My name is Gabriella this is my story, and my warning.

Open and read a story so dark with desire, lust and search for power if you dare… but be on your guard and never let it draw you in as it did the last one … For it will consume your soul and shatter your heart and dreams leaving you in a place so dark and empty full of echoes of your greatest mistakes ringing your ears, with your senses reeling, screaming out for answers.. Is this reality or illusion, what sort of nightmare you have stepped into


CHAPTER ONE: THE MIST OF DECEPTION

All around me is darkness as my dark brown eyes; try to search through the dense thick mist and darkness for any resemblance of light and a way out. The moment I stepped foot off my home, the guardians of Avalon, Angel and Ava the heart and soul fell into deep sadness and with it a dark mist silenced their beating hearts and froze their souls.

This place is nothing like what I was expecting, a cold chill sweeps through a me and , my heart feels heavy and suddenly feels so empty and hollow with each step I take in to the dense web of false truths and images. Unable to see the path ahead clearly I rely on my instincts in hope they will lead me to safety and somewhere to rest. For unbeknown to me with each step the darkness is drawing out any strength and guidance I have and is replacing it with lies and deceit that feels like it is real and true.

In a land far away two best friends are practicing their fighting skills. As close as brothers but so different in every way, Valkan dark and mysterious teasingly mocks his best friend as their swords he uses his other hand to brush his flame red away from his dark brooding eyes " Ratio my friend, you can do better than that" he jokingly says to him.

A swordsman as good as his mate but just not quite as good, Ratio has always felt under his shadow and second best. Ratio Anchuu a loner and doesn’t trust many, cold and calculating at times but both will do anything for each other.

Young and a bit rebellious “I’ll show you better “he says out aloud as he calmly puts on his blindfold that he has always used, both will do anything for each other. As they practice trying to best one another’s skills and swordsmanship laughing and enjoying the challenge .A haunting and mournful sound is heard at the same time as the moon goes blood red sending chills up and down Valkans spine ... He has only seen this happen in his nightmares and never knew what it meant. Ratio seeing the look in his friends eyes stops in his tracks as he starts to feel hollow inside , at the same moment of time they drop their swords and fall on their knees and scream out ."WHAT DOES THIS MEAN AND WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US “not really knowing who they are screaming to.

Hoping to see a resemblance or glimmer of light in the distance I , try to scan the depths of mist surrounding but with each step a noise sound was made that made my bones chill and my nerves feel so raw. Every turn brought about excruciating sounds and images of a time long forgotten and long since buried.

As I try to make my way through the mist and fog I trip and falls on a root, putting my hand down to push myself up I feel a chill go through me and a something grab my arm, freezing afraid of what might be there but as I turns I see nothing but a fading figure, maniacally laughing echoing though echoing. "Did you think I could be forgotten so easily?" shaking with fright as every part of me goes numb as I shed a tear

All I hears are whispers and echoes of people and places, I know I must find a way out soon before it takes over my senses. But the deeper I go the more the mist twist and turn everything I believe in and know. Fears and nightmares seem to come alive in the mist torturing my mind and mocking me constantly.. As I stop and try to get my bearings but no matter where I turn everything looks the same, suddenly I feel my knees go weak and I fall feeling helpless and lost.
Ratio and Valkan feels something calling them ... Ratio places his blindfold back over his eyes reaches behind and ties it and picks up his swords, his two blades that have the join as one. ...his two swords are his hearts weapon for separately they are symbols of love and strength but when joined they are even stronger. Dark and mysterious Valkan picks up his long lightning blade that changes color but has yet to do .Valkans blade is unique in itself for only he can hold it and wield it. They look to each other and grin knowing how much their lives will change

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Lost in the heart of the mist I hear maddening cries calling out to me "you will never hide from then, they will find you and always hunt you down.. Shaking with fear and dread, my mind races trying to comprehend what it meant and who it meant by them. Memories fade; there is no sense of time around me. Figures and images dart in and out making me doubt my own sanity and decisions, Echoes of voices from the past mimic the ones in the present offering her guidance and hope from the despair of the mist. Not knowing what to trust any more, as I try to escape my clothes get snagged on a ragged branch of a rotting tree, eagerly I try to get free but the faster I go the more it gets tangled... "Oh what now, this seems hopeless, what am I going to do" I cry out loud. Figures and images dart in and out making her doubt herself and her decisions, Echoes of voices from the past mimic the ones in her present offering her guidance and hope from the despair of the mist.

