Calliope

Chapter 14 - Reunion

    In the middle of the night I woke up with a jolt. Tears filled my eyes instantly as pain erupted in my body. I screamed out in pain as I felt my body burn all the way into my bone. Suddenly my door was slammed open and Cole ran inside.

    "What's happening!?" He asked me as he was me twist and turn in pain. "No.. no.. no..." He repeated as he took my solid frozen hand.

    I could feel the pain eat its way up my throat. The words I so dearly wanted to speak was held back by the ice. Only broken sounds escaped my lips. Panic rushed through me as the realisation kicked in. I was dying. Tears rolled down my cheeks as sobs escaped the ice's grip on me. I didn't want to die. What about my people.. What about Cole? Why couldn't I get the happiness to stay with the man I loved and protect the people I loved. Why must fate be so cruel to not only take my parents from the realm but also the me. I could see the devastation in front of me. It was the first time in the world's history after the war that a realm had no heir to the throne. It would throw the realm into utter chaos and be an easy target for a realm so horrible as the Sky. I couldn't leave them behind but what could I do? I was weak. Not even my own powers could save me as it was the thing killing me. I was so weak that my own power killed me.

    "Don't you leave me too.." Cole said, dispirited as he held my hand firmly. "Don't you dare." 

    I could see the pain in his glossy eyes as he prayed for me not to leave him. I didn't want to! But Cole knew as well as me that I was already a goner. Now all we could do was wait for me to wither, like the fragile flower i was. I felt the ice spread over my chin. I could feel how it slowly crawled over my cheeks. It wouldn't be long now before I would be reunited with my parents. I couldn't move my body nor could I seem to think straight. I was so scared. What if death was it? What if there was nothing beyond death? Would I drift endlessly through space or would I simply be gone? The concept of death was unimaginable to me. I wanted to live. I wanted to live using my own powers. All my life I had been told I was weak, that someday my powers would consume me. Now that they did I had no clue how to stop it. I was too weak. I closed my eyes as the pain grew. I felt the ice around my eyes. When I looked up I was Cole in front of me. The man who I loved. His glossy eyes held tears his pride didn't dare spill. He was so strong yet he would cry over someone like me. He kissed my forehead that had yet to be frozen. Warmth shot through me and spread to every atom within my body. To my surprise I was able to lift my hand up to his cheek. He fell against my hand like a cat. He held his hand on top of mine and held it in place as I wasn't able to.

   "L..ove... you..." My frozen lips uttered.

   He squeezed his eyes close with a pained look. A single tear fell from each of his eyes. They hit my frozen body and rolled over my slippery surface.

   "And I love you." He whispered with a pained voice.

   I closed my eyes and felt how the ice wrapped around the rest of my head.