Chapter 1:

The Choice

It was round about midnight when Alexander woke up to noises outside his room. Alexander knew his time was almost up. He was always a few steps ahead. He knew that he was going to be assassinated, he just didn't know when. He was up and alert in no time. He slowly walked towards the door. He had a big room, but to him it felt like many hours passed until he got to the door. He slowly turned the knob of the door and opened the door in front of him and stood in a stance ready to fight for his life. Nothing happened. As he exited the room he saw the guards were missing and that no one was in sight.

He knew that he will lose this battle. His powers we strong and unique, but it was not meant for battling. He would have to run for now. The strange thing was that he sensed no presence at all. That was truly strange, because that was his power. He could sense other powers and at the moment there was nothing. Where should he run to? The castle was too big. There were too much exits. This changed into a game of chance.

Once he decided what exit he should try, he ran towards the stairs. When he got to the stairs, he froze. He felt something. He felt somebody close to him. He felt somebody behind him. He could not move. He tried, but it was useless. This person was strong and he knew running won't help. He closed his eyes and said: "I guess this is it." When he opened his eyes he saw nothing. Everything around him was black. There was nothing or nobody, but he knew he was still alive. He knew it was all just an illusion.

He was about to give up, when he felt the presence of somebody he know. He felt his brother, Edward, next to him. He was confused. Alexander knew his Edward was always jealous of him. His brother wanted to be king, but he was the older one. Edward hated him for that. If it was possible he knew that Edward would kill him. Edward treasured his life too much to do that. One rule of society was that you may not kill a member of your own family. If this rule was broken the murder will perish.

Alexander understood everything now. Edward laughed and said: "Do you want to tell me that you really knew this was going to happen?" Alexander smiled at the confusion in his brothers voice and replied: "Well, you are very predictable" Edward got angry at the remark. It took Edward a few seconds before he calmed down. "I don't have time to waste on you. Let's get to the point of my little visit. Seeing as I am your brother I will give you a choice…" Edward and Four other people became visible. Edward walked around so that he could face his brother and continued "… Leave the castle now and begin a new life, or stay and die. Which will it be brother?"

Alexander could still not move. He had a choice to make and he knew that Edward will not give him more than a minute to choose. "I think you know my answer." replied Alexander. At that exact moment Alexander got his ability to move back again and everything went back to normal around him, but his brother and his friends were still there.

Alexander whispered "I am sorry"