Post by fremnikflare on May 17, 2008 8:10:52 GMT -5
Author Note: The rating for this would be... either K+ or teen. It should be K+, but the story is darker than Bambi...K+ it is.
I glided along the cobblestone alleyway. Rubble surrounded me, but I ignored it, continuing endlessly with my search. Bones…skulls…bodies littered the dark path on which I traveled, but I hardly noticed as I kept floating forward. My feet didn’t brush the ground. My cloak didn’t billow in the harsh wind. I wasn’t touched by the rain that fell from the heavens of sadness, the heavens that created this hell in which I was trapped.
Imprisoned forever. Unable to find what kept me from rising above these dark heavens, these cells bars blocking me from happiness. I couldn’t find it. It was so near to impossible that he would be anywhere near here. But I kept searching. It was all I could do.
Blood, mixed with the acidic rain the hellish heaven sent this doomed world, flooded the sidewalks. The Solar War had done many things. Deaths had become so common, catastrophes a daily occurrence, our planet soiled with hate and greed and anger. It was all this battle could have brought us, yet we humans had stupidly charged into it, were so arrogant and thought we would win, thought we could beat the forces of our sun itself. And we were wrong. So wrong. Almost every living creature in our solar system had paid for our selfishness with their life. It was all our fault, but most of us felt no guilt. We were all dead.
When the war had started, there had been mass panic. Streets were overcrowded with people screaming, shouting, trying to find refuge even though there was no safe place on Earth. Then the UV rays had come and blown our minds away, utterly destroyed us. The screams died down as the human race was wiped out of existence. All our faults. We never had a chance.
Souls had faded away, rotted within their vessels. The bodies that were scattered around me as I continued to look in despair. I had not disappeared. Everyone else had left this terrible world, and I was the only one left. Endlessly looking for what seemed to incredibly unlikely, I had almost given up. Finding my love.
His soul had, miraculously, joined the others on the journey to joy. But I, the one with the world’s darkest secret, was left to find his body. Then, only then, would I really see him again. His body wasn’t among the billions I had already shifted through. His face was nowhere to be seen. I had done this to myself, and it was taking a million years out of my next life to suffer the consequence.
The secret? It was so horrible. Not horrible just by itself, but the fact that I kept it a secret. I had already seen this mass destruction, envisioned it in all too detailed dreams. I had foreseen the death of my planet, the loss of everything scientists and geologists and everybody else who had contributed knowledge to society had discovered…everything. Anything a person had dreamed of, hoped for, wanted…it was gone. It was all dead.
I could have told someone. At least one person would have believed me if I told enough people. They could have prepared Earth for the deadliness of heat and ultraviolet rays and solar flares and everything the sun tried to wreak havoc on us. But I kept it a secret, and watched in horror as it all came true. A million years later, I hadn’t forgiven myself. Emotions had dissolved, most thoughts lost somewhere in the far back of my mind. They wouldn’t come out. There was no need to think, anyway. I just had to find him.
I froze. For the first time in a million years, I stopped walking. I stood there, not believing it. Not believing the corpse was right in front of me. Not believing it was his corpse. I kneeled down and gently lifted it. Suddenly, I could sense the feeling coming back into my hands. The strength flowed up my arms, into my torso, and spread throughout me. Feeling. A drop of rain crashing onto my arm made my muscles tense, then relax. Soon my mangled hair was soaked and my cloak drenched, but there was more. A burst of something exploded into my mind, making me gasp. I could feel everything coming back to me…emotions, thoughts, dreams, hopes, nightmares …everything.
For the first time in a million years, I smiled. A single tear streaked down my cheek. I didn’t even notice when everything became hazy, and I started to fade again. I didn’t see the change of scenery, or the huge crowd of people that appeared around me. I saw nothing, heard nothing, only felt as his arms curled around and embraced me. We stood there for what seemed another million years, hugging each other, holding each other, being together at last. For the first time in one million years, I recalled what it was like to love.
