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Chapter 3 - Chapter 02: At the Airsleys

On Earth, the true human land and world, in secret and on a secret side, was the air-magical air and its air-land and air-world and its air-wizardering and air-wizarding air-land and air-world, where lived the airers and aireresses and air-landers and air-landeresses and air-worlders and air-worlderesses and air-wizarders and air-wizarderesses and air-wizards and air-wizardesses and all other air-humans on Earth.

 

These air-humans lived in colonies and communities which were in hamlets — air-hamlets, which consisted of air-lands, air-islands, air-isles, and air-islets, and air-archipelagoes ⸺ which were collectively called the AirHamlet, and were scattered all over the Earth, and were well concealed from the humans.

 

In one such air-hamlet, the Aamsang air-hamlet of air-humans, which was found in the Aamsang hamlet of the humans, with the hamlet found in the Aaleveng village, on an air-isle, and in the air-isle's tree neighbourhood, and in its only inhabited nest, lived a certain Amiléké air-human air-family — the Airsleys, and this air-family, in air-magically amplified sight had also watched this last air-battle and the air-war, and also watched the airs of the Air against the anti-airs of the Anti-Air and the air-spells against the anti-air-spells in the air-atmosphere and air-skies and from the whirlair as it had also manifested here on Earth.

 

They had also after taken part in the celebrations of the victory of the AirSaviour and AirSaviouress over the Anti-AirSacrificator and Anti-AirSacrificatoress, as they had also been held here on Earth, and had also watched the air-battle between the air-magician and air-magicianess and the Anti-Air Auseliers and Anti-Air Auselières, and had also rejoiced at the victory of the former.

 

The Airsleys as air-humans were other human air-humans, and were also true humans who were of the true human land and world of Earth, as they were not of the air and its air-land and air-world and its air-wizardering and air-wizarding air-land and air-world, nor were they naturally air-people, and neither were they natural practitioners of air and air-magic; but were simply aware of and acquainted to the air-humans, and had adopted and adapted to the air-human nature and air-humanity. The other human air-humans either stayed on Earth, aware and interactive and secretive of the Earth's air and its air-land and air-world and its air-wizardering and air-wizarding air-land and air-world, or, as in the case of Mr Airsley's parents, immigrated to the real Airia and its AirLandia and AirWorldia and its AirWizarderia and AirWizardia, as they had done so after willing to live in the true Airia and its AirLandia and AirWorldia and its AirWizarderia and AirWizardia so as to openly engage and interact with its air-peoples and the air and air-magic.

 

The Airsleys also were melanodermic, Air-believing and Air-magic-practicing colonizee air-humans who had fled Airia and its AirLandia and AirWorldia and its AirWizarderia and AirWizardia after their country and community there had been colonized by the leucodermic, Anti-Air-believing and Anti-Air-magic-practicing colonizer air-humans; as these ones had conquered, controlled, dominated, subjugated, and oppressed them; and had transformed their community into a colony and a settlement in which they had settled and become the new settlers.

 

The Airsleys had then come back to live on Earth a year ago, in this Aamsang air-hamlet, where also lived other air-humans, with most of them also fleeing the air-colonization of their air-land and air-world. In this air-hamlet, the Airsleys with the other air-humans lived alongside the true humans in the humans' community in the human hamlet, though the air-humans' air-being and air-breed, and their air and air-magic and air-wizardercraft and air-wizardcraft and air-wizardery and air-wizardry, as well as air-land and air-world out of this Earth and on this Earth was well concealed from the true humans.

 

Now in this human world, in this air-hamlet, Mr Airion Airsley was an aerocar driver, as he flew and glided a flying-and-gliding aerocar — a sort of air-magic air-car which could be feather-covered and plume-covered, and which had wings — two pairs of wings with a pair on each side of its bonnet, and patagia — two pairs of patagia with a pair each on the aerocar's left and right side which stretched all along it.

 

He was also an air-taxi driver as he used his aerocar as air-taxicar for air-taxi, and he had taken Mrs Airsley and their children, and flown them out to the largest air-land of the air-hamlet which was its air-town, where they had joined the other air-people in their celebrations in this eight day.

 

The Airsleys celebrated and celebrated with the air-people, and after flew back home, and reached their nest by late evening.

 

After putting their infant twin boy and girl to bed, Mr and Mrs Airsley then sat in their downstairs sitting room, and as they spoke about the animated day they had had, suddenly, out of the still open doors of the roof, appeared an air-portal, which called their attention, and they looked up, and astoundingly saw the air-portal similar to the one which had appeared that morning below that whirlair.

 

Then the doorhandles of the smaller double doors above waved in a blowing sound, and the doors sprang open revealing the air-way out of which immediately flew and glided in a whoosh an air-magician and air-magicianess who too were similar to those of the morning, and whose air-aureola shone and filled the room, as they each held a bundle of blankets in their arms.

