well, she died in childbirth. See she went into early labor with you. Something quite unnatural in this world, and it seemed you were not going to make it. She used her last bit of life to bring healing into you and she saved your life. That however, I happen to know to be very true. That is why you look so much like her. Not just because of genes"
Callisto closed her eyes, tears falling down her cheeks. "My dreams! They were memories then!" she cried. Aleda flicked her wand, and a box of tissues appeared before Callisto, and Callisto took one and blew her nose. "It was not natural the way she died. I've seen it in my dreams. Someone poisoned her." she said, the tears streaming down so excessively that her shirt was already soaked.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
chapter one continued...
Sorry it has been so long since I've added to the story, I have not been feeling so well. However I made this addition pretty long to sort of make up for it. Here is more of chapter one...
Aleda closed the door and whispered to Callisto. "Callisto! Wake up, we have to get out of here!" she cried quietly. Callisto stirred awake. "Wh...where are we?" she said after looking around. "I'll explain later! We have to get out of here!" She whispered. Callisto stood up and went to the window, while Aleda looked out into the hall through the keyhole. "The coast is clear. Open the window!" Callisto pushed on the window, but it wouldn't budge. "It must be locked!" she cried. She searched around it for a lock. "There's no lock!" Aleda flew over to the window. She tapped the window with her wand, and it quickly opened.
"Hurry!" she said as they heard shuffling outside the door. Both jumped out the window, without even looking where they were jumping. The gravity of that decision was realized when they realized that they were falling far down into rocky water.
Callisto closed her eyes and thought "We're going to die!...NO! We can't die!" Suddenly a flash of light shot all around them. Callisto and Aleda both had their eyes closed, afraid to look. That is, until they realized they were safe, and seemed to be on land. "You saved us Aleda!" Callisto said with more happiness than she thought she had the ability to have. "It wasn't me, I was too scared to think. Hell, I even have wings, I could have just flew out." she replied. "Well, then what just happened?" "You saved us!"
Callisto beamed. "Really? I did that?" she said excitedly. "Yes, we'll talk more about it soon. First we have to get out of here. We're just outside the castle, and I have somewhere I need to take you!" Aleda whispered.
They ran into the forest, Aleda leading the way. It seemed like they had been walking for hours, when Aleda landed onto a flower. "Let's rest here, they won't be able to find us, well as long as I make this area invisible." Aleda flicked her wand, and a bubble appeared around them. "There!" she said, with a note of accomplishment in her voice. "It's been awhile but I still got it!" She said as she did a little celebration dance. Callisto laughed at her.
Callisto's stomach let out a growl of hunger. "No worries! I have almost unlimited power, so what would you like to eat!" Aleda said as she brought her wand up. "Hmm...I know! How about some chicken and dumplings! Ooh! And some broccoli with cheese on top!" Callisto exclaimed. Aleda laughed and swished her wand so that a table with the most delicious looking food that she had ever seen. Callisto and Aleda plopped down on either side of the table, Aleda actually on the table, and they began to chow down. Callisto dropped her fork for a second, as she thought about what was going on.
"Where were we? and Who were my parents? What's going on?" Callisto asked. Aleda sighed. "I knew the day would come when I'd have to give you all the rest of the details. I just hoped it would be much later on. However, I will tell you."
Aleda swished her wand, and a cloud of smoke appeared before them. "Now I can only tell you what I remember. I'm much older than I look, and some memories are broken from the days before you were born. Besides, I don't really know all the details." Aleda flicked her wand again, and a scene appeared inside the fog, as though it were a tv screen.
"This is called a Disque De Simra. It is essentially the only way to view anothers memory without force, and pretty much the only way of doing it without causing damage." She flicked her wand again, and the Disque De Simra began to spin around them, faster and faster, until they were swooped up into a sort of Disque De Simra tornado. Callisto closed her eyes out of fear, but opened them when she realized she was no longer spinning.
They were standing in what looked like a throne room. A few people were on the other side of the room, frozen as if in a paused movie. A woman with dark black hair sat at the throne, a large crown with a star at the top sat atop her head. Standing to her right was a man with bright shiny red hair. He seemed to be a foot or two taller than Callisto, and he was very handsome. He wore a long red cloak with a gold belt around the waist. At first glance Callisto thought the man's ears were on fire, but a closer looked revealed that they were just earring of birds that had the appearance as though they were completely made up of fire. A matching talisman of the bird hung around his neck.
