Creation began on 01-24-15
Creation ended on 01-24-15
The Skeleton Key
Little Girl Destiny: Prologue
A/N: Originally, this story belonged to the creative and invigorating Lollipop456, but now it's mine, and I intend to bring it to completion in a grander way. Originally intended as a horror/mystery, I will remold it as a supernatural/spiritual. Credit goes to Lollipop456 for creating the initial story. Let's revive and expand!
SCREECH-CRASH! The ambulance that was carrying the incapacitated Violet and Ben Devoreaux had collided with a delivery truck and turned the ambulance over.
Ben looked around, dazed, seeing that his wife, his Violet, was already dead or at least unconscious. Since the elderly gentleman had a severe stroke that paralyzed his power of speech and mobility, he couldn't say or do anything, leaving him with his sense of sight and hearing. He saw that the paramedics were already dead, including the ambulance driver.
"Oh, my God!" A feminine voice cried out.
Ben, with some effort, turned his head slightly and saw Jill Pace climbing into the overturned vehicle, making her way over to him, and rested a hand on his shoulder.
"Ben! Are you alright?" Jill asked quietly.
Ben didn't have time to answer, or even gesture, "Yes."
Before he could…he passed on into the unknown.
-x-
In the time span of nine days later after the automobile accident, Luke Race woke up from what seemed like a long sleep, looking at his hands, his smooth, silk hands. He then looked around his alien environment, seeing that he was at the Devoreaux's plantation…in their primary bedroom…beside a familiar face.
Caroline Ellis, who was this familiar face, woke up in oblivion, from a previous oblivion, confused and shocked all at once.
"Caroline?" Luke asked her in a rasp whisper.
Caroline leaped out of the bed and grabbed a broken, old post, and backed into a corner.
"Stay away from me, Luke!" Caroline cried out; ever since her previous experience, she didn't know who to trust, as anyone could be anyone else.
"Caroline, it's me, Ben. Well, not Ben…but I was Ben. Remember? Me and you were in the ambulance…" Luke began, explaining what he knew happened. "We crashed into a drunk driver and it turned us over…Violet died, but I lived."
Caroline finally realized the truth and dropped the broken post.
"Are we truly back?" She asked Luke, who smiled.
He and Caroline gazed into a nearby mirror, and there they were, bodies and souls finally in their proper place, like waking from a nightmare that had no end.
"I don't understand, if we're here and alive, then where's Papa and Cecile?" Caroline asked.
Luke found some ashes scattered around the bedroom floor. He scooped some up in one hand and then brushed it off.
"I don't know. Let's just get the Hell out of this place." Luke said.
"After all we went through… I cared for you when you were Ben, so does that count for something?" Caroline joked and Luke laughed gently.
"Yeah, it actually does count… I always knew I would like to see a pretty face in front of me when I woke up." Luke explained.
Caroline and Luke looked at each other in the eye. Even though it was a bizarre occurrence, they had a connection from the moment they met…and that connection was now sealed. With a long and passionate kiss, hand in hand, they left the the plantation…in the hopes of never visiting it again.
But little did they know, their future was going to intertwine with the past.
A/N: And here we have the prologue chapter of the remake of Little Girl Destiny. The next chapters will be revised and posted in due time. Any reviews or private messages are greatly appreciated.