Aʋtʋɱŋ Wɩŋʛs ✸ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥 (TMNT)

27| Alone

9/9/18

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Alone

Everyone, including me, let out startled gasps. I feel the air pressing against me, making me one with it, my limbs and mind melting into the oxygen I used to breathe but that now wouldn't enter my lungs.

"Between... Here and... Usagi's... Realm..."

And before I could say anything more...

I collapsed onto the floor of the Lair, my body continuing to fade away.

* * *

"Guess you could say we're all stars
Shimmering in the cold night sky
Being the light through darkness in others lives
Yet slowly burning away..."

I slowly open my eyes, a feeling of peace washing over me.

I carefully looked around the area that I was sitting in, surprised to realize that I wasn't in either of the realms where I had been living.

"Hopes and dreams are not enough
Destiny crumbles into dust
Tidal wave of nothingness
Swept into the void..."

The gently sang words echoed in my mind, and I tipped my head in confusion. Curiously studying my surroundings, I came to the conclusion that I was in a cave of some sort.

"Words spoken softly in the dying breeze
Fading wind swirls around his feet
The universe is glowing around him..."

Where is it coming from??

I take a careful step forward, feeling my feet push through the water, which went up to my ankles. The cavern I was in seemed dimly lit, by something up ahead; just around the corner, it looked like.

"It seems as if everything's on the line
He's realized they're running out of time
But shadows seep into his mind
Shadows seep into his mind..."

As I follow the light and the voice, I can't help but wonder what had happened.

Everything seemed so blurry... I couldn't remember much; all I knew was that I wasn't with my family anymore. And I feel a strange sense of... Just, something bad.

It's like someone's begging for me to be with them, I can almost hear the pleading voices, all familiar. But there are so many, from where and who, I don't know...

"Voice saying don't forget
Destiny is almost here, do not fret
But he wonders where he went wrong..."

The words spoken sent waves of comfort through me, and I smiled slightly. It just felt so... Right.

I begin to walk faster through the distantly cold water, until I was standing directly behind the corner. Taking in a deep breath, I looked around it.

What I saw shocked me.

The ginormous cavern was swirling with gentle snowflakes, drifting in the suddenly existing breeze. Diamonds marked the edge, large points jutting out from the wall in jagged directions.

In the middle stood a beautiful, glowing diamond stone.

The surface glimmered and swirled with icy blues and whites, casting a smooth light across the walls and frost covered ground surrounding it.

"Woah..." I whisper, eyes widening in amazed disbelief.

Moments later, I realized that my feet were leading me towards the stone. Consciously agreeing with the Stinky Triplets and their friends, I sped up the pace until I was mere feet away.

There I stood, watching my frozen reflection, wonder filling me and leaving me awestruck.

A faintly familiar numb feeling overcame me, and I broke out of my temporary trance. I looked over my shoulder to see my black wings spreading out, snowflakes beginning to speckle the feathery surface.

I let out a small laugh, gently flapping my wings.

It feels like it's been years since I've shifted... I've just been so busy with-

And that was when I remembered, that this was not a moment for my freedom and joy. There were much more serious things to be done...

But for some odd reason, a feeling of loss couldn't leave me.

A feeling that good things had been turned bad, worse then expected, and that things were different then I had originally thought they would turn out.

"Why does everything good seem to keep leaving at some point??" I whisper, shaking my head with disappointment.

It's true though. Master Splinter died... The prophecy must not be completed now- why exactly did I think that...? I've failed everyone, Rosebud, Doku, Usagi, Karasu, my brothers... Jai might take over and hurt so many people...

And I sense that something's not right. It's like... Something bad is happening on Earth, where I grew up.

But I can't remember that much about it...?

"I failed everyone, and I can't even seem to remember some of the reasons why..." I let out a cold, yet heartbroken laugh, slowly falling to the ground.

I roll into a ball beside the large blue crystal, being careful of my wings. I then wrap my arms around my knees, burying my head into my knee pads.

"What happened to that voice, why did it leave too??" I question, shaking slightly. "Please come back, you're needed right now..." I whispered, lip trembling.

And as my eyelids slowly shut, I swear I could hear a voice say...

"No. You are."