Flowing white; the dry clouds come. Wind, seething, the humble prayer; the sorrow falls. The waves steal the castle; prayer being fanned by the wind. Spiraling whips; the world is chaos. The clock stops; the ocean is no more. The world lights; no more time rises, and my hands turn cold. The waves steal my sand castle, and you are left in its wake; oh to you. Miss Alice, do you not fear your kingdom of sand? Prayer of dreams; the spiral of glass; does it fascinate you? Humble prayers at the turn of a hand; metallic taste; liquefied air; the tables have turned, and your sand is gone. Memories radiate; blood churns; no innocent shall be spared. To whom shall you throw your love? Burning sand; towering eclipse; life is lost. The heat of fire; the lap of your tongue; the world has cooled, and I cannot sing songs of love anymore. Still you do not answer me.
The grey clouds rapped around Luke; his feet lightly touching down on the side of a cliff. The winds knew where they wanted to take him, and so here he was; landing on the shores of Japan. Blossoming cherry tree's burst around the small cliff space, and Luke slowly dropped to his feet. The beautifully placed blossoms easily merged into the forest which lay behind the mountain lift, and a few boulders were scattered here and there. The place was too dangerous and too high elevated for humans to trek, so finding peace was very easy for the broken spirit. The cliff broke off into the skyline resting above the desolate city, seemingly placed in the middle of nowhere. The baby blue sky faded into a warm orange hue, and the sun was just resting above the horizon. Enormous pillow like clouds scattered their fluffy like aperture around the atmosphere and Luke felt even more at a loss.
The scene was so beautiful, so peaceful, but he was not. His soul was broken; crying, and screaming for release from the torment that plagued it. He had lost control, sure Pitch may have deserved it, but that still was no excuse for the violent actions Luke played out. Crimson blind rage took hold of him, and he was gone; broken from the world. His light snuffed out, and shrouded within the midnight abyss.
The wind tousled his chestnut hair; trying to console its rider, but failing to do so. Sitting down on the green shaded grass; Luke tried to roll over his thoughts. Pitch may have deserved the punishment brought upon him, hell, he deserved a lot worse! Seeing the condition Pitch had Jack in, just made Luke boil over the edge. The cruel, vile, thing named Pitch didn't deserve any kindness, not after hurting his brother.
Luke's feet dangled over the edge, and the warm air rising emanated from the spring spirit. A sigh and the youngling softly drifted his eyes to the town below. Maybe it was due to the country he was in, or the fact he was also the spirit of music; he couldn't describe it, it just, came to him. Breathlessly gazing upon the landscape, his voice rose; sweet like a rose, but harsh like thorns. His voice echoed throughout the forest, and was carried with the wind. His castle was built, risen within the sand, and Luke closed his eyes; letting the words fall upon him.
そっと流れる
白い
乾いた雲が通る
灰色のわたしは
ただじっと消えて行くのを
見てた
星を集めて
つくる砂のお城に
わたしのささやかな祈り
零れて落ちる
その足元を
待ち伏せた波がさらう
A world of darkness.
A world of silence.
消えかかる祈り
風に煽られながら
それでも灯り続けて
わたしが幾度も縺れながら
冷えゆく手で
つくる砂のお城を
待ち伏せた波がさらう
あ~あなたへ
As his voice echoed throughout and faded with the wind, a soft tear lightly fell from his face and his hazel green eyes fell. He couldn't let this happen again; he should have known better. He's always been in control; why did he lose it? The thoughts battled in his head, and he knew what must be done. He had to find Pitch.
"You know-"A voice chimed in. "That was very beautiful; could have used the cello though."
Spinning around; Luke now faced a very young looking female. She wore a short, ruffle-like cherry red dress, and her hair, curling down her back; was the same brown tint as Luke's. Her eyes resembled the rivers of wine his sister carried, and she had a black band sheltering the top of her hair. Her height certainly betrayed her lustrous voice as she only appeared to be 5 feet tall. Luke's breath hitched, and her beauty wrapped around him. She was, remarkable. Endless beauty emanated from the youngling's features and for a moment Luke was caught off balance. His demeanor regained; he found his voice lodged in his throat.
"Who are you?"
The girl dressed in cherry simply chuckled and strode her way over to his side. She didn't look towards him; she only kept her gaze to the now setting sun. The sunset was still there, but the stars were beginning to take over, it was a perfect combination of a storm and calm. The fall of the sun; the rise of the stars, it was beauty, just like she was.
"I'm a Guardian."
Luke's eyes bugged, but narrowed seconds later.
"A Guardian? The only Guardians are the big four."
"To your world yes, to mine, no."
