Heroes of the Past and Present

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Chapter 6 (Landing in the Present Day)

The portal was somewhat frightening to go through, surrounded by rushing air red smoke all around, but Aveline Vallen was not frightened in any way. She had one goal in mind, and a captain's duty was never finished. She had no time for fear, just bravado, but she could not rid herself of the unshakeable feeling that something was up.

In her hand she firmly grasped the unbreakable orb that would hopefully lead her to the Sarah's descendent. She knew she needed to return to wherever the portal was, or hope that Bethany could find a way to open one wherever she was at. If that was probable. The only question in her mind was how on earth to convince this descendent not only that she was from the past, but that the descendent needed to rescue her ancestor. The descendent wouldn't 'fade away', she was well aware of that, considering she knew the truth of the matter.

Sebastian and Sarah already had their child nearly two years ago, and that child was currently living in the Hawke estate, being watched by the caregiver and elf maid. It was a fine deal too, considering they were already married, but they still kept that fact away from most people due to safety issues. Sarah didn't want enemies coming after the child.

Sebastian felt 'guilty' afterwards, so they hadn't made love since their apparent wedding, and Sarah was truly hoping to be done with the mess they were in so she could take her child and raise it somewhere safe. Now, if Aveline didn't find this descendent, that child would grow up without its mother, and Aveline was dead set on making sure that didn't happen.

"Okay Aveline, think long and think hard. Somehow I have to find this descendant and convince them to come back with me…" She saw a light at the end of the long tunnel and felt her body's floating speed increase towards the light. With a loud scream, she put her arms over her face, bracing for impact. "Why? Why am I forced to be flung through when that vile bitch was able to walk?!"

When she exited the portal, she found herself crashing onto a bed with two people in it. The two people screamed and jumped out of the bed in time to avoid a collision. Instantly her body began to flare up, the blood inside her was burning like a wildfire in the forest, and it was painful! She found herself crashing into the floor, then a wall. When she opened her eyes to look around she was blinded by strange lights in an otherwise dark room.

"Ugh…I can feel my body...my descendant's here somewhere…" She put her hand to her head and slowly rose up, groaning painfully. As she opened her eyes, she found herself staring at a strange object on a table with a nonmoving light inside of it. "What on earth? No candle?"

"It's called a lamp." Startled, Aveline reached for her hip but groaned upon remembering she did not bring her sword along. She was wearing a raggedy looking shirt and torn pants. She turned to see a boy and a girl, both in underwear, staring wide eyed at her. The girl was pale faced with long dark hair and some sort of dark mascara, she was wearing a lace bra and underwear. The boy had shaggy hair like a lion's mane and boxers, as well as a broody gaze that reminded her of Fenris.

"Oh god, I've landed near a couple fixing to have sex?" Nausea filled her stomach as she realized this was one of her descendents. "Uh, hi there, I'm sorry to disturb you in the middle of…" She couldn't say it, it was too loathsome to bear! "I'm Aveline Vallen." The girl's eyebrows rose as she grabbed the blanket off the bed and used it to cover herself and the man. "What are your names?"

"I'm Jade West…and this is my boyfriend, Beck…"

"Oh…well…" Jade looked more uncomfortable than someone who had just been interrupted in the middle of lovemaking. She was wincing and hugging herself, sweat was pouring from her body as well, much like the sweat Aveline could feel. Her heart began to sink as she connected the dots, this was her descendant. Immediately she turned her glare onto Beck, ready to tear apart this man who wasn't even married to the girl, who was practically a child! Beck shrank away and Jade extended her hand. Aveline shook her hand, and almost immediately, the burning feeling inside of her went away. Jade did a double take and pulled her hand away, feeling a spark that shot through the both of them at the moment of contact.

"That was strange…I thought I was coming down with a fever or something for a second there." Jade rubbed her forehead and sat on the edge of the bed. "Wow." The couple looked towards the portal and Aveline glanced down to the orb in her hand. The blood inside was forming a small dot towards the east. "So what is that?"

"Magic portal. Blood magic. From the past."

"You don't say…"

"Yep." Why did her descendant look so dark? The black mascara, the pale face, the dark walls in the room and purple everything. It didn't concern her as much as finding a man in the girl's bed. "It's hard to explain, but…I'm looking for someone in particular. It was said that I would land where one of my descendants were located. I think I caught you in the middle of…something…I wish I didn't." Jade's eyebrow arched up and Beck's eyes widened. Aveline pointed a finger towards him, taking a commanding stance against him. "You there, put on some clothes in the presence of the guard captain."

"Excuse me?" He looked confused, while Jade simply appeared entertained by this.

"You heard me. Scat!"

Jade covered her mouth as Beck took a step back, "You'd better listen to her, Beck. She looks like she means business." Beck reached down for a pair of jeans on the floor and Aveline glared while he dressed. After he was finished, he fled the room. She folded her arms and stared at Jade, concerned that the girl wasn't calling her a nutcase.

"So…You're my ancestor? I have to say, I pictured you differently. The only portrait there ever was of you, Dad said was destroyed long ago." This girl knew of her? Aveline was shocked!

