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Chapter 5: A gift from heaven
Shelly walked around barefoot. She had never left the bridge hoping to be rejoined with Eric one day. Every day hope seemed to slip away, but she refused to give it up and pass on. Shelly wanted to wait for Eric, even though he might never come to her again. She knew that, if she would pass on, she could watch Eric from above, but she didn't want that. She didn't want to observe helplessly the one she really loved. She wanted to be with him, and nothing else. The wind touched the green leafs of the trees, slightly moving them up and down. The sky was blue as always and not one cloud drifted by. The water under the bridge rippled and went down the waterfall at the end of the river. The waves in the water suddenly seemed bigger than usual. The wind now carried whispers. Shelly listened to what they said, but she couldn't understand the words. Usually the whispers would tell Shelly to move on, and to walk into the light. Shelly refused those voices and stayed near the bridge.
These whispers were different. They now became louder and they sounded like real voices. Shelly could pick some of them out and listened to their words. The words were separated by high shrieking noises and it seemed a dozen voices said the same thing at once. "Leave....In trouble...Mad....Eric..." These words troubled Shelly. Especially because she wasn't able to verify something was wrong with Eric. Even if she could, she wouldn't be able to help him. She felt tortured by the people that lived in the light. Shelly thought they only said this to persuade her to come to them in the light. She wanted to scream. Scream she wouldn't come to them before she got together with Eric. Instead she didn't say anything. She just looked at the bridge and at the point Eric vanished. She sat down on a rock near the end of the bridge and put her head in her hands. She didn't weep, but she was sad. She thought about Eric and how he had made her happy. More and more she believed they were
meant for each other. That their being together was part of a bigger plan. But then she wondered why they had deserved this cruel a fate. The answers wouldn't come until they were back together again.
Shelly sat there for hours when she felt change. She looked up and saw a light, which seemed different than the other light that called for her. It was more like a rift and it got bigger. When it reached up to Shelly's chin, it stopped expanding. A small child came walking out and looked up. The kid smiled and walked towards the bridge. Shelly was amazed and she didn't move at first. "Come." The little child put out his hand and reached for Shelly's arm. His face was that of an innocent little human being. His hair curled down his neck and touched his shoulders. He couldn't be over eight years old, seen his posture and height. Shelly now walked over to the boy and took his hand. They both walked over the bridge and stopped precisely at the middle. The little boy motioned Shelly to look down. At the exact spot Eric disappeared, a rift, like the one the boy came out of, opened. "Your friend is in trouble. You can go and help him if you want, but be careful. You will have to
become like him. Otherwise you cannot understand what he's doing. Once you save him, you have to come back, or else you have to stay on earth forever." The little boy said this without raising his head to look at Shelly. "If becoming a Crow like Eric helps him, then that's what I want to do. Will Eric join me after this is over?" Shelly looked at the child with hope in her eyes. This was the first time in a long while Shelly really felt she and Eric would be together at last. "I cannot say he will. Maybe, when his time has come to pass on, he will join you after this. It's not up to me to make decisions about that. You must hurry now, because the road to earth is a painful and difficult one. Eric can still be saved, but every minute it becomes more difficult to help him. When you wait much longer, no one can help him, and he will be doomed to drift the earth forever. Now, go!" Shelly looked around the scenery. She was going to leave the place that had been her home for many
years. Shelly thought about all the good times Eric and she had, and she jumped of the bridge into the rift.
She found herself in a dark room. She stood on a platform in a room of emptiness. She didn't know what to do. "Hello? Is someone there?" She tried to see past the darkness that surrounded her, but she couldn't see anything that could help her. Suddenly the room became brighter. Shades of red and orange filled her eyes. She looked down and saw she wasn't wearing her dress anymore. A strange black outfit had formed around her body, but it felt comfortable, so Shelly didn't pay it much attention. Her eyes looked up and saw a very strange phenomenon. Thousands of small vortexes rose from the red-orange floor and went up to what appeared to be the top of the room. For as far as the eye could see little vortexes originated from the floor and went up. Shelly normally would stay to admire the beauty of this spectacle, but there were more important things to do. She started walking, avoiding any contact with the vortexes, because she didn't know what they would do to her. When she
had walked for a couple of hours she started to get tired. She wanted to sit down, but her heart told her to keep moving for Eric's sake, and so she did. After a while Shelly decided to take a closer look at one of the vortexes. She walked over to one on her left. Her face was only inches away from its surface when, instantly, all the little vortexes disappeared. Shelly was startled and fell back. As she lay there on the floor, she heard a loud noise. Right in front of her the ground began to shake. Suddenly a huge vortex came jumping out of the ground and pierced its way through the roof. A bright light came out of the hole the vortex had made. Shelly was still lying on the ground and she was too shook up to stand. The vortex disappeared after a while and a spiral stairway replaced it. Shelly got up and walked over to it. She looked at it with question in her eyes. She didn't know whether or not to climb these stairs. Then she felt something familiar calling her. She put
her foot on the first step and then she began the great climb towards the hole in the roof.
