Crystal Wings

Time to Wake Up

I opened my eyes and was almost blinded by all the white light that was all around me. Wait... Holly crap ... AM I DEAD?! I quickly stood up.
I looked around and it was nothing but white all around. I am definitely dead...
"Indeed... but not quite yet", said a warm female voice. I spun around to see where the voice was coming from.

It was a beautiful, tall women with a warm expression. Her skin was neither pale nor dark, it was right in between.
Her silky, long, blue-ish white dress was stunning.
She had soft, silvery white angel wings and stunningly silky, golden brown hair.
She floated just about half a block above me as her dress and legs disolved into white code.

I stared in awe as she floated in front of me. She smiled softly.
"What do you mean not yet? Why else would I be here?", I said simply, as I started to think about the fact that I was dead.
"Because you still have a chance to live. You've hardly been dead for half a minute. The maximum is a minute. But you still have a choice to make", she said as I tilted my head slightly to the side in confusion.
"A decision? What decision?", I said, confused.
"No time for questions, come here my child", she said and gestured for me to stand by a glass window that I hadn't noticed before. I did as told.
"You see that right there? That is Minecraftia Heaven. See that woman over there? that's your mother", she said and pointed at who was indeed my mother. She looked same as she did the day she died.
"You can go there, with your mother, or you could go back to Minecraftia and help your friends", she said and gestured for me to follow her to another window.

I closely looked down at the window. My friends, they... they were crying. They were inside a cave. Claire was desperately trying to heal me while Crystal and Jake covered my wound the best way they could while tears rushed down their cheeks. Steve and Alpha were looking away, trying to bite back tears. Alex was comforting Zaya who was trying really hard not to cry. Flame was looking at me... well... the dead me as few tears slid down his cheeks.

"They need you, Lea. Everyone of them needs you", she said as I looked up at her.
"There are things you still need to discover, family you still need to meet, places you still need to explore... And this...", she stopped and pointed at the window to Minecraft Heaven, "This is not one of them yet", she said softly as she looked down at me.
"I know it's temping, but your friends and family need you to fight this battle. You are stronger and more important than you think.", she said. I changed gazes from the Heaven window to the Minecraftia window. It was a hard decision.
"It's your choice, but we're running our of time", she spoke softly but it felt like the most powerful words in the world.
"Take me back to my friends", I said confidently and without hesitation. She nodded and gestured for me to leave.

I felt my body desinegrate into code as her image started to fade.
"Time to wake up, Lea Mitchel Eathershine", she said and with that, I woke up back in Minecraftia.

I gasped for breath as my eyes flew open and I quickly sat up, which I basically emidiatly regreted as a wave of pain from my side hit me. I coughed as my eyes readjusted.
Everyone turned to look at me and a wave of silence washed over the room.
"Hey... I'm... back...", I said rather awkwardly as four arms hugged me. It was Jake and Crystal. She cried softly on my shoulder.
"Y-you're okay!", she said as her voice cracked.
"Oh thank Notch!", said Jake as he tried not to cry.
"Please, don't thank Notch, trust me, I met him, not such a nice guy", I said humorously and chuckled.
"Y-you... were dead... for almost a minute", said Flame from behind me as he dried his tears. His eyes were puffy and his face was pink, I assumed from crying. Jake and Crystal let go of me.
"Well, I'm here now, aren't I?", I said and spread my arms to hug him. He sniffed before he hugged me, careful not to hurt me.
"Don't ever die on me again or I swear I'll revive you", he whispered, his voice cracking slightly as he let go.