Roelin Walks The Future Novels & Stories

he explained softly as they followed an exhibit attendant through a back entry. As they were brought into a darkened room, Evelyn heard a voice expound, “Come tour the future with General Motors!” Taking her spot beside Mr. James in the two-seat conveyor cars with another five-hundred-fifty-two spectators at once, they took the third of a mile winding path through the exhibit ride, an eighteen minute magic carpet-like flight with an expansive panoramic view of the imaginary city of 1960, Futurama.

… "Jocelyn! Get up. Otherwise, you'll be late for your mock exam today." My mom's voice snapped me back to the living. I opened my eyes and found myself back in my room as it had been when I was 18. My desk sat by the pale blue curtains, stacked with study notes. The walls were plastered with Elmshore University admissions brochures from past years. It was April 7, 2010, two months before the college entrance exam. Then it hit me that I had been reborn. Looking in the mirror, I saw a face with no sign of age. No wrinkles from years of depression or gaunt, sickly pallor from chemotherapy. Just long glossy hair, bright eyes, and a healthy body. Tears spilled down my face before I could stop th

“No. This isn’t real.” “This *is* real,” the Firstborn’s voice echoed from the heavens. “One future. Of many. This is what happens if you run from the balance. If you try to save everyone and lose yourself.” Rowan drew his blade and charged at Kael. “No!” Aria screamed. Everything shattered again And she was back. Kael was shaking her. “Aria! You vanished what happened? Where did you go?!” She fell into his arms, panting. “It showed me… our children. Fighting. A future where everything burns.”

Tina added. Although her tone was sweet and gentle, the sheer malice in Tina's words sent a cold dread through me. She was clearly suggesting that going back to the countryside would be an experience more dreadful than death itself. I painstakingly gathered the scraps of paper in my hand, then looked directly at Tina and reached for her. Tina tried her usual trick of falling backward, but I was ready this time. I endured the searing pain in my arm, held her firm, and pointed toward Hiccup. "The way those papers are torn isn't something a dog could possibly do, Tina. You can drop the act now, since no one's here."

Too confining. She crossed to the window and stared toward the moon hanging above the valley. The same moon from her vision. Watching. Waiting. “What does it mean?” Selene understood immediately. The throne. The war. The warning. Everything. The wolf’s voice grew quiet. Almost thoughtful. She was showing us the future. Aria’s stomach tightened. “The future can change.” A pause. Some parts can. That wasn’t reassuring. Not at all. Aria remembered the blood-soaked battlefields.

The moment I opened the door back home and saw Olivia, the weight in my chest finally settled. Olivia's eyes lit up instantly. She trotted toward me and wrapped her arms around mine. "Mommy, what brings you home so early?" I wrapped my arms around Olivia, stroking her soft hair. According to the Dezarae from three years in the future, Olivia would fall from a building in three hours' time. Just to be safe, I had to bring Olivia around with me the whole time. "Liv, come to work with me today, okay? I'll buy a strawberry cake for you."

“You were there. Fighting. And then you weren’t.” Kael exhaled sharply. “Elara…” “I can’t lose you,” I whispered, gripping his arm. “Not like that. Not to him.” Kael pulled back just enough to look at me, his blue eyes burning with determination. “You won’t lose me,” he said firmly. “You don’t know that,” I murmured. “The future is already set in motion. Unless we stop it.” “Then we will stop it,” Kael said without hesitation. “Together.”

The gentle rustle of leaves and the distant murmur of the party created an intimate cocoon around us. “Do you ever think about the future?” I asked softly, my heart pounding as I searched his eyes for any hint of hesitation. Alaric’s gaze was steady, his tone earnest. “Every day. I imagine a future where your smile isn’t shadowed by the past, where we can laugh without the ghosts of old wounds haunting us.” He paused, gently tilting my chin upward so that our eyes locked. “Elowen, I want to build that future with you. I’m not saying it’ll be easy—but I’m willing to fight for every moment of it.”

This new Alexis could kill or can control anyone with just her one look. “Alee, you look beautiful. Although I prefer your dumpling form, I cannot argue that this new look is perfect for you.” Berlin said. He had always loved chubby things like a panda, dumplings, etc thus he naturally loved her in her panda form. “BABY GIRL, your appearance got full turned. You look absolutely gorgeous.” Haji loudly said. His excitement couldn’t hide as he looked at Alexis with his wide-open eyes. Thinking about bees and butterflies in the future he promised himself that he would send all those insects to another world.

Rayan took a deep breath, and the emotion in his gaze was so sincere that I smiled genuinely in response. “There is something else everyone needs to know,” he announced, turning to me and holding my hands firmly. I held my breath, the lie was about to spread like vines. “Luna Violet,” Rayan continued, with a smile that could raise any dead alpha to his feet, “carries in her womb the future heir of the unified packs.” The hall exploded into even greater celebration. I looked at Nara, who applauded with a mischievous smile, the only one who knew of my farce. Diana jumped and nearly cried, immersed in her hopeless romantic fantasy.