Chapter 05 - The Prophecy
Luxa led Gregor to the corner and pressed on a stone that looked perfectly aligned with the hall, nearly impossible to even see, but sure enough, it clicked and opened a small door just like she said. Seeing as it was very dark in the room Gregor took out one of his flashlights and turned it on, as they crawled inside the room seemed to grow in size until it was nearly the same dimensions as any other room. Gregor looked around, there must have been a good 20 prophecies on the walls, everything, just as she said nonsense, most weren't even in English, just random letters to Gregor. Luxa led him over to a wall near the doorway and told him to shine his light on one of the bricks, upon the light reaching the wall Gregor could make out the words Luxa had told him about, it seemed to make a prophecy but he couldn't stop focusing on the line of words, the simple, yet very important words, they read
2 Lovers, over and under, one is dead, the other died with,
Seemingly gone forever, but resurrected, for time is not in their favor
Gregor just stood there, staring at it. One is dead, which was him, the warrior most likely, and the other died with... Luxa, she died with him, well, not literally, but she lost herself when he left. But resurrected, for time is not in the favor. It must mean something, this line was so clear, they need to come back together and fix something, something bad if time is not in the favor then what could it possibly be, a surprise attack maybe? As if to answer his question right on cue, Luxa nudged him to read the rest of the wall, as he drifted off in thought he must have forgotten that there was still more to it. He dragged his finger along all the lines just to find where it started, the mess of other words made it nearly impossible to notice anything, until finally, he found the start, Luxa had put a strip of paper over the top of it to mark the title, it read;
~~The Prophecy of the Resurrected~~
From over and under, they intertwine
to form a human vine.
Time ticks and the floor clicks,
2 Lovers, over and under, one is dead, the other died with.
Seemingly gone forever, but resurrected, for time is not in their favor
The newfound enemy, comes from within the vines
The Queen and Warrior, with a rat and a bat, and someone along the way.
when time is done, there will only be 4.
Where the water meets rock, there will be a shock.
Over and Under, and Over and Under, for where will the warrior stand
Gregor tried to make sense of it, but he couldn't quite understand it, a few of the parts he thought he got, like the newfound enemy, comes from within the vines. That must mean that the creature, or creatures, that threaten Regalia must be in the jungle. He also understood, or at least, thinks he understands the where water meets rock, there will be a shock, he must be surprised somewhere along the way. He also noted the part going over and under, where will the warrior stand, possibly overland and Underland, with the rest of sandwiches prophecy he didn't quite know. Luxa seemed to be reading the prophecy too, trying to see something she might have not seen before, that's when Luxa whispered "Gregor I must tell you something, I was the one who brought you here, and I don't just mean the note or the trip down. nobody else knew of it before I had left to pick you up. Nobody knows of this prophecy, as I am to be Queen in a year they would never allow me to do anything so dangerous, but as you can see, it clearly wants us to go together, The Queen and Warrior. But I fear they will not let me, even if this prophecy says so, we must only tell those who we trust with our lives, understand?" Gregor nodded, he thought he had been brought here under the permission of everyone, not knowing it was a surprise visit, that must be why the patrol was surprised to see me, and they had to check up on us. He knew it was a bad idea, but, with everything that's been happening, if it meant seeing Luxa than he knew he had to take it.
As they crawled out of the doorway and shut it behind them, a voice could be heard coming down the hall, Gregor could recognize it from anywhere, Ripred "Hey! Is that my little rager I smell in here!" As he turned the corner Gregor got a sight he thought he would never see, this great big threatening rat that you would never want to see in a fight, here he was, groomed so smooth it didn't even look like fur and it was smiling from nearly ear to ear. Gregor let out a little chuckle noticing his smile and how he had been groomed, that's when Ripred's smile turned more into a snarl when he said "Just because I look like this don't mean I can still beat you boy." Gregor considered laughing again but Ripred beat him to it with his own chuckle "That sure got the smile off you face." Gregor looked at Luxa before she said "It's ok Gregor, he knows already." Gregor felt a little relieved knowing that Luxa trusted Ripred with her life, at least somebody was looking out for her. Gregor felt relieved at the thought that she wasn't completely alone in her room all that time...
Making a prophecy that's somewhat interesting is hard work...