To the right of the queen, stood a woman just as tall as the man, if not taller. She had long blonde hair, that was braided into many small braids. the braids split off into a pony tail on each side of her head. She was quite beautiful, and Callisto felt as though she were staring into a mirror as she looked into the woman's face. The woman wore what looked like a very strong armor suit. It was a saphire blue color, and it looked as though she could wear it in battle, then head off to some kind of party soon after. On her left hand was a quite large saphire ring, with a shiny white band. A pair of saphires dangled from her ears, and an even larger saphire hung around her neck, all matching.
Callisto realized how strange it was to be staring at these people, as they stood or sat frozen in place, and she turned to Aleda. "So where are we?" she finally said. But Aleda didn't move. Callisto ran to her "Aleda!" she cried. She heard Aleda's laugh behind her. "That was me almost 20 years ago!" she said. Callisto shot her an angry look. "Ok, ok, ok!" Aleda said in an apologetic way.
"This is a couple of years ago. This really doesn't have alot to do with what happened to them, but I figured you would want to see what your parents looked like, before they were married." Aleda flicked her wand, and they stood in the same room, only the queen was standing in front of a woman in a beautiful white dress, and a man in a black cloak. "This is the day they were married" Aleda said, and she flicked her wand again. This time the people went into movement.
Her parents said heartfelt proclamations of love, and the queen pronounced them married, and as they kissed, the crowd around them cheered. Aleda flicked her wand again and they were still in the throne room, only this time, the queen held a baby girl in her hands, two little boys sat in front of her. Callisto's parents still stood beside the queen on each side, though they could not take their eyes off eachother, and her mom rubbed her stomach.
"This is where our story begins!" Aleda said, almost excitedly. She flicked her wand, and the scene began to play. Aleda from that time ran into the room. "Your majesty!" she exclaimed almost out of breath and she bowed. "It seems the Furies are at it again! They are storming the castle and we're having trouble holding them back!" she said. Callisto's mom stepped forward. "No Sunila!" said the queen and Callisto's father at the same time. The queen finished with "You are with child, you should not be fighting in your condition!" Sunila crossed her arms "It is my job Queen Denali!" she exclaimed. Both the queen and Callisto's father tried to argue but a look from Sunila told them they wouldn't win. "Very well then, go take care of it, but the minute you find yourself in danger, retreat!" the queen said, with a look that told Callisto that it was unlikely that Sunila would retreat, whether she was in danger or not.
As Sunila ran off out the door, the queen looked at Callisto's father, who seemed quite worried. "Nothing to worry about Phoenix, she is a good warrior, and she has never lost a battle. Even in her condition she will come back victorious!" Phoenix's spirits seemed to raise and he smiled. Aleda had still been in the room, seemingly waiting for orders. The queen bowed to her, which told her it was ok for her to go off and help Sunila. But as Aleda turned to leave, Phoenix fell to his knees in agony. He held his head and was screaming something about Sunila, and something about a baby.
Aleda turned back towards the screaming, but Phoenix had already gone quiet. Tears in his eyes, he stood. "What did you see Phoenix?" said the queen curiously. "My wife, dying in childbirth." he said, though it seemed there was something he was not mentioning. "Please excuse me your highness, I need to go and write of this prediction, and do some anti-fate excersizing." he said quickly before heading out of the room. "Aleda, your a good friend of Phoenix's please, go find out what it is that he has left out of the story!" the queen said as she tended to the baby in her arms.
Aleda and Callisto followed the past Aleda to a quite large house not far from the castle. Past Aleda knocked on the door, and Phoenix answered. "Come, I have important business to discuss with you" Phoenix said almost impatiently. Phoenix wrote on a scroll for a few minutes until finally it was filled, and he rolled it up. He wrote something on it, then handed it to Aleda.
