Ocean's Child

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Ok, yet again, long time since I updated. So here's a story for you to read. It's meant to be self-contained, but I have my doubts if it really is...

A few notes on this: The characters and concept of the island I thought up of in a dream I had one night (one of those dreams you don't want to wake up from ;D ). No, I don't mean that in a questionable way...

Anyways, I call this one "Ocean's Child"
Please read, and comment:

It was nearing the end of Jayden’s turn to steer the boat. All four of them only knew a portion of the journey each, as to make sure no one could get to the island but them. It was almost sacred to him, June and Desi. Their father, Aleksey, was never too keen on going there. But somehow, he was the one insisting on going instead of Desi.

“It is my turn now, my son,” a strong voice said. Jayden turned to his dad, a proud man of Russian origins.

“Yeah, I’m about to fall asleep,” Jayden said, relinquishing the wheel. He could best be described as ordinary. Jayden has steely blue eyes and light brown hair that he preferred to keep short.

“Get your rest. You will need it, my son,” Aleksey said. Despite his origins, there was only the slightest hint of it in his accent.

Jayden went down into the underbelly of the boat. In there were basic living quarters. It reminded him of a caravan.

“Hey, Jayden,” June said. She was his twin sister. She had the same eyes and colour hair as him, but preferred to keep hers in a loose ponytail. She wore a thick, white jacket and pants. June had always been more sensitive to the cold than the rest of them. She was sitting before a small altar of a glowing hammer.

“Finished your prayers?” Jayden asked.

“Yup. You better get to studying those runes. Dad won’t be impressed if you don’t pass,” June said, nodding. She was a devote paladin, and follower of the Holy Light. It always felt odd, considering the modern ages they were living in. He nodded to her, and moved on.

“Hey, Desi,” he said, noticing the wiry figure staring intently at a piece of parchment with crude runes on it. She looked back up, nodded, and returned to studying.

Desi was the adopted sister. Found by Aleksey floating in the middle of the ocean, or so Jayden had been told. She had black hair, which while normally shoulder length, had been gelled upwards into a slightly forward leaning spike. She wore black clothing, almost like a goth. Her left arm was adorned with bangles and bracelets, her right with leather and studs. Cables from an iPod trailed from her ears into a small bag, music loudly playing from them.

Jayden sighed and opened a book. Inside were runes, not dissimilar to the ones Desi were studying, but rather of a much more refined state. He turned to a blank page in the book, and slowly drew complex diagrams and symbols. He had to memorise all of it to use his magic. Desi had it easy.

He closed the book wearily. He was simply too tired to study. He rolled over and went to sleep.

******** ********

After landing, June helped her dad moor the boat to the old wooden dock. She climbed out and followed Aleksey to a clearing. Something was odd; usually he didn’t like coming to this island.

Desi walked past her, music loudly blaring out her headphones. June hated that music; Rock she believed it was called? It sounded like heathen music. Jayden followed Desi in disembarking.

“Now that everyone’s here, I believe we should check our house I still here,” Aleksey joked. He took their bags, and moved to the primitive stone cottage. There wasn’t much; a basic kitchen with fire stove, and a room they all slept in.

“Dunno why, but I always get a feeling of nostalgia every time I come here,” Jayden remarked, stretching his arms above his head.

“That’s maybe because you’ve been here at least eighteen times before?” June said pointedly, punching her twin brother’s arm in a playful manner.

Aleksey cleared his throat. He looked at the three, nodding at Desi to turn her music down. He was wringing his hands. June felt a cold feeling in her stomach start to grow.

“My children, I have brought you here to tell you something.” The three were suddenly paying keen attention. “This will be the last time I will be coming here with you. The doctors say I am ill, and have a few months left to live.”

June swayed on the spot, suddenly feeling numb. Her head turned slowly, to look at Jayden. His eyes were starting to glaze over as her stared at their father. Desi had pulled her headphones out.

“You – y – you’re joking – right?” Jayden said weakly. June prayed her brother was right.

Aleksey shook his head sadly.

“I am afraid not,” he said, looking at each one slowly. “All my life, I have been dodging death. It has finally caught up to me in the most final way possible.”

“Death can be so cruel…” June whispered to herself.

