The RavenStark Quest: Awakening

CHAPTER 17: OLIVER RAVENSTARK

My heart pounded at high rate like it was about to explode along with my brain getting fried. Did I hear his words correctly or was I just living in some illusion. I felt like the room was spiraling right in front of me, voices echoed around me that made no sense at that time. Oh, why, did I agree to let my friends go on some stupid adventure just to put my life at risk? I wanted to slap each and every one of them for their recklessness but still, some burning curiosity lingered in me to keep going on.

"You are joking!" Peter shouted on top of his voice, snapping me back. He was the one only that seemed like he was in awe.

"Absolutely not true." Christina said on the other hand.

"Do we look like fools that would believe whatever you say?" Theo said bringing his dominant anger voice to play that I have seen him use only during our school's baseball match.

"Olisen," I finally spoke up looking at the floor, every eyeballs in the room turned to look at what was I going to say. To be honest I did not know what I was going to say either. "Who. Am. I?" was the only words that blurted out of my mouth.

Olisen suddenly stood up and went near the painting that hung beside his desk.It was drawn skillfully, it was a painting of an old man, he looked tall but I couldn't tell precisely as the painting was just from above his stomach, he wore round glasses just like Olisen, He wore a nice class red suite with fine embroidery on it. The painting clearly distinguished each and every one of his features his wrinkles around his eyes, his sharp nose and his eyes that reflected pride and warrior like look. Thought it was a painting, it felt real.

"After Cyana's last act of violence against Wynston Kramborg, my uncle, according to the prophecy we needed a boy and a girl of the same bloodline whose stars aligned with Cyana's." Olisen began.

"We know that already, you don't have to keep saying it." Peter said frustrated.

"Let him speak, Pete." Theo said.

Olisen did not get frustrated by Peter's outrage but gently nodded at him and continued,

"Oliver RavenStark was an unmarried man; he devoted his entire life towards the people of our kingdom. He thought his love should be only preserved for his worshipers. He had a gift like no other living or deceased had. He was powerful since his first appearance of magic in him. Most people take a fair share of time to become skilled at their magic, but RavenStark had the ability to perfect any spell that he learned. He made look like magic was too easy to master. He was kind and selfless. He was born to be the leader of Ezra. He never indulged in any activities of his private life, he only wanted to make Ezra a better and a powerful place but through right and harmless ways.

He had a sister named Scarlett Ravenstark, the ruler of the Scarlett castle at that time. Just like her elder brother she too was a master in her witchery, though she took her time to perfect it she was almost equal to her brother. Scarlett did not have the same morals as her brother, she knew she would do whatever it takes for Ezra but she also had her own pleasures. She fell in love with Alan Mackenzie, her childhood friend. Alan was the son of our kingdom's personal adviser. Oliver, Scarlett and Alan pretty much grew together. Since the kingdom needed an heir after Oliver, Scarlett and Alan got married. Soon after a victorious and the most magnificent reign that Ezra has ever seen Oliver Ravenstark's period was at last at its ultimate stage. He was the last to rule with the name Ravenstark and as he did not have any children no one was able to carry the name of Ravenstark ahead. After his period, Scarlett's and Alan's only daughter Victoria Mackenzie became the queen. Since then it is the Mackenzie's rule but the morals of a Ravenstark. Generations after generations traditions and customs have always been pursued.

No one ruled as successfully as Oliver RavenStark but we have had a good run for the past generations of the Mackenzie rule. Until now, obviously, lightning had struck us. We needed a girl and a boy whose stars were aligned with Cyana's and whose zodiac signs where Taraus and Leo respectively. When Katherine was born we were thrilled but unfortunately her stars did not match and neither did she have any siblings.

And the same goes to Drake, though he was not of the royal blood line, he very much belonged to a prestigious family. His mother died giving birth to him and his father was a victim to a heart disease soon after Drake got his magic powers. His stars did align with Cyana's but as his mother died he could not have any siblings therefore it forfeited the prophecy too. Drake and Katherine were the only ones that were born equal and close to the royal bloodline and no other child that was born did not match the stars or the zodiac sign either. We were in imperiled, nothing seemed to work. The prophecy was on the verge of failure. We were desperate; too desperate that drove us to cross the rules of the nature. Powerful wizards and witches were brought from all across the globe, doors that mustn't be opened were unwrapped. We moved heaven and earth to make sure that this prophecy emerged victorious. That's when Robert Farella, father of Noah created a powerful magic that did not abid the laws of the nature but it was our one and only chance to save us, to save this city that our ancestors shed their blood to from the impending darkness. He wanted to artificially create two lives that aligned with the stars, a boy and a girl. No one believed it was possible, for no has ever succeeded nor no one has ever tried to. We had very little hopes for this to work. Not everyone were on board with this decision but difficult situation made us take difficult measures. So Robert decided to use the DNA of the only person who had strong powerful magic within him. Oliver RavenStark. It was ambitious, reckless without a doubt, but we had no choice but to try. Every leader of Ezra who dies gets dried out. Their blood will be drained from them and kept in a preserved temple, legend says it's done as a sense of protection that even after the fallen they continue to protect us in the future. But it must never be taken out under any circumstances, so we not only disobeyed the laws of nature by creating lives, we also crossed the rules that has been followed for centuries. We had no idea what we would if this didn't work. We only had hope. And hope is a very fragile thing. After retrieving the blood, Robert and I put all our powers, strength and every single bit of our intelligence in creating the correct spell. After five days of eternal failure we finally managed to produce a spell that we weren't completely sure that it would work. But we had to at least give it a try. It was a rainy night as I remember, everyone in the city were present inside the castle walls waiting for the impossible to be made into possible. We began sharply at time as decided. "