A heartbreaking day

Mom and Dad are talking to Mar right now, I don't know what its about. They won't let me listen. I hope that I can still practice my magic. Mom wasn't happy that Mar said it was a good idea to have me train it. Mom and Dad argued about it with each other for awhile. Mar took me out of the house to get me away from the screaming. I never heard them speak to each other like that. Hopefully everything is ok.

"Do not worry about them Cera. They are talking about something very important right now and we can't be there." Mar says to me while looking ahead of us. We walk for another 15 minutes and we reach my favorite stream. It comes off the hot spring up the hill a little ways.

"They're arguing about me aren't they. Is it because of my magic?" I ask Mar. Mar sighs and kneels down in front of me to talk to me. I never wanted to drive a wedge in my family. I shouldn't have read that diary.

"You are a very special boy Cera. Your magic isn't just normal magic. It's very powerful and unique, so they are talking about what to do about you." He says in a sadden voice. I thought everyone would be happy that I can use magic.

"I knew I shouldn't have tried what the diary said. I just wanted to make Mom and Dad proud." I say out loud clearing my guilty conscience. I shouldn't have lied to Mom and Dad about the diary. Mar looks at me with suspicion.

"What is this diary you speak of? Your mother mentioned you found a book out of no where." I look at him with a face of confusion. I guess Mom knew about it. I always couldn't keep my secrets from her.

"It's a diary that I got from the merchant that Dad saved. His name was Gaunter O'Dimm." I say slowly. The look he gave me was one of slight fear. I guess he knows who Gaunter is too. I don't know why he would make a face like that though.

"May I see the diary Cera? I promise to give it back." He asks me with his hand held out. I pull it out of my pack. I hand it to him and he has confusion all over his face. Gaunter said only I can read it so I understand his confusion.

'This book is enchanted. Someone powerful made it so only Cera can read it. It was probably Master Mirror.' Mar thinks to himself. I have no idea what's in this diary, but Cera does. He'll know what information is inside. Whatever is in this, it taught him how to use his power.

"Can you tell me about this diary Cera? Who did it belong to and what's written inside?" Mar asks me. Gaunter said I had to keep it a secret from my Mom and Dad. He didn't say I had to hide from anyone else.

"It says the person it belonged to was Lara Dorren. Gaunter gave it to me saying he found it in his travels hoping he could find a use for it one day." I tell Mar. He looks absolutely stunned by what I said. He looks at the diary once more, then he looks back at me. Looking for me to finish.

"Lara wrote on how to use magic. That diary showed me how to teleport with what's written in it. I didn't know it would be such a burden." I say to him. He looks at me with a look as if he got the last piece of the puzzle.

~~~(POV Mar)~~~

'I should have known something more was going on when I first met Master Mirror in Vizima, asking for me to come here. To help my old friend Alexander.' I think to myself. I am unsure on how to approach this. I hand the book back to Cera and he puts it back in the pouch.

'With Nilfgaard and The Northern Kingdoms on the brink of total war it doesn't surprise me that this child has been born. I am unsure of his destiny, but he is a major player in the future of our world.' I finish thinking to myself. An existence like his isn't here for no reason at all. His fate is going to change the world.

All of a sudden there is a deathly cold chill coming through the area and some of the place freezes. I look to Cera and see he is cold as well. I have no idea why this is happening. Perhaps it would be best to head back to the house.

"Come Cera, we are heading back now." I say to him. This is not a natural frost. I have a bad feeling about this, the last time I heard of this happening villages were burned and innocent people were slaughtered.

We begin to walk back and notice the cold gets worse and worse. Something is definitely happening right now. Alex and Lillian would want me to keep Cera safe so I should keep him close for now. I don't know what's going on right now.

~~~(POV Alexander)~~~

[15 minute's later]

My wife and I are in a terrible spat about our son. Who would have thought this was going to be the first big argument we have in our 9 years of marriage. I am trying to calm her down, but she is hysterical thinking about the fate of our son.

"WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DIES ALEX!!!! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE!!! I WILL NOT LOSE HIM BECAUSE OF HIS POWER!!! I REFUSE TO LET HIM CONTINUE USING THEM!!!" My wife yells at me. Her words cut me deep, but I also have no idea of what to do. I never learned how to handle this situation from what my dad taught me growing up.

"I am just suggesting that we let him keep using them so he won't lose control at some point. If I wasn't positive that Mar could help in that, I wouldn't have asked. Its not like he is being taken away from us, he will still remain here while he trains." I tell my wife. He will remain here while he trains so we can watch over him. I am scared too, but someone has to be the voice of reason here.

