The Second Prophecy (Part 1 of the Dragdani Prophecies) Read Online Free

husband
reassuringly.
    Helen continued to feel anxious about the
whole thing.
    Then as
quickly as the dimensional reflection had faded, it came back. All
three were now looking, but Helen’s double was not there, because
the floor looked into different dimensions. Now they could see a
man. He was tall and neat except for his short messy hair, which
would have been completely blond if not for streaks here and there
of dark brown. He looked young, at most in his early twenties, and
was wearing a beige shirt, black trousers, and a belt that was
black with a silver clip-in buckle with an engraved Dragon’s claw
holding an orb. He was wearing light brown shoes, and in his right
hand he held a sword. In his other hand he held a piece of cloth,
which he used to wipe down the blade of his sword.
    On the blade
were Elven runes, which seemed to shine with a small echoing light;
a light that made the silver blade look exquisite and flawless. He
stopped wiping the blade then put the sword gently and carefully
into its sheath, which was blue with the same letters. They also
had a shine to them, but unlike the light on the blade, it was not
an echoing light, but more like a sparkle, as if diamonds or some
other valuable stones were set in.
    The guard of
the sword looked like two long fangs running up beside the blade.
They were four inches in length, and both the guard and the butt of
the hilt were the same color of blue as the sheath. The handle’s
grip was royal blue with a thin blue chain winding round
it.
    The man
turned slightly, and it was then that John saw something silver
glimmer in the torchlight. It was the centerpiece of a necklace
that was held around his neck by a thin black rope. It looked tiny
from where they stood and hard to see because of the light shining
on it.
    John was
trying to see what the silver piece was when he saw his eyes
unexpectedly change in his refection in one of the glass cases,
from hazel brown to green. Not only did they change in color. They
changed in appearance as well. The pupils had stretched from top to
bottom; they now looked like little Dragon eyes.
    Like his
eyes , his view was now also green. He
could see light green ripples moving from his pupils to the edges
of his irises. His sight was better, the detail of everything
around him grown clearer than ever. The ripples seemed to have
their own function. For every time they passed, he could see the
dust particles moving in the air. When he looked at the doors at
the far end of the room, he could see a draft coming through a gap
at the bottom of one of them.
    Then at the
side of his right eye, John could see two thin wafts of air that
were getting bigger and diminishing as they floated away. When he
turned round, he saw that it was the very breath of Helen and
Delsani. It seemed that he could also see any movement no matter
how small it was. This is like
some kind of radar , he
thought.
    “ We are
privileged to be able to see the great Wizard-Elf Dragdani,” said
Delsani, “It’s not every day you see a living legend.”
    “ Dragdani,”
said John. He knew he had seen the man before, but he had been away
from Dorminya for so long that he could not even recognize one of
the most famous people to ever walk that world. He turned his gaze
back to Dragdani, looked at the sheath of his sword and to the
Elven symbols, and then to his eyes alone they changed and appeared
now as English letters. They spelt Yeluilat, the name of one of the
most radiant stars in the Elven night sky. It was also the name
given to the Sword of Light, which was forged by the Wizards and
Witches of Cayer-Huld and the Elves of Haludon then given to
Dragdani as a gift when he assumed the throne. It was called the
Sword of Light because when its name was spoken aloud, it would
emit a blinding light that would drive back any darkness and reveal
anything that might be hiding within it. But the sword would only
allow its true bearer to perform this act. Anyone else