Devastation
Ch.1
Just the Beginning
After Will has returned to his world (ours) and Lyra returns to hers, Lyra and Will decide to make their lives worth living. Lyra decides to study the alethiometer and Will decides to give up and go to jail because of the serious crimes he committed. Mary is devastated at this and tries to bail him out, but with everything that had gone on she was left with nothing. Lyra studies the alethiometer and finally gets it straight again after 50 years. Will is still in jail at that time; but now that Lyra has the ability to read the alethiometer once again she asks it, "Where can i find Will?" the answer comes in an instant. "You will find him after you go back in time..." Lyra pondered this for a second then asked, "How?" the answer was, " by thinking of the past..." Lyra did just that and all of a sudden was warped back in time. "Whoa," Lyra said as she was once again re-living her childhood. She looked around, she realized this was the place where she had parted with her world and journeyed far off to face her destiny. She looked up at the sky- no window. "Oh no," Lyra said. She thought and then asked the alethiometer "how will i get to Will?" "You will find him by going to the future..." so Lyra thought of her future; only this time it was fantasized. She was with Will living happily. She found herself drifting off into a daze...
All at once she was in our world. She didn't recognize it at first though. "Where am I?" she asked herself. Still a child she looked around at the busy city and figured that she should go to Mary. When she finally realized where to go she arrived at Mary's within 1 minute. Mary looked up from her work and Lyra at first didn't recognize her.
"Mary?" Lyra asked, still unsure of things.
"Lyra?" Mary asked anxiously. They ran towards each other with open arms.
"Where's Will?" Lyra asked as the reunion stopped. Mary then suddenly let out a cry.
"Oh I'm so sorry Lyra, but he had to go, he had to!" she sobbed.
"What? Go where?" asked a confused Lyra.
"To...jail!" Mary wailed.
"What jail-" but Lyra was cut off.
"I don't know!" Mary said still sobbing. Lyra then pulled out the alethiometer. "Where has Will gone?" she asked it. "Someplace here but not." was the reply. "Someplace here but not? What's that supposed to mean?" she asked herself...
Back in the jailhouse that was kept *secret* Will was in his cell being bored and thinking about anything that came to mind. He looked around. Time has passed, that's why Lyra hadn't been sure of Mary. But time had seemed to pass Will by. Still looking 12 he got up and went to the sink. There underneath lay a gun. "My life isn't worth living without Lyra," he said. He picked up the gun, which was loaded and pointed it at him. He pulled the trigger and the blast was mind-blowing. He lay there on the floor his last thought was of Lyra. But Lyra was right there when it had happened. Somehow she had sensed where Will had been and saw him commit suicide. She sank to the floor. She started crying so hard that she couldn't breathe. She climbed inside the cell where Will lay. She put her head on his heart that was slowing dying away. Then she thought her last thought (of Will) breathed her last breath, looked around at the world she was never to return to and killed herself.
Ch.1
Just the Beginning
After Will has returned to his world (ours) and Lyra returns to hers, Lyra and Will decide to make their lives worth living. Lyra decides to study the alethiometer and Will decides to give up and go to jail because of the serious crimes he committed. Mary is devastated at this and tries to bail him out, but with everything that had gone on she was left with nothing. Lyra studies the alethiometer and finally gets it straight again after 50 years. Will is still in jail at that time; but now that Lyra has the ability to read the alethiometer once again she asks it, "Where can i find Will?" the answer comes in an instant. "You will find him after you go back in time..." Lyra pondered this for a second then asked, "How?" the answer was, " by thinking of the past..." Lyra did just that and all of a sudden was warped back in time. "Whoa," Lyra said as she was once again re-living her childhood. She looked around, she realized this was the place where she had parted with her world and journeyed far off to face her destiny. She looked up at the sky- no window. "Oh no," Lyra said. She thought and then asked the alethiometer "how will i get to Will?" "You will find him by going to the future..." so Lyra thought of her future; only this time it was fantasized. She was with Will living happily. She found herself drifting off into a daze...
All at once she was in our world. She didn't recognize it at first though. "Where am I?" she asked herself. Still a child she looked around at the busy city and figured that she should go to Mary. When she finally realized where to go she arrived at Mary's within 1 minute. Mary looked up from her work and Lyra at first didn't recognize her.
"Mary?" Lyra asked, still unsure of things.
"Lyra?" Mary asked anxiously. They ran towards each other with open arms.
"Where's Will?" Lyra asked as the reunion stopped. Mary then suddenly let out a cry.
"Oh I'm so sorry Lyra, but he had to go, he had to!" she sobbed.
"What? Go where?" asked a confused Lyra.
"To...jail!" Mary wailed.
"What jail-" but Lyra was cut off.
"I don't know!" Mary said still sobbing. Lyra then pulled out the alethiometer. "Where has Will gone?" she asked it. "Someplace here but not." was the reply. "Someplace here but not? What's that supposed to mean?" she asked herself...
Back in the jailhouse that was kept *secret* Will was in his cell being bored and thinking about anything that came to mind. He looked around. Time has passed, that's why Lyra hadn't been sure of Mary. But time had seemed to pass Will by. Still looking 12 he got up and went to the sink. There underneath lay a gun. "My life isn't worth living without Lyra," he said. He picked up the gun, which was loaded and pointed it at him. He pulled the trigger and the blast was mind-blowing. He lay there on the floor his last thought was of Lyra. But Lyra was right there when it had happened. Somehow she had sensed where Will had been and saw him commit suicide. She sank to the floor. She started crying so hard that she couldn't breathe. She climbed inside the cell where Will lay. She put her head on his heart that was slowing dying away. Then she thought her last thought (of Will) breathed her last breath, looked around at the world she was never to return to and killed herself.