"I am appointing you guardian of my unborn child. In case something should happen to my wife and myself." He said finally. Aleda replied "Is that what you saw in that vision?" His head dropped, and after a few quiet minutes he finally said "Yes, I saw my wife and myself dying. However, I have also seen my daughter fighting the queens successors. It is not clear who her successor is, but I have seen that my child will become queen, and that she will be the death of the royal family. At least that's what the vision seemed to be. I have not seen the whole vision yet. However, I am quite certain that my wife and myself will not see our child grow into adulthood." he said sadly.
Aleda closed the door and whispered to Callisto. "Callisto! Wake up, we have to get out of here!" she cried quietly. Callisto stirred awake. "Wh...where are we?" she said after looking around. "I'll explain later! We have to get out of here!" She whispered. Callisto stood up and went to the window, while Aleda looked out into the hall through the keyhole. "The coast is clear. Open the window!" Callisto pushed on the window, but it wouldn't budge. "It must be locked!" she cried. She searched around it for a lock. "There's no lock!" Aleda flew over to the window. She tapped the window with her wand, and it quickly opened.
"Hurry!" she said as they heard shuffling outside the door. Both jumped out the window, without even looking where they were jumping. The gravity of that decision was realized when they realized that they were falling far down into rocky water.
Callisto closed her eyes and thought "We're going to die!...NO! We can't die!" Suddenly a flash of light shot all around them. Callisto and Aleda both had their eyes closed, afraid to look. That is, until they realized they were safe, and seemed to be on land. "You saved us Aleda!" Callisto said with more happiness than she thought she had the ability to have. "It wasn't me, I was too scared to think. Hell, I even have wings, I could have just flew out." she replied. "Well, then what just happened?" "You saved us!"
Callisto beamed. "Really? I did that?" she said excitedly. "Yes, we'll talk more about it soon. First we have to get out of here. We're just outside the castle, and I have somewhere I need to take you!" Aleda whispered.
They ran into the forest, Aleda leading the way. It seemed like they had been walking for hours, when Aleda landed onto a flower. "Let's rest here, they won't be able to find us, well as long as I make this area invisible." Aleda flicked her wand, and a bubble appeared around them. "There!" she said, with a note of accomplishment in her voice. "It's been awhile but I still got it!" She said as she did a little celebration dance. Callisto laughed at her.
Callisto's stomach let out a growl of hunger. "No worries! I have almost unlimited power, so what would you like to eat!" Aleda said as she brought her wand up. "Hmm...I know! How about some chicken and dumplings! Ooh! And some broccoli with cheese on top!" Callisto exclaimed. Aleda laughed and swished her wand so that a table with the most delicious looking food that she had ever seen. Callisto and Aleda plopped down on either side of the table, Aleda actually on the table, and they began to chow down. Callisto dropped her fork for a second, as she thought about what was going on.
"Where were we? and Who were my parents? What's going on?" Callisto asked. Aleda sighed. "I knew the day would come when I'd have to give you all the rest of the details. I just hoped it would be much later on. However, I will tell you."
Aleda swished her wand, and a cloud of smoke appeared before them. "Now I can only tell you what I remember. I'm much older than I look, and some memories are broken from the days before you were born. Besides, I don't really know all the details." Aleda flicked her wand again, and a scene appeared inside the fog, as though it were a tv screen.
"This is called a Disque De Simra. It is essentially the only way to view anothers memory without force, and pretty much the only way of doing it without causing damage." She flicked her wand again, and the Disque De Simra began to spin around them, faster and faster, until they were swooped up into a sort of Disque De Simra tornado. Callisto closed her eyes out of fear, but opened them when she realized she was no longer spinning.
They were standing in what looked like a throne room. A few people were on the other side of the room, frozen as if in a paused movie. A woman with dark black hair sat at the throne, a large crown with a star at the top sat atop her head. Standing to her right was a man with bright shiny red hair. He seemed to be a foot or two taller than Callisto, and he was very handsome. He wore a long red cloak with a gold belt around the waist. At first glance Callisto thought the man's ears were on fire, but a closer looked revealed that they were just earring of birds that had the appearance as though they were completely made up of fire. A matching talisman of the bird hung around his neck.
