I promise action in the next chapter. Just needed a time out from the violence
I was concerned that I offended someone, so bare with me a moment. I also have a feeling some of you are feeling uncomfortable with the way the story is heading, so please read.
To Person and all Reviewers: This note goes on to a little on my faith, so please stop reading if you are offended.
Thankyou for your review, to tell you the truth, I was looking out for the ice berg so I may climb over it. I respect different religions and peoples choices, and I do not wish to offend anyone, so I will not force people to read this if they don't like it. This story is meant to teach, I confess, but you can heed it as entertainment if you feel inclined to do so and do not think the message is relevant to your belief.
I have to disagree that Fanfiction and religion don't mix. Stories are ideas and cannot be confined, as the imagination cannot be tied down. If this is how I write a story, then that is my idea and my imagination with the same rights as any one who submits work. My faith is what helps to define me, to abandon it would be to lose a part of myself in my writing. I will not degrade this story just to make a separate pamphlet on religion, it is part of the story.
I am a Christian, and I am not ashamed that I am writing with my faith in mind.
This story is a bit different as it's a joint effort this story and I certainly cannot claim all the material is my own; I only started it and gave it a plot. Take Professor Curly, Pakkrat, … and Regrem Erutaerc (I probably spelt that wrong) for example. They have just about the same entitlements to this story with their contributions.
I am not saying, in the story, that I am right, or that I know what is best, or that I am better. I leave that to God, and you can leave it to your respective deity or yourself if you are Atheist. I am not forcing my view, but I will not denounce it either. It's the reason why I wrote this story.
Take that as you will, you can just ignore it if you want…
Controversy sparked into flame with 'The Passion of Christ' movie, with the whole anti-Semitism issue. It was just as harmful to the Jewish faith as it was to Roman Italians, just as an old war movie harmed the relations of Germany, even if things had changed much since then, it is still not a topic you dwell on. However, if JK Rowling can produce a world acclaimed series promoting witchcraft, wizardry, spells and summoning spirits with little opposition (Even if Harry Potter is only a fiction, remember that there ARE real societies and individuals that practice the occult and other denominations of it, Rowling included), I think I can do one on Christianity without much fuss, and I think it is just about time. Shall I even mention the Da Vinci Code?
On another note, I also think the Rae x Robin thing is a bit far fetched, though they both respect each other in their respective abilities. (Sorry again to those people who think otherwise)
Happy Readings!
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There is a hole inside… Something is missing.
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Is life worth living?
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Is there more?
More to life?
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We keep shoving things, many things in to try and fill the void but it is never ever complete.
Will there be an end to it?
Can we finally stop saying 'this will be it, I am content'?
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What are we doing?
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Who are we?
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Where did we come from?
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Where are we heading, and what is the point?
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Is there a point?
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Does it all have a purpose…?
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A quote from one man a short time before death, still trying to find a way to be complete despite the riches and fame he had, 'You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man'…
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Do we even have a chance?
Things grow darker around us… we forget ourselves sometimes… we forget and cannot get over the addiction, the dependence on things that do not last, and things that are fleeting. It is only human…
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Turning ourselves away … Being what we were told was wrong…
Being, in our heart, what we never wanted to become…
Though we could become, what those values we held true had meant us to be…
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Being, deep down, who we truly wanted to be…
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"I will leave you now…"
"I thought you said you were going to fight me?"
"I already have… but I have pressing matters. There IS a real world you know…"
"Are you really… you know who?"
"A reflection… The real me would not be so forthcoming with information, and I would be more discreet. The writer knows that I am not really heard, seen or recognized in the real world, a valuable asset; as the less they know, the little they offer in resistance. You were lucky that you were even able to hear me. The real world is not so lucky…"
"They will know now…"
"Only those who believe... And who will believe you? Many still think I am hoofed, have a goatee, horns and wear red tights! What chance do they have of taking me seriously or my threat seriously if they knowingly blind themselves? They laugh and I laugh at them."
