Gift of the Pheonix

A Story by Anjelika

Hey guys. this is a story im doing about a boy whos destiny is to save the world from its eternal darkness that was caused by the pheonix as a curse.

When the flame that had been burning for the last ten centuries of time fell to a sudden wisp and winked out of existence, the group of women and men knew they were about to witness something rare. But they did not know that they were about to witness something devastating. They stood in the center of an upper room of a dungeon that was shewn out of a rock, circled by dusty windows open in every direction to the sky beyond. A chill air slowly crept into the room, past the circle of the cloaked figures and into the ashes left by the flame. One by one, the cloaked figures departed from their standing position to place the crystal sphere, also known as the gift of remembrance, upon the gigantic stone plate where the flame was once burning. The gift was more then often said to bring back life and brightness back into the universe once the flame dies out. The council knew that their ancestors were trained and tested for this very day. And after all the past generations of the council; they were the last ones.

Ahmed, the head of the council, gave Leila a warning glance. She was the youngest and the last out of the group to deliver her gift of remembrance. She took a deep breath and forced herself to control her shaking hands. Even a minor scratch of one of the spheres would mean that the council had failed there duty to deliver it to the ashes of the flame. But know one knew what exactly would happen if they failed. But what they did know was that it wouldn’t be good.

Just don't drop it. She thought.

All awareness in the room turned to Leila. Suppressing her nerves, she focused and withdrew into herself. Her vision withdrew too until all she saw was the remains of the eternal flame in front of her. As she started taking steps towards it, gradually slowing them down each time, she felt the sphere warming up against her skin, reverberated with painful sparks of electricity. Everything was silent. Only the thumps of her footsteps remained. As time was slipping Leila had the odd feeling of eternity pausing and claiming this one moment that would engrave its mark on history.

Before she knew it she was standing directly in front of the distinguished flame. Her eyes looked down at the sphere in her hands. It was shaking more vibrantly then ever before. The electrical sparks were pinching at her trembling hands, that were burning of the spheres agonizing heat. She felt tears welling up inside her eyes as she bit on her bottom lip to take her mind of the pain coming from the sphere. Leila had remembered that each member must sing out a chant whilst holding the gift of remembrance in it's destined place after it is put there without letting go to complete the final ritual. You can do this. The quicker it's finished, the sooner this will end. As she repeatedly kept telling herself that, she let out a deep breath and started to sing.

Leila felt the song begin within her; and sang it with more then just her voice. The magic carried out the song across the entire land to every soul in it. Leila felt immersed with power; her body pulsating with the sphere. But when the last note had been sung, the magic and the power had died away with it.

Her gift of remembrance was remaining still in its place after she pulled her grip out of it. I did it. The sides of her mouth curled up into a smile as soon as she met the eyes of Ahmed. And not a second later she was surrounded by joy and triumph from the rest of the council. But as soon as Ahmed started to speak, everyone in the room fell into silence.

“ I am proud to say that we have succeeded our master. And we will forever pay tribute to our ancestors that have prepared us for -” Just as he was about to finish his sentence, the scream of a women stopped him in his speech.

Leila stared open mouthed at the sight before her. A veil of darkness swept over the land, aproching them, concealing every bit of light. But just as the peoples eyes were adjusting to the darkness, a spark of fire landed itself in the middle of the room. As the uncontrollable flame started to grow, the members of the council started backing further away from the center circling around the magnificent sight. The only light anywhere in the land was now inside the dungeon.

The people have realized the fire had now started to mold itself into a gignatic pair of wings that rose high up into the ceiling. Ahmed stared at the mighty figure. Do my eyes deceieve me? He questioned as the fire started to mold its self further into the shape of a bird.

The Pheonix.

Ahmed watched the mighty creature emerge right before his eyes.

(too be continued. story not finished yet.)

© 2015 Anjelika

Author's Note

this is for a project at school where we have to write a story about a historical discovery that links the ancient and present times together. It has to also include a problem that occurs from the historical discovery and a solution at the end. And it has to be 1000-2000 words! anyway please give me feedback! i want to get atleast a B. thankyou! :)