A long time ago, it was prophesied The Four Horsemen in the verses of John of Patmos, at 6:1-8. This chapter tells of a scroll in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals. When the first seal is broken, the White Horse summoned. After the Second seal is broken, The Red Horse is summoned. Followed by the third seal being broken, the Black horse. When the 4th seal is broken, the pale horse is summoned. Each horse represents a step closer to the apocalypse. The white horse is Pestilence. War is the Red. Black is Famine. Death is ashen and very pale.
Thinking back to my life, I've always loved horses. Horses are pure, they don't do much, they eat, they sleep, but they run as though they were free. I owned a pale horse. I called him Apollo because when I would talk to him, it would feel as though the rock was lifted off my shoulders. I told Apollo everything that I did, good or bad. Also, he was very fond of me. He would let no other ride him. Apollo was my friend, the only that I had aside from the pretentious village.
I can vividly recall my final minutes. I was tending to Apollo in the barn. I had just finished cleaning his coat and braiding his mane. I was just about to start shining his shoes (I pampered him), when I heard Toni drunkenly stumble into the barn with his son.
"Hic- Behold Anthony Hic- For this woman will be the one that I wed!" He stumbled closer. His blonde hair was matted with grease and his tux was disheveled. I was very uncomfortable. Drunk men make me feel very unsafe.
"Um, I don't- I don't know about that, but i-if you or your son are unwell I-I-I may be of service to you." I stumbled backwards. "But I suggest you come back in the morning, at normal hours."
"Oh, Yeah. My son is very sick hic-. And me too! Hic- "He stumbled closer dragging his scared son with him. "I am sick of being lonely. Hic- "
"I don't know how you, Mr. Talamini could be lonely." I quivered "With all due respect you have a different woman every night."
"Ughhh, I know. Such cheap women" He closed me in between himself and Apollo. "I don't want cheap women. I want you." The alcohol on his breath made me gag.
"Mr. Talamini. I believe you need to leave." I stood firm. I was scared out of my wits, and my gesture to his departure made him enraged.
"I am not leaving here!" He barked. "Not until you say you love me." His face inches from mine. "Tell me you love me, and I will drop to one knee and make you the happiest woman on earth."
My fearful eyes stared into his drunken ones. I was at a loss for words. "N-no." I breathed. "You need to leave." I whispered. Apollo neighed and moved to the side and passed from between them. Toni grabbed my wrist and pulled me back, slamming me into Apollo. He started laughing and rubbing his temple. "Ah, girl, why? What is it about me? Is it because I am not the Lumberjack? Tobias? I see you with him a lot. You would rather a common worker over me?" I slapped him, and he pinned me onto the horse, my hands above my head.
"Tobias is my brother you no good dirty pig!" I spat. I felt like an animal trapped.
"Oh, that's how it is!" He laughed. "You are a brother fucker!"
"Daddy, can we please go? I don't want to be here." He cried.
"Shut up boy!" He hollered. "Sit back and watch me and mommy give you a sister." He growled lustfully. I raised my knee to his twig and berries, grabbed Apollos lead, and ran once he doubled over. In my attempt to mount Apollo, Toni grabbed me and slammed me down to the cold hard ground.
"Why don't you love me!" He slapped me. "Why wont you give yourself to me!" He slapped me again. "If you would have just said yes, we wouldn't be going through this right now." He slapped me again. Apollo reared up on his hind legs, neighing like crazy. I began to choke on the blood that ran from my nose. "If I can't have you, then no one can!" He reached from his pocket and pulled a knife. I remember begging him please don't, but that did not stop him. I died, but I remember his son crying and running away. Half way through removing my heart, Toni had to stop to grab his son. His son was going to die too because he was a witness. I knew it. My last vision was my blood spatter on Apollo.
"I hate that memory." I thought as I opened my eyes. I was greeted by darkness. I reached my hand upwards and pushed open the coffin. I was in the Undertakers shop. I could hear multiple voices coming from the lobby. They all stood out. I could hear Ciel, Sebastian, and The Undertaker. They were talking about me.
"You mean to tell us that her horse was Death?" said Ciel in disbelief.
"Yes. Death favored her. She was Deaths rider. Now that she is dead, she can ride him into the Apocalypse." Said the Undertaker. I crawled out of the coffin to look into a mirror. My eyes were black again.
"Azurah said that she wanted to die. That you tried to kill her after the fact and you couldn't." said Ciel. He sounded very displeased. I stood against the wall to listen.
"Ah yes. I did attempt to kill her after, and she would not die."
"Well, who brought her back? You or Death?" Ciel asked confused.
"I did, but I used Death as a vessel of sorts."
"You put Death inside her body?" Ciel said shocked.
"Depends on what you mean. Her horse was Death. I provided the ritual. She is now Death." The Undertaker laughed. "The heart attack from earlier was just her body remembering how she died. I expect many more of these until her final transformation."
"What do you mean final transformation?" Questioned Ciel.
"I assume that she will turn into divine, trumping all reapers." Said the Undertaker nonchalantly.
"Have you no decorum? She wanted to die, and you just laugh." Sebastian said disgusted. I began to leave the room.
"I wish she were dead. My tinkering got the best of me and I played with Death too much." said the Undertaker coldly. "I am glad you are feeling better doctor. It isn't nice to eavesdrop." Little did anyone know, I was already walking out the back door.
I was angry. I was hurt. Nothing could console the fire inside. When I walked out the back the door all I wanted to do was run, and I did. I ran down the street to the outskirts of town. Why stop there? I just kept running. I ran into the woodland. I jumped streams and hiked hills until a thought struck my mind. I was not winded. The streams I jumped were rivers. The hill I climbed was a mountain. I felt amazing, like I was Queen of the world. So, I decided to have fun. I jumped through the trees, rolled under logs, and slid through the mud. I ran so fast, I dare no mortal could keep up. My vision narrowed as I noticed that my running would come to an end. Before me lay a cliff, but my only thought was "Bring it on". I did not stop running. Instead I had fun with it. I did a back flip before hurling myself off the cliff. The strangest thing happened. Instead of falling, I flew. Beneath me was Apollo.