He walked over to her, smiled then rested a hand on her shoulder. “The child is protected no matter what. They don’t know where it is and I must hide even secrets from you.”
She turned around and glanced at him oddly, “what do you mean?”
“Because you can’t not know everything, Gaia. I am this galaxy’s guardian and I even hold secrets that outweigh you,” Aquarian said brazenly.
He paraded away from her and opened his arms wide. A wave of magic and release dispelled from his hands. He looked up and a mist of water with emerging lights dazzled over the mirrors springing to life. A vale of portals emerged and Aquarian raised his hands once more and the mirrors turned to water and slowly rotated pouring back into a large jug sealed shut. Gaia peeked at the jug glowing then soon it vanished. Aquarian walked down the steps to the void and turned to the stars constellations blinking in the distance.
“As the guardian, they must be granted permission to enter through the portals or there will be a price,” he turned his head slightly saying to her.
A door emerged from the side and he entered in. Gaia looked baffled and followed after him. She knew Aquarian would protect her and this child that would break the chains of the past to the future. Aquarian was all wise and knowing that nothing would overtake his decision.
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Members in dark hooded clothes search across globe in different cities searching for the child. They had been looking for years and could find nothing. Countless times the members searched for the child of legend or so they thought for it would end them. Many of them continued to search on for the child but had no avail as it seemed almost impossible. Many children were born and none that held the potential in what they were looking for. The Celic Group had almost given up and tried to enter in the doorway.
Karly ambled into a main hall with plums and fruits everywhere. She kneeled down and peeked up at the fires that roared next to the streams of water of navy. She gazed up to see a wall with a throne on it and a clock with numbers going backwards. A figure stood as if a painting on the wall with a dual fish. The eyes burned into Karly’s eyes. She stood back and sighed. The eyes flashed navy then to red. An illusion of the animals flew out and the clock rung in the background.
“Why have you come?” The animals asked swirling around one another.
“I need to know what gender the child is?” Karly probed.
The illusion of the animals regarded her for a moment. “The child is a boy. Many are after this child. There are other children’s genders that I am unaware of. This is all the information I knew before I was replaced.”
“Is there any way to get back the gracious Pisces Age?” Karly grilled.
“No. My time is done and I will not be able to recycle until the end of the twelve then come back. Even I am under the rules of the galaxy. I am limited now to answer certain questions, as I am bound to this but soon will fade. My time has come and gone.” Pisces said sympathetically.
“Dear Pisces, how can I go back into the past to destroy this child or anyone else?” Karly further stated.
The eyes flashed deviously then laughed. “Your kind has tried so many times and have failed as to go back into the past to destroy this child. Some things can’t be undone as it is foretold. Your kind has given me so much to my liking but the doors to the past are closed.”
“What do you mean closed?” She surveyed.
“Aquarius has locked the doors to the past. All the portals are closed as well for there is no way to return as the new guardian has made it law. You must gain permission or your fate going through the doors will be lost to time itself.” Pisces said dejectedly.
“I see. The information that you have given me has helped a great deal and I am able to understand what is going to happen next.” Karly slowly got up and looked at the wall that this temple had given Pieces.
She looked up and saw Pisces’s emblem gone. She gasped and screamed out for if Pisces was truly gone, they were in the dark of what was going to come. The powerful groups no longer had an edge to this unforeseen age because of their lord they worshipped was now gone. Many people rushed to Karly’s aid but soon gazed upon the emblem no longer there.
****
Five mysterious figures stood in front of an ancient doorway with doorknockers that predated ancient civilization stood in front of it. The five members moved their hands back and forth in the same motion. Another man with long wavy hair stood in the center of the five members wearing green slacks and a white jacket.
“Push the motions back and don’t stop” The man said greedily.
The other five members continued moving their hands in front of the door pushing out their energies and magic. The door before them didn’t move. The man frowned and ordered the men once more.
“We have to go back to the past, Karly said that the child is a boy.” The man said.
The men looked at their leader who was doing all he could to get gain entrance into the past. He was fighting for the Light Group. He wanted to prove to Cersin, Grody and Eagan to do anything he could. He wanted them to know his name was Coen. He would do anything and find a way.
The other five members continued once more and repeated their motions but found it impossible as the door didn’t budge. The man grew angry and walked up to the door banging on it.
“Why won’t it open!” he roared.
Water poured in a stream around them and on the ground the image of Aquarian smiled at them. “The gateways and portals are closed. You have to have my permission to enter to the past, present and future, and I dare say you that you don’t have it.”
The doorway faded away and the waters faded away with Aquarian chuckling in the background. Neil growled and roamed away from the five members. He had to find out what they could do. Going back to the past was easy in the Pisces’s Age but this guardian was hard pressed. The man knew that they had to take drastic measures that ensured their own visions were seen.
****
Karly sat reading at a table and sighed. Coen sauntered up to Karly and sighed. She looked him over and rolled her eyes.
