The Diary of Zartoon

ENTRY 14

ENTRY 14

18.03.63.15.58

I managed to get to sleep and, for the first time, it was a peaceful rest. I guess it was Pandorica's soft voice that helped erase the memories of everything I had seen. The only problem was that I awakened to a gentle shaking about an hour ago. My eyes opened, and I thought that it was Pandorica, but instead I saw the face of Fraderk, the leader of the Council.

"Fa Nex," he said. "Come with me. I have something we must talk over."

"Yes, sir," I said. My eyes were still foggy as I got up and walked into the courtyard with him. "How may I help you?"

"There is a legend here; it is said" he stated, as he spoke he looked at Phobos and Deimos as they were just breaking the horizon. "It was written that the time would come when the twins would come together and, at that time a warrior would come to our people who would stop the suffering that so many have endured. As I said, that moment would be when the twins come together, but also when a light would appear in the West. I pronounce that the light appeared last night and..." He looked once again at the moons. "... the twins will be as one within the next three nights. Fa Nex, I know that you are the warrior that they proclaimed so many generations ago."

I denied that I was then, or ever had been a warrior. "Fraderk, I have never touched another Human to harm him," I said.

"We do not need you to fight for us," he said. "There are those who would do that in your place. All we need is for you to awaken the gods and they will protect us."

"And just how do I do that," I asked, half for real and the other half sarcastically,

"There is a relic from the days just after our people came to Zartoon," Fraderk said. "It is buried in a cave about six days travel from here in the directions of the setting sun."

I had to ask - what was this artifact, and what did it mean before they came to Zartoon?

"It is said," he had stated, "that it is a sword made from the horn of a pure white horned reptile. Our ancestors created it while they lived on Yartook." I looked confused; as Fraderk went on to explain. "We were a smaller branch of the reptiles who ruled the world at the time. The time came when Yartook was changing, so we were forced to leave. Once we arrived here, we saw a shimmering in the air near where we now have our settlements; this shimmering we knew to be a blessing from our gods. One of our ships landed, followed by many more until our gods granted us this world to have as our own. We have been here ever since."

We talked another 20 minutes or so before I graciously found a way to go back to my room and try to finish my night's sleep. Pandorica was waiting on our bed, and she smiled and gently caressed my body, it took a while, but sleep finally did find me, and that pleased this so called newly found warrior sent to awaken the Gods.

q-{ռ