"So you believe I'm from the past and that I'm your ancestor?"

"You said Aveline Vallen, Captain of the Guard, and said you were an ancestor. And after that thing opening up over my bed, I guess I'd believe anything at this point...Anyway, if you'll let me get dressed, I'll explain. Sorry you had to pop in when you did, I uh, wasn't expecting a giant portal to open in my room." Aveline raised an eyebrow and looked towards the portal, still hanging above the bed.

After Jade dressed, and gave Aveline some suitable clothes which were oddly comfortable on her body, she was led to the home's basement. Aveline was fascinated by the 'cotton' shirt and 'blue jeans'. She was wearing a short sleeved, v-neck t-shirt with ankle length jeans and soft socks. One of Jade's 'tennis shoes' also fit her, she had no idea what they were, but found them oddly relaxing to walk around in. Her hair was down to the bottom of her neck, which was slightly uncomfortable for her, but Jade said it fit the timeline.

Jade told her of the invention of electricity while getting dressed, explaining what these strange lights were. When in the basement, Aveline caught a familiar item hanging on the wall. Her sword and shield! Her jaw fell and her heart filled with excitement. "That's been handed down from generation to generation." Beneath the shield and sword was a podium with a familiar, medium sized book. "Dad says this was your diary or something, your captain's log. That's why I recognized your name. Dad always said there were a lot of legends back then, many types of people and things that don't exist anymore…"

"What year is it, then?"

"2013. Your time was equivalent to 1450, that's the year Dad says it was when you helped defeat the Templar's knight commander." She did a double take and gawked at Jade. They took down Meredith? Sarah knew a war was coming, but none of them thought it would actually happen. Or, they did see it coming, but they didn't want to believe it.

"Tell me…do you know of mages? Do they exist?"

"I know people who practice wiccan religions, but I don't know if magic exists or not." They clearly did, since they'd just spotted someone from this timeline, but perhaps they didn't have a huge impact anymore. "So…what does this make you? My great-great-etcetera grandmother?"

"Uh, yeah…" She started to pale at the thought of being a 'grandmother', she was hardly any older than thirty-four! "I never pictured my descendent being so dark, not that it's a bad thing, I just…I don't know what I expected. I have red hair, for one thing, blue eyes, and you have…" She shook her head and ran her fingers over her forehead. Her heart was racing and her mind was a jumble. "Then again, I guess 2013…it's been over five hundred years hasn't it?"

"Yeah it has. So what brings you here, anyway? How did you get here? Why?"

"Looking for a descendent of Sarah Hawke." Jade's smile turned to a frown, and a look of curiosity shot past her eyes. "A blood mage from the future, from this time, came and put some spell on her…it can only be broken by a child, a descendent. She already has a child, but it is too young to make an impact, we need help. Things are heating up with Meredith and First Enchanter Orsino, the Templars and Mages are…well, I predict a war that you've kind of confirmed already…"

"I don't know Sarah's descendent, I don't even know that much of the story to be honest with you. I only know you from my dad's ancestry talks. That's pretty much it. I'm sorry I can't be of much help, but I wouldn't mind helping you look."

"Yeah. I have this, created by two mages…" She pulled the orb from the pocket of her 'jeans'. The pocket was deep and it amazed her just what she could put in without having to use a bag of some sort that would weigh her down. Jade was astounded by the orb and stared anxiously at the red dot inside it. "Inside is the blood of the descendant's great-great-grandfather, Sebastian. It's supposed to lead me to the descendent."

"Kind of like a compass?"

"Er, yeah, that…" She scratched her head and looked up to her sword and shield, admiring them. The shield was a golden cross shaped shield and the sword, named Fadeshear, rested diagonally across it. It was identical to what she had left back home, an emotional moment for her indeed. "A-Anyway…I have a certain time before Bethany's hold on that portal closes and she has to find a way to open a new one."

"Well let me tag along I guess, no way I can let you walk around 2013 when you just got dumped out of your own place. You don't know anything about this world now."

"Hey, I'm sure I know a thing or two."

"Know what a car is?" Aveline scrunched her nose up and a crease formed on her forehead as she struggled over the new word. "Know what road-kill means? Didn't think so. Face it, Grandma, you need me."

"Ugh, fine…as long as we don't run into any ogres or corpses, without my sword, then I'm fine." Jade smirked deviously and started for the door.

"Don't worry, those don't exist anymore and corpses stay unanimated beneath the ground. There are worse things, anyway."

"Worse? Like what?"

"You'll see, Grandma."

"Okay, but first, quit calling me grandma!" Without any further hesitation, she followed Jade up the stairs, taking one last parting look to her former sword and shield. It was a good sign that maybe, just maybe, things were going to work out.

Let me know your thoughts on this. There are reasons I have certain people as certain persons' ancestors. Jade can learn a lot about loyalty, friendship and dedication from Aveline, since Aveline is the fiercest and closest ally to Hawke. Tell me your observations and thoughts on everything that went down here.