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Chapter Four

"An End"

After few minutes of waiting in the Mastry's yard, Blackfire showed up. She brought some bogtuks with her too.

"Hey. Mom and Starfire are coming. What's going on?"

"Well, dad and the Mastry are in his hut. The Mastry didn't say much. He told me to wait here while he helps dad. We will have to wait for more news."

There was a long silence that followed. Anders wasn't sure what was going through her mind. He wished that he could make everything better. He couldn't. He just sat there, waiting for a result with his troubled sister. She was staring at the ground. He could tell that she was on the verge of breaking down and crying.

"Dad is going to be alright Black, I know he is……..it's a gut deep feeling. We just need to calm down, we need to trust the wise Mastry."

"Yes, but I just can't believe this. Dad is so healthy…..so…energetic. No one is against him, are they?"

Just then Fiera and a red eyed Starfire came and sat down on a log.

"What's the news? He is alright, right? Tell me he is well…..tell me he is alive."

"We don't know yet. He is with the Mastry."

"Oh Miyu, please let him be alright." she closed her eyes, hands folded together.

(Miyu is a Tamerainian god.)

As they were praying the Mastry came out of the hut, a herbal jar at hand. He had a troubled face on.

"Is he alright great Mastry? Is my husband awake? May we see him?" She asked the questions very fast. The Mastry simply held up a hand to silence her. She quieted.

"Please Fiera, this is no time for questions, but for answers." He sat down and motioned for them to do the same. They obeyed. "Your husband's heart is very weak. It beats unsteadily. I have no remedies for this. Some of my herbal potions will give him more time. He will be able to live for another day. Then, his time will run out. Use it wisely."

There was so much pain in the room, so much disbelief.

"No………NO! This can not be happening. This isn't happening!" screamed Fiera. She ran up to the Mastry and fell on him. He took her in his arms and comforted her.

"I know this is hard for you, but try to understand. He will be with Miyu in Kithra, the Great Beyond. I will give you your time. I will send him when you are ready."

The Mastry entered his hut.

The family stared at each other, at a lost for words.