Imagine, as I was, sitting down, thinking of one of my favorite shows, when I got inspiration from a certain aspect of it. Then applying it to a story I wished to flush out into the world.
"Our souls are intertwined within the sky above us. That is why we are called Ethers. Our siblings enhance the powers of god in order to make up for their lack of a soul. While we use their soul they left us to harness the ropes above us in the sky, creating our abilities named: Soul Bonds."
❝𝐀𝐡, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐚. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲. 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞?❞ 𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀.
𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗌, 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀. ❝𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞
❝𝐎𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞,❞ 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽, 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗆𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍. ❝𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬... 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞.❞
𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽. ⊱ ━━━━.⋅°•⁀➷
𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘢, 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮, 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳?
Fifty years after the cataclysmic Second Jewel War, the Land of Spade has flourished under the legacy of Kaipo Kasumi, its once-fractured realms now united in an era of peace. But peace is a double-edged sword, for in the shadows of tranquility, a new and insidious evil stirs—one that threatens to unravel everything the heroes of old fought for. As dark forces emerge from the cracks of a fragile peace, the next generation of mages must rise to confront an adversary unlike any before. Will they uphold the legacy of their predecessors, or will the weight of history crush them? The fate of five universes rests in their hands, and their journey will test not only their power but the very essence of who they are.
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Lost in the depths of the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, Ranger Kate meets a mysterious hermit who may very well have a connection with the decade-old legend of the Ghost of Ontario.
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Ranger Kate wants only one thing: to see her son, whom she lost to a canoe accident ten years ago. The opportunity comes when she and her partner, Ranger Amelia, attend the 24-Hour Ghost of Ontario Challenge in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. Legend has it that a ghost haunts it with his mysterious lullaby, "Lucilla," and the only way to connect with him is for two individuals to brave the lakes.
Ihaan never expected to find Ranger Kate on Red Squirrel Lake, said to be the birthplace of the ghost. He and his eagle friend, Ro, band together to win her trust, which is crucial for Ihaan's Guardian Trial. It's the only way for him to learn whether he is truly dead.
Fate turns to reality, and suddenly, the legend of the ghost is more real than Ihaan and Kate think. What will happen when the Spirit Animals come and try to interfere with their long-lost memories? Will Kate and Ihaan defeat them, or will they lose themselves to the hands of Ontario's Beast?
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*Moral: Loved ones are never really gone when they move on.*
*Ihaan is pronounced "I-an."*
*The Sixth Sense meets Brother Bear in a story about discovering one's true destiny.*
*Word Count: 6,000-7,000*