Me: I know I have a ton of stories to update, but while on vacation I came up with this idea...so everything will get updated eventually haha
Axel: You aren't very good with time management o-o
Me: mmhm
Axel: _
Me: Well here's the prologue! Hope you like it!
"Ugh, I can barely see a thing! One thing's for sure…mom's got amazing timing," Lea mumbles to himself. It's very late at night, and his mother has told him to pick up some groceries for breakfast and lunches the next day. He's halfway home now. Although Lea isn't very good at riding a bike it's the only way for him to go to the store and back before midnight. A roaring rumble breaks through the still silence of the night. "Huh?" Lea turns around to only be blinded by the headlights of a car. "Augh!" The lights cause Lea to lose his sight and his balance. "Woah!" He knows that he's crashed, but he still can't see. "Dammit! My leg!" He can still feel the rumbling of the car racing his way. He stands; however, his sight returns too late.
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Darkness…pain; so much pain. Lea can't move. Numbing; delightful numbing. Lea is finally able to open his eyes again. He's alone, except for a girl beside him. Her hair is as long as his, and has the same color. Her skin is pure white. Her wings are a soft pink that fade to a light grey at the bottom. Wait a minute…she has wings? Lea thinks. What the hell? She turns her head to him, and smiles. It's bittersweet and sad. She turns her head forward, and points in that same direction. Lea looks too. The room he sees is pure white with blinding lights. Blinding lights…Lea gasps as he remembers.
"Am I…?" He turns to the girl to ask. She turns his head back to the room. He resists the urge to ask again, and looks at the room closer. He tries to see past the lights, and is finally successful. He sees his mom, dad, and older brother, Reno. Why is his mom crying?
"We're so sorry Mrs. Fair, we did all we could…" Lea hears faintly. He then looks over to his brother, sobbing by someone; rather, on someone. He's crying over a boy. He has scarlet red spiked hair like his own, and his eyes are frozen open with death, their emerald gaze looking upon nothing.
"Hey…that's me!" Panic floods him, "But… I'm right here! Okay listen, I want answers, and you better damn well give em' to me!" He points at the winged girl beside him. The girl moves a finger to his lips to silence him. Her wings flutter twice, and she moves her finger.
"I'm Kairi," she says in a soft voice.
"Okaaay, but that's not what I-"
"Shh!" Lea sighs in frustration, but obeys Kairi.
"I am your guardian angel, Lea. An hour ago, you were hit by a drunk driver. Yes, your spirit is here; however, your body is there with you family. You heart has stopped, Lea. You are dead." Lea is confused, but somehow trusts her. "But," her face holds that bittersweet smile again.
"But?" he repeats.
"Lea, it's not your time to go yet."
"Then…" Lea is even more confused.
"I am you guardian angel. I will give you my life, so that you will survive," her head lowers a bit, and a single tear falls.
"But what will happen to you, Kairi?" It's funny, Lea fells like he has known her for a long time.
"I'll still be with you, Lea; right here," she pints to his heart.
"You'd sacrifice yourself for me? But we've only just met each other…"
"Lea, I've been with you since you were little; guiding you away from most of the worst."
"But you'd still sacrifice yourself for me…" Lea is stunned that anyone would do that for him.
"I am your guardian, Lea. I will protect you until my last breath. That's what guardians do, because they-because I love you. Lea, I'm like the loving stepmother you never had," she smiles a sincere smile. She stands. She wraps her arms around his neck, and her wings around his whole body, and half of hers. "This is my final act of love, Lea. Do not take it lightly. Be strong, and make wise decisions." Lea holds the arms around his neck. He feels the love she has for him; it's warm.
"Thank you, Kairi." She closes her eyes, and more of her warmth fills him. Then it's gone, and is replaced with a familiar pain.
Reno, almost out of the hospital room, hears a small beep. He thinks he's hearing things when he hears it again. He turns toward his brother, and hears another, and another, and another. He runs to Lea with fresh tears in his eyes.
"Mom! Dad!" Aerith and Zack rush into the room, and with shock, they run to their son's side.
"Impossible!"