"That isn't the point Alex!!! With what Mar told us, he is already in great danger just being alive!!! How are we suppose to protect him if everyone in the world wants him!!!" My wife says loudly to me. I am glad she isn't screaming anymore though. She brings up a valid point. If people in high power found out about him, then we will lose him to people we cant stop.

"Mar said he had a sorceress college that can help hide Cera. That way he wont be in any danger while he trains here." I say trying to convince her that this is the best option even though I don't know if it is. She looks at me with apprehension. I am getting tired of magic and people who can use magic.

"Ok, but we have to always be watching him. I don't want a single hair on his head hurt.....I hate magic." I hear her say. I give a chuckle as I hug her. I wouldn't disagree either, he is what is more important than anything. I am proud that my son is powerful, but this is a fathers worst nightmare.

*POP*

*HUUUUMMMMM*

I hear a noise and then large and heavy footstep's. The area freezes and snow starts to appear out of no where. Then I hear a deep voice call out to us as the noise stop's. The deepness and demonic sound shivers me to the bone. I hope this is just a bad dream at this point.

"Whoever is inside the hut come out and we wont burn it down!!!" I heard a deep and distorted voice say to us. My wife looks at me with fear and I grab my sword. I am a capable fighter, but from the sound of him. He is powerful, and there are more than one out there. As long as Cera isn't here than everything will be fine.

~~~(POV Eredin)~~~

I just finished calling out to the house as the door opens and two people come out, a man and women. I can see the fear as they look at my soldiers and me. Good, this will be easier than I thought. People like these ones are easy to get the things I want from them. I can feel the power of the boy near by. His abilities are blossoming and I am impressed by what I feel.

"What do you want? We are just poor farmers living in this forest. What could we have that you would want?" I hear the man say to me. He looks so much like Amavet. His women is also very similar to Lara Dorren herself.

"Hmm... I don't like it when I am lied to human. You know exactly what I want. Where is the boy? If you tell me, I will let you live." As soon as I finish saying that the women looks at me with hatred and fear. It seems these are the boys parents. They are definitely descendants of the traitor Lara.

"I have no idea what you are talking about. My wife is infertile, she can't get pregnant. Please leave us alone." The man said to me. How pitiful, seems we have to do this the hard way. If he knew that I can sense magic power with my limited magic abilities than he wouldn't have said something stupid.

"I was hoping this would be easy. However I am glad it turned out this way. I can take my time getting what I need from you human's." I say in a twisted voice. I hear the bushes shuffling behind my soldiers and me. I turn and see a young boy and an old man. The power he has is incredibly, he will do perfect for my plans.

"Well it seems you wont be tortured. The boy has come just in time. Thank your luck for that. I will make it quick and painless." I say sadistically. When I take a good look at him, he looks as if Lara herself had given birth to him instead of the women over there. I can feel his fear at the sight of me, he also has a human mage guarding him at the moment.

~~~(POV Cera)~~~

I part the bushes and look at what is in front of me. Mar immediately puts his hand on my shoulder. I see tall, heavily armored soldiers. I hear the man say that I had come just in time. My heart is racing and I look to my parents.

"Mommy what's going on!?!" I yell to her. She looks at me with tears in her eyes. I have never seen her cry before. Something bad is happening isn't it. The longer I look at them the bigger my need to run gets. I cant leave my parents though, I wont let them die from these creatures.

"I need you to listen to me honey. I want you to run away. Run as fast and as far as you can, ok?" She says to me. I'm really scared right now. I don't know if I can even move. I then hear a ladies voice in my head.

'Save them my child. Use your power and save them. I know that you can, don't be afraid and use all of it. Just let go and stop holding back.' The voice tells me inside my head. I take a shaky breath and close my eyes.

'Who are you? Tell me how I can save my parents. Please I don't want them to die. They are all I have.' I say to the voice. I need all the help I can get right now, I have heard this voice in my dreams before.

'It's ok my child. I was scared to, the first time I used my power to save someone I loved. Its ok, just stop holding back and save them. You will be fine, I promise.' I hear the lady say again. I need to listen if I want my parents to live. I just know that they will die if I don't do something.

I use my power to teleport Mar and me behind Mom and Dad. I try to use my power again to get us out of here, but it wont work, its like something is holding me back. I hear the voice again and I don't like what I hear.