“I can agree with you on that, my daughter,” Aleksey said, sighing. “But I think this is one of the kinder ways.”

“Kinder? How?” June said, almost yelling. “You’re dying, dad!”

“Kind, because it has given me warning. I at least have a chance to spend time with my children,” he said, smiling in an almost peaceful way. June didn’t feel that way.

“I don’t – I won’t believe it!” she said, shaking her head.

“Dad…” Jayden said, wiping his eyes.

“We still have time. Please, do not dwell on it.”

June ran up to him, and hugged him as tightly as she could. Jayden followed suite, while Desi stared out of the window.

******** ********

Desi was aware that her father could hear her music. She always played it as loud as possible; yet somehow her hearing has never been affected. In face, she could hear better than most. Well, maybe not Jayden; his hearing was unmatched.

She finished listening to the current song before turning it soft, and pulling out one earbud. Aleksey looked at her, not really knowing what to say. Desi had always been so quiet, and alone.

Maybe this is what she wanted?

Aleksey nodded at Desi, and he slowly moved to the door of her room. She touched his shoulder lightly.

“Stay,” she said, almost a whisper. He listened, leaning his back against the wall, almost mirroring his daughter.

Aleksey wasn’t sure what to do. In the past, the only things he ever did together with Desi was fishing and eating dinner; but that was with the whole family. Here, they were alone.

Desi could sense her father’s uneasiness. She turned to him, smiled and nodded to him. She knew it would help him relax; help him accept this is what she wanted: A quiet moment.

******** ********

June and her dad sat kneeled before the altar of a glowing hammer. Silently, they prayed. Eventually, June opened her eyes and the both spoke in unison:

“May the Holy Light protect us, and all we live for.”

“Now that’s done, I challenge you to five lengths!” Aleksey said, going to his bedroom and changing. June sat in front of the altar. A small part of her wished she wasn’t doing this. For doing it meant time was passing.

She changed into her swimming costume and went to the pool. She found her father waiting for her in the pool. June dived in from the other side and emerged near Aleksey.

“Come, I’ll race you,” he said, preparing to do a few lengths. June stopped him.

“Dad, please. You should be resting. You don’t have to do this for us,” June said, holding onto his shoulder.

“June, my lovely daughter, you don’t understand. I would rather live for a month, spending time with you, that to live for a year doing nothing,” he said, gripping her shoulder. “Now, how about those five lengths?”

June almost cried. Not with sadness, but with happiness at such a great father.

“You’re on!”

******** ********

“Nice shot, dad! You even managed to leave the grass behind!” Jayden said, patting Aleksey on the back. Jayden couldn’t lie to himself, his dad was terrible at golf, but he appreciated the time he was making for it.

“I am still new at this, my son,” Aleksey laughed, swinging the club a few times in practice. It was Jayden’s turn for him to spend time with; time which was slowly slipping away.

“You have to keep looking at the ball. Even once you’ve hit it, keep your eyes on the ball. As soon as you start looking for where it’s going to go, the ball will go skew,” Jayden said, guiding his father’s hands and putting him through the motions of the swing.

They carried on, appreciating the day. It was only later when Aleksey suddenly cringed in pain.

“Dad? Are you alright?” Jayden said, supporting Aleksey.

“Yes, I’m fine, just my muscles. Don’t worry, Jayden,” he said, knowing that soon, he wouldn’t be fine. For the sake of Jayden, Aleksey lied.

“Be careful, dad,” Jayden said.

“Me? Careful? Naturally!” he replied, back to his haughty self. “Now, I need to work on my slice…”

******** ********

Four months had passed since Aleksey broke the news to his children. Now, he lay on his deathbed. Desi stood at the end of her father’s bed, a thousand thoughts running through her mind each seconds.

Jayden stood next to her, and next to Jayden stood June. All three looked at the frail frame of a once proud and strong man.

“All my life I have been dodging death,” Aleksey said weakly, “It was about time it finally caught up.”

“Please, don’t say that, dad,” June said. She was visibly distressed; her hair was untidy and tears filled her eyes.

“I am just thankful that death gave me some warning,” the man said, managing a weak smile. Desi simply looked at him, not saying anything. “Come close, my children. Let me see you each one last time,” he said, motioning for them to move closer. June and Jayden took one side of the bed, Desi the other.

