Chapter 1, The Dream
Fog drifted about her feet as she slowly moved forward. She knew her way, she had been guided down the invisible pathway many times over the years.
"Hello again Atlas," came a familiar voice of an older woman that she only knew through her dreams. Her red and white striped robes, hood up shadowing her face slowly reached out her hand for the small girl to take.
Atlas took it and the woman leaded her down a forming narrow road, "The time is nearing Atlas."
"I m not scared!" declared Atlas.
The woman smiled, "Like all children your age, but you are different my Atlas, the other Heroes will need your guidance. They no longer believe."
"Is that why they stopped coming?" asked Atlas.
"Yes, times are grim, they have stopped believing, so they have stopped dreaming. Be ready Atlas, they will need you, soon the world will need you" they came to a stop and the woman looked at her, "Remember the Spire Atlas once you find them."
Atlas stared blankly at her, "The Spire?" The fog started to thicken, "Where are they? How do I find them?"
"Your destiny will guide you," was her answer before Atlas awoke and found herself laying in an worn bed hearing loud steam horns from Bowerstone Industrial.
Atlas buried her face into her pillow and sighed, but she sat up shaking off her laziness.
"Good morning Atlas!" smaller boy popped up from the floor next to her making her yelp and fall off the narrow bed.
She hit the floor with a thud and cut her eyes at her younger brother, "You are mighty cheerful this morning Gabriel." she grumbled.
He smiled brightly non fearful of the pits of hell in her eyes, "To day is the Reaver's Carnival, remembered you promised! And look!" he then held up a small jar that contained a bit of gold, "I've been savin' up for the games!"
Gabriel was only seven, just a small child full of fun and energy, however Atlas, reaching close to her twelfth was once the same way. But burdens of adulthood where beginning to set in deep, draining out the energy and the fun like water from a sponge. This didn't make the older sister heartless though, she promised the boy to take him to the carnival, in hope of keeping him happy for as long as it would last until he came the next to be strained.
She gave a nod, "Yes, yes, go get ready."
He looked down at himself, "I am already."
She blinked, "Well, wait just a bit more and I'll be ready, then we can go"
He let out a cheer and ran down the hall to their parents.
Don't worry, I don't plan to have all chapters this short, but you got to start somewhere ^^.