Prologue
Somewhere in a lush opening in a forest, there stood a Way Gate. It was heavily overgrown with various plants. It won't stand the test of time. The arc of the circle where the portal should form had plants growing around it. The place where a activation device should stand now looks like an overgrown boulder. But all this wasn't what was so important. On the pedestal of the Way Gate just before the arc, there stood a woman. A young woman staring deeply into the forest, thinking. Her face showed concerns. Yet you couldn't tell what was troubling her as her eyes still showed faints of hope.
She stood there quietly, letting the wind rush through her long blond hairs. Her silence however was abruptly taken away by the shouts of another woman.
"Freylis!" the voice yelled. And did so again. Until a dark haired, pale woman with similar clothing and of similar form came out of the woods.
"Freylis, We've been looking everywhere for you!" she said.
"I know", Freylis replied, "but I rather be alone right now, Vise."
Vise shrugged. And explained further. "You can't deny what is going on, this is bad, real bad. And you are just standing there. We should tell someone."
"And they will do what?" as Freylis turned around towards Vise, "Do you really think anyone stands a chance now. All our hope is now lost."
"I thought you'd be more hopeful then that. I guess not then."
"You know as well as I that we are too late, we should've done something earlier."
"And what about our sons? Are you going to abandon hope in them as well. You know they will restore the balance."
"It's too late!" Freylis now yelled. She became quite angry and turned around again, staring into those bushes. As if the trees could comfort her sorrow.
"Freylis…" Vise said, "We have a plan."
Freylis turned around again a bit delighted but only because of her stubbornness. "And what would this great plan be?"
"It's a long shot, but we need your help. It may give us…"
Freylis interrupted her with her hand telling her to be quiet. "We are being watched." She said.
"But…"
"No 'but's now Vise." She said while getting off the platform. "Get over here. Vise came towards Freylis who was now standing at the lush covered navigational device. "We need to get somewhere safer. Let's get out of here, I suspect we are being hunted as we speak."
"Vise said: "I'll explain later then."
Freylis waved her hand and sparkling light came towards it. The lush seemingly as it had gotten a mind of it's own started retreating from overgrowing the Way Gate, uncovering it. The navigational device was now freed as well. Freylis punched in something on the device and the Way Gate shot into life. A body of what looked like water formed before it creating a vortex for someone to walk through and a shimmering light bathed one side of the trees and Freylis and Vise. Vise was first to step through and Freylis waited before entering through.
She yelled with new hope: "We are going to stop you before you stop us."
Freylis headed through and the portal dissipated.