On a graveyard near the city, a big black crow flew to a gravestone. There were two identical gravestones next to each other. One of them had the name `Eric Draven' on it. The other said `Shelly Webster'. The big bird landed on that one and looked down. Lightning lit the sky and the snow turned into rain. The crow shrieked and looked up. A hand came out of the soil under the gravestone. It reached out in the air for someone to lift it up. No one came to help, so it began to push away the dirt. Another hand appeared and soon a whole body. Dressed in black, the figure stood tall and the crow sat down on her shoulder. Shelly was back on earth, but was still a bit confused. Her head was pointed down and her eyes searched the ground. They stopped looking at Eric's gravestone next to Shelly's. "We will be together again." Shelly's voice was hoarse and filled with pain and sorrow. Shelly ran off, the crow following her. She went to their apartment. She had to know what had happened
all the time she was gone.
She got to the apartment and opened the door. The strips were still on the door. "do not cross, police line." And "Crime scene" were painted black on yellow and covered the door completely. Shelly came in and was surprised when she saw nothing had been changed by Eric. Everything was exactly the same. She picked up a blanket from the floor and she got her first vision. All the pain Eric had been in and everything he had done when Shelly was gone flashed in her head. When the vision ended, Shelly knew everything. Her face had changed. She looked like the Crow himself. Her face completely white, her lips and eyes black. "We will be together again. I know it!" Shelly looked out the broken window at the black sky. Her crow flew in and landed on the table next to her. Shelly ran towards the door and into the hallway. The crow followed her instantly.
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Chapter 5: A gift from heaven
Shelly walked around barefoot. She had never left the bridge hoping to be rejoined with Eric one day. Every day hope seemed to slip away, but she refused to give it up and pass on. Shelly wanted to wait for Eric, even though he might never come to her again. She knew that, if she would pass on, she could watch Eric from above, but she didn't want that. She didn't want to observe helplessly the one she really loved. She wanted to be with him, and nothing else. The wind touched the green leafs of the trees, slightly moving them up and down. The sky was blue as always and not one cloud drifted by. The water under the bridge rippled and went down the waterfall at the end of the river. The waves in the water suddenly seemed bigger than usual. The wind now carried whispers. Shelly listened to what they said, but she couldn't understand the words. Usually the whispers would tell Shelly to move on, and to walk into the light. Shelly refused those voices and stayed near the bridge.
These whispers were different. They now became louder and they sounded like real voices. Shelly could pick some of them out and listened to their words. The words were separated by high shrieking noises and it seemed a dozen voices said the same thing at once. "Leave....In trouble...Mad....Eric..." These words troubled Shelly. Especially because she wasn't able to verify something was wrong with Eric. Even if she could, she wouldn't be able to help him. She felt tortured by the people that lived in the light. Shelly thought they only said this to persuade her to come to them in the light. She wanted to scream. Scream she wouldn't come to them before she got together with Eric. Instead she didn't say anything. She just looked at the bridge and at the point Eric vanished. She sat down on a rock near the end of the bridge and put her head in her hands. She didn't weep, but she was sad. She thought about Eric and how he had made her happy. More and more she believed they were
meant for each other. That their being together was part of a bigger plan. But then she wondered why they had deserved this cruel a fate. The answers wouldn't come until they were back together again.
