Author's Notes: Yeah, I'm rewriting Blue Eyes. I didn't like the way it was going, and I had a much better idea for the plot than before. A warning: this will go in a much darker direction than before. And sorry to the people that favorited it.
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"Onin says, 'This prophecy was first spoken by Gemini when Haven City was first founded. Only dire circumstances could explain why you want to hear it.'" -Pecker speaking to the Vessels Joker Mitchell, Lucy Sagai, Gaea Tiersen, Jane Zenith, Leo Walsh, and Quentin Jackson
Twenty years ago...
The six Vessels crowded into the tent in the bazaar to hear the ancient words spoken by the first Unfilled of Haven City. Lumina and the other five Ecolian cardinals had warned them that they would need to hear these words soon, and so they had come to Onin and Pecker, easily the most learned in the affairs of the great Mar and the twins known simply as Gemini in the history books.
Joker and Lucy were at the front, watching Onin's hands glow with blue light and move in strange ways.
"Onin says that your hearing this prophecy could result in its commencement. Are you sure you want to continue?" Pecker warned, holding up a feather in Joker's face. He managed to avoid sneezing and nodded, brushing it away.
"Lumina, Umbra, Rubeus, Saffron, Viridis, and Azura all say the same thing. We need to know just what Gemini saw in our future, or else Haven City could be destroyed," he said resolutely. Onin nodded gravely.
"Very well. Here is the Lodestar Prophecy, as spoken by Gemini shortly before their disappearance with the great Mar." The moncaw cleared his throat before continuing.
"Light and Dark children,
Vessel, Eyes, and Sentinel.
Their Blue Eyes see true.
...
The Lodestar Vessel,
Ecolians' only hope,
Shall face the Metal.
...
Eyes of the Lodestar,
Vision clouded by Eco,
Victim of the Dark.
...
Lodestar Sentinel,
Tempered with both Light and Dark,
Our world's last hero."
He paused to let that sink in.
"Wow. Gemini must have really liked haiku," Leo remarked casually. The others all shot a dirty look at him, even Onin.
"What? I'm just saying what's on everyone minds!" he protested, holding up his hands. They turned back to Onin, and this time it was Lucy's turn to speak.
"Onin, Pecker, what does it mean by the first line? 'Light and Dark children', what did Gemini intend with those words? Could they be talking about Joker and I?" she asked concernedly. Pecker shrugged his wings.
"Who knows? But there is one more thing. Gemini also said that the Vessel and the Eyes would be twins, just like them. They would be the most important of the Unfilled, and at the same time the most feared of their people because of their powers. If I were you, I would find these twins and keep them safe. Nothing good can come of a prophecy that talks about Metal and Dark," he cautioned. The six of them nodded and left the old woman and her translator in peace.
"Should I have told them?" he asked the ancient woman regretfully. She shook her head.
"If you had, the timestream could have been irrevocably altered. Gemini warned us of the consequences if we did so," she replied calmly.
"I know, I know. But it doesn't feel right, knowing that they were all going to die because they knew the prophecy and not warning them," he said, staring after the six Vessels.
Seventeen years later, Lucy Sagai, Joker Sagai, Gaea Tiersen, Jane Zenith, Leo Walsh, and Quentin Jackson would all die in the Dead Town Tragedy. Lucy and Joker would leave behind Jinx Mitchell, Joker's younger brother, and their two kids, Jessie and Jamie Sagai. No one would ever know why. Not until three years later...
Author's Notes: Yeah, short, but longer than before. Jessie is going to be a lot darker than before, instead of the bubbly girl she was in the first version. I'm leaving it up, mostly to remind myself to work better on my writing. And I'm going to make the whole Unfilled thing a lot more important.
Wild Cat 214, out!