ILLYRIAN
Druish Pervonian Wizard
THE SUMMER'S WINTER WEEK-END
"Buffy, your father and I have managed to rent a place by a lake, for the long week-end."
"We have invited your friends Kellie and Cassandra, so at least you will have some people your own age. We will be leaving early on Friday morning so we invited her to stay tonight," said
her mother, "But that does not mean you have to stay awake talking all night, or playing music!"
On the Friday morning bright and early.
"Buffy!, Kelly! Cassie time to get up, the Porridge is ready for you just like you asked for sweetness, we will be leaving in half an hour," said Joyce.
"Ooh, who gets called sweetness by their mum?"
They walked into the kitchen, Buffy's father saw from their eyes that another hours sleep would be a good thing, he grinned to himself, thought about it for a minute.
"Oh Kellie, I hope that Buffy told you last night, we are trying to conserve water, the water storage tap had been left turned on, so can you wash your hair in the rain please?"
"Ok," replied Kellie, she walked into the garden and started to wash her hair.
"Just because she is still half asleep! that was not very nice," said Joyce.
"True."
"It is not even raining," said Buffy, "She hasn't got anything to wash her hair with."
Cassie went to the back door, leant out towards the back garden.
"Kellie! you do know you are in the back garden don't you and it is not raining."
Kellie looked around her, strode into the kitchen, went up to Buffy's mum.
"Men!" then went upstairs.
Mr Summers got on with loading the car, while Joyce gathered the food and put it in containers so that it was ready Buffy carefully chucked her clothes into her bags.
"We have got to be there by a certain time as we will be meeting some friends there," said Buffy's mum as they were leaving the drive way, "So no comments about can we go here or
there on the way."
The journey was long and boring, Buffy's mum had planned that they play a game to pass the time but neither Buffy, Kellie nor Cassandra wanted to play I - Spy.
The girls wanted to learn how to play strip poker as none of them knew how to play poker.
Mr Summers put on a tape of Queens greatest hits, which seemed all well and good. Unfortunately when Bohemian Rhapsody played Buffy and her friends decided that singing along slightly off key was the thing to do. They did everything they could to make the journey shorter, singing and bouncing around in the back of the car; Buffy's folks wished the trip would end, then they were treated with the very off key singing of We Are The Champions followed by them practising Morse code on the floor of the car when We Will Rock You started.
Before long the log cabin was in front of them.
"That was quick," remarked Joyce.
"Quick for you maybe, I had to stay awake. I am not playing that Queen tape again, especially when they are around."
"As long as they were happy, I suppose," added Joyce.
The girls decided who would have which room the old fashioned way, although the script was updated. (Rack off! this rooms mine)
"Buffy! when you've put your stuff in the room, you Kellie and Cassandra can go and play while Athanany and I make the tea."
That was like waving a red flag to a bull, Buffy opened the wardrobe and carefully chucked in her bags.
"I'll unpack them later," she stated.
"The boatshed?" asked Cassandra, smiling.
"Sounds like a plan to me," replied Kellie.
They skipped out of the house, then ran to where the boat was. Opening the door only to see Buffy's dad and Athanany's new man getting the boat ready for the next day"˜s trip.
Buffy signalled for her friends to keep quiet.
"If we quietly walk back out of here, we won't have to clean the boats' decks," said Buffy.
Walking along the shore.
"What are we meant to do now?" asked Cassandra.
"I have brought some homework," said Kellie, "we could do that."
Cassandra stunned, looked at Buffy.
"Oh right, humour! I am going to have to get used to that," said Cassandra starting to laugh.
"Telly?" asked Buffy, "There's one here that isn't gas powered."
Tea was exciting, as they sat on the veranda watching the sun go down, Buffy had trouble remembering what it was. As the night grew older Buffy was told that she would be left alone
with Athanany.
"She does fortune telling, as you are a big girl now, this is a treat for you."
Buffy looked down at her body,
"I am not that big!. Oh my God!, does this dress make me look fat?"
Joyce closed her eyes and turned around, she was going to go into the kitchen, but she was faced with her husband and both of Buffy's friends nodding their agreement with Buffy's last comment.
Athanany spread the cards out as a fan, then moved them into a pile, looking at Buffy.
"First up, I want you to shuffle the cards until you feel good about them. Then cut the pack three times. When you have done that lay them into piles of three like a small fan so that I can see each card. From that I will get an overall picture of you."
Buffy did as she was told.
"Hmm, you are seen as some-one to follow, you are a fit, do you work on a farm, I do see a farm in your past."
Athanany looked at Buffy's palm then into her crystal ball.
"There is a farm it may be in a past life Ok, do the same again and I'll see what's in your future."
Once again Buffy did as she was told with the cards.