Shelly sat there for hours when she felt change. She looked up and saw a light, which seemed different than the other light that called for her. It was more like a rift and it got bigger. When it reached up to Shelly's chin, it stopped expanding. A small child came walking out and looked up. The kid smiled and walked towards the bridge. Shelly was amazed and she didn't move at first. "Come." The little child put out his hand and reached for Shelly's arm. His face was that of an innocent little human being. His hair curled down his neck and touched his shoulders. He couldn't be over eight years old, seen his posture and height. Shelly now walked over to the boy and took his hand. They both walked over the bridge and stopped precisely at the middle. The little boy motioned Shelly to look down. At the exact spot Eric disappeared, a rift, like the one the boy came out of, opened. "Your friend is in trouble. You can go and help him if you want, but be careful. You will have to
become like him. Otherwise you cannot understand what he's doing. Once you save him, you have to come back, or else you have to stay on earth forever." The little boy said this without raising his head to look at Shelly. "If becoming a Crow like Eric helps him, then that's what I want to do. Will Eric join me after this is over?" Shelly looked at the child with hope in her eyes. This was the first time in a long while Shelly really felt she and Eric would be together at last. "I cannot say he will. Maybe, when his time has come to pass on, he will join you after this. It's not up to me to make decisions about that. You must hurry now, because the road to earth is a painful and difficult one. Eric can still be saved, but every minute it becomes more difficult to help him. When you wait much longer, no one can help him, and he will be doomed to drift the earth forever. Now, go!" Shelly looked around the scenery. She was going to leave the place that had been her home for many
years. Shelly thought about all the good times Eric and she had, and she jumped of the bridge into the rift.
She found herself in a dark room. She stood on a platform in a room of emptiness. She didn't know what to do. "Hello? Is someone there?" She tried to see past the darkness that surrounded her, but she couldn't see anything that could help her. Suddenly the room became brighter. Shades of red and orange filled her eyes. She looked down and saw she wasn't wearing her dress anymore. A strange black outfit had formed around her body, but it felt comfortable, so Shelly didn't pay it much attention. Her eyes looked up and saw a very strange phenomenon. Thousands of small vortexes rose from the red-orange floor and went up to what appeared to be the top of the room. For as far as the eye could see little vortexes originated from the floor and went up. Shelly normally would stay to admire the beauty of this spectacle, but there were more important things to do. She started walking, avoiding any contact with the vortexes, because she didn't know what they would do to her. When she
had walked for a couple of hours she started to get tired. She wanted to sit down, but her heart told her to keep moving for Eric's sake, and so she did. After a while Shelly decided to take a closer look at one of the vortexes. She walked over to one on her left. Her face was only inches away from its surface when, instantly, all the little vortexes disappeared. Shelly was startled and fell back. As she lay there on the floor, she heard a loud noise. Right in front of her the ground began to shake. Suddenly a huge vortex came jumping out of the ground and pierced its way through the roof. A bright light came out of the hole the vortex had made. Shelly was still lying on the ground and she was too shook up to stand. The vortex disappeared after a while and a spiral stairway replaced it. Shelly got up and walked over to it. She looked at it with question in her eyes. She didn't know whether or not to climb these stairs. Then she felt something familiar calling her. She put
her foot on the first step and then she began the great climb towards the hole in the roof.
On a graveyard near the city, a big black crow flew to a gravestone. There were two identical gravestones next to each other. One of them had the name `Eric Draven' on it. The other said `Shelly Webster'. The big bird landed on that one and looked down. Lightning lit the sky and the snow turned into rain. The crow shrieked and looked up. A hand came out of the soil under the gravestone. It reached out in the air for someone to lift it up. No one came to help, so it began to push away the dirt. Another hand appeared and soon a whole body. Dressed in black, the figure stood tall and the crow sat down on her shoulder. Shelly was back on earth, but was still a bit confused. Her head was pointed down and her eyes searched the ground. They stopped looking at Eric's gravestone next to Shelly's. "We will be together again." Shelly's voice was hoarse and filled with pain and sorrow. Shelly ran off, the crow following her. She went to their apartment. She had to know what had happened
all the time she was gone.
She got to the apartment and opened the door. The strips were still on the door. "do not cross, police line." And "Crime scene" were painted black on yellow and covered the door completely. Shelly came in and was surprised when she saw nothing had been changed by Eric. Everything was exactly the same. She picked up a blanket from the floor and she got her first vision. All the pain Eric had been in and everything he had done when Shelly was gone flashed in her head. When the vision ended, Shelly knew everything. Her face had changed. She looked like the Crow himself. Her face completely white, her lips and eyes black. "We will be together again. I know it!" Shelly looked out the broken window at the black sky. Her crow flew in and landed on the table next to her. Shelly ran towards the door and into the hallway. The crow followed her instantly.