Seven Years: A Prince of Persia Tale
Prologue
Disclaimer: I have no ownership of the Prince, Farah or any other Prince of Persia character.
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In a mysterious void, unseen to the human world…
"There has been…a disruption…" a shapeless voice said from the mists of the dark void. His voice echoed into the emptiness swirling with a hazy smoke.
"Indeed…I can feel it…" another unseen voice responded.
"Someone has caused a great disturbance to the Timeline…" a third voice added.
"The Sands of Time are never to be released…and now the one who released them also has recalled them…" the first voice said. "There is a high penalty to pay for such actions."
"How was he able to survive?" the second voice asked.
"The Dagger prevents the wielder from becoming consumed by the Sands…but it is not an item that is meant to be used by the mortal," the original voice explained from the darkness.
"Something must be done. No man can escape fate…no man has…" the third voice offered.
"We have our ultimate weapon…the perfect assurance that fate cannot be avoided," the first voice said. As it spoke, a beam of light cut through the darkness from seemingly nowhere. "Step forth…" the voice commanded.
From the blackness, a shadowy form stepped into the center of the light. It was a tall, menacing creature with two horns that together formed the shape of the infinity. Its body was a dark shade of black and rays of light pierced from within its powerful form. Tendrils on its body whipped about as a dark smoke effervesced off its frame. When it was in the center of the light, it dropped to one knee in subservience.
"What…is your command?" it asked with a sinister, haunting voice.
"Dahaka…ever present Guardian of the Timeline…someone has violated the sanctity of the timeline and changed his fate with the Sands of Time…" the voice explained. "The punishment for unleashing the Sands of Time is death…and yet he has escaped such an end and even successfully returned the Sands to the Hourglass."
"This is an unprecedented violation of the timeline…" the second voice stepped in. "There will be no toleration…no mercy for anyone who dares challenge their fate and escape such certain death."
"Your mission is simple," the third voice commanded. "Find this 'Prince of Persia'…see to it his fate as was prescribed in the Timeline is properly met…defiance of fate cannot be allowed. We do not care how long it takes. Whether you find and seal his fate in days' time or chase him to the ends of eternity itself, stop at nothing to cease him."
"The Timeline will remain unchanged. I can assure that this wretch shall meet the fate that he was destined to see," the Dahaka replied, purpose in his voice.
"Those are your orders…see to it you do not fail us…" the first voice said in conclusion.
The Dahaka stood up then quickly evaporated into a plume of black smoke.
"Fate…shall never be changed…"
And so…fate's course is underway…
(A/N: This is my attempt at unofficially retconning the events of "Battles of Prince of Persia", the DS game. I'm not satisfied with the story in that game and I wanted to try to tie the events of The Sands of Time and Warrior Within more closely together. These stories take place between the seven years between those two games and I may challenge some of the continunity in Warrior Within as a result but it's only in the interest of making the the bridge cohesive. These stories will tell the story as I want to imagine it from different perspectives over the seven years separating the two games, hopefully describing the Prince's changed character between the two games.)