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Emerald Vision: Prolouge
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DragonFang Senior Member
since 2000-03-09
Posts 522Missouri, USA |
Emerald Vision Prologue: Joh was sitting by the lake waiting for his friend Maril. The two always met here at week’s end and wend exploring the woods. Today was different though; a strange beast had been spotted near the old spring. Joh didn’t like that his parents wouldn’t let him go into the woods today; he was every good at the quarterstaff and Maril was an excellent swordswomen. The old spring, he wasn’t sure what it was but there were ancient ruins all around it. He enjoyed exploring the ruins with Maril; he was always finding little odds and ends that made her smile. Once he found an amulet that had a glowing gem in the center, but when he picked it up it had just vanished. Behind him he heard the cracking of a twig. “Hello Maril, you sure took your time getting here today. What held you?” He stood up and idly tossed a pebble into the lake and watched the pattern of expanding circles as his friend answered. “Hmm? Oh, nothing. Had to get some things done before my parents would let me leave. They also made me promise that I wouldn’t go exploring in the woods today. So, you ready to go?” Joh turned around and saw that his friend was wearing her leather jerkin and had her long sword strapped to her back in the harness that she usually wore. “Well, I see you are. All right, let’s go!” He kneeled down and picked up his quarterstaff and started to walk toward the woods where the old spring was. “Why were you trying to sneak up on me today Maril? Thought you would have given up on that.” “Have to try, you know that. One of these days I’ll do it,” she said in a very confident voice. She probably would be able to someday, but until then she would keep trying, and keep learning . . .. Joh and Maril were almost to the old spring. It had taken them a while to decide whether or not they should go into the woods. In the end, thought, it was Joh who had stated that they were told not to explore in the woods, not to go into them. There were two other things that were wrong with what their parents had told them; first they wouldn’t actually be in the woods, but rather the ruins around the old spring. Secondly they needn’t actually explore anything, but rather they could further familiarize themselves with buildings that they had already been in. Confident that they weren’t breaking any promises that had been made to parents, Joh and Maril had begun the three and a half-mile trek from the lake toward the ruined city at the old spring. They entered the city from the south, which, for all practical reasons, was the only side that was excisable. The east side was covered with vines so think that you couldn’t find a hole in it the size of a child’s fist, much less a place large enough for a grown person to fit through. On the north and part of the west ran a river, that was all but impossible to cross where it ran parallel with the ruins, though it did have a bridge, well, half of one anyway. The rest of the west side was covered in rubble from the buildings in the area, and was much too hazardous to try though on such an occasion as this. The southern edge of the ruined city was covered in rubble, but unlike the eastern reaches, there were still areas on the south in which you could pass. As the two young adventurers entered the city they could hear a distant sound of bubbling water; the spring. They both knew the sound well and paid no attention to it. “Well, since we can’t go anywhere we haven’t been before, where do you think we should try?” Maril asked automatically differing to her friend. “We never did finish looking around that building where I found that amulet,” Joh replied without much conviction; that amulet had scared him half to death. Maril stared blankly at him, contemplating how she should respond. After a few moments she looked over at one of the buildings. She let out a rather long sigh and turned back to look her friend straight in the eyes. “You and I both know that there was no amulet.” Joh returned her stare, shrugged, and cracked half a smile. He turned and looked over at the building that was the point of discussion. “You know, maybe there wasn’t. Still doesn’t change the fact that we never finish looking around in there,” he said in a tone that was calm to the point of being creepy, like that of a warm summer’s breeze. “No, I don’t suppose that we did,” she paused, looked down at her feet, thinking thoughts only known to herself. “You don’t think that the creature is dangerous, do you? She asked in a slightly hopeful manner. “Let’s hope we don’t have to find out. We both are superb fighters, but neither one of us has the skill or experience to try and take on an unknown beast. What can be said is that if it is protecting young, you bet it’ll be dangerous. If it isn’t, well, I can’t really say.” He turned back to look at her delicately featured face; “Shall we go?” She simply nodded once and started walking in the direction of the building that they intended to further explore. This building, as most of the others were as well, was at best three stories tall. At one point in time it probably had more floors, but all the ones above the third fell into ruin long ago. There were windows that once seemed to have held glass, though how such large plates of glass had been created neither Joh nor Maril could even imagine. In fact, most of the ‘walls’ seemed to have been made of windows. They entered