Two different lights, elemental projections as they were known as, burst out from one being, Kaiden. This time there were some changes in the lights. The dark one had hints of violet and the white had hints of gold in it. The lights formed a strange but beautiful pattern in the sky as their color changed tones. The dark one fused with the violet, becoming darker. The white one also fused with the gold and changed to a shining gold light. The lights then intertwined and formed a symbol of galaxy with a mixture of black gold in it. All this while, Kaiden was still screaming but everyone's eyes were on the symbol in the sky.
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In a space where time was a servant of itself. A place where the elements played around like kids, where elements changed their structures and properties, fire became water, wind became earth, shadow became light, metal became lightning, fire healed injury and all sought of weird and insane phenomenon, a being floated. It was a blend of gold and black. The dark parts of it sucked in the elements like a blackhole while the gold parts empowered and embraced the elements. But still with all this happening, all the chaos, amidst the chaos, there was harmony. And the harmony was caused by the floating and glowing being. Upon closer look, the being looked like Kaiden but without facial features.
As it floated in the vast expanse of nothingness and everythingness, chaos and order, a huge hand with the same color as the being just more refined and beautiful took hold of him. A breeze passed through the being and its glow became brighter. It's commanding aura, devouring aura, destruction aura, creation aura, harmonic aura, all the auras which were causing the unnatural and natural phenomenon became more robust.
"GO!" Was what was heard in that space, and everything went back to normal. The being vanished, the majestic hand which commanded authority also disappeared like it was never there, and all the elements faded from existence.
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Kaiden's body inside the elemental projections was going through some changes, changes associated with awakening. He was awakening as a Naturae, one who didn't need the aid of awakening stones but that wasn't the important part. The important part was what came with awakening an element. There were many traits which came with awakening, but they had been classified into two. One was Appearance traits, and an example was Sir Reindolf's wing tattoo on his forehead. The appearance could be change of eye color to represent your element, tattoos related to it or elemental coverings like scales. The second was Enhancement traits. This one was more related to the awakened as the element just mutates a certain quality of the person to help the person control the element more easily and effectively. An example was Captain Liam's almost beast-like aura. Enhancement could be anything as long as it aided the mage. That didn't mean that the Appearance traits were useless. They were more of passive abilities which had their own abilities. Some of these abilities could be either related to the element or something else. But they were more for active support while the Enhancement trait was more of passive support. Captain Liam's beast-like aura made him resemble an illusion beast when he used his element. Not appearance wise but skill wise.
Talking of changes, Kaiden had stopped screaming or more like he had passed out from the pain. The projections had dimmed down but in its place was a projection of two beings, one covered in a white glow and the other in a dark violet glow. Their appearances couldn't be seen, just their forms, which were feminine. The white one had eight wings on its back while the violet one had eight tails. Before anyone could understand what was happening, they vanished like they were never there. In fact, everyone forgot about them the moment they disappeared. In their place was a bloodied Kaiden. He was covered in black blood from head to toe and still bleeding from every pore on his body. The medics quickly rushed to take care of them while Sir Reindolf addressed the cadets. The two captains went with the medics to check up on Kaiden and report his awakening to the higher ups. Greg and Echo followed them with permission from Sir Reindolf.
"I know what most of you are thinking. That is just stupid thinking. If you are to awaken as a Naturae, just like Kaiden, then you will go through the same kind of torture he went through. That's how Naturae awaken, and we can't stop it. If you do, you will die that's why Wilbur was taken away by the captain. Normal awakening is more simple and easier than what you just witnessed. There's a possibility of strange being-like projections for some normal awakening. These mean something which would help the mage later in the future. So don't fret. Unless you experience a Naturae awakening, this won't happen to you." Sir Reindolf said. He talked of the projection but what exactly it was, they couldn't remember. All they would ever remember was that there are being-like projections but whether Kaiden had activated one, no one would remember.
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In a world where portals could be seen almost everywhere, in a huge bluish violet portal, a voice sounded from it. The voice was a bit aged but strong. So strong and commanding that all movements and works came to a stop to listen to it.
"The ÀʤĐđðʩʚʛĥʞijɱɮɸɸʊᾪ has awakened. Prepare the younger generation to choose the 10 Escorts. We must have a hand in the new design of the universe because He will be coming to us soon."
Expressions of shock and awe was present on the faces of these people who leaved in portals as they stopped whatever they were doing and followed that voice's orders.
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In another world where time flowed in confusing patterns; a place where the past, present and future were moving simultaneously but in harmony without causing chaos, a voice filled with timelessness resounded on all planets in that world. It carried a similar message of the earlier world causing its inhabitants to go into a state of shock and awe.
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In other worlds, the same was happening as the message was passed around. They had seen that light and that symbol, and they were sure it had started. The prophecy had started and all those who doubted it would be in for a nasty surprise. The bad thing though was that they couldn't find the source of the light plus who caused it nor the planet or world. It was like it never happened.
With this frustrating outcome, they all set out to prepare for He-who's-name-cannot-be-mentioned-by-mere-mortals. After all, they will meet him sooner or later.
One phenomenon had caused the universe to move. This was start of the story of Kaiden Arkonius.
Shadow and Light in One Being.