Prologue
8:30AM
12TH December, 2022
Brad woke up feeling drowsy .His whole week's schedule had been packed. Today too his schedule was packed with shootings, meetings, fan signing and so on.
He moved to his bathroom, splashed water on his face and looked up to the mirror .His rich gold hair was messy and fell to his green eyes. His jaw was strong and sharp. He yawned, peeled off his clothing and stepped under the spray.
. . .
A knock sounded on the door as Brad stepped out of the bathroom, grunting he moved towards the door of his hotel room. He opened it to the face of his bleary-eyed secretary ,without saying a word he gestured him in.
'What is it?' Brad asked when they had finally both settled down.
'Um…you have a shooting at 10:00am sharp and in case you haven't noticed it's 8:50am'
'So…?'
'So…you have to get ready for the shooting. The hair stylist gets here by 9:15 and your clothes are to be sent here by 9:20,there is not enough time and you're asking moi so? In a nonchalant way? The driver is gonna…'he continued.
Brad suddenly got a beep from his phone. Seeing it was a message he clicked on it and read:
'Let's meet. I have something to tell you. It's really important'
He read the sender's info and saw it was Ariel. He and Ariel had been going steady for the past year, that was to say she was his girlfriend. He had been thinking of proposing to her. Seeing the seriousness of her message,he grabbed his jacket and dashed off. His secretary who was in the middle of his rant blinked, surprised by the sudden movement.
'Wher-where ARE you going?'his secretary called after him but he was long gone.
. . .
Ariel had told him to meet her at the 19th avenue which was weird because they normally met at her five-star restaurant.
On getting there he saw a black-clothed man who ushered him into a vacated building. The first person he saw was Ariel.
'What's going on,Ariel?'he asked. He felt a sudden burst of pain on his side. He turned and saw a rough-looking man lunge at him, knife in hand and the intent to kill in his eyes. Brad sidestepped, being an action actor he was used to fighting. He kicked the man on his leg,twisted his arm to make him drop the knife and punched him in the face to knock him out.
'Brad,look out!'a shout from Ariel.
Brad turned right in time to see another attacker charge at him, this time Brad broke a few bones
'Stop it.Please stop!'Ariel begged. Brad spun to see a skinny-looking man trying to force himself on Ariel.
Brad 'Stop it!'
'I should?'A bout of ominous laughter. The skinny man smirked.
Brad 'WHAT DO YOU WANT?'
'You and this bitch's death'
Brad 'Why?'
' 'Cause she was mine before you stole her from me. I'll kill both of you'
Smirking he brought out a revolver and shot once at Brad's chest then at his head…
And all was black.
. . .
Chapter One
It was dark and he was floating…trapped in oblivion…
'Young Master Stelen, it's time to wake up'
As if his body was waiting for a command, he woke up
'Young Master, it's time for your bath'
EH,YOUNG MASTER…
Why were the maids addressing him like that?
…maids…they were dressed like that…so
Oh yes we were probably acting…
But why do I feel so small?
Climbing out of the bed, he moved to the bathroom ignoring the stares of the maids and looked at the mirror. Gone was the golden hair and green eyes. What faced him had azure eyes, glossy and thick black hair long enough to brush his nape, a long straight nose and red lips.
And…and h-he was a…child.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
'This cannot be true, just a foolish dream, just a…'he trailed off as his memories flooded back.
'Ehhhhhhhhh!'he shrieked .
. . .
TWO WEEKS LATER
He had finally figured it out .He had been reincarnated…into a movie script. He was to go the movie's first shooting b-before he… died.
The director was still contemplating how to end it which was weird because you didn't start calling actors when the script was not ready, that is completed. His manager did not even want to accept the job but he had changed his mind when the director had personally appealed to him.
Brad had remembered going through the script. It was nice,the kind that immediately got movie fans. He really liked it and all the other reincarnation scripts and books. But he had not imagined to get reincarnated into a script though he had graciously adapted to his new life.
The story was about Stelen. Rude,mannerless and cruel could not described him well enough. Being born into a wealthy and influential family and to dotting parents,he used his power to do cruel things to the weak,poor,powerless.Like slapping maids around ,destroying lives and marriages: not for any purpose but simply because he could,as well as being rude to other nobles of lower rank,offering money instead of to apologise for something he had done wrong or to someone he had wronged.