“Dad, we’ll never leave your side,” Jayden said. He seemed less emotional that June, but deep inside he was being torn apart. Their father was a proud man, a mighty warrior, and now he lay dying of a terminal illness.

“My children…My beautiful children. Never could have I asked for a more perfect family…” he said, smiling at them.

“I love you, dad,” June said, starting to weep. She gripped his hand tightly.

“June, never give up. Never judge, and never go in life holding hate in you…”

“Dad…” Jayden said, closing his eyes in an attempt to stifle the tears.

“Jayden, my only son. Live your dreams, and don’t be afraid to go with your heart.”

Aleksey turned to Desi. She stood, motionless, gripping her iPod tightly, the headphones in her other hand.

“And Desi, my dear child. Don’t be afraid to live your life, don’t be scared to set yourself…” he groaned, gripping at his abdomen.

“Dad!” Both June and Jayden said in unison.

“D – Desi… Don’t be afraid to set you – yourself – f – free…” he trailed off. Nurses hurried into the room as the heart monitor went dead. All three were rushed out of the room.

All three were feeling numb. All three stared at the door, mind blank. All three feared the worst.

After fifteen agonising minutes, one of the nurses came out with a sad look on her face. Jayden comforted June as she wept into his chest, tears streaming down his cheeks. Desi stood motionless, not hearing the nurse’s report.

He was dead.

Eventually June managed to compose herself, and turned to Desi. She was infuriated at her blank face.

“How could you?” she said angrily. Desi turned to her. “Dad is dead! And what do you do? Nothing!” June yelled. Jayden tried to stop her, but was cut off with a cold look.

Desi look at her, and blinked. Slowly, the thoughts slowed, thinning down. A thousand replies slowly whittled down to one.

“You have no idea, do you?” she finally said. “You think this doesn’t hurt me? You think I don’t feel loss?”

“Well, you’re sure as hell doing a good job at it!” June yelled.

“You don’t get it,” Desi said, her eyes starting to water, her mouth worked a thousand emotions that she has never expressed before; unable to express. “What do I have left? He was my only family. And now, nothing.” Jayden cringed.

“All my life, I’ve wanted to say it. And now it’s too late,” Desi continued, now visibly shaken. June took a step back. “I would give up everything, June. I would give up my fucking music; I would give up my arm bands and studs. Fuck, I’d give up my hair, just to see him alive for one more fucking day!” Desi suddenly yelled. “I would fucking DIE, just so I could see him!”

“I – I…” June started, but was cut off.

“I owe everything to him! I owe my very fucking life! Don’t you understand? I would give up everything I have ever lived for, just to see him again; just to having the fucking chance to thank him!” she screamed. Heads turned towards them in the corridor. Desi clenched her fists at her sides, and then continued in a more steady voice. “I have nothing left. I have no family left. My only family just died. All I ever wanted to do was thank him. I wanted to thank my father of giving me a chance at life. I wanted to thank my father for his unconditional love. I would give up everything just to thank him one last time, June.”

The twins stared at Desi, eyes wide with shock. That was probably the most Desi had ever said in her entire life.

“Desi, we -,” Jayden began, but Desi cut him off.

“I’m gone.” She left, not saying another word.

******** ********

June paid the taxi driver his fee, and walked with her brother towards the gravestones. She stopped almost immediately when she saw Desi already there by their father’s gravestone. She was leaning against a tree, a large bottle of water in one hand, her iPod in the other. Her headphones weren’t in her ears, but around her neck. June could hear her heathen music playing loudly out of it.

“Desi!” Jayden shouted, and he ran to greet her. Almost expectedly, she didn’t look up, but instead stared at the gravestone. “Desi…?” Jayden said, slowing to a stop.

“Desi, please,” June said. The other girl looked up at her. Desi’s eyes were sullen, and had dark rings underneath. “We’re all hurt by losing him. Don’t hide this inside of you, please,” June pleaded.

“Desi, listen to June. We’re your family; nothing is ever going to change that,” Jayden croaked. His eyes were starting to water.

Desi pulled her headphone’s cords and wrapped it around the MP3 player. She threw it onto the grave. She did the same with her bangles and studs.

