𝔒𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔚𝔞𝔶𝔰

10

"Tell him, it's no longer necessary. Hector will deal with this." King Fredrick says.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." I say.

Do not drag me into this. It was like a fly trying to injure a lion. 

"He says it's urgent." Captain says.

"It is urgent." A voice says.

I turn. A man walks in. A cloaked man with a stick and a blindfold walks in. He looks skinny. Cece backs away. Anubis and Seth growls. Rapunzel walks down. Oh great... I hate prophets. I had to go to the underworld to find one, but truth is all I found was dust and souls of 500 men.

"Hi! You're here! Love the costume!" She smiles.

"A costume?" The prophet looks up.

"Oh, it's not? *Ahem* So... what do you know?" She asks.

(Original song from Epic the Musical.)

"I am the prophet with the answers you seek. Time I've unlocked it. I see past and future running free. There is a world where I help you save home. But that's not a world I know." He turns to me.

"What?" King Fredrick and Rapunzel says.

He starts walking over to me. What...? What is he doing? Why is he walking towards me? What do I have to do with all this? He taps his staff and mists form into a figure. Oh come on. Penelope really? My heart tightens. She starts dancing around me.

"I see the song of past romance. (She fades and men show up. Faces I had long forgotten) I see the sacrifice of man. (Their eyes start bleeding) I see portrayals of betrayal (Eurylochus forms) and a brother's final stand. (The images fade and I see me in water. Am I drowning?) I see you on the brink of death. I see you draw your final breath. I see a man who gets to save his home alive, but it's no longer you.:

My heart freezes. What is he saying about me? I can't even think right now.

"This cannot be. We've suffered and our people had to endure all hells, now you tell us our efforts were nothing." King Fredrick says.

The Prophet turns. He taps his staff and the walls drip red.

"I see Corona covered in red. (Men appears all looking at me. The prophet turns once again to me) Faces of men who had long believed your dead. I see your wife with a man who is haunting. A man with a trail of bodies." 

I look down. I know he's talking about me and what I did. This is a lot. I grip my hands. I swear to God I'm going to kill him. But he's right about everything. I bite my lip. I'm on the brink of death. This is why I don't want to get involved with Scylla. I am never going back. 

"I see a song of past romance. (Figures grab me.) I see the sacrifice of man. I see portrayals of betrayal. And a brother's final stand. (A figure pulls me onto my kneels. I slam into the ground.)
I see you on the brink of death. I see you draw your final breath. I see a man who gets to save his  home alive, but it's no longer you." He says.