 

The air-magician and air-magicianess swooped down slightly above the Airsleys and before them as they stared at them, and the Airsleys speechlessly and stupefyingly stared back.

 

The air-magician and air-magicianess then simultaneously spoke. "I greet you Airion Airsley and Arletta Airsley, airiestly airy." They spoke serenely.

 

"I greet you . . . air-magician and air-magicianess." Mr and Mrs Airsley each said standing up from their seats after finding their voices.

 

The Airsleys were clearly confused on how the air-magician and air-magicianess knew them when they did not know these ones, and why they had come to their home, and also confused on what they meant by "airiestly airy".

 

"I am Aank Aanfack," the air-magician said as he gave his hand to Mr Airsley and after to Mrs Airsley who both took it in turns, "Mr Aank Aanfack, and this is my wife Aadda Aanfack, Mrs Aadda Aanfack."

 

Mrs Aanfack in a slight smile gave her hands to the Airsleys who took it too.

 

"You are the Airsleys, Mr and Mrs Airsley." Mr Aanfack assuringly said.

 

"Yes, . . . we are." Both Mr and Mrs Airsley said.

 

"I and Mrs Aanfack are akins to the Air, and allied to the Air," Mr Aanfack said, and looking at the Airsleys strongly, he continued, "and you also Mr and Mrs Airsley are also akins to the Air and allied to the Air."

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley both stared at each other confused as they did not understand what Mr Aanfack meant by they being akins to the Air, though they knew and acknowledged at themselves being allied to the Air as they were totally thus.

 

"Yes we are allied to the Air," Mr and Mrs Airsley then simultaneously acknowledged, "though we do not know what being akins to the Air means for us." Mr Airsley added.

 

"Akins to the Air," Mr Aanfack spoke, "to us as to you, means that we all are along our ancestry, somehow and somewhere, descendants of the Air, and the Air is an ancestor to us."

 

"Ah!" Mr and Mrs Airsley both exclaimed as they believed they understood it, though they now wondered about their lineage they had never given much thought to.

 

"The Air as it is with us, is also with you." Mr Aanfack continued.

 

"The Air as Life and the AirLifer as it is with us, is also with you."

 

"The Air as Light and the AirLighter as it is with us, is also with you."

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley simply stayed speechless as they knew the Air as Life and the AirLifer and as Light and the AirLighter, and also knew that the Air was with them as they were allied to the Air and adorers of the Air, and devotees to the Air, and worshippers of the Air, and practiced the benevolent and beneficent and benefactor Air-magic associated to the Air.

 

"As us, you also have found favour with the Air." Mr Aanfack continued.

 

"You are air-blessed amongst all akins of the Air."

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley again looked at each other confused at this one saying.

 

"You are air-blessed amongst all akins of the Air as warder-father and warderess-mother to AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir who are now your ward-son and wardess-daughter, and who are also air-blessed as you."

 

Mr and Mrs Aanfack then simultaneously stretched forward their arms to Mr and Mrs Airsley, and Mr and Mrs Airsley, both confounded, stretched forward their arms too, and each received a bundle, and stared to see inside, just visible, was a baby boy and baby girl in their respective bundles, fast asleep.

 

Mr and Mrs Aanfack brought back their arms, and Mr Aanfack continued. "The Air has chosen you to be the warder-father and warderess-mother of AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir, the new AirSaviour and AirSaviouress twins, and now your ward-son and wardess-daughter."

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley stayed speechless and bewildered as they stared at the babies and in their arms, unbelieving that the AirSaviour and AirSaviouress whose air-war and air-battles they had watched, and whose victory with the Air over the Anti-Air and the Anti-AirSacrificator and Anti-AirSacrificatoress they had celebrated a moment ago, babies were given to them, and were given to them to be their ward-son and wardess-daughter, and . . . wait . . . the same thought both occurred to Mr and Mrs Airsley . . . did Mr Aanfack just say that they were the new AirSaviour and AirSaviouress?"

 

Where then were their parents Mr and Mrs OotterAir, the AirSaviour and AirSaviouress? Mr and Mrs Airsley thought same as they stared at each other. What had happened to them? Why had they not exited the whirlair after their victory as it was expected? They thought, and thought fearfully and forebodingly.

 

And before they asked, Mr Aanfack sensing their thoughts simply said. "Mr AarryAir OotterAir and Mrs AarrietAir OotterAir, the previous AirSaviour and AirSaviouress are no more with us." His voice was griefful. "The air-battle in the whirlair took them and all within it." He shortly said. "No one survived out of it."

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley stared at each other in shock as they had thought it true. They now understood why they did not saw Mr and Mrs OotterAir exit the whirlair as they should have done.

 

"All the air and its air-land and air-world, and all air-people by now are in the know of this." Mrs Aanfack said.

