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Sequel to Gateway Beyond Threshold – through a bizarre series of mishaps this morning i found the original rough draft to Crossroads. it’s 74 pages long. i am going to be posting it as i go through it today. i never thought i would see it again. and the story is nothing like the one being written now. (original 2003 file and yes it was unfinished)

Original X-roads-2003

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Chapter One
 

    We had landed on Cross Isle, which was in the center of Caslitak. We stood in the center of a cleared space in the perfect shape of a circle, which was odd almost since there was a thick forest surrounding it. There was only smooth grass here, and tall ominous looking trees looming all around.
    I stepped through the gate and glanced around, Daemon and Sertoff had walked in before me. The feeling of Darkness increased, there was a chilling cold the kind of cold that only Darkness can bring. It was stronger than the feeling I would get on Earth when I would walk outside my door, I felt more as if we were heading for our deaths. And what was more, was the fact I couldn’t feel Cas or Zariaha here. I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, this feeling of gloom and doom surrounding us. I glanced up at the sky which was a lilac color, it’s lighter shades blending into pink as the darker ones faded into a more royal purple. There was one light blue sun in the sky, it was amazing to look at. I have never seen anything quite like it, it was a crystal, mystical type of light blue. You could see the heat fumes around it making swirls of silvery blue atop the surface. It had dark spots, not many but a few, they had turned a darker shade of light blue, almost a dark dulled cyan. The grass and leaves here were Turquoise, but other than that it seemed like a normal place.
    My thoughts were interrupted by Jabetto walking through the gate. He glanced around, “Big change from Earth huh?”.
    “Uh huh.” I nodded and glanced at Mesiaha who was the next one through. She passed through the gate then glanced back as if she was leaving something behind. It must be her sister or something, she’d left nothing there. She looked up at me in a dumb-struck glance, and suddenly I noticed it too. There was something missing, she looked as if she was lost.
    I set Jamie down on the ground and glanced at Sertoff, I drew in a deep breath then exhaled. The thought of going into any towns and talking to people gave me the creeps. I really felt as if the whole world was filled with a negative energy, and everything in and on it was negative. Sertoff seemed almost at home, he stood motionless, expressionless facing the north.
    “Well someone has to go inform Emperor Kilji of our arrival.” Daemons pendant seems to have changed somewhat, the voice is lower. And I could hear the electronics inside it working, not very loud, almost like a whisper.
    Sertoff turned to us, “Wait here.” He started to walk off towards the circle of trees in the north.
    A feeling crept over me, urging me to follow him, growing stronger with every step he took towards the trees. “I wanna go too.” I voiced out loud bracing myself for any kind of reaction from Sertoff.
    He seemed angry as he slowly turned back to face me, his cold blue eyes staring. He studied me for a moment then nodded once and stood perfectly still, as he waited for me to catch up with him.
    I followed him away from the others, soon we were at the surrounding trees. I noticed now that they made a complete circle around the field, though once inside… The trees seemed to stretch into a never-ending forest. I began to get flash backs of Zaria Forest, “Where are we going?” I asked him. It was more to get my mind off the forest than curiosity.
    “Emperor Kilji is over one thousand years old,” Sertoff began to brief me. “He didn’t get that way by letting strangers in to see him. I fought for him, and still hold the rank of General in the Kilji Army. Without his permission, the rest of the group can’t go beyond the trees.”
    “You’ll just fight for anybody if the price’s right, wont you?” I half teased.
    “And for the right price, you’ll kill.” he scoffed as he turned his cold eyes and stared me down.
    I drew in a breath and looked back at the trees trying to warm myself from his gaze.
    “Try to restrain yourself in front of the Emperor. I don’t want to have to do it for you.” he started walking faster.
    I rolled my eyes and caught up with him, soon we emerged from the trees. It was basically the same as the field before, though on the horizon I saw a black castle. It glinted in the blue suns’ light with a sort of metallic hue, a greenish crystal type mist surrounded it. It must be some sort of force field or something, they really don’t want anyone getting in here. I wonder why.
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