Arriving back on her home mountain, the silver haired elf walked slowly into the gate, still dizzy from the moment she picked up this crystal. “Aella,” she heard her baba call out, and she looked up to see him running towards her. Giving a weak smile, the young woman was about to say something when she fainted once again on the ground. The dizziness came to a peak as she felt herself being carried away into the temple, unable to move or speak. A sort of vision came into view. Aella saw herself meditating in front of the prize of the temple; a mural of the Archons creating the world. Or, well, so legends had told that they did. She was deep in concentration and couldn’t see the concerned looks of her baba and the other elders of the temple. The voice of the crystal came through to her, and she could hear it more clearly. Although the voice was female, she could hear maybe a handful of other voices, whispering with it.
“To open the rift, you must think about the place which you are arriving with complete concentration. Don’t let your mind wander,” the voice said, as Aella took a small breath, as well as in her vision. The voice continued, “There you will find your destiny.”
Suddenly, Aella was awoken by Shara, the female temple elder, placing a warm moist cloth over her forehead. “Are you okay, Aella,” the woman, whom was not much older than 80, said. Although she was quite young in retrospect, being the youngest elder, she was still much older than the groaning elf. "Yeah, I just...I just got really dizzy out there," Aella said, having a feeling that the less who knew about her Archon abilities the better, "I'm fine." Shara seemed to accept the answer and the silver haired girl sighed gently.
'I'll have to practice where no one can find me,' Aella thought to herself watching Shara continue to evaluate her health.
The weeks flew by as Aella started to focus more and more on finding herself. She learned that the voices in her head belonged to Sagittarius the Watcher, whom seemed to grow quieter as the days advanced. She had even nearly forgotten that she was supposed to open a rift in the first place. However, it just really didn't seem as important as finding a way to tell her baba.
One morning, she was out practicing her powers, which was a slow process since she had no idea what she was doing, and Sagittarius was ever so silent again today. She took in deep breaths as she controlled the air around her and stood her body up on one hand, something that she was never able to do normally. Concentrating with her eyes closed, she imagined her body being weightless and lifted herself on one finger. She was so deep in concentration that she couldn't hear footsteps coming up behind her.
"Aella," she heard her baba say and she fell over, her concentration breaking. Baba rushed to her side checking to see if she was hurt before asking, "What was that?" The silver haired girl cursed herself for being careless of not making sure everyone was too preoccupied to check on her. "Baba, I...I am the Archon of Air. Remember the day I fainted when I landed back on our mountain? That was the day I found out," she explained, staring at him, searching his face for his reply. The man stood slowly and bit his lip, sighing out a small breath of air.
"No wonder Pantheon's followers have been trying to get up here for weeks," he said to her, "I'm not surprised at all, but you are in danger here." He helped her up and whisked her into the inner part of the temple. She was lead to the mural that was supposed to be the Archons creating the universe. However, that was not what had her attention. Sagittarius had began to speak with her again, "He's correct. The followers of the Archon of Death are relentless. They want to find you and destroy you. You must find the others."
"What will happen of this world," Aella said to herself out loud, making not only her baba look at her but the other elders as well. "I do not know, but you must leave it. It will be safer for them and for you," Sagittarius said once more, before her baba said, "Who are you talking to?"
"The watcher," was all Aella said, before sighing, "She says I must rift to fulfill my destiny. I must leave you, and the temple." The silver haired girl was crying now, Sagittarius showing her visions of things that could happen if she stayed. "If I stay, you all would be in danger. I must go to the other Archons, to keep you safe," she said, looking at her baba gently. He too was crying, but it was one or two tears, falling gently down his cheeks.
"What must you do," he asked, and the other elders started to whisper among themselves. "I need to concentrate and meditate," Aella said, looking up at the wall painting. She sat down on the floor in front of it, crossing her legs and closing her eyes. She began to concentrate on the world around her, but, one thing took her concentration just after she started. "Good luck, Aella, and be careful," her baba told her, and she knew he knew he couldn't hold her back.
