THE GUARDIAN 2

CHAPTER 17: THE AFTERLIFE

I opened my eyes to see I was staring at a celling. My body felt light and I felt great. I sat up noticing that I was laying in someones bed in someones room. There was a window to the left of me that allowed sun light to pour in lighting the room up. There was a desk with a mirror on it to my right and a door right by it. I got off of the bed confused, wasn't I just fighting Majesta? Suddenly the door swung open and a beautiful woman came in smiling, she had snow white hair and was the same height as me.

"Oh you're up" she said as she approached me. I was going to back away and push her back since I didn't know who this woman was. But I didn't feel compelled to do it, I felt safe like there was no danger present. The lady pulled into a bear hug then took a good look at my face. "You're about the same age as me, finally a new younger face" she told me. "Um yeah.... Who are you and where am I?" I asked. The lady smiled, "don't tell me you guys forgot about me already" she said.

That's when I started to notice that I recognized her. I seen many pictures of this lady in the newer textbooks and we had a statue of her in the ministry.  "Sarah? You're the person who wielded the balancer before I did" I guessed. She clapped her hands "so you guys didn't forget me, that's awesome" she said cheerfully. "But your hair, in all the textbooks they have pictures of you with brown hair, not white" I said. Sarah stroked her fingers through her hair. "Yeah, it's a side affect of going to the afterlife" she said.

Afterlife? Side affect? I rushed to the mirror in the room and looked at my reflection. Everything was normal except for the fact that my hair was now white as snow. I turned back to Sarah even more confused. "I'm going to need an explanation" I told her. She smiled and put her arm around mines. "Follow me" she said as she lead me out of the room. We made our way down a hall and to the front door of this house which was empty. Sarah opened the door and we made our way outside.

Wherever I am now, there was only one way to describe it..... AMAZING. The house was on top of a cloud and there were more houses on clouds above and below us. People with white hair were flying around getting from one place to the next. The sun was high up in the air but its rays didn't hurt my eyes. "This is the afterlife Toby, when good people die they go to heaven, but when a guardian dies they go here, things like fear, pain, sadness, none of that exists here" Sarah explained. "So I'm dead" I said glumfully.

"It's not all that bad, this place is amazing, this is where you'll stay forever" she said. I smiled, this place felt so great, I was having a good time just existing. I never experienced anything like this. But then I thought about Sandra, she'd be raising a baby girl all by herself, and that's if she survived long enough with Majetsa using the relic. As much as I loved this place, I couldn't stay here. "Sarah, I love it here, but I can't be here I have to go back to earth" I told her. She just shook her head.

"You can't just leave Toby, you're dead, there's no way to go back" she said. "What? Why not?" I asked in shock, Sarah chuckled "did you really think that you could just pop back to life? If that was the case none of the guardians would be dead right now". I frowned "but there has to be a way to go back, this place is composed the most powerful people the world's ever seen, someone here knows something" I said backing away from her. Sarah looked confused " why do you want go back so bad? Majestas dead and no one else is able to wield the balancer" Sarah asked.

I shook my head " Majesta is not dead, she survived the explosion you sacrificed yourself in and she now has the relic" I explained. Sarah looked shocked "what?" She gasped. I then explained everything, how I found the balancer in an alley way, how Ms.Pillar died and Majesta took over the world, how I defeated her and brought the world to peace. I explained how Derek somehow was corrupted and wouldn't give the relic he found, how Majesta came back and in the end took the relic.

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa" Sarah said as she rubbed her head trying to process all the information. "First of all, when I used the balancer it wasn't in the form of a stick it was a wand so get it right" she fussed. "And second of all, what the heck has been going on since I died, you took all the rules and flipped them upside down. Magics not a secret no more, my teacher Ms.Pillar is dead and yet Majesta isn't, something about a man named Carnage...... What?" She was even more confused. "Listen Sarah, bottom line is that Majesta now has the relic and she's going to take over more then just the world, she'll take over the universe" I explained.

Sarah nodded her head "yeah, sounds important, it's my duty to make sure the good will always triumph evil" she said. "So can you help me get back to earth?" I asked. Sarah thought for a second and nodded her head. "There's one person who may know how to pull it off" she finally said. I started to get excited "who is this person?" I asked. "He's historys first ever guardian, he's the oldest person here but it's very hard talking to him" she explained.

"How do I get to him?" I asked, "I'll take you, but know that he's a huge stickler for the rules, and you my friend... Have broken all of them".