17 Oct “Preface” Section I: Orientation, Scene II: Intro to BlueEarth (Edited Version)

“Preface” Section I: Orientation, Scene II: Intro to BlueEarth

We all walked down this spiraling path for maybe a few more minutes until a small town came into view. The dirt path I followed earlier, and had been following at the time of the confrontation with the men with arrows, eventually turned into smooth cobblestone road, decorated with gas-lit lampposts on each the sides of the path. Not all of them were lit, but that only made me realize how quickly sundown was approaching. “If I were to perhaps be held hostage here, my family would flip!” I thought to myself.  Despite my worries, I didn’t make a fuss, for I did not want to cause any more danger to myself, than of what I had already put myself in. As I followed deeper into the town, I noticed more and more houses, these in which, were actually on flat land, owners peered out from the windows, and the ones outside looked at me curiously and bowed as the woman in the orange dress came more into their view. “What in the world is going on here?” I thought to myself as I witnessed the villagers bowing before her. I was now pretty certain that she was of some high status or importance, which just made me even more uncomfortable.

After spending several minutes gazing around, I hadn’t noticed that the “caving in” of the path vanished, and we were on flat land once again. I also noticed the town was not as small as I first pictured it to be, compared to the distance we were walking from before making the entrance. Extremely tall trees towered around the area we were currently in, but the cobblestone path continued on and on, until a large building came into view. It was extremely large and circular, at the top; a golden dome could be seen. At first I was for sure it had to be some sort sports stadium, but then I reminded myself, that I was apparently in a different world, it would be nothing but foolish to assume the same kind of activity, from my world, happened here in this different world.

After noticing the dome, I was for sure this is where they were taking me, it looked to elegant, fancy, and majestic, to be some sort of place where they would take harmful beings. With that in mind, a sort of calmness came over me. But it wasn’t until the woman in the orange dress spoke to me again, after arriving at the entrance of the circular building, did I begin feeling nervous yet again. “We are here, the home of my sister Clarity, and the Sanctuary to us all!” The woman announced as she smiled at me then turned towards Lance, “Please escort him directly to Clarity, and do not leave him alone unless given order too, understood?” Lance nodded and walked to the entrance, I followed as expected and kept close behind him. He slowly opened the door, and too my amazement lie a large, fancy, dining hall, almost as if Balls, or even weddings, of some high stature where held here on a daily basis. Men in Suits, and Woman in dresses immediately stopped their socializing as I came into their view. “An outsider!” I heard a few of them hiss as I walked by. At that moment, Lance grabbed my arm and quickly rushed me through the crowd of people as it began to thicken, it was hard to see the remainder of the building, but once a clearing in the crowd began to open up, I caught vision of an extremely large staircase, which we were headed for, and two very large doors behind it. Two guards in full armor stood by these doors, so I automatically assumed that whatever was happening behind them, had to be of some great importance. We began heading up the long staircase, it spiraled, twisted, turned, and curved, you name it! Once we reached the top, a large white door stood in view. This was when Lanced stopped, let go of my arms, and turned towards me, “She’s just through those doors” he said quietly, “She has the power and authority to determine your fate, more so than I do, one wrong move, and it’s over for you.” All I could do was nod, I was in so much shock, and I didn’t think I could even make a move even if I wanted to. Lance held open the white door for me as I slowly approached it. It was dark inside, lit only by dim chandeliers and candles, it took me awhile to actually process what I was viewing, but after only a few seconds I came to realize, a queen lived in here. For not to far in the distance, sat a woman on a golden throne wearing a long white dress and robe, as we entered she sat up in full attendance and spoke “Good Afternoon Wander’s!” Lance immediately proceeded to get down on one knee, I tried to follow quickly, but she yelled, “You do not know who I am! Therefore, you shall not kneel.”

I looked down in embarrassment until Lance elbowed me in the arm, I quickly raised my head towards the woman once again. “Outsider, please come closer!” she demanded. I knew that second she was talking to me, so I proceeded walking closer to the throne, simply waiting for her to tell me to stop, but she didn’t. I walked closer and closer, before I knew it, I was face to face to with her. She looked me in the eyes for a good several seconds, I stood back at her in return. It wasn’t until we heard Lance rustling in the background, that we immediately ceased the gazing session. I knew he was fumbling around with his arrow; ready draw his weapon out at me me at any given moment. The woman stood up from her throne and pointed at Lance, “Please leave us two alone for the time being, for I will let you know when you may return to the room.” Lance nodded, knelled once again, and then quickly made his way out of the room. I knew he was just outside the door, for it would have been foolish to let an outsider like me into their hometown, for this I was soon to find out.

“Where do you come from my dear?” The woman asked gazing at me curiously. “I am from Wudwurn.” I replied calmly, “It would be foolish of me now, to say it’s not too far from here, as I’ve now been informed I’m apparently in some kind of different world now.” My hometown lies on the very same ground as the entrance to this world,” I continued calmly. “So then! State your business here!” The woman yelled in a  demanding tone. I cringed for I knew I had begun to make her upset, though I wasn’t sure how. I sighed before continuing, “I was simply exploring the woods that lie a few blocks away from my house earlier today, I came across a large fallen tree, and rested on it for a short period of time, until a flock of green birds startled me.” “Once I looked in the direction of where they were headed I noticed the woods continued on a path, unlike yesterday.” I continued. The woman tilted her head curiously, which I assumed was the “O.K.” for me to continue onward. “Yesterday, when I journeyed into the woods shortly beyond the large fallen tree, the end of the woods was marked by nothing but a cul-de-sac on the other side of some trees, nothing more, it was only until today that I realized either I didn’t take the same path as yesterday, somehow, or…I unknowingly walked into some sort of portal.” I explained further hoping she’d buy my story, even though I knew it was the truth. She looked at me with a curious look once again and said, “Perhaps you did…both?” She began to walk further into the sanctuary and stood in-front of a very large painting of a beautiful tree. “This is BlueEarth my dear, the entrance to a whole different world, our world connects with yours in various ways, though, while many are able to exit this world into your world, very few are actually able to enter. No ordinary being is able to simply, enter our world, because for the most part, many humans, like you, have never intended to find the entrance to our world. This town, BlueEarth, is home to the goddesses of seasons, for both the season of life, summer, and the season of death, fall.” I stood in disbelief as she continued on. “My name is Clarity, I am the goddess summer, and the woman who escorted you here into BlueEarth, was my sister, Autumn, the goddess of fall. I personally apologize for any misunderstandings that may have happened at the entrance to BlueEarth.” “They almost killed me, your greatness, I am sorry to have caused so much trouble.” I stated with my head pointing towards the ground again. Clarity put her hand on my shoulder, “It is not your fault my dear, you see, you are the first outsider to journey into this world in fourteen years!” She explained. “Fourteen years? But how? Why?” I asked frantically, full of questions. But to my disappointment, I wasn’t going to get many answers at this moment. “Fourteen years ago, in fact within a few days, fourteen years ago exactly, a great catastrophe happened here, which has scarred everyone since. I must not go into this now, for this is not the proper time. But you…you-“ Clarity gave me an odd look as I knew she was trying to get at my name. “Towaile” I answered, “Towaile!” she repeated said smiling, “You should be proud of yourself for discovering this world, for you have now been given the gift that many others do not have, and you shall embrace it!” She exclaimed in a quite cheery voice.

“Lance!” Clarity yelled as she clapped her hands, “We must give our new citizen a proper introduction to the town of BlueEarth, to make up for this quite rude misunderstanding” Lance rushed into the Sanctuary, as Clarity grabbed my hand and began to lead me towards the doorway.