Silver Stars ➣ j. kline

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➣ [ THE LIVING ] ➣

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DEATH IS SUPPOSED to be an end. It's supposed to be where the soul departs and finally rests. Where we are all find out if our lives have been worth the trouble of living.

Some cultures believe that if you've done the worst of the worst, you'll be tortured for all eternity and otherwise you'll be sent to live with your ancestors. Others believe that you will be given a new life in the form of one of Earth's other children. Others believe that you will be judged by the weight of your sins and sent on your way.

That's only a brief summary of human's assumptions of death. There are thousands of cultures with thousands of different theories of what happens when our souls leave our bodies.

Humans are capable of such astonishing feats and one of their most was defying death itself and there have been quite a few beings (humans and otherwise) who have held off the inevitable.

But Fate is a cunning old bastard and they've got a few tricks up their sleeve and making sure those few beings make it to see the next morning is at the top of their list.

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Dying wasn't something Arya Warner would recommend to anyone. Especially the after effects.

She was hoping she'd get to go to Heaven where she'd live out her best memories. Then again, with her family ties she'd probably get a face-to-face with a pissed of angel before they sent her somewhere worse. She was wrong in both cases.

Instead, well, the best way to describe it would be that floating feeling you get when you're just a few seconds before you fall asleep.

It was peaceful. Peaceful but she knew something was wrong. There was something missing but her mind was so foggy that nothing was connecting.

She was like this for what felt like an eternity. There was no way to tell how much time had passed. It could've been five seconds or a five hundred years and she wouldn't know the difference.

She bet if she stayed long enough though, her foggy mind would've given up and she'd stay in that state forever: unmoving and complacent.

She didn't though.

It started slowly. She started to remember her death and the pain that accompanied it as she said goodbye to her love and family.

As her mind caught up with her, she realized that the reason why she couldn't move was because she couldn't feel anything. She wasn't even sure if she had her eyes open.

"You're alright, stay calm," she heard a voice say. She recognized it, but she had no idea where it came from. "This will hurt, but it will leave once you wake up."