Chapter 2: Parting Soul

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Once again she awakens from her deep slumber only to see nothing, but small yellow, red, and blue blades of light coming from the fire place. She sees the old man watching the wood burn leaving behind black and gray ashes into the air. She sits there silent unsure on how to react, what to say, or what to ask. A mix of emotions are preventing her from thinking and from feeling. She gets up and walks towards the old man and sits across from him. Silence fills the cave.


"You know," he starts as he moves the wood around. "It has been exactly six months since you left this world. I have tried to keep your body from decomposing keeping what is little to no blood flowing through your veins. I have search and search for ways to bring you back to this world. And all my attempts have failed. Until finally I met an entity that promised your returned, and here you are. Returning from the afterlife comes with a price. Unfortunately for you, you are not same person as you were before. You are a new being that has ever walked this realm. Many will fear you because they will never understand you. From what I've seen so far you are a complex being stuck between good and evil, you are in transition, but I have not given up hope that you will be the savior we all been waiting for."


The young woman looks at the old man, her dark gaze looks upon his white eyes.


"Savior? I could care less what your kind or anyone needs saving from. I didn't sign up for this role."


"You do not understand, it is because of you. It is because of your existence that caused this nightmare. You were born with a special gift, a power that many will want to get their hands on. A power that you didn't had the chance to exploit yourself. With that power comes with such sacrifice. You did not ask for it, but you were granted it. If you choose to go dark, give in to your most inner darkness then something far more sinister will walk the ground of this world, and then the existence of this planet of every life form will end."


"Should I even care what happens to this miserable planet? What will I get in returned? What about my life? My future? My happiness? Where does it all play part of? I shall not be the savior you want me to be."


The young woman gets up, but she is stop as the old man grabs hold on her arm and pulls her down onto her knees. Both of his hands grab hold on each side of her head, and his eyes mirrors that of moving clouds so white and captivating. Her dark blue eyes widens at the sight of his cloudy eyes. The world around them began to spin faster and faster until the cold icy air hit them. She breaks apart from his stare only to look at the night above her. It seems very empty and dark even the full dull moon shares no bright. Something about this night seems eerie familiar.


"Where are we?" she asked looking around. Her body stiffens as she takes hold of the scene right before her eyes.


"This cannot be."


She says as she looks at the young woman being dragged like animal.


"It is." The old man walks towards the scenery.


"This was the night in which your soul parted, the night where death came for you. This was the night the marked the end and your beginning. It was not supposed to happen."


The old man said sadly. The young woman runs towards the young woman that has been thrown down the ground trying to reach for her.

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