"Remember this is your future, I will start with the near times. Let me see, there will be a lot of death, but it isn't any-one you know."
"When are the deaths, does it say whose death?" asked Buffy.
"That is the odd thing, I do not see dying but I do see death, no it?, no there is many dead, well that is strange"
"Well I don't like the sound of that," said Buffy.
"Don't worry over it, you might get the type of job that means you need to spend a lot of time at the crematorium."
"Oh yes," said Buffy.
"Now I will see further into your future," Athanany looked at the cards, to Buffy, then to the cards again, "All the judgement cards are looking at you, that is very odd I have turned over every card except for these three the death card is across the table, it looks at you but it also looks away, odd hmm that is odd. It is like you do killing but those in judgement look on you favourably, Buffy, can I have a look at your palms, both of them."
Buffy holds out her hands.
"Here is that life line it is strong, that by itself is a good thing. No breaks, the line carries on, if anything the life line gets," she looks closer, "there is two lines here."
"What does that mean?" asked Buffy.
Athanany looks at the cards again. She uncovers a crystal ball.
Athanany studies Buffy's hands, looking carefully at her fingers.
Looking to the ball then back to her palms.
"I'm not sure how to say this."
"What?" asks Buffy.
"Well, it is soon, I am getting an overwhelming feeling of ...no it is not some-one that is dead. And like I say there are others with you, they are watching you."
"I might need your mothers help, I feel like I am starting to go into a trance. Buffy go and get your mother and father but tell her to sit over there in the corner."
"I wish I had known about this, I would have brought a tape recorder," said Buffy.
Athanany lifted a cloth from near her, "We think alike."
Buffy went and got her parents, they came in, quietly sitting in the corner. They looked to Athanany but she was already in a trance.
"Buffy, you have seen her. She waits for you to join her."
Buffy looked to Athanany.
"What is it?"
"You are being chosen, no, you have been chosen. When those that are not dead are given death so that you will learn. You are with the others but you will not die for your memory will live on in the thoughts of many. One is trying to force me to stop, to wait yet others are telling me to keep going. Every time I am told the same thing, that you are chosen."
"Chosen by who?" asked Buffy.
Athanany points around herself, "It is not by one or the many. I am beginning to see one of your ancestors, I think it is because she was possessed, she is still possessed."
"How can I help?" asked Buffy
"I feel her near, the demon that has possessed her has guided her here. To be near to you."
The lights in the house blackened.
"I do not like this," said Buffy.
"Do not fear that what is, nor what is unknown. The demon that possesses her does not guide her, it is only the spirit of the demon that is in her the spirit helps her to be what she can be
Athanany's face seemed to distort, she began to age, her long black hair faded to grey. She held her hand forward, Buffy moved to hold the hand but held back at the last second, turning to her mother only to see an emptiness.
"What is happening?" asked Buffy.
"The time has come for you to know what will be, I have brought you here for you to ask what there will be to see, of what you will or can be."
"Oh sure, I will be able to see what the future will be?"
"No that is not why I am here, not to show you what is only what can be or could be. It will be your choices that will make it written in stone." "What?" asked Buffy.
"The future of what happens is not written yet, only the future of what can happen. It is for you to make the end, so that it can be written."
"Something I do will cause the end?"
"You will be shown to the start, it will depend on what you do that designs the end."
"How will I know when I have reached the end, what is at the end?" asked Buffy.
"The end can only be known after you have passed it, for you there can be more than one end. For as it is said at the end, there is always a new beginning."
"A new beginning? what could that be?"
"See it as this, as now you walk on the ground. Soon you will see a ladder, you have been chosen to try and climb that ladder, at the top of that ladder you will face more ground to walk on. It is when you take a step that a new beginning will be faced, for the name given
from that step is the First."
"Right so that will be a new beginning, that is where I will go to."
"Where you are now, life is life there are no trials. When you climb to the first step you will see the trials but it is from your choices that the second step is seen."
"How many steps are there?"
"There will be seven steps."
"Right so when I have done what I need to do on the seventh step I can walk on the ground again, to take my first step?"
"No, it will be on the seventh step that you will see an end, it is when you have defeated that."
"Let me see if I know this now," said Buffy, "It will be on the seventh step that I will face the trial of the First, as by winning the trial of the First will I gain a new beginning, can you tell me what the end will look like? maybe?"
"A hint? okay, when the black horse in the shadows comes forward, then maybe you will see the light that is at the end."
"That will take a bit of thought, that will... oh a black horse in the shadows, so when I see the dark horse?"
The light in the room began to brighten, Buffy saw who was with her.
"You are not Athanany, who are you?"
"I was once one of many, now there are only several of us, we watch those that will watch over you. Grant me this, what is your name?"
