So, here is the next chapter of this story. I wasn't going to put it out for awhile, but I caught on fire with it... Ever had just one of those days where you get an idea for a story, and it just takes on a mind of its own? That's kind of what happened here. And also, I want to thank my first reviewer. Thanks for taking the time to read and review. This chapter is just for you! Enjoy!
Trapped
Starting Anew
Day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute of heart wrenching cold, mind warping dark. It was enough to make one go mad, if they had not indeed been frozen to death first.
There was no light, no way to see. There was just an expanse of dark, cold space.
It was in this dark, hellish world where a solitary figure floated among the vast expanse of dark, dead bodies, and icicles floating around, tearing into the already dead bodies flesh, letting out a very foul stench.
"How did I end up here?" his voice echoed in the dense dark.
"Your work is not yet done," echoed a cool, deep voice in the icy depths. "You were not meant to leave so soon, and leave those who still care about you. You have been given another chance, so stay close to those who can and will protect you. Do all you can with this, your second chance, because you will not be given another one."
"Thank you," his voice echoed again, yet not in the maddening, suffocating dark.
He could feel his feet touch ground, and he smiled. Now he would get a chance to start anew, afresh, on a brand new, clean slate.
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"Hey, Serena," said Lita, smiling at her young friend. "Good to see you."
The young blonde smiled. "Hey, Lita," she said, looking up from her diary. She smiled bigger. "Cookies" she jumped up and grabbed one from the plate Lita hesitantly offered her. "Only one, though, Serena. These are for Prisma and the sisters. They're having an awful hard time after the death of poor Sapphire."
Serena looked at Lita, eyes full of sorrow a pain, a trait which startled Lita a bit. She knew that Serena cared about people, but the pain that was held behind those blue orbs was almost too much to take. Lita wondered how Serena dealt with it. Nevertheless, the young blonde sighed. "Yeah," she said, looking at the ground. "I think we all are."
Lita nodded. "He was a good young man, despite his family back-ground." she said, glaring at her cookies. Anger flared up inside of her at the thought of Sapphire's selfish brother. He couldn't even count himself as a brother, not after what had happened. Not after... she started getting choked up. Not after he had basically signed his own brother's death warrant.
"And to think his own brother let it happen," said Raye, walking up to the girls, seemingly having read Lita's mind. She herself was having a hard time understanding how somebody could be so selfish and stuck on themselves and a silly little goal, that they would give up anything to accomplish said silly little goal. She held four stuffed teddy bears in her arms, a card attached to each one. "Of all the heartless-"
"To say that Diamond doesn't miss Sapphire would be a lie, no matter how cruel he may be." said Serena quietly, looking up at Raye and Lita, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "Sapphire was his brother, and he loved him dearly. That was apparent in Sapphire's life. If it had not been for Diamond looking after him, Sapphire would have been gone long ago."
Luna looked to Serena with a slightly shocked expression, yet she was proud. To have such a profound thought come out of Serena was miraculous. "Serena," she murmured. "You must be giving this a lot of thought."
Serena nodded, wiping at her eyes. "I can imagine how Diamond must feel. Rini may not be dead, but I feel as if-"
"Serena, Diamond is incapable of feeling anything but greed and selfishness." stated Raye, folding her arms. "He saw his own brother die."
Lita nodded. "Yeah, he watched the whole thing, and didn't do anything about it." she said, scuffing the ground with her shoes. It was starting to unnerve her how Serena was being so...mature. She missed the old Serena right about now.
Luna nodded. "It's good you've been giving this a lot of thought, Serena, but I am afraid Raye and Lita are right. Diamond is very unfeeling, towards anybody, be it his own brother, or anybody else."
Serena nodded sadly. "I guess you guys are right," she looked at Lita with her cookies, and Raye with her teddy bears and smiled. She was not completely convinced that Diamond was beyond feeling, but she would let it pass for today. She didn't have the emotional strength to deal right now. "Hey, if you guys are going to see the sisters, I"ve got something for them, too."
She ran into the house, plopping her diary on her desk, and running out of the house.
Luna and the girls looked at each other, then watched as she came running out of her house, blonde pigtails bobbing up and down, a big basket of fruit in her arms.
All three sweat-dropped. "She will never change," muttered Luna, mentally thanking the heavens the young girl's mind was back on food, as it had been a very hard chore to get her to eat for the passed few days.
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Sammy watched his sister run out of the house carrying a large fruit basket, and he and one of his friends snuck into her room and over to her desk. They looked at each other in gleeful joy. "Her diary," they both said, and sat on her bed and opened the cute little book.
Okay, that is where I am leaving that for right now. I hope you enjoyed reading, and have a nice day, or evening, or whatever it is after you've read this! 'Bye!