To the right of the queen, stood a woman just as tall as the man, if not taller. She had long blonde hair, that was braided into many small braids. the braids split off into a pony tail on each side of her head. She was quite beautiful, and Callisto felt as though she were staring into a mirror as she looked into the woman's face. The woman wore what looked like a very strong armor suit. It was a saphire blue color, and it looked as though she could wear it in battle, then head off to some kind of party soon after. On her left hand was a quite large saphire ring, with a shiny white band. A pair of saphires dangled from her ears, and an even larger saphire hung around her neck, all matching.
Callisto realized how strange it was to be staring at these people, as they stood or sat frozen in place, and she turned to Aleda. "So where are we?" she finally said. But Aleda didn't move. Callisto ran to her "Aleda!" she cried. She heard Aleda's laugh behind her. "That was me almost 20 years ago!" she said. Callisto shot her an angry look. "Ok, ok, ok!" Aleda said in an apologetic way.
"This is a couple of years ago. This really doesn't have alot to do with what happened to them, but I figured you would want to see what your parents looked like, before they were married." Aleda flicked her wand, and they stood in the same room, only the queen was standing in front of a woman in a beautiful white dress, and a man in a black cloak. "This is the day they were married" Aleda said, and she flicked her wand again. This time the people went into movement.
Her parents said heartfelt proclamations of love, and the queen pronounced them married, and as they kissed, the crowd around them cheered. Aleda flicked her wand again and they were still in the throne room, only this time, the queen held a baby girl in her hands, two little boys sat in front of her. Callisto's parents still stood beside the queen on each side, though they could not take their eyes off eachother, and her mom rubbed her stomach.
"This is where our story begins!" Aleda said, almost excitedly. She flicked her wand, and the scene began to play. Aleda from that time ran into the room. "Your majesty!" she exclaimed almost out of breath and she bowed. "It seems the Furies are at it again! They are storming the castle and we're having trouble holding them back!" she said. Callisto's mom stepped forward. "No Sunila!" said the queen and Callisto's father at the same time. The queen finished with "You are with child, you should not be fighting in your condition!" Sunila crossed her arms "It is my job Queen Denali!" she exclaimed. Both the queen and Callisto's father tried to argue but a look from Sunila told them they wouldn't win. "Very well then, go take care of it, but the minute you find yourself in danger, retreat!" the queen said, with a look that told Callisto that it was unlikely that Sunila would retreat, whether she was in danger or not.
As Sunila ran off out the door, the queen looked at Callisto's father, who seemed quite worried. "Nothing to worry about Phoenix, she is a good warrior, and she has never lost a battle. Even in her condition she will come back victorious!" Phoenix's spirits seemed to raise and he smiled. Aleda had still been in the room, seemingly waiting for orders. The queen bowed to her, which told her it was ok for her to go off and help Sunila. But as Aleda turned to leave, Phoenix fell to his knees in agony. He held his head and was screaming something about Sunila, and something about a baby.
Aleda turned back towards the screaming, but Phoenix had already gone quiet. Tears in his eyes, he stood. "What did you see Phoenix?" said the queen curiously. "My wife, dying in childbirth." he said, though it seemed there was something he was not mentioning. "Please excuse me your highness, I need to go and write of this prediction, and do some anti-fate excersizing." he said quickly before heading out of the room. "Aleda, your a good friend of Phoenix's please, go find out what it is that he has left out of the story!" the queen said as she tended to the baby in her arms.
Aleda and Callisto followed the past Aleda to a quite large house not far from the castle. Past Aleda knocked on the door, and Phoenix answered. "Come, I have important business to discuss with you" Phoenix said almost impatiently. Phoenix wrote on a scroll for a few minutes until finally it was filled, and he rolled it up. He wrote something on it, then handed it to Aleda.
"I am appointing you guardian of my unborn child. In case something should happen to my wife and myself." He said finally. Aleda replied "Is that what you saw in that vision?" His head dropped, and after a few quiet minutes he finally said "Yes, I saw my wife and myself dying. However, I have also seen my daughter fighting the queens successors. It is not clear who her successor is, but I have seen that my child will become queen, and that she will be the death of the royal family. At least that's what the vision seemed to be. I have not seen the whole vision yet. However, I am quite certain that my wife and myself will not see our child grow into adulthood." he said sadly.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
the beggining of chapter One!
