3. The laws

It was around ten in the morning when Stella and Morgan finally woke up. They didn't have any recollection of how they had slept last night. The only thing that they could remember was their grandmother's last words before everything had gone dark in their mind.

"Stella, I know you both have a lot of questions to ask me, but unfortunately I don't have any more time to answer any of your questions. I would leave you a book from which you would get the answers. In the meantime, take care of yourselves. Stella, remember to always put on the pendant, never even for once should you ever remove it because the time is near. Morgan, I'm sorry that you have to take on this duty at such an early age."

Thinking about it, they immediately swung into action to find their beloved grandmother so that she could explain to them what exactly had happened and what she meant when she said those words. They hoped that whatever she meant when she said she didn't have any more time was not what they were thinking of.

It only shocked the two grandkids to find their grandma missing, her bed clearly showed that she hadn't slept on it last night.

Confusion and worry gripped their hearts as they searched every nook of their little house but there was no sign of their her. Instead, they discovered a weathered leather bag lying on the kitchen table.

Stella and Morgan had never seen the bag before, so they hurried to check its contents only to find a weathered worn book with cracked leather cover adorned with faded symbols. The pages were filled with cryptic symbols and faded illustrations, and on the first page, written in elegant script.

The Laws of the Ancient Times.

Besides the book, there was a written note stuck on the table, written in their grandma's handwriting.

"Stella, Morgan, I'm very sorry my kids, that I can no longer take care of you guys. As you read this note then I would no longer be in this world. I'm going back home to where we all came from

I have left you several materials that would enrich your knowledge of these things, find some time to read them. I wish you well, and all the best.

If, by any chance we meet again, I would love to be your grandmother once again.

Morgan, remember to take care of your sister, with time, you will learn that you two are of different kinds, and you might be swayed to turn your back on her. When such a time comes, always remember that she is your SISTER! You have to protect her no matter what because she must fulfill the old prophecies. Goodbye, my kids. "

Love, grandma. The note read.

They didn't understand what it meant, especially when she said she would no longer be in this world, it just made them wonder whether there was another parallel world. They didn't quite believe in such tales, they had read and watched a lot about it.

Curiosity mingled with apprehension made Stella and Morgan hurriedly start flipping through the ancient tome so that at least they may get to understand what all this was for, they hadn't understood a thing from the note.

The book was not written in any simple English as they had expected. It was written in the ancient language, and lucky enough, Stella had been taught by her uncle Xavier while Morgan had been taught by Grandma Elizabeth.

The book spoke of a long-forgotten prophecy, passed down through generations from a thousand years ago when it was written, after the death of the guardians of the dark world.

The first chapter spoke of dire consequences that would befall a witch who by any chance dared to interact with a devil in whichever situation, and if by any chance that were to happen then the witch had to be taken back to the dark world and be imprisoned in a dungeon full of poisonous insects as a punishment to prevent future interaction between the two kinds. The words seemed to leap off the page, filling the room with an eerie sense of foreboding.

Everything written in the book didn't make any sense to either Stella or Morgan. They found everything in the book quite absurd. The book spoke of witches, dragons, angels, vampires, and the devil. They didn't believe in such a thing at all, weren't they just fantasy? If they were to interpret it, it only meant that Grandma Elizabeth was a witch while the stranger guy whom Stella had picked from the streets the previous night was the devil.

That was not true. Their grandma was someone of the purest soul that they had ever met, and since witches were only associated with evils, just like the devil, it didn't make any sense to them at all to even think that way. They dismissed it with a thought that their grandmother would come back after some time. She had once disappeared for a week back then when they were still young.

As they two delved deeper into the prophecy, they learned of the powerful bond between the witch and the devil, forged in the shadows of ancient forests.

The devil, Lucifer, had once promised the queen witch untold riches and unimaginable power in exchange for her assistance in fulfilling his malevolent plans, which were against the laws set on the world by the gods. Together with the assistance of the aliens, they had planned to unleash chaos upon the world, plunging it into darkness and despair a thousand years ago, but they were stopped by the two guardians, one of whom was his son. As a result, Lucifer lost his son in the process, leading to the plan being put off.

The battle had been scheduled to take place a thousand years later, after the rebirth of the two guardians, and only after Lucifer had claimed his son back.

But the prophecy also spoke of hope. It foretold five brave souls comprising an angel, a devil, a witch, a dragon, and a vampire who would rise against the darkness, armed with courage and determination. These heroes would embark on a perilous quest to fulfill the prophecy, restoring balance to the world and saving the universe from alien attacks and evil.

Written in bold there was one condition attached to it, by any chance there was supposed to be no interaction between any of the kids, especially the devil and angel as they were totally two opposite kinds dire which would lead to the end of the world and perishing of the human world, consequently, the two kinds would lose their immortality and perish forever.