Chapter 2

I miss seeing you everyday

The light of this dying place

And for this now I always pray

Please don't let me die

Please don't let me cry

Please don't let me go

Oh, how I miss you so..

Gala stood with her hand on her hip, determination swept across her eyes and for a brief moment she seemed stronger than ever before. The blowing wind brought a soon end to the moment, and she was in recollection of just where she was, a pitiful dying world. Actually, she thought, the world itself was not dying, but in reality it should. She scoffed, closing her eyes at the idea. If she had the power, she would just destroy the place herself, put it all out of its misery, everything, including herself.

Her gaze shifted to the sky, she didn't watch it like she used to when she was younger, now she was more filled with rage than anything else. When she did catch a glimpse of what she was missing, she found herself too far reminded of Via.

Via…. Gala thought back to that day, when she was little, the day of the storm. She remembered trying to get it to stop and passing out in the process.

When she finally awoke, there was nothing left. She was surprised that she, herself, was not also destroyed. The fates liked to play cruel games on her. Even with the destruction, she was grateful it was over. Perhaps she was the one who actually made it stop? Maybe that was her purpose, to end the destruction in the world! Her mind filled with joy, she would have to tell Via all about it. Via, where was she? The girl remembered that she left her friend back at the cave. She was probably still there. She ran to her home as fast as her small legs could carry her.

"Via! Via!" Gala called out, searching the area for the small animal. "Via…?" She became panic stricken when she got no response. She always at least got a buzz, or something!

Maybe Via was still asleep? Yes, that must be it, she convinced her mind. She laughed to herself, she would have to yell at her friend when she found her. "Come on Via, come out! Sheesh, you sleep far too much! You know that!"

She continued to look all through rubble and through the cave. Not finding anything, she walked back outside. Where could she be? He form moved over to a bolder and sat down. She would just wait for her to come out. Eventually she'd wake up and go out looking for her and everything would be back to normal, right? So she waited, and waited, but Via never came. The girl grew sad. What if Via blamed her for the storm? No, no, she corrected herself, Via was her friend and would never do that. Never.

She stood and went to look some more, she would just have to go out and look for her. She started to move when a small purple form caught her attention. No, it couldn't be. She forced herself to take another glance. A tear rolled down her cheek and she knelled down beside the small figure. Via was just lying there, not moving. She must have followed her out of the cave when she left. She was probably just still sleeping.

Yes, that was it, she told herself as more tears spilled out. Why was her eyes leaking like this? She didn't understand.

"Via.. wake up… please… we need to go inside…" Gala nudged the purple animal.

"Please Via, Wake up! Don't do this!" Still nothing. "You promised you would never leave… YOU PROMISED!" Her hands flew up to her face. This was all Via's fault, she left her. Left her alone, even after all she had done for her. She was gone and now she had nothing. How dare she leave, how dare she!

Gala stood up. Never again would she trust anything.

Never.