“What is it, Coen?” she inquired him.
“I went to many ancient doorways and wanted to go back in the past to destroy this child, but was ambushed.” Coen said.
“Ambushed?” she said.
“The new guardian said that no one can go through. I left and the other members tried to finish the ritual and they were met with a bad fate.” He simply stated.
“You left them there?” she queried him.
“I did but it was wrong, they served their purpose but now we know that. We must hunt for the child more so. We need to have a search party to find the child. If we use our psychics we will be able to find it. When you went to Pisces, we got the one piece of information that we needed and found the gender but it cost us.” Coen mentioned.
The doors opened up and Hans walked in ragged, “that would be true but it is more than that. We need to search for the children that will be associated to this.”
Karly and Coen turned to him annoyed, “what are you doing here, Hans? The Celic Group is out trying to reclaim the past?”
“No. I am here to give my assistance. You need to know that Aquarian Watcher is still out there and to find him or her is important but it is delicate to find the other children. Remember, we are at war now.” Hans said desperately.
“How can we trust you?” Coen sneered.
“You don’t have to… but what I say will help you avoid the fate of what my departed Ara had to endure.” Hans said.
“I see. So, you say a truce?” Karly asked.
“Indeed.” Hans said.
Coen and Karly glanced at one another and walked over to him and shook his hand.
****
The moon twinkled in the distance as the clouds raved over the sky. The winds pushed through the lands and some animals howled in the distance. A woman with bobbed brown hair sparkling eyes held an infa
nt bundled in a blue blanket with an Aquarian symbol on it, smiled down at him. She held the infant gently in her arms, standing on the sidewalk then gazed up the night telling her different of the night. She looked down at the sleeping infant and placed him in a weaved basket.
“You are the child, I have been looking for. My dear, you will change the world. No matter what the world will do to you, one day you will hold strong to this. Who would have thought things turned out this way?” She surveyed.
The child moved slightly in his weaved basket. She leaned forward and kissed the child’s forehead. “You will be marked with greatness, Skipper. I have known for a long time because the stars said you would come.”
The woman sauntered across the street and placed the child on the doorstep. She reached into her pocket and put a note inside the basket. She rang the doorbell and ran away. The door opened up and a couple looked down to see the sleeping child. The woman picked up the basket and the man took the note with the name, Skipper on it.
****
Years later, a young teenage boy of fourteen sat on his bed and gazed up at the ceiling. Dozens of discarded clothes laid all over the floor. Dirty dishes were all over the floor and furniture. Game systems with some half-stuck cheese and pizza stuck to the controllers. Some small trash bags leaned against the wall in the corner near the door. He sighed and ruffled his blond curly hair. His hazel eyes twinkled with mischief. He scowled looking at his hands refracting blue and green energy. He didn’t understand what was going on with him. The boy flicked his fingers to the side trying to push away the strange energy developing in his hands. He sighed and got off his bed then walking to the window. Night had fallen and he had gazed at the people strolling about.
The doors open up and a couple enters in. Skipper quickly put his hands behind his back for it to not be seen by the man. The older man with grayish hair scowled at the boy.
“Skipper Townsend, why is this room still a mess?” the man asked.
“Sorry, Dad, I will clean it up,” Skipper commented.
The man gazed around and scowled again. “Look, I know your birthday was only a few days ago, but cleaning up this room is important. You are a part of this family it is time for you to understand that responsibly is prudent. Your mother and I would like to talk to you soon.”
Skipper nodded and sighed when his father left the room. He looked down at his hands and feared that he was sort of some freak. After he turned fourteen, these powers started to show up. Skipper made excuses to not go to school based on his condition at the present moment. Skipper was afraid something was wrong with him. He paced around his room wondering what his parents would need to tell him that would be so important. Skipper wanted to avoid them as much as possible until he had a handle on his current problem at hand.
Chapter Four
Skipper tapped his mechanical pencil against his desk. He continued to look the clock on the wall noticing that the time wasn’t moving any faster. He had wished for the day to be over with. Several other students around him were talking and throwing paper balls at one another. Skipper sighed as he was sitting in detention for no reason. He looked out the window watching the sun over the cloudless sky. It wasn’t his fault he fell into the school jock while his hands were glowing. Skipper wished he was somewhere else and not here. Other students continued to play around in the classroom. The teacher came in and sat the desk. He opened a magazine and ignored everyone. Skipper sat in his seat pondering what he would do. He began to long for something different and far away from school.
A student near him with red hair pulled back into a ponytail with brown eyes looked at Skipper with admiration. She looked around herself and noticed all the other students doing whatever they desired. She reached into her backpack and pulled out a letter. She tapped Skipper’s hand and he turned around to look at her.
“Jenny? What’s up?” he interrogated her.
She giggled and gave him the note, “I wanted to give you this.”
