Valhala
Chapter 28
Visions of the future
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"Brian, can I talk to you?" Howie asked knocking on the frame of his door.
Brian opened his eyes and looked up at Howie "Sure, I was just meditating" he shrugging. He got up and motioned Howie to take a seat. "What's on your mind D?" he asked plopping down on the bed.
Howie sighed "I overheard Silence talking to herself."
"But how, in your head?" Brian asked.
"No that's just the thing" Howie said getting up and starting to pace, a very un-Howie like behavior "she was talking out loud, and not like in a whispered, throaty type voice of someone with damaged vocals, a normal frustrated sounding voice."
Brian cocked his head to the side as he watched Howie pace, the uneasy feeling he'd gotten in his stomach when Howie walked in, only growing as the older man paced "Why would she lie about talking?" Brian pondered.
"It's not just that, what she was saying too, she'd said she was suppose to be keeping AJ from talking to Kevin, not encouraging him and that her father would be displeased or something" Howie said stopping in front of Brian "Something is fishy here, what should we do?" Howie asked.
"I don't know...maybe we should just keep a close tab on her for now, see what is going on" Brian suggested.
"Yeah, that's a good idea...but you know its not just her talking that bothers me" Howie said looking out the window at the courtyard below "when I probe her, you know feel her aura and such" Brian nodded and he continued "its like she is blocking something, something very powerful and try as I might I can't get through the barrier she's erected."
Brian sighed "Keep trying, and maybe talk to Nick. Don't say anything major; just tell him to keep his eyes and ears open ya know."
Howie nodded "Yeah, I'll talk to him tomorrow. Thanks Brian" he said turning to leave "Oh, and get some sleep, you're energy is feeling a bit depleted" he said walking out of the room.
Brian smiled watching Howie leave the room, no matter what, he thought to himself, Howie always watched over them. Suddenly he was hit with a vision.
~*There was fire everywhere, it was raining down out of the sky. People where screaming and running everywhere, animals scattering everywhere in panic, the smell of burnt flesh invaded his nose and overwhelmed his senses. The scene then shifted to a clearing where Kevin and Jakara stood facing each other hands connected palm to palm, the glow of magic surrounding both of them in an aura that pulsated like a heartbeat. The scene shifted yet again to show a body, lying motionless in the flames, surrounded by them as if they were sentinels guarding a treasure. Try as he might Brian could not see who the person was, or even whether they were male or female*~
Brian snapped his head up as he heard voices in the hallway, AJ had returned from his lesson and he and Stormwind were talking about the properties of some shield or whatever. "Oh my god" he whispered "Someone's going to die" he said a tear falling from his eye.
'Courage dear heart' Mythos' voice rang in his head comforting him.
'I couldn't see who it was Myth, but it was one of us, or one of the teachers' Brian told him sadly.
'I know, I know my chosen one...visions of the future are seldom without pain' Mythos told him wisely 'I know that does little to lesson the pain, but it is something that as a seer of the future, you must learn to bare.'
'Is that why in the books I've read about people with the gift of foresight rarely have anything good to say about their gift other than practical uses and such' Brian asked sighing internally.
'I'm afraid so chosen. I'm afraid so. But have hope, every vision you have comes with a purpose, study your vision, talk to Kida about it, she will help you understand it, my heart's own' he told him with an upward infliction to his mind 'voice'. 'Now get some sleep Brian, and tomorrow I'd find Tela and we'll go riding so you and Kida can talk.'
Brian laughed 'Are you sure this isn't just a ploy so you'll have an excuse to be around Tela?'
'Who me?' his companion replied feigning innocence.
'Good night Mythos' Brian told him before climbing into bed.
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