Chapter One: A kidnapping!
Aleda awoke in the middle of the night, a feeling of dread filled her. She looked around to find that Callisto was gone. She could not believe that despite what she had told Callisto, she still went to find the portal. She flew as quickly as she could to the portal, pulling out her wand as she stepped into the park. She hid behind a tree when she saw Callisto. Callisto was not alone. A Fury held her up on its shoulder. Furies were originally part of the fairy clans.
Long ago, the fairies and furies were all one people. That is until the Fairy King's son decided he hated how his father ran things. So he as well as a few of his followers decided to try to overthrow his father. However The Fairy King had known of the plan and the traitors were caught, their powers were stripped away, and they were banished from the Fairy Kingdom. Because the traitors kept trying to return home, the King turned all of them human sized, and changed the way they looked so that they were grotesque and monster like.
Aleda knew how dangerous Furies could be, having lost friends and family to wars with the furies. She had to stay back to survive, and to find out what was going on. She followed the fury into the portal to Ariland, staying back just enough so she could stay hidden from sight of the Fury. After what seemed like an hour of travelling, the fury led it's way to the Ariland castle. It had gone in through a back doorway, which led to a long corridor of rooms. She hid back behind a potted plant as the Fury turned around for a second, then followed on as it went into a room, and came back out just a moment later. It then went into the room opposite the room he had left Callisto.
Aleda snuck into the room Callisto was in to check on her, then flew back out and peered through the keyhole of the room on the opposite side from the room Callisto was in. She heard the Fury talking in it's growling lion like roars "I did the job, now where is my payment!" It said. A voice both very masculine, yet had a feminine feel to it said quietly "Now now Lorcan, calm down, you just got here have a drink! Tell me about her! Is she perfect like the prophecy says?!"
The Fury replied angrily, "Ask herself, what do I look like? Her life story. And I am not Lorcan, that is my king you imbecile. Now I did my job, where is my payment?" "Fine, fine, here!" Aleda saw a man stand and pull a small brown bag out of his cloak. "Prince Narcisco?" She whispered. He emptied the bags contents onto the floor, and the Fury quickly scrambled to pick up the gold coins that had fallen out of the bag. Narcisco laughed "Why thank you for bowing to me!" He pulled a wand out of his cloak "however, I must dispose of you now. I can't risk you telling anyone of bringing the girl back."
"NO!" croaked the fury as a blood red light filled the room, protruding from the wand. Aleda quickly flew back to Callisto, the blood red light still shining through the keyhole, and the cries of the fury still ringing in her ears.
Aleda awoke in the middle of the night, a feeling of dread filled her. She looked around to find that Callisto was gone. She could not believe that despite what she had told Callisto, she still went to find the portal. She flew as quickly as she could to the portal, pulling out her wand as she stepped into the park. She hid behind a tree when she saw Callisto. Callisto was not alone. A Fury held her up on its shoulder. Furies were originally part of the fairy clans.
Long ago, the fairies and furies were all one people. That is until the Fairy King's son decided he hated how his father ran things. So he as well as a few of his followers decided to try to overthrow his father. However The Fairy King had known of the plan and the traitors were caught, their powers were stripped away, and they were banished from the Fairy Kingdom. Because the traitors kept trying to return home, the King turned all of them human sized, and changed the way they looked so that they were grotesque and monster like.
Aleda knew how dangerous Furies could be, having lost friends and family to wars with the furies. She had to stay back to survive, and to find out what was going on. She followed the fury into the portal to Ariland, staying back just enough so she could stay hidden from sight of the Fury. After what seemed like an hour of travelling, the fury led it's way to the Ariland castle. It had gone in through a back doorway, which led to a long corridor of rooms. She hid back behind a potted plant as the Fury turned around for a second, then followed on as it went into a room, and came back out just a moment later. It then went into the room opposite the room he had left Callisto.
Aleda snuck into the room Callisto was in to check on her, then flew back out and peered through the keyhole of the room on the opposite side from the room Callisto was in. She heard the Fury talking in it's growling lion like roars "I did the job, now where is my payment!" It said. A voice both very masculine, yet had a feminine feel to it said quietly "Now now Lorcan, calm down, you just got here have a drink! Tell me about her! Is she perfect like the prophecy says?!"