the building through what was once a door of sorts. The interior was much the same as the outside was; rubble lay strewn across the floor, some of it part of the ceiling. Joh walked over by a small pile of rubble, stumbling a little as he stepped over a chunk slightly taller than the rest of the pile. There wasn’t much in the front room. In the far corner was a desk of sorts, though it didn’t resemble any kind of desk either of the two had ever seen before. They walked the thirty some paces to the end of the room and made their way behind the desk to the door behind it, and the stairs that led to the second floor. Joh came off of the stairs and stopped so suddenly that Maril ran right into him. Maril backed up a step, “Joh, what is . . .? Oh my . . .!” In front of the two was a huge chamber that seemed impossibly large. In fact, the room seemed to be larger than the building itself. But the room’s incredible size was not what had frozen them stiff. Instead it was the huge green stone that sat in the middle of it. The stone was, as best they could guess, the same height as them. The breadth of the stone was about four feet at the center and came to a rounded point of about half that. Again it was not the size that caught the eye, of the two; instead it was the fact that it faded in and out. Not the entire stone, only fist size holes were gone. Not just this, but these holes slowly moved throughout the stone's structure in a seemingly chaotic yet mesmerizing path. “I think we found your amulet,” Maril said barely managing to from the sounds that composed the words. Joh was overwhelmed with a flood of emotions. All of them coming and then fleeing as quickly as they had come. Fear. Anger. Joy. And again and again came the desire, the need, to touch, to caress, the pale green stone that stood in the middle of the room. Slowly, ever so slowly, he began taking step by agonizing step. As Joh drew ever closer, the green crystal began to glow, stronger with each step. And the holes that before had seemed to move in a chaotic path throughout the stone, now began to coalesce, to merge with one another and grow larger by far than what the sum of it’s parts could possibly have been. And where there had stood a green stone egg, now stood a tall archway of the same green stone. He paused. He heard a faint sound of at the back of his mind. It sounded something like a woman’s scream. He had a passing recognition of that voice, Maril? He dismissed the thought and continued taking slow steps toward the glowing green archway. Within the stone of the arch there were no longer any holds fading in and out of existence. Between he columns there was a sheen of pure, white light. As he drew closer the sheen of light intensified. Now only two strides away the light was blinding. He took another step; he was on the verge of being entirely consumed by the light. Joh froze with only one stride left. With only one stride needed to carry him between the arch, he could hear a voice in his head, clear as day. “You are not ready young one,” the voice echoed inside his skull. “You must not fallow this path my son. You are not ready to face the Gates. You must leave now!” Joh blinked. He understood what the words said; just now what they meant. He turned and scanned the room, trying to find the owner of the voice he had heard. The only person he saw however was Maril. Maril? He wheeled back to look at the arch. There was nothing there, however. Just empty space where the large arch, and before that the huge green stone, had stood. When he looked closely he thought that he saw the faint outline of a large, egg-shaped stone. His head hurt. Everything began to blur. His world spun and he fell into a spiraling pit of light. Then darkness, and then there was nothing. "Sa souvraya niende missian ye." \ I am lost in my own mind. |
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DJLI Member
since 2000-06-21
Posts 237TN, USA |
captivating...I was really stuck in there for a minute...you write beatuifully. I loved the way i could see what was happening...this is wonderful...can't wait to read more  EVEN ANGELS FALL. |
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DragonFang Senior Member
since 2000-03-09
Posts 522Missouri, USA |
thanks, I always like to hear people's oppinions on my writing. Especially people I don't know (less likely they're trying to protect my feelings). anyway, I'd just like to note that 1) this is the prolouge to a novel I'm writing 2) these characters wont appear until chapter five or six again most likely (or later) and 3) I'll be posting the next chapter next week when I get it typed up. oh, and this part has been written for almost a year now ~_~ "Sa souvraya niende missian ye." \ I am lost in my own mind. |
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Erin Member Elite
since 2000-06-15
Posts 2527~Chicago~ |
You have had this for a year and just decided to post it now??? You shouldnt have told us that. I mean I could have read this magnificient story when I first came here. Thank you for sharing it. I look forward to seeing nexts weeks chapter!!! *Falling in love is when you give someone a piece of your heart, falling out of love is when the piece doesnt fit* |
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DragonFang Senior Member
since 2000-03-09
Posts 522Missouri, USA |
No not quite. I've had it for a year and just now decided to type it up Besides, it wasn't till march that I was even a member here, that I even KNEW about this place |
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