CROSSED FATE: The Prologue

|| PROLOGUE : DRAFTED ||

' In the Beginning, I thought that was it. But from the look of her face, I knew there was NO other way, '

It was foolish of me to believe everything Avea told me. The people on the table I sat down with, were nothing but a Two faced; thinking they were any better than the others. 'Gods' that's what they call themselves. They were no better than the ones we used to worship. Its Honestly laughable.
As a kid once before, stories of them were like an honor to hear– but the voices they spat out, different from the words only a book can tell.

Failing.

That's what I felt when I memorized every face that stared at me when I told them my little 'Hiccup'. Yet, not one spoke on my side. Not even Avea, herself.

Falling.

Falling down the hole, Avea pushed me into. The Air blew around me, muffling my screams as I begged and pleaded. My hands are grasping at nothing but air. 'That was it' I thought; 'My journey only led me to nowhere'
The moment my body felt the gravity growing thinner, as my ears rang from both fear and the momentum. I looked. SHE, walked away from the open wrinkle in the sky. Closing it, leaving me falling and looking above at nothing but dark forming clouds.

The cold water hit me. Thunder rumbled mixed with the heavy roars of the sea. I was submerged by the heavy waves. Confused and dazed from the fall, I tried my best to make an effort to swim around, hoping to gasp air from above; but as soon as the wave hit me one last time. I blacked out.

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   ;; I finally woke up gasping for air. My breath hitched sharply into my lungs as I coughed up excess water out of my system. Gagging from the salt taste left behind; My vision blurred, Body ached. I laid there on the damp sand trying my best to regain my strength back. The ringing on my ears stopped, only my thoughts from the previous events echoed through me. Neither the sound of my breathing nor the waves crashing onto the shores. Nothing. When I finally managed to get a hold of myself, I heard lightning crashing in the distance, the familiar roaring sound heard from lands. I helplessly stared up, motionless and dazed. Its like an itch I could never temper with, no matter how much I tried to drag my nails onto it.

My clothes were damped, tattered from the rough waves and floating rocks and debri that hit me when I fell down the sky. Although, alive— I wished I have never lived another day.

As I slowly sat up, I found myself grasping at sharp shells and rocks above the sand. Expecting a crisp and clean colored ground, I focused my gaze on the dark ashed sand that was streaming down in between my fingers. 'Darkened clouds and murky waters, dark sand and cold winds.' it was all took familiar to me, knowing I had visited this place before. The Shores of Vikmore, the land of whales and first steps. I visited this place once before; like it was just yesterday.

Her.

of course, it was nothing but a memory I dared push through the back of my mind. She wasn't the sister I once knew. Call me Apathetic, but I wished she was gone– No sympathy, huh? its expected of me. I lost her a long time ago.

While I revisited my past, I looked from afar, just to see the growing dark view of the abyss. The whirling storms and the howling winds that covered most of the islands. The only way no one can enter there easily, it wasn't a land of peace either; A barrier between the Abyss and region of Opadel was issued to put up, due to the powerful storm and hurricanes, it not only wrecked cities from the large debris it threw, but millions were swept away from the winds, and many died from the terrors that roamed there, territorial and very hostile.

"She must have kicked me down the Abyss. Tch– great." I managed a scoff, aggressively removing the belt around my waist. Due to the water, my clothes tightened around me. NO SHIT. Avea knew the only way in Endealeas is to Die. Of course, I didnt. I used a different method, to say the least.

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[4 DAYS AGO, HarberBlu Tavern, Whitebane, Kingscrest District]
"Are you certain this wont kill me?" I asked, looking down at the Rusty bladed dagger on the table. Emerald lining across the handle was imprinted, carved into it. Although looking 'Gimcrack', My friend here grinned as he explained its "qualities".

"INDEED" he managed a small unhunged giggled, blurting nonsensical goblin words, I didnt even know existed. "Qieman, GAURI, minced eye-" he mumbled.

I raised a brow.

"This is just a prop, Toad knows how well the Vin inside it, is very very powerful" he said bluntly, rubbing his clammy hands together.
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Surprisingly, That Goblin didnt lie one bit, I wasnt fond of him. But he does have his perks business wise. When I stabbed myself with the said rusty dagger. Physically it hurt. Internally, It felt EXCRUCIATING, the Vin digging its claws inside me, tearing me from flesh to flesh from the inside. The moment i was down I found myself in a room, With a ticket in my hand. No, A slip. Card? An Invitation?;;

Trying to recall it, is painful enough. I bet Avea removed it once I was breathing once again.

Clutching my damped hair, frustrated at myself for... 'Trying'
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No. Trying isn't the right word'

It's the word that got even more tedious for me. Even mentioning it, it feels like another burden landed on my shoulder. My journey to Endealas was wasted after the idea of finding Ravenna was availed. It was a bigger problem than that. To think that for 3103 years I've searched, trying to find answers– the 'Gods' did not help one bit. It didn't help either, that I  couldn't handle any Fate anymore. The lives I've once corrected, were nothing but a memory to me now.

"Your visit here is vexed. If you can't contain 'Fate', then pray that death will come visit your world peacefully."

Those were the last words Avea had spoken before she pushed me down the open wormhole. Anger? Sadness? Pain?; its all a mess. My emotions arent the only ones backing me down this time.

I finally stood up, balancing myself from one heel, trying not to stumble. My only concern now is going home; I lost my pouch of Cosmos in the sea, and I lost my ticket out of this country, To be honest a whole bag of foldered tickets.

Great, back to being Broke. Guess the way out is through the woods.

I thought, scanning the trees behind me. Despite finding it difficult to walk, I dragged one foot to the other, luckily the ground below me aren't as rough anymore, so it was a smooth journey.

The sunset early, the trees reflected the light above them. Making patterned outlines of swaying leaves on the ground. Morning dew violets bloomed, and the trees greeted me with a sway. I was well pleased by their act of sympathy, if they werent, they'd be moving around, hitting me with their roots, leaving me shaking from the rumbling ground. Its one of the many things, Hollowhart suprises me. Life. Just like Mother was.

Tired from walking, I steadily settled down on the ground. My back leaning against the tree. I let out a tired pant. Through my journey, i thoughte of one thing. No, it wasn't anger. I brushed that off once i entered the forest, Besides, anger is no use to those puny Gods.

It was Fate.

I can't possibly do it on my own now, so i have to think of a better strategy, Find one who can handle it well.
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"State your name and business ma'am?"

"OH- um, Mira. Mira Everhart."

Finally– I found you,