"Lucas, Wake up!! You're gonna be late for school."
Lucas startles awake and rolls out of bed onto the floor. "I'm awake now, Mom!"
He takes care of business, gets dressed and heads down the stairs to eat breakfast.
After he eats breakfast, he grabs his bag and runs out the door. Next door, his best friend May is doing the same.
"Morning, May."
"Good Morning, Lucas."
"You were late for school too, May? Wow that's unlike you."
"I'm not the only one who's late, idiot. So are you!!"
"But that's normal for me. You're almost never late"
They catch their breath across the street from the train station. A person walking their dog comes up to the intersection at the same time as them. The dog barks madly at the bushes behind them. Suddenly, a black cat runs out of the bushes and into the road. The crosswalk light turns green just as a huge truck comes barreling down the street.
"Oh, no not the cat!!"
May jumps into the street and grabs the cat. HONK HONK HONK HOOONK!!!
"Watch out!!" Lucas cries and he jumps into the street grabbing and may and attempts to pull them both out of the way. The truck hits them.
"AAHHH!!" "Somebody call an ambulance!" "Somebody call the police."
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Darkness surrounds them. It's comforting and feels alive. A bright light appears out of the darkness. It pulses like a heartbeat.
"Do you wish to live again, young ones?" Two voices ask.
Two people appear. A woman wrapped in light, warm and comforting, with hair as yellow as the sun. A man tall, with broad shoulders and hair as dark as a night sky with no moon.
"Where are we?" Lucas asks.
"You are in the In-Between." the man answers.
"The In-Between is the point where all worlds intersect. Living, Dead, and even other universes." the woman says. "Now answer the question. Do you wish to live again?"
"Live again? That's not possible." May protests.
"It very much is. We can't send you back to the world you were born in, but you could be our champions in a new one." says the man.
"It will not be an easy road. You will have mixed blood, but also be very powerful."
"Can we stay together? I don't want us to be separated!!" Lucas demands.
"Such a simple task for us." they reply. "In this new world, you shall keep all of your memories and you shall stay together. You will be the most powerful beings in that world."
May and Lucas look at each other for a second and then nod, determined to face this new challenge no matter what.
WAAAAAAH!! A baby's cry cut through the night. WAH! WAH! A second one joined the first one.
"Look, dear. It's our babies." A man said to his wife.
"Let me hold them." she said, reaching out to her children. The man gave his wife the two babies.
The first born was a boy. He was small, with pitch black hair. The second baby was a girl born just shy of a minute behind her brother. Neither baby would stop crying no matter what their parents did. Feeding, rocking, changing; nothing seemed to stop the endless river of tears coming from their eyes.
Someone knocked at the door.
"Come in." said the father. A nurse came into the room with the doctor.
"Hello, doctor. I don't know what's wrong with them. They just won't stop crying." the mother said. She was beside herself with worry.
"There were no problems when I delivered them. Everything was fine." the doctor paused to think for a second. "Why don't you lay them both down for a nap? You still have to name them and then i can give them a check up afterwards."
The parents looked at each other and the mother gave the father the baby she was holding. He walked over and sent them both in the bed that was prepared for them. Almost immediately they stopped crying and opened their eyes. The doctor and father gasped and ran over to them.
There they were looking at each other with bright smiles on their faces.The baby boy had deep purple eyes that seemed to glow and the baby girl had crimson red eyes that shimmered and shined.
Finally in the peace and quiet of the night, they were named Elaine and Kieran.
Their mother looked over at their bed and smiled. "I can tell my babies are going to be exceptional." she said.
YOU ARE READING
Twins in Another Life
FantasyMay and Lucas are best friends. They're so close that if it weren't for the different last names people would assume they were brother and sister. They've known each other all of their lives and even share the same birthday. However, when May runs i...
