Library: The tale of the two-headed sprite

On a cold winter night in the years after the Apocalypse in the lost city of Atlantis a child was born. This child , the child of Light , was the dream come true of the poor family of One-eye Jim and his wife Ofelia the fair . They had been praying for offspring since their wedding 38 years before but to no avail , thus Jim was truelly joyous of this occation . But little did he know , until the newborn child was carried to him and put in his arms. The child had , to his amazement , not one but two heads , wich is truelly uncommon to fairy offspring . He could only ponder , if it was his Cyclops semen that could have caused such a misshaped child , but all in all , it was his child and there was nothing he could do about it. When Ofelia ask to be shown her baby Jim told her to 'hush' , since he had to consider what to do. After what seemed ages to him , he came to a conclusion . Since the child was a very noisy one , he would give it up to some wandering bard , and thus save himself from embarassment . But how could he lie to his dear wife and what should he tell her? His Cyclops brain was working as good as it could (wich isnt much) , and after a while a plan started to form . He would tell Ofelia that the child had fallen from his clumsy arms and died , and they would soon try to make a new one . He snuck to his door and quitly opened it , trying to avoid Ofelia hearing anything . After reaching the Alley of the Tall Cat , he looked around , but no minstrels where around to see . Now he had to make an important decision , wether to leave the child there amongst the trash , or to walk back home with it and suffer the consequences of his marrying a Fairy. All of a sudden the child in his arms started to glow . It's glow became brighter and brighter , causing his eyes to hurt , but still somehow he couldn't turn his gaze from the little ball of bright yellow light . His mind started racing (a cyclops mind races...yeah right) and pondering , what could this be . Could his child be the Lightbringer , the One who brings the Light to drive away the mighty shadow , the Nightmare ? He had to make sure before making any more decisions and he knew , the old Gupsy fortuneteller was the person to ask . He went home and told to Ofelia what had happened . The little , stressed out wife could only cry at the thought of her newborn child being taken to such a far away place , so soon after it was born , but what could she do . She knew how stubborn a Cyclops was after making up its mind . She packed Jim a bundle of elven waybread and conjured some ale for him to take along , and off they went to start their journey to the faraway land of Kepustan , where the allknowing and allseeing Gypsy lived . They road was long , with many perilous forests to pass , multiple rivers and swamps to cross , many high and cold mountains to climb over but with great luck they made their way swiftly to the Great land of Kepustan , without even seeing a bunch of cutthroats or thieves . Could this luck be caused by the tiny glowing being tied to his back ? Jim did not know . They reached the Kepustanian border , and halted at the Great Wall of Kepustan . The cityguards called for Jim to identify himself , and as he did the guards just laughed at him . But all of a sudden the little glowing package on Jims back started glowing brighter and brighter again , and the guards where mesmerized by the bright light . They too knew about the Saga of the Lightbringer , and swiftly opened the citygates to let them in . They were rushed to see the Great Gupsy , the fortunetelling Lich that had always been and always would be . The Gypsy looked briefly at the child , and without a hesitation in her voice she spoke :'She is the One . She is the Lightbringer . You shall have her take lessons in singing and scribing and after she reaches her teen years you shall have her lead the Armies to slay the Nightmare . Then finally this war that has continued for centurys now shall come to an end ' . After speaking these words the old Gypsy stopped moving , and Jim got worried that she would have died , but the guards explained to him :' She needs to sleep and regain her mental powers , this meeting has cost her vast amounts of it ' The cityguards gave Jim a horse , so he could make a speedy return to Atlantis , and sent him on his way .

Login to BatWeb

Forgot your password?

Library: The tale of the two-headed sprite