The Two Worlds by Alisha Howard Page A

The kingdom was eventually overrun by the KaKonians.
The Felkne kingdom was no more.”
    “ I don’t understand,” Nia
said, shaking her head. “We heard that we were a part of a legend,
but there was never any talk about this war. How come we didn’t
learn about it?”
    “ No one really knows the
history of the legend.” Grandpa sighed. “The KaKonians still hold a
great position of power on Turgor. They decided that the history
books could do without what really happened to the
Felkne.”
    “ So where do we fit into
this?” I croaked. Mom and Dad had begun a silent conversation among
themselves, with Mom laughing at whatever Dad was telling
her.
    Grandpa closed his eyes and continued
talking. “Not too many people know this, and the KaKonians for sure
don’t know this, but before the Felkne sisters died, the oracle
that had originally issued a prophecy about them had another one.
She said there would come at a time when a horrible war would begin
again on Turgor. Right before the war could reach a peak, two
sisters would be reunited on the planet. The Felkne sisters’ powers
would be reborn within each set of sisters that descended until it
would come to pass that a set of sisters would house the powerful
Felkne magic. The oracle called them the Akearman Stars, after the Akearman constellation. It is one of the most visible
constellations from our planet, and the one that was very present
the night the sisters were found.
    “ The prophecy states
specifically, there shall come a time when the two stars will
reunite and have Death on their side in the final battle of Turgor.
They will Awaken the ancient magical and powerful warriors from
centuries that have passed and band forces to help defeat the
KaKonians once and for all. After this ancient battle, it shall
come to pass s that the two stars will reign forever in the
night. ”
    I shook my head. I could grasp the
general meaning of what Grandpa was telling us. “So Nia and I are
the Akearman Stars ?”
    Grandpa looked back at Mom and Dad, who
were paying rapt attention to him now. “Yes, you are.”
    I swallowed. “And we’re supposed to
save the day? Grandpa, we’re not powerful!”
    “ Yes, you are, honey,”
Grandpa said, looking down at me with sad eyes. “You haven’t had
nearly the amount of training that you should have had, but you are
very powerful. I heard about the incident at Nipsin’s Lodge. How do
you think you were able to create a distraction that big and
powerful after only a couple of days on this planet?”
    “ I thought every Awakener
could do that!” I shrieked. My head had begun to hurt, and my
Evrodes had grown icy on my skin.
    “ No, they can’t,” Nia said,
shaking her head. “I knew we were powerful, but I thought that was
just talent. Not a legend that we were fulfilling.”
    Grandpa pointed to the chalkboard.
“Your mother and father wanted to be here when I explained this to
you.”
    “ They can hear you?” Rena
asked. Grandpa nodded.
    Nia looked from the board to Grandpa.
“What do we do now?”
    “ There was a reason that
Kay’s first assignment was to Awaken a Death Walker. The prophecy
states, ...the two stars will reunite and have Death on their
side. We, a small group of historians and myself, thought that
you Awakening the Death Walker would fulfill the final piece of the
legend. We didn’t know that the KaKonians would be attacking so
soon though.”
    “ So, we have to go Awaken
the Death Walker,” Rena sighed. I sighed along with her. This was
getting more complicated.
    “ What if I don’t want to
engage in battle?” I asked. Nia looked at me. “What? I mean, I have
enough trouble at home on Earth. Why would I want to risk being
killed here? What about Grandma? You left her!” I pointed a
trembling finger at Grandpa. “I won’t do the same. It would kill
her!”
    “ Kay! Calm down,” Nia said,
placing a hand on my shoulder She was trembling, too. “No one is
going to die.”
    “ We’re