Mini Chapter 2 : Blood Cellar

She screams; so loud it hurts her ear which seem more like an ant bite compared to what is next. Pain she fears, pain that has not yet felt but will soon to come. She knows it. She senses it. They torture her with this pain that comes not only once but twice over. She knows the present. They know she knows it. They plan to do it over and over again until she breaks and tell them what they want to know.

A crack of the whip, she jerks. The sound itself hurts. She hung there by chains, unmoving, too tired to do anything else. But her screams keep on coming and coming, ringing in that dark wet cellar, wet with not water; blood. “Please” she begs. Please and nothing more. She could not put a stop to it; she could not give them what they want. So the whips come down at her again, because she does not know a thing.

Mini Chapter 1 : The Others

Earth holds not only creatures that we know of, there are also others; others that differ from the normal humans. Even though the form of homosapiens, the others usually live with their own kind, but there are also some that would walk side by side with the humans; but hidden. These others are differed from the humans because of their abilities. Afraid they would be taken under control and held prisoner, the others usually keep close to their own kin and away from humans.

The others can be again be differentiated with their specific abilities. There are the magic wielders and the time guardians. The strongest and most important of the others is the Sisters of Time, also known as Sistera Munité. Every turn of century, 3 sisters are born as the key to time as the sisters of past, present and future.

Magic wielders are the kind who can command elements of fire, water, earth and air. Wielders can normally only control one element, but there are the stronger ones who can master as many as they like. The ultimate magic wielders would be the ones who can also control light and darkness.

In any chance that one of the sistera munité dies, so would the other; when the future dies, the world follow suit. It is the time guardians’ responsibility to keep the sisters safe from harm. The time guardians have the ability to bend objects in time; whether to move things, make them grow or shrink and the supreme power of travelling through time. The time guardians are not just anyone. Born in that special race, time guardians are chosen by the council and are only truly given the power if they pass are proven worthy. If any were to misuse their powers, they are immediately revoked of the ability or even terminated of their lives.

Part 1 - Temporis Ortum (Birth of Time) Chapter 6.

Chapter Six

Frozen in place, I could only scream my lungs out. Alta came rushing in to my rescue only to be struck in place as well as she stared at the smoke and then at the broken pieces on the floor.

“It’s ok Teri, calm down. It’s not dangerous. Well not to you anyway.”

“That sure sounds easy for you to say. Especially when you’re also staring at it in horror!”

“That’s because I’ve never seen such a thing in my life! I’ve read about it or maybe even hear stories, but I’ve never seen it with my own eyes.” She said with such enthusiast

“And what may I ask is this?” I moved closer to her watching the smoke start to evaporate. I jumped as the broken pieces suddenly sparked like tiny fireworks.

“The birth of a legend. A myth I could say, until this day when I see it. Watch carefully at the broken pieces.” Staring intently at the pieces, I saw it. A small figure was forming. A burning bright red and orange, it had soft feathers from head to tail. It was a kind of bird; as Alta has said, that is considered to be mythical – it was a phoenix.

The sparks stopped, and the phoenix moved and let out a dulcet cry. Opening its eyes for the very first time, it blinked its large yellow eyes at me. Letting out another cry it suddenly grew larger to the size of an eagle and took flight. Swooshing around the room once, it flew straight to me. I covered myself with my arms hoping to defend myself; the phoenix went right through my hands and into me. Crying out in pain, the places where the phoenix touched me were burning. I felt the heat crawl through my chest and to my back where it stopped. Everything fell silent.

“Do you have any ideas what just happened here?” I checked my hands for signs of burns but there were none.

“Yep. Something way awesome! Teri! Even in this world a phoenix is grand! And this one just chose you as its masetra.” I gave her a dumbfound look and she continued “That means master. It is often that animals chooses a human as their masetra, but only if the person is truly worthy. Certain animals are known to be very particular when choosing their masetra, like lions, wolves and eagles. There are other animals who only appear before only to the greatest. And all of them became a legend. I’m talking about the supposedly mythical creatures like the fairy, minotaur, unicorns, manticore, dragons and of course; your new found pet, the phoenix!”

“Don’t you think this is a little too much for me to handle in one day? People trying to kill us, entering this totally different world with its own language, getting to know that I still have family? Now this? A mythical creature as a pet?! I don’t think there’s gonna’ be anything else that can surprise me today.”

And just when I said that, a knock came at the door. Trying to believe nothing else could stun me, I went to open the door and found myself yet again staring at disbelief. Gosh, what a day!

Part 1 - Temporis Ortum (Birth of Time) Chapter 5.

Chapter 5.

How could I be one of those little girls and how could she be that lady? I’ve never seen her before in my life! And what about the other two girls?? My sisters? But again! I’ve never seen such people in my life. Could that be my past life I saw in the visions? It can’t be. The woman here looks exactly alike in the vision.

Still in each others arms, I was searching her face, trying to get an answer out of it. She looked back at me with a warm and loving look that I’ve never seen before; a mothers look. Tears started pouring out my eyes uncontrollably as I looked back into hers; it was the same, like looking in a mirror. Our eyes were both blue with a tinge of green like the ocean with a thin orange outline like the sun rising from the horizon; a rare colour that I have never seen in others eyes before.

“Mother? Ar-are you really my m-mo-mother?” I asked with sniffs in between. Nodding her head, she gave me a kiss on the forehead.

“And the other girls? Do I really have sisters? What was that dark shadow? Did it, oh my god, did it really consume the man? Was that man my father? What-” Putting her finger on my lips, she silenced me from the spurt of questions. She motioned for Alta towards us and whispered in her ear and returned back to me.

“My dear Praeteritum, I will tell you everything soon. For now, go freshen up and we’ll talk over dinner. I am sure you would not want to eat in those clothes and mud in your hair.” A hint of laughter in her eyes, she gave me a small push to Alta who then took me away.

We entered a huge room which still managed to look cosy. There was a four poster bed to the far end of the room, armchairs and a coffee table to one side and two large cupboards with glass doors on the other. Everything was made of dark polished brown wood. Tracing my fingers on the woodwork of the cupboard, I noticed a collection of crystals and woodcarvings of animal figures inside.

“Those were made by your father when you were very young. You were always fond of animals since birth, hence all these figures.” Alta stood beside me, putting an arm around me. With a squeeze, she then pulled me away from the cupboard. “You can look at them later, let’s get cleaned up first. I really want to get rid of this stench.”

The waterfall-like shower was relaxing and eased all the aches. Assortments of aromatic shower gels filled the room with a smell so soothing I felt like I could sit in here forever. Eager to find out more about my life, I forced myself out of the shower to meet back with Alta. Laid out on the bed was the same kind of dress that my mother was wearing. Wow, that seems odd, suddenly having a mother.

I got dressed, looked at myself in the mirror and headed towards the door when I saw a red shine in the cupboard. I stopped in midway looking back towards the cupboard. It wasn’t shining anymore. Shaking my head, wondering if I was seeing things, I walked closer to the cupboard. Opening the glass door, I took a closer look at all the animal figures. On the top row were a bear, an eagle, a leopard, and then a phoenix with red ruby eyes. Then it glowed again. Its eyes!

Staring wide eye at it, I reached my hand out to touch it. Just an inch away from it, the figure started shaking in place. I jumped back as the figure fell off the cupboard and smashed into pieces on the floor. Red smoke started rising from the broken pieces and I started screaming, remembering the black smoke that consumed the man in my vision.