Dead Man Walking
I've been dead for months. I had to watch Valerie and her parents mourn over my grave. Through recent attempts to call my semblance and it hasn't worked. I looked at myself in a reflection and saw that I was merely a smoking shrouded figure. With the help of the spirits that reside in Thorn's graveyard they've taught me how to visit other places in this form by means of teleportation...but I'm afraid of what I might see if I go back to Vale,but if i don't I may not find peace with myself although I'm doomed to walk the earth like this. I decided to see my father first. I thought hard about where he might be and when I opened my eyes I was in the same room as him. He was sobbing. The man who never shed a tear, the one who I thought to be unbreakable...was broken.
"Dad...?" I spoke softly
"Trey...?"
"Dad It's me..."
"Oh God Trey!"
Dad reached for me but his hand went through my transparent body.
"So it's true...you died there. You turned into a...Abysswalker."
"Abysswalker?"I asked.
"Unlike your aunt she can leave whenever she wants...but you-"
"Can't?" I asked worriedly
"From what I know...no"
"I'm sorry Dad."
"What are you sorry for kiddo? You did the best you could. I'm proud of you Trey."
"Thank you Dad...I better go see everyone else I'm sorta on a timer."
"Goodbye Trey. This town will never forget what you've done for it."
I made my way towards Valerie's house hoping she'd be awake. Lucky me she was. She was sitting down playing her guitar singing the lyrics to a soft song.I waited until she was finished before showing myself.
"Hey Val." I said to her.
"Holy shit Trey what the fuck!" she shouted in fright.
"Oh sorry I forget that it's not exactly normal to do that when you're dead."
"Is that really you Trey?"
"Yeah in the fle- ectoplasm?"
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to see how you were doing."
"Not well as you can see." she said tearing up." You've been gone for seven months."
I've been dead for seven months?...but it feels like I died a few days ago...
"How's everyone else doing?" I asked.
"We're hurt. Phoebe and Pyrrha have been looking for the guy that did it. As for Velvet..." she replied
"Bad?"
"Bad."
"I better go to her. It was nice to see you again Val."
"Likewise Trey I hope you pass peacefully."
I didn't want to tell her. I arrived at Velvet's dorm room and walked through it. Looks like Coco took the guys out to hold her bags again. Velvet was sleeping at her desk with a book in her hand. The book title had BEACON's name on it so I assumed it was a journal of some sort. Scattered around her desk were many drawings and quotes. Never took her for an artist.
"Velvet." I said softly.
Velvet shot up from her slumber.
"Huh! I wasn't sleeping!." She exclaimed. She turned to see me standing at the end of her bed.
"Trey? Is that you?"
"Hey Velvet...long time no see."
"When they told me I didn't believe them when they said you were dead...but this just confirms my worst fear."
"Im sorry Velvet."
I stayed with Velvet up to the point where her roommates arrived. She told me Phoebe and Anna weren't here at beacon something about spending the night at Anna's. I wandered through town and came across Demarco's shop. I walked around the shop remembering all the time I spent crafting new gadgets and weapons along side someone whom I considered a father figure while Dad was "dead". I spotted a larger glass container against a wall with some familiar looking gear inside. It was my armor and weapons from the day I died. On the right of the container was Soul Reaver, on the left was Moon Fury, and in the middle was my armor. I'm going to miss the feeling I would get from putting it on and looking in the mirror. The vigilante in black and the warrior in steel.
Next stop was my neighborhood. I walked down the street passing Aunt Katherine's house..well where it once stood. I felt another presence in the area.
"Please tell me it's my age getting the better of me." My aunt's voice rang. I turned and saw Aunt Katherine standing in her humanoid form.
"Not this time Kat." I replied.
"My poor baby." Aunt Katherine said hugging me.
"Did I make a difference?" I asked.
"Of course you did."
"Is it true I can't truly pass?"
"Not exactly." She said letting me go.
"What do you mean?" I questioned my aunt.
"I've prepared for this."
"Kat you're not making sense."
"You'll figure it out when you wake up." she said hugging me again.
"You're the greatest thing that's ever happened to me Trey. I'm glad I took you in when I did. Watching you grow up to be a man. You still have a fight to finish Trey as for me my time is up. Always know I'll still be by your side when you need me. I love you Trey...goodbye." Aunt Katherine began to glow.
"Kather-" It was all I could say before I blacked out.
I came to feeling the ground that I laid on...wait. I opened my eyes and saw that I was back in my dorm room at BEACON. I ran to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. I lifted my dirty shirt to reveal a pair of wings branded where my heart is. Aunt Katherine used her magic to give me another final look at myself and I noticed when I blinked my eyes changed to Aunt Katherine's violet eyes and then back to my red ones...wait only red? Does this mean he's gone? The main door opened telling me someone had entered the room. I peeked behind the bathroom door and saw Pyrrha enter the room.I forgot I made her a key for when she wanted to hang out or whatever. We usually paired up for projects because Port proabably thought we were together.
Pyrrha walked around the room and closed her eyes.
"I know your there show your yourself". She said grabbing Marcie with her polarity.
"Ok ok, I'm coming out."
"Trey?" She said seeing me as my normal self.
"Hey Pyrrha...I'm home."
