Chatpers 1

 

 

Chapter One

            The professor raced down the corridor at a sprint. He knew what the palace guards would do to him if they caught him tonight, but that didn’t matter now. If he failed, nothing would matter. His old legs were starting to tire. He was not even halfway there.

            By the time he reached the experimentation lab that was his to use, his old bones were burning painfully.

            “I have not burned so many calories so quickly since I was four hundred years old. No matter, it is our survival that counts” the professor knew he had until morning, but still felt a need to find the question quickly.

            This particular professor was one of the three professors of magic at the palace. Each was in turn a wizard, and each had his own area of expertise. His was prophecy and ancient runes. He had in his sleep come across an answer to something. He knew that his dreams were always prophecies, but since they were dreams, they were difficult to remember.

            In this dream, he came across an answer without a question. Depending upon the question, the answer could have several meanings. He searched the books of prophecy and charts of calculation. The one with the question was in a book of prophecy. The question was a complicated maze of runes. It would take time to decipher it.

            The guards burst into the room. There were perhaps thirty of them, and they were well armed. The professor of magic knew he couldn’t defeat this many at one time. They strafed around until they completely surrounded him. The professor lifted his hands to the air in a form of surrender. One man, no, a servant in chains approached to bind and blind him.

            The professor’s eyes started to get a hazy aura to them. Then there was a great concussion to the air about him. The room fell silent, and all the candles went out.

            “I leave my sole to the chosen one of prophecy, may he accept my gift” and the life in his eyes left him as another more powerful blast erupted from within.

Author's Note

Hope you like reading it, i just revised it recently.