Existence: Noun, "The state of living."
"So the actors have been chosen and the scene has been set?"
"Yes My Lord."
"And everything is in its place?"
"Yes My Lord."
"And her…is she...?"
"Already in place My Lord."
"Excellent."
"But My Lord…"
"Hm?"
'What about…the irregularity?"
"What about her?"
"She's not fading."
"…"
"My Lord?"
"Hmph!"
"M-my Lord!?"
"Not fading you say? So be it. Let her play her little game, it does not change her fate."
"Eh?"
"Stubborn to the end she is…even when she is already at the end."
"My Lord…"
"Do not worry my servant. She will break, I know she will. After all…"
"…."
"She doe not exist in any world now."
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Was it her imagination or-?
She hesitantly pulled on the chain attached to her right wrist. Her eyes widened.
Yes! It was! The cuff was definitely a little looser.
Gritting her teeth, she pulled on the chain, hard. Her wrist strained against the ice cold metal, darkening the bruises that were already on her wrist. She didn't care though. If there was a chance…. just a small chance that she could break free she would-
CRACK
She yelped in pain. The cuff had re-tightened, closing hard around her wrist and crushing it. Heavy gasps of pain emanated from her as the initial shock wore off, followed by an indescribable pain. Fearing the worst, she strained a little at her chains, hoping to catch a glimpse of her right hand.
A cry came from her, not of pain though but of horror. From what she could tell from the corner of her eye, her wrist had been crushed and her poor fingers were hanging uselessly on her now equally useless hand. She shuddered; realizing the deafening sound she had heard must've been the breaking of her bones.
Closing her eyes to ignore the sight of her wrist, she let her head lean back and touch the wall behind her. Or what she at least assumed to be a wall. She couldn't turn her head around and check on account of the chains holding her in place. The chains cuffed both her wrists and feet and wrapped itself around her legs. She couldn't be sure if she was standing or floating either.
All that she could see was darkness. Black darkness that the eye could never get accustomed to. Or at least, her eyes would never get accustomed to. The only one thing that she could see was herself. When she looked down, she could see what looked to be her hair falling over her chest and chains binding her legs and feet. If she tried hard enough, she could catch a glimpse of her bound hands. That was it though. Just her, chains,
And darkness.
"I see that it has woken up."
The voice caused her to open her eyes. But like all times before, there was nobody in the darkness. Nobody at all.
"Again." The voice added, sounding displeased. Hearing the annoyed tone in the voice, she couldn't help but give a small smirk.
A cold shudder passed over her, then, whispering in her ear, she heard the voice again.
"What happened to your wrist? It looks like you tried to escape."
The voice didn't sound like it was mocking her. It sounded rather like it was making an observation. She had known for what felt like a long time that the voice was only capable of one emotion…
Annoyance. Whenever it saw her struggle or saw her still chained to her wall, the voice would sound annoyed. But other than that, the voice was emotionless, speaking only in monotone.
"What a pity." The voice said. "I wish you hadn't done that. It has only made it more painful for you."
She gritted her teeth, anger seeping through her. "If you're so sad why don't you fix it!?" She yelled.
She didn't know if she was addressing the voice exactly, but shouting always calmed her down. Just hearing herself actually, hearing her voice, calmed her down. Her voice sounded strained and raspy, yet even after being chained for who knew how long, the strength in her words had never left.
"I cannot do that." The voice answered her.
"Why not!?" She yelled.
"Because doing that would give you pleasure." The voice said, as if it was common knowledge. "And I do not wish to make you happy."
Anger coursed through her. She strained against the chains, forgetting that her wrist was broken. She inhaled sharply as the pain shot through her, causing her to stop. But to her amazement, the chains loosened-
Only to let her free fall into the darkness. She screamed, realizing the mistake she had made.
"Now disappear." The voice said as she was forced under a dark shadow. She didn't know what it was but the thick, dark liquid clogged her ears, burned her eyes, went into her mouth and chocked her. The liquid swallowed her up, tried to bury her, tried to drown her. She didn't know if she was upside down, she didn't know where the surface was and she didn't know where to move. The chains hung loosely against her, acting as an anchor, trying to pull her down.
All she could do was drown. Like all the other times she had been forced into this abyss. Yet like all the other times, she struggled. She tried to move. She opened her mouth and gasped every time she felt like she had broken through the darkness.
She refused with every inch of her body.
"Why?" She heard the voice say."Why?!" It asked again. "It's been so long…it's been so long…."
"Why don't you disappear!?"
She struggled, kicking desperately with her legs. When she felt like her mouth was no longer submerged she yelled at the top of her voice,
"Because I exist!"
"Fool!" The voice answered her. For the first time, she heard a new emotion in the voice.
Anger.
She could hear the anguish and the annoyance in the voice. "You were never supposed to exist! You do not exist! You are an irregularity! Who! Must! Disappear!"
"I exist!" She answered back. "I exist!" she screamed before the darkness went into her mouth, chocking her.
"How many time must I try to extinguish you before you realize? You are nothing!"
The voice screamed down at her and she felt the chains pulling her further into the darkness.
"That's not true," She thought. "It's not true! I do exist…."
"I remember…"
She definitely remembered. The feelings. The feelings of happiness, the feelings of sadness, the feeling of victory, the feeling of loss…
The feeling of love.
"I exist!" She screamed in her head. "I exist! If I didn't I wouldn't remember!" She squeezed her eyes tighter as the darkness crushed her and wrapped itself around her.
"I…..I…..EXIST!"
A flash of bright, white light illuminated the darkness, blinding her. Then a voice….
A different voice.
"I finally found you….Lyra."
XXX
Hello it's Heart~! Welcome to a Pokemon Manga Universe fanfic! My first one actually! I debated with myself a long time and I thought that I must write this! Updates are going to be weird but don't worry,
I'm still going to write.
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"Where am I?"
"Who are you?"
"Are you…a star?"
"That name…why do you keep calling me that?"
"Am I….Lyra?"
