《Bring Hell to the Heavens》 Prologue (Part 1) - Curiosity Kills the Cat Prologue (Part 1) ¨C Curiosity Kills the Cat ¡°Ey Michael, What should we do?¡± Asks Raynes somewhat nervously. Hearing his question I can¡¯t help but to take another look at our discovery. A few meters in front of us, at the end of a 15 m long cave is a shiny crystal hovering... yes... hovering above a table-like rock. The table-like rock is about a square meter big with thousands of different runes inscribed on it. As a hobby I¡¯ve always found ancient runes and letters interesting yet I can¡¯t seem to figure out where these runes came from. ¡°Take it obviously? It looks invaluable and the way it hovers... It¡¯s like magic!¡± Says Sophie, the only girl in our group of four. Looking at her I can see drool hanging from her lower lip and her eyes seemingly shining with greed. ¡°What?! You want to touch that thing?! No way in hell what if something happens? The teachers doesn¡¯t even know we sneaked away from camp!¡± Says Jack hurriedly even though he is usually the bravest of us all. I guess appearance really can be deceiving... Compared to his usually reckless behaviour this is completely different. ¡°Oh shut up Jackie, what do you think will happen? It¡¯s just a jewel... and even if something does happen we all have cell phones right?¡± Counters Sophie with a sneer. ¡°I still think we should at least tell somebody...¡± whispers the almost two meter long Jack in defiance. ¡°Jack has a point, this doesn¡¯t look like anything I¡¯ve seen before. Raynes can you give one of your fan girls a call for us? Just tell them where we are and to contact the teachers if something happens.¡± I say while grinning towards Raynes, knowing full well that he hates when I call them that. ¡°Hahh sure... don¡¯t blame me if one or two of ¡®em show up later though.¡± Answers Raynes while sighing. Raynes is not like the me, Jack the Idiot or Sophie the Stalker. With girls constantly following him around he is our school¡¯s number one pretty boy. I do not know why someone like him chooses to hangout with us but as long as he doesn¡¯t bring his fan girls along I¡¯m okay with it. Oddly however is that Sophie hasn¡¯t showed him any interest. After Raynes stepped back to make a call me, Jack and Sophie decided to take a closer look at the magical crystal. Gazing at it it¡¯s hard to not widen your eyes in shock, even Jack seem to be able to restrain himself from doing something stupid. ¡°It¡¯s so pretty...¡± Says Sophie while wiping away drool from her cheek. Hearing her both me and Jack nod in agreement. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. ¡°It¡¯s almost like it¡¯s otherworldly...¡± I whisper underneath my breath. ¡°Oy Guys the call has ended, she promised to not tell the teachers without my permission!¡± Says Raynes from behind us. Hearing his words I can¡¯t help but to grit my teeth in frustration. ¡®His permission?! Has he secretly brainwashed those girls?!¡¯ I think to myself while suppressing the ever growing urge to hit the pretty boy right in his pretty face. ¡°Good, do you still feel scared Jackie?¡± Teases Sophie while grinning. ¡°Tss, you should keep your crazy woman in check Michael. Someday I swear I¡¯m going to hit her.¡± Says Jack in both annoyance and embarrassment while suppressing his fuming anger. ¡°Idiot who is my woman? And Sophie stop teasing Jack before he does something stupid... again.¡± I say nonchalantly while not noticing the odd expressions on Raynes and Sophie¡¯s faces. Bending over I pick up a finger sized stone before turning around to look at my friends. ¡°Step back guys, let¡¯s see what happens if you touch it.¡± I say with a bit excitement in my voice. Jack, Sophie and Raynes nod their heads simultaneously before stepping back to the entrance of the cave. Breathing in I take a deep breath before focusing on the shining crystal. The crystal is still hovering above the square stone table while releasing its otherworldly brilliance. Raising my arm I throw the stone straight towards it. *Diiiiiiiiinnnngggg...* ... *Crack... Craaaaack.. CRACK* Hearing the surprisingly loud high-pitched ring echo through the cave followed by the sound of stones cracking all the blood in my face suddenly disappears. ¡®Shit.¡¯ Turning around in what seems like slow-motion I see my three best friends looking at me in pure shock. ¡®Can I make it?¡¯ My body moves on its own and before I know it I¡¯m already running towards them. ¡°MICHAEL RUN!!!!¡± Sophie is the first to recover from the shock and immediately looks at me in both fear and panic. Without time to answer I notice that the cracks has already covered the roof of the cave entrance. ¡®Fuck!¡¯ ¡°STEP BACK BEFO...¡± *BOOOOOM!