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Another skeleton scene. This needs fleshed in and more than a little work but I had to get it written down. Just wanted to see what y'all thought!


The Council Begins

In a secluded glen, near the city of Asailia, a woman took one last look at the stars. Their lights were nearly eclipsed by the illumination emanating from the nearby city lights. She sighed. It would be a long time before she would see them again.

Times would be hard; life would be risky for young and old alike. She prayed to those in the life hereafter she would survive to open the door again. Her people had been massacred, her own life almost cut short. Had that apprentice not spirited her out of the palace as her family lay dying, she would’ve been there beside them.

She jumped when a hand lightly touched her shoulder. “My lady, it’s time to go in,” her friend advised.

“Another minute, Jossa, please.”

“There’s no more time, my lady. We must go in. The door will seal shut; we must be inside when it does. It will not open again until the time is nigh.”

“Yes, of course. I know you’re right. I just shudder to think what it will be like when the door does open again. Will that city be there? So much will change. It frightens me.”

“All will be clear when to door opens again.”

Jossa patted her on the shoulder. “Come. What we do now will be enough to help keep this world until the time is right.”

In the weeks since her rescue she had come to understand what this was about and how it would help.

“The Siikers. Are you sure we’ll be shielded from them?”

“Yes, my lady. There’s no more time. We must go in now.”

The woman took one last look at the night sky. She could see the light of the vehicles going along the newest road built and funded by her family. Ungrateful… She walked through the doorway, it closed with a hiss as it was sealed behind her.

One set of eyes watched the two women go through the doorway and heard the door seal shut. It watched as the elevated door slowly descended into the earth, leaving no sign of its existence. That set of eyes was joined by two others.

The original set turned to the others.

“Remember…”

“Yes, I will.”
“I will…”

The Council had just formed.