Chapter 21

Title: Prognostication I
Word Count: 100

Is it even possible to sweat in the water? Yet, I was sweating in panic, being surrounded by the blackness. The color gradually changed from black to indigo, and indigo to blue getting paler as my eyes moved up above. Filtered opaque streaks glowed down from a blue circle.

I kicked hard to reach up to the circle, my lungs burning and screaming for air; my limbs getting numb and my sight becoming blurry. It seemed forever to reach the surface. When my face finally hit the dryness, I gasped for air, knowing something was terribly wrong in distant Multan.


Title: Prognostication II
Word Count: 100

They were heading to Delphi riding through the pebble path in Mount Chelmos. Grey stones and sharp edged crashed rocks covered the winding path of the mountainside. When they turned around the corner, a carpet of butterflies spread in front of them. Tiny ripples ran through the blue ocean, reflecting the rays of midday sun.

As they reached closer, the sea of blue broke up into the air, fluttering their velvety wings in silence, and (frantically ?)moving around in millions of directions. When Alexander saw the chaos, he already knew the answer of Oracle. He would conquer the blue Persia.


Title: Prognostication III
Word Count: 100

Early morning in this foreign city of Alexandria, Hephaistion stood at the beach watching the moon setting in the ocean. In the world of tranquil paleness, the only separation between the ocean and the sky was a thin line of shining silver blue.

The cry of a seagull and the squeaking sound of sand brought Hephaistion back from the dreamy world. Alexander's smiling face was glowing in the dim light. Gently brushing a strand of hair away from Hephaistion's face, Alexander placed a kiss on his lips. The world was theirs to take and love was eternal in their world.


The new prompt is "Fire".