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The Curse of Novak

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Julian Movaro sees a opening on the side of a mountain. When he investigates it he uncovers the secrets of the world and gets involved in magical activites.
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Chapter 1 - The Beginning

Julian wakes up in his bed. He is in a small house he peeks through the window and sees his small garden. He goes through the door and picks some tomatoes. Around him is a small villages on the side of an cliff, at the bottom of the cliff is a river and on the other side of the the river is a mountain. Everyday when Julian wakes up he sees a small opening on the side of the mountain. He questions it but everyone else seems to not care about it. 

"Todays the day." Julian says while walking around the village while eating one of his tomato's.

Julian reaches the edge of the cliff and walks down the wooden path made by the people of the village years ago.

At the river there is trading going on. The village is very reliant on trade because it's the only thing that keeps there economy going. Ships go in and out of the village everyday.

Julian reaches the harbor and walks around there are shops and restaurants built into the mountain. He goes up to one and asks, "I'll trade you three tomatoes for one chicken leg."

The man in the shop agrees and gives him the chicken. Julian walks back up the wooden path while eating. Once he walks all the way up he heads straight to the bridge. This bridge is what keeps their village and the mountain connected. Julian walks at a decent pace across the bridge. Many people walk past him.

Now that he is on the other side and finished eating he decides to climb the mountain. In only worn out robes, gloves, and boots he tries to climb the mountain. Each movement hurts his body as he pulls using most of his upper body strength. But he knows it will be worth the pain. Whenever Julian ask about the opening in the mountain people say, "If you want to see it then go, but remember curiosity kills the cat." But Julian doesn't care he will keep climbing even if he dies.

After a few hours he is on the peak of the mountain. He looks down at the mountain and sees the village but the village doesn't see him. He looks around and finds the opening, he walks to it and stops at the point were he's right above it.

He notices there is a small ledge and seems to actual be a building within the mountain. Slowly he climbs down and gets to the ledge.

On the ledge there is a telescope and a door leading into the building. Julian slowly opens the door. He sees a circular room with a lantern in the middle, and overgrown vines everywhere. Against the back there is a bed and to the sides of it there are desk, they both have books on it. He goes to the book on his right and looks through it. All he finds are text that are in a different language. But on the other book to his left is a journal that he can read.

He reads through a couple of pages. 4/9 - "I have done many studies of many things over the past couple of years, but there is one thing I haven't figured out yet, why?"

Julian flips to a different page. 10/27 - "I think I know now. It's the work of God. He gave me strength, he gave me knowledge. I will use these to there fullest extent, like how God intends."

"Weird, so someone has been living here for a few years." Julian says to himself. "But how where they ableto put all this stuff here.'

Julian puts the journal in his worn satchel. He looks around the room again and sees human sized wings with over a thousand feathers on it. He goes up to it and puts it on like a backpack. He sees a rope that is on both sides and ties it together like a shoe lace. 

After that he sees that a battle axe was next to it. In graved to the axe's handle says, "The Axe of God." Julian picks it up and gives it a small swing a giant gust of wind flows everywhere shaking the vines. Julian can feel the weight and force of the axe and decides to carry it with him. Then on the other side of the room he sees a trident.

He picks it up and throws it against the wall. Suddenly it came back to him. Even though it was coming back at such high speed Julian caught it. Finally, the last thing left was a smaller telescope than the one on the ledge. He looks through it and sees the lenses zooming in what he's look at. He puts it in side his satchel.

Julian says, "I guess I should test the wings, I'll only us them on a small ledge to see if they actually work."

He jumps out of the room heading straight towards the village. Expecting it to fail he puts his arms in front of his face. But he glides gently against the wind. He loosens his body gently but at that moment the axe slips from his hands with a heavy force and fall directly into the water. There was no splash or impact. It just when directly through.

Julian lands directly next to the village. It's midnight now so nobody sees him. He walks slowly to his house as he is tired out from the climbing. Once he gets in he drops everything to the ground as he goes to sleep.