In a fictional universe, Uni, Dawn, Ashlie, Cory, and Nick are adopted by the queen of a newly formed country, and Tommy, a new squire, and Jon, a jester-in-training, are brought to live in the castle. But tragedy strikes, causing more security, mor...
"It's so nice to finally get a real night's sleep again!" The group was gathered around the campfire in the middle of the room. Despite the heat from the fire, the room remained pleasantly warm. Leo had gotten up early and found an apple tree in front of the barn, and Nick had used his sword to sharpen some sticks, so they all were roasting the apples. Tommy somehow had marshmallows, so him and Nick both ended up roasting those while everyone else went with the more... healthy option. They all were talking and laughing together.
Nick finished off his marshmallow and started walking around the room again. He brushed his fingers over each of the carvings. Each one felt a bit different. Two specific ones piqued his interest:
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The first one emanated warmth, and the second one repelled his hand a bit when he tried to touch it. He found a bunch of carvings with the same feeling around the two doorways and the window.
"Whatcha doing Nick?" Nick's wandering seemed to have drawn everyone else's attentions. Ashlie had gotten up and was copying Nick's hand movements over the first symbol, which he had gone back to look over. "Ooh, it's hot."
"Just like you," Nick joked. "But yeah, I noticed that too. They all seem to have some weird properties."
"Jon wants to see!" Jon started running over, but tripped and fell into a pile of hay.
"Jon, you okay?" Cory asked, walking over, holding back laughs.
"I'm fine!" Jon stood up and brushed the hay out of his hair, and shook out his hat. "I did find this weird note, though."
"Cool! What does it say?" Ashlie went over to him.
"It-" Jon clutched his head and dropped the note. "It looks so familiar! It hurts..." He curled up in a ball.
"Let me see that." Cory snatched the note from off the ground and puzzled at the weird letters on it.
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Cory then flipped over the paper. "Hey look, it's written normally on the back!"
"Let Nick read that!" Ashlie said, grabbing the paper from Cory.
"Why him?" Cory complained.
"Yeah, I was about to say, why me?" Nick added on, smiling but confused.
"Because you're the one with the smooth, buttery voice." Jon looked up innocently, but winced in pain again when he saw the symbols on the bottom of the page.
"Okay, for you," Nick said, helping Jon up. He cleared his throat and started to read:
Five. Five will save us. When corruption dawns, the elements will bond together. A god, A machine, An old friend, A princess, An expert without experience, With a voice over their shoulders, familiar but melancholy. And as darkness covers several worlds, They will again unite them all. Brought together by only luck, They are the ones our world needs.
"No it doesn't," He countered, still laughing. "It sounds like some dumb prophesy in the start of some weird fantasy book."
"I... kinda have to agree," Nick said, starting to smile. "They try to make it sound so important, but when it says stuff like 'the elements will bond together' and 'darkness covers several worlds' it just seems like some phony magic mumbo jumbo that someone wrote because they were bored."
"Then why did the writing on the other side make Jon's head hurt?" Ashlie asked, sounding more desperate. "Who would write something like this in two different dialects for no reason? It's gotta be important!"
"Look, Ash," Cory chuckled, "All that Jon's headache means is that he thinks that it's something he needs to remember. Maybe this was just written by some ten year old who thought he was sooo cool when he wrote this thing. Or maybe it was someone doing their literature homework, and they had to write in that language that Jon used to know and translate it, and they just decided to make it sound all dramatic-y. There's no way this is important."
"Whatever, guys," Ashlie huffed. "I'll just copy it down. Y'all will thank me later."
The two watched together through the boards, his flames warming them as she rippled their surroundings, making them invisible to anyone who might come by. Their orders were to wait, but not for long. And soon they would be given their chance.
After all, these fakers didn't know magic. They didn't fit the roles like they did. They would never fit the prophesy. Just like all the others they had already destroyed.
So! Uhh... sorry that this was late. I actually had this done quite a while ago, it just took me some time to write all the code out for it. Speaking of the code, it's going to play a pretty significant part in the future. I'll probably end up scattering it throughout the chapters from now on. So my question is- would it be better to put in pictures of each individual word as it's used, or label when a word is used and have a big reference sheet at the bottom? Both have advantages and disadvantages- pictures tend to be pretty annoying in Wattpad, so it would make things harder to scroll past. However, if anyone is interested in actually reading the code I write, it would be hard to scroll up and down from the reference sheet. What I put in would be singular words, not whole stories, so it would be easier to translate. I could paste in the basic code as well at the top to make it easier to translate. But yeah, I've found a major way to integrate it, and I can't wait to continue to progress the story.
I already finished the next subchapter, which is a continuation of Cory's backstory, but in Tommy's perspective. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I also can't wait to write the next full chapter- it's one I've been planning since the beginning, and I can't wait to get going with it.
Welp, I hope you all have been enjoying your lives! Hope you enjoyed! -Helena!! ^-^
