Destiny: A Tale of Two Souls
Chapter 1
It was midnight when two dark shapes emerged from the shadows of the wood eleven city of Herishmore. The one leading the way was male, protecting the other female, holding two tiny bundles in her arms. Upon arriving to their destination, few tears were wept as the watcher gently lowered her bundles onto the doorstep of a house, leaving them forever, with nothing but a previously hand-written note, and few personal possessions. Then the two hooded strangers departed as quickly as they had arrived.
Inside the house, a noise from outside was heard by a cautious wife. With that, her warrior husband was out there, inspecting the premises. As he opened the door, he was not looking where he was going and he almost stood on the two bundles on his doorstep. Taking a closer look at them, he saw two tiny babies, just woken up. One had vibrant violet eyes; the others were bright emerald. Rummaging around their possessions, he found the note. Written on it was a simple rhyme.
These two together will see the end
Of an evil spirit, together they'll fend.
Her with purple, him with green,
Their special markings will make him scream.
On their chests, they bear red crosses,
On the dark side, it will create great losses.
Only nine lives they have, to do their job well,
Only they will send him to hell.
But with one other, the Boy-Who-Lived,
During her ninth live, he shall have hid,
But joined together, they shall hither,
With all three powers, evil shall wither
These lines he knew well. The two babies were the prophesized ones. They would save the brotherhood from the most evil spirit of all. But not yet. They had to be separated for the time being. They couldn't know about their past, or future. The warrior thought about this as he picked up the two babies, and took them inside to his wife. In the morning he would take them to the king.
The next morning the babies fates were decides. The girl would be going home to live with the warrior and his wife, while the boy would be taken to the guard barracks and later on be trained as a Royal Guard, but also work as a stable-hand for the warrior, where he would meet his future soul mate. So with their futures planned the two babies were taken their separate ways until the day they would truly meet.
Ten mortal years later, the girl Mantheniel and her brother Nickalayus, were playing hide-and-seek through out the house. When it was her turn to hide, she decided to break the rules and hide in their fathers study.
Before she entered, the door creaked open as if inviting her in. She walked into the room and the door slammed shut behind her, locking her in. The open widows shut and locked almost in unison, scaring her out of her wits. She rushed over to hide under their father's desk, a book fell from the bookcase behind it and fell onto the desk, open to a page with a medieval red cross. As she examined it closer, it was the same one located on her chest. Eagerly she turned the page, wanting to read more. The handwritten pages told her of the pair of prophesized soul mates. They had to fulfill their destinies, which was to kill an ancient spirit called Vigamortis Antei. They had nine lives to completely kill him, as each life only weakened him if he was killed during the previous eight lives. When she turned to find out more, her father blew open the door to find her reading his most prized possession, his recording log book. He stormed over to his desk, pulling the book out of her reach and literally picked her up, as if weightless, and threw her out the door. Her tiny frame made a deadly thump against the opposite wall, as she was unable to be woken up from her peaceful sleep.
In he stable, the boy Ethrihill, woke up to find his masters horses out of their minds, stomping madly, kicking everywhere as if a huge thunderstorm was approaching. Even the children's new stallion and mare were making a fuss. The noise, he could not handle, as the horses needed the soothing voices of their owners to settle them down. So without thinking, Ethrihill ran into the house to find the girl of his dreams, laying lifeless on the ground, with the Master, wife and son anxiously surrounding her, watching and waiting. As he inched closer, he heard her heavenly voice in his head, calling him over to come and save her. Ethrihill walked forward, ignoring his master's orders to stay away. When he got to her, he kneeled down, his face inches from hers. Then, he closed his eyes and kissed her, right on the lips. A heavenly light surrounded them as he opened his eyes to find Mantheniel, fully conscious and staring at him in disbelief. The light faded as he came back to reality. The master sent him out of the house, realizing that the prophesy had begun. All thanks to Ethrilhill's kiss, the Kiss of Life.