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The Abyss
Prologue
Many things fall from the sky, but barely anything comes from deep, deep, below the Earth, this is the story of what happens when something does come from below the ground...
Prologue 2
Long, long ago, there was a story told of how, one day, many new lands would appear from the Earths Core, these stories said that something called The Abyss would rise from the Core and plague Mankind with all of its Chaos, but what the stories did not say was that a Warrior would be born just before this time so that he could battle the forces of Chaos, this Warrior would also be a highly adept Mage, he would have many things at his disposal that would increase his Warrior abilities and his Mage abilities, these were the ‘Weapons of Great Power’, this Warrior-Mage was born in the year 1997 and this is his story.


Chapter 1
Tesiris was born on the 29th day of the 1st month of the year 1997, he was a very gifted baby and could walk just after he was two weeks old, he could speak from birth and as a child he quickly grasped anything that people taught him, he was very able-minded aswell as being very able-bodied, but, his mother and father died shortly after his sixth birthday and he was sent to live with his great-grandma, she was very old and Tesiris thought she was going to be very grump aswell, but when his uncle had gone after dropping him off, he found that she was actually quite alot of fun, she had a vast library filled with books, and she had a very large garden, her house wasn’t a normal house either, it was a large castle-like mansion on the top of a great hill and right next to an immense lake, Tesiris knew that he was going to be happy here.
Tesiris soon learned that he wasn’t allowed in certain parts of the library, these parts of the library were either under lock and key or they were a little away from the other shelves with a different kind of smell in the air, Tesiris asked his grandmother what her name was, she replied by saying ‘I have many names, but the three you may call me by are Grandma, Grandmother, or Ima’ Tesiris called his Grandma ‘Ima’ from then onwards.
Tesiris learnt many things from Ima, such as how to ride a horse, how to write, how to speak many different languages, how to mix certain plants, flowers and herbs to make certain things, he also learnt how to use a crossbow and a bow, Ima taught Tesiris all these things before he was even eight years old, by the time he was nine he knew alot more than people would expect a nine year old to know, he didn’t speak like a nine year old, he didn’t walk like a nine year old, and last but not least, he didn’t look like a nine year old.
Chapter 2
Tesiris had just turned eleven when a man came to Ima’s house, he was the first person Tesiris had saw for five years apart from Ima, he was a short man, with a very large stomach, he more waddled than walked, `when he saw Ima and Tesiris he ‘waddled’ towards them, he was only a few steps away when he said ‘Ima, owner of this house, we of the Education Authority hear that you have had a child in your care for the past five years who has not had proper schooling, we know you are a very educated women, but it is the Law’s belief that every child must receive schooling from sources we know are safe and true, and that they do not receive bad schooling, we are not saying that you will not give him proper schooling in your right, but he must go to a school that the Law has deemed fit to give schooling to children.’ Tesiris thought this man was very long-winded for someone so fat, but he didn’t say this, Ima then spoke to the man ‘I knew this day would come, but it must not be a school far away from here, after his mother and father died, then his uncle and then his other Grandma, I am his last remaining family member and he must stay close to me’
‘We understand your concern for Tesiris, but the school we are sending him to is a very good school, you could even call it the best school in the country, and it is only fifteen minutes away by walking, so he will still be able to sleep here at night, and he will still be able to eat here after school and all sorts of other things you may be concerned about’
‘Very well then, I will let Tesiris go to school, but he will only go five days a week and not the usual of six’
‘Very well madam, he will start this Monday coming up, so you have two days to buy all his necessary equipment and stationery, here is a list of what he needs’ and the man left without a backwards glance, never to return.
Tesiris started school for the first time just a few days after his eleventh birthday, it was a brand new experience for him and at first he was a little confused, but he quickly grasped everything threw at him, well, almost everything, the only thing he could not quite grasp was Drawing, he thought that it was a very tedious task and because of how quick he progressed he was allowed to choose his lessons after just a short time at The School of Abyss, he chose Archery, Arithmetic, English, Swordsmanship, Horse-riding and many other subjects except Drawing and Languages, he excelled in all of these subjects and soon he had graduated from the school, this was all in just under a year for it was coming close to Tesiris’ twelfth birthday.
