"I hate this, I hate this so much. Why is it always us? Why can't it be someone else?"
"I can't answer that. Someone has to go through all this pain in order for others to be happy. That's balance."
"That's not a reason for me to not have the right...
Nero? Savanna? Alon? Chrys?....what about you Alex? Where are you? Why did you guys leave me alone?
I don't wanna be alone, I hate it here. It's all muddled up in my head.
Chrys fell in love? Savanna killed someone? Nero lost control? Alon disappeared? It's so confusing to me. What happened? Why did everyone leave like that? ~~~~
Present
I'm glad that Alon's here today. Someone will finally explain what happened.
It's midnight, he should be here soon.
He opened the door to my room and sat down beside me on my bed. He was shivering, literally shaking. The wounds were still fresh to him, the memories still as painful. I wanna stop this and let him rest. I want to tell him that I'll wait until he's ready to tell me everything, wait for everything to become bearable for him but I can't.
I don't like being in the dark, I don't like being the only one that's ignorant. Why does everyone get to know but I don't? Am I not important enough?
"Stop," Alon said. "Stop thinking like that. That's not why you don't know what actually went down that year. I begged the gods not to tell you because I know how much we mean to you, you'd have blamed yourself to death for not being there when we needed you the most, literally. I didn't want anyone else to die because of...because of me."
I nodded carefully, "Is that why you erased everyone's memories?"
I caught him off guard.
"Yeah I know about that too," I sighed. "Alon you better have a good reason for erasing their memories of who Alex actually is. You know how important Alex was to Nero, you know how close they were. Why would you do that?"
He nodded then stood up, "Follow me. I'll show you something I found a few years ago."
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Alon took me to me to Mount Parnassus, it's the location of the oracle of Delphi. The oracle? Did Alon see the oracle?
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"Al what are we doing here? Is it to see some sort of prophecy?"
Al shook his head, "No I'm here to show you a future that I tried erasing."
"Erasing?"
"το πνεύμα του μαντείου βγαίνει," he called. "απαγγέλλετε τις ιστορίες που κάποτε φώναζες." (Spirit of the oracle come forth. Recite the tales you once chanted.)
Alon held my hand once the golden mist surrounded the ancient structure. We prepared ourselves for what was going to happen when the oracle appears to answer Alon's demand.
