The house, for the most part, was actually intact. It shouldn't have come as a surprise to Varian, but it did. What made his old home so important? Important enough that whatever had ravaged and destroyed the rest of the village would just... Ignore it? Choose not to destroy it?
Focus, child, a soft voice said, don't let your mind wander.
A figure appeared in front of him: a woman, standing just a little shorter than him. Her long, auburn hair was pulled up in a messy bun. Her blue eyes shone as she smiled warmly at Varian.
It was the form of his mother.
Be strong, Varian, Ellianna said, you are smart enough to formulate the plan that shall make all things right. Find the answers. Put it all together.
"Wh- what about Cassandra?"
She'll be fine. She's strong. She's smart. But you must focus, son, or else everything will have been for naught.
And she disappeared as suddenly as she had come.
The words from his father's letter to him came flooding back, and with all that in mind, he crouched down- just a little bit- and began his search for the chest of answers.
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Ruddiger frantically chittered and chirped at Varian, trying to warn his human in the only way he could. Varian had to stop looking at and reading every little thing from inside the box. There was danger! He could read it all later.
It was time for him to take action... Or else.
But Varian could hardly put anything down. He had already learned so much about his family's history and how he was supposed to play into it all. It was all so fascinating, so purely genius... And he understood it.
He understood it all.
Varian knew what had to be done.
All he had to do now was put it all into action.
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Inescapable
FanfictionVarian's had it rough. It's never easy when you're an outcast. And then his father got frozen in the amber, Varian was denied help, and soon, he was out to seek revenge. But, four years later, he's back. Answers quite possibly await him in Old Coron...
