Forever

The AfterLife

My power was to bring someone back from the dead, but there's a small setback: the age of whoever I bring back to life will be subtracted from my age, which will be the amount of years I had left to live. It makes no sense, I know, but if I use my power to save my sister, it will be like a life-for-a-life, because she and I were twins.

As I concentrated, I was suddenly taken to a train station; the destinations on the trains were Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. I scanned the crowd, and after a while, I saw her boarding the 'Heaven' train. I followed her to make sure that I didn't lose her. I boarded the train, but I was sitting on the opposite side than Abigail. I waited until the train stopped, then I dashed towards Abigail. "ABIGAIL!" I shouted.
Abigail turned around, and she immediately looked confused. "Sarah? How are you here... did you die, too?" She asked.
"No, but you weren't supposed to die, so-"
Abigail interrupted me, "How did you get here?"
I sighed, remembering that I hadn't told her about my powers. "I never told you, but when we were three, a man came to our old house and told me that I could have the ability to bring back the dead. There's a limitation: he would kill the person I loved most... which is why you were killed."
Abigail fired back at me, "Why did you save me, and not mom and dad? Our life would've been a normal life, with parents. Why me?"
I ignored her question. "Come on, let's go back to the train station, and get you back to life."

We made it back to the train station, but I didn't get off the train. Abigail, figuring that I was following her, turned around. When she saw that I was still on the train, she stopped, saying, "Come on, Sarah! You have a date in about 10 minutes, and you're never going to make it if you stay here."
I gazed at her, knowing that I had to tell her. "I can't come with you, sis."
Abigail turned, facing me, and asked, "Why not? Is it another limitation?"
I answered with what I never thought I would have to tell her, "Y-yes, it is. I can bring someone back from the dead, of course. How old the person is, is what matters. The rule is you subtract the age of the dead from your age... and that's how long I have left to live. Since we're twins, only one of us can come back alive... which would be you."
It took no time for Abigail to process this; she ran back into the train and tackled me in a hug. "Why do I get to live? I'm going to miss you, Sarah. Why can't you live, and I die?" She asked, tears streaming down her face.
I wiped away her tears and replied, "That's selfish, Abigail; I don't want to take someone's life away while I can give up mine instead."
Abigail nodded her head, and said - laughing, "I'm going to miss you, and I'm sure your boyfriend will, too."
I wiped away my own tears and pushed Abigail out of the train, wanting so badly to go with her. She realized how much I wanted her to live, and Abigail simply put her hand out, so that we could say goodbye. When I put my hand out towards hers, though, we were separated by a wall, which told me that my journey ended there. Abigail looked at me, then turned around. I knew that even though, before, we thought that we would be together forever - but now we know that we will be separated. Forever.