Of Love and War (Ashes Back Story)

I, I am Ashes Fall. Ashes May Fall, if you would like my full name. Yeah, my parents thought they were just hilarious when they named me. Ashes May Fall, haha a sentence in a name. My very first parents gave me the name. But, I guess they were subconsciously deciding my future. Ashes sure have fallen in my presence. I have been burned, time and time again, while people chanted 'kill the witch, kill the witch, kill the witch' as I burned at the stake. But that is a story for another time.

My parents, they aren't actually my biological parents. I am 19, stuck at this dreadful age forever, until the end of time itself. My age falters, occasionally, I will start out as a child again, aging slowly, about 1 year for every 5 human years. This is why my 'parents' adopted me. I was only 2 years old, yet I could remember everything that happened to me in ancient times. I could speak fluently, in any language I wanted, at such a 'young' age. I have only been returned to a young child 3 times, and each time, I have to relearn my powers.

 You, my dear reader, could be thinking one of many things. Well how long has she been alive? You could be pondering this question as you read about me. Well, all answers will come to you, if you just wait. But this answer is coming right now.

I have been alive as long as this earth itself has had life, and I will continue to be alive, until the world ends.

I will never die. I cannot die. Nobody can kill me, not even myself.

Wow, you must be thinking, Immortality. That must be awesome. Never dying, never growing old.

It is not awesome at all. When you are immortal, you must watch everyone you love die off. You must endure horrendous pain, to the intensity that you wish that you could just die and end the suffering. But, no, you can go through hours and hours of being almost dead, so close you can see it, but you will never get there.

Your suffering never ends. Ever.

This is not my only power, either. No, I am not a witch, I am simply an immortal girl with natural green hair, that can shapeshift into any animal imaginable, even ones you couldn't possibly conjoure with a simple human mind.

Have you ever freaked out, because of the thought that someone could hear every single sick thought you have everyday? Well I can. Every. Single. Thought. All of everyone's memories, they play themselves out in front of me. I know more about you with a single touch, than you will ever know about yourself. It could drive a normal person insane.

Thank God I'm not a normal person.

My piercing violet eyes will stare into the very core of your personality, examining your past, determining if your a good human being or not. Your biggest secret isn't a secret to me. Nothing is. I can summon memories that you didn't even know you had. I can speak to you, without saying a single thing aloud.

I can find every single human's soul mate. I know the very best person for everyone. I can, and will, summon up the feelings deep inside you, and make them clear. You will find yourself falling for someone that you don't even know exists. Then somehow, you will stumble across this mysterious person. And you will fall deeply in love.

But I can also find the person you hate the most, and I can plant false memories into your mind. So many, that you will murder this person.

Love and murder are my favorites, but I no longer act on this. I keep my past and what I can do hidden deep inside of me. Nobody will ever know. Especially the girls. Most people don't want to be friends with someone who could control their base desires at will.

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A/N:

This is the very beginning to Ashes (from Dawn of the Signs) back story! If you haven't read Dawn of the Signs, you have to right now, before you continue, or else you will be very confused. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it so far!