Otiko Tales #1 A Future Warning

Otiko Tales:

#1

A Future Warning

Written By Dylan Kutz

Chapter 1: The Otiko

                The Otiko were a race of beings very similar to elves in folklore and myths. Otiko is the Origonese word for magical being with pointy ears. They have lived on The Heart of the World since the beginning of time, since Gaia first created and formed the seven planets of the solar system. The Otiko were there in the beginning and they have lived in secret and in hiding for tens of thousands of years.

                The Otiko are especially connected to trees more than any other race in the solar system. They have rare magical seeds that can grow rare and magical trees. The Otiko call these trees Omenio. The Omenio can teleport Otiko to any other Omenio on The Heart of the World and the Omenio can hide villages of the Otiko people. They have several Omenio in each forest on The Heart of the World so they can get around the planet quite easily. In each forest there is six Omenio growing in a perfect circle this creates a hidden portal to a large planet in a different galaxy entirely across the universe hundreds of billions of light years away. The planet is called Omenos which is the Origonese word for sacred place in the stars. Omenos has twenty-two moons and two suns. It is the only hospitable planet in the solar system with four large dead ones with each having their own moons. The Otiko were not technologically advanced people they were magically advanced and they hadn’t explored space travel. They had no idea what rare and rich materials existed on the unhospitable planets in the same solar system as Omenos.

                Omenos was a magical place and beautiful free and untouched and undiscovered by the BoogyJi. It is populated with roughly two billion Otiko with room to grow to five hundred billion. An Otiko named Holo after five thousand years of living on The Heart of the World discovered a way to create a portal to their own planet where they wouldn’t have to hide. It required growing six Omenio in a perfect circle and then some movements made to open the portal and initiate the magic. There is a portal to Omenos in each forest on The Heart of the World. There is twenty-one forests on The How.

                The local Union and Galactic Union of The How do not know for sure of the existence of the Otiko but the SSE do. The Super Secret Elite, there is six members on The How and only one of them have a connection with the Otiko. The SSE member who is connected with the Otiko is named Huro. Huro has been invited to see Omenos for a one-time visit. Huro is connected with a family of the Otiko a royal family with the last name Othenis. The royal Othenis family is one of seven royal families and they have one PMD (Personal Mobile Device) to call Huro and Huro only may call them. The SSE and the Otiko have their secrecy in common and get along quite well.

                The Otiko in the past have helped with the BoogyJi wars in their secret and covert ways. They have helped hugely in ways no one will ever know. History knows nothing of the Otiko and their great deeds.

                Every Otiko is born with a dormant innate magic ability that will begin to express itself as the Otiko gets older first surfacing in their youth. This innate magic can manifest itself inside an Otiko in millions of different ways. The Otiko are blessed with millions of different types of magical gifts. From teleporting to shooting fire out of their hands they are a very unique magical race of beings.

                The Otiko speak Origonese and the common tongue just like the people of The How but they don’t revere the shape of the circle as much as the people of The How do. Their villages and cities are based around all shapes not just the circle.

                A boy named Koro who was a prince in the Othenis family was about to be home alone for the first time. The Othenis family was gathering on Omenos for a royal families meeting. All the royal families on The How and Omenos were going to be gathering on Omenos and meeting in the world capitol city called Ojapano. One member of each family needed to stay behind to take care of family matters and any emergencies. Koro was chosen to stay behind for the Othenis family. Koro and his family lived in the forest surrounding the Templum Sanctum on The How a holy place where people go to heal. It is believed the circle shaped lake can heal certain diseases and sickness.

                Koro had never been left alone before; he was only eight years old. Which was very young for an Otiko who lived to be two thousand years old normally. Koro was excited he got to be on his own everything would be his responsibility. He was looking forward to it.

Chapter 2: Koro’s Encounter

                Koro went to the Omenio portal with his family to watch them go and say goodbye. His father Oyo stood in between the middle of the six Omenio trees that were growing in a perfect circle. The Omenio looked like all the other trees in the forest there was nothing different about the way they looked. What was special about an Omenio was you could feel it, the same way you can feel yourself inside your own skin. Feeling six together in a perfect circle was a powerful thing. Only the Otiko could feel the magic of the Omenio regular people from The How would never be able to spot one by feeling it. Oyo waved his arms around and did some movements facing each one of the six Omenio. Then a huge spherical shaped portal appeared in between the trees.

                Oyo faced his family. ‘We have two minutes before the portal closes. Let’s go. Koro, we will miss you and stay out of trouble while we’re gone.’ Then Oyo turned around and stepped into the spherical shaped portal.

                Koro’s family followed Oyo and they all gave Koro a hug before crossing through to Omenos. Koro stayed there until the portal disappeared then he headed back home. It was a thirty-minute walk back to his forest palace. Koro’s palace and small forest village was surrounded by Omenio’s that hid everything inside from outsiders. It was how they stayed hidden for so long.

