What Lies Beyond the Door

Prologue

*Just a note for future references. Verinia is a goddess to these people so when you see the phrase "oh my Verinia" or something similar, it basically means "Oh my god or Jesus Christ"*

"Come on wake up or else we'll miss it." The young girl exclaims as she shakes her father awake.

"Miss what?" He groans rolling over in his bed.

"Do you not remember?"

"Remember what? Vemia what are you on about?"

Vemia looked at her father in disappointment. "Dad today is the reading of the prophecy in the great temple" She explained shaking her head at her father's forgetfulness.

"Oh my Verinia, you're right. Well, what are you just standing there for? Come on let's go" He replied as he rushed to put proper clothes on and raced to the door. "Come hold on to me, I'll fly us there," He ordered as beautiful sapphire wings erupted from his back.

"Yay, I love when we fly." Vemia exclaimed as they set off toward their destination. "When do I get my wings dad?"

"I've already told you dear, in 2 years on your 9th birthday."

"But dad that's so long from now. I don't want to wait that long." She pouted.

"I know dear, but you will just have to be patient. Oh look! We're here." He said as they landed. His wings folding against his back before completely disappearing.

"Just in time too. I was about to close the doors" One of the temple guards said. "Better hurry to the gathering room. They're about to start."

"Okay thank you so much," he said as the rushed to the gathering room. When they arrived, they were met with almost the whole village gathered around an altar murmuring amongst themselves.

"Quiet!" A loud voice declared from behind the altar. "We will begin now. Will the royal seer please join me?" As he said this a young lady wearing a long dark blue dress with markings on her face and hands walked towards the altar. She had a crown of crystals that had dangling stars and moons wrapped around her head with a matching crystal necklace. "Thank you. Just stand here behind the altar." The man instructed. Once the girl was behind the altar, the man gave her a golden crystal ball that started to glow as she laid her hands onto it. Once it started to float into the air in front of her, the man hurried to join the crowd. Then they all started to hear what sounded like a voice but none of them new what it was saying. All of a sudden, the seer starting chanting.

"A child born with the purest of hearts, who carries the blood of the great four; death, life, magic, and fate, will venture into our world. Here we will teach him our ways. This child will bring peace and join our worlds. He will save all magic and creatures from destruction." Once she was done everyone was standing in shocked silence. They could not believe what they had just heard. If what she said was true, then they would all be able to visit their home realm which they had been long ago forced to leave. Most of them have never even seen it, only hearing stories passed down by the elders. Hearing this prophecy brought them hope of a new and better world for themselves and their children. If only they knew that this prophesied child will not be born for another one hundred years.