404 BC: Time Not Found
Chapter 1: A Glitch in Time
📍 [Elya’s Apartment – Present Day]
Elya Verion
(typing on laptop) : “The Peloponnesian War officially ended in 404 BC, marking the fall of Athens…”
😩 (Elya sighs, rubbing her temples, eyes burning from hours of research.)
Her cluttered desk is a disaster—history books stacked haphazardly, half-drunk coffee cold in its cup, and in the center of it all… a rusted artifact.
Elya Verion
(frowning) This thing shouldn’t exist
(She picks up the artifact—a circular metal piece with engraved symbols. It’s unlike anything she’s ever seen. The carvings don’t match any known ancient language.)
Elya Verion
Why does this timeline feel… off?
⚠️ (The artifact hums under her touch.)
Elya Verion
😨 Wait. Did it just—
⚡ (A sudden jolt. The lights flicker. The air seems to compress around her.)
🖥️ [System Error?]
🕰️ [TIME NOT FOUND.]
🔄 (Everything distorts. A rush of wind. A pulse of energy. Then—nothing.)
📍 [404 BC – Unknown Battlefield]
😵 (Elya wakes up, face pressed against hard ground. Her head throbs. The scent of fire and blood fills the air.)
🔥 Screams. Clashing metal. The sharp stench of battle.
Elya Verion
😨 (groaning) What the hell…?
👀 (She sits up. Around her—chaos. Soldiers in bronze armor, wielding spears and shields. Their eyes burn with rage and fear.)
Soldier #1
“She’s one of them! Seize her!”
Elya Verion
😨 (panicked) Excuse me? One of what?!
🚨 (The soldiers charge. Elya stumbles back, heart pounding. She isn’t supposed to be here. This can’t be real.)
💨 (An arrow whistles past her, embedding itself in the dirt at her feet.)
🛑 [Unknown Man] (calmly, from the shadows)
Kael Theron
She’s not your enemy.
🔥 (The soldiers freeze.)
⚔️ A man steps forward. Tall, broad-shouldered, clad in dark armor that absorbs the firelight.
Kael Theron
👀 His golden eyes lock onto her. Cold. Calculating.
Elya Verion
😰 (Elya swallows hard. There’s something about him… something off.)
🔄 He doesn’t just look like he belongs here. He looks like he owns this battlefield.
🤯 And yet—something in his presence feels just as unnatural as she does.
💀 This isn’t just ancient Greece. Something here is broken.
🖥️ [SYSTEM ERROR.]
📜 [HISTORICAL DATA CORRUPTED.]
Chapter 2: The Strategist
📍 [Burning Battlefield – 404 BC]
🔥 (The tension is thick. Soldiers hesitate, gripping their weapons. Elya stands frozen.)
Soldier #1
“She could be a spy, my lord!”
Kael Theron
“Lower your weapons.”❄️
(Kael’s gaze sharpens. The soldier swallows hard and obeys.)
Elya Verion
(exhales) Did he just… save me?
👑 (Kael turns, walking toward a black warhorse, his armor glinting in the firelight.)
Kael Theron
“If you want to live, follow me.”
Elya Verion
Right. Because trusting a mysterious warlord always works out.
🏇 (Kael mounts his horse. Elya glances at the soldiers still watching her like prey.)
Elya Verion
🤯 (Not much of a choice, is it?)
🏕️ [Later – A Hidden War Camp]
🔥 (Elya stares at the massive encampment—tents, weapons, soldiers whispering as Kael dismounts.)
Elya Verion
(muttering) “I should’ve run the other way.”
Kael Theron
(without looking at her) “Too late for that.”
🍷 (A soldier offers Kael a drink. He ignores it, eyes locked on Elya.)
Elya Verion
😠 Why does he keep looking at me like that?
🖥️ [HISTORICAL DATA CORRUPTED.]
Chapter 3: The Warlord’s Terms
📍 [Kael’s War Camp – Nightfall]
🔥 (The fire crackles. The air is thick with tension as Kael leads Elya into a large tent.)
Kael Theron
(calmly) “You’re not from here.”
Elya Verion
(stiffens) He knows?
Kael Theron
👀 (Kael watches her, golden eyes unreadable.)
Elya Verion
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
⚡ (He steps closer. She doesn’t move.)
Kael Theron
“Lies are dangerous here, little scholar.”
Elya Verion
🤯 (Elya flinches. How does he know she studies history?!)
🍷 (Kael pours himself a drink, his movements slow, deliberate.)
Kael Theron
“You’re too well-spoken to be a slave. Too unarmed to be a warrior. And yet, you understand our language perfectly.”
😰 (Elya swallows hard. He’s analyzing her, breaking her apart piece by piece.)
Kael Theron
“If you don’t belong to Seraphion, then you belong to me.”
Kael Theron
🔥 (Kael smirks, leaning back.)
Kael Theron
“Until I decide what to do with you… you’re mine.”
Elya Verion
(Elya’s stomach twists. Escape just became impossible.)
🖥️ [HISTORICAL DATA ALTERED.]
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