There
now, steady love,
so few come and don't go
will you won't you,
be the one I always know
when I'm losing my control,
the
city spins around
You're the only one who knows,
you slow it
down
-The Fray "Look After You"
You've all heard the stories about bright white lights and seeing your life replayed again when you die. Well from my experience, that's not true. When I woke up, I was in my garden. Light shone over the violet lavender and white daisies. There was a woman sitting on my roman styled bench. She wore her long black hair in waves and her moss green eyes peered at me lovingly. Her olive skin was set off by the hug of her white tunica. In my opinion, she was the epitome of beauty.
"Hello Pax," She says, fiddling with a daisy. I walk forward and sit beside her. She turned and looks me in the eyes. I knew I could trust her, there was just something that pulled me towards her.
"Where am I?" I ask.
"You're in purgatory. Yeah it's a little different than you believed but this is your purgatory."
"What are you talking about?" I ask. This didn't make any sense.
"Fighting with Jane, the blue fire and sacrificing yourself to save your mother. Violence is a sin but you saved your mother. You're a contradiction to heaven and Hell. Your gift is what troubles me the most. Usually people are black and white but you are all shades of gray Pax. Blue fire is only given to the most special of vampires. The only other vampire to have that power was Didyme and she never used it because she was smart. So I don't know what to do with you."
Her face tensed up in frustration and discomfort. The woman didn't seem any more human than I did, so why was she talking as if she created me.
"Excuse me but who are you?" I ask softly.
Her face softened and her left hand cupped my right cheek. It warmed considerably.
"My dear little girl. I am the creator of vampires, Selene."