Chapter 6: The Necklace
I bet that everyone is wondering about the necklace from the beginning of the story. Well it all goes back to the beginning of the wizarding world. This necklace has been passed down from generation to generation of Ralds, beginning with Emma Rald, who was an ageless, and the last of her kind.
Because she was an ageless, she could not die of old age, but could die from being killed. All of her clan and many other clans had been killed in a final battle, ending the Dark Ages of the wizarding world. Because he mate had been killed, the ageless blood wasn't able to pass down through the generations.
After a hundred years or so, she married a wizard and gave birth to her first daughter, Claire. When Emma was born an ageless she became the matron of a strong line. Agelesses are able to give birth to any form of magical being and with each generation a new species was formed, but the powers of the children were also passed down, all except for Emma's ageless power. The family's name changed from Rald to Riddle when other magical families began to discover the Rald family heritage.
Before the final battle, Emma's mate, Oz (meaning strength, c'mon! all the other male names either were my fam's names or classmates') made her a necklace. It was a silver locket that she was never able to open. It was heart shaped with black coils around it.
"The black represents the evils in the world, and the silver represents the hope and goodness and light in the world" Oz told her when he gave it to her. He had just finished the spells and enchantments on the necklace when the final battle began. She had found him in a ditch, bleeding to death.
"But it is almost completely covered in the black" she said confused
"Because the world is full of it, and I know that you can change that. You have a pure heart made of gold, and if I had used gold instead of silver then the necklace may have faded from the light shining from your heart" Oz joked. "Take it, and never forget me. Make it silver. It will open when the time is right" with that he died there in her arms.
Emma spent the next ninety-five years traveling the world, trying to find a purpose in her life. Throughout her journeys she helped people in need and soon enough silver began to shine through the black. Soon enough the necklace was almost completely silver, but Emma would always see some black trying to creep back on, and she could except that, for she knew that there would always be evil in the world, otherwise the universe would be off balance.
In due time Emma found a new man in her life. He was a wizard who lived in the muggle world as a doctor. She fell in love with him instantly. He had the loveliest chestnut brown eyes and golden brown hair. His name was Oswald. The two became married and Emma gave birth to Gaia. Gaia was a seer. She gave birth to Annabel who was a vela and so on.
Emma and Oswald lived together in a town near her birthplace in Greece. There they raised Gaia together. On her sixteenth birthday Gaia predicted that one day a girl will raise above the calling and the silver will shine again and that the four will be reborn to do it right.
Emma, of course, hadn't told Oswald or Gaia about the necklace. That night she crept into Gaia's room and told her daughter her story. When she finished the story, Emma gave Gaia a little box. Gaia opened the box and gasped. It was the locket from her mother's story. She stared at her mother with wide eyes as Emma leaned forward and put it around her neck.
"I'm giving this to you. To give to your daughter, and to pass down for generations to come" She said.
"Mother, are you sure about this? I mean, your first love gave this to you" Gaia said in confusion
"I know, and now I'm giving it to a new love of mine, you" Emma told her daughter with love in her eyes. "Always keep it close you your heart."
Gaia touched it the locket gently as it hung around her neck. It was the most exquisite thing she had ever seen. She tried to open it, but the clasp wouldn't budge.
"Mother, why is it not opening?" Gaia asked
"When Oz gave it to me, he said that it would open when the time is right." Emma's eyes were full of sorrow.
Gaia soon died. Then Annabelle. Then her daughter, and her daughter's daughter and so on, but Emma lived on, never aging a day over thirty-five.
Emma lived in sorrow as she watched her family be born, grow up and eventually die. She also watched as the necklace was passed down through the generations. Her story was also passed down. Her great (and all greats)- granddaughter would ask her if it was true and ask her how old she was. Emma's answer was always the same: "I'm only as old as I feel, and right now, I feel like" and then she would say something like dancing, or singing or eating.
Emma would always hope, though, that this was not true. She would feel like rejoining Oz, Oswald, Gaia and the rest of her family. She would also wait, hopeful that someday the locket would open. But alas, it never did. 12 Around the year 1723 a magical monarchy had begun. The people chose Mona, Emma's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (and even some more, but too many to type) granddaughter, and her husband, Casper, as their queen and king.
Emma of course lived with them in the castle, and then with their daughter and son-in-law. Then their daughter and son-in-law and so on would rule, raise a daughter and die and so on, until 1989 when her newest great was taken into hiding and the baby's mother was taken from the castle.