Not knowing what to trust any more I close my eyes and seeks guidance from the ones I trust the most,, the angel of Avalon herself, for the first time all I can hear is silence as a tear. Wiping the tear away I start to wonder wonders what this means and why i am not able to hear them heart and soul of her home... Unbeknown, the two sisters have fallen into a deep slumber when the mist rolled over their home when the mist surrounded her and then froze the living heart of Avalon...

Without their love and guidance, I am starting to feel even more lost in a place trying to devour and torment my very being. As I see what looks like an exit I begin to runt of this dark and abysmal area, but in here it’s hard to tell night from day if it, or even just how long I have been in the mist. Seconds feel like hours stretching into decades. "Is it just a short while I've have been here or has it been longer? I really don’t know ". The mist seems to follow her with every step, no matter which path she takes fragments seep deep inside turning my thoughts and feelings around.

As I come to an end the what looks is a way out, a bolt of lightning breaks the mist show a bit of what I thinks is light so i start walking towards it seeing what is in front of me, I have entered one horrid nightmare into a place where the sky is bright and clear and a lake with crystal clear water " surely it will be safe enough for me if i drink from here , I am so thirsty " she thinks out loud as she bends down and scoops up a handful of innocent looking water and drinks .. Enjoying the coolness and refreshing taste of it not knowing what is it going to do.

Laughing and joking with each other Ratio and Valkan head off.

Deep inside himself he feels and hears the faintest hint of whisper, or is it just the breeze having some fun with his senses, it is something he has never felt before , an something that is so strong, that is pulling him and guiding him by itself and he has no will of his own..He turns on his heals searching for what could be making him feel this way.
Ratio stops and stretches with both hands on his blade and raising it behind himself with a bewildered look on his face.. "What’s wrong tired already Valkan?" Valkan turns to his friend "don’t you feel that ... Something pulling, I have can’t even describe what is feels like ... I have never felt it before. It is so immense and over whelming." Ratio shakes his head and shrugs and scoffs at his friend’s remark. "Whatever you say but I don’t feel anything, "Ratio replies as they start to move on again. As they walk for a bit they start to notice a single light glowing in the sky thinking nothing of it they walk on for a mile or so until Valkan sees another yet another one but this one seems to be moving as if it was following his every move, he tries to wipe away with his hand with a casual laugh and smile trying not to seem curious about it himself..The further they walked in the direction that are going Valkan couldn’t help but keep noticing the glowing moving lights in the night sky all moving around as if they were dancing but yet the closer they came to the source of the lights itself then they seemed to darken and almost go black as night. As they walk on further they come across what seems to a strange looking forest with a single glowing light in the darkness. Valkan drops his own swords and walks in by himself, not even his best friends voice as he calls out to him "Valkan what are you doing, what about your sword?" as he picks it and runs after him as he finally catches up he sees Valkan walk into what seems to like a vortex or porthole oblivious to everything around him, he reaches where Valkan was standing he sees his friend disappear into the vortex as it vanishes. Ratio looks around the area where his friend was but to no avail, to all it seems as though Valkan has just disappeared so Ratio decides to continue on in hope of catching up with his friend somewhere else. Ratio continues on his way not knowing if or when he will meet up with his friend again..In another part of time but still connected to where his friend is Valkan emerges from the vortex unaware of what he is come across now and what may lay ahead. Still thinking Ratio is behind him he calls “Ratio hurry up will you, I need my sword" but when he gets no reply he starts to get even more curious then as he turns around the vortex vanishes from sight, "great now how do I get back to where I was ?' he thinks to himself out loud. He decides to carry on and try and find a way back and out of where is he is. Valkan walks cautiously along surveying his new surrounding wishing for his trusty blade as he feels somewhat lost and alone without it.. From the time he stepped into this new place Valkan has sensed and felt despair all around him. There seemed no light or life. Destruction and decay lay abundant as far he can see ... death and decimation, the putrid stench of rotting corpses of flesh from those who dared to go further and failed.