There existed a small group of people who still remembered their true history, though many around them had forgotten; This group still believed in the prophecy that had yet to be fulfilled.
Plague, death, and chaos
throughout the world will reign
an ancient evil will awaken
bringing terror and fear in its wake
Generals of Fire and Water,
Earth and Air, Light and Dark
Causing their own terror and fear
on all words in their path
Warriors will be chosen to fight
dangers unknown and trials they will face
many battles they will see
and in the end they will triumph
All will be undone and peace restored
the Star of Hope will appear before all worlds
to vanquish the evil threatening existence
And the balance of power.
In days long past it was thought that the first battle with __________ was what this prophecy was talking about. But as the Star of hope had not appeared this simply wasn't so. One family out of all of those, who remembered, believed the strongest and would play a greater role in this prophecy than they knew.
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“Hikari!” An older woman called from the kitchen of an older styled house. “Hikari! Get down here!”
“Coming! I'm coming, calm down!” the eighteen-year-old girl yelled back. She quickly ran down the stairs past the living room where she saw her grandmother telling her younger brothers, sisters and cousins the story of the chosen and the great evil.
“Not that story again” Hikari said rolling her eyes “when are you going to stop filling their heads with such nonsense?” Hikari asked as she tied her long blonde hair back preparing for the work she knew she would be doing in the kitchen.
“It’s not just a story! It’s our history, Hikari, and you know it!”Hikari’s grandmother replied angrily. The children stared back and forth between Hikari and their grandmother until Hikari noticed and made a face at them; they quickly turned their attention back to their grandmother.
“Whatever” Hikari said, rolling her eyes once more. She headed out of the room and toward the kitchen as her mother called for her again.
“What?” She said in an annoyed manner, as she entered the kitchen and saw her mother.
“I’d like you to run into town and pick up everything on this list” her mother said, handing a piece of paper and the money to buy the items, to her.
Hikari gave a look of disgust. “Why do I have to do it? Why can’t one of them do it?” Hikari said pointing back toward the living room.
“Because you’re the fastest, and I’m asking you to do it.” Her mother said staring at her with anger in her eyes. “Now get going, I need those things right away. “ Her mother said pointing to the door leading outside from the kitchen.
“Fine!” Hikari said snatching the list and the money from her mother’s hand as she headed toward the door slamming it shut behind her. “You’re the fastest, I’m asking you.” She said, mocking her mother and grumbling under her breath. “Blah, blah, blah.”
Hikari made her way down the driveway, and started heading toward town. Her family lived on the outskirts of the city, Yarusagi, on what used to be farmland. Everything had been covered by the last bits of forest still existing in the area or the ever expanding city. In some ways this was conveniant, it no longer took an hour to get into the city to go shopping; It now took roughly fifteen minutes. On the other hand it meant that forests were being destroyed and countless animals lost their homes. The advancement of technology had become more important than the environment in which it was infecting.
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Hikari had begun to daydream, something she did quite often during her walks into the city. To her family she was a saucy brat who hated not getting her way, she was all that it was true, but she was so much more. The events that took place over the years that made her the way she was. Her father had been a strong believer in the Star of Hope; He had a goal to find the statue and the temple that had been built to prove that the story was really the history of not only this world but every world in the universe. The children her age made fun of her and her family because of what they believed, this was carried on from their parents who equally gossiped about her family. She had to pretend she didn’t believe in the story or the prophecy just to get them to leave her alone. She eventually after years of denying it convinced herself she didn’t believe in any of it. During this time her father traveled everywhere. He hoped to find some sort of clue to the location of the temple. Some of his trips were left empty handed, others filled with rumors and leads, all of which he followed through until he had met a dead end or stumbled on more leads to follow through.
Eventually one year her father became convinced he’d found the exact location of where the temple had been built and had sunk into the sea. Determined to find it he gathered all the men he could find that believed him and his information and they set out to find the temple. Months later the party returned, every one of them, except for her father. The party brought nothing but bad news. There had been a diving accident, one of her father’s oxygen tanks had hit a sharp rock, during the search, which made a hole in the tank and oxygen had been leaking out. It went unnoticed until it was too late. Those around him noticed something was wrong and they tried to get him to surface in time, but they had been so far down that nothing would have been able to save him.
They had returned empty handed once again. Other families took pity upon Hikari’s family. Most simply mocked and made fun of them for believing in such foolish things that only got her father killed. She hated it more than anything, but she couldn’t let anyone see her weakness. They’d only make even more fun of her and that was something she did not want.
Out of the corner of her eye Hikari saw a bright yellow beam come down from the sky and soon after she saw a figure come out of the woods, it snapped her out of her deep thoughts and daydreams. “What on earth?” She said making her way toward it. As she drew closer, she saw it was an elderly man staggering it looked like he was hurt.
“Sir? Are you okay?” She asked a look of fear and concern spreading across her face as she neared.
“Please, I need help. I need to find the Mitsuki family.” The old man said through pain he felt, though any wound he had was not visible.
“T-That’s my family.” Hikari said now confused. What did this man want with her family? “What do you want with them?” she asked helping him up, leading him toward her home.
“Please it is very important I must speak with all of you. There’s no time. We must hurry. “He said gathering himself up and quickly heading to the house she was leading him too.
“ Mom! Grandma!” Hikari called out several times, hoping they’d be able to hear her. After the third time both her mother and grandmother came to the front door. They saw her leading an older man toward the house. Her mother rushed out of the house to help Hikari. Hikari’s brothers, sisters and cousins gathered around the door trying to see what was going on only to be shooed away by their grandmother.
Hikari and her mother managed to get the man into the living room and sitting down on the couch.
“I’m sorry to barge in like this, my name is Raule, I come from a planet close by, and I’m afraid I bring grave news with me.” He began, Hikari tried to say something but he put his hand up to tell her to let him finish before any questions were asked. “Your family believes the supposed story and prophecy of old to be our actual history, am I correct?” he asked.
“Yes of course. “ Hikari’s mother replied. “My husband many years ago, before he passed away, was searching for the lost temple. “ Her mother said.
“Some of us believe in it . . . ” Hikari mumbled as she rolled her eyes.
‘Great another person who believes in the stupid prophecy.’ Hikari thought.
‘I can hear that young lady. Hikari is it. A lovely name.’ The man said projecting his thoughts into her mind.
“Whoa! Hey, who gave you permission to read my mind!”Hikari said jumping up in surprise, everyone turning toward her wondering what was going on.
“I come from a planet filled with Seers, I don’t have to have permission, if you think loud enough anyone could hear you. Your thoughts happen to be so loud we can hear them on our planet. That’s how I knew where to come with this news.” He said, looking around the room he saw the younger children in the room. “Perhaps it’s best to keep the young ones out of this. “ He said simply.
“Children you heard him, now go upstairs and mind your selves, I’ll call you when dinner’s ready. “ Hikari’s mother said. The children gave looks of disappointment for not being able to be a part of everything, but quickly made their way upstairs to their rooms, not wanting to get into trouble.
“Okay old man they’re gone spill. What’s going on? “ Hikari said only to be nudged by her mother for her rudeness.
“The prophecy” He said simply looking at the three of them with the utmost seriousness.
“Okay . . . what about it?” Hikari said rather annoyed from receiving an incomplete answer.
“It has begun.” He said, closing his eyes for a moment, as the room became shrouded in silence.