'Use your power to send them back. It is the only way to truly escape them right now. If you don't your parents will die.' The voice says to me. It is already to late. They are advancing on us. Mar starts throwing magic, the guy with the staff is stopping it.

I then look to my father and he is fighting them off with his sword. My mother is holding me tightly and crying into my hair. I look again and see Mar get killed by a massive man with a shield and mace. I want to throw up, but I can't. I am to scared.

"Nooo!!! God damn it!! You will pay for that!!!" I hear my father yell. Mar took out some soldiers, but there are just to many. Soon he is overwhelmed too. I watch as his head roll's to the ground and I hear my mother cry out. I start to cry as I see my dead Dads head on the ground.

My mom pulls a knife out of her boot and charges one soldier killing him, but is impaled through the back by another with a sword. My parents are dead. I cant believe it. They are gone and I am next. Please, I want my Mommy!

"Bring me the boy, we are leaving." I hear the man give his command to the soldier's. My fear grows as they get closer and closer. I also have a feeling I have never felt before. A feeling of wanting to kill all of those here for taking away my parents.

"NOOOO!!!! I WANT MY MOMMY!!! I WANT HER BACK!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" I scream as I feel extreme power build within me. I don't know what's happening too me, it feels like the my body is shaking apart.

~~~(POV Eredin)~~~

The boy is releasing pained howls for his mother. How amusing. To think it was this easy. I cant wait to see the look on Avallac'hs face. He wants to capture the girl, but this child is far more powerful. Suddenly in his wailing a pillar of green light explodes from him. The area around him has cracks in space. Soon my soldiers are being sucked into the light to never return.

"CARANTHIR!! GET US OUT OF HERE BEFORE WE DIE!!!" I yell to my navigator. He opens a portal and we jump through. We are the only ones that made it. I look back and see the portal shatter in green light.

"Can you open a way back?" I ask him. I cant let this boy escape, this is the only opportunity I have according to the sage. He told me I wouldn't have another one for many years.

"No, he has destroyed the fabric of space in that area. In time it will repair its self, but he will be long gone before then." He says to me. Well that went horribly. I should have expected the child of Lara Dorren to give me problems.

~~~(POV Cera)~~~

After I open my eyes I notice all the soldiers are gone and so are my parents bodies. Everything is gone. Our house, our crops, even the surrounding trees have been uprooted from their spots and are gone.

I hear the lady again. 'You did well my child. You make the name Dorren proud. I am sorry about your parents, but you will heal in time. There could be no other way. Now you will become what you need to be.' I hear the voice before I fall asleep from exhaustion.

[couple hours later]

*VVVZZZZ*

~~~(POV Yennefer of Vengerberg)~~~

I look around and see devastation. It seems I did not arrive in time. Mar sent an emergency message through magic not long ago. I look into the small crater and see a child. The space is distorted here, I need to hurry before my portal closes.

"You must be Cera." I say as I approach him. So he caused all this damage. Mar did say he was blessed with incredible power. I can sense it coming off him. Funny, it feels a lot like Ciri's except more potent, they should only be a couple months apart in age. I can tell he is asleep from using that much power. I pick him up and start walking towards the portal.

"You poor boy. I don't know what I am going to do with you, but you're coming with me for now." I say to the sleeping boy. Losing your parents like this is heartbreaking. I cast a dreams spell on him so he doesn't have nightmare's about this.

"I'll be taking you to Kaer Morhen. It's the safest place I know and you will have allies there. It's winter so all the Witchers are there. Along with Ciri training with Geralt. Hopefully this will help." I walk through the portal and end up in Vizima where I casted it originally. I cast another and walk through it. I look around and see a bunch of snow and ice. Then a huge bedroom. This is definitely Kaer Morhen.

"Who's the kid?" Geralt asks me. As he looks at me a little funny. Like he has never seen me hold a child. That is quite offensive if I may say.

"All I know is that he is like Ciri." I say to him answering his question. Mar told me about the child, but I never expected that.

He gets up fast and walks over. "How is that possible. I thought the Elder Blood was only usable by female descendants of Lara dorren?" He says to me.

"His name is Cera Riannon Dorren Amavet. A direct descendant of Lara, just like our little Ciri. They look quite alike if I may add. Mar told me that Ciri and Cera are very distant cousins. It will be good for her to have family here." I tell Geralt. Ciri will be able to have a friend of her own age now. This boy however, what power he has.... Its like I'm holding magic itself. Ciri is very powerful too, but not quite like this. This is going to be a problem. I cast shields on his power so others can't sense him. That should do it. Now we just have to wait till he wakes up.