A Year At The Opera

Prelude One: Introduction

The Hall Of Echoes lay silent. The Chronicler Sisters, Almadea and Krilla, both sat on their obsidian thrones facing each other, both waiting for the other to start talking.

The few candles lit in the room stood still as well, dutifully burning away and emitting light but never reducing in size.

The silence in the dimly-lit room was overwhelming and unknown. Usually, they would be dying to go first but there was little usual about the day.

This was the first time in forever neither one of the sisters was willing to go first. It wasn't because the stories they had picked were bad. No, it was that they were just that good. Neither wanted their story to be overshadowed.

And after last time's —for lack of a better word— disaster of Almadea's story about the doomed exorcist and Krilla's thing with the vampires, this time was certainly looking much more promising.

This was supposed to be their job: telling stories, learning and growing. They'd been doing this for eons at this point but there was somehow still more to learn. And they had not been this excited to do their job in quite a few centuries.

Finally, unable to sit in silence anymore, Almadea spoke. "Oh, to hell with this. I'll go first." She placed her cup of coffee on the armrest of her throne. The ceramic clinked against the hardened glass.

"Ugh, thought you'd never start talking." Krilla said with an exasperated sigh. She took a sip of her coffee and moved further back into her seat, settling in for a long story.

Krilla greatly admired Almadea's storytelling talents, even enjoyed them. And Almadea had a knack for picking long stories, especially ones she knew Krilla would love.

"Alright, so," Almadea began, "This particular story is about a Magician and his mistakes and all the difference he made."

"And what did he do?" Krilla asked curiously.

"All in due time. Our story begins in the magical city of Thyssen. Our protagonist Nathan is having a fine day so far, but his life is about to be changed forever and all because of a couple of knocks on a door..."

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Update (21/8/20): Just doing some edits to worldbuild a little more for the sisters. There will be a lot more info about them eventually since I plan to expand the world a lot more at some point!

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this short little update! This introduction bridges the gap between my two wips, only one of which is on Wattpad atm (edit! The other wip is on Wattpad now! It's called Of Witches and Demons and it's technically a sequel to AYATO since it's the story Krilla picked. Anyway, go check it out on my profile if you want to!), and provides a lot of context for the other wip, including some worldbuilding for the sisters!

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