It's late at night and I can't catch a wink of sleep, I just keep thinking of that prophecy. I don't know how to feel about it, it feels so insignificant as Luca had never really talked about it until recently. Yet, I want to trust him a lot.
I keep staring at the crystal laying politely on the desk, I keep wondering what it actually does, why it is kept so protected, where the other one is.
I gaze over to the bed where Luca is sleeping, I hear his breathing become disrupted, almost as if he is scared by something, I see his face crinkle up as he shuffled around. I get out of bed and try to call his name but get no response.
I walk over to his bed and I try to shake him awake, and he shoots up yelling, "No! Don't hurt them-"
He cuts himself off, he just sits up, breathing heavily and fast for a moment or two before looking at me.
"Luca, are you okay?" I ask him.
"Yeah... I uhm... I just had a nightmare that's all!" He swiftly responds
"Are you alright? What was it about?" I query
"Oh... it's nothing. I don't really wanna go into it." He replies. "Just stressed."
"Right. I can't sleep either, as a matter of fact." I say as I gesture towards the crystal. "What makes this crystal so special?"
Luca gives a sigh and hesitates for a moment, before deciding to just tell me.
"Well, as I said, it's linked to an ancient prophecy that is said to restore orbit." Luca replies. "Although I guess I never said what it actually was."
"I'm still surprised I never learnt about it, with me and Mr Hazel living and living history." I respond
"Well, it was hidden extremely well." Luca replies. "Whoever stopped the orbit wanted it to stay that way."
"Who was that person?" I ask Luca
"That is a good question." Luca responds. "What I do know is that he must have had bad intent, he wanted segregation and he wanted his own world. He loved the darkness, only came out at night, and he wanted nobody else to have it. So he formed some form of crystal, it defies science."
"What was his name?" I ask
"Gabriel Aldelmic the first." Luca responds shyly, "the first Aldelmic, the start of the bloodline, my ancestor."
"Oh my, that is something isn't it?" I reply
"Around the time he died, a prophecy was formed by the soon-to-be Sunsiders who wanted their nighttime back, but they could never find the crystal shard. They did, however, leave a prophecy." Luca tells me. "It goes as follows: Together a world, now split in two sides. The power of evil that concours the skies. The moonlight now blinded, the sunshine now shrouded. The imbalance of nature and the beings that surround it. Two crystals, two worlds. They need to be united. For sunlight, for darkness. Balance shall be restored."
I am left speechless for a moment.
"How did you remember all of that?" I ask in pure amazement.
"I was bored, and figured it would be fun to memorise it. Besides, I love a good story." Luca responds
"So where do you reckon the Light Crystal is?" I ask Luca
"I've read that it is held by a museum in Terostun, you know where that is, right?" Luca asks me
I recall its location, around 100 miles from the city. "Of course I do!" I respond with a smile.
"Great, now how do we get there?" Luca asks me
I gaze over with a grin to the map of a railway line.
YOU ARE READING
Purple Roses
ActionStep inside a world where two sides are separated, one being a lot happier than the other. Look through the eyes of multiple different people from different backgrounds, a family forged not by blood but by love. It isn't all pretty though, sometime...
