It has been a week since I discovered that Leila was my wife and Angelo my son. At just 20 years old, I found myself in a realm where I had a family I never knew existed. The realization struck me like a thunderbolt—here I was, a young man without even a girlfriend in my previous life, now thrust into the role of husband and father. The story behind it all was even more bewildering. 😳💔
I learned that I was the *Chosen One*, destined to protect this realm. Leila's father, the town head, had his own legacy to uphold, and not everyone was pleased with our union. A dark conspiracy had unfolded when we were just children; some envious souls poisoned us with an aphrodisiac at the tender age of 14, resulting in Leila’s unexpected pregnancy. I always knew humans could be cruel, but here, in this world of flame clans and dark powers, the stakes were far more sinister. 😡🔥
The title of of this story is Flame.
The tale of the Flame clans was as rich as it was tragic. Once, there were five clans: Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, and White. They were sworn protectors of the human clans, bound by ancient laws that forbade intermarriage among clan members. For years, this system held firm until a boy from the Red Flame clan fell in love with a girl from the Blue Flame clan. Their love blossomed during training sessions as they honed their skills as elite assassins—capable of taking down armies with nothing but sheer will and cunning. 💞⚔️
But love has a way of defying rules. When their pregnancy became known, both clans were thrown into chaos. The Guidian—the leader who had inherited his position—was blamed for allowing such a union to occur against the ancient edicts. The Red clan demanded the Blue clan take action or face annihilation. In retaliation, the Blue clan declared their right to marry since both lovers were still alive.
What followed was catastrophic: an all-out war that claimed countless lives among the flameless clans caught in the crossfire. As blood stained the earth, an old woman cursed the pregnant woman to die in childbirth while her partner would lose his sanity. On the day of her labor, amidst attempts at peace negotiations between the clans, tragedy struck—the woman died giving birth, and true to the curse, the man went mad. 😢⚔️
He fled into the woods and became a vengeful specter, targeting high-ranking members of both clans before ultimately taking his own life by jumping off a cliff. The child born from this forbidden love became a pawn in a larger game—a symbol of unity that both clans failed to grasp.
The child was taken from the Blue Flame castle and sent to be raised by the head of a flameless clan when he showed signs of possessing the Flame symbol—a mark prophesied to signify the one who would lead against the Dark Flame clan.
Once noble, the Dark Flame clan had succumbed to manipulation by a figure known as Daya, who promised them power but instead turned them into mere pawns in his dark game. The collective strength of all other flame clans couldn’t touch them; hence my birth—a child born from both Red and Blue flames—was seen as a beacon of hope.
Leila and I grew up together as friends, unaware of our intertwined destinies until fate intervened. We were poisoned by villagers fearing retribution from her father for our premature union at such a young age. Yet instead of punishment, he celebrated our bond—an ancient prophecy foretold that I would marry his daughter at 15 and she would be pivotal in defeating Daya.
But tragedy struck again when Daya launched an attack on our town to confirm his suspicions about my existence. The other flame clans rushed to protect me but arrived too late to prevent disaster. In my attempt to confront Daya, I felt like a mere fly attempting to battle an elephant; he crushed me effortlessly. 😱💥
Daya wielded dark flames with devastating power and commanded an army made up of twisted creatures—one being Quito, who had become my relentless tormentor. Just when I thought it was over for me, Daya paused his assault with cruel amusement. “Killing you would be too easy,” he said with a wicked grin before snapping his fingers.
In an instant, darkness enveloped me, swallowing my cries for help as I vanished from that realm into another world entirely—Earth—where I lived for 20 years while only one year passed in my original home.
Now here I sat with Leila beside me as she whispered urgently about Daya’s return. My mouth hung open in disbelief as reality crashed down around me.