 

Mr Aanfack then recovering himself, said. "The Air saw you to be their new wardens, and to ward them as their parents are no more, till they are of the appropriate age to take care of themselves."

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley again stared at each other wordless, and back at the babies.

 

Mr Aanfack continued. "Mr and Mrs Airsley, are you accepting to be the warder-father and warderess-mother of AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir? Are you accepting AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir as your ward-son and wardess-daughter?"

 

Mr and Mrs Airsley looked at each other again in speaking stares, and speechlessly agreed to each other, and looked at Mr Aanfack and both replied. "Yes, we are accepting."

 

"We accept to be their warder-father and warderess-mother." Mrs Airsley added as she intensely stared again at the baby girl in her arms.

 

"We accept them as our ward-son and wardess-daughter." Mr Airsley said as he too scrutinously stared at the baby boy in his arms.

 

"AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir, the AirSaviour and AirSaviouress twins, have thus been given you and accepted by you, and you have received them!" Mr Aanfack said in a satisfactory note.

 

"Yes, we have received them." Mr and Mrs Airsley said as they felt Mr Aanfack awaiting a reply.

 

Mr Aanfack continued. "So then are you Air-good Airion Airsley and Air-good Arletta Airsley, man-akin to the Air and woman-akin to the Air, selected by the Air as the warder-dad and warderess-mum of AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir who are now your ward-son and wardess-daughter!"

 

"AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir, the son and daughter of late Mr AarryAir OotterAir and Mrs AarrietAir OotterAir, the previous AirSaviour and AirSaviouress, are now your ward-son and wardess-daughter, Mr Airion Airsley and Mrs Arletta Airsley!"

 

"So from henceforth shall you, Mr Airion Airsley and Mrs Arletta Airsley ward as warder-father and warderess-mother AarryAir OotterAir and AarrietAir OotterAir who are now your ward-son and wardess-daughter, and you shall ward your ward-son and wardess-daughter same as you parent your son and daughter, and shall raise and care and cater to your ward-son and wardess-daughter and your son and daughter same, shall you?"

 

"Yes, so shall we." Mr and Mrs Airsley truthfully said as they sorrowfully ⸺ and also affectionately ⸺ stared at the babies in their arms.

 

And then, they all felt an appearance in the air above, and all looked up, and saw out of the open doors of the roof, above the air-portal, a darkness ⸺ an air-darkness ⸺ which was, and they all felt it dense and deep, and dreadful and direful; and then out of the darkness instantly spiralled out several spirals of all-black smoke ⸺ air-smokes ⸺ and as the air-smokes started shaping themselves into air-persons, Mr and Mrs Aanfack were then swiftest as they instantly rose up as their air-aureola spread out in a white, blinding brightness as it surrounded them; and then the air-aureola emitted out rays ⸺ air-rays ⸺ which were of the whitest Mr and Mrs Airsley had ever seen as they after shielded their eyes from them, and they saw the air-rays swiftly shoot up and strike at the shaping air-smokes which gave out the most heart-piercing cries Mr and Mrs Airsley had ever heard.

 

"Stay safe." Mr Aanfack shouted from above. "Some air-someones shall see themselves to you and shall stay with you, and shall help you stay in safety." And then the air-aureola enshrouded the shaping air-smokes, and in the sharpest snap Mr and Mrs Airsley had ever heard, they all disappeared along with the air-portal, as Mr and Mrs Airsley stayed speechless and confused than ever, as they saw again suddenly appear another air-portal whose double doors above waved in a blowing sound, and the doors sprang open, and out of the air-way immediately flew and glided out several air-men and air-women who swooped down and landed on the floor, and twenty were they — ten air-men and ten air-women spouses standing side by side, and they each held a blanket in their arms as they stood surrounding a wordless Mr and Mrs Airsley. They were also with baggage which fell down to the floor too.

 

 

Midnight time as it was now, as the air-skies were full of white, shinning and shimmering air-stars and air-satellites, in the air-hamlet, many air-humans were still awake continuing in their carefree and careless celebrations of the victory of the AirSaviour and AirSaviouress over the Anti-AirSacrificator and Anti-AirSacrificatoress, while others, more careful and attentive, saw and watched the unusual appearance of an air-portal stupidly out of the air-land and air-world into Earth out of which emerged undoubtedly an air-magician and air-magicianess, followed by the never-seen appearance of an air-darkness and the air-smokes swirling out of it here on Earth, and after another appearance of another air-portal out of which emerged interesting air-men and air-women, as it occurred on the air-skies of the air-hamlet.

 

The humans in their hamlet too saw it, though slightly and blurry, and they stayed suspicious than ever.

 

However in the air-hamlet, the air-humans kept celebrating the victory of the AirSaviour and AirSaviouress over the Anti-AirSacrificator and Anti-AirSacrificatoress.

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