'...spell....extra marital son... old memories.....new memories.....finally broken..... foes...'
Sitting on the edge of the cliff, these words kept ringing through Aldrin's head. He could understand why his father didn't want him to witness his death but there was much more he couldn't understand. Why did his father dare to wipe out his memory? What exactly did Eric mean when he called him his father's extra marital son? What exactly was he like when he was young?? Several questions ran through his head!!The whys, the hows and whats all cramped up in his head. Aldrin was starting to ache in the head due to all these questions.
"You will understand everything when the time is right!!" a strange voice filled his ears.
Aldrin turned around, only to find a tall elegant woman standing behind him. She had long hazel hair and seductive green eyes. She was clad in a long satin dress. She had two golden bangles on each of her arms and a golden necklace hang around her seducingly elegant neck.She had a white cloak slung over her shoulders. She smelt of fresh rose petal oils.
Kogra, Talon and Eric, Aldrin's friends had left a while ago after they were done training him a few more skills in swordsmanship.
"And who are you?What are you doing here??" Aldrin asked.
"Calm down young man!!" the lady said.
"How should I when a stranger comes around me??" Aldrin asked, looking at the lady, intensity in his eyes.
"Trust me Hogan!!I mean no harm!" the lady said.
"Whoa!!Hey!!Wait!!How dou you know my name??" Aldrin howled, jumping to his feet.
"I know everything about you, young man!!" the lady said, sitting on a boulder, beneath the tree Eric loved to lean on.
"And who are you?Why are you here?" Aldrin asked, completely awash by this mystery who claimed she knew everything about him.
"I'm Verbena, one of the few guardians!!" the lady, Verbena her name, said sounding calmer than Eric was.
"What are you a guardian of?? Why are you here??What do you want from me??How do you even know me??" Aldrin asked.
"I'm not going to tell you much but I'm here to warn you,young man!!There is a great trouble ahead of you!!You must be very careful!!" Verbena said.
"Wha..what??What on earth are you talking about??" Aldrin asked, looking down into the ravine below.
"There is a great trouble coming your way!!You must be very careful so as to tackle it!! Many secrets are going to be revealed, many hearts broken and many lives lost"Verbena said.
"Wait!!Are you some sort of messenger??"Aldrin asked, turning around to look at Verbena.
To his greatest surprise, she wasn't there anymore, only her sweet smelling scent. She had disappeared as suddenly as she had appeared.
"Whoa!!Where did you go??" Aldrin called, looking around the cliff and the mountainside. But she was nowhere to be seen, not a single bit.
"Ha!!"Aldrin scoffed, sitting on the edge of the cliff again, "you appear so suddenly and start to speak prophetic things and then you disappear so suddenly thinking I'm about to believe you!!Pfft!! Are you some kind of witch??"
After a while of silence, Aldrin finally stood up and headed for home, ignoring the woman's warning. In some way, the lady had made Aldrin forget about Eric's words. He nolonger had them running through his mind like they had been, just a few minutes ago.
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Back home....
"Hey brat!!Where have you been??" Esteria yelled, holding up a ladle.
Esteria was sometimes very tough and rude and others, polite and kind. She had an alternating temper.
"In the w..w..woods!!" Aldrin replied,reaching for a mug of water.
"Have you given the sheep hay??" Esteria asked, looking at Aldrin with a very serious look.
"But mother, what has Decloan been doing all day??" Aldrin asked,gulping down the water.
"Shut your mouth!!Poor boy is sick and you are making a fuss about him!!" Esteria yelled, hurling the ladle at Aldrin who dodged it with ease.
"Okay mother!!I'll do it!!" Aldrin said.
They did have about ten sheep which they took care of as a family, living in a small cottage in the outskirts of Synthius, just a small distance from the Synthian Forest.
Going around the back, Aldrin grabbed a haystack and carried it to the pen. He pulled up some water from the well,just nearby and poured it for the sheep.
"Come on silly animals!!" Aldrin said.
Next, he carried hay to the stable where Blister was.
"Eat up!!" Aldrin said, patting the brute's muzzle.