Hey hey hey! Sorry about the long chapter wait, no one was reading Chapter 9, so I thought I would wait a little while to post. Well, don't worry, Esther's not dead! Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 10: A Second Chance
Esther woke up staring at a white floor.
Or at least, she thought it was.
She got up and looked around.
She was in a white...nothing.
It wasn't a room.
It was...a nothing.
Like an empty space.
Except, everything was white.
Of in the distance, Esther saw a tiny palm tree, swaying in the breeze.
Wait.
Breeze?
There was no breeze.
She ran toward it.
It got bigger as she got closer.
She finally got to it.
There, she noticed a girl with long, spikey black hair.
She looked about Luna's age.
Fourteen.
She was sitting by the palm tree, her back leaning on the trunk.
Esther cautiously crept up to her.
"Um...hello? Uh...who are you? Where am I?"
The girl turned her head in Esther's direction.
She had black eyes like Dark's. But these were kind, soft black eyes.
She didn't look surprised to see a total stranger by her.
"Oh. Hello Esther. Please, sit down, will you? My name is Eve. Welcome to Nowhere."
Esther sat down and stared at Eve.
"Uh... how did you know my name? And... how did I get here?"
"Well, your name is on your forehead, and you're here because I want to help you."
"Wait, what? My name is on my..." Esther trailed off and touched her forehead.
She ran her fingers along her name. She felt them pop out.
"Oh...well...wait. What do you mean, you brought me here because you want to help me?"
"Yes, that's correct."
"And how are you going to do that? I'm sort of...well...dead, at the moment. I don't think there's anything you can do. I screwed up. I let Jack get in the way of my family and friends. And now everybody is gonna die, and it's all my fault. I'm not a warrior. I'm a failure." Esther moaned.
"Well, first of all, I CAN help you, and second of all, no one's going to die. I stopped time up there. Right after you were killed. Now, they can't talk, or move. They can breathe and think, but that's it."
Esther stared at her.
"Wow...sooo...how are you going to help me if I'm dead?"
"Simple. I'll just bring you back to life."
Esther shook her head.
"Ah. Yes. How simple. How silly of me. Of course. You'll just...bring me back to life. Hm. As easy as that. Yes."
"If you don't believe me, I can prove it to you. Take my hand."
Esther did.
Eve closed her eyes.
There were a few seconds.
Then, suddenly, Esther wasn't in Nowhere.
She was back in the room where she was killed.
There, on the floor, bound in chains, were Luna and Mickey, frozen in mid scream. Their mouths were open. Their eyes were wide.
Then she looked at Bloody Snake. He was frozen in mid laugh. His slit eyes were shut, and his mouth was wide open. Same with Dark, except his eyes were not slits.
Esther punched Bloody Snake in the face. He didn't move.
"Esther, you know, he can't feel anything." Eve said.
Esther grunted.
Eve walked over to Luna and Mickey, closed her eyes, and waited.
A few seconds later, Luna and Mickey's chains broke and they became un frozen.
Luna fell to the floor, sobbing.
Mickey fell to the floor, but quickly looked up at Esther and Eve.
"Esther! And...uh."
Eve smiled at him.
"Hello. My name is Eve."
"Uh...right. Eve."
Esther pulled Luna up and looked her in the eyes.
"Luna...Luna. It's me. I'm back. Ok?"
Luna words came out with sobs mixed in between them.
"But...but Bloody Snake...he...he killed...you."
"Yeah, yeah he did. But Eve brought me back. Were fine now."
Mickey got up.
"We should go." He said gravely.
"Yes, we should. And quickly. I can only hold time for so long." Eve said.
So they flew out of the dungeon, just as Bloody Snake and Dark were un freezing, and they flew off to the Dark Cloud.
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Once they got to the Dark Cloud, they walked inside.
Rosalina and T.M. were their.
Rosalina had red, puffy eyes, so you knew she had been crying.
She was getting her long hunting knives.
T.M. was getting his bow, as a single tear ran down his cheek.
Rosalina looked up and her eyes widened.
"OH! Esther! Luna! Mickey! And..." Rosalina trailed off once she laid eyes on Eve.
"Eve." Eve replied.
T.M. looked up and stared at his daughters, and his friend, as their friend.
Then, slowly, a grin spread over his face.
"Esther! Luna! Mickey! How did you..."
Rosalina came over and hugged each one of them tightly, except for Eve.
When she was done, Esther told their story of what happened.
Once she was done, Rosalina shook her head and looked at Esther.
"Oh...sweetie...I'm...I'm sorry about Jack."
Esther looked down at her shoes and mumbled,
"It's fine."
Rosalina turned to Eve and smiled.
"Thank you for helping my daughter. Will you help us with this war? We could really use your help."
Eve looked her straight in the eye and frowned.
"I'm very sorry, and I wish I could but, I can't."
Rosalina closed her eyes and nodded.
"I understand. Thank you anyway."
T.M. turned to Eve and nodded.
"Yeah, thanks for helpin' my daughter."
He stuck out his hand to shake hers.
She smiled and stuck out her hand to shake his.
When they were done, T.M. stared at her.
Eve looked at him.
"What? Did I do something wrong?" She asked lightly.
"Uh...no...it's just...my hand..." He trailed off.
"...Is a skel hand, yes I know." Eve finished.
"Riiight...but you can't tell anyone."
"I swear on my youngest sister, I won't tell a soul."
Esther glanced at her.
"You have a sister?"
Eve didn't look at her and said a bit loudly,
"I should go now."
Esther raised an eyebrow at her but didn't say anything.
She walked into the purple portal.
Esther thought to herself,
Will I ever see her again? Hmmm...
Roslaina looked at everybody and asked,
"Do you all have your weapons? When we step on the battlefield Burn, Freeze, and Mother Nature will be alerted, and then they shall come and aid us in our battle. Is everybody ready?"
Everybody nodded.
Rosalina took a deep breath and said,
"Ok. Let's go."