Aftermath

Part 1

Chapter 1

Every world, realm and race of life knows what war is. They know pain, loss, regret and hope. Some live their whole lives without ever seeing the end of the war that plagues their world. Some see the end just in time; some see the beginning and thank the gods that they won't be around for the worst of it. My friends and I were born in the middle of the war that almost destroyed our world, Hikavie, now we have seen the beginning of the end. The villainous ruler, Tomnus Muse, was thrown from his window and laid dead on the ground for everyone to see. No one knew ended his life but cheers and celebrations were heard throughout the lands, people rejoiced at the death of their tormentor. Everyone thought that the darkness would recede back to the void from which it came but they were wrong. Tomnus might have died but his followers were still very much alive, and it was up to the Knights to catch and contain them. The Knights were formed by the original Seven, that had created the doorway from the human world to ours so that we could live in peace. They were forever called the Legends; they watched over us and intervened only when they believed we could not handle things on our own. They created our world for creatures like them and all the other creatures of fairy tales and myths, from Dragons to Phoenixes and all creatures could talk.

The Legends consisted of a Wizard named Kethro Emrys, a pixie named Anya Blast, a vampire named Skyler Tepes, a werewolf named Lucian Rayne, a mermaid named Tessa Macedon, a shadow walked named Dane Zaro and a shapeshifter name Jai Laufey. The Legends were not the humans described, well some of it was true but most of it was just made up. A wizard or witch can create spells, make potions and fly on brooms without a wand or even a spoken word. The only time a wizard or witch uses a wand is when a child is just beginning to learn control. Their minds are their most prized possession. A pixie is smaller than most things but so small that they can fly through keyholes, unless they shrink their body themself. They fly around on colorful wings and they have dust that can make thing or creatures shrink or fly. A vampire does require blood to live but not every day, they need it if they are weak or dying. They can walk in sunlight, eat normal food and even sleep, not in coffins. They don't breath but they can wake up if danger is sensed. They are fast, have extreme hearing and sight. They also have their own special talent from reading minds and invading dreams to controlling things and creatures with their minds. A werewolf turns into a wolf on the full moon but can also half change at any time. Their strength, claws, teeth eyes and even ears. When they are in danger or extremely angry, they can fully shift without the moon being full. A mermaid can live on land or under water, they can also control water as well. They can change the color of their eyes, hair or skin and the shape of their body to help them entice anyone and their voice can control whatever creature they are singing to. It can be used to calm them down, forget, destroy or even help the mermaid kill without touching the victim. The females were called sirens and succubi by the humans during their earlier years. A shadow walker looks human but can turn into shadow whenever they want, the travel through shadows and control it as well. A morpher can change into an animal and it's everyday appearance. They can change their clothes, hair, eyes, ears, skin, height and even their voice, it allows them to be great spies, thieves and cheaters. They can also tell when another creature is lying or hiding something. Some morphers can change into other people. In our world every creature knows magic, it is in their blood but witches and wizards are the strongest.

These creatures and many other make up our world, the Knights are now me and my closest friends. It was our family secret, even from us, until we were old enough. Our parents still help us but we have taken most of the work ourselves. I wasn't always a Knight because I was hidden from the world for my own safety. Like some of the creatures in our world, I was hidden to hide deep secrets but also help those who I could. Durin the Knight's task to find and capture the followers, we found the records of Tomnus, we thought it would be smart to record our records from our point of views as well. My name is Alice Victoria Rayne and I am a mixed breed. I am part mermaid, part Morpher and half vampire. I was born half werewolf but there was time in my life were I was unsupervised and things happened, including a spell to change my werewolf side to a vampire with a sacrifice of the man who did the spell but we'll get to that later. In my world mixed breeds are considered freaks or Filthlings by creatures that support the old ways of our life. I'm an outsider to most but I will do what I must to protect the world that I love. I am writing about our struggles now so that future generations will know what had happened and what must be done if we fail. After the is when the real trouble started, where secrets were revealed and where we found our true destinies.