Amaranthine - JENLISA (completed)

PRIMROSE

"So  you're really doing it huh?" Seung Hyun asked me. "Yeah, I guess I  really am." I said as I held the scroll. "It's not yet too late to  change your mind. Once you're down there, there's no going back to this  Lisa." Seung Hyun warned me. "What is it with you and your objections  about this?" I asked him. "It's because I'm only looking out for you.  Why do you even bother with this? There's nothing great about the  paradise. Why do you even listen to the fallen ones? They are not up  there for a reason."

He  said. "Yeah, I know that. They're suffering because they lusted. I have  none of that Seung Hyun. I spent 3000 years collecting souls. I've  never lusted over any human. That says something right?" I said. "That's  because you collect the souls of the dead. You don't guide them to live  just like what they do up there." Seung Hyun said. "Exactly, and my  final mission is to collect a dying one." I said in my defence.

"The  councils won't give that mission to you if it's just as simple as that.  You have to know that there is probably a lot more to it than just  that. Let me guess, they gave you privileges didn't they? And they told  you to figure it out on your own? Your scroll says nothing but a name,  age, time, date and cause of death right?" He said and I was curious.  "If you know so much then why don't you tell me what I've got to do?" I  asked. "I am! I am telling you what to do and that is not to pursue  this mission." He said. "That's not what I want to hear." I said and  turned my back on him. "Please, Lisa." He begged. "No Seung Hyun. I have  to do this. I need to do this for myself."  I said and with that, I  surfaced to earth.

I  don't know how to explain it to Seung Hyun but there's just something  that's been pushing me to pursue this mission. It's not just about the  paradise, it's about something bigger than that but I can't seem to  point a finger on it. Ever since I was given the privileges I know  nothing of, I just felt different. As I surface from the underworld, I  began to feel things I couldn't explain. It's like the feeling of  light-headedness came rushing over me.

All  of a sudden, I see the past, present and future all at once. People  walking by with their past selves. Walking on the same street in  multiple alternate universes. I was overwhelmed. I saw everything at  once.  I walked around trying to figure out what I'm seeing but nothing  makes sense.

Only  that I'm realizing, that I'm confused. Is this where my mission begins?  Did it already start?  I have more than a month left before it's the 25th.  It's impossible. I closed my eyes and found myself beamed on top of a  building in Seoul and it started making me feel nauseous. I was hearing  everything below.

From  ones crying for mercy, couples fighting, a car crash, people talking  about the latest rumours, and so on. It was so loud. So loud I could  even hear the insects that climb on the surface of this planet. It was a  lot to take in. I feel like my whole entity was being reconstructed and  I didn't know what to do with it. As I stand on the edge of the  building, I felt the concrete move as I tried to balance myself from  falling. I was never afraid of it until now. It felt like something was  going to happen. Something bigger and something beyond my understanding  and I truly was a lost puppy.

All  of a sudden, there is nothing but pure silence as petals of yellow and  white primroses came falling from the sky in slow motion. I felt this  familiar bliss that ignited in me like I've already felt it before. I  tried to catch a petal in my hand as if fell from the sky but before it  landed on the palm of my hand, it fades away.

I  had many questions in my head. What is this feeling? Seung Hyun warned  me but never told me the whole reason why? Is it supposed to be this  way? Am I being punished for my ambition? Is this still my mission?   There are many things that needed answers. But I have none in every  single one of them.

The  sky turned grey as the petals stopped falling from the sky. I felt my  chest tighten as the surroundings change and I find myself standing in  an empty hallway as it started to smell like those petals that fell from  the sky before. It had this sweet aroma scent that made me feel this  intimate sensation that I can't fathom. It isn't supposed to be this way  is it?

A  woman was walking towards me. She illuminated like nothing I've seen  before. I started to feel a twinge in my chest as she walked closer  towards me.  Can she see me? I haven't let myself be seen yet. At least  not that I'm aware of at this point. Ever since I surfaced moments ago, I  started hearing, seeing and feeling things that I can't explain.  Then  again, she illuminated. She isn't human. Is she a Seraph? But Seraphs  never let their faces nor their entire entities be seen. Is she a  guardian perhaps?

I  stand rooted on the ground as she walks closer. She lifts her gaze from  the ground to mine. She stopped walking as our eyes locked. Those dark  brown orbs peered right through me and I could have sworn I've seen  those before. It felt paralyzing. Why am I feeling like this? It's like  thorns piercing through my being slowly. I found myself tearing up  uncontrollably as she started walking again and passed by me.

She  didn't see me. Now I'm sure of that but what is this?  "Jennie." A man  behind me called the woman. Jennie? Is she the one I came here for? Why  am I hurting?  "Seung Hyun-Oppa, you're late." Jennie said. "I'm sorry  little girl, I had errands to run." The man said. I turned to look at  them only to see that this man is definitely Seung Hyun.

"Am  I being deceived right now? This can't be possible. This is Seung Hyun.  How is he related to this woman? What is he doing here? He's a reaper  but why are they talking like they know each other? "Let's go home."  Seung Hyun told Jennie and with that, everything turned pitch black and I  was sucked in back to the underworld. I was a mess considering my state  of being. Everything happened all too fast and I felt too weak to move. 

I  sat on the ground lost in my own thoughts until Seung Hyun walked right  in. "Seung Hyun, you need to tell me what you know. How are you related  to Jennie Kim? Why are you back in there?" I asked him confusedly as I  couldn't control my tears. Ever since I've seen this woman, I felt pain  shock right through me. "I told you not to do this Lisa. But you didn't  listen." He said as I saw what appears to be sorrow in his eyes.

This  is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and  incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used  in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or  dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.