Altair and his Past
Chapter 1: And so it begins…
It happened on a misty morning, where Altair and the Apple were together along with Malik watching both of them.
"Altair, you should rest, playing around and trying to understand the Apple will drain your energy and waste both of our times", Malik pleaded to Altair, "Fine, tell me when we shall eat, I'm going to rest for now", and as Malik was about to close the door, he told Altair not to try and use the Apple while he was not there.
As Altair rested, thoughts rushed through his head, unable to comprehend what was happening between the Apple and reality, he only had this one thought, his wife, Maria, and their only son,'*Sigh*,How will I ever be able to understand what the apple is trying to tell me if I have other responsibilities to attend to, nonetheless, the Apple is also my responsibility and I have to try to understand it, it speaks of a prophecy and much more concerning the earth...what could it all possibly mean?', Altair put his hand on his forehead and went to lay down on his bed, tired and mentally weakened, he lay there, motionless and asleep, only to be awakened 3 hours later by Malik telling him to eat, Altair only growled and went back to sleep, but Malik pursued and Altair finally gave up and began eating.
As Altair was done eating, he asked Malik to take the dishes back and to return immediately for he wanted to continue with trying so desperately to understand the Apple, Malik was against this, but Altair told him it had to be done.
So Malik, hesitant, left the room leaving Altair and the Apple alone once more, Altair, staring into the piece of metal that seemed so dangerous to mankind could not understand what it all meant, 'what is this prophecy? what will happen to the earth if we are not able to stop what will happen? and what will cause the earth's downfall?', Altair thought so heavily and deeply that he was almost at the brink of becoming a madman,but then he remembered Maria and their only son,and regained his senses and waited for Malik to come back.
After about 15 more minutes of waiting, which seemed endless to Altair, Malik came back telling him what caused him to take so long to come back, Altair just threw the story out of his head and got the Apple and sat back down on the middle of his room, Malik just watching there, waiting for something to happen.
As the time went by, Malik was getting worried, he did not want Altair to go on with the Apple for more than 2 hours, which seemed fair enough to Altair because he wanted to go straight for a day, so it was either Malik would take away the Apple or Altair would do it for 2 hours only,2 hours in the morning,2 hours in the afternoon, and 2 hours during the night, it seemed only fair seeing that Altair had other responsibilities to attend to.
Malik waited, and as he waited, worried thoughts rushed through his head, consuming whatever free space his mind had to offer. 'When will Altair finally give up this stupid pursue in trying to understand that thing of destruction? when will he start acting like a man and like a father?', such thoughts raced and rushed through Malik's head.
After what seemed like and eternity, Altair put the Apple down and told Malik that he was going to bed early, Malik, relieved told Altair not to use the Apple in the morning, only during the afternoon and night time, Altair did not want to argue and just said yes.
As Malik was just about to close the door, a bright yellow light came out from behind him and so did Altair's scream. Malik pushed the door wide open and saw it, the Apples power surrounded Altair, Malik screamed Altair's name, but Altair did not react for there was this small like windy storm inside Altair's room, and after about 5 minutes of that horrific sight, the bright yellow light disappeared, and the Apple stopped it glow or terror, Altair fell, motionless, Malik rushed to his side and screamed at him to stay alive, Altair was alive, just not conscious to see what was happening, just then Malik felt a hand touch his shoulder, there was this shady and ghostly figure of Altair, they both looked shocked, and that shady figure was made with the Apples power.
They both could not comprehend what was happening, but Altair had this idea of what could have happened, he told Malik that the Apple must have taken his consciousness and made it into this shady figure of what seemed to be Altair, but they both had no idea, just then Altair heard this voice, It instructed him to get the apple and place it in his solid form, so he did just that, they fixed Altair's body and put both his hands on his lap, then the voice told Altair to sit in the exact same position, but before Altair did this, he told Malik what he had to do, and Malik started and argument, but Altair still wanted to do this, after a brief and most head bursting argument, Malik finally agreed to let Altair do this, so he sat in the same position, closed his eyes and they both waited.
After a long wait, the Apple glowed, this time Altair's conscious was put back in his body and Altair opened his eyes in shock and so did Malik. Altair gave a short scream before everything went silent again and the glow disappeared, the Apple made this projection that Malik could not understand till he saw Altair, "ALTAIR!", Malik yelled,and the Altair turned around in shock and yelled Malik's name, "Where are you?", Altair asked, "I'm still in your room", "But how is that possible?", I don't know".
As Altair took his time to look around he realized he was in one of his memories and told Malik, Malik was shocked but it was the only explanation that could tell why Altair was there and why that area looked familiar to him, it was one of the training grounds for novices, then Altair heard it again, that voice, this time telling him he needs to relieve particular memories, and Altair repeated what the voice said to Malik could understand why he was there.
"ALTAIR! Come over here! We have to start training!"
Altair shocked turned around and saw his old mentor, "I'm coming mentor!", and as Altair was going there, both he and Malik said, "So it begins..."