                When Koro got home, he started his Omimo lessons. Almost all Otiko could speak the tree language called Omimo. Anyone who could speak Omimo were called Omimio’s The How had some gifted Omimio’s but the Otiko knew the language better and knew more about it then the Omimio’s.

                After his lessons he had to go to the Royal Chambers to listen to requests of the Otiko people and help as many Otiko as he could. After taking care of his fathers duties he went to the circle shaped lake of the Templum Sanctum. It was surrounded by small mountains. It took Koro forty-five minutes to walk there from his village.

                When he got to the lake, he overlooked it and seen there was lots of waves due to the wind. No one was there which was normal. The people didn’t go to the Templum Sanctum unless they were very ill and most of the time no one on The How got that ill and if they did, they had many things to cure them. The truth is the waters of the Templum Sanctum do have the power to heal certain things, in the past before medicine became super advanced people use to come to the Templum Sanctum a lot more.

                Koro felt a buzzing in his right ear then he could feel something happening with his left ear, then both ears connected and he could feel a tunnel connecting them and something like a wind went through the tunnel from the left out the right ear. He knew something important happened or was about to happen. Then the wind died down to a standstill and the waters of the lake became still. Koro was pulled to look into the water. He could see himself in the reflection of the water. Then a fairy goddess appeared in the water and Koro heard a voice.

                ‘Koro, do you know who I am?’ Asked the voice.

                ‘Are you Gaia?’ Asked Koro out loud.

                ‘I am. I have chosen you because you are specially gifted.’ Answered Gaia.

                ‘But my magic hasn’t even surfaced yet. I am not special. Not yet anyway.’ Replied Koro as he looked at Gaia’s reflection in the water.

                ‘Your magic will begin to surface after this conversation. You will become a dream weaver a master at dreaming. You will learn to jump into other peoples dreams and plant seeds that will change their lives for the better. You will be able to build your own worlds and your own universe in your dreams. You will even be able to contact me in your dreams and other fairy gods and goddesses. I have a warning I need you to tell the SSE.’ Said Gaia.

                ‘What’s the warning?’ Asked Koro.

                ‘In ten years, I will become sick and the banishment will weaken and the BoogyJi will return for a third time. There will be only one way to stop the BoogyJi. The people must find all seven of the magic rings I created and the fourteen magic crystals found in Diamond Valley. When all twenty-one pieces are found seven people each wearing one of the seven magic rings can perform an uplift to heal me so I can restore the banishment. Somehow when I get sick and the BoogyJi return it causes all the banishments to fail in both solar cities and every planet will have to deal with the BoogyJi but we are already formulating plans to strike back. I need you to warn the SSE about this I can’t reach them directly myself because they are not clairvoyantly gifted as you are.’ Explained Gaia.

                ‘How could you possibly get sick?’ Asked Koro.

                ‘It is from a spiritual virus sent from enemies of the future. The are like the black shadow beings who have ruled here before but they are grey in color and much more powerful and ancient than the BoogyJi. One of the grey shadow beings sent out a random spiritual virus to see what it would do and it will find me and cause me to get sick.’ Answered Gaia.

                ‘Does the banishment protect us from the grey shadow beings? When are they going to come here?’ Asked a worried Koro.

                ‘The banishment does not protect us against the grey shadow beings. They are set to reach our solar system in the year 15,502.’ Answered Gaia.

                ‘That’s over five thousand years away. Is there anything the people living at that time will be able to do to protect themselves against these grey shadow beings?’ Asked a concerned Koro.

                ‘We are formulating plans but one thing that will help is planet Omo will discover a tenth underground mountain beside the other nine mountains containing the magical ore to make the omuragi’s. This underground mountain will contain a brown magical ore that will create a new color of omuragi. The brown omuragi will be super effective against the grey shadow beings and might be enough to fight them off and destroy them. The future is hard to see. You will have dreams of the future and it will help you know what to do.’ Answered Gaia.

                ‘There is always an enemy to deal with I suppose. I will let the SSE know of the return of the BoogyJi and what needs to be done to heal you so you can restore the banishment.’ Said Koro.

                ‘Thank you Koro. I will be watching over you. I must go now. Goodbye.’ Then Gaia’s reflection from the water disappeared and the wind picked back up and the waves returned. Koro went home to call Huro and let him know what Gaia had said.

                Ring, Ring. Ring, Ring.

                ‘Ojullo! Who in the Othenis family is calling?’ Answered Huro.

                ‘It’s me Koro.’

                ‘Oh Koro! How can I help you today?’

                ‘I had an encounter with Gaia at the lake at the Templum Sanctum. She said in ten years she will get sick from a spiritual virus created and sent out by grey shadow beings who will become our enemies in the future in the year 15,502. There more powerful than the black shadow beings who have been here before. When Gaia gets sick the banishment will weaken and the BoogyJi will return for a third time. She said we need to find all seven magic rings she created and fourteen magic crystals from Diamond Valley and seven people wearing each one of the seven rings can perform something called an uplift to heal Gaia so she can restore the banishment. She said I needed to warn the SSE because she can’t reach you directly herself.’ Explained Koro.

