I do not own the Guardians of Time; it all belongs to Marianne Curley. However, the storyline of The Burnt is my original idea, and any new characters are my creation.
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The Burnt
Rochelle
I feel it slice through my heart. The poison is released. The pain is excruciating as I fall into his arms. I look at him, as his tears fall onto my face. It's all about to end, but all that matters is that Ethan loves me with all of his heart, and I love him more than my own life. I feel the arrow stealing my life away, but at least he's safe. Ethan is safe, and that's all that matters. I feel myself falling, and hear Ethan's desperate screaming plea, "Rochelle," as everything fades to black.
Ethan
She's gone. My tears fall onto her face as I kiss her cold lips. Her hands are lifeless. The usual sparks have died with her. My love has died with her. My life has died with her. After all these years, she finally confessed her love for me. I love her. If only we had more time. But she's gone. Even in death, she is still the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. My love, my life, my beautiful Rochelle is dead.
Her heart pierced by the arrow that was meant for me. Marduke killed her. The curse that was placed on Rochelle came into effect. He turned to stone as the sun set, but I had a chance to kill him first. Though revenge was too much of an honor, even for him. I regret that I didn't take that opportunity. I could have killed him. Killed the beast that murdered my sister. Murdered my soul mate. I could have killed that devil. He sent my best friend to the middle realm to die. Almost killed my mother from the depression of losing my sister. Stole the life of my father who became a shell of what he was after my sister's death. And now he's killed me. My life has ended. I can't live without Rochelle.
Rochelle
I'm lifting. Up towards the sun. My fears leave me, and a feeling of peace grows inside me as I rise further and further into the sky. I now see what they mean by a "happier place". I'm almost there... wherever there is. I reach my hand up, and a golden glow begins to erupt in my fingertips, spreading down to my elbows. I feel free, until it grabs my ankle. It's pulling me down, faster and faster, yet
the golden glow continues to spread over my body. Something is wrong. A sense of evil fills my mind as I look down to the thing clutching my ankle. I scream.
This is not what I expected. I still feel the pain building in my chest. I'm falling. There's no white light. In fact, everything is black, except a fiery glow quickly growing larger beneath me. This is not heaven, and whatever pulled me down was not an angel. I have a horrible feeling that I'm going to hit hard. I'm definitely in trouble. The grounds gets closer and closer, until I slam down, and once again, fade to black.
Arkarian
He's here, and he's angry. I can hear his thoughts, but he's jumbled them so much that I can't make any sense of them.
"Arkarian! Arkarian! Open the god damn door Arkarian!" Ethan's shouts vibrate through my head as I open the door into the mountain where I live. Ethan stomps in, and for once is shielding his thoughts well. But I don't need to be able to hear his thoughts to know what he's thinking.
"I want her back." Ethan's voice is filled with such anger and emotion, which unlike his thoughts, he cannot conceal. "God damn Arkarian! I want her back."
"Ethan..." I don't know how to say this without making him feel worse. "You can't bring anyone back from the dead. It's never happened."
"I don't care that it's never happened. There's always a first!" Ethan is holding back his tears. "I love her Arkarian. I just want Rochelle to come back."
"Ethan-"
"What if it was Isabel? What if she died because of you? You'd do everything in your power to get her back, just like when we went to the middle realm." his eyes are filled with pain. "Help me Arkarian, please."
"Ethan, what do you want me to do?" I feel horrible, like I'm breaking Ethan's already shattered heart. "I can't resurrect the dead."
"Dartemis. Bring Dartemis here. He'll bring her back. He has to." He might be right. Dartemis controls the realms where people go when they die. All of the good realms anyways. Dartemis might be able to take Ethan to see Rochelle, Matt's been there. Why can't Ethan?
"Alright Ethan. I'll get Dartemis. But no guarantees. Chances are this won't work."
"It must. Because I can't live without Rochelle. If Dartemis doesn't find a way, I will, whether it means her coming to me, or me going to her."
I can tell by the looks of his eyes, that he is serious, and would do whatever it takes to get to Rochelle.
This had better work.
Rochelle
I open my eyes to find myself lying in snow. Well, it feels like snow, just not cold. There is fire as far as the eye can see, in this dark, burning world.
I slowly rise to my knees, checking for broken bones. I'm surprised I survived this fall unhurt, and alright. It's this warm snow that I landed in. I put my hands down into it, sparks flying off of them, and
begin to visualize. This is not snow, it's ash. But buried below, I see bones. Human bones. Skulls. Ripped apart from the inside. Black, and burnt.
I'm lying in human ashes.
I jump to my feet, and look around. Imagine the underworld, just ten times worse. Something screams in a blood chilling voice. Not human, but definitely blood filled and murderous. Something is moving in the distance. Creeping closer on four legs. It rises to it's full height, but even through it's blood red eyes and beastly mutations, I can still recognize it. My horrific childhood memories flood back as I look at this thing.
"You," I whisper as my father comes closer, belt in hand. A chilling thought grips my mind as I step back. My dad is dead... Executed. I take another step back as he opens his mouth, blood dripping from his teeth. I turn and run. I glance back, but he's not following. He knows I can't escape from him. Not in this realm. Not in Hell.
~Lil~
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