Sky: Children Of The Light - Short Stories

Reborn

Cold... Everything felt so cold. I felt like I couldn't move, as if I was in limbo... Who am I?

I tried to open my eyes fully, catching a glimpse of what seems to be light in this void I'm in. Am I falling? If so, why does it feel so slow? I closed my eyes again, thinking that the fall will take a bit more time than usual. I felt almost sleepy too... Until I felt my body hit the floor softly. I opened my eyes a bit more as I looked around. It was dark once I got a clear view, it even felt cold. So cold, yet I'm not shivering. I still felt the pain though of when I was hit by those rocks in Eden. I remember the pain, yet for some reason, I can't remember who I am. I looked around a bit more until I noticed a dull light to the left of me. I squinted my eyes, unsure of what it was, but as I looked closer, I saw that it was a kid. A shining, bright, warm kid. Warmness... It's what I was craving. Even though I'm with this dull, cold, smooth-rocked-like body, I felt nothing and it didn't please me.

As I started to get back up, just to approach the kid, all that pain from what I felt before came back, which sent me collapsing to the ground again. It hurts so much, I sucked in my breath as I tried to get up once more. I refuse to stop here, I refuse to feel emotionless, I refuse to give up! Now almost fully standing, I grabbed the side of my body while limping slowly to the glowing kid. As I got closer, I noticed the kid was sitting on the ground, hugging their knees with their head down. I don't know why, but I felt as if they were hiding a sort of pain as well. It's as if I knew them before, yet this is the first time I've laid my eyes on them. I couldn't even remember myself. I can't remember my name, who I am, I can't even remember if I had any friends! I can only remember the pain I felt from Eden. My light taken away from me slowly as I felt the cold hands of death slowly embracing me. 

It was only a matter of time when I noticed I was a few feet away from the kid. I came to an abrupt stop as I looked at them. For some reason, I felt sympathy, sadness, sorry for them, yet I knew I couldn't feel anything in this body. Then I saw as they lifted up their head, their golden bright eyes looking at me in curiosity. My dull grey ones looked back at them, almost as if we were both communicating in some sort of way. That's until I started seeing flashes of what looked like memories. There were flowers, sunrays, raindrops, and snow. I also saw many other kids, but with clothing and capes that were different from each other. I could see tears, anger, sadness, and smiles. I then heard cries, yells, laughter, and... Voices? They sounded so familiar as if I knew them before in the beginning. That's when that strangest part came. I felt as if I was being wrapped around by something, or well, someone. It felt as if they were... hugs. Warm loved gentle hugs. 

The memories then suddenly stopped, and I was back in the void-like-place, the light kid looking at me. I looked back at them, having a hunch they knew what I just experienced. I blinked, feeling as if something wet had just gone out of my eye. I let my hand touch my face, realizing then it wasn't only one eye, but both of my eyes were watering. Were these tears? But how? I'm not capable of feeling emotions, I don't even remember what those flashes are. But for some reason, it's as if I do remember these memories. That I do remember my past. I turned to the child who was sitting, looking at me as if they were expecting something to happen. Well, something did happen. The kid raised their hand to me, becking as if they needed my help. I hesitated at first, but then I stepped closer to them. I took their glowing hand into my dull one and lifted them up so they were standing. 

Thing is, once I let go of their hand, I felt as if a spark ignited into both of our bodies. Those memories flashed before us at a much faster pace. The kid looked down as if they were nervous, scared even. It made me feel... sad for them. They felt as if this was new to them, scared of what will happen next. I could even see tears wanting to come out, yet they try to hide them as much as they could. I hated it. This felt wrong. I didn't want them crying, I didn't want them to feel any more sadness. I guess that spark really did do something to the both of us. I was able to only feel a little while the kid was able to feel more emotions, bad ones. I needed to do something, I WANTED to do something, but what? I looked at the kid, my hands clenching in frustration. That was until I remembered that one specific memory. The one where I felt someone giving me a hug. Inside, it made me feel happy, calm, relaxed. Maybe, if I can give them a hug too, it'll make us both feel better.

Without giving it a second thought, I looked at them, then extended my arms out to them. They seemed to jump back a bit, unsure of what to do. I extended my arms out a bit wider, my dull eyes softening as I smiled a bit. 'It's gonna be okay, everything is gonna be okay. You'll be with me, as I'll be with you.' I gave them a sort of telepathic message, telling them that there was nothing to fear. We may both be the only ones in this emptiness, but at least we'll have each other. They smiled a bit as they slowly came forward. Once close enough, I embraced them in my arms, making sure this hug really did mean something. I felt their arms slowly wrap around me as well, a bit tight as if they didn't want to let go. I felt more tears come down as I hugged back tighter, my eyes closed shut as we both embraced this moment. There was a sound as if something was happening around us. I didn't want to look though, I only wanted this moment. We both wanted this moment. I didn't want to let go... I never want to let go...

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... "What the..." I slowly opened my eyes as I felt the warm light returning to my body. I looked around, confused about where I was. It was dark, limbo even. But it felt comforting. It felt comforting as if two people became one. It felt comforting as if two souls bonded together to be light and dark equally. I don't remember what exactly happened here, nor what I did before that much. My memory is all fuzzy and my eyes felt a bit wet. I lifted off my mask a bit from my face, wiping the leftover tears I had for some reason. It was confusing, but at the same, it didn't seem as if they were tears of sadness. More like, tears of happiness, tears of relief. "... Heh, not sure what was that for, but seems whatever happened here should just remain a mystery~." I chuckled to myself, knowing my mind will just get more confused.

Well, I got even more confused once I saw a beam of light slowly from a few feet away from me. I was startled at how it appeared so suddenly, but then I heard a voice. "Step into the light, and ascend to the Sky, child." "Well, mysterious and unknown voice! If ya want me to do that, then to the light I shall go!" I laughed as I ran towards the beam of light. Sure, it did appear out of nowhere, but to me, it felt as if this was a way to somewhere calming, somewhere cozy, someplace you can call home. Once I was inside the beam, I spread out my cape and flew up high, my heart soaring as I felt replenished, renewed. You can even say I felt reborn.

There once was a Kingdom that rested in the Sky.

But from one fatal mistake, the kingdom fell to ruin.

The sky was filled with falling stars, landing wherever they are.

The realms were torn from their power, its elders remain in limbo.

We call onto you, child.

Bring back our light, restore peace once more.

"... It's strange really. I felt like I heard those words before. I can't remember when though."

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