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Children of the Prophecy(action adventurer series): Chapter 1: The Burning

Series summary: Thulia and Yethia have lived alone in a forest for as long as they could remember. Then everything changed when the forest was burnt to ashes around them, forcing them to confront their destiny. They must fulfill a prophecy that they didn't know existed. These two children, armed with the magic within legendary swords, must fight the evil that had taken control of the land.

By Ben Ray Published 5 years ago • 3 min read
The words "Children of the Prophecy: Chapter 1: The Burning" on a forest background

This Story has a prologue, you’ll need to read that first to get this chapter.

After I give the link to the prologue/chapter 1 combo, I will very breifly ramble about categories for the word count, this is a very short chapter, other chapters go over the limit.

Here is a link to the prologue/chapter 1 combo:

https://shopping-feedback.today/horror/children-of-the-prophecy-prologue%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="14azzlx-P">.css-14azzlx-P{font-family:Droid Serif,Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:1.1875rem;-webkit-letter-spacing:0.01em;-moz-letter-spacing:0.01em;-ms-letter-spacing:0.01em;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.6;color:#1A1A1A;margin-top:32px;}

This story doesn’t full belong in the horror section, but I can see why the editors decided to put it there, even though it is not scary. I guess it would fall under the cardiology of supernatural. There isn’t any category that this action andventure fantasy series nicely fits into. I’m submitting this under family, but it will properly also end up in horror - supernatural again. So let’s what happens.

I hope you enjoy this chapter!

~~~~~~~~START CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~~

The past winter was a hard one for the siblings; it was very long and cold. It seemed like snow covered the ground more days than not. Yethia told his sister all of the memories that had been unlocked only moons prior. These stories were bittersweet for them; they were sweet in content, but bitter, in how they knew they would never experience the world in which they took place.

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Thulia and Yethia were sitting down in their tree home enjoying a banquet of the fine fresh food of early spring. A nice break from the rationed dried food they eat during the harsh winter moons.

The older boy cocked his head back and forth sniffing the early morning air. “Smoke, and a lot of it” he stated nervously.

Thulia ran out of their home, hopping up the trees in order to see what was happening. A look of dread covered her young face. “It’s the whole forest,” she called down to Yethia, who was waiting at the foot of the tree. ”It’s surrounding us,” she muttered absolutely terrified as she practically glided down from the canopy, into her brother’s arms. He was terrified as well but refused to let that Thulia know that; he had to be strong for her because she had no one else.

They could do nothing but wait as their fiery demise slowly closed in on them. They clung to each other in a tight embrace. The golden-haired girl was sobbing into her brother’s chest. While he cried silently, as the heat intensified, they were enveloped in a blinding light blue and magenta light.

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The sun was setting as the siblings woke up, completely unharmed, surrounded by the charred remains of what was once their whole world.

“Yethia?” Thulia’s voice was shaky as she called her brother’s name, “what happened...? Are we...are we... dead?” that last part she spoke so softly it was barely audible.

He remained silent for a moment, trying to figure that out, that silence was intensified by the stillness around them, in a place that was bustling with life just that morning. Eventually, he spoke. ”I don’t know...I just don’t know.” there was another patch of eerie silence. “We need to go back to the village. We need a new place to stay.” Thulia reluctantly agreed. She did not like the plan, but they had no other options.

~~~~~~~~~~~END CHAPTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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If you like this story, fear not! there are more chapters on the way! I may even have the next chapter up already. I also have several other works that you can look while you wait. For more information on the others stories, and when the next chapter will be up, click the following link(it’s also in my bio):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1peKsDklUnqcKA1MjpZpPpYj9WuR-XI5P0U4ajbckmTI/edit?usp=sharing

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~~ Ben Ray.

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About the Creator

Ben Ray

I have poems and series and one shots. I keep a google doc with organized summaries and listings of each story and all of the parts that I've posted.

docs.google.com/document/d/1peKsDklUnqcKA1MjpZpPpYj9WuR-XI5P0U4ajbckmTI/edit?usp=sharing

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