Realm Breakers #2

The Adventure Begins (2)

“Aaron, AARON!!! Get over here, QUICKLY! “ screamed Zerynn, as she held her sword up to the awful man's throat. Aaron’s steps sounded behind Zerynn and she spoke, not daring to look away from the masked man, “This man is telling me that the pendant that he gave your Jakub can only be activated by Realm Breakers and ONLY…. Realm Breakers are immune to this pendant.” she said to Aaron, pausing as she spoke to swallow back tears.

“Not only that but you have to be a descendant of Shad the Destroyer to be a Realm Breaker.” said the man, his mask  rising suggesting that  a cruel smile must have formed underneath the mask.

“What's your name?” Zerynn asked the mysterious man that had a mask over half of his face.

“Not telling.  The only thing that I am telling YOU is why I did what I just did child,” said the man. Then he turned from Zerynn’s blade as if it wasn’t being held to his throat and walked off.

He walked in the direction of the Continental Capitol: O’krsis.

Zerynn growled and ran after the mysterious masked man as he walked away. Yet, before Zerynn could get too far Aaron stopped her by grabbing her wrist tightly. Preventing her from killing the man on the spot.

The man turned around and said, “Come at me with your sword again and  I will kill everyone in your family, or the rest at least” he laughed darkly.

Zerynn screamed at him, “ YOU ALREADY KILLED EVERYONE THAT I HAD LEFT!”  

“Your father still lives near here I will kill him if you're not careful,” the man said, pulling the syllables of care-ful in a sing-song teasing way.

“GO AHEAD YOU MONSTER! HE ABUSED ME, LILY AND MY MOTHER, SO GO AHEAD AND KILL HIM!” screamed Zerynn her words choked with emotion.

“Fine, then I will kill your baby brother instead,” the masked man threatened.

“What kind of sick person, would threaten a baby?” Aaron muttered darkly emphasizing the word sick like it was poison.

“The high priest of O'Krsis, that's who he is. I also know his name is Zayn.” said Aaron with a weak voice.

“You are right though, he is a sick person. All he wants is power,  He wants to know who all the Realm Breakers are and to take all their power.  That is the  power provided by a relic,” added Aaron.

They made a mistake by letting the man go. At that point when Aaron was watching Zayn leave, he had shed a tear. But Zerynn was shaken more by the whole scenario than Aaron.

I am a Realm Breaker? I mean I knew that I had powers but I didn’t know I was that special to have a power like this. The only person that could help me control my powers was Lily and she is gone. Why does my life have to be so terrible?T thought Zerynn to herself.

Aaron was asleep by that time and so was Conor. Zerynn usually stayed up late thinking to herself. It was dark and she felt overwhelmed with her thoughts, so she had to step outside. She put a hand in one of her pockets looking for a weapon, just in case Zayn came back. But all she found was a bandana with a note on it that said:

My dear sweet sister,

If you are reading this  it is because I told Aaron to put it in your coat pocket because I am dead. This was the bandana that you made for me when I moved out. Please remember to stay strong and learn not to be a hot head for me. People will get along with you better if you aren't. Anyway, please, for me, stay strong. If you need me, I will be in your heart, supporting your every move. Please use this as motivation to stay strong. If not for me, your family, whoever that may be.

If you are reading this, you are probably crying right now. Please remember crying isn’t for weak people, it's a sign of being strong for too long. I have known since you were very little what type of powers you have. I just want you to know you are a descendant of Shad the Destroyer and you are a Realm Breaker, which, can be a very scary thing, but it also can be a very great thing. Every time you caught me reading a book, I was doing research on your power and what it meant. Any way, I know you want to travel the world some day and I was going to say this in person. Just in case I haven’t said this yet, I wrote it in this note.

Go back to our old house. There is  a chest that is located under my old bed with all my research and some supplies for your upcoming adventures. Please take them all. If you don't I will be offended. It's very important to me that you take everything in that chest. It’s stuff I have collected that may be of use.  In my closet there is a black and red backpack with some clothes that might fit you, take that bag as well.   Everything in my room is yours now, so make certain to go through everything.  There is stuff in my room that may be of some value to you.

Stay strong, my little sister. I will always love you.

Love,

Lily.

As soon as she was done reading the note she wiped her tears and quietly snuck out of Aaron's house.  She left Conor sleeping on the couch as she left for  her old house.   

When she got to her old house she reached for the key in her pocket. When she grabbed the key, she unlocked the door and walked into her house. She went straight into Lily’s room and to the chest that was filled with Lily’s research notes and other stuff that could have a great importance to Zerynn. There were things like… Lily's old journal, a wedding ring, a magic staff, flint and steel, and some dried apples. She grabbed everything that was in the chest, and walked over to Lily’s closet where she grabbed the red and black backpack that her sister told her about.  She put everything in the bag and looked through the small, but cozy, room that her sister used to live in. She found some weapons in the bottom drawer of the desk. Now she had a dagger, a knife,  a sword and a diamond locket with a picture of Lily and her in it.  She put the locket on and put the weapons in the backpack. The sword she put on her belt.

