Chapter 26: The Sparking Vision
Violet had been on the ground, soul torn and body wracked with pain.
Until the Origin leaned down and whispered in her ear, and with a crack unheard by everyone, she was on her feet.
"Okay. He's ready to be separated, then?"
She shifted her newly sprouted wings, and cocked her head toward Eric's possessed body.
And she flickered into his mind, as she remembered what had happened.
"Soul connections can allow for mental teleportation, in individuals with enough willpower. You can put yourself inside his mind, and save him. You can do it once I grant you this favor."
The Origin had flashed seafoam green for a moment as he synced with her soul.
And Violet had ascended for the first time.
The meadow-grass was soft under Eric's feet.
The knoll he was standing on was constantly shifting, changing form. One moment it was a beach, the next a meadow, next a rock in the middle of the sea.
The sand under his feet changed to a base of rough rock, knocking him over.
As Eric rubbed his left arm, which he'd landed on, he thought out loud.
''Where am I?"
His voice echoed.
A soft wind wrapped around him.
It spoke to him.
"We're inside your mind."
And like that, a young woman stood before him.
Well, more so a blank slate of a young woman.
Her face was plain. Not in the sense that she was average looking, but in the sense that she had no face.
There was a pull from inside his heart.
"Who are you?"
She pulled close to him and whispered: "If you don't already know who I am, who do you want me to be?"
And a pang ripped through his chest.
Flashes of memory ran through his vision.
His whole life passed before him quickly, before slowing down.
The flashes were filled with memories of one person, then.
A young woman with soft black hair.
Her blood in the water.
A coral reef.
Brown eyes, as kind and magnificent as life itself.
A tornado of fire of every shade and hue...
And as he felt his lips on hers, a name made itself known in his mind.
Violet.
And as Violet's face replaced the blank slate, she smiled.
"Good. You passed. Now I can tell you why I'm here."
Eric, on his knees, started to get up.
"Please do."
As they stood apart, Violet spoke.
"Well. I'm here to force death out of your mind. You see," she said, as she sprouted wings, "I don't stay down long, and the Origin can be awfully helpful."
Her eyes were grey when they met his again.
"So I've been projected into here to help you. But I'll be out of commission after you regain control. I can feel the drain even now. My body wasn't ready for this much power."
She shook slightly, nearly buckling.
Eric flinched, as Violet reached out to him.
"Quickly! We have to overpower your mind's barriers to reach Death and his influence."
He reached out to her outstretched hand.
And all the seriousness faded away.
It was the two of them, reconnected.
Their love exploded, coloring the sea around them in the colors of a vibrant sunset.
They heard a voice resonate around them.
And then there was nothing. Blackness.
Death had lost control, and was being forced out.
A string reconnected him to his mind and body.
And as he regained control, flashes of white crossed across his vision.
And when he came to...
He was falling.
The sky was passing him by.
And as a spark inside of Eric burst into existence, he knew that Violet probably wasn't going to survive the fall, either.
And as Eric hit the ground, two things happened.
Markus de-fused.
And a dark globule of light started to expand into a humanoid form.
"Ah. Such power…"
And as Eric laid there, body broken and exhausted, something occurred to him.
"Violet's hurt. She's about to die. And here I am. Unable to protect her."
The Origin was next to him, then, peering down at him.
"Correct. You can't do anything. But since you've proven yourself loving already, I'll give you a favor. Promise me that when the time comes... that you'll accept the greatest burden of all. Promise me that, and I'll unlock enough of your latent potential to save her. You're ready."
Eric, without a second thought, said the only thing a desperate man would say.
"YES!"
The Origin flinched.
"Okay then. Yes it is," he said, pressing thumbs into Eric's sternum and forehead.
Eric reignited.
His eyes were furious as they changed from brown to grey.
A flash of light swam across Eric's vision.
Everything that he wanted to protect.
Not a desire.
A need.
He needed to save her.
"Without Violet, I might as well be dead!"
His shout echoed across the world, as the spark turned into a raging golden aura around him.
A burst of wind was released by his very soul, and in that moment, all of Hawaii could feel their protector's heart. His spirit.
Valiance.
Bravery.
Fearlessness.
He felt light-headed, and as his muscles expanded and wings sprouted, a halo formed around his head.
The young man had accepted the ultimate burden, and his potential was on display for all to see.
Next time on Scars in the Mirror:
Eric: Reignited!
Author's notes:
Okay, okay. Put down the pitchforks and torches. I knoooow it's been awhile. I know. Life has just been hectic. I hope everyone that read it enjoyed it.
For anyone that wants to know, this fanfic WILL be done by the end of November.
No later.