He took the note and began to read it. Skipper blushed a little as he turned back to Jenny who only smiled.
“Really?” He asked her.
“Yes. I would you go with me?” she requested.
“Sure,” he smirked looking at her.
The bell rang and all the students got up to leave. Jenny and Skipper continued to look at one another as if the world was fading behind them.
“I better go.” Jenny said bragging her bag and running out the door.
Skipper picked up his bag and headed for the door. He chuckled to himself for a girl asked him to a dance. He was in aww of his good fortune. The sun began to beat down on the ground as Skipper walked home. He felt his hands began to glow and heat up with energy. He shook his hands a few times to let out the energy. Day by day it was getting worse where he couldn’t control it. Incidents like this morning were getting out of hand. He had dentition because everyone thought he had caused the fight. Skipper sighed then walked home. In the distance, a figure began to watch him then disappeared.
Hours later, Skipper sat on his bed flicking his hand back and forth trying to turn off the magical energy displaying from his hands. He wanted to make it for the dance in few weeks on Friday so he could take Jenny to the dance. Skipper fell back onto his bed looking up at his ceiling. Stars began to move as the light reflected against it. Skipper closed his eyes to dream.
****
Karly sat at her desk looking over the recent data on the large computer. She put her head against the desk then sighed loudly. She closed one eye and opened the other. She was now up against the wall trying to find out more answers to find the child of prophesy. She had spent many years to find him or her. The Celic Group had failed and she needed to find out before her time was up. Karly raised her head and pressed a few buttons then got up. She huffed and puffed as the time was coming to an end before she had to deliver some results. As she turned and began to leave, the computer began to beep. Karly turned around and grimaced as she treaded over to see a light beep in one city. She pressed the button and moved in closer to see it was the United States. Karly scowled again then pressed the button to zoom in.
With each click of the screen, the image became bigger. Karly looked down at the town and saw the light fading then glowing. She left and closed the door behind herself. She wasn’t sure if she should take this one. Many other times the computer blinked and it was wrong. Karly rolled her eyes and dialed on her phone.
“Hello, Showman. I want you to go to this place. I will text you the coordinates but I want you to go there to find anything out for me. Can you do that?” Karly asked.
Silence reigned on the other end then a gruffy’s man voice resounded against the static of the phone. “Sure, Karly.”
“Please get there and let me know when you find something. I will be there shortly. I don’t want Hans or Coen to know about anything just yet.” Karly turned then strode away hanging up on the phone.
****
The morning dew hit the leaves as the butterflies hit each flower. Bees buzzed dropping pollen as they moved from plant to plant. Many students walked about heading to class. Skipper stood off to the corner looking at Jenny talk to her friends. He sighed and hid behind one of the buildings. Green and blue energy began to emit from his hands. Skipper began to shake out his hands to release the magic. He leaned his head back to the wall hoping the magic would fade from his hands. The pulsating sensation increased. Skipper shook out his hands once more then turned to run as the light began to increase.
Gray, blue and green blurred into one as he ran. Skipper ran home to escape the pressures of the magic flowing through him. He quickly opened the door and ran to the bathroom. Skipper turned on the foist and looked at his reflection. He splashed water on his face and slapped it a few times.
“What’s happening to me?” Skipper asked himself out loud.
His changes were becoming more frequent. He needed to escape soon otherwise everyone would find out. He tou
ched the mirror with his hand and feared how strong and weak he was becoming. Skipper’s eyes began to emit a glowing energy. He shook his head and his eyes turned back to its normal color. Skipper walked out of the bathroom and marched to his room. He leaned against the doorframe and stared up at the Aquarius Constellation.
“My love for the stars might cost me everything.” Skipper noted to himself.
He strolled to his bed and fell onto it. The world seemed to fade around him as he slipped into slumber trying to forget what happened before.
****
Blue matched blue as the waters calmly swayed against a fisherman’s boat. The dusk of the night shadowed over the ocean as the passenger moved back the cloak from the face. The passenger moved the paddles against the ocean that began to ramble against it. The winds shifted blindly then the passenger paddled hard. The clouds parted and an image of a water jar poured into the ocean to calm. The passenger looked up to see the star constellation of Aquarius smiling down. The sky began to swirl in a heavy light show of spiraling colors then swirled down to the boat. The passenger yelped as the magical light began to materialize in the boat. Some sparkles fluttered about and Aquarian sat holding his water bearer jar. He looked at the passenger and smiled.
“Remember hero, your time will come and it will you be who will save the world and the galaxy.” Aquarian quoted.
“What do you mean?” The passenger asked.
“Because your birth has been predicted before you were born. You have a journey to help this world, humanity and the galaxy. What humanity does will be the test to the rest of the galaxy. It is your free will that will make it known. Remember the pact.” Aquarian declared.
The waters swooshed back and forth as Aquarian continued to look the passenger. The stars above moved like birds.
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