Minha Esperança

Single Chapter (Eng version)

Everyone says that Fate cannot be changed, and there is no going against it. But when love comes into play, anything can happen.

I was created to seek out the souls of those who have no more time on Earth, and depending on the culture, I can be an angel or a being in a black cloak who carries a scythe and even a skull. No matter what I really am or who, you will see what you believe in or your peace when your time comes. Even if it is a death with no calm, your soul shall be light as a feather to me. I have seen all kinds of souls, disasters, species, lives, and deaths. But nothing, in all my existence, could compare to her.

She is the lightest and brightest being I could ever experience. Being near her is like feeling the warmth of a late afternoon during spring, with the wind blowing her face and bringing the scent of blooming flowers with the breeze. She was made to soothe the soul of the living, but it works with the souls of my dead too. The beauty I see in her, she saw in me. The purity she carries with her days is my calm, my Hope.

We met in a hospital, where I've always been present, and she was always passing by. In one of these passages, we bumped into each other, and my eyes got caught in her brilliance and splendor. Her gaze locked on me, analyzing every part of my receptacle. Humans often call this love at first sight or a meeting of souls. We don't have souls. But we are enchanted by each other's presence. A presence that didn't leave me alone for days, making me wish Fate was in our favor to see us again.

We would find out in time that he was not.

Even without Fate by our side, we would meet many more times. It wouldn't be difficult at all, of course. Anyone who knew they were about to die could cry out for hope, and it came along to keep souls calm. It didn't just work with the souls. I began to realize while the meetings went on how much I came to be in complete calm, at peace. I can't tell if it was just hallucinations or my immense desire that this was the truth, or if it was really, but I believed the same thing happened to her, that she felt good in my presence.

The first contact took a few years to happen, but it needed just a few more words for me to understand that all the calmness was a mixture of passion. It took a few dates for us to be together. Love spoke louder, and even two opposites could not stay away. But, as I said, Fate was not on our side. That was the first attempt to separate us. Erasing our memories would have been a good idea, but Death and Hope almost always go hand in hand. Meeting her again and feeling everything I felt for the first time was even better. The memories came back, and it only seemed to make us stronger. However, Fate does not give up so easily. There were other attempts until the day he took us away and asked the question that should change his view with the right answer. That is not what happened, however.

— Why are you together, Hope? You are totally different, complete opposites.

— We are not so different. I carry the world's hope on me, and she carries the disasters. We are each other's balance. I am her calm, and she is my hope. — That had been the perfect answer, but Fate didn't see it that way.

We found each other again not long after that, and each time we were apart, we came back together even stronger. There seemed to be a magnet or a rope that pulled us together, and even though we knew it wasn't Fate's doing, we believed we were each other's destiny.

— No matter what he says, we will stay together.

— We are each other's destiny.

— You are my hope.

— You are my calm.

As said, Fate does not give up easily. And neither would a good answer make it give up. He has not stopped trying to separate us, inventing and repeating strategies and ideas to keep us apart. But not even Fate was capable of such a feat. Throughout the years, despite countless attempts, we always came back stronger than before. I won't lie. There were a few times when we thought about giving up before him. But being in the same environment as the love of your existence and not doing anything is painful for her and me. With that in mind, we decided together to keep fighting always. Keep going through each challenge as if it were the first and the last as if it were the easiest and the hardest, but never the impossible. Fate had never gone to the extreme, like trying to end the existence of one of us, but knowing that possibility existed, we promised ourselves and each other never to allow it.

— They say that hope must be the last to die, but to keep you safe, I will be the last.

— I cannot and will not die, but I will kill anyone for you, even Fate.

Death and Hope go hand in hand. They are opposites, but somehow they complement each other. The love between two such different beings is the most beautiful and pure. Nothing can separate us, not even Fate. Where she is, I will be. Where I pass, she will pass. Always together. Always connected. Never apart.