"I always am," Aella answered back, holding her tears back. She began to concentrate again, the world around her phasing out and so it was just her and her thoughts. There was another temple, on a plane far away. She focused on it, finding her body become looser. All of a sudden, she felt like her body was being ripped apart, but she somehow knew it wasn't. She was suddenly in a new place, as she opened her eyes. She was in a room full of a few others, in a temple much like hers back home.
"Welcome to your new home," she heard Sagittarius say, as she looked at the others in the room. She nodded her head to them, unable to speak out of awe.
“To open the rift, you must think about the place which you are arriving with complete concentration. Don’t let your mind wander,” the voice said, as Aella took a small breath, as well as in her vision. The voice continued, “There you will find your destiny.”
Suddenly, Aella was awoken by Shara, the female temple elder, placing a warm moist cloth over her forehead. “Are you okay, Aella,” the woman, whom was not much older than 80, said. Although she was quite young in retrospect, being the youngest elder, she was still much older than the groaning elf. "Yeah, I just...I just got really dizzy out there," Aella said, having a feeling that the less who knew about her Archon abilities the better, "I'm fine." Shara seemed to accept the answer and the silver haired girl sighed gently.
'I'll have to practice where no one can find me,' Aella thought to herself watching Shara continue to evaluate her health.
The weeks flew by as Aella started to focus more and more on finding herself. She learned that the voices in her head belonged to Sagittarius the Watcher, whom seemed to grow quieter as the days advanced. She had even nearly forgotten that she was supposed to open a rift in the first place. However, it just really didn't seem as important as finding a way to tell her baba.
One morning, she was out practicing her powers, which was a slow process since she had no idea what she was doing, and Sagittarius was ever so silent again today. She took in deep breaths as she controlled the air around her and stood her body up on one hand, something that she was never able to do normally. Concentrating with her eyes closed, she imagined her body being weightless and lifted herself on one finger. She was so deep in concentration that she couldn't hear footsteps coming up behind her.
"Aella," she heard her baba say and she fell over, her concentration breaking. Baba rushed to her side checking to see if she was hurt before asking, "What was that?" The silver haired girl cursed herself for being careless of not making sure everyone was too preoccupied to check on her. "Baba, I...I am the Archon of Air. Remember the day I fainted when I landed back on our mountain? That was the day I found out," she explained, staring at him, searching his face for his reply. The man stood slowly and bit his lip, sighing out a small breath of air.
"No wonder Pantheon's followers have been trying to get up here for weeks," he said to her, "I'm not surprised at all, but you are in danger here." He helped her up and whisked her into the inner part of the temple. She was lead to the mural that was supposed to be the Archons creating the universe. However, that was not what had her attention. Sagittarius had began to speak with her again, "He's correct. The followers of the Archon of Death are relentless. They want to find you and destroy you. You must find the others."
"What will happen of this world," Aella said to herself out loud, making not only her baba look at her but the other elders as well. "I do not know, but you must leave it. It will be safer for them and for you," Sagittarius said once more, before her baba said, "Who are you talking to?"
"The watcher," was all Aella said, before sighing, "She says I must rift to fulfill my destiny. I must leave you, and the temple." The silver haired girl was crying now, Sagittarius showing her visions of things that could happen if she stayed. "If I stay, you all would be in danger. I must go to the other Archons, to keep you safe," she said, looking at her baba gently. He too was crying, but it was one or two tears, falling gently down his cheeks.
"What must you do," he asked, and the other elders started to whisper among themselves. "I need to concentrate and meditate," Aella said, looking up at the wall painting. She sat down on the floor in front of it, crossing her legs and closing her eyes. She began to concentrate on the world around her, but, one thing took her concentration just after she started. "Good luck, Aella, and be careful," her baba told her, and she knew he knew he couldn't hold her back.
"I always am," Aella answered back, holding her tears back. She began to concentrate again, the world around her phasing out and so it was just her and her thoughts. There was another temple, on a plane far away. She focused on it, finding her body become looser. All of a sudden, she felt like her body was being ripped apart, but she somehow knew it wasn't. She was suddenly in a new place, as she opened her eyes. She was in a room full of a few others, in a temple much like hers back home.
"Welcome to your new home," she heard Sagittarius say, as she looked at the others in the room. She nodded her head to them, unable to speak out of awe.