I bet that everyone is wondering about the necklace from the beginning of the story. Well it all goes back to the beginning of the wizarding world. This necklace has been passed down from generation to generation of Ralds, beginning with Emma Rald, who was an ageless, and the last of her kind.
Because she was an ageless, she could not die of old age, but could die from being killed. All of her clan and many other clans had been killed in a final battle, ending the Dark Ages of the wizarding world. Because he mate had been killed, the ageless blood wasn't able to pass down through the generations.
After a hundred years or so, she married a wizard and gave birth to her first daughter, Claire. When Emma was born an ageless she became the matron of a strong line. Agelesses are able to give birth to any form of magical being and with each generation a new species was formed, but the powers of the children were also passed down, all except for Emma's ageless power. The family's name changed from Rald to Riddle when other magical families began to discover the Rald family heritage.
Before the final battle, Emma's mate, Oz (meaning strength, c'mon! all the other male names either were my fam's names or classmates') made her a necklace. It was a silver locket that she was never able to open. It was heart shaped with black coils around it.
"The black represents the evils in the world, and the silver represents the hope and goodness and light in the world" Oz told her when he gave it to her. He had just finished the spells and enchantments on the necklace when the final battle began. She had found him in a ditch, bleeding to death.
"But it is almost completely covered in the black" she said confused
"Because the world is full of it, and I know that you can change that. You have a pure heart made of gold, and if I had used gold instead of silver then the necklace may have faded from the light shining from your heart" Oz joked. "Take it, and never forget me. Make it silver. It will open when the time is right" with that he died there in her arms.
Emma spent the next ninety-five years traveling the world, trying to find a purpose in her life. Throughout her journeys she helped people in need and soon enough silver began to shine through the black. Soon enough the necklace was almost completely silver, but Emma would always see some black trying to creep back on, and she could except that, for she knew that there would always be evil in the world, otherwise the universe would be off balance.
In due time Emma found a new man in her life. He was a wizard who lived in the muggle world as a doctor. She fell in love with him instantly. He had the loveliest chestnut brown eyes and golden brown hair. His name was Oswald. The two became married and Emma gave birth to Gaia. Gaia was a seer. She gave birth to Annabel who was a vela and so on.
Emma and Oswald lived together in a town near her birthplace in Greece. There they raised Gaia together. On her sixteenth birthday Gaia predicted that one day a girl will raise above the calling and the silver will shine again and that the four will be reborn to do it right.
Emma, of course, hadn't told Oswald or Gaia about the necklace. That night she crept into Gaia's room and told her daughter her story. When she finished the story, Emma gave Gaia a little box. Gaia opened the box and gasped. It was the locket from her mother's story. She stared at her mother with wide eyes as Emma leaned forward and put it around her neck.
"I'm giving this to you. To give to your daughter, and to pass down for generations to come" She said.
"Mother, are you sure about this? I mean, your first love gave this to you" Gaia said in confusion
"I know, and now I'm giving it to a new love of mine, you" Emma told her daughter with love in her eyes. "Always keep it close you your heart."
Gaia touched it the locket gently as it hung around her neck. It was the most exquisite thing she had ever seen. She tried to open it, but the clasp wouldn't budge.
"Mother, why is it not opening?" Gaia asked
"When Oz gave it to me, he said that it would open when the time is right." Emma's eyes were full of sorrow.
Gaia soon died. Then Annabelle. Then her daughter, and her daughter's daughter and so on, but Emma lived on, never aging a day over thirty-five.
Emma lived in sorrow as she watched her family be born, grow up and eventually die. She also watched as the necklace was passed down through the generations. Her story was also passed down. Her great (and all greats)- granddaughter would ask her if it was true and ask her how old she was. Emma's answer was always the same: "I'm only as old as I feel, and right now, I feel like" and then she would say something like dancing, or singing or eating.
Emma would always hope, though, that this was not true. She would feel like rejoining Oz, Oswald, Gaia and the rest of her family. She would also wait, hopeful that someday the locket would open. But alas, it never did. 12 Around the year 1723 a magical monarchy had begun. The people chose Mona, Emma's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (and even some more, but too many to type) granddaughter, and her husband, Casper, as their queen and king.
Emma of course lived with them in the castle, and then with their daughter and son-in-law. Then their daughter and son-in-law and so on would rule, raise a daughter and die and so on, until 1989 when her newest great was taken into hiding and the baby's mother was taken from the castle.