Prologue
Someone once told me that loneliness is a word summarising everything wrong about being alone but that solitude was a word that celebrated being alone. I'm not sure I really understood it at the time. A simple enough concept but sometimes things take me longer to get.
Anima sat on the steps outside the bedroom. What seemed like hours had, in reality, only been a few minutes. Her thought trail was broken as the doctor emerged and she could tell by his face it wasn't good news. The time had finally come; her time had finally run out.
"I think you should be with her now" but the doctor wouldn't meet her desperate gaze.
"Won't you come with me?" she felt like a child being frightened of the dark and begging her mother to grasp her hand but she was beyond caring.
"She asked that you would go in alone" She sighed. Of course she had, coving all possibilities, all eventualities. She stood up and took a deep breath as she turned. The room before her never looked so ominous but she knew she had to do this. Three strides and she was in, looking at the frail form lying on the bed. A hand seemed to grab her from the inside and tighten on her insides; all her emotions making her feel sick. The hand seemed to pull downward drying up her throat. She swallowed and knelt by the bed.
"Gran-ma? Gran-ma are you still there?" she whispered. Fear seized her. What if she was too late. Her hand pulled gently at the sheets and she saw the face of the frail woman who raised her.
"Where else would I be?" Despite herself, Anima felt a fraction of relief. The old woman gave a weak smile. "Listen to me Anima, your mother left but I hope over the years I've instilled into you this message I'm going to repeat once again" she took a deep breath.
"No, you don't have to. I know. 'We live to protect knowledge because knowledge is power and with great power comes great responsibility so it's our duty to look after it' I know" The old woman smiled.
"Remember" and with that she took her final breath.
Only now was Anima truly alone.
A/N- Hey this first bits really depressing but the rest is kinda more lighter (Hopefully a balance) When I say the rest, I do have the first Book kinda (editing) already written but if anyone wants to beta read for me I'd love to hear from you. I'm going to update every Friday, I'm really looking forward to hearing what you think so R&R and in the meantime, please click on ma profile and have a look at the other stories that are sort of foundations for this one. If you're still reading have a virtual cookie.