Drowning in the Dark Abyss
~Prologue~
The crisp wind blew away the locks of the small lone girl that stared out of the horizon. The sun was long gone and the moon and stars accompanied her as she watched the silent scenery unfold in front of her. The night was as young as she is but her eyes showed nothing of the vibrant energy a child her age should have been carrying.
"Out here again?.. Aren't you even cold, onee san?"
The young girl, broken from her trance glanced up to see another figure, standing next to her with questioning dark eyes.
"No. It isn't that cold. Aren't you cold yourself? You aren't even wearing your jacket? You haven't lost it, have you or did you get caught up again in a fight and had it torn somewhere that it is now beyond repair?"
The boy, hesitant to answer the stoic girl opted to sit right next to her and stare at the same scenery. You didn't really need to wear a jacket when your body was used to the temperature during this time and right now it was quite a few degrees warmer. Unable to stand the silence, the boy speaks up again to spark a conversation.
"Nee~ onee san is always reading that big thick book back at home, right?"
The girl remained silent though the fleeting side glance she gave showed that she was listening nevertheless.
"What does it… talk about?"
A small gust of wind blew before the answer slid out her lips.
"The outside world."
"The outside… world...?"
She nodded then a small smile carved into her face naturally.
"A world we haven't seen yet. It's strange… we're born into this world but because of 'Them' we holed up into these walls like rats, unable to fully explore the vast lands and sceneries this world has to give. I'm bored… seeing just the same sceneries whenever we climb these walls. Just those big trees over there..."
"If you're bored... Then why do you even bother coming up here every night to look at them?"
"Because I don't see the sceneries that you perceive… I see the lands I see in the book; I imagine them right in front of me... Only... They're too far away..."
"And that's when reality kicks in, huh?"
She nods helplessly, the once apathetic expression gone and replaced by a hint of sadness before the young girl regained it back and with a sigh stood up, causing the boy to look at her.
"We better get home. Mom must be worried and Father will be furious to find us missing."
The boy nods in agreement and also stands up, giving the scene a last glance then follows the girl who was already scaling the walls as she went down. As they reached the safety of the ground, he smiled as determination passed over his face.
"When we grow up, we should go on a trip outside these walls! Then we can explore those lands you talked about"
Amused with his interest she shakes her head, the smile returning to her features
"And what about 'them'...? These walls were built for a reason, remember?"
"hmmm… then just join those soldiers that kill 'em and then we can explore"
The petite girl blinked at the idea then shook her head again.
"Let's just get home before Father does. I don't want to get scolded"
As they trudged the roads towards their home, the boy's words echoed within the girls head.
'Joining the soldiers to erase the hindrances that plague the world, destroy 'them', who drove us into this small haven and finally be able to see the world and its beauty. It's not that impossible but it's not also easy but then so is life… right?'
As she passed by, she saw different people roaming around. Would she want to be like them? Content and happy living within the walls when there is a lot more to see. No, she thought. She doesn't like it at all. She needs to get out of this wall that has entrapped them. She refused to be ensnared by these blinded people's beliefs. She needed to feel free…
"Say, Cielo… do you remember what those soldiers call themselves again?"
"The ones who slay 'them'…? Uhh… I think it was.. Recon Corps?"
"Recons, huh…" she muttered under her breath. The smile had grew into a smirk, there was a new plan worth devising!