Disclaimer: Only own Alana.. by the moment..
Chapter 1
Have you ever been in Croatia? I've been. If you go, you must visit Krk, an island on the South. Wondering why I'm talking about this? Ok.. lets say that you go there and you sit exactly on the place I was sitting. The base of a huge stone castle on the edge of a sharp rock, by the sea. The strong wind moving your hair while you try to take a picture with your camera. The sun shining in the sky, over the blue water.
Have you ever seen a Greek landscape? They're so similar. But they're far away. No doubt the vegetation , the colour of the sea and the beaches look alike.. but I'm talking nonsense. Lets go to the point. I was in Krk when that happened.. yes, don't ask me what.. it came so fast that I couldn't realise about it.
And old man carried a heavy bag with him. I climbed the rocks, followed by my friends, looking for a better view. I smiled when Dave took a picture of me. His digital camera was the latest model, and he waved his hand in the air.
"Come, Alana! Here you are, look!" I walked, jumping among the stones, barely paying attention to the old man who had stopped to watch at us. Dave showed me the small screen on the camera, and there I was. He looked at me, delighted. "I told you it would be a nice picture" His blue eyes checked it again, and suddenly I realised about something. Narrowing my eyes, I looked closer.
"Dave, what do you see behind me, on the picture?" I asked, while my friend watched at me in surprise.
"Nothing.. why?" He replied, and I froze. I looked up and saw the man.
"Dave, this man was there when you took my picture?" My friend checked him and shrugged.
"No idea.. why?"
"He was behind.. but he doesn't appear in the picture.. this is so odd.." I murmured, and Dave laughed out loud.
"Come on, Alana" He left, walking fast towards the rest of the group, while I stayed there, observing the man. That was strange.. I was sure he was there in that moment.. and why was he looking at me? I analysed his clothes.. According to summer weather, his light shirt and short trousers looked typical.. all people in the island wore the same things. It was a fishing village, and the small boats in the distance reminded me of a past time.. and I didn't know why.
I walked towards him.. his gaze still on me, making me nervous, but he didn't move. It was as.. if he was waiting for me. When I came closer, I saw his old face, dark because of sun, smiling kindly. He had amazing blue eyes.. strange for a Croatian. Actually, I looked more like a Croatian than him.. and I came from northern Europe.
"Do you speak English?" I asked, and the man nodded, still with the smile on his lips.
"I was waiting for you" he spoke, with a strange accent. Poor man.. sure he was crazy, or had a mental disease. I felt sorry for him. "My name is.." He doubted for a while, the expression on his face changed. "Well.. is that so important?"
"I don't know.. "That was my simple reply. What was I doing, talking to that strange man?
"But you came to talk to me.. I expected it" He was taller than me, and something in his eyes told me that he wasn't a common man at all.
"You expected it? How come?" I smiled sceptically, and he put his big bag on the ground.
"I see you came with your friends.. they're good people"
"Yeah, they are.." I was becoming more and more impatient. He sighed, and looked at the sea.
"So many years.. and the sea still looks the same.."
"What? Excuse me, but I just came here to know why were you watching us, and.."
"Don't speak, Alana" I froze. How come he knew my name? I gaped at him, but he just smiled. "Surprised? I told you I've been waiting for you.."
"And do you plan to explain this to me?" I crossed my arms on my chest and leaned against a huge tree placed by the castle. "Who are you?" I asked, angry now. He looked at me.. those blue eyes.. they were magnetic.. he was about eighty years old, but he still looked so full of force.
"You must go back, Alana.. and help us.. my son made a terrible mistake.." His gaze was begging.
"What? I'm sorry, I think you're not feeling well so I must leave now and.."
"Please, listen to me.. you don't belong here"
"What?" I laughed, and walked towards him. "If you need help, you should ask your friends for it.. I'm a tourist, I came here for holidays, with my friends.. and I'm afraid I can't do anything for you.." I still felt sorry for him, but I had to admit that this man was totally crazy.
"Didn't I wait enough? Weren't more than two thousand years enough?" He looked around, moving his hands . "Now that I found you.. will you come and help me?" I watched in the distance, looking for my friends. I needed them, they had to come. I was starting to feel scared.
"Listen, we can look for a policeman if you're in a hurry.. but believe me that I can't help you.." He was still observing me with that sad smile. "Do you want me to look for help? A doctor, a coastguard? "
"Alana.. you don't understand anything, right?"
