Brain Dump

Master & Disciple

"Master?........Wa-what are you doing??"

The disciple looked at her master who was standing on the edge of the mountain's ledge as she gazed at the pinkish gold clouds....as if she saw what was beyond...

"Are-are you okay, Master?"

The master seemed to have noticed her disciple and very slowly turned to her......revealing a beautiful yet worn out appearance...

The master and disciple looked at each other for a long while before the disciple broke the worrying silence, "What happened, Master? You-you're scaring me..."

The master turned back to have her back facing her now trembling disciple and said, "My child, do you know what will happen once the three realms collapse?"

"Three realms?"

"Child, listen well...what I teach you today, u must never forget..."

"Uhm!"

"Beyond these clouds...what do you see?"

"Beyond.....I- I don't see anything, Master."

"That's because there is a border...a border that was created by our ancestors...but were they right in creating the border that separated us from the mortal realm, and separated people like you from their families?!"

"Ma-master, I- I don't understand...I have no family..."

"You do, my child, you do...you've just forgotten. You've forgotten the mortal realm, your home realm, and the people there that you grew up with...and it's all the fault of the heaven realm and its heavenly rules..."

"Master, what are you talking about?" (said in trembling voice)

"My child, there are three realms in this world...the mortal realm, heaven realm and god realm...the three realms used to be one...that was until ONE person ruined it all. Because of this one god who angered the other gods, he was banished from the god realm...then he decided to create his own realm, the heaven realm and created.......people, you could say, that we now call 'mortals' to submit to him and treat him like a god, the ONLY god. But his descendants soon found out about all his devious acts and wanted to overthrow him to give the mortals freedom...but they failed and were wiped out of their powers and sent to live in the mortal realm and the second border was created...and now, from one united realm, there are three cooperative yet divided realms...all to submit but also to rule..."

"Ma-master??"

"Child, you're from the mortal realm...as your master, I can't let you live in this horrible situation...and so, I've decided. I've decided to use me and only me, to put an end to my ancestor's monstrosity..."

The master turned to face her now very confused and scared disciple once more and whispered, "If there is a next life, I hope to be your master once more..." and sacrificed herself to the realms...

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"Uhh ah..." (disturbed breathing)

"Ah..." (hyperventilating)

"Junior, Junior!! Are u okay??"

"I- um, I'm fine....sorry for worrying you, senior."

"Had a bad dream again?"

"I- I just dreamt about Master again...she-"

The older girl hugged the younger tightly and patted the younger's head with long gentle strokes while saying, "It's alright, everything is fine now, everything will be fine..."

After a long while, and the younger one had calmed down, they finally parted...

And the younger girl, staring at the very same scenery of clouds and murmured, "But will everything...really be fine?"

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