Metanoia Book 1

Prologue

Once upon a time, two races lived together in harmony. The dark aura and the light aura.

The light is known for its kind, caring, and positive personality. They were also known as The Good. Meanwhile the Dark with their rude, violent, and harsh personalities. They were also known as The Bad or Evil.

But despite these differences, they still lived in harmony and even created families together.

All people from each nation are gifted with a special ability, which makes them unique. Normally all abilities show their effect at the age of 12-13.

Some abilities could be manipulation of elements, strength, and even the ability to fly.

Though everything changed, when the Dark was tired and wanted a separation between them and the Light. The light tried to change the Dark minds for years, though these attempts always ended with becoming meaningless discussions instead.

After 2 years of arguing the dark had had enough of the Light and declared war against them. This meant splitting the cities and the people into territories. The Dark territory and the Light territory.

There were three islands with their own cities. The first is Neverberg Island placed in the north, where both Light and Dark have their territories. The Dark owned the two cities Yodan and Fernsworth while the Light owned Aleby and Mison.

The next island is Hopevale Isle, which is placed in the east where the Light has their territory. These cities are Surora, Ideley, and Alegas.

The last island is Westval Ait, which is placed in the west where the Dark has their territory. These cities are Rialmond, Groydon, and Eleystin.

"Mommy, who is she? She looks very pretty" said a child's voice and a small hand could be seen pointing at a picture of a woman with a fishtail. The woman looks at the picture before answering "Oh, you talking about the siren?" The girl looked at her mother confused about the new word 'siren' and the mother smiled.

"They are also known as mythical creatures. All cities have one of their own kind," she announced. The girl's eyes sparkled and looked at her mother "But what are mythical creatures then mommy?"

The mother laid her arm around the girl's shoulder and nuzzled her cheek. "You'll learn when you get older, sweetie," she answered. The girl nodded in agreement.

The mother looked back at the book and continued her storytelling.

After the war started, people from both nations began to create small groups, which they would go fight with, to protect their part of the territory.

The girl looked at her mother with determination in her eyes "I wanna be like them when I grow up mommy!" she said. The mother looked at her child with a surprised expression. "Why is that sweetie?"

There was silence for a moment until it was interrupted by the girl's words, "because I wanna protect you and Scootalis!" she said with a bright smile of hope. The mother, still shocked by her child's wish, finally smiled back "Maybe one day indeed".

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10 years later

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A girl sits in a forest fixing a bouquet of flowers "aaaand there we go perfect, you really are missed here mom" the girl said looking down on a grave. Suddenly a voice could be heard through the trees. "Heart, where are you?" The girl, Heart, answered that she'll be there soon.

The girl stood up and looked down at the grave before turning around and walking away. She stopped one last time and looked at her mother's grave. "I would love to stay, but duty is calling. I'll see you again soon mom".