The Edge of Legacy's Past

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Throughout my years upon this world, I was taken in by a panther for a few years, nurturing and loving me as if I was one of her own. Then one day I learned that I could walk on two legs, being too old to stay with her panther cubs, I went to stay with the stallions and the Mustangs. The Mustangs and their raw power enlighted me of my true power. As time flew by everything stood still, I transformed from a mustang to a hawk.  The hawks showed me how to spread my wings and taught me how to fly. Although I made mistakes and strayed away from the path leading me to get shot out of the air. As I watched myself fly out of the sky, plummeting to earth resembling a meteorite. In a flash of light I evolved into a mere human. There was nothing to see for miles except for an old dirt road on my right about fifteen feet, stretching as far as I can see in both directions. Field after field of stock, farmers are already awake tending and grooming their stock.

Until the moment I heard something behind me. A deteriorated 1959 Chevy Apache continued up the dirt road. The truck was leaving a cloud of dust following behind it ever so closely. Appearing that it's heading my way, I scanned the cab for signs of life, just then I noticed an obscure image of a man in the driver's seat. The vehicle is nearly upon me now, I am certain that I am his destination. I feel something brewing that I cannot yet understand what it might unfold, thus experiencing an unnerving feeling course through my bones as the man pulls up his rickety, unsafe truck next to the edge of the road near me. I watched as he stepped out of his truck, something about him is giving me chills of familiarity. By now it's mid-day, the sun rays beam down on his facial structure as he steps out of the truck. Then, the most strange thing happened. This man was no stranger at all, I cannot explain it any more than this. It was like looking into a mirror, only if it were to length my age two decades into the future. 

         At that moment, I realized that this man is myself from distant future existence. Then he spoke, "Let's take a ride, let's take a toke. But first, there's something you must understand. Don't give up hope, keep moving forward even if you don't finish what you started. Life isn't easy, she'll have you stuck like a glitch, she doesn't ever let up. We all make mistakes it's human nature, every one of us is bound to these unwritten laws. If you let it, your mistakes can tear you down and keep you there. You must be determined to get back up and embrace your mistakes to learn from them. Get yourself a job and learn the ropes, Give more than whatcha take, kids are poor some with no roof or door; Like a genie wish them all well, throw some pennies in a well, ring the bell three times for their evil spell to be expelled.

      For which you must unlock the gateway to the portal of the ancient ones. You must journey beyond the mountains, through the valley of the fallen kingdoms; past the ruins time forgot. For the knowledge and wisdom, you seek cannot be found in this dimensional domain that we exist in. On your journey, you will come across a man, whose name is the architect, a celestial in a simple definition. He doesn't know where he came from all he remembers is drifting among the cosmos completely alone. Over millions of your years, he learned how to control the molecules around him growing smarter and brighter, the very planet he resides upon, but he desired more. He created what he thought of what biological life would be like, down to every atom of detail. The architect wanted to know what it truly meant to be alive, so he set out among the stars searching for life. Once he found life, he wasn't alone in the universe anymore, then he became aware of love. There were many worlds and species in which he came upon, but none of them were compatible with his celestial gene to create another such as himself. Until he met your mother, our mother. The light that is within him is in us, come with me now to meet our father and stop the evil seed inside ourselves from growing.

        Take the bell of awareness; ring it three times for us to leave on our journey. If chosen to decline ring once, never to return. But, Remember you choose your fate." As I reach out and grasp the bell, I felt its power intertwine with my soul unlocking the first trial in my journey. Should I choose to go with him or stay here on this road? Looking back from once the man came, the dust slowly dissipated exposing the farmland once again. At that moment, I knew what had to be done. Without any hesitation, I rang the bell three times, turning the key in my mind unlocking the next trail in my journey an unraveling their illusion of control.

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