There once was a castle, hidden by tall mountains on the edge of the land, and besides that castle was a vast land also hidden by these mountains. This land was peaceful, full of life and everyone was happy. They loved the royal family who lived in the castle. The King, Queen and their two children. Aurora and Austen, the two were twins and the people loved them. Both with hair as bright as the Sun, almost white. The only difference was their eye colour, Aurora had green eyes and Austen had blue. The two were inseparable, never leaving one another, if one was ill the other would not leave them alone. Their parents loved them so, shown many times by the presents and gifts the children were given.
The royal family were protected by an immortal being called Aulton, he had lived for many generations of the Royal family, keeping the children safe and protecting their legacy. Though he bestowed the Royal family with a special gift, this made them special from others. They were not like normal humans, they were blessed with the gift of eternal life, though once in a century the bloodlines were granted with powers, and these twins had powers. Austen had the power to control fire and air, he was able to create fire from nothing and manipulate the winds making him able to fly with the help of a kite created between his ideas and Aulton. Austen was a strong young man with a heart of gold, putting everyone before himself. Austen went out with his sister on many occasions to help the people of their lands.
Aurora had the power to control water and the earth, she could move stones bigger than any building and make the waters move to bring the crops to life in the towns and farms. The children were loved and praised for their help with the lands they were a part of. Though Aurora had another power, she could change her form into any other beast she wanted, and while doing this she could see people's hearts and know if they were being true. She was called upon many times to bring justice to those who trespassed on their lands. This power hid other abilities that the family were not completely unaware of, but knew there could be some hidden abilities that could be used in the future.
Life seemed well; the children were currently at the age of ten. Playing in the garden they sat together messing about with their abilities testing their strength with their parents not too far away. The family felt as if everything was at peace, that all was well... But where there is peace, someone will always try and bring war.
The skies darkened and a crack of thunder was heard in the distance, Darkness was coming. Nobody had been prepared or warned about what was coming from the oceans. As Aurora looked to the skies fire rained down, rocks fell and started assaulting the castle and the towns, the twins looked to their parents and ran, Aulton moved between the family and with his staff he spun it in the air and slammed it down to the floor creating a shield to protect the family. Aurora used her earthly abilities to move the ground below them and to bury them deep under to wait out the assault.
What felt like days passed and the King and Queen asked Aurora to send them back up.
Once above ground the Royal family looked upon their once beautiful home. Burned to the ground, the castle was half standing, after the assault from the skies. A laugh was heard, and Aulton was shot back weak from using his powers to protect the family. A dark misty figure flew from the top of the castle to the ground, this figure looked unnatural though it soon formed into a hooded figure with smoke flowing from under the cloak. The King yelled at this figure and the Queen pulled the children back to Aulton,
"Take them." The Queen's soft voice echoed, Aulton nodded, the King and Queen sacrificed themselves to save their children. Their love protected the twins, Aulton regained the remaining strength he had, his magic created a white stead, and he rode through the burning forest to the hole in the mountain. This hole led to the other side of their world... Middle-Earth.