* .... Prologue (Part 2) - The Voice Prologue (Part 2) ¨C The Voice Death came faster than I thought was possible. There was no pain, no replay of my life¡¯s memories just... darkness. However while feeling the endless darkness rapidly pulling me away a bright light suddenly appeared. The light illuminated the darkness and penetrated deep into my soul. When my body or soul or whatever touched the light a fog I didn¡¯t know was there seemed to have been cleared, no longer clouding my mind. Memories of my childhood, my parents, my friends and the mysterious crystal all came rushing back to me and I realised that if it wasn¡¯t for the light I would have forgotten everything! Fear. A soul-shivering fear invaded my mind and I immediately took comfort inside the light. Looking around I noticed that the darkness was still there outside the sanctuary formed by the light, unceasingly trying to reclaim the space which was taken from it. Further away into the darkness I saw three orbs of light similar to mine. Seeing the familiar light I Immediately realised what they were. ¡®No way? Jack, Sophie, Raynes? They didn¡¯t make it?! How is that poss...¡¯ ¡°Mortals listen closely. Time has a beginning and so it will have an end, yet Fate is everlasting. However it was not Fate which led you to Our soul piece. We are an abomination in the eyes of Heaven and Our Time has come to an end. But before We depart We will bestow you four mortals with what is left of Our power and You will end what We have started.¡± An ancient voice neither male or female interrupted my thoughts while echoing throughout the world of darkness. When it spoke the darkness stopped trying to invade the sanctuary, seemingly afraid of opposing the unknown voice. The panic and fear from earlier had also disappeared and in my mind the words of the voice continued to echo. From the darkness a new light was born glistening with all the worlds colours. The colourful light continued to grow until it looked like a sun of billions of colours. The space in which the darkness filled started forming ripples creating a chaotic scene. However whenever a ripple touched the sanctuary of light it would immediately disappear. The gigantic sun swirling with colours started shaking and before long it split into four smaller suns. The four smaller suns were however no longer a mix of colours like the one from before, instead they were coloured Gold, Grey, White and Black respectively. The golden sun was the first to start moving. Like lightning it shot towards one of the sanctuaries. I didn¡¯t even see what happened when they collided but when I turned my attention to the sanctuary it had already transformed into a golden orb many times smaller than the golden sun. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! The white sun was the second to start moving. Like the golden sun it also shot towards one of the sanctuaries before it quickly transformed into a white orb resembling a golf ball. The black sun... or maybe more correctly black hole was the third to move. It didn¡¯t move like the two suns before it and instead it ¡®devoured¡¯ its way towards the last remaining sanctuary except mine. When the black hole collided with the sanctuary it didn¡¯t even have to transform as it immediately turned into a pitch black orb. The grey sun was the last to move. However even though I say ¡®move¡¯ I didn¡¯t see it. One second it was there, the next second I was howling in pain. The pain continued for what seemed like an eternity, it felt like something was breaking down my mind and soul only to reconstruct it again. The process of breaking down and reconstructing continued on endlessly. When I woke up the sanctuary of light around me was gone. The darkness was still there yet it was no longer trying to pull me away and when trying to recall my memories I immediately remembered. Looking around I could see a golden and a white dot far away into the darkness, as for the third black dot? I couldn¡¯t see it. Just when I was about to move however the voice from earlier came back. ¡°You four are the inheritors of Our comprehension of the laws of Fate, Time, Life and Death. These four are the laws in which We pride Ourselves the most in. However You must remember that true comprehension can only be done on your own, We can only give You guidelines... Now before those bastard pretending to be Rulers of Heaven comes We will use Our remaining power to reincarnate you four into the Primal World. Our request to you is to do what We were unable to do... BRING HELL TO THE HEAVENS! HAHAHAHAHA¡± Immediately after the voice finished speaking space started warping and twisting around us. After taking a last look towards the dots which can only be my friends I smiled in relief. ¡®At least we¡¯ll live...¡¯ ¡°MICHAEL, RAYNES, SOPHIE WE MUST FIND EACH OTHER AGAIN AT THE PLACE CALLED THE PRIMAL WORLD! AHAHAHAHAH THIS IS AWESOME!!!¡± Is the last thing I hear before everything goes dark. ... ... ...