"I still wonder how can you know my name.." I sighed. "Ok, I give up. You win. What do I have to do?" He took a small bag from his pocket , a dark green velvet bag.
"Take this" I looked up at him. Now that he was closer, I realised how tall he was.
"What's this?" I took the thing, it was light.. it seemed it had a jewel inside.. or something metallic .
"Take it" I obeyed, and I saw a red stone carved inside a golden medal. It looked so old. I opened my eyes in surprise, but the man didn't explain anything. He just said "it's yours".
"Why? I mean, are you crazy?" I shouted. "I can't accept it"
"It's not a present.. it's really yours, you must believe me" he said those last words slowly, and the change in his voice made me freeze.
"Ok, this is enough. Pleased to meet you, and now, take this" I saw his blue eyes shinning with anger.
"You said you would help me. Put it over your neck" That was too much. I sighed, and did what he wanted.
"Happy? I'm wearing it and.." His smile changed his face completely.
"Now everything will go well.. now my son will be reasonable.. you're the only one who can change it" He took my hand, he looked so grateful.
"What..what will change?" I stuttered. "Who the hell are you?" I shouted, and he looked at me coldly.
"Never again talk to me like this! Do you know who I am?"
"No! Because you didn't want to tell me..!" I replied, with sarcastic voice. He put his hands on my shoulders.
"We'll meet in some seconds.. I'm Priam"
"In some seconds? Priam?" Why was that name so familiar to me?
"Yes.. you must come home.. and stop the war. You must stop my son before he will take her.."
"What are you talking about?" I shouted.
"I was gifted with a wish.. travel through time. To look for the person who will stop the war."
"War? Travel through time? You're scaring me, please, let me go!" I tried to leave, but he didn't let me. A lightening shone in the sky.
"We're leaving, Alana.." The wind became so strong that the sand from the beach flew around us. I couldn't see anything, and I felt my head spinning. "Welcome to Troy". Those were the last words I heard before fainting.
Author's note: Ok, this is my first fic. If I get enough reviews encouraging me.. I'll go on : ) So.. what are you waiting for? : )
Chapter 1
Have you ever been in Croatia? I've been. If you go, you must visit Krk, an island on the South. Wondering why I'm talking about this? Ok.. lets say that you go there and you sit exactly on the place I was sitting. The base of a huge stone castle on the edge of a sharp rock, by the sea. The strong wind moving your hair while you try to take a picture with your camera. The sun shining in the sky, over the blue water.
Have you ever seen a Greek landscape? They're so similar. But they're far away. No doubt the vegetation , the colour of the sea and the beaches look alike.. but I'm talking nonsense. Lets go to the point. I was in Krk when that happened.. yes, don't ask me what.. it came so fast that I couldn't realise about it.
And old man carried a heavy bag with him. I climbed the rocks, followed by my friends, looking for a better view. I smiled when Dave took a picture of me. His digital camera was the latest model, and he waved his hand in the air.
"Come, Alana! Here you are, look!" I walked, jumping among the stones, barely paying attention to the old man who had stopped to watch at us. Dave showed me the small screen on the camera, and there I was. He looked at me, delighted. "I told you it would be a nice picture" His blue eyes checked it again, and suddenly I realised about something. Narrowing my eyes, I looked closer.
"Dave, what do you see behind me, on the picture?" I asked, while my friend watched at me in surprise.
"Nothing.. why?" He replied, and I froze. I looked up and saw the man.
"Dave, this man was there when you took my picture?" My friend checked him and shrugged.
"No idea.. why?"
"He was behind.. but he doesn't appear in the picture.. this is so odd.." I murmured, and Dave laughed out loud.
"Come on, Alana" He left, walking fast towards the rest of the group, while I stayed there, observing the man. That was strange.. I was sure he was there in that moment.. and why was he looking at me? I analysed his clothes.. According to summer weather, his light shirt and short trousers looked typical.. all people in the island wore the same things. It was a fishing village, and the small boats in the distance reminded me of a past time.. and I didn't know why.
I walked towards him.. his gaze still on me, making me nervous, but he didn't move. It was as.. if he was waiting for me. When I came closer, I saw his old face, dark because of sun, smiling kindly. He had amazing blue eyes.. strange for a Croatian. Actually, I looked more like a Croatian than him.. and I came from northern Europe.