“Desi, what are you…?” June began, but trailed off as she opened the bottle and poured half if it onto her belongings. She then washed her hair with the other half, getting rid of all the gel.

“What do you care?” she said, after pushing her hair back. June thought she actually looked nice this way; the thought repulsed her somehow. “I’ve already told you, I have no family left. I’m giving up everything. I have given it all in the false hope I’ll see dad again,” Desi said in a flat tone.

“Desi, please,” Jayden begged. “We’re your family!”

Desi leaned back against the tree, staring at the headstone. Jayden moved to her, and suddenly hugged her.

“It’s okay, Desi. We won’t leave you,” Jayden said. Desi’s eyes widened in the suddenness of it, and she too, slowly embraced him back. “I’m your brother, Desi.”

“And I’m your sister. Nothing will change that,” June said, swallowing her pride.

“I just can’t believe he’s gone…” Desi sobbed. June moved over, and joined Jayden in hugging her. “He was everything to me. I don’t want to accept he’s gone.” She was now full on crying.

“We, too, Desi. We also don’t want to accept it. But together, we can move on,” June said. The three separated. Desi looked at June with tear-filled eyes, before breaking down again and embracing her.

“Thank you, June. Thank you…”

“No, Desi. Thank you.”

The sun was now low in the sky. They had spent four hours at their father’s grave. June stood up slowly, helping Desi to her feet. Desi swayed slightly from fatigue.

“It’s time we go home,” June said. “Go on without me, I want a few moments with dad.”

The other two left, towards the taxi waiting for them. June looked at the grave, and Desi’s wet belongings on it. Making sure that no one saw, she put them in her bag, and followed the other two. It was only fair; Desi had given up her identity, it was time June gave up her pride.

"Eventually, my dear friend, we will end this pain..."

No update in forever. So I've decided to do a random brain fart.

"Wha - What is this madness...?" King Greffins said, staggering backwards from the figure standing in front of him. He wore a white cape, with black trousers and white shirt and white gloves.. His skin was blacker than any night he had seen, a featureless mask with holes for eyes covering his face.

“I have come to usurp your control, good king,” the man said in a strong, familiar voice.

“Who are you? Guards! Take this madman away!” Greffins yelled.

Heavily armour knights marched towards the man, reaching out to grab at his shoulders. He pointed his hand at them leisurely and they each froze where they stood. He snapped his fingers, the sound of bones crunching and armour clashing against the floor, as blood leaked through their armour.

“Wha – What are you? A Demon?” the king said, hiding behind his throne.

“Wrong. I am more than that.” Again, that voice. It sounded so familiar.

“Where are the mages? The priests?!” the king yelled desperately. He backed away as the masked figure slowly walked towards him. He trailed his finger alone the edge of the throne, almost tasting it.

“They will not save you. They cannot,” he said casually. Greffins eyes strayed past the man’s left hand, noticing a signet on his ring finger. It held the Royal Seal. Only two people were given that ring.

“You can’t be my brother. My brother died twenty years ago! What did you do to him?” the kind demanded.

“No, I am not Jerethin. However, I was him. He didn’t die, you know? Rather, he decided to fight. He was not happy that you left him lying there, bleeding to death,” the man said, circling the throne.

“There was nothing I could do! I was swept away with the other soldiers! There was a war to fight!” Greffins shouted, trying to deny the truth.

“He was found, moments away from death. And now, he is gone.”

“What did you do to him, you monster!”

“He has become me. He has evolved far beyond what any of you could ever fathom,” he said, turning to the king again. Greffins was stumbling along the wall, bumping into a suit of armour.

There was the loud shouts of several men coming closer. Greffins gave a sigh of relief as the mages and High priests ran into the room.

“Kill this man! He threatens the kingdom!” he yelled.

“Not today,” the man said, holding his hand up towards the newcomers, a semi-visible blue barrier forming between them. None of their spells penetrated it, all being absorbed into the barrier soundlessly.

The king fumbled around behind him, picking up the sword from the suit. He readied it and charge as a last ditched attempt, while the masked man was distracted. The sword sank deep into his chest, coming out the back. The masked man look at the king, and for the first time in that encounter, he was paralysed with fear as the raw evil permeated from the stare he received.

