A Candle By God

    Life used to be dark, nothing but absolute darkness. That was until, someone created what people call, "candles". Everyone's life depended on candles as a saying told "Candles represent the life of a someone, when they die, the brightness of the candle dies."  Everyone was living their almost perfect life. And you were here, living a normal life. Happily with your family. You were extremely happy that day, walking with your eyes closed not worrying about anything. You just depended on the candle that was in a small plate being held by your hand, thinking it would protect you. You finally opened your eyes, you looked around, you were confused. Your smile died quickly when you realised, you are lost. You started walking faster and faster hoping to find anyone, after a while, you stopped from exhaustion. You wasted all of your energy walking to wherever in the dark. You sat down to catch your breath, but in the end, it ended up blowing the candle's light away.And here it was, the dark. You remembered all types of stories people told about those creatures. You always thought they weren't real and they were just rumours. But they proved to be real when you heard, a drooling mouth, crackling bones and loud footsteps. You didn't bother to look back, you were already running, pushing whatever was left in you to continue. You started to slow down once the creature's sounds started fading away. You had to drop the plate that was holding your candle as it slowed you down while running, you ended up holding the candle itself, although it had no use anymore. You felt the candle getting hot, you were scared and shocked to the point you didn't even realise you dropped it. It now was on your palm just to slip on your wrist. It hurt you so much, but it somehow stopped in a second. You closed your eyes hoping this was all a bad dream, but to no avail. You forgot about the candle for a moment before touching your wrist. It felt weird to you, almost as if the candle melted into your skin. You realised that the candle was now a part of you. It started heating again. but this time, it didn't melt. To your surprise, it actually lit up. You finally had a source of light, you called the candle "A Candle By God". You really thought it was a gift from god, you started walking, but you didn't try in the slightest to walk faster. You were finally getting hope again. And so, you continued on your path. It was a miracle to you, how all that happened. But, you started fearing it again, the creatures, what if they came, right this moment. And they did, all the sounds you noted last time were there. This time, you decided not to run away. Instead, you turned around right before it can attack you. And, you shoved your wrist in it's face. Shockingly, the monster was screaming in pain. This made you full of yourself and so, you continued burning it. It didn't last long until the creature died. You pulled your hand away quickly before it caught any fire, you had your smile back again. But, your smile died rather quickly when you noticed the candle..it's light, it was fading. You didn't know what to do. And, there you were again. In the dark.