                ‘That’s a lot of information. We have our enemies returning in ten years and we have bigger enemies to worry about around 6,000 years from now. We have a lot to prepare for and a lot of research to do. I will call the other five SSE on The How and get a plan going. I appreciate the call and the warning Koro. You may have saved us all by letting us know. Let us know if you find out any more information from Gaia.’ Replied Huro.

                ‘Gaia said they will find a tenth mountain of Alijah on planet Omo before the grey shadow beings show up. It will be an underground mountain with a brown colored magical ore that can be crafted into a new brown color of omuragi. The brown omuragi’s will be super effective against the grey shadow beings. Gaia said her and the other fairy gods were working on plans because the banishments wont work against the grey shadow beings.’

                ‘Is there anything else she said?’ Asked Huro.

                ‘No, she said she had to go pretty quickly after she showed up.’ Answered Koro.

                ‘Alright well don’t hesitate to call if you find out more. I should probably get on top of this new information and let you go.’

                ‘Okay Huro. Ogogo obloo.’

                ‘Ogogo obloo.’ Said Huro.

                END CALL

                Koro continued to take care of the palace by himself. That first night he had his first real lucid dream. He met with a dream angel named Miko who taught him how to use his imagination to build worlds and cities and solar systems and galaxies and a universe. He spent two weeks inside of his eight-hour sleep. He awoke a different boy then he was a different Otiko. His magic had surfaced just like Gaia said it would.

                Koro could not wait for his family to return to tell them about everything that was happening with his dreaming and Gaia showing up.

Chapter 3: The SSE

                Huro hung up his circle shaped PMD and created a group text to the other five SSE members. It said : Urgent meeting required as soon as possible. Then he waited.

                Noro texted back: Let’s meet tonight at the Capitolium in the secret apartment. How bout 2 NT tonight?

                Oria texted: I can be there.

                The other three texted they would be there as well. The SSE members all had different positions and some may have other commitments that would prevent them from coming to an urgent meeting.

                Huro was a hidden man with different identities and different volunteer cards. He had many different homes in many different cities. He had no close friends like normal people did he walked alone but he was never lonely. He was an enlightened man and was also the second oldest SSE member on The How.

                Then there was Humo who had a regular life with a regular volunteer position he managed a series of restaurants in three different cities he was the oldest of all six SSE members. Then there was Noro who volunteered for the Galactic Union and was based out of Aqua Locus as his home office. Then the last male SSE member was named Homio, he volunteered for a window technology development company. Then there was Oria and she lived an alone hidden life in secret without many friends and no family. Her and Huro got along really well. Then lastly there was Omarah and she volunteered for the local Union in Arenosum.

                Huro was in Belator at the moment and he took a window to the Capitolium and went to the secret apartment in the Capitolium. He was the first one there and he waited for the others to show up.

                By 2 NT all six SSE members had arrived and they sat around a round table. Huro then proceeded to tell them all everything Koro had told him. They were stunned by the information.

                Homio spoke first. ‘We should find this underground mountain and find this new brown magical ore. The quicker we get to practice with the new omuragi the better.’

                ‘We should focus on finding the rings and crystals so we have them ready for when Gaia gets sick.’ Replied Oria.

                Humo put down his drink. ‘We should let all the other SSE members on each planet know. We have 266.664 SSE members spread out over 44,444 planets and every SSE member will need to be made aware of this.’

                ‘I agree.’ Said Omarah. ‘How are we going to build defense weapons and grow the armies without telling the people the BoogyJi are coming back?’

                ‘You think we should keep it a secret?’ Asked Noro.

                ‘I think we should. On one hand if we were to tell everyone we could better prepare for their return but if we keep it a secret then paradise continues. If we tell everyone depression and fear will consume us. I think we can convince the armies to grow and build defense weapons by suggesting there could be a return somehow and we should be prepared for anything.’ Answered Omarah.

                ‘We need to use our power and influence to search for clues to the location of the seven rings and the fourteen magic crystals.’ Said Huro.

                ‘We will do everything we can to prepare for the return of the BoogyJi without letting everyone know of their return. We will search for clues and hopefully this Koro will find out more from Gaia. Oria, send a message to every SSE member. Let them know what we think and about the warning. A massive conference call might be in order.’ Replied Humo.

                ‘Alright the message will be a long one.’ Complied Oria. Then Oria typed up the message on her PMD and sent it out to every SSE member in both solar cities. The SSE members would get the message and they organized a conference call with every member where they discussed their options and they debated about what was best for everyone. After hours of talking, they finally all came to an agreement. The conference call ended and the SSE members began getting to work. They had ten years to prepare for the return of the BoogyJi.

THE END