Then Zerynn went to her room and found her sleeping bag and more bandanas. She grabbed the black , white and purple ones and put them in her backpack. She went to the chest that was under her bed and grabbed all of her iron, diamonds, and her money.  She would be able to use the money and diamonds.  She could use them for new weapons, if needed. She put them in a small bag that she had in her closet. She went to the shed in the backyard and grabbed a hatchet and a pick and put them on her belt.

After she was done getting all the supplies and stuff she needed, she headed back to Falcon-Claw. It was around one-o’clock at night when she reached Aaron's house. When she was inside she walked into the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror for about a minute before she grabbed the purple bandana out of her backpack and put it on to  cover her face. She wanted to hide her face from the tragedy that  happened and to hide her past. She didn’t want to be known as the one who was left alone or lost.

At first light Aaron was awake, by then, , Zerynn had finally fallen l asleep reading the book her sister wrote for her. Aaron ate breakfast while watching her sleep and noticed that she wore a bandana around her eyes as if she was trying to hide them. That is when Aaron had to wake her up so he could ask her why she was wearing the bandana.

“Man you sleep in late.” said Aaron.

“Sorry, Lily  left a note for me to go get the  stuff she left for me.  She left me this research notebook about Realm Breakers and magic stuff.  I knew Lily always had a fascination for magic and wanted to know more about it ,  but I really didn’t know I was the reason for all her research.” said Zerynn.

“So you were up all night getting the stuff from your old house that your sister left for you and studied it  all in one night didn’t you,” said Aaron.

“Y-yes I did. Do you have a problem with that?” asked Zerynn in a snarky voice.

Aaron started to tear up “N..no. I..I don't have a problem with that. Just that’s what your sister used to do when your mom used a communication amulet to tell her that someone in her family had a problem with their powers. I can only assume that it was you they were talking about.” Aaron said.

“Yes, that is probably true. Here, look at the journal that I kept.  It has maps of all the places in the world and villages that need improvement and more population. It has information about  each village and who would fit in there.” Zerynn informed.

“So you kept a journal about all the places in the world?” Aaron asked.  “So you’ve been to all these places?” Aaron added.

“No my step dad asked Lily and me what we were interested in when we were younger. I looked up to this man, so I told him I wanted to travel the world like he did. So he gave me all these photos of places he'd been.” Zerynn answered.

“Phoenix's Rise is the place we would fit in the most. It has the most magic users and there are scalars (do you mean scholars?) there that can help us with our powers.” she added.

“Fine. We will set out first thing tomorrow. Let me get some supplies that we might need for the baby. I will also get some money for us and some clothes and weapons,” said Aaron.  

“OK. I have money just in case we run out. It's not much, but it's something at least. I am going to go exploring the village to see if we could use some of the supplies the other villagers had.” said Zerynn.

“ O..okay, I guess,” Aaron said, but he looked really sad.

“Oh and why are you wearing the bandana?” asked Aaron, as Zerynn was leaving the house.

“I am wearing it because I like it and I want to wear it ” answered Zerynn.

She’s trying to hide something,” Aaron thought to himself.

Zerynn looked in the houses and found potions that could be of some use later. She also found more money and diamonds. In one of the houses she found a living baby. She could only tell that the baby was alive because it was crying. Zerynn quickly took off her bandana and hushed the baby. She found it food, fed it quickly and then found a small blanket to put around the cold crying baby. The baby girl had found anew mother.

When Zerynn was done exploring and taking supplies, she went back to the house where Aaron and Conor were. The baby had started to cry again and this time she needed to be changed. Zerynn changed her into a clean diaper that she found lying in the house where she found the baby. She was still trying to decide on a cute name for the baby when it hit her. She was going to name the baby Shelby. It was the cutest girl’s name she could think of other than Lillith, which would  make her cry if she named her that, because that would remind her of her sister Lily. She went to find Aaron to show him her discovery of the new baby. When she got upstairs she realized that all of the doors were closed. She went to the first door and knocked. After no response she opened it, but no one was there. On the next door, the same thing happened. It kept happening until, finally the last door she knocked on. She asked if she could come in and show him something that she found in one of the village houses.

“Aaron, I was in one of the villager’s old houses and I found this baby that was still alive.” Zerynn said.

“Why did you sound scared when you said that? “ Aaron said.

“Because I don't know you that well and I didn’t want her to be left behind.” said Zerynn.

“ I would never leave a baby alone and abandoned. What kind of sick person do you think I am?” asked Aaron.

“I..i’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you. I’m going to go to bed now.” said Zerynn awkwardly.

“Remember we are leaving at first light. See you tomorrow. Good night.” Aaron said.

Zerynn couldn’t sleep no matter how hard she tried. She tried everything; reading, writing, but she just couldn’t sleep. When Aaron woke up In the morning they ate a small breakfast. They grabbed some extra dried food and put it in the same bag as the dried apples from the night before. They looked at a map, grabbed the bags and some extra supplies, then headed out the door in the direction of Phoenix's Rise.