sprouts

CHAPTER ONE

this is the start of an unbelievable story. a story about faith and trust. A story about betrayal and lust. a story of dragons and fates. This is a story about me.

hi, my name is Marelle. I'm not quite sure how i got here. well, lets trace it back. back to where it all began. i was born in this big city. i can't remember the name anymore. i did once but it has since slipped my mind. i lived right in the middle of this big city. it was quite the busy city, yes we had shipments coming through, salesmen and loads of travelers wandering through the streets and halls of the city. there was always something going on. somewhere, there would always be sprouting life and joy. if it was markets, street preformances, execusions (yes, those would happen too, executed by the kings right hand, but ill tell you more about that later). our big city was the perfect place for all sorts of plans and and ideas to form or take place. there was a lot of crime there too. there were rich people, there were poor people. there were people from all four parts of the world. you see, this city wasnt just located anywhere. it was THE city. the capital. the capital of what you might ask? the capital of the world. it was on a big island, home to thousands upon thousands of people. it was the centre, the middle. where it all began. where my story began. i live in a world where the world is split into four parts. plousios, the land of gold and oils, the caliphate of riches. omorfia, the most beautiful piece of land you will ever set foot on. the caliphate of beauty and peace. epitychia, the land of scholars and universities. here you would find the most intelligent prophets and teachers, the most curious and amitious students. this was the caliphate of success and prophets. and lastly, oneira, the caliphate of dreams come true. people from all around would visit oneira just for the sake of living a dream. as soon as you step into this world of dreams and imaginations everything else will seem only a distant memory. together they all form tesseris. tesseris is a world of beauty. a world of riches. a world of dreams and ideas. a world of people. a world would be nothing without the people. now, while i could have lived in any of these four parts, my family decided to stay in the city. the city was my home. my childhood. it was a place of recognition and safety. and maybe it was. maybe it was a great place, to eplore and enjoy. and it was for me too, at least for most of my life. but one day, one warm summer day, it was all gonna change. it was bound to. and there was nothing i, or anyone else for that matter, could do.

CHAPTER TWO

hi. my name is polemistis. polly for short. im just a regular boy. a regular boy with a not so regular fate. i was born and raised in a small town, north for epitychia. all my life, ive trained to enlist in the stratos apo drakous. its an army for dragon riders. thats right. dragons still exist. but how? they went extinct thousands of years ago! no, thats what the king wants us to believe. in reality, dragons went into exile after the great war about 1100 years ago. but in all secrecy, behind the king and his right hand man's back, warriors have tamed and befriended dragons for hundreds of years.

finishing later bc im tired ----------->