Shattered Soul

Chapter Thirteen

Maybe I should stop drinking monsters and stick with water for now on. Trial? Realms? GODS? And then there's my brother who's dead.... who states I'm not dead.... I take a long moment to let everything he's told me sink in.

"Trial huh. Last time I stood trial was when I ran over my neighbor's cat.... that lady is crazy" I whispered that last part to myself.
"I'm hopeless" he sighed and shook his head.

"Same" I mimicked his exact reaction. "But I do have some questions"

"Shoot. Not like I have anywhere important to be." He just stared at the ceiling.

I gave him an odd look and said "Ok...? So exactly what do you mean by trial? I haven't broken any law or something like that yet."

"It's a trial Rey...how difficult is that to understand?"

"But I don't understand...what did I do, what's happening?" I honestly didn't everything was going too fast.

"Well, it'll make sense in due time...but for now you need to get back to your realm or whatever you want to call it." He waved his hand and walked over to another door I didn't notice until now.

"Leaving?" What? Already? He hasn't even answered any of my questions.
As if reading my mind, he says "your questions will be answered just not right now."

"But..but..."I said hopelessly as he started pulling my arm towards the door.

"No buts, it's time to go, I'm tired and you can't stay here too long, or they might just declare you dead."

"Wait what about Cora? You said something about her." I was trying to stall but at the same time wanting to know what was going on, instead of leaving.

"Huh don't remember but anyways it'd be a conversation for another time." He opened up the door which was pitch black inside.

I didn't want to go...even if this was a dream I didn't want to go. Someone I thought I wouldn't see for a long time happened to be standing in front of me and my suspicions have been confirmed a little. Still need a lot of convincing.

I looked at my brother, tall, light brown skin like mine, curly black hair and blue eyes. Sometimes when we were little people would think he was my twin. I would have thought the same because we're so alike in many ways, but he was born two years before me. He was my idle, my best friend, my personal protector (I never got bullied or abused with him around) he was my life...but all that changed when he left, when his life was taken away.
He looked over at me, pained like he had heard my thoughts somehow. "I'm sorry" he said hurt.
"I get it, I'm just another obstacle, right?" I looked away from him and at the wall. He said nothing for a while but then "Life is hard, you know that."

"Yeah, your right."

"Well, I will see you soon, just try and not get in trouble, ok? I'll send someone to keep a closer eye on you but that's all that I can do. And Rheya don't think about Cora, nothing was your fault don't blame yourself. She's better now, just focus on the present and the past."

"Ok but will I ever see her again? Will I?"

"I'm not sure, that's her decision to make." He motioned me to start walking and leave.

"Fine but just so you know I still have that debt to pay back to you." And just after that without looking back I walked into the open-door and... fell?

It was black and it felt like I was floating. I didn't know what to make out of that but knew a whole bunch of shit was waiting for me when I would be getting back.