Disclaimer: I don't own the magic the gathering series or any of its characters.
I do claim Thaid though, who will be in later chapters. :-)
Mirrodin was in trouble. A new power was arising as the moons were falling into position. Glyssa could see that. She had seen this happen before. When Memnarch tried to take the planes walker's spark from her, the green 'sun' as most others called it had erupted from the mana core.
Slobad knocked at the door. Glyssa jumped and fell off her chair. She wasn't paying attention to anything besides what was happening in the air. She almost forgot about him until he knocked again. Opening the door, she found him to be holding a box. "What's in that?" Glyssa asked.
"You'll see soon enough", said Slobad, "But first, I have to ask you, do you know what day today is?"
"I can't think of anything particular" said Glyssa while pacing the room. She wanted to find out what was in the box.
"It's your sister's birthday, don't you remember?"
"I totally forgot!" Glyssa almost shouted, "Where'd I put her gift?" She scrambled around, searching for the little box that she had gotten two weeks before.
"You better hurry, I came over real quickly to see if you were still here," Slobad pronounced. "So why are you still here anyway?" he asked. "I know you wouldn't miss your sister's birthday for no apparent reason. What was going on?"
"You remember when the green moon erupted from the mana core?" Glyssa said with a hint of worry in her voice. "Well it feels like it's happening again, but it's too soon for this to happen. It took hundreds of years between the last two eruptions."
"I know what you mean," Slobad said "I remember what happened. This feels all too similar."
"Let's get going, we're probably already late."