Chapter Four: New Life

Immortal Realms:

"…so, what do you say, sister?"

Nita frowned. "Kit is some power called Dehmit?" she confirmed.

Kronos nodded. "Um… why was he my partner? Dehmit I mean, not Kit."

Kronos looked at his staff, but Nita snatched it. "We'll have none of that, Mister," she scolded.

Kronos looked put out. "I want the truth, or the staff goes snappy snap…"

"Well, you'll understand that we aren't physically or genetically brothers and sisters?" Kronos explained.

Nita tapped the staff, causing Kronos to gulp, continuing his story with a touch more vigour. "Before you are born, you are a soul. Correct?"

He didn't wait for Nita to agree before hurrying on. "Before you are a soul, you don't exist. However, in around fifty percent of cases, your soul partner, or soul mate, if you will, can feel your soul coming into existence. Most don't know what it means, but people who are still souls or Powers do know what it means. It is usually forgotten when a soul enters the body, or at least by the time the body learns to speak."

Nita waved the staff in front of him. "Hello? What has this got to do with Kit being Dehmit?"

"I'm getting there," Kronos grumped, but was silenced by a glare from Nita.

"Dehmit was the one who warned us that your soul had been created."

Nita thought about this for a moment. "So – this Dehmit, Kit, is my soul mate?"

Kronos nodded. "Kit has no memories of being Dehmit. He never will. It is just the essence that is the same."

Nita nodded slowly. "Then I am afraid I shall have to return to the mortal plane."

Kronos looked upset. Then he noticed that Nita still had a grip on his staff. "Of course," he muttered grudgingly. "When will you leave?"

Nita rolled her eyes. "You're so feeble. I'm leaving now."

"Er, can I have my staff then?"

Nita stared at him contemplatively, before shaking her head and sticking the staff in a personalised pocket of other space. "Nah, you were getting a big head."

She vanished and he gaped incredulously at the spot where she had disappeared.

Earth:

"…very possible that she chose the Immortal Realms," Carl was saying to Kit.

Nita scoffed at them and grinned when they turned to look at her. "Highly unlikely. They're all very pompous. Down here is much better."

Kit's face spilt into a wild grin. "Nita!" he cried, running and hugging her tightly.

Nita smiled. This is where she was meant to be.

Revised: January 2006

Authors Notes: I hope you enjoyed the new improved version of Brightening the Sun. It is much smaller, and whole chapters were cut, but I feel that the improved quality is worth it and more. The significance of the title is completely lost, but I suppose that matters not. The ending is also dramatically different. I don't even want to think about the ending in the original – there was no other word for it. It. Was. Horrid. I know I've taken some liberties and everyone is probably horribly out of character because I haven't been able to get my hands on a YW book in ages. I'd like to thank those who were brutal with the first version, as that allowed me to continue to improve my skills. I'd also like to ask people to be just as brutal again, for how else will I improve?

Thanking you once again,

The Magic Bringer

Addendum 2010: I'm still not happy with this story. I feel that there was so much more that I could have done with this, and I did have so much more planned in it, but I have long since lost my notes and original copy of this story. I am unlikely to ever re-revise this to include the missing elements, but if by some miracle someone saved the original version anywhere, I would very much like a copy.