Chapter 10: A Painful Premonition
It was dark, I couldn't see anything around me except a strange hue of red that seemed to glow beneath my floating form. Wait, am I really floating? No. I could feel a gentle updraft and the unmistakable sensation of gravity pulling me down, I was falling…no, drifting down, slowly and gently like a leaf on a breezeless day.
Then, coincidently, leaves began to appear in so many different shapes and colours, rising slowly into the air everywhere I looked. Many of them headed straight towards me, but no sooner did I touch one it just shattered into dust, sparkling like stars on a cloudless night.
And, once again, my thoughts becoming reality as I found the skies above me filled with billions of beautiful little stars, a sight so spectacular, so beautiful, tears fell from my eyes and floated after the leaves to the heavens above. I didn't know where I was or how I got here, and yet this place felt strangely familiar, even though it defied all reason, all logic, It just felt right.
But then something broke my attention away from the light show. A voice? Yes, a girl's voice that was gentle and pure. She was humming a strange tune I had never heard before, it echoed all around me, pulsing through my body like our souls were connected or something. But after a few moments went by the humming suddenly stopped, and she began to sing.
"Sad little Robin, why do you cry?"
"Your time will come, to soar in the sky"
"Lonely little Robin, why can't you fly?"
"Tell me little Robin, why oh why?"
"When the leaves start to fall, and the sun begins to stall"
"An injured little Dove, will hear your call"
"He will sit by your side, beneath his wing you will hide"
"Happiness and Love, within you will find"
As she sang her first few lines I looked around and realized something was happening. The leaves started turning white, their forms fading somewhat, then rematerializing into beautiful snowflakes that danced in the updraft which now had a winter chill to it. The stars still shone brightly above me, but they become overshadowed by the northern lights that suddenly appeared, slowly floating through the skies so close it was though I could almost touch them. Below me the ground seemed to be a little closer now, still glowing a strange shade of red.
"Clever little Robin, now has a plan"
"Find the stolen brother, win the white doves hand"
"Go little Robin, move while you can"
"Soon the little dove, will grow into a man"
"But beware of your foes, their power now grows"
"The ones you most fear, the wretched black crows"
"Keep him out of sight, try all you might"
"But someday the pure dove will be forced into the fight"
With those words another transformation occurred, but this one was different, very different. The skies turned black with storm clouds, thunder and lightning clashed all around me with blinding flashes and deafening bangs. The once beautiful snowflakes began to turn grey, falling apart and then forming into balls of stone that suddenly burst into flames, shooting into the air like fireworks, a horrible screaming sound could be heard as they flew past me.
The air was now dry and stale, burning my lungs with each breath as I started to splutter and cough violently. I closed my eyes for fear of what awaited below, I didn't want to be here anymore, I wanted this to end. Despite everything the girl continued to sing, but her voice was now filled with pain and sorrow, a few words drowned by sobs that she was trying so hard so force back as I began to fall faster and faster towards my destination.
"Brave little Robin, danger is in store"
"Face the mighty eagle, and the monsters roar"
"Poor little Robin, life just isn't fair"
"because of your greed, the Dove will cease to care"
"When the first arrow flies, the mighty monster dies"
"celebrate its death, with great cheers and cries"
"But the seconds not so kind, the Robin's heart it finds"
"With tears in her eyes, the Robin is left behind"
With a might bang I hit what must have been a massive lake of fire and lava, the flames burned my flesh with a pain I couldn't even begin to describe, as I squirmed and spasmed in the inferno I could hear the girl's screams as they pulsed violently through my body.
"WHY?WHY?WHY?"
Everything went dark and cold. The girl's final words were just a whisper, but they pierced my heart like a cold blade.
"Why oh why must you….die?"