-Hello again, and sorry that yet again I have taken forever to write another chapter, school has been annoyingly busy, but yeah, sorry. Well, enjoy!
"What do you mean, Aion?" Chrono asked, just to make sure he heard her right.
"That's what he said his name was," she replied, wiping tears slowly from her eyes.
"Did you see what he looked like?" Chrono asked, staring her straight in the eyes.
"No, no I didn't," she trailed off, staring at her hands.
It was at that moment Chrono heard the door behind him open, as it creaked slightly. Rosette stood in the doorway, her hair fuzzy slightly from her tossing and turning in her sleeping state. Her dress was wrinkled slightly, the small grooves casting petite shadows on the cloth's rich colors.
"Chrono, what happened?" she rubbed her rough blonde hair and looking at him with sleep muddled eyes.
"You're okay, you just passed out," he got up, briskly walking over to her.
"I'm fine, my head just hurts, who's… Are you Marie Drake?" she asked, staring at Marie as she was leaning on the thick wooden side of a pew, carefully sitting leaning away from the mold that was infesting the oak's thick grain.
"Yes, I am, but who are you, and how do you know my name?" she asked cautiously.
"I saw what happened here, I don't know how, but I saw what happened," she replied, walking over to Marie with a sad face. She felt pity for the young girl in front of her.
"You saw?? You mean you saw the past? You saw what happened?" she asked, looking slightly shocked.
"I saw it all the way up until the wall over there was blown in, then the vision faded, how long ago was that?" she asked Marie, who stood there silently.
"A while ago," was her reply as she stared at her feet sadly, feeling tear sting at her eyes like needles, and she bit her lip.
"Who did that?" Rosette asked, pointing at the broken wall, and inadvertently at the cross.
"Aion," Chrono and Marie replied at the same time.
"What?!?" Rosette couldn't hide the shock of hearing that name.
"I only know his name, I didn't get to see him," she replied, casting her glance back downwards.
"Why didn't you see him?" Chrono asked, beating Rosette to the chase.
"Well, it's… complicated…"she muttered, biting her lip. She didn't realize just how hard she was biting it until she felt the coppery taste of blood enter her mouth. She just forced herself to swallow it, and wiped the small dribble of blood that made it's way slowly down her chin.
"Wait, how long ago did this happen?" Chrono asked, narrowing his eyes at her.
"Ah… about forty seven years ago," she replied, a blush rising on her pale cheeks as Rosette stared at her intently.
"But, when I saw the past of his church, you looked the same!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide in surprise.
"There's a reason for that," she responded, fiddling with her blue curls.
"And what would that be?" Chrono asked, placing himself between Rosette and Marie, now wary of the girl.
"Like I said, I didn't see Aion. I heard him. The moment the wall burst in, I remember me and Brian running for the door. But the crowd was strong, very strong, and we didn't make it out. Mrs. Thompson didn't make it out either, but she died quickly, struck in the head with a brick. My brother, Brian, forced me to the ground, but his leg got trapped under a wooden beam from the ceiling and he couldn't get off, he was covering me, and my sight. I remember hearing his voice, it was terrible. And I remember Brian pleading with him that he would not kill me, and he said he wouldn't," she stopped for a breath, and Chrono seized the opportunity to jut in his thoughts.
"What do you mean, he listened to your brother?" he asked, now slightly shocked.
"Correct. My brother just pleaded 'please, do whatever you want with me, but leave my sister alone!' he cried out. I lay pinned underneath him, crying. I never wanted to hear my brother ever have to say anything like that. And then, it laughed, this horrible laugh. It sounded like people suffering and dying. And it spoke 'so you want me to spare your sister, how touching.' And my brother replied 'Yes, do anything you want with me, but please, let my sister live,' I cried out to him, asking him to please stop, that he was scaring me. And it just laughed to him 'well, I will do it if you blindfold your sister,' and I remember him whispering 'Fine,' and he did his best to get off of me, and I felt him take the ribbon out of my hair, and place it over my eyes. I had yet to see what was going on, and then I heard it chuckle to him. 'I did what you wanted, demon, now let my sister go,' he yelled at him. Next thing I knew, I heard the beam being lifted off of my brother and I felt his weight be lifted off my body. I lay there trembling, and then I heard it, my brother screamed and I felt some kind of wet, warm liquid splatter across my face. And I heard it speak 'I will keep my promise to him,' he laughed cruelly, and I felt something touch my head, and then, pain, blinding pain filled my body like fire, it filled my head and he just laughed 'forever you will live with his death on your heart, he died because of you!' and I just cried, wishing the pain away, and in my pain I cried out to him 'what is your name' and he replied 'Aion' and I passed out. By the time I woke up, I ripped the ribbon off my eyes, and saw my brother's lifeless form laying in front of me, and worse, I realized what he had done," she stopped, becoming to emotional to talk the tears pouring out her eyes as she squeezed them shut, as if trying to keep the tears in.
"What do you mean, you'd live forever? Is that metaphorical?" Chrono asked, moving slowly back to Rosette's side.
"No, he cursed me, and because of that, I stay here, trying to right what happened," she replied solemnly.
"And what happened?" Rosette asked, though she guessed what had.
"He made me a demon…" she trailed off.
-There we go, tell me what you think, again I had writers block! Thanks, review please!