LORD OF DUX RESIDENCE ...…
The residence grew out of the manicured lawn like an infant castle, the nascent stone walls were pale grey showing large upper windows. Stone pillars by the entrance of the home, driveway grandiose sweeping into a circle in front of the dwelling with an ornate fountain in the Centre.
FELIX was taking a stroll grass underneath the sole of his shoes, his view hills of forestry of the woods surrounding his home. Fresh sunlight rays shinning on the trees, flowers in the garden moving in gust of the breeze of wind.
Felix's face stern, yet peaceful build firm tall hand placed behind in his back, navy shirt trouser neatly tucked in his waist and standing straight watching his grandson approach him walking towards him.
"Afternoon Sir"
"Neil early for your lesson today?"
"Yes, Grandfather today, finally l get to learn how to use the ring" fidgeting with a bright expression on his face
"Settle down you going to learn soon enough, now"
"Yes sir, so how old is CICERIO?"
"Few thousand years not entirely sure, however the ring usually guides the owner to his fate, though passed down in generations. Cicero is known to choose it true owner"
"Grandfather so you're saying the ring finally chose me as its owner?"
"Yes, making you unique when we gave it to you, that night we hoped though given as a gift down in generation, it would choose you"
"How do you know that it choose me, how does this have anything to do with my fate"
"My boy it showed you the future...…. That is why we are sure of now, as to your own destiny, it was rumored when the ring finds it owner a lot of chaos would occur and that why we're preparing you so hard for it".
"Sir what about her? The girl that a saw in the vision dying …. What is her importance to me?"
"Right boy when the right comes it will be clear, some advantages of the ring …. Anyways focus back to our lessons"
"Really but she didn't look she belongs here, she was different, her clothes were strange looking, and she was very beautiful too…..."
"Neil her appearance is not of importance …. Wait you seem to like her?" noticing the boy looking side blushing and scratching his head acting lost in thought.
"No l don't l just thought she was pretty ..." glancing away from his grandfather ,Shifting his weight from side to side.
"Not of importance now as we observed with your father, she sees to be from the future far away from ours, but what we do know is all of this will make sense late on"
"Now CICEO showed you the future that was at night, how about in day light, you brought the ring right?
"Yes, l have it, should l put it on now?"
"Neil try to relax and breathe when the future comes to your, put the ring on the middle finger and close your eyes alright?"
"Alright, l will try that" getting himself comfortable sitting on a nearby beach in the garden he closed his eyes and waited for a vision. CICERO as if knowing such prompted command quickly lead the boy into a vision which led to the scene.
A dark stormy night rain falling in heavy torrents in occasional intervals when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept the dust roads and shook trees fiercely.
A mountain trail created by the trees on the ground, footprints leaving depressions of the walker's foot, the forest obscured by bushes, fallen rocks sloped high valley. The path halted a cave appearing, ivy wound around the cave concealing the entrance that was a jagged opening, inside a dim although lit by tar-soaked torch fires spluttering and flaring in the corner of the cave.
The atmosphere heart thumping from the overhead of moss cold droplets of wet moisture of mist, the smell of bats and something more sinister that died in there.
In the gloom hunching figures lurked as the showed the guards of two men prowling from back and forth looking at the men which were captured sitting across them on the ground.
Two more men at the entrance patrolling armed in swords walking in turns on a look out in case they were disturbed. The cave was a long dry rocky pathway lit by linen lamps, leading to an open space of rocks and several open pathways and in the Centre of the space young men tied together by their backs with guards inspecting them. Four men sitting on wooden seats fire in the middle having their fill of meat hanging on a log stand of wild rabbit carcasses on the fire side and drinking merrily amongst themselves.
"We have the boys what do we have to do now?" Dante looked at the boys tied a distance from them, their plan was a reality.
"You know what do kill them, deliver their heads bleeding out on their family's residence, if we get no answers as instructed" with a calm tone Percy replied looking back at Dante who was medium height man with brown eyes and fair skinned with chiseled features.
"Dante still being soft just dumb and burn their bodies take care out it" Percy smirked with widened crazy look in his eyes and he seemed ready to spill blood without a shed of remorse. Percy was well built man, fine boned structure, hooded eyes with a blank expression and short combed hair.
"l apologize sir ..." Dante was not stupid to make a mistake of who Percy was though on the same side, he was a crazy killer when came to his targets and people in his way though Gaston had tight leash on the man.
"Now leave and check on the response of the nobles "Percy spoke looking at the young boys who looked in a frightened at what was going to happen to them. Dante also leaving the scene along the path out of the cave to the forest surrounding them.
As his eyes took him the forest scene departing into darkness before him again Neil woke from that vision slowly his eye lids opened up to the light of the day blinking until they fully opened in awareness of where he was again.
"Boy are you alright what did you see now?" Felix eyebrows raised in concern because a few hours passed with the boy remaining still and no response though normal in the ring showing visions, Felix had been sure he wouldn't be stuck in the dream world and come back.
Neil shifting his limps in movement from the sitting position he was in leaning on the bench he sat up straight. "I am alright, l was able to see visions in daytime in practice, it was just difficult to be back as easily as last time".
"Okay, l will teach you how bear your environment, so you be more to come back more easily"
"Yes sir, this one was a little strange though, l saw men tied in cave in a forest with some men standing guard' Neil recalled the scene again he saw to his grandfather.
"It.... seems the sons of the nobles … might in much trouble than we thought..."