introduction/book blurb:
A tragic...
...no, not tragic, but complicated story awaits these two sisters as they are separated and reunited.
...
But, that's the whole point, right? It's not sad and depressing because they were able to meet again, right? Even though there is a brisk moment of happiness between the two, was it really worth the cost?
This is the story of Zela and Zoro, or as I like to call them, the unlucky z's.
(this short story is just one of many - this one containing until Zela is separated from her family after 6 years)
TW: trauma, execution*, mutilation*, servitude/enslavement* (Rose*), bigotry/discrimination of a non-human race
*Rose is a large part of this story, but doesn't come along until a while, however, there are still many different triggers that come with her personal character. By what I've seen, this is also my personal original species, but an example of their species could be this video: https://youtu.be/T3PVTd-d9k8). Please share with me if you find an earlier one, so I could credit, if any. Updates will also be very slow, mainly because I'm not the best author and I have school.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
*****
When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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