The Second Realm

Chapter 2: The Discovering

The year is 5143. The sun has risen and set for thirteen years with little to no change.

Edan, now twenty years of age, was growing into the young and strong fighter he was taught to be. He has trained for thirteen years. His hair turning from blonde to a shining bronze gold much like his armor and shield. His eyes kept their sky blue color but became rimmed with grey and an ocean blue. They seem to contain all of the wisdom and maturity he has gained in these thirteen years. Grueling and intense grappeling coupled with diligent and zealous mental exercises caused Edan to become an experienced strong and ripped warrior, much like that of the Zirons. He has completed his training and joined His Majesties Guard. One of the highest honors of the Branches of Fion. Only the best are chosen to have this title. His journey is only beginning.

All this while Ece has become a bright and beautiful woman. At eighteen her long flowing blonde hair billows in the wind; the soft breeze rippling through its tendrils. Her eyes became ever more brilliant green with each passing year. Her body has matured at the same rate as her mind. She lights up the room with her meek authority, holding everyone's attention with some unseen command. Her voice, humble and melodic, could have been composed from the great Bach himself. Completing high school with honors she has made her parents proud. Richard and Margret couldn't ask more of their daughter. Next fall she'll begin college at California-Berkley, the ultimate goal of her high school years. Things were looking up in life with a new job and an apartment of her own.

"How did the Southern gate look Arebus?" Edan asked in his gravelly low pitched voice. His voice unlike Ece's demanded authority. Although Arebus was Edans bestfriend he was his commander on the battlefield and during sweeps of the castle perimeters.

"It all looks clean." Arebus answered. Although coming from a wealthy and influential family, Arebus had made a name for himself. Much like Edan, Arebus had impeccable talent on the front lines and logical skills to make that talent worthwhile.

Clean was a short way of saying all is well. Keeping a tight perimeter was one of Edans main jobs. He and Arebus worked well together at completing this task. This was their first week at the south side of the perimeter. If anything was to go askew it would be they who paid.

Walking through the arches of the high southern wall, Edan looked over the Bilding, the small sea that separated the queens land from unclaimed territory. The waves were slowly licking at the rocky shoreline foretelling of the tide that was about to arrive. Above Edans head were the shiny metallic silver birds that always accompanied the tide hoping to catch fish as it was building in the shallows. He loved watching the tide come in. It reminded him of a dream he once had of a lady with long silver hair. The way the sun was shining over the sea's waves reflected the neon pink and orange into the sky. Giving a pink glow on the fading day.

"What the... Why has this happened AGAIN?" A feminine voice sang angrily in his head.

Edan looked around trying to find its source but there was no woman this close to the perimeter.

"That's the second time this month that I've been robbed Mom."

Slowly an image appeared. Not in front of him but in the very back of his mind, a place he didn't know existed. A girl throwing clothes around a shabby apartment. A beautiful girl though..

"Look Ece, you'll have to call the cops. I told you that last time honey." a voice said around a corner probably in a bedroom or something.

Ece, assuming it was the hot blonde chick, was still throwing things around looking for something. Except she wasn't touching the things she was throwing. She was only looking at them.

Grasping the stone rail, Edans knuckles were white. How was she doing that. Not even Clabors could move things with their mind. Where is she? Edan tried to listen to the surroundings of the apartment through the vision or dream or hallucination whatever it was. Nothing. He couldn't hear a thing except a radio being smashed and couch cushions flying. If that ratty old sagging thing was in fact a couch.

"Mom, I work at a tiny restaurant. They should know that out of all people I would NOT have any money or things that were worth any value. Maybe these people are stupid and don't observe their victims before they ransack the place. What the.. nothing at all was taken. Maybe they just decided "Oh. hey. lets go screw up this girls apartment so that she gets pissed off again and we can laugh at her." Well guess what no one is laughing mother fu"

"ECE.. Please watch that language.." Her mother Edan assumed came into the room holding a stack of clothes and jewelry. Using her mind Ece put away the clothes one by one and the jewelry into their respecting places. What was this girl doing?? How did she have that power??

Edan suddenly sees the perimeter of his vision or the hallucination is furry almost. Nasty, old looking fury.. The girl turns looking straight at Edan. Putting her hands on her hips she starts marching towards him. Can she see him?? Shrinking away and hoping he wasn't seen Edan backs up against the other rail. He then laughs out loud at himself because he's backing away from a girl. A tiny, scrawny girl at that. Wait whats happening. He's being picked up.

"Poor Otter. Did they hurt you?" Ece asked whatever it was that Edan was possessing.

"Is that the stuffed Otter we bought you when you were like 3?" Her mom asked her.

"No Mom. I was five, but yes it is. My poor baby.."

What the hell? Is this girl talking to a stuffed animal? Edan thought to himself.

Slowly the vision began to fade as the women began to pick up the room and straighten things back to their original positions. Edan almost stumbled becoming oriented with his surroundings again. Arebus just stood there looking at him weird. Edan could use his manly commander voice on him and tell him to fuck off, but he decided that Arebus would just assault him later with questions so he told him he was fine and to go check something. Smirking Arebus left, laughing at Edan for looking stupid while staring at a sunset. What Arebus didn't know was that Edan had just had a vision of Ece, the Seibourn. The child had grown into a woman, a beautiful woman that possessed four of the genomes in her blood. He had to find her.