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"How many can you change? In all honesty, none! This story goes against everyone rather than playing along on what they like. You shout in their face and offend them. They will not heed you for they are not willing to listen, for no one likes to be found wrong… They will never accept it… that there is such a distinction between good and evil; for they do not wish to see which side they are really on. Blinded by their own pride… even that sentence will get them to leave…"
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"I cannot fight you, and you cannot lay a hand on me little character. My power does not lie in physical strength, not even imaginary, but in my art of persuasion. I may have the power to inhibit those who allow me, and to cause men to go mad, but only they can make the final decision, I only offer the choice. As most do not know I am real, my work is made easy. Though I am not omnipresent, I am incredibly fast, and their gullibility makes it faster…"
"Why? Why do this?"
"For one rebellious act, a freedom I took, I am doomed to an eternity in the pit. I am not unlike Shekron. Mankind came forth and did such gross atrocities to their creator, the earth and one another that it even makes me sick, yet they still get a chance of being redeemed. Is that justice?"
"You knew who you were rebelling against. You knew you really didn't own anything and that it was all by love that you were created. Many out there do not even know they are more than just animals from a great cataclysm of chemicals…"
"They are less than animals Robin. Animals do not think evil for the sake of evil. Humans can…"
"Why are you going after me then?"
"I will not rest until I get my justice, the justice which you pathetic and weak beings should have gotten, but by mercy have been received higher than ME, an angel! I will never stop hunting souls until I can drag down with me as many of them as I can! That all should receive the same judgement placed on me, that all should pay for their wrong forever! Every soul, every creature, thought and spirit will be pulled down… I will leave none untouched by the judgement… I will see justice is done."
"You would do that?" says Robin. "You would doom all those souls for eternity just so you can have revenge?"
"Do not think of it as me sending them down, but rather they chose to listen to me, even if they did not know I was there. Without my act, without my choices there can be no freedom! Without evil there would be no choice from good… there would be no freedom. Could you live with that?"
"Freedom is not just between good and evil. Freedom is the ABILITY to choose. It is what we choose to do with that freedom that determines if it is evil or good. We COULD have chosen to be evil, that was a freedom, but we can choose good and still have the freedom to turn away."
"But you are FORCED to choose good. You have no other way of being spared the eternal punishment but to comply with the dictator! It is a flawed system of self righteousness and bigotry."
"Then we do evil and just get away with it? Without even trying to stop ourselves? Do you think people have no conscience? Do you think people cannot see that evil is not what they should be doing? We KNOW what is right and wrong, and any sane person will know what they should choose is good. Good is relative? It depends on your values? NO, it isn't! Your values should be based on what is good, not good based on YOU! Good is defined, good is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control!"
"Good is 'goodness'?"
"Holding onto all of these values within your heart." says Robin. "They are good, no matter how long time passes, no matter what wars rage, not even what part of the world you come or language you speak or way you follow. There is no excuse TO do evil, and there is no excuse NOT to do good!"
"What about freedom? Justice?"
"Freedom is not the ability to get equal to someone. That is greed and selfishness; it is abusing freedom. Freedom is a gift, do we give ourselves freedom? Do we give ourselves life? No, it is given in good intentions, and we can choose to be grateful and accept it, or to throw it back or waste it. Justice is when you get what you deserve. But there is mercy. You could have chosen to turn back, but pride took you! You deceived yourself! Think! After everything you have said and done, do you think you can get away free; not even admitting wrong? Not even those who hardly do wrong in their lives still do wrong at some time, and they always will. They are only human! If we don't recognise it, if we choose to ignore it, there is no excuse… it's as if we deny we did anything wrong at all, even though it is all laid bare in the end of all things…"
"You will save few, maybe none in all this, even the writer may yet fall. I take many every hour…"
"Every little bit counts… Are we meant to just sit down and let you take them, to keep quiet when we could help… when they can be saved?"
"They should share my pain."
"There are some that believe love can conquer all things. Out of love comes mercy, out of mercy is life, not for the creator to gloat over because he can say 'ha! You were wrong! I was right!', but because we are all valuable and should never be lost… That he cared for each one enough so much that he would even die to save us. But we choose to keep going down the pit we made for ourselves. You would die to kill us…"
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"He is already gone…" says a voice familiar in the mist of the void.
"He sent you to kill me?"
"Or to convert you." the voice is like an echo.
"They tried and failed."
"I will try… or else kill you."
The sound is too familiar and pressing to ignore. "Who are you?"
"I am an entity that abides in all of fiction. There are many different ones, but I am a predominantly powerful one."
"Demon?"
"I prefer entity. I can get away with more that way."
"Who are you really?"
