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Echos of Time

Karitsa pushed open the door. There were four other children inside, all of which were older than her. She presumed that these were the other children she was supposed to be working with at whatever it was her family had sent her to do. As she moved through the door, the slings holding Caradir slipped and the tip of the long blade tapped the floor. Karitsa instantly and without so much as a thought to the others pulled the sword back up into place.
 
As the remaining children walked into the room noname smiled slightly and said quietly "Prote il Meti". Then he closed his eyes as a flash of light temporarily blinded everyone in the room. When vision was restored he was standing in a doorway in the middle of the room. "Follow me everyone..." He said as he turned around and walked through the door, beginning to walk down a long hallway towards the main palace.

{Btw... I'm using the language of toiren for most of my vocal spells and for the names of certain things... Effectively translated Meti means "Light" and Aishi means "Dark". Just fyi.}
 
Kheran shut his eyes as a flash of brilliant light hit them. Other than that, he hardly moved. When he opened his eyes again, the first boy was standing in a doorway in the middle of the room. Kheran nodded when he was told to follow the boy and did so. He began walking down a long hallway. Keeping his hands in his pockets, he followed silently. He guessed there would be a room where the elders were, considering anything else would be a disappointment, and a waste of his time.
 
Flavious blinked hard as he walked down the hall, following one of the older kids. Being enveloped by light wasn't the most pleasant experience of his life. Despite the exciting and strange situation (of which would normally excite him to bits), Flavious was frowning. The other kids never did give him their names. Oh well. They would find out soon enough that curiosity in Flavious' hands was like a dangerous weapon in the hands of a maniac. He walked quickly, moving so he was right behind The older, official looking kid at the lead. He would have gone to the very front, but he wasn't really sure where he was going.
 
Kheran watched the younger kid walk quickly past him. He wasn't so offended by the fact that the kid had gotten in front of him, but the kid was jumpy, and it put Kheran on edge. He pushed the kid behind him roughly and gave him a sharp look.
 
As the flash of blinding light filled the room, Avery closed her eyes tight. She opened them again, and waited for her eyes to adjust to the regular lighting. She watched as the three boys started walking away. She gave a look at a girl who had entered the room moments before, and with a curious look on her face, Avery hurried to follow the others. She, of course, was still silent, but inside she was jumpy with anticipation. Her mind was full of questions, and all she wanted to do was find out what everything was all about. There was a small twinge of sadness, and homesickness from her hometown of Shadai, but Avery knew she had to move forward, even though this place was full on unfamiliarity.

She saw Kheran push the younger boy back, and Avery felt shocked at this. She opened her mouth like she was going to say something, but no words came out. But her expression said enough about how she was feeling, as her eyes were wide and she looked a bit concerned for the younger boy.
 
As the children filed into the room noname dropped to his knees and bowed his head to the elders, Who were sitting in three thrones in the centre of the room. "I have brought the other children like you requested..."
"Very good noname. Now, We have requested you all here because the realm of Meti is being corrupted. We are worried that if the meti falls that the corruption will spill over to Aishi. Each of you have strong talents and are pure of heart, Two qualities needed to survive in the corruption. Now... Are you up to the challenge?
 
Kheran dropped to one knee, just as the first youth did, in a sincere bow. Then he said, "Yes Elder, I am." At first, he was overwhelmed with honor. But then, he realized that this meant that he would be spending quite a long time with this group of kids. He may have had an objection to being around the jumpy little kid, but he did not express this to the elders. It would be disrespectful, and he would seem very much like a child himself. He didn't want to whine because he was being picky.
 
Karitsa gave what was pretty much a curtsey as she dropped to her knee. Before now she had only been told she was to undertake a mission with others. The corruption of Meti was news to her, but she felt she was used to people not telling her things. In general nine year old girls were not told everything about everything. Still, the 'noname' kid probably knew the important stuff already, since the elders knew him.
"I far as I can know, I am, Elder," she replied.
 
Seeing a few of the kids kneel down, he figured he'd better do the same. With the weight of the swords at his belt however, he lost his balance and fell to his knees rather loudly. He muttered a quick "Sorry" in case he had annoyed anybody (he had come to the realization that it can be useful to apologize ahead of time). His attention was averted to the conversation between the older kid (who's name he still didn't know), and one important looking person whom Flavious figured was an elder.

As he listened, he heard the elder call the kid "Noname". "Ok, so I know one name now..." Flavious thought. Flavious looked up as the elder addressed all of them.

"Now, We have requested you all here because the realm of Meti is being corrupted. We are worried that if the meti falls that the corruption will spill over to Aishi. Each of you have strong talents and are pure of heart, Two qualities needed to survive in the corruption. Now... Are you up to the challenge?"

Flavious shot straight and announced, "You can count on me! Yep yep yep!" Then he sat back down, a little embarrassed.
 
Dropping to her knees and bowing, Avery listened to every words that came out the of elder's mouth carefully. She herself had to wonder if she was actually up to the task, and she was a bit doubtful at first. Avery studied the faces of the others around her, and concluded that she was probably the only one who was doubting her abilities. But she remembered that she was one of the chosen to go, so maybe she was up to the challenge. She nodded and smiled when she was finally confident in her decision.

"Yes, I'm sure I am."
 
"Hmm... Very well... Then i grant you each the power of ishen... And then noname will lead you out of town and explain your mission..." As he said this five different colour orbs floated to the children, slowly absorbing into their chest in the general area of their heart.

As noname stood from the bow he accepted the silver ball that floated near him and shuddered slightly as he felt a silver glow exude from his body, losing his balance a bit as the glow faded. Then he went to the wall and again said "il prot Meti" As another flash-bang occurred and he walked through the passageway, Standing about halfway down waiting for the other children.
 
Flavious was a bit mystified, but nonetheless accepted the colored orb into his chest. After once again experiencing temporary blindness, he quickly followed after Noname, who was walking down yet another hallway. He skidded to a halt when he stopped and turned around as Noname waited for the other children. He too turned around, once again tapping his foot impatiently.
 
Kheran watched as an orb slid into his chest. He shivered and rose from his bow. The kid he had pushed behind him charged ahead, then seeing... Noname? turn to wait for him, did the same, tapping his foot impatiently. Kheran sighed and followed Noname through the door.
 
As noname would sigh and snap his fingers, the hallway encasing the other two children. as it would close and he would start walking down it, a small light growing larger in the distance.
 
As Avery stood up, an orange colored orb floated over to her and seemed to absorb into her chest. It was truely one of the oddest things that she had ever experienced. Turning her head slightly, she saw the others leaving. Giving one last bow with her head, she picked up her pace so she wouldn't be left behind. She was curious, but also a bit afraid as she wondered what would happen next. Her mind was full of questions, but she reached the conclusion that they would be answered along the way. She kept walking with a small half-smile on her face.
 
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