Whisper to Me

~ PROLOGUE ~

Run Jaysec, run. Help me. I need you.

I pick up my pace. The desperation in the voice of the mysterious person in my head is strong. I quickly go deeper into the woods, ignoring the constant scratching at my face as the brances of dead trees brush past me. It is almost as if the trees want my soul, my body, my everything. The deeper into the woods I go, the greater the pull of the trees' branches. Maybe the trees aren't pulling me. In fact, I know it isn't them, but the voice inside of my head that I have grown so used to now seems closer than ever. The person needs me and I knew I couldn't let them down. I didn't know what connection I had with the voice, but I knew there was an obvious one that drew me closer and made me want to meet them outisde of my head. I needed a picture of them, a face to match the familiar voice with.

Jaysec. Where are you?

"I am here. I am coming," I say through my uneven breaths. I push my body to go faster than I have ever gone before. To what direction I was heading I wasn't sure, but the effort that I was putting into my increasing pace and constant movement was better than no effort at all.

Get  me out of here. Please get me out.

At this remark, frustration fills my body, making my movements uneven, causing my running to slow. After all of this time, I couldn't find them when they needed me the most. After such a long period of loneliness, someone actually seems to be there and I couldn't even give them what they desperately wanted - help.

My running becomes walking as I make my way to a cluster of fallen trees, remembering my very first years of immortality, including the long fits of pain and regret I used to have. I knew I was the one who ripped these trees from their places in the ground, and the thoughts I had while taking their lives away. I remember imagining them as the loved ones who abandoned me and left me to fend for myself. I have always blamed them for leaving me alone, almost as if they planned for me to end up being cursed. It's the only reasonable explanation for my dilemma, although it may not be the most accurate. It doesn't matter why I am cursed anymore. All that matters is that I am going to be living for eternity.

My gaze moves once again to the lifeless trees. I knew that it wasn't my nature to kill. Even looking at the trees brings regret into my chest. I slowly make my way over to one of the dead trees and place my hand on it's trunk. I didn't understand why I was so lost in a world I had lived in for so long. By now, I should have the whole thing memorized, but I knew I would never find my place. After all, I was under a curse and the God that supposedly "created this Earth" was no longer on my side.

Come quickly Jaysec. Please.

I put my head in my hands, still frustrated with myself. Why did I even exist? Even before the curse I was never beneficial to the world. I knew I couldn't keep dwelling on my existence, because I had other things to worry about now.

Hurry.

The desperation in the voice is back. I immediately push away the hatred for myself and start running once again, my mind returning to the only goal I have: finding the one who my mind has been dedicated to for the past few months. They need me. And I might, in fact, need them.

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