CHAPTER THREE; THE PURPOSE PURSUIT

“Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of other” – Roy. T. Bennett

Aurora spent most of her time in her father’s library, reading, studying and learning new stuffs about the universe, the guardian, the royal line and the founding fathers’. These books and script could only be found in two places ; the king’s personal library and the her father’s personal library, which is strictly out of bound and only open to the chosen beings,  having the ability to teleport herself, aurora was able to gain access into them as no one dares enter the libraries to avoid the death penalty. In the course of her research, aurora realized that the king was expected to constantly visit all other universe to be able to bring law and order across the universe without giving away the ancient secret. She realized that, not just the King but the guardian as well, needed to accompany the king on his duty, as their blood is the only access to the different universe. This stroked a chord to aurora, as she wondered when this duty will take place; as she saw this as the greatest opportunity the universe could give to her. Aurora decided to speak to her father on this to seize this opportunity. Teleporting herself to where she knew she could find him by this time, his training room. Seeing him she showed some courtesy and asked him, ‘Father, when is the King due for his universal duty?’ hearing this Olamide was frightened and aurora could sense his rushing emotions. Olamide ignored her and continued his training, but aurora sent a telepathic message saying, ‘I can sense your emotion Father and that has confirmed the occurrence of this duty, if only you could answer me, then we can draft out a proposal’. Olamide replied, saying ‘How did you get to know this? No one gets to have this information except the chosen’, ‘then you shouldn’t have documented it’, she replied. Olamide didn’t want to ask how she got the document as he already had the answer to that, so he said; ‘What’s your proposal then’, she responded smiling sheepishly, ‘I will like to be the king’s escort’. It didn’t come as a surprise as Olamide was expecting that. Thinking deeply about the situation, he knew some many secrets needed to be reveal to her and it posed as a risk, if not handled properly. Aurora could sense her father’s confusion and explained further, ‘you know how much I have been enthusiastic over the other universe, going along with this duty, will not only let me experience the parallel universe but I’ll gain the necessary knowledge as a guardian of the pathway, thereby aiding me make a decision about the title, it’s a win-win situation for both of us father’, she felt she had trapped him. But Olamide knew that if he didn’t give in to the proposal, it’s just a matter of time before Aurora figures out the pathway, instead of being against her; he knew it will be better to support her in her quest. So he said, ‘Alright then, you guys leave at fortnight’, Aurora was expecting a fight from her Father, she wasn’t expecting a simple, cheap acceptance and she knew it was genuine as she could sense it. ‘Go meet your brother Kingsley to educate you on the necessities, as he has been the King’s escort all along, while I stayed back to guild the pathway from this end’, ‘Kingsley!’ Aurora thought, ‘but he had always been in this universe, when did he ever have the chance to leave’, Aurora said. ‘I have sent him an internal message informing him of the new development, go meet him, he will teach you as much as you can take, as I need to inform the King’, her father told her.

The night before the deal day, aurora was at Mount Biase to gaze on Aurora Biase as she didn’t know when next she will see it. She still couldn’t believe that she would be seeing the parallel universe, and couldn’t believe all the necessary measure the royal-line and guardian kept in place to ensure this secret of the universes never got out. She realized that at some point, she spoke to her brother’s dummy who was program to act like him, messages were channeled through the founder’s blood, which they imbedded into the replica ensuring that the exact messages are sent and their exact respond was gotten and responded by the replica across the parallel universe, to avoid any form of loophole. Apparently both the king, the first Prince; Prince Will and her father had their replica, but she didn’t. Therefore, a story of her going on training in a different part of the kingdom was fronted to avoid suspicion, especially from her friends and business workers. She realized for the first time that prince Wills had the gift of thwarting ones memories, ensuring that just the king, he and the guardian ever came back with memories from the universe.  She couldn’t wait to experience all this firsthand, she teleported herself to the vicinity where her friends were and walked over to spend the remaining time with them as she had no idea when next they will meet.

Aurora being overly excited was at portal chamber before everyone, her excitement was like a child given a threat; it couldn’t be contained and was seen all over the place. The trip was to be made by: the King, Prince Wills, Kingsley, her and two escorts. They were starting with Hebe universe, known for its famous fountain of youth.  When, the rest of the team arrived, Kingsley placed his hands on his personal device which was similar to that on the portal doors, the device sent his DNA to the door’s system to ensure it’s in sync with the Program’s DNA. After which,, Kingsley had to pass through to break the invisible layer that was program to burn up any one that isn’t of the guardian’s blood passing through. The space pathway was astonishing; it had a brilliant light, complexity of colors arranged in a dimensionless order but was a sight to behold. Aurora could not believe her eyes as she stepped in after Kingsley, it was a cosmic sight filled with vibrant stars, she stretched her hands to pick a star but it got farther the more she tried, it was a glorious view. She wondered what this space was called, could it be the heaven’s, she didn’t know, but one thing she knew was that it shouldn’t be hidden. ‘Too bad for the escort that couldn’t have the memories of this space’, she thought. As they walked through the space, Aurora felt some sort of fulfillment; she knew she made the right choice, and she couldn’t wait for what laid ahead of her. She knew it was the beginning of something special, she believed her purpose was tied to the universes, and she was very willing to take the deep dive of the unknown, she believed the foundering fathers’ were also in support of her desire,  her joy had no bound.