"What do you mean?" He asked.
Her eyes sparked within the sun's rays and the stars light, and she continued to scan the town below.
"Father Time, he is our leader. We are his disciples. Together, we guard over the fine lines of time. The Guardians you know, as with Manny, protect the children of this world. We protect the timelines."
"Timelines…you mean there's more than one?"
"Of course, here look." Raising her fragile hand, but powered with the strength of the eras; she pointed to the stars which now overtook half the sky.
"Each one of those stars is a door. A door to a different timeline; yours is just one of many that exists. Some are exact alike, whilst others are completely different. It's an entire system of constants and variables."
"Wow…" Was all Luke could manage to say. "But…why are you here?"
This time, she did finally turn towards the man who stood over her.
"I am here because your world is trapped within a paradox."
"A paradox?" He asked.
"Yes, you see, I know of Jack's kidnapping. With each door shows me every outcome each timeline ends up at. Yours is trapped within a loop. When you do save young Jack, he will still be without a family, without love. Which will lead to him to start this whole process over again; he will try to end his life once more, the Man in the Moon will bring him back to this world, and Pitch Black will once again rise to power with young Jack at his disposal."
"But…I-…How can we stop this?"
"When Jack is saved, show him the love he's needed his entire life. You have 300 years of lost time to make up for. You, your family, and the Guardians all need to show Jack what it's like to be loved. Or history will only cease to repeat itself."
As Luke tossed his thoughts around within his head, his barely noticed the young girl's absence. Turning around he called out to her.
"Where are you going?" He called.
Spinning on her heel, she turned to face him.
"Back past time, I can't be gone for long. I still need to watch over the timelines; it's more delicate than you might believe."
He reached his hand out, but recalled it as he debated his words.
"Will we ever see you again?"
"If it is written within history, so it shall be."
As she turned to leave; Luke called out to her again.
"Wait! Before you go…what's your name?"
Her once mid-toned face bricked with a smile, and her eyes brightly shined within the moons light, now fully calling over the sky.
"Anna."
And with that, she was gone. A tear, seemingly ripped like a sheet of paper was born within the confines of the air where she stood, but as quickly as the tear in time took her away, it was gone. The wind softly howled, and Luke gently looked to the spot the strange woman was just at.
"If it is written within history, so it shall be…" Luke softly said to himself.
The course of this day had certainly taken a hold of the young spirits mind, and he still tried to compile the thoughts which raced in his head. The battle with Pitch, and now this; too much has happened within one day. But one thought stayed constant throughout the battle within his mind, he needed to rescue Jack; and when he did, Jack would find the Loving family he painstakingly needed. Luke would give that to his brother, if it was the last thing he did.
If you want to listen to the song Luke sung, I'll leave a link below. I STRONGLY recommend you do because it's a very beautiful song.
watch?v=mp5kHDpCRSE&list=FLJczlq7jlejo9sMc52U6cbw&index=3
I apologize for this chapter being so short. :/ I really didn't want to stretch it out because the emotions of this chapter really needed to be felt in it's entirety before continuing on.
I'm finally on spring break! Which guaranties more chapters! I'm leaving for the beach in a few days and it's about a 3 hour drive down, which gives me plenty of time to work on chapter 11 for you all.
Now this part is important; I know that on some stories I've read, when the author adds OC's into it, it becomes nice. But when the story starts revolving around the OC's and you leave the originals out; I just seem to get turned off by the story. Maybe that's just me, but it's usually what happens when I read a story like that. Which kind of leaves you to believe I'm a hypocrite because my story is heading in that direction. I can tell you now it will not.
If you haven't figured out by now, the main OC is Luke. So it will usually focus around him. But from this chapter onward I will try my hardest to center it back around to Jack and the Guardians. I'm going to grow Bunny and Jack's relationship together as friends. I've gotten a few requests for Jackrabbit, but I'm still not sure. If I get enough requests I will, but as of now no relationships will take place in this story.
What I plan on doing is making a spin-off of this once I draw this story to a close, and make the spin-off about the relationships. It could be Yaoi or Yuri, or just plain straight relationships. Lol xD It's really what you guys want. Hell, even though it's kind of weird, I'll even make Luke and Jack become lovers. Kind of gross considering that they are technically brothers but eh, I've seen worse. So let me know what you guys want!
That, was a incredibly long AU (Rant...) and I am terribly sorry. FORGIVE ME!
As a little side note, I just beat Bioshock Infinite and that's where I based my new OC off of. I really didn't do any creativeness considering (SPOILER ALERT) Elizabeth's real name is Anna. So, yeah, shoot me. Lol! Have a good weekend guys!
As always
R.W.R.