"Can't you recognise the voice?" says the voice in the mist. "There is no need to try and save me as you tried with Shekron. I am already doomed, like the one earlier mentioned. I usually hide to take apart writers and readers, but I will gladly take apart an imaginary character… every little bit counts…"
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"I like the way I'm coming out. Not very realistic, but very enticingly attention seeking. Very entertaining isn't it! Very evil…"
"Are you just going to stand there or are we going to bring an end to this?"
"It never ends until everyone ends…"
"Things can't get much bigger than where this is… Bring it on." and Robin twirls his staff. "I am near the end of the battle. This story is already over."
"Did it ever really begin in this story?"
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"I am the gift that was offered…"
"The curse…"
"The thing that will ultimately consume you… For I am in every aspect of this realm, and I always will be. There is not one thing in this realm that lies untouched by my force, not one character or word, nor even the writers or readers… and most certainly not you! (Shekron voice) This realm is mine!"
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"Predictable… (Joker laugh)HAHAHAHAHAA! (Original voice) I am that which makes stories possible! Without me their can be no more stories, no more adventures! For without a necessary evil; there can be no catalyst to a story, an ingredient that makes the food taste. I am the evil of imagination…" says the voice. "I exist in all human kind! I am one of the most unstoppable evils in the world, as even though you may not do any wrong, your MIND can wander to dreams of decadence and dark dementations…"
The realm trembles…
"HA!" says the voice. "See! They're getting angry already! The writer is going down the hole! No one is going to continue to read this rubbish, for the rubbish is of there own! I shan't be surprised if some of the characters of this story are withdrawn! Ha! Dark thoughts, no matter what their size, they may manifest into eventual action… Should you be wary? Are you wary? Many are not aware that I am even sin? They don't want to see or believe. You can call me Shekron if you wish, for I was in him. Or maybe Pakkrat, Rich, Synn or any character in this realm, for they are all part of me… It's easier much than having to say 'The Evil of Imagination' all the time."
"There is still good in stories…"
"Not after I'm finished with you little character…You are the only thing standing in the way of victory for me in this fiction. I can never be destroyed, not unless you wipe out all of mankind; I will keep coming back. Defeat me and you will have to face me again in some other plane. I will come back; and I will continue to ravage… This tale I will not be beaten, for it is beyond you; I have far more power than your little solitary character can throw at me…"
"I have love, hope and faith on my side…"
"That's what they all say." says Slade.
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To Rose: Thanks for the review and letting me use Jackalobe. He will appear soon along with a small cameo in the end credit's/ fiction soundtrack. No I will not send God in, (he is already in everything anyway). It's really far beyond me, or anyone, to write what he would do or say. Satan was one thing, but I'm not willing to speculate THAT far.
To Pakkrat: Sincerest apologies for using so much of your stuff in evil dialogue, it's just how it turned out to fit best. It's all for good anyway in the end. Is Pakkurath the same as Pakkrat of this fiction?
To Neon Prodigy: I'm flattered that you waited for those updates like that! Synn and Icarus will have a comedy relief role in the end credits/redemption of OC's. Ps. Does Icarus like Fate? Or is he sincerely frightened?
To regruem Eruterc (I just guessed how it was spelt, so don't shoot me!): thanks, you will definetly be seeing Shekra in the end credits, confirmation.
To Proffessor Curly: Once again your words are great. Thanks for reading ALL the reviews. I'll have to do that soon for the last fight, where the author's opinions come in.
To Star of Nights: Thankyou for your ongoing support (Good grief I sound like a Computer IT consultant!)
To Shadow49: Hope the move was okay. Adjusting well? Thanks for keeping to the story. I was meant to try and ask you for references to Shadow's fighting. I'd like to know Yami's predominant style and special moves if you can. Thanks!
To Freiherr: I can't help but argue that there is such thing as good and evil. When you are violent, angry, selfish or proud you act badly. Evil may be a bit of a harsh word, but it means (At least in this story) 'morally bad'. It doesn't mean you have horns and a taste for souls, but that you are acting/living in a way morally opposite, and something that you SHOULD not try to do. Is murder really just murder? Neither good nor evil? Theft, lies and cheating; is that all just how life is? Is it acceptable? I have a fear that in a few years time people will not be able to tell the difference. When that happens, when there is no more morality dividing what is good and what is bad, then there would be chaos.