“Naïve mortals,” the man said, snapping the blade and pulling it out with one hand. “You think you have a chance. There was no chance. I am from a realm so far beyond your own, you cannot even imagine it.” He grabbed the king’s head with his left hand. “Countless worlds have fallen before me, consumed by my eternal hunger. They, too, thought they had a chance. My power is unfathomable. Not even gods are capable of stopping me.”

He paused, looking around at the mages and priests, frozen behind the barrier. He looked up at the people flocking into the advisors’ seats about the throne room to see what was happening. He took a seemingly deep breath, and then spoke:

“ I am the eater of worlds. I am Devian.”

A Tribute

Long time no post. I've been Internet-lessness for a week.

I've been working on a story involving a recent character I made up. So far, here's part one. I'll be posting part two at a later date.

“Open the doors! Please, for the love of the gods, open the doors!”

The soldier walked up to the stable doors wearily. War was upon the land, and any stranger seeking refuge could be a trap by the enemy. Even so, he doubted that they would use women in the dead of night for such things.

“Who are you, and what do you seek?” he called out over the rain and thunder.

“My name is Amelius, and I seek refuge for the night! Please, I beg of you, I’ve been traveling for hours!”

“Fine, I’ll let you in, but I will have to put you under custody!”

“I don’t care, let me in!” the woman called out.

He unbolted the door and slowly opened it. He held out his torch to see the woman’s face in the night. She was soaked down to the bone, and shivering violently. Her black hair extended about four inches past her shoulders, and she had a bandaged eyepatch over her left eye. “Inside, hurry,” he said in a low voice, closing the door behind her.

“Thank you…” the woman said breathlessly. She looked hardly older than seventeen or eighteen. Her shirt’s right sleeve was torn off, and her arm was bound up in bandages, and held up in a sling.

“Look, ma’am, I need to take you to the prison block. I’m sorry, but it’s regulations,” the soldier said, throwing a blanket over her shoulders. She grabbed it with her good hand and tried to tighten it around her. He helped tuck it in a bit.

“I don’t care… I need to speak to your king tomorrow…” she said. The soldier led her off, and placed her in a single cell, letting her keep the blanket.

***** *****

Lord And Master King Terfinus sat on his throne, looking over the battle plans for the upcoming war. And messenger walked with his head bowed and whispered into his ear.

“Very well, bring her forward,” he grunted, motioning servants to take the table away. A soldier brought up a young woman, probably not older than eighteen before him. Two soldiers held chains strapped to her ankles.

“A refugee, sire.”

“What is your name, child?” he asked, rubbing the grizzled stubble on his chin.

“I am Amelius D. Rodgers,” she responded, keeping eye contact with the king.

“An alien name. You are not from around here,” the king remarked mockingly. Amelius bit down on her lip to prevent the vile comment from slipping.

“Yes, it is. I need to ask something of you,” she said, trying to keep the cynical tone out of her voice.

“And what is that, peasant?”

Amy closed her eyes and held her trembling fists closed.

“I ask if I may use your royal library. I seek a cure for my family, and I have heard that the library of your castle holds more knowledge than the world combined twice-over,” she asked, adding a hint of pleading to her tone. She was half-right. She sought a cure, but she had no family to cure.

“Hmm…So, you are some outsider, coming and eating our military rations, then demand that you use our services even further?” the man said, leaning forward in his throne. “No.”

“But my lord, please –!” she began but was cruelly interrupted.

“That is final! Now throw her out before I decide to feed her to the torverines. Bring me the Tactical Map!” he yelled, dismissing Amy with a shooing hand, servants bringing the table back in front of him.

The two soldiers grabbed her by the arms and dragged her from the castle.

