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Caden stepped out of the tent he called home. he'd helped others build actual homes here in the cave but he'd never bothered to build one for himself. He was determined that they would be able to go home, some day. Still, the Seer had a vastly different fate to tell, and though he knew the seer was rarely wrong, he could not bring himself to accept that they would all die, with no trace of their clan remaining.
He'd taken an apprenticeship with the wizard for that very reason. There had to be a way for them to escape this fate. There were now only thirty of them remaining, and they were huddled in the mountain caves like trapped prey awaiting the hunter. He paced the wizard's lair like a caged lion, spitting out curses to the heavens for their supposed annihilation.
The wizard looked on in amused silence. "Wearing a path in the stone of my floor is going to change fate somehow?' he asked.
Caden stopped and glowered at him, "No Morden," he admitted, "It will not, but it gives me aught to do beside breaking my hand against the wall."
The wizard nodded, "OH aye," he agreed, "Also not a good pasttime. Are you calm enough to heard a suggestion?" he asked.
Caden narrowed his eyes and looked at the wizard intently, "I am always calm enough to hear a suggestion."
Morden huffed, "Says you," he commented with the wave of a hand and then went to the wall and retrieved the book. "This book says it is possible...possible mind you...not guaranteed...possible...that one can travel forward in time...."
Caden drew in a breath, "What?" he asked and grabbed the book and read. "I need to speak to the seer. prepare this just in case. I will be back shortly.
He ran at his full out fastest to the far, darkest part of the caves. Most people feared the Seer, and that part of the cave, but he'd gone to see her many, many times. He approached but stopped when he was about twenty feet away and called out. "Seer Sovalna, tis I Caden. Please grant me an audience." He waited for the tell-tale scampering of whatever critters guarded her part of the cave to begin moving and for a faint light to appear before he moved again.
A woman of slender figure and lovely appearance, save for the empty sockets of her eyes, strode forward from the shadows, "Caden," her voice spoke knowingly, "You wish to ask the fate of the people again?' she asked, "have not the past ten times convinced you?"
Caden shook his head, "I come to ask if traveling to the future could change our fate. Is there someone that could help us?"
Sovalna smiled a brilliant smile, "Have you been reading the books of the ancient prophesies?' she asked curiously.
Caden furrowed his brows, "What books?"
Sovalma chuckled a bit, "That would be a no, then. how very interesting." She moved to a large cauldron adn threw in a few berries and various other things no one ever dared ask about. She lifted a large wooden paddle and stirred the pot and then removed the paddle and watched though no one ever understood how she did so. She stared at it for a much longer amount of time than any other time he'd visited. She finally straightened, "There is one. A woman. She is far into the future but she possess the magical abilities necessary to cast the ever hidden spell that will save the fae and allow our clan to survive this threat. However," she said, "I must warn you. In her time she is in danger, and time is of the essence. You will not be trusted or even welcome. She will not be willing to help at first. You have only a short time to earn her trust and return here with her, or all will be lost here, and the former fate will remain."
Caden nodded, "Understood. I will not fail our people."
He'd taken an apprenticeship with the wizard for that very reason. There had to be a way for them to escape this fate. There were now only thirty of them remaining, and they were huddled in the mountain caves like trapped prey awaiting the hunter. He paced the wizard's lair like a caged lion, spitting out curses to the heavens for their supposed annihilation.
The wizard looked on in amused silence. "Wearing a path in the stone of my floor is going to change fate somehow?' he asked.
Caden stopped and glowered at him, "No Morden," he admitted, "It will not, but it gives me aught to do beside breaking my hand against the wall."
The wizard nodded, "OH aye," he agreed, "Also not a good pasttime. Are you calm enough to heard a suggestion?" he asked.
Caden narrowed his eyes and looked at the wizard intently, "I am always calm enough to hear a suggestion."
Morden huffed, "Says you," he commented with the wave of a hand and then went to the wall and retrieved the book. "This book says it is possible...possible mind you...not guaranteed...possible...that one can travel forward in time...."
Caden drew in a breath, "What?" he asked and grabbed the book and read. "I need to speak to the seer. prepare this just in case. I will be back shortly.
He ran at his full out fastest to the far, darkest part of the caves. Most people feared the Seer, and that part of the cave, but he'd gone to see her many, many times. He approached but stopped when he was about twenty feet away and called out. "Seer Sovalna, tis I Caden. Please grant me an audience." He waited for the tell-tale scampering of whatever critters guarded her part of the cave to begin moving and for a faint light to appear before he moved again.
A woman of slender figure and lovely appearance, save for the empty sockets of her eyes, strode forward from the shadows, "Caden," her voice spoke knowingly, "You wish to ask the fate of the people again?' she asked, "have not the past ten times convinced you?"
Caden shook his head, "I come to ask if traveling to the future could change our fate. Is there someone that could help us?"
Sovalna smiled a brilliant smile, "Have you been reading the books of the ancient prophesies?' she asked curiously.
Caden furrowed his brows, "What books?"
Sovalma chuckled a bit, "That would be a no, then. how very interesting." She moved to a large cauldron adn threw in a few berries and various other things no one ever dared ask about. She lifted a large wooden paddle and stirred the pot and then removed the paddle and watched though no one ever understood how she did so. She stared at it for a much longer amount of time than any other time he'd visited. She finally straightened, "There is one. A woman. She is far into the future but she possess the magical abilities necessary to cast the ever hidden spell that will save the fae and allow our clan to survive this threat. However," she said, "I must warn you. In her time she is in danger, and time is of the essence. You will not be trusted or even welcome. She will not be willing to help at first. You have only a short time to earn her trust and return here with her, or all will be lost here, and the former fate will remain."
Caden nodded, "Understood. I will not fail our people."