Present the Past- Epilogue


Short and sweet. Enjoy.

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Eyes open. Ow- bright light. Eyes closed. A familiar smell- disinfectant...that sick smell you'd only find in a hospital. Eyes open again. Then it hit me- oh yeah. Senna hadn't really died at first, so she got 4 new people to control. This didn't go over well with us (us being me, David, Christopher and Jalil) and we decided that now, more than ever, Senna needed to die. So I had to shed some blood- the only way to kill her. But one of Senna's new pawns- who happened to be my best friend- slit my wrist, not knowing this would help. Jalil saw it, and wasted no time. He swiped my arm across Senna's face- Christopher holding back my attacker- and Senna died. Me? I got to the hospital just in time.
I almost died.
I hate Senna.
Jalil forwarded the whole story to me, everything I missed out on. But he was ushered out pretty quickly by the doctors. Apparently, I needed rest. Huh. David and Christopher hadn't visited me yet, but I was keeping faith.
My parents visited me. All they know is that someone attacked me, and my friends happened to find me just in time. Convenient, huh? We seem to be getting attacked way too many times lately.
The door opened, and Jalil, David, and Christopher walked in. Uncanny, huh? David stood, while Jalil and Christopher took the chairs. I gave a weak smile, but I knew it turned out looking like a grimace. They each smiled back in turn.
"April... we're really glad you're okay," Christopher spoke first.
"Yeah. What Magda did was completely uncalled for, but we did what we had to. I hope you have no hard feelings about that?" David asked softly.
I shook my head. "Never. We did what we had to." David took my hand, and gave it a gentle squeeze. Jalil nodded towards a vase of daisies on the table next to my hospital bed.
"We got you those," he said.
I turned my head and noticed for the first time that there *were* daises in the room. And at that moment, I realized that I loved these people more than anything in the world. We'd been through Everworld together. We'd been through thick and thin, and in the end, there's no one I'd rather have gone through it all with. I could feel tears welling up. I was cared for. Not only by parents, from whom it's expected, but by my three best friends.
"Thank you... thank you so much," I said. I sounded pathetic. I didn't care.
"You're welcome," they all took turns in saying. I was smiling and I didn't even realize it. Christopher sensed that I was feeling better almost immediately, and stood up. He and David walked out of the room, leaving me and Jalil by ourselves.
"April, I feel I have to say this... I didn't tell you before... but if you didn't make it..." he started.
"But I did, Jalil. I'm... I'm better than ever," I said. And I actually believed myself.
Then he smiled, leaned forward and kissed me on the forehead. "See you later, April."
"Bye," I said, as he left the room. I was by myself, alone with my thoughts. Reflecting on memories of Everworld trips.
Well, there won't *be* any more Everworld trips.
And there won't be any more Senna.
And I'm gonna be okay.

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Fini!
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