In a world where magic is common, there were ancient ruins left behind by an ancient civilization of magicians. These ruins can harness each of the elements depending on location, to effect the environment. When the Noctua brothers were brought back...
Eleanor appeared somewhere in a forest, close to the shoreline. When she got up and looked around her surroundings, and she saw a fleet of stone ships with ancient designs. She wondered how can those ships stay afloat of they are made of stone, but then she remembered seeing a picture on a book. These ships belonged to the Aquan tribe, so this means that she had traveled back into the past of where the elemental tribes are prospering in the golden age. She walked through the trees, and saw smoke coming from the horizon. She followed of where the smoke is coming from, until she reached into a clearance and saw that there's a village. The houses are made of wood planks with straw roofs, but at the back of the village, there's a cave at the hillside. She walked into the village to investigate, and when she found out, she saw what looked like a banquet where the villagers are celebrating. The women of the village wore plain cloth dresses, while the men have worn animal pelts which makes her think that they're hunters. As the villagers are busy celebrating, she sees a group of people at the table at the back of the two tables that some of the villagers were eating at.
However, she noticed a familiar person at the table: Doris. Doris looked just like the image on the sarcophagus, down to the jewelry she was wearing in life. Accompanied her are four water magicians, each wearing an amulet with a water droplet emblem of the Aquan. The left side of the table has what is assumed to be earth magicians of the Tellus, but there's a vacant seat next to Doris.
"Can I help you stranger?" Asked a male voice.
Eleanor turned around, and saw a man standing behind her. He has the same light brown hair as the mummy of Basselt from the Water Colossus, except he has green eyes. He wore only an animal pelts as clothing and a wolf skull headdress, different than the one that was found in the sarcophagus. He is also holding a tree branch staff.
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"Who are you mister?" Asked Eleanor.
"I am Basselt, earth magician and chieftain of the Tellus" he replied with a gentle smile.
Her eyes widened with surprised, she wasn't expecting to actually meet Basselt. Then she heard Doris calling out to him, so she followed him.
"Who is this girl, Basselt?" Asked Doris.
"Ah, my apologies. My name is Eleanor, a water magician from five thousand years into the future" Eleanor answered.
"Into... The future? I'm afraid I don't follow, but you're clothes on the other hand served as proof" said Basselt.
"Nice to meet you, Eleanor" said Doris
"What are you doing today?" Asked Eleanor.
"We are having a banquet to celebrate our alliance between the Aquan and the Tellus" answered Basselt.
"You are welcome to have a seat and join us" said Doris as she smiled.
Eleanor watched as Basselt creates a chair from the dirt of the ground, so she can sit down. Many people were eating a feast that ranged from roasted pheasant to cooked sweet potatoes, but she can tell that both leaders started to develop feelings for each other. She wondered if she can actually change their fates as part of her wish: to go into the past and change whatever fate that befallen Doris and Basselt. Eventually, as the sun begins setting, everyone felt tired for all that feast and dancing. After the banquet, Eleanor caught Basselt and Doris before they leave.
"I want to say something important" she said.
"If it's about the future, I'm willing to hear out" said Basselt.
"I'm rather curious about five thousand years into the future" said Doris.
"You see, five thousand years from now, the descendants of the Aquan will disappear after making contact with an extradimensional race that is called the Axalthi. They are a race of genie like beings who can grant two wishes, I'm not sure what they did to the Aquan, but I'm sure it wasn't pretty" she warned.
Both leaders were shocked in disbelief, they haven't heard of the Axalthi until know. However, they drew their conclusion as to how Eleanor has traveled back into the past.
"You made a wish with them, haven't you?" Questioned Doris.
"I had to, I want to change your fates that resulted in your deaths. Back in the present, I saw your remains in sarcophagi and I noticed that you two died very young. I had one of the Axalthi grant my wish to travel back in time, just to save the both of you" she confessed.
Despite this, both leaders were confused even more by what she said. Nevertheless, if she says is true, then she can help them. Basselt and Doris gave each other hugs, before leaving.
"Hey, if you want, you can sleep in my cave or sleep at the ship that Doris is going towards" offered Basselt.
"I'll choose Doris" said Eleanor.
"Alright, then follow her" he said.
She ran out of the village, and eventually caught up with Doris at one of the stone ships. As both of them board the ship, they head below deck to the bedrooms. Inside of Doris' bedroom, there's a bronze mirror, a bed with patterns of waves embroidered on the blankets, candles that provide lights, and even the walls are decorated with murals of waves and dolphins.
"So, Doris, this is your bedroom?" Questioned Eleanor.
"Yes, we the Aquan are nomads of the sea for over two hundred years. We sleep in ships since we rarely settle down and build towns, but you are welcome to sleep in the ship. After all, I have sensed that you are a direct descendant of the Aquan" explained Doris.
"Back in the present, there is the Water Colossus that was built by the Aquan long ago to amplify our powers and bring prosperity by filtering the water" said Eleanor.
"You don't say, for we haven't built it yet but we are planning to. Next month, I shall have our people build it on an island southwest from this continent. I have heard that the Tellus have already begun building a structure powered by earth to make the soil fertile to prevent the erosion and desertification" said Doris.
With that said, the two water magicians went to sleep for the night until the next morning.
Meanwhile
At the cave that Basselt called home, he was laying on the mat made of straw and stared at the ceiling. He couldn't sleep after what Eleanor had warned about the fate that resulted in his and Doris death, but at the same time, he couldn't stop thinking about Doris. He felt a spark in his heart, as if he had fallen in love with Doris (since she felt the same way back on the ship). He struggled to sleep, only to be disrupted by the hooting of the owls from the trees. He stood up, walked outside of his cave, and stared at the moon.
"I... I think... I think I'm in love with Doris" he said to himself.
Authors note: this is where Eleanor meets the two leaders of the Aquan and the Tellus, and where both of them have fallen in love
