The Prophecy of Schorl: A Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure


 Contents
 
 
 
 Chapter 1 Title Page Copyright -->
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prologue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Map
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Worlds Apart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. The Adventure Begins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Friend or Foe?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Home, Sweet Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. The Council Of Owls
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. The Story Of The Stone
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. The Princess Rides Again
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Daughter Of Uraum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. The Nakki Strikes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Cast Brightness Where Fear Lies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. To The Darklings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. The Nether Realms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. The Serpent King
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. The Key To Freedom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Ravens Take Flight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. The Black River
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. The Fire Serpent Awakes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Field of Gold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. The Serpent and the Hare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. The Gap
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. The Phoenix And The Key
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. The Tapestry of Life
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Lady Of The Loom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Starlight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. The Rainbow Bridge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 About The Author
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 The Prophecy of Schorl
 The Schorl Stone Trilogy: Book One
 J. M. O'Hearn
 
 
 
 Sealford Press
 
 
 Copyright Copyright © 2022 Julia M O'Hearn All rights reserved. The right of Julia M O'Hearn to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that which it is published without a similar condition, including this conditon, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this publication are fictitious. No identification with actual persons living or deceased, places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. A catalogue record for this book is available in the British Library ISBN (print) 978-1-7392834-1-4 ISBN (ebook) 978-1-7392834-0-7 Published by Sealford Press Unit 114659 PO Box 4336 Manchester M61 0BW Without the darkness, we cannot know the light. Prologue The Prophecy of Schorl And so it is foretold that a princess of Hoom, a seeress with eyes of emerald who can walk between worlds, will bring freedom to our lands. She, the all-powerful Keeper of the Stone, will save us from untruth and destruction. With her infinite powers, she will bring light to the darkness, create peace where there is chaos, and banish fear from the Realms of Light with her great courage and love. And so it shall come to pass, according to Uraum’s Law. Chapter 1 Worlds Apart The door slammed shut and footsteps faded. A stifling silence crept into the room, stilling the turbulent air after the yelling and jostling and clattering of only a few moments before. Tallie threw herself down upon her bed. She screwed up her fists, hammering her pillow with pent up rage. Unperturbed by the girl's tears, the bright evening sunlight made the dusty air sparkle as it hit a battered old paint box, half hidden between folds of patchwork quilt. Tallie had rescued it from a pile of unwanted belongings on her gran’s kitchen table the day of the funeral. “You can take one thing,” her stepmother had said sternly, as she prepared a black bin-bag to receive the rejects. All that remained of Gran’s life lay heaped up on the little old table, ready to be swept away: a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles peeping from their hand-embroidered case; dog-eared copies of ‘The Reader’s Digest’; a coaster set embossed with mother-of-pearl-dragonflies; some copper coloured pennies that Tallie did not recognise; knitting needles poking through a big ball of tawny-coloured wool; two white cotton handkerchiefs, lace bordered, with the initials D.T.H. neatly stitched in one corner; and a figurine – a laughing girl with long golden hair and a swirling red gown and a bluebird clasped between slender porcelain fingers. Tallie’s hand had hovered over the pretty little statuette for a moment until she spied beneath the handkerchiefs