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inside him, wait this one was different. It felt like a dream
with its vague unclear characteristics. Seeing himself in a stone
chamber with a doorway he walked towards the door and opened it.
Seeing a field outside he crossed it in one step. Another door
stood in front of him, this one with a lock. Feeling a cold metal
object in his hand he looked and saw a key. Opening the door he saw
another room with walls lined with books and a man sitting with his
back to the door. This was a dream and that man would be something
strange, probably a conjuration from the last couple days. Kiyan
gathered his courage before stepping up to the man and tapped him
on the shoulder.
    “What is this place?” He asked.
    The man stood and turned slowly. Feeling the face of
the man more than seeing it, Kiyan jolted as he recognized the
energy that had taken control of his body earlier that day.
    “There is no need for fear. Even Kendra can't stop me
from talking to you. How could she. It would be like trying to stop
the suns from shining. I am you, or to say a part of you that you
haven't remembered yet. This place represents the knowledge of the
lifetimes that your ancestors have lived. I am here to guide you
and awaken the memories that you need. I am the keeper of ages. The
memories you hold can be called upon in the form of your past lives
should you need guidance.
    Kiyan felt a flood of energy and a new feeling of
calm. Sleep with peace child. Sleep again claimed Kiyan as he felt
the keeper's calm persuasion.
     

Chapter Four: The High Council
     
    Carlisle and Joshua sat in the council chambers of
the academy wondering what everything was about. Carlisle was more
surprised than he had been in years. The feeling of surprise was
something he had begun to get accustomed to of recent. As a seer
there was few things that he hadn’t some sort of premonition about.
But then again Carlisle had never had any dreams that involved
ascended. He had spoken to other seers who had mentioned the same
phenomenon. Joshua was more settled than Carlisle because he felt
that in time all would be revealed.
    “Shall we begin?” Kendra asked when everyone was
settled. “Unfortunately the temporal strands were not easily traced
and many possible futures had to be searched for clues. Still there
is little that we are certain of. What we do know is that Corban
and Draxos will be near Kiyan in the future. Their time lines orbit
an unknown force that we believe is Kiyan. To what extent we don’t
know yet. Unfortunately we will have to wait for time to reveal
those details”
    “Are we sure that Kiyan is the key?” One of the other
ascended queried.
    “He has manifested power beyond what he should even
if he were an unascended” Kendra explained. “I felt energy that can
only be that of one descended from the first when Kiyan bent. There
are some glimpses of the future that would seem to indicate that
the outcome of coming war depends on Kiyan.”
    “So you have indeed found the first one after he was
lost to us in the shadow war?” The thoran questioned.
    “Not exactly. Prometheus was a different ascended.
Until Kiyan awakens there is no way to be sure. He may be
Prometheus reborn or another ascended entirely. The like has never
been witnessed before.” One of the other ascended offered.
    The water elf spoke next. “Is the dark one awakening
as well?”
    “We fear he is the one that the drakken will to be
obeying in their conquest of this universe.” Kendra explained.
    “Have they entered this universe yet?” The thoran
posed the question.
    “We have found a weak place in the fabric of
space-time that we think they are preparing to pass through.
However this soft spot is years in the future in this time stream.”
The other ascended said.
    “Will the time war affect the joined world” The water
elf questioned.
    “The first ascended constructed these worlds as a
refuge, the nebula is charged with temporal energy so the worlds
exist in their own