Inshort, he was a bastard and everyone's enemy. People probably plotted how to do something bad to him.
When the director pleaded with his manager,he dropped hints of Stelen dying in the end.
However, one thing bothered Brad:the script started in the teen life of Stelen…but he was reincarnated to before that. That is,his childhood.
When you got reincarnated to another realm, the time during which you reincarnated to is very essential. For example,you got reincarnated into a world where there is war. Going back several years were there was no war could change a lot as well as nothing. That is to say within that span of a few years you could miraculously stop the approaching war but you could also achieve nothing. Same goes if you were reincarnated years after the war.
Brad could not get a plausible reason why he was reincarnated into this aspect of Stelen's life but it was really okay .He would just blend in.
In the last fourteen days, Brad tried his best to adapt and the result was to get inquiring questions of his health from his mother Gwendolyn,his father Charles and from the maids.
Though five days ago, he had had a breakthrough with his younger adopted brother,Albert.
. . .
FIVE DAYS AGO
Kingdom of Vlarines
The Duchy of Yloria
The Grand Library,Zlix
Stelen had ran away from his lessons. He really wanted to learn about the universe he was in but it was hard when tutors and maids where crowding you and telling you what to. Right now he would kill for his former simple life,to chill in a warm bubble bath,sipping a tropical juice and reading a romance book.
He stopped at the gate of the library .The gate was quite grand .It was made up of oak and gold with jewels embedded in it. He pushed it open with a creak. It was silent and the only sound was his boots clicking on the wooden floors. When he stopped walking,he asked:
'Is anyone here?Hello?Hello?'
But the only answer he got was the echoes of his voice .Creepy
The sound of boots clicking on wood resonated as he started walking. Signs and catalogues had been put up for easy navigation.
Science
History
Leisure
Art
Magic
He took several books from the several sectors.What interested him the most was magic.
Was this universe a magical world?Did they have wizards?Mythical creatures?
He opened the first book on magic.
…Water…Earth…Fire…Air…
The four main elements.Amongst the high-ranking nobles,that is the dukes,duchess,marchionesses, marquis,counts and countesses,many were blessed with powers-magic.Water,earth,fire,air were the main elements.
Ofcourse there were also exceptions;viscounts,barons,baronets,gentlemen and commoners that were blessed with this magic but such situations were very rare.Most nobles were blessed with their powers at a very young age of 5-9 though they were still late bloomers who got theirs at the age of 12-16.Some got theirs when they were passing through painful experiences like bullying,when they are afraid,when they are hurt or they loved ones are, several got theirs when they were angry or on just any other day.And some never got theirs.
Every two to three decades,this two phenomena happens.
…Water…Earth…Fire…Air…were the main four elements,however,a few were able to master two or more of the four elements.Only five persons in the history of magic were able to perform this_King of Vlarines Augustin John Lystrade ,Duchess of Yloria Gwendolyn Janet Alexanda, Marquis of Vlaes Felix August Andrew , Baroness of Vylad Margaret Iris Jacquel,late Sir Philip Duncan Fredrick of Arionna .
The second phenomenon:in the history of magic only two persons were able to do this,that is late Queen of Vlarines Louisiana Annette John-Thomas Lystrade and Katherine Hilda James.They were able to create a diversion from the main four elements.Katherine James created Healing magic.
To achieve this a noble had to be blessed with one of the elements and be able to use it from the environment.
For example,Katherine James was a commoner blessed with earth magic and was able to use the soil from the environment to heal when she learnt how to fully use her magic.Her magic grew to the point that she could conjure up the soil from nothing and use it to heal.
Queen of Vlarines Louisiana Annette John-Thomas Lystrade was blessed with air power.She could create whirlpools, wind storms,thunderstorms.Her magic was so beautiful and strong that when she activated it could cause damage to that of the whole area.
Ehhh! That was pretty cool!
Stelen was about to pick up another book when
Thunk!
'Who's there?'his question echoed back to him.Creepy
'Who's there?Show yourself!'