Prologue
I used to love this life. I used to be a lively person and feel grateful to be alive. I used to be happy as the sun was rising and as I watched the blue sky above me. Not anymore. It's over. I have seen the sun descend for ever as it was shining for the last time. I have seen death before my eyes. Death in its most hideous form. I have seen a War of Shadows taking place right in front of me. I have seen all hope gone. The only thing that kept me fighting; Hope. I'd give everything just to bring hope back to life. Just to feel the warmth of sun on my skin again. Just to see blue sky above me. Just to hear laughter of happiness once again. Just one more time. I miss the old world. The world of light. Now I am swallowed by a world of Darkness, Blood and Shadows. Shadows everywhere stalking my every move, killing every trace of hope, taking my every breath. There is nothing anymore.
It's Over.
Lara Croft
Darkness.
The sky was black. Shadows wandering in a world that hasn't seen a crystal blue sky for a very long time. An abandoned monastery was on the crest of a tall mountain, waiting for sunshine. Mists were haunting the lost souls. Souls that had been swallowed by darkness. There was nothing more but darkness. It was so suffocating. There wasn't anyone there to save the World from Shadows. The Rise of Salvation had long faded. The only thing that could be seen in this forsaken world was Darkness.
Lara Croft was standing out of a small hut, waiting for someone to come. She was standing with her face straight to the dark sky, waiting for something to happen. Something that would save her from obscurity.
It had been a long time since she had fought against Darkness. Fighting with the Light Of Truth. She could hardly remember how the Real World was like. She tried so hard but couldn't remember. She had fought with her soul. She tried so hard. So hard to save a world that was already led astray. Maybe it was obsession. Maybe it was pride. But she was sure it was for love. Longing to save the ones she loved. Longing to give justice to the souls of the ones she loved and had been lost or died.
Standing there, Lara Croft tried to remember a World once fallen in Light. How did we come to this place? How did we get so far? She wondered to herself. While waiting, she tried to recall what had happened.
Closing her eyes she finally saw sun, blue sky… Images of the Real World flashed in her mind. Smiling she remembered what had actually happened.
These words echoed in her mind
How did we get so far?