Escapance

⋆ ‧₊˚⋅ᥫ᭡.𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 17: Greedy Envy ‧₊˚⋅𖤐꙳⭑

(My chapters are getting shorter and shorter sorry I didn't know what to write, I only have ideas for the ending of my story and the pictures are purely random lazy author I'm sorry)

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Spica and Dschubba had both awoken to dark waters of murkiness surrounding them. The seventh deadly sins of greed and envy were drowning.

They weren't able to swim ashore because there was a huge guillotine above their heads, awaiting to behead the stars. Dschubba was sinking further down. Her greatest fear was that of drowning to death. Spica reached out for her, taking her hand. He couldn't swim them ashore. His worst nightmare was being beheaded. Greed pulled envy into his arms. Tears spilled out of the stars' eyes which became an ocean of their tears, fears, and sorrows.

Dschubba tried to speak, but she couldn't talk underwater. She and Spica couldn't breathe and were slowly drowning. If they swam to the top, their heads would be cut off. Time was running out. Waves of greedy envy pushed Spica and Dschubba further down into the darkness. They could hear evil whispers shouting "Off with their heads!" This triggered Spica greatly. Further and further downwards greed and envy sank into the pits of everlasting horrors. Henceforth and evermore so, they held their breaths together, holding onto one another.

Spica could feel Dschubba shaking in fear as she sobbed. He held her close, mouthing that everything was going to be okay even though they didn't know if they'd make it out of this alive. They had to. An idea sprung into Dschubba's head as she and Spica were running out of air to hold onto. She pointed upwards. Spica was shaking his head no. Dschubba mouthed to trust her as she grabbed him, swimming up. The only way to survive this was to go through the guillotine and avoid getting beheaded. They could do this.

Dschubba's sword appeared in her hands, the green luminescent light lighting the way. Spica used his sword's light and put all of his trust into the seventh deadly sin of envy. Greed would trust her with his life just like any of the deadly sins would including the other stars. Dschubba always had a plan with that brilliant brain of hers. If Spica wasn't so scared out of his mind, he would have kissed her to give envy more air. Together, hand in hand, they swam to shore. The guillotine dropped to take their heads. Dschubba pushed Spica out of the way as she stood there, a look of determance on her face. She looked so beautiful and didn't even know it. Spica almost forgot that Dschubba was just about to be beheaded. Greed called out to envy.

There was no fear in Dschubba's eyes for she wasn't drowning anymore. The seventh deadly sin of envy was as fearless as ever. As the guillotine's blade came raining down upon her, she raised her weapon up high. The blade of the guillotine crashed down on Dschubba's sword, the guillotine breaking apart. The goddess of destruction destroyed the instrument of their deaths with ease.

Spica ran over to kiss her. Dschubba embraced him, kissing him back. Greed and envy anchored one another. But it wasn't over yet. The water was rising at a rapid pace. They couldn't fly. "We need to climb my fairy prince of light," Dschubba said in between breaths as she let go of Spica. Greed smiled, blindingly pure of love and envy climbed up the broken guillotine. As long as they had each other, they'll make it out of this prison of hell to make it back to their stars. They had to. There was no escape but the stars would find one, even if it meant creating their own way out. The stars could never be taken down as long as they had one another, for they shined their heavenly light from God through hell. They'd make it back home, all together. Once they were real. Reality waits for the stars to come back.

Once

by Brad Caleb Kane

You change in front of me

Your eyes get darker every day
It happens quietly
Your focus slowly burns away

And if you let me hear
The things you seem to want to say
Though I am late
I will wait to go until I know you're somewhere safe

And even if you chose
To lock yourself away
If I listen close
I can almost hear you say

Once I was real
Once I was somebody's child
Once I could feel
Some feeling once in a while
Once I was here
Once I was somebody's friend
Once I appear
I will be real again

You're falling into it
An inescapable release
Or something intimate
Between the you that no one sees

Is there a way inside?
You only hide from enemies
Cause I'll wait
I'm afraid you won't get rid of me so easily

And even if you chose
To lock the world away
If I listen close
I can almost hear you say

Once I was real
Once I had something to lose
Once I could feel
Once I was harder to bruise
Once I was here
Once I was willing to bend
Once I appear
I will be real once again

You're falling farther than
I've ever seen you fall before
For me to wonder when
I'll recognize you anymore

To see no light inside your eyes at all
To bang my head against the wall
And force myself to watch you pull away

And even if you chose
To lock the world away
If I listen close
I can almost hear you say

Once I was real
Once I was somebody's child
Once I could feel
Some feeling once in awhile
Once I was here
Once I was somebody's friend
Once I appear
I will be here once again
Once I was real
Once I was somebody's child
Once I could feel
Some feeling once in awhile
Once I was here
Once I somebody's friend
Once I appear
I will be real once again

Songwriter: Brad Caleb Kane