Chapter Seven- The Letter

CHAPTER 6- THE LETTERDearest Ferdinand, If you are reading this it means that my destiny has already been fulfilled. Well, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about. I am sorry that I was never truthful with you, but when you finish reading this you will know why. Everything Martha said was true. I have-well, had six powers. I have sent one of them into each of the children, each one matching their name. I know you’ll figure it out. I gave them those names because I knew this day would eventually come. Go into my room and go to the window seat. Rip off the cover. Inside you will find a key. Then go to my jewelry box. The key is for the fifth drawer. Inside you will find six golden chains, each with a different symbol on them. I want you to give one to each girl, but they have to be given as follows: Midnight will receive the moon. Starlight will receive the sun. Pyris will receive the flames. Aqua will receive the waves. Terra will receive the picture of the earth. Aryana will receive the picture of a flower blowing in the breeze. Each one of these has a word inscribed on the back. Do not tell them this, they will have to figure it out. Ferdinand, you MUST give these out as I say! Do not underestimate the importance of it! Someday when they are old and you are older, you will understand. Also, between the mattresses of my bed there is a gun. Do not be alarmed, it is a stun gun, but it does erase memories. I know this will be hard for you, but you must use it on the children. Set it to five, and use it late at night. But before you do, go into the city. Set up a home for each one of them. They must grow up together, but not know that they are sisters. They need to become close. You must live in the city, too, to supervise them. Do NOT ever let them lose their necklaces! Those will be the key to unlocking their past, which they will only do through being close and knowing each other well. The day will come when Troyan will come back with armies, and you must be ready! They will have to pass through several different dimensions, I’ll make sure of that. You just make sure they are ready. Let them live a happy life. When Midnight is 16, it will almost be time. In the window seat there is another stun gun, only this one has a screen and it creates memories. Plug it in to AMA, the Amazing Memory Author. She is in the cellar. To get to her you need the password, which is ELEMENTS. I need you to make happy memories of them, growing up together and becoming best friends in the city. Leave no memory of this life on the surface, but leave some deep, deep into their minds, so that someday, when they are ready, they can be unlocked. Your loving wife, Red ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ King Ferdinand turned to his daughters, who all looked shocked. The full effect hadn’t sunken in yet, he guessed. He himself hadn’t fully accepted it, either. He decided to go back to the cellar to make sure the servants were okay. When he got there, it was empty. He and the girls searched the castle, but couldn’t find anyone. Where were they? They were in the cellar last time anyone saw them. Even the castle dog, Gypsy, wasn’t anywhere to be found. He told the girls to go to their rooms, and he went to Red’s bedchamber. He went to the window like the letter said, and took out his pocketknife to rip off the cover. Cotton and dust flew everywhere. Inside the cover there was a key, a long silver key with emeralds in the end. He went to the jewelry box, and then looked at the fifth drawer. There was no keyhole, but it was locked. He tried looking for a keyhole on the side, but as soon as the key touched the box a green light, a scanner, showed up and skimmed over the key. A projection from the green light showed up on the opposite wall, and various scans and readouts came and went to fast to read. A hologram of Red suddenly appeared in front of him. “Ferdinand! Are you here to get the necklaces? I assume you found my letter. You didn’t show it to the girls, did you? They mustn’t know about any of this.” “No, I didn’t...” He tried to talk to the hologram, but it was a recorded message, and she cut him off. “Before you use the guns, you have to get homes for them! I will miss you,” the hologram said before blinking out. The readouts also disappeared. The drawer shot open, revealing 6 gold chains. He took them out and looked at them. They were beautiful. He went to see Terra first, but found them all in her room, talking about what happened. He listened at the door to keep from being seen. “What do you think happened in there?” Asked Midnight. “Well,” said Terra, “I think that mom’s powers have people out to get her. Did you ever see such a thing? A spaceship came and almost landed on the castle! And those horrible lasers bouncing around outside, and the twisters, and then...” “We know, don’t say it. She disappeared,” said Aqua. “What was going on with those shiny orbs?” Asked Pyris. “I don’t know,” Terra said, “But it was something big. Do you think maybe mom gave us her powers? How freaky would that be!” “Yeah!” said Aqua. “Imagine. Us! With powers! That would be so cool!” “No it wouldn’t!” Said Midnight. “You saw what good mom’s powers did to her. Do you want the same thing to happen to us?” “Come on. Midnight,” said Terra, “You always see the glass as half empty. Maybe our powers could save us! Besides, I’m sure mom is fine. The aliens probably just want to run some tests on her, figure out how she got her powers,” “Kill her...” Midnight said under breath. Everyone moaned. “Well, come on! I mean, you heard the ugly silver guy; mom is the only one who could take out their race! Why would they want to leave her around?” One by one, they all realized she was right. Would they ever see their mother again? King Ferdinand walked in, carrying the necklaces behind his back. “Hello, girls. Your mother left you something, something she wanted me to give you.” He handed each one of them their necklace. “They’re beautiful,” Said Terra, smiling. “I love it! I wish mom were still here,” said Midnight “Well. We’ll have to learn how to live, how to work things out. Goodnight, girls.” “Goodnight!” They all replied together. Ferdinand left and Aqua spoke up. “Hey, it’s late. I’m turning in for the night. Goodnight.” “Goodnight,” they replied.