Me and mom continue to stare at the cake, with fear and uncertainty in our eyes. There laid a necklace with the ancient symbol of Hongard; the symbol of deadly evil. Of course, my mom didn't know what this symbol meant, only I did because of the research I've done about several different things throughout my life. I quickly grab the necklace and say to divert the attention away from the necklace, "I can't believe you got me a necklace for my birthday mom! I love it." Mom looks at me shocked and still confused. Then she quickly smiles and says, "Anything for you my dear son!" I smile and rush upstairs to inspect this necklace.

I rush through my bedroom door, close it and quickly start looking at the books in my bookshelf, for the Book of OrRa. "There you are!" I say as I spot the Book of OrRa and slip the book out of the bookshelf. I sit on the bed and set the book on the blanket. "Where did I see this?" I say as I hold the necklace up to my eyes examining it's precise beauty. Then the thought comes to me! "Page 794!" I shout to myself. I quickly flip through the book pages to page 794. On that page was a picture of the necklace that I held in my hand!

I slowly start reading the page."Only two of these necklaces were ever made, the first crafted by an ancient blood alchemist Hongard. This necklace turns the thoughts and actions of many into a dark evil like sensation. The alchemist wore this necklace for 23 decades; the necklace provided him with immortality, however in his sleep one of the many enemies he had made over his lifetime, snuck into his sleeping quarters and ripped the necklace off of him. The magic contained in the necklace no longer served the alchemist, and his years caught up with him in a matter of seconds!"

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"The second necklace was crafted by the Goddess Lynsue. She was a creature of pure light energy. She had crafted this necklace to protect the people she loved and keep the world safe! She consumed the necklace to harness the powers that the necklace granted. The power of great light became too much for Lynsue to handle...and the power that she planned to use to protect and help her people, ended up being the power that destroyed the entire Hotex tribe. Seeing what she had done, she murdered herself in hopes that the necklace's power would die with her. A architect found the remains of Lynsue several months later. All that remained was her bones, and a small necklace, that was later named after her. Today we call this the Necklace of Lynsulian."

"Legend says that these necklaces have been lost to this very day, however rumor has it that the necklaces show themselves to the descendant of the ancestors of the necklace. Bound by blood and ancestral magic, the necklace will find it's new owner over and over again to continue the cycle of death, despair and chaos!"

I stop reading and look at the necklace in shock. "I-I-I must be the descendant of blood alchemist....." I say in a low voice. I smirk and begin to feel excited! I put the necklace on and I feel clarity come to my head, as though I was being given wisdom from all the past descendants. 

All of a sudden I hear commotion in my closet. I jump at the sounds. I am to afraid to go up to the closet, but I wanted to open it and see what it was. This is where my powers kick in. The close door flies open and inside was an old man with a long dark cloak. He almost looked as if he were dead! "Who are you?!" I say with fear and empowerment in my voice.