***** *****

“I…I’m so hungry…” “For what?” “I – I don’t know…” “Are you sure?” “Yes. Yes, I think…so…” “What drives you?” “Hunger…and -,” “And what? What else drives you?” “…fear…” “What scares you so much?” ”Myself…I – I don’t want it to happen…” “Do I scare you? Are you afraid of me?” “I – I don’t know…” “Please, you can tell me. There’s nothing to be afraid of.” “You…I’m so hungry…” “In time we can feed.” “It hurts! I can’t take it anymore…” “I know, I know. We’ll be there soon.” “Can’t you feel the tears! I – I’m crying?” “You’ve cried before. When you lost your friend. When the fear in his eyes changed -,” “Stop it! I don’t want to remember that!” “Hahahahaha!” “Who are you?” “You should know by now.” “I – I’m going mad…Please let it end…” “We’re almost there, my sweet.” “It hu~rts…”

Free day tomorrow. Two exams left, the gauntlet is almost finished.
This story took me a few days to write, mainly because I doubt just how good it really is...
Well, read and let me know (I've set comments to public, so that even strangers can comment)


"You know, I really think this is the end..."
Marcee looked out of the window. The sky was blood red, the streets deserted. The dim red light filtered through the curtains when she closed them.
"Really? What makes you think that?" she said sarcastically.
"I mean, we've been holed up inside here for three days. Surely it has to end soon, right?" Marc said. She didn't really like him, but a companion was better than none in this madness that was Armageddon.
She stood up, the chair scraping loudly. Marc winced at the noise.
"Look, if it would come down here because we made a racket, then it would have done it already," she snapped. She put her fist against her forehead, closing her eyes. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you...I'm sure you know that this whole thing has me on edge right now."
"It's...it's okay..."
Four days ago, the sun went out. For thirty-seconds the world was plunged into darkness. Suddenly, a large black orb with two rings of glowing red energy replaced the now absent sun. People immediately knew that World's End had commenced. Luckily, Marcee was inside when it happened. The rings of energy had shot out and grabbed two people at a time, pulling them into the black orb. Non-surprisingly, and almost like a bad cliche, all communication had ceased with the outside world. Marcee had seen people attempt to communicate via smoke signals, and morse code. If only she knew either of the two languages.
"I - I'm tired of waiting in here..." Marcus said despondently. He stood up and walked to the door.
"Wait! What are you doing!" Marcee cried out.
"I'm ending it all. I'm ready to die, Marcee. I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you, but I can't live in this suspense anymore." He opened the door and walked out.
"Marcus! No!" she yelled, but dared not to step out into the open.
For a second, she thought that he had made it. That he wouldn't have been plucked up by one of the rings, when suddenly, another man walked out, arms held high, looking at the orb. There was a loud crack as the two were plucked into the air and swallowed into the ball.
"Marcus you idiot!"
She walked back to the kitchen and sat down, trying to hold back the hot tears of anger. Men were weak. This was just blatant proof of it. She was right on deciding never to marry.
She banged her fist against the table so hard that the wood made a splintering noise. Now she had to live alone in this nightmare.
She went to the bathroom, and splashed her face with water. Through the crack in the curtains, she could see the orb in the sky, waiting.
She dismissed it and turning around.
As she closed the door to the bathroom, there was a loud and horrible wailing. She ran to the kitchen again, and look out at the sky. The orb had opened up to reveal a maw of twisted teeth, busy wailing. Marcee's eyes widened in shock and fear as the wailing grew louder, and the maw started to draw in air. She could almost feel the eternal hunger radiating from the orb's presence.
The roof started to moan and creak. Marcee ran and dived under a table, knowing what was about to happen. The roof gave one final heave, before being torn off and pulled into towards the endless maw of hungering blades. The table started to rattle, before it too got sucked into the apocalyptic sphere.
"I won't die like this! It's not fair!" she scream, as her efforts to hold onto a window sill was thwarted. She saw other people too were being pulled into the black sphere.
She started to sob uncontrollably when she saw that some people got caught on the teeth, being shredded into bloody pieces.
"I...I don't want to die..." she cried, her eyes taking on a dead look. Her body became a rag doll as it was pulled into the maw. As she looked out at the world she was leaving behind, she noticed the maw closing.
And the world was dark.
"Marcee Credens. It is not yet your time."
She shielded her eyes from the bright light, before her eyes readjusted to it. She was standing in an empty white space.
"What do you mean?" she asked, looking around for the source of the voice.
"World's End has not come yet. This was a test. You are the only one who has passed," the voice said again, sounding like a thousand voices in one.
"I don't understand."
"We have tested the resolve and the hearts of all citizens on your world. You, are the only one that has passed."
"But I-"
"Your childhood was corrupted, had you lived a different life, you would care for those around you more than you do now. But you fought until the very end, and your heart remains pure. The only others that wished to survive, were those not worthy of living."
"So what happens now...?" Marcee said, not really wanting the answer.
"You will become the harbinger of a new world. You will reshape the world to your liking, preparing it for the final World's End. The hero elected to save your world will be modeled in your image. We have no time to act, there are two generations left until the World's End."
"So...I'm now God...?" Marcee questioned, her heart beating in her throat.
"Incorrect. Your God lies in panic, unable to intervene at the False End that has just occurred. You have become the Re-creator. You have seventy years to model the hero that will prevent World's End."
"But, there's no one left on earth anymore! Who am I supposed to save?!" she yelled.
"The world has been restored. You may remodel it to your wishes. The memory of your life has been erased, and the False End has never occurred."
"Who are you?"
"We are everyone. We are the people of this world, yet none of them at the same time." Marcee couldn't help but note how cliched that sounded. "We go by the name of -" it's name was like the laughter, cries, shouts, and voices of all the people in the world.
"What if I fail you?"
"You will not. We require to survive."
"Very well, I will not fail you..." Marcee said, a small grin coming to her face. They were just as bad as the greedy oil-merchants that corrupted the world. World's End will happen, and if she goes with it, then so be it. If only they had put restraint's on her power...
"Her name will be Marietta Credens, and she will be invincible one day..."


