Conspiracy of the Fates
By Iolanthe
Author's Note: I've been working really hard on this story for ages, rewriting it countless times and I'm still not really entirely happy with it… but here is the first bit of it, anyway. R/R, constructive criticism appreciated.
Disclaimer: Believe me, I wish I was, but I am not the mighty genius JK Rowling and therefore do not own the characters from the Harry Potter series, or claim to.
- PROLOGUE -
Only a Matter of Time
"If you can look into the seeds of time
And say which grain will grow and which one will not,
Speak then to me."
Macbeth, Act One sc. 3 l. 56-58
To See the future is truly a wondrous gift. Imagine knowing what fate holds for you and the rest of the world in the hours, days, weeks, months, years, even centuries to come. In the great garden that is the people of the world, you would know which flowers could bloom and flourish, and which flowers would wither and die before their time.
This great knowledge could create your path to greatness, but it could also cause your downfall. For depending on how you put to use this wisdom it could help or hinder you. Pass the insight on to the wrong people, and the future could be changed drastically, and altering the paths of time is not something you want to do.
Consider this. Time is no more than an assemblage of roads. Normally you travel forwards down the road of time, coming across junctions every now and then, and you choose which way to turn. These are those life-changing decisions we all have to make.
The chosen few can see further ahead than others from their point on the path of time, the true Seers of the future. Those fortune-tellers who so wished could hold the world in the palm of their hand.
Now we begin our journey down the alleys of time, and follow the story of the Founders, and their prophecy that not only predicted the future but also dramatically changed it…