Revelations and Ends: Episode 1

I keep thinking about how it must be almost over. The Tower has been here for four years, almost, and it never lasts anywhere long. Dark thoughts of leaving, of the end, keep cropping up in my head. A heavy sorrow fills my mind when I think about it, so I try not to. I have loved it here, have been so happy here, and refuse to consider leaving yet. Worse still, every time the Tower moves, some friends are left behind. Some always stay, as is their prerogative, but I cannot bear to leave any of these people who have worked and lived here. It would tear me to pieces. I will not think about it anymore.

Polaris shut his journal, and forcibly shoved it into his desk drawer. He stood up and looked out the window of his study. Dracona and Link were working in the garden, others were playing tag. He knew Athelus was in the library, with the books, and that all the many friends of the Tower were around, living and studying, working and thinking, the body of creativity that the Tower was known for. Others were off, seeing the world and spreading the creativity. He wiped a single tear from his cheek, shook his head, and walked away. The pain, his alone to bear, would find no expression if he could help it. He left his study and headed up the stairs.

Life at the Tower had been quiet, peaceful, and wonderful for a long time. No sense of foreboding haunted the Tower, no concerns, no threats or enemies. He headed to the magic radar out of something like boredom, halfheartedly hoping that danger might come soon.

DANGER! DANGER! UNKNOWN THREAT OF LEVEL 7! DANGER! DANGER!

Convinced that he had misread it, he looked at the screen again. He had indeed read it correctly, however. The radar had never read a threat of level 7 before. Polaris calmly walked over to the transmitter and turned it on. "To all friends of the Ivory Tower. A danger we have never before conceived now threatens this world. Wherever you are. consider this your summons: the Ivory Tower needs your help."

Polaris walked to the window and waited to see who would come.