Author's Note:
This has almost become a prelude to another story I wrote, titles World's End.
If you want to read it, go to This Link.
I think it as my best work, and none of my stories have ever lived up to it.

By a Dark Deed this Day, I send Thee Away.

Writing exams now. Don't know whether I hate it or love it. Hate it, because I need to study (and I don't like doing that). Love it because I have sooo much free time (I don't have to be at school when not writing an exam).

I've roughly 2 fifths way through all of the exams in total. Jubilations.

She stood up, looking around at the field. She remembered when it was once white with snow. Now, it was grey, desolate. Broken buildings jabbed ferociously at the skies above.
Freya walked towards the old husk of a building standing at the end of a walk-way of dead fir trees. Freya remembered the building very well. She had lived there for a short portion of her life.
Out of common-courtesy, or out of the madness of being alone for so long, she knocked on the door patiently.
After not receiving a reply, she carefully pushed the door open. She gasped as it fell off its hinges from decay.
She looked around the 'Front-Office' that Miss Harkin had once fondly called it. The desk was still there, almost untouched by the mass of nuclear missiles that had ignited the area two years ago. She was immune to the radiation.
She went to what was once her room. She smiled fondly, remembering the times she had with past friends.
She walked out the room and into another that had been always been locked by the foster-home's mistress. It, too, fell off from its hinges when she pushed on it gently.
Through the door was a flight of stairs that lead downwards into a dark, forboding, nothingness. She wondered if there was electricity to the building even?
She took out a Zippo light from her pocket, lit it and adjusted her glasses, before walking down the concrete stairs slowly. She heard a soft whirring noise of fans in the room. Hoping against all hope, she felt around for a light-switch.
Her heart skipped a beat when she found one, and switched it on. Lights came on, revealing a room with large server machines. She pocketed her Zippo, and walked up to the console screen.
There was a single sentence written on the fading screen.
"What are the Two most important things to life?"
Freya blew the cloud of dust off the keyboard, before typing the answer.
"Love and Sacrifice"
The screen flashed "Correct" before turning off. There was the sound of compressed air, when the wall behind the console depressed inwards, before opening up to reveal a cylindrical chamber, with a woman in suspended-animation floating inside it.
"Mom...?" she said in awe, looking that the first base for all of the clones that had fueled the war. It was some of her DNA that had been used to create all of the clones. Even herself.
Except, she was different.
Freya was created with a different seed-number. She was created to end the war, before it had even began. She had failed, but now she had the chance to at least stop it now.
She walked up to the glass, touching it lightly. There was a special DNA sonic emitter built into her mother. It would stop the hearts of all Clones that had been spawned with her DNA.
She laughed to herself, realising that all these years, it had been sitting right in front of her eyes. She could have saved millions. She could have saved her friends.
She walked back to the console, typing in a phrase.
"By a dark deed this day, I send thee away"
The screen responded with "Are you sure?"
Her hand shaking and her heart beating up in her throat, she slowly typed "Yes". She was going to die, too. She, after all, was also one of the many clones.
She pressed enter, and saw the suspended corpse begin to move. Its eyes opened, the usual dead look behind them. There was a glowing from under the flesh in the dead woman's chest, and Freya felt her heart stop beating.
Her vision blurred as the blood flow to her brain ceased. She was gasping for air for some reason. She fell to her knees, sweating as pain started to seep into all of her muscles from the lack of oxygen. The 4.10 seconds it was taking for her to die felt like minutes, even hours.
"Freya, my child."
She looked up at the glowing figure hovering before her. White angel wings kept it aloft.
"M...mom...?" she croaked softly.
"You have lived a sad life, I'm sorry for what I've done to you. I've put you through so much pain."
Freya wanted to respond to the angel, but she could feel the world fading around her, and she couldn't speak anymore.
"I love you, Freya, as I have with all my children. So, I want to know, do you wish to be reborn into this world, where you will have the chance to live a normal life, as a normal girl? Or do you wish to move on?"
Freya closed and then opened her eyes. She was standing now, looking at her body. It was slumped over on the floor, and had stopped breathing. Her body shone slightly, like the souls of the recently deceased always did.
"I have no regrets to how I lived my life. I could never have asked for better friends than the ones I met in this life-time. Mother, take me away to that sacred place. I want to see my friends again."
"As you wish, my child."
Freya felt herself lift slowly, the room growing bright.
"Freya, we're proud of you." She opened her eyes to see her two long-lost friends.
"Rika...Melissa...I...I..." tears filled her eyes as she stumbled towards them.
"It's okay, Freya. We're family again."