"Do you speak English?" I asked, and the man nodded, still with the smile on his lips.
"I was waiting for you" he spoke, with a strange accent. Poor man.. sure he was crazy, or had a mental disease. I felt sorry for him. "My name is.." He doubted for a while, the expression on his face changed. "Well.. is that so important?"
"I don't know.. "That was my simple reply. What was I doing, talking to that strange man?
"But you came to talk to me.. I expected it" He was taller than me, and something in his eyes told me that he wasn't a common man at all.
"You expected it? How come?" I smiled sceptically, and he put his big bag on the ground.
"I see you came with your friends.. they're good people"
"Yeah, they are.." I was becoming more and more impatient. He sighed, and looked at the sea.
"So many years.. and the sea still looks the same.."
"What? Excuse me, but I just came here to know why were you watching us, and.."
"Don't speak, Alana" I froze. How come he knew my name? I gaped at him, but he just smiled. "Surprised? I told you I've been waiting for you.."
"And do you plan to explain this to me?" I crossed my arms on my chest and leaned against a huge tree placed by the castle. "Who are you?" I asked, angry now. He looked at me.. those blue eyes.. they were magnetic.. he was about eighty years old, but he still looked so full of force.
"You must go back, Alana.. and help us.. my son made a terrible mistake.." His gaze was begging.
"What? I'm sorry, I think you're not feeling well so I must leave now and.."
"Please, listen to me.. you don't belong here"
"What?" I laughed, and walked towards him. "If you need help, you should ask your friends for it.. I'm a tourist, I came here for holidays, with my friends.. and I'm afraid I can't do anything for you.." I still felt sorry for him, but I had to admit that this man was totally crazy.
"Didn't I wait enough? Weren't more than two thousand years enough?" He looked around, moving his hands . "Now that I found you.. will you come and help me?" I watched in the distance, looking for my friends. I needed them, they had to come. I was starting to feel scared.
"Listen, we can look for a policeman if you're in a hurry.. but believe me that I can't help you.." He was still observing me with that sad smile. "Do you want me to look for help? A doctor, a coastguard? "
"Alana.. you don't understand anything, right?"
"I still wonder how can you know my name.." I sighed. "Ok, I give up. You win. What do I have to do?" He took a small bag from his pocket , a dark green velvet bag.
"Take this" I looked up at him. Now that he was closer, I realised how tall he was.
"What's this?" I took the thing, it was light.. it seemed it had a jewel inside.. or something metallic .
"Take it" I obeyed, and I saw a red stone carved inside a golden medal. It looked so old. I opened my eyes in surprise, but the man didn't explain anything. He just said "it's yours".
"Why? I mean, are you crazy?" I shouted. "I can't accept it"
"It's not a present.. it's really yours, you must believe me" he said those last words slowly, and the change in his voice made me freeze.
"Ok, this is enough. Pleased to meet you, and now, take this" I saw his blue eyes shinning with anger.
"You said you would help me. Put it over your neck" That was too much. I sighed, and did what he wanted.
"Happy? I'm wearing it and.." His smile changed his face completely.
"Now everything will go well.. now my son will be reasonable.. you're the only one who can change it" He took my hand, he looked so grateful.
"What..what will change?" I stuttered. "Who the hell are you?" I shouted, and he looked at me coldly.
"Never again talk to me like this! Do you know who I am?"
"No! Because you didn't want to tell me..!" I replied, with sarcastic voice. He put his hands on my shoulders.
"We'll meet in some seconds.. I'm Priam"
"In some seconds? Priam?" Why was that name so familiar to me?
"Yes.. you must come home.. and stop the war. You must stop my son before he will take her.."
"What are you talking about?" I shouted.
"I was gifted with a wish.. travel through time. To look for the person who will stop the war."
"War? Travel through time? You're scaring me, please, let me go!" I tried to leave, but he didn't let me. A lightening shone in the sky.
"We're leaving, Alana.." The wind became so strong that the sand from the beach flew around us. I couldn't see anything, and I felt my head spinning. "Welcome to Troy". Those were the last words I heard before fainting.
Author's note: Ok, this is my first fic. If I get enough reviews encouraging me.. I'll go on : ) So.. what are you waiting for? : )