The Fury replied angrily, "Ask herself, what do I look like? Her life story. And I am not Lorcan, that is my king you imbecile. Now I did my job, where is my payment?" "Fine, fine, here!" Aleda saw a man stand and pull a small brown bag out of his cloak. "Prince Narcisco?" She whispered. He emptied the bags contents onto the floor, and the Fury quickly scrambled to pick up the gold coins that had fallen out of the bag. Narcisco laughed "Why thank you for bowing to me!" He pulled a wand out of his cloak "however, I must dispose of you now. I can't risk you telling anyone of bringing the girl back."
"NO!" croaked the fury as a blood red light filled the room, protruding from the wand. Aleda quickly flew back to Callisto, the blood red light still shining through the keyhole, and the cries of the fury still ringing in her ears.
Friday, September 12, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
a child is born...the opening of a story by me.
Here is the beginning of the story, tell me what you think.
Prologue:A child is born:
The Blaze family were a typical magical family. Ariland was a typical magical land. That is if you could call magical anything typical. If you happen to be from Ariland, magical people would be awfully typical. Magical anything would be typical. And on a typical magical day, the typical Blaze family expected a typical magical baby. This baby, however would not be a typical magical child. For in Ariland, mystics were the only human-like beings around.
Sunila and Phoenix Blaze, were well-known in the mystic lands. For Phoenix was one of the very few with the gift of foresight. He was also the only one who could control it. Even more well-known, Sunila had been the greatest general in the Ariland Queen's army. Queen Denali Vasska held Sunila in her highest regards, and though she begged Sunila to step down as general whilst in childbirth, she agreed to allow Sunila to continue on as General of her army.
Sunila was a great mystic army general, and very dangerous when angered. Yet as dangerous as she was, she was just as beautiful. With long firey red hair, and beautiful silver glowing eyes. Phoenix was just as handsome as Sunila was beautiful, with shoulder-length dark blue hair, broad shoulders, and gold glowing eyes. Many Mystic people were saddened by their marriage. As was customary in Ariland, Phoenix took Sunila's name as his, and a wonderful ceremony, fit for royalty was held in celebration of their union.
not long after marrying, it was found out that Sunila was with child, and finally, it was time for baby Blaze to be born. The royal healers, and midwife were summoned to the Blaze home, during a delightfully magical day. Hours later, as Sunila held her newborn daughter in her arms, she smiled and whispered "Callisto!" Then her eyes closed, never to be opened again.
Prologue:A child is born:
The Blaze family were a typical magical family. Ariland was a typical magical land. That is if you could call magical anything typical. If you happen to be from Ariland, magical people would be awfully typical. Magical anything would be typical. And on a typical magical day, the typical Blaze family expected a typical magical baby. This baby, however would not be a typical magical child. For in Ariland, mystics were the only human-like beings around.
Sunila and Phoenix Blaze, were well-known in the mystic lands. For Phoenix was one of the very few with the gift of foresight. He was also the only one who could control it. Even more well-known, Sunila had been the greatest general in the Ariland Queen's army. Queen Denali Vasska held Sunila in her highest regards, and though she begged Sunila to step down as general whilst in childbirth, she agreed to allow Sunila to continue on as General of her army.
Sunila was a great mystic army general, and very dangerous when angered. Yet as dangerous as she was, she was just as beautiful. With long firey red hair, and beautiful silver glowing eyes. Phoenix was just as handsome as Sunila was beautiful, with shoulder-length dark blue hair, broad shoulders, and gold glowing eyes. Many Mystic people were saddened by their marriage. As was customary in Ariland, Phoenix took Sunila's name as his, and a wonderful ceremony, fit for royalty was held in celebration of their union.
not long after marrying, it was found out that Sunila was with child, and finally, it was time for baby Blaze to be born. The royal healers, and midwife were summoned to the Blaze home, during a delightfully magical day. Hours later, as Sunila held her newborn daughter in her arms, she smiled and whispered "Callisto!" Then her eyes closed, never to be opened again.
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