The day of Tesiris’ twelfth birthday came and Ima gave him many gifts, many people came to his party, people he knew, and people he didn’t know, they all gave him many gifts, books, toys for people his age, simple things from those that didn’t know him and complex things from those that did know him, but Tesiris’ greatest gift that night was a story, spoken from the mouth of Ima, ‘Long, long ago, many things happened changed in our world, our world was once connected to another world by a bridge of sorts, this other land was called The Abyss, it is said that The Abyss sunk into the Core of the Earth and that one day it will rise back up from the Core and wreak its havoc on the human-race, it is also said that a Warrior-Mage will rise into his power just as The Abyss rises so that he may fight its Chaos and send it back into the Core, this story has been passed from generation to generation in my family and it is said that the Warrior-Mage will be of my family.’ Many people cheered and clapped but a few stayed completely silent, Tesiris’ knew that that type of silence was not the type of silence when people are shocked or awed, but the silence of knowing, the silence when somebody knows something but does not truly believe it, but then when it is said by somebody else they believe it, and they truly know it, Tesiris wanted to know the truth behind this story, so for the first time in the six years he had lived with Ima, he went into one of the forbidden sections of the library.
Chapter 3
Tesiris creeped very slowly away from the party and as soon as he was out of earshot and sight, he bolted for the library, he was there in a matter of moments and he was soon into the first forbidden section he saw, he knew he only had a limited time before Ima knew he had gone so he quickly scanned the book-covers for any word or phrase he thought would help him, the first book he found was called ‘And the Death of An Abyssal’, Tesiris grabbed it and took it up to his rooms and hid it, just for good measure he splashed water on his face so he could use that as an excuse.
When Tesiris finally got back to the party Ima hadn’t even noticed he was gone, but several other people did and they told Ima this, she confronted him and he told her that he had gone to wash his face for he felt very hot and faint, she then said to him ‘Tesiris, I know that you are coming to an age where you want the answers to alot of things, but doing the most obvious thing is not always the right path and doesn’t always lead to the right answer’ to which Tesiris replied ‘I know this Grandmother Ima, but sometimes the most obvious path can lead onto the right path in one way or another, sooner or later’
‘I know that also Tesiris, but be wary of the foes beyond the Black Gates, and the Cave of Mirrors and the Hall of Diamonds, do not tarry long in these places for they will bring you great sorrow, heed my words well Tesiris’ and Tesiris’ Great Grandmother Ima died of old age on Tesiris twelfth birthday.
Tesiris was extremely shocked by the death of his Grandma, six people rushed to him and carried him away in the direction of the library, while others rushed to the dead figure of Ima, most of them did not know her that well, but she was a figure of great power, and people were shocked by the death of such a great figure.
When Tesiris was finally put back onto the floor he found he was in front of the smallest but most majestic door in the library, he was spoken to by one of the 6 people, ‘We six are great friends of your Grandma and we know alot about her and you, you must open this door and let us enter into the room on the other side’ ‘I am but a boy and know nothing of the ways which to open this door, but I will try nonetheless’ so Tesiris walked towards the door, as he approached it he felt something tighten around his whole body, as he touched the door it opened and in a moment he knew what he had to do, he ran into the other room, shut the door behind him and bolted it shut, he heard a series of loud bangs from the other side and knew the six people were trying to get through with limited success, Tesiris turned around and was shocked to find what he saw, for a short time it made him forget about Ima’s death, for there in front of him was a library even larger than what was on the other side of the door.
Chapter 4
Tesiris walked all the way around the library until he found it, a book larger than most of the other books that contained the names of every single book in this section of the library, ‘Book of Contents’, he quickly scanned the titles until he found a book that was called ‘Passageways of The House of Dinduro’, The House of Dinduro was Ima’s house, Tesiris then went to the correct shelf and picked up the book, he then went to a small reading table near him and sat down, for about an hour Tesiris read and read and read until he had read the entire book,