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Chapter 7
The Prophecy of the Past
Cooper, Piper, Ripred, and Whiteshard scrambled through the hallways of the High Hall. Ripred let them to the Prophecy Room. The room was filled with different writings and scrolls all around. Waiting inside was Luxa, Vikus, and a girl who look to be a bit older then Luxa. The girl looked rather frail for her age, as well as very emaciated. "Ah, the Overlanders arrive" the girl said looking at them. "So Nerissa, what does the prophecies say this time" Nerissa, that was the girls name. She showed them to a certain set of writings on a wall, it was very old and it was hard to read some of the writings. "Well we've managed to decipher most of it." Cooper looked closer and read it, well the readible parts
The Prophecy of the Past
The Past is the key,
When everyone is free.
Do not forget,
Or it shall be your debt
Two new Overlanders will
Soon come under,
But beware the
Oncoming Thunder
The time of peace
Will soon come to an ends,
So gather your friends.
Join the gnawers you must,
Or all of Regaili will soon turn
To dust
An old enemy will soon rise above,
But do not forget about love.
Regaili will be plagued by war,
So summon the Warrior once more.
Where do you take your stand?
Where do you place your sword?
The choice will give you your reward
Do not Forget
Do not Forget
Do not Forget
Well that just seems wonderful, thought Cooper. And confusing. "Soo what exactly is this suppose to mean?" Piper said looked at the Underlander. Nerissa spoke up, she seemed to be in charge of the hole Prophecy thing. "Well, we can only speculate. But some things are obvious, like the two Overlanders coming under is definitely talking about you two. There's also the mentions of Regaili going into another war, coming after the rising of an old enemy. Who? We do not know" Cooper scanned through it once more, trying to get something out of it
"There's also the mentioning of the return of Gre-...The Warrior" this time, it was Luxa who said that. "Who exactly was the Warrior?" Cooper looked at Luxa. He noticed that the topic was a touchy one for her, and that she had sadness in her eyes. Vikus noticed this too and took over. "The Warrior was an Overlander like you two. He came during our most devastating times, and if it wasn't for him we would not be here right now." Nerrisa stepped in, it seemed they were almost doing this all in sink. "He defeated the Bane, he helped find the Cure for the Warmblood Curse, he also stopped King Gorger..." After she said that, she looked down and so did Luxa. Obviously something happened with King Gorger.
Ripred cut the silence, he was not amused of the Prophecies. Just something about him when they mentioned them or talked about them said that he thought this was a loud of garbage. "The Warrior was the savior of the Underland yes, but I think it is time that we give the Overlanders a break. This is a little too much to take in at once" Vikus nodded "Agreed, we will discuss this matter tomorrow. In the mean time, Ripred have you seen what their combat skills are like?"
"Actually, I was doing that until we wereinterrupted. My plan is to send them to Mareth to train them in combat."
Vikus turned to them. "Cooper, Piper you two may do as you please for the rest of the day. If you have any questions, please feel free to come ask me or Ripred." And with that Vikus left, followed by Luxa who still seemed to have some sadness on her face.
"I will stay in here and continue to work on the Prophecy" Ripred just shook his head, and mumbled some things. "Very well, we shall return tomorrow" he walked out, and the remained of the group followed. "Whiteshard, return home. Check up on the Gnawers and on the Extremists" she nodded and walked off to another direction. After she left, Ripred looked around for anyone in the halls and when he saw no one he turned to Cooper and Piper. "Look you want my opinion on the Prophecies, they are nothing but just a bunch of crazy writings from a crazy man, but somehow he managed to fool everyone here into believing him" Both Cooper and Piper said nothing. "The last one said the Warrior was going to die, but he lived and these people just thought he died by living and not actually died, basically they made up an excuse to keep the Prophecies 'true'." He began to walk away, "Basically don't try to follow or believe the Prophecies" and with that he walked off