Yes, I was depressed when I wrote this. XD
I glided along the cobblestone alleyway. Rubble surrounded me, but I ignored it, continuing endlessly with my search. Bones…skulls…bodies littered the dark path on which I traveled, but I hardly noticed as I kept floating forward. My feet didn’t brush the ground. My cloak didn’t billow in the harsh wind. I wasn’t touched by the rain that fell from the heavens of sadness, the heavens that created this hell in which I was trapped.
Imprisoned forever. Unable to find what kept me from rising above these dark heavens, these cells bars blocking me from happiness. I couldn’t find it. It was so near to impossible that he would be anywhere near here. But I kept searching. It was all I could do.
Blood, mixed with the acidic rain the hellish heaven sent this doomed world, flooded the sidewalks. The Solar War had done many things. Deaths had become so common, catastrophes a daily occurrence, our planet soiled with hate and greed and anger. It was all this battle could have brought us, yet we humans had stupidly charged into it, were so arrogant and thought we would win, thought we could beat the forces of our sun itself. And we were wrong. So wrong. Almost every living creature in our solar system had paid for our selfishness with their life. It was all our fault, but most of us felt no guilt. We were all dead.
When the war had started, there had been mass panic. Streets were overcrowded with people screaming, shouting, trying to find refuge even though there was no safe place on Earth. Then the UV rays had come and blown our minds away, utterly destroyed us. The screams died down as the human race was wiped out of existence. All our faults. We never had a chance.
Souls had faded away, rotted within their vessels. The bodies that were scattered around me as I continued to look in despair. I had not disappeared. Everyone else had left this terrible world, and I was the only one left. Endlessly looking for what seemed to incredibly unlikely, I had almost given up. Finding my love.
His soul had, miraculously, joined the others on the journey to joy. But I, the one with the world’s darkest secret, was left to find his body. Then, only then, would I really see him again. His body wasn’t among the billions I had already shifted through. His face was nowhere to be seen. I had done this to myself, and it was taking a million years out of my next life to suffer the consequence.
The secret? It was so horrible. Not horrible just by itself, but the fact that I kept it a secret. I had already seen this mass destruction, envisioned it in all too detailed dreams. I had foreseen the death of my planet, the loss of everything scientists and geologists and everybody else who had contributed knowledge to society had discovered…everything. Anything a person had dreamed of, hoped for, wanted…it was gone. It was all dead.
I could have told someone. At least one person would have believed me if I told enough people. They could have prepared Earth for the deadliness of heat and ultraviolet rays and solar flares and everything the sun tried to wreak havoc on us. But I kept it a secret, and watched in horror as it all came true. A million years later, I hadn’t forgiven myself. Emotions had dissolved, most thoughts lost somewhere in the far back of my mind. They wouldn’t come out. There was no need to think, anyway. I just had to find him.
I froze. For the first time in a million years, I stopped walking. I stood there, not believing it. Not believing the corpse was right in front of me. Not believing it was his corpse. I kneeled down and gently lifted it. Suddenly, I could sense the feeling coming back into my hands. The strength flowed up my arms, into my torso, and spread throughout me. Feeling. A drop of rain crashing onto my arm made my muscles tense, then relax. Soon my mangled hair was soaked and my cloak drenched, but there was more. A burst of something exploded into my mind, making me gasp. I could feel everything coming back to me…emotions, thoughts, dreams, hopes, nightmares …everything.
For the first time in a million years, I smiled. A single tear streaked down my cheek. I didn’t even notice when everything became hazy, and I started to fade again. I didn’t see the change of scenery, or the huge crowd of people that appeared around me. I saw nothing, heard nothing, only felt as his arms curled around and embraced me. We stood there for what seemed another million years, hugging each other, holding each other, being together at last. For the first time in one million years, I recalled what it was like to love.
Yes, I was depressed when I wrote this. XD