"Buffy."
"No really, what is your name?"
THE END
"Buffy, your father and I have managed to rent a place by a lake, for the long week-end."
"We have invited your friends Kellie and Cassandra, so at least you will have some people your own age. We will be leaving early on Friday morning so we invited her to stay tonight," said
her mother, "But that does not mean you have to stay awake talking all night, or playing music!"
On the Friday morning bright and early.
"Buffy!, Kelly! Cassie time to get up, the Porridge is ready for you just like you asked for sweetness, we will be leaving in half an hour," said Joyce.
"Ooh, who gets called sweetness by their mum?"
They walked into the kitchen, Buffy's father saw from their eyes that another hours sleep would be a good thing, he grinned to himself, thought about it for a minute.
"Oh Kellie, I hope that Buffy told you last night, we are trying to conserve water, the water storage tap had been left turned on, so can you wash your hair in the rain please?"
"Ok," replied Kellie, she walked into the garden and started to wash her hair.
"Just because she is still half asleep! that was not very nice," said Joyce.
"True."
"It is not even raining," said Buffy, "She hasn't got anything to wash her hair with."
Cassie went to the back door, leant out towards the back garden.
"Kellie! you do know you are in the back garden don't you and it is not raining."
Kellie looked around her, strode into the kitchen, went up to Buffy's mum.
"Men!" then went upstairs.
Mr Summers got on with loading the car, while Joyce gathered the food and put it in containers so that it was ready Buffy carefully chucked her clothes into her bags.
"We have got to be there by a certain time as we will be meeting some friends there," said Buffy's mum as they were leaving the drive way, "So no comments about can we go here or
there on the way."
The journey was long and boring, Buffy's mum had planned that they play a game to pass the time but neither Buffy, Kellie nor Cassandra wanted to play I - Spy.
The girls wanted to learn how to play strip poker as none of them knew how to play poker.
Mr Summers put on a tape of Queens greatest hits, which seemed all well and good. Unfortunately when Bohemian Rhapsody played Buffy and her friends decided that singing along slightly off key was the thing to do. They did everything they could to make the journey shorter, singing and bouncing around in the back of the car; Buffy's folks wished the trip would end, then they were treated with the very off key singing of We Are The Champions followed by them practising Morse code on the floor of the car when We Will Rock You started.
Before long the log cabin was in front of them.
"That was quick," remarked Joyce.
"Quick for you maybe, I had to stay awake. I am not playing that Queen tape again, especially when they are around."
"As long as they were happy, I suppose," added Joyce.
The girls decided who would have which room the old fashioned way, although the script was updated. (Rack off! this rooms mine)
"Buffy! when you've put your stuff in the room, you Kellie and Cassandra can go and play while Athanany and I make the tea."
That was like waving a red flag to a bull, Buffy opened the wardrobe and carefully chucked in her bags.
"I'll unpack them later," she stated.
"The boatshed?" asked Cassandra, smiling.
"Sounds like a plan to me," replied Kellie.
They skipped out of the house, then ran to where the boat was. Opening the door only to see Buffy's dad and Athanany's new man getting the boat ready for the next day"˜s trip.
Buffy signalled for her friends to keep quiet.
"If we quietly walk back out of here, we won't have to clean the boats' decks," said Buffy.
Walking along the shore.
"What are we meant to do now?" asked Cassandra.
"I have brought some homework," said Kellie, "we could do that."
Cassandra stunned, looked at Buffy.
"Oh right, humour! I am going to have to get used to that," said Cassandra starting to laugh.
"Telly?" asked Buffy, "There's one here that isn't gas powered."
Tea was exciting, as they sat on the veranda watching the sun go down, Buffy had trouble remembering what it was. As the night grew older Buffy was told that she would be left alone
with Athanany.
"She does fortune telling, as you are a big girl now, this is a treat for you."
Buffy looked down at her body,
"I am not that big!. Oh my God!, does this dress make me look fat?"
Joyce closed her eyes and turned around, she was going to go into the kitchen, but she was faced with her husband and both of Buffy's friends nodding their agreement with Buffy's last comment.
Athanany spread the cards out as a fan, then moved them into a pile, looking at Buffy.
"First up, I want you to shuffle the cards until you feel good about them. Then cut the pack three times. When you have done that lay them into piles of three like a small fan so that I can see each card. From that I will get an overall picture of you."
Buffy did as she was told.
"Hmm, you are seen as some-one to follow, you are a fit, do you work on a farm, I do see a farm in your past."
Athanany looked at Buffy's palm then into her crystal ball.
"There is a farm it may be in a past life Ok, do the same again and I'll see what's in your future."
Once again Buffy did as she was told with the cards.
