World Revolution

In the darkness we join our hands

Lashed together in a duel, we could not escape.

Time itself rises against us, those who would save these lands. We try to murder the god of time; we strive to strike down fate.

The monster that created us, just a dream, an illusion.

Or something darker still…caught us in this confusion.

He gave us fire, made us into creatures of hate.

Our triumphs only go to feed…this parasite, this cruel twist of fate

The Dark Mage on my left, my true love on my right.

We band together and attack this endless night.

I am not yet a woman, yet witnessed man's evolution

We make our stand, this cause, this World Revolution.

The Mage scorns this thing. It took from him all he holds dear. Yet even in all his sorrow, one thousand score murders and he cannot shed a tear. To miss the only one who gave him a chance in life? To have all of his days filled with grief and strife.

My lover, a force of light. A proud crusader against this creature's might. He struggles to live, to carry out this task. He is silent as the grave, but I know it's only a mask. He fights for me, his country, his home. He wishes only to be free, to have the wide lands to roam. I have never heard his voice, yet know his every thought. He is a Samurai that steel, sinew and Lightning have wrought.

The creature mocks us as he again changes form. The sound is hollow and filled with hateful scorn.

"Why resist, you'll only fail. No one will remember you. None will live to tell your tale".

I watch as my comrades strike, and I think of those we left behind. I think of how without my curiosity, to this we would have been blind.

I grip my crossbow with all my strength, I chant a healing spell. I revive the mage, who just had died-lest he arrive in hell. My hands can heal, hasten and slay with an arctic freeze. Yet the thought of the kill brings me to my knees. A royal prison was not enough for me. The call of adventure, I yearned to be free. I met my lover at the fair, lied to him at first. Then my pendant revealed to me the Great Fire's curse. A curse upon my line, to succumb to this Hell. I saw the Magi's past and was whisked into mine as well. I wish that I had not known the Knowledge of this world's untimely execution…

As we stand here, in victory's glow, in this World Revolution.

-ShiniGami