Ansem Revived here. There's this really cool story called 'Romancing the Dream' on ff.net's OS category. Read it and review it. Why, you ask? BECAUSE I SAID SO! THAT'S WHY! Plus, that story has more potential than mine will ever have. Here's the next chapter, Chioces.
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Reading is darkness, so I like it.
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Decent into the Darkness
Written by: Ansem Revived.
Chapter 5: Choices
(A.N. this whole chapter is about a dream sequence, so try not to be confused)
Melfina…
Melfina…
"Where am I?" The woman looked around, trying to find her loved one. "Gene, are you here?"
My child…
Look at where you are.
Melfina gazed at what suddenly appeared around her. Or what was above and below her actually.
Above her…light. Burning, piercing light.
Below her…darkness. Cold, fearful darkness.
She also noticed a green border surrounding her. Upon closer inspection, Melfina saw that it was stained glass. It was so great in detail, that it would actually break into a million pieces.
"It's cold in here." She started to shiver. Melfina wrapped her arms around herself and realized…she was naked. This shook her up a bit. Since Gene wasn't here, she thought those…pirates had kidnapped her. Oh please. Please don't let them hurt me.
Don't worry.
"Who said that? S-show yourself!" Then it happened, two symbols appeared in front of her. She recognized them instantly.
"The leyline?"
She was right. The symbols were the signs of the Galactic Leyline. They would still haunt her mind, the S-shaped dragon with a dot above and below it.
There's something different about these. I can actually feel from them. Melfina walked up and touched the black one on her left.
Sorrow…Hatred…Anger. She stepped away from it. Then it disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. Startled by this, she almost wasn't ging to feel the white one. But her curiosity pulled her to do so.
Happiness…Love…Joy. She stepped away from this one, too. And like it's counterpart, it disappeared in a cloud of white mist.
Melfina…"Who are you? Why are you doing this to me?"
Answer my questions and you will be free to do as you please.
The mysterious voice seemed to be coming from everywhere. Melfina tried to see if she could recognize the voice from somewhere. Nobody. The only distinct trait it had was that it belonged to a male and probably in their mid-ages.
She was reluctant to reply, but her urge of trying to get back home overpowered her. "Okay, I will."
Great. Now let's get started. The voice seemed to be excited.
To love somebody, what would you have to see in that person?Melfina thought for a moment. She couldn't really answer the voice's question. Then, she started to think about Gene. About that time inside the Leyline, where he wished for them to be together always. She answered. "That they would care for me. Take care of me. Protect me."
Good, Good. Now, what if someone hurts you in a way that you would never want to be hurt? Would you forgive them?
The android answered briefly. "Yes, because everyone needs to be forgiven. Regardless of how horrible their actions were."
Final question…what is your greatest desire?
"My greatest desire?" Melfina thought for a moment again. Her greatest desire has already been granted, so there hasn't been nothing she wanted. She answered the only desire in her now. "To find out who you are."
Silence.
"What happened? Hello, are you still there?" Nothing.
You are balanced enough…
Look to where the light inside guides you.
Save me from the growing…infinite…darkness that grows.
The one you love…he shall be the one who locks the way to the scales.
Your friends will help you on your journey to the scales, but be warned…there is darkness growing in the one who is not real.
You must stop him before he can put his grasp upon me. His wish being fulfilled.
Listen to me…there are others. Others who have yet to realize that they were meant to accompany you. Do not find them…
they will find you. And always remember…
Never let you friends peer too deeply into the darkness. They will accept the darkness within them, regardless of all their present joy and happiness. One more thing..
Don't become like me...
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I've nothing to say.
Ansem Revived