"Remember this is your future, I will start with the near times. Let me see, there will be a lot of death, but it isn't any-one you know."
"When are the deaths, does it say whose death?" asked Buffy.
"That is the odd thing, I do not see dying but I do see death, no it?, no there is many dead, well that is strange"
"Well I don't like the sound of that," said Buffy.
"Don't worry over it, you might get the type of job that means you need to spend a lot of time at the crematorium."
"Oh yes," said Buffy.
"Now I will see further into your future," Athanany looked at the cards, to Buffy, then to the cards again, "All the judgement cards are looking at you, that is very odd I have turned over every card except for these three the death card is across the table, it looks at you but it also looks away, odd hmm that is odd. It is like you do killing but those in judgement look on you favourably, Buffy, can I have a look at your palms, both of them."
Buffy holds out her hands.
"Here is that life line it is strong, that by itself is a good thing. No breaks, the line carries on, if anything the life line gets," she looks closer, "there is two lines here."
"What does that mean?" asked Buffy.
Athanany looks at the cards again. She uncovers a crystal ball.
Athanany studies Buffy's hands, looking carefully at her fingers.
Looking to the ball then back to her palms.
"I'm not sure how to say this."
"What?" asks Buffy.
"Well, it is soon, I am getting an overwhelming feeling of ...no it is not some-one that is dead. And like I say there are others with you, they are watching you."
"I might need your mothers help, I feel like I am starting to go into a trance. Buffy go and get your mother and father but tell her to sit over there in the corner."
"I wish I had known about this, I would have brought a tape recorder," said Buffy.
Athanany lifted a cloth from near her, "We think alike."
Buffy went and got her parents, they came in, quietly sitting in the corner. They looked to Athanany but she was already in a trance.
"Buffy, you have seen her. She waits for you to join her."
Buffy looked to Athanany.
"What is it?"
"You are being chosen, no, you have been chosen. When those that are not dead are given death so that you will learn. You are with the others but you will not die for your memory will live on in the thoughts of many. One is trying to force me to stop, to wait yet others are telling me to keep going. Every time I am told the same thing, that you are chosen."
"Chosen by who?" asked Buffy.
Athanany points around herself, "It is not by one or the many. I am beginning to see one of your ancestors, I think it is because she was possessed, she is still possessed."
"How can I help?" asked Buffy
"I feel her near, the demon that has possessed her has guided her here. To be near to you."
The lights in the house blackened.
"I do not like this," said Buffy.
"Do not fear that what is, nor what is unknown. The demon that possesses her does not guide her, it is only the spirit of the demon that is in her the spirit helps her to be what she can be
Athanany's face seemed to distort, she began to age, her long black hair faded to grey. She held her hand forward, Buffy moved to hold the hand but held back at the last second, turning to her mother only to see an emptiness.
"What is happening?" asked Buffy.
"The time has come for you to know what will be, I have brought you here for you to ask what there will be to see, of what you will or can be."
"Oh sure, I will be able to see what the future will be?"
"No that is not why I am here, not to show you what is only what can be or could be. It will be your choices that will make it written in stone." "What?" asked Buffy.
"The future of what happens is not written yet, only the future of what can happen. It is for you to make the end, so that it can be written."
"Something I do will cause the end?"
"You will be shown to the start, it will depend on what you do that designs the end."
"How will I know when I have reached the end, what is at the end?" asked Buffy.
"The end can only be known after you have passed it, for you there can be more than one end. For as it is said at the end, there is always a new beginning."
"A new beginning? what could that be?"
"See it as this, as now you walk on the ground. Soon you will see a ladder, you have been chosen to try and climb that ladder, at the top of that ladder you will face more ground to walk on. It is when you take a step that a new beginning will be faced, for the name given
from that step is the First."
"Right so that will be a new beginning, that is where I will go to."
"Where you are now, life is life there are no trials. When you climb to the first step you will see the trials but it is from your choices that the second step is seen."
"How many steps are there?"
"There will be seven steps."
"Right so when I have done what I need to do on the seventh step I can walk on the ground again, to take my first step?"
"No, it will be on the seventh step that you will see an end, it is when you have defeated that."
"Let me see if I know this now," said Buffy, "It will be on the seventh step that I will face the trial of the First, as by winning the trial of the First will I gain a new beginning, can you tell me what the end will look like? maybe?"
"A hint? okay, when the black horse in the shadows comes forward, then maybe you will see the light that is at the end."
"That will take a bit of thought, that will... oh a black horse in the shadows, so when I see the dark horse?"
The light in the room began to brighten, Buffy saw who was with her.
"You are not Athanany, who are you?"
"I was once one of many, now there are only several of us, we watch those that will watch over you. Grant me this, what is your name?"
"Buffy."
"No really, what is your name?"
THE END