It's all a lie...

I like music. Music is good.
It calms you down, and helps you forget the world around you.
I like listening to it full blast with my headphones (unless it's a loud song, then I turn it down).


He stood up, limping to the computer, sitting down in front of it and nursing his injured leg. He opened a drawer and took out a mini-cd.
Putting it into the PC, he opened the application on it. Very soon, everyone would know the Truth.
The sound of the SWAT teams blasting the doors downstairs filtered through the door. He didn't have much time. All these years of work, only to die without seeing the results. He didn't really want to see the results.
He read out loud the words scrolling across his screen:
"It's all a lie. You life, your family, your job, your dreams. A lie. The Machine is controlling you all. I have seen it, with my own eyes. Agents of the Machine are everywhere, ensuring conformity, brainwashing you all. Your government are a part of the Machine. They are behind it all, creating their own perfect world. At birth, you were given to a set of parents, who were unaware of the child-swap. They want the rejects to remain rejected, and the prodigies to be brought up by prodigal parents.
"I've seen what they do to the so-called 'terrorists' and 'enemies to the state'. They are the real heroes, not your government sitting in their offices. They not only fight for the freedom of their people, but they fight for the freedom of all people. They fight against the Machine.
"I have attached pictures of the Machine's inhumanity, attached graphs and statistics. I will not survive this, but I know that you will know."
He pressed a button on his keyboard, and instantly the docement was sent to every computer on the internet, forcibly displaying itself on everyone's screen.
He took out a gun from the drawer, his hand shaking nervously. The SWAT teams were now banging on his door. He held the barrel against his head, and pulled the trigger just as the door exploded from the breaching charge.

A fitful spree

A classmate of mine had a fit the other day. At first we thought he was just showing off, until he didn't stop.
Turns out he had a cross between an epileptic fit and a panic attack.
At least he's alright, and didn't get hurt.

On a different note, I've been trying out some MMO's recently.
Rappelz is so far the best, most complete free to play MMO.
WoW, if you can afford it, then do it! Now! seriously, what are you waiting for?
I tried Silkroad online, but gave up after 2 days of trying to get into servers filled with botters. They should impliment a queue system.
Archlord was a good concept, just it didn't have enough flesh to it.
Perfect world was the opposite, it tried to be too many things at once. Nearly ended up like an epic fail.

Still, I'll be sticking to WoW and Rappelz for now. I might want to try Eve Online sometime soon, though...

"If you press the button, you are guilty of murder. If you don't press the button, you are guilty of treason."