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What is the Message?

Okay, what am I supposed to put that will make sense and not sound stupid when it comes to making a prophecy?

Okay, in my book, there is a boy (mentioned in the prophecy, that is supposed to destroy an evil king. Or at least, that's what everyone thinks, until the night when there are 'twins' born. Both of them are supposed to destroy the king together, even when one of them is captured by the king and raised to be evil.
I need help coming up with a prophecy to put in my book, with at least 4 lines. Help?

Public Comments

1. Really you want us to write your book, really. come on dig deep you can do it.

2. Well, I don't know enough about the book or the supposed plot twist to write it, but just make it extremely ambiguous and open ended.
You're the author, you already know what's going to happen, so my suggestion would be to write out (in however many lines) what's going to happen, and then just tweak it until it sounds a riddle.

3. While your premise seems somewhat antiquated and cliche to the fantasy genre, the way you write it will determine whether or not your readers believe so themselves. Depending on whether your people are religious, it could come in the form of a divine message or hidden writing. If it is spoken from the lips of a seer, it might be a poem.

What you do in this instance really is up to you and the world of your story.

4. I don't get it...