| w. Rielin
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Stargate
the path leading to another you
bgm 〈 hotaru no koi ― reve 〉
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| chapter seven
In abyss of complete darkness, the crimson eyes jolted open, revealing its rubiness that shines even in the void. Awake from the strange nightmare that cannot be remembered, the male's breath was raspy and quick as beads of sweat rolled down his temples and down to his chin.
Where am I?
Darkness.
What time is it?
Unknown.
What was I doing before sleeping?
Slowly, he started to collect his knowledge piece by piece as if he was completing a puzzle.
Who are you?
Elsword. A Lord Knight, one of the members in the El Search Party.
Who are your fellow teammates?
Uh, Rena, Raven, Eve, Chung, Ara, Elesis, Add, Luciel, Rose, Ain… and um...
Are you excluding someone?
How could I exclude her? Her name is Aisha.
Is that person the most important?
Yes.
He let out a rather depressed sigh.
But she's no longer in this world.
He didn't wanted to get up. He didn't even wanted to start another day. How could he even continue on living when she's no longer with him? It would've been way better if she was living far far away to the point where he could never see her, but at least the fact that she was alive would make him continue on with his own life. Yet that didn't happen. It would've been way better if she was placed in an eternals sleep, but the fact that she's still alive and breathing would be a much happier ending. The world is so cruel, why did it have to take the innocent one's life away? Why her?
"Elsword, wake up!"
That voice… what?
It rang so loud and clear, echoing within his mind constantly.
That was… Aisha, wasn't it? That was for sure, Aisha's voice!
He threw the blanket away from his body as it lazily spread across the wooden floor. He quickly stood up to the point where he almost tripped over, but swiftly regained his balance. With his heart pounding, with sweat rolling down his back, with his mind constantly praying, he opened the door without hesitation.
Aisha.
It was for sure, Aisha. Her petite body that was glowing radiantly with health, her violet hair that shined luminously as if she have just taken a shower, her lilac eyes that vividly glowed with life. It was Aisha.
Without a second thought, he embraced her tiny body within his arms.
"E-Elsword, what are you-?!"
She yelled out with embarrassment yet her cheeks were flushing with pink hue.
The white robe which smelled like lavender, her violet locks tied in a low twintail, and the ancient magic book she always takes along. It was all so familiar. No scent of unfamiliar, unusual aura. No hint of forgetting how she looked like or what her name is. Everything felt so nostalgic as if he came back to his hometown.
Wait, magic? What kind of magic did she use?
All Elsword could think of was… fire, water, earth, thunder… the four elements which she conjured expertly. Why did he have a feeling that she was controlling some dangerous spells?
"Wait- no physical contact!"
He thought and quickly he released her from his embrace. Her violet eyes were widened with shock and confusement and her face have turned extremely red with embarrassment.
"Wh- what are you talking about?! Come out and eat breakfast!"
She screamed shyly, stuttering her words as she whipped her head back to hide her reddened face and quickly dashed out the room.
The knight does not know, the magician does not know, the―
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Stargate. The path leading to another you.
The parallel world of Elsword. He enters through the starry gate, to come to a world where everything is exactly the same as his own world- except his beloved one, Aisha. The Elemental Master he knows of, is Void Princess here. The dangerous, cursed magician. Her extreme powers slowly devours her own lifespan, eventually leading to her own death. There is one possible way to extend the duration of her life, which is to leave the El Search Party and become the magician no one even have heard of, that no one even speaks of or speak to; to become the lonely mage in the world with no society surrounding her. Yet she couldn't do that. The desire of wanting to see more of Elsword, to see more of his growth, and to be near him while being surrounded by her family- she loved him. She couldn't leave him. But after realizing that he indeed, loved her back, she was finally able to leave- yet it was too late to even leave, and had to face death as her choice. Perhaps it was a happy ending for her, at least she was able to confirm the mutual love. Perhaps it was a happy ending for him as well, as he realized that it doesn't matter what kind of world he is placed in and how Aisha even looks like, he just knows- that he deeply loves her.
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Stargate ― fin.
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note:
There is an epilogue that is posted at the same time as this chapter, since the two chapters are so short!
And with this, every secret about Stargate is revealed and this is the official ending!
I'd say it can be both happy and sad ending, since the Void Princess Aisha died in the parallel world,
but the Elemental Master Aisha is alive! And with that, Elsword learns he must value his love!
Although I did mention that every BGM will have moon/star/light in the title, the title translates to Firefly's Love!
There is 'light' in Firefly in Korean so I just used this lmao. /pls I couldn't find a song that had happy and sad feeling except this.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!
thank you guys for reading,
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replies:
Preneli: HAHA SORRY BUT YOU CAN SEE IT CAN ALSO BE A HAPPY ENDING! Hope you enjoyed! Please don't forget to read the epilogue as well!
