The Life Before Now

The Arising Evil

It's only been a few days since being reunited with the love of my previous life, I've never been so happy - Although, being together again, I fear the Wizard may be able to track us down - I'm beginning to receive night terrors while I sleep, seeing the Wizard.. The thought of it sends shivers down my spine, each morning I wake up - I document whatever I see the previous night, each day it gets worse.. I speak with Blair about the nightmares - Warning her the Wizard may be searching for me, she decides to place me into the Animus to monitor any changes in my sleeping pattern - See what she could do to help.. I set myself along the Animus, closing my eyes - Blair powers it on, immediately I travel through all of the memories, trying to pinpoint the memory with the most mention of the Wizard.

Zerith is young, I suppose we're going to start with his mother telling him of his abilities to put an end to the Wizard's terror, he never took it seriously, he was just a pup.. Losing his father, then losing his mother - he was determined to avenge them, although he lacked the proper knowledge and strength to do so. With the assistance from the village healer, he gained a better understanding of his abilities. The healer spoke of another being that carries these abilities and once Zerith and that other being are together - they can destroy him, put an end to all the evil. Only, she was unaware of who that other being was - After a meeting with Luna, the healer soon discovered that is was her - the two of us were destined to be together.. Blair shuts off the Animus, allowing me to get out, I slowly sit up and I stare at her - Do you feel it? She looks at me, confused and scared, "If this Wizard finds us, what do we do?" I take a deep breath - I'll figure something out.. I won't let anything happen to us..

Only thing is, he isn't after Blair - he's after me, because of my mother's past, being his toy soldier, then breaking free from his spell has put me in grave danger - The creation of me put everyone around me in danger.. I'm not sure how to handle all of this.. I begin to panic - Blair moves herself closer to me, trying to comfort me - She carefully rubs my back, "we'll think of something, I know we will." Being around her makes me so calm, even when I'm full of fear.. She somehow always manages to keep me under control - She's the beauty to my beast.. As each day goes by, I feel the presence of the Wizard getting stronger, he knows I'm alive and he will not stop until he has found me and put an end to my life or even worse, try to convert me into one of his toy soldiers..

I can see the worry in Blair's eyes, she isn't quite sure on what she can do - unfortunately, this is out of her area of knowledge - This is up to me, I need to think of something and fast - I begin to think, perhaps if I can learn how to master this ability of mine, I'll be able to train in combat and be prepared for a fight, I mean, if the Wizard is looking for a fight, he'll for sure get one for trying to mess up everything I currently have - I will fight for my life and to protect the one I love.
I tell Blair my plan - She doesn't quite agree with it, but she also thinks it might be a smart approach to the situation, Blair leads me down the hallway and into a secret library, showing me all of the books she has collected throughout the years of her research - Every book involved different forms of combat and some taught the art of harnessing energy from within.

I take a few books from the shelves, sitting myself down and I begin reading - trying to learn everything I could - all of this information thrown into my head in a single sitting, yeah, it was going to start to hurt - Blair tells me multiple times to take a break and spend some time focusing on something else, I believe she was hinting that she just wanted me to be around her more, since we spent so long without each other - She misses me.. I close the book, going over to her, falling for her pleade - She giggles, knowing she won, taking my hand and leading me into her room, we lay on her bed, Blair then snuggles her head into my chest, my arms slowly wrap around her body, finally feeling calm and at peace.. She softly mumurs, it was muffled due to her head being in my chest - I chuckle, asking her to repeat herself, she gently whispers in my ear, "I love you Zerith.."

The night swiftly passes - leading into early the next morning, I wake up feeling pain throughout my entire body.. I don't know what's happening, I can't seem to see Blair - My eyes are still shut, yet I feel awake - What's going on?? I begin to panic, I'm finding it hard to breathe - I feel like I'm choking.. But what is choking me?? I hear a voice.. A purely evil voice, speaking to me.. Who is this, what is this - "I know you're alive, Zerith.. I will find you and I will kill you." The feeling around my throat becomes tighter, my body begins to go into shock - I then feel Blair's grasp on me, trying to calm me down, I hear her screaming, begging me to wake up - The choking stops, my eyes snap open.

I sit myself up quickly, looking around the room - Where is he?! - I continue to scan the room, Blair looks at me, worried and confused as to what just happened, "Zerith, what happened??" Looking at her, explaining I was being choked, the Wizard found me and he wants me dead.. She clings onto me tightly, almost starting to cry, she doesn't want to lose me again. My breathing slowly begins to calm down, still looking around the room - How did he find me.. I need to do something about this, fast - She sighs, carefully holding my hand, "I'll help you with your research, this involves me too.." I nod, getting out of the bed, heading towards the library with Blair following close behind me.

Setting myself at the table, going back into reading the book - okay, so to harness this "ability" I need to meditate? A lot? Urgh, this isn't making sense.. - A lot of concentration.. I let out a sigh, Blair places her hand on my shoulder, "it's okay, we'll work through this." The amount of hours I spent in the library, I'm surprised I haven't gone completely insane.. I need to be able to harness this power or even properly learn how to fight so I stand a chance against this entity - If he can attack me in my sleep, I need to be able to create some force field or something to at least keep myself protected.. Finally I come across something in the mountain of books I've read through - It says to be able to unlock abilities from a previous life, I need to meditate and think about that ability.

Okay, so the ability is what - That's what I'm unsure of, but I'll still see if this works.. Sitting myself on the floor, crossing my legs and closing my eyes - I try to concentrate on the energy flowing through my body. Breathing calmy, feeling at one with myself, I suppose this could work, I just need to try to see something - Like the light at the end of a dark tunnel, the energy is that light, I need to keep moving forward until I reach it. Blair watches closely, hoping I manage to grasp onto the understanding - Hours fly by, I open my eyes and I stand myself up, looking down at my hands - I feel this energy surrounding them, I can feel energy flowing through me, moving them around, it feels weird, but it feels good, I feel stronger.

Taking in one long, deep breath, I feel like myself - My past self. It's like all the knowledge I had back then has transferred over into my new life - All of a sudden, I know everything about combat and this energy I have stored in me - I remember everything. My path is now clear, I know what I need to do, I need to protect Blair and myself - I have to destroy the Wizard, before he can get his grasp on me again.. Blair looks at me, wrapping her arms around me, wishing me luck on my journey - It would be much safer if I did this alone and I refuse to put her in harm's way.