I Am Destruction
Ally's POV: Five Month's Later...
I was sitting on my bed staring out the window as rain poured from the sky above. It looked like it was going to thunderstorm later tonight, hopefully it will. Storms somehow put me to sleep. Anyways, it's been five months since the killing of Fates our former ruler. Peace has been restored and the people of Corinth lives in harmony once again.
Suddenly there was a knock on my door. It opened slowly and Lucas popped his head in the doorway, I rolled my eyes as he had a slice of cake on a plate. He came over to my bed and sat down on my bed.
"Happy Birthday Ally, your dad had to go to work at a council meeting but he made you cake for your birthday. So here ya go!" He handed me the slice of cake and I took the plate sitting in on my lap. Of course dad was at another council meeting. Ever since the death of Fates, everyone decided to have a council instead of a ruler. So therefore they put the order and peace in Corinth, they establish and make laws. It's sort of like legislation but a bit different.
"He really didn't have to do that."
"Well he did it's the least he could do judging by how he's always at the council meetings these days." He explained laying back on my bed. I sighed and sat the plate on my end table as I laid beside him.
"You're not going to eat your cake?"
"Don't feel like it." I replied.
He sat up and glared at me, "You could at least be happy on your freaking birthday Ally. It's been five months since you've really talked about your true feelings towards anyone. All you ever do is say one thing and that's it, that's all you ever want to do these days! It's literally killing your father knowing that he couldn't find some way to help Austin, but making him feel guilty? Really Ally?"
I sat there trying to process his words one by one. But nothing seemed to matter to me, it was just blank words that had no meaning. Of course I cared about my father and his feelings. But why would he find the need to feel guilty for not saving Austin? Was there a way to save him? If so why now after all these months have passed by?
"I wasn't trying to make him feel guilty Lucas."
"Are you sure? Cause you're acting pretty calm right now, I know you want to scream at someone. You may think I'm oblivious to your world Ally but I know you inside and out so don't-'
"No you don't know me! If you knew me you would know how much I was hurting inside, how much pain Austin has caused me over these past five months without him! You don't know what it's like to be in love and have it taken away from you, you don't even know how much it kills me to know that I was the one who made his heart stop beating!" I screamed at him.
He just sat there mouth open but no words dared to pass his lips.
Without a word he got up and went over to the door. "You know what Ally? Stop sitting here in this house waiting for him, stop waiting for everyone to come to you! Get up off your ass for once in your life and fix it yourself, you can't expect everyone to do it for you. Being selfish will get you nowhere in life. Happy birthday Allison."
And with that he walked out slamming the door shut.
I maintained my stature and looked at the cake sitting on my end table. I took the fork and ate it slowly as I looked out at the sky, stars twinkled from above. Some were brighter than the other and others were the brightest of them all. It was still raining, I could hear a bit of thunder booming in the distance and yet as worried as I could be it calmed my nerves.
I honestly didn't know what to say to Lucas.
Not that he wasn't right. I knew I was being selfish, but I wasn't trying to push my father or anyone away purposely. I just wanted to be alone that's all with my own thoughts and memories of Austin. But the thoughts were eating me alive, I used to think that I loved the thought of Austin but remembering how my hand, my own hand froze his whole body to death, it haunts me every night and all I can do is feel guilty.
Suddenly a shooting star raced across the dark sky.
I used to always make wishes with those but when you give up hope all it seems anymore is little kid junk from a movie. I'm seventeen now and I needed to stop wishing that there would be a way for Austin to come back to me.
I needed to get my head out of the clouds and grow up.
The star shot across the sky but something other than that grabbed my attention. I sat my plate of cake on the end table and walked over to the window, I rubbed my eyes making sure I wasn't just seeing things.
Up there in the dark sky was a diamond shaped cloud.
A cloud at night?
I've never seen something like this since...
My eyes grew wide and I flew my hand over my mouth.
It couldn't be...? No way, he's dead. He's dead I even saw it with my own eyes. I was the one who killed him after all this can't be happening. I paced back and forth in my room thinking about everything.
Stop sitting in this house waiting for him to come, stop waiting for everyone to come to you!
Lucas's voice rang through my ear like the chime of a bell.
Maybe he was right...
I quickly went to my dresser pulling on a pair of jeans, my shirt that I was wearing was completely fine so i threw on my converses, grabbing my leather bag and ran downstairs. I went to the kitchen and got out a bottle of water before stuffing it in my bag.
Throwing my bag around my shoulder and I looked at the door.
It was now official, I was going to go to evergreen forest.
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I arrived at the gates of evergreen forest.
The gates looked the same except now that the gates were being polished, they turned into a rusty brown color. Wind blew as the rain began to pour harder, I pulled on my hoodie and opened the gates. A chill ran up my spine and I felt uncomfortable.
I swore a long time ago I would never step inside of evergreen forest ever again and yet here I am looking in the forest just because of some stupid diamond shaped cloud that shouldn't even be possibly made in the dark of the night!
Sighing and continued my journey through the forest. I made my way over a small bridge, stepping over stumps, twigs, and enlarged rocks in the way. I could hear the sound of crows croaking and that only made me even more nervous to be lurking around in the evergreen forest alone.
Suddenly the sound of lighting boomed. I heard a tree branch snap and I took off running faster than I ever could. I didn't know where the heck I was going but I didn't care anymore. My breathing heavied and my heart was beating fast from being frightened, ever little thing made me jump.
I soon found myself standing in front of something tall.
My eyes traveled up its legs and to it's face. My eyes went wide and I fell backwards screaming, I couldn't believe it was Austin in his frozen statue. I was so in shock that I couldn't say anything. I haven't seen him in so long...
But yet there he was, standing tall. That same scared but loving look in his face, I could feel the tears sting my eyes as I just sat there staring at him. I still couldn't believe I froze him it was something I couldn't live with anymore.
I wiped away a tear as I stood up.
I walked over to him slowly, I was still shaken up at the sight of him.
The last time I saw him like this was five months ago and he looked so fragile as if he would break. I swallowed back some fear as inched my hand up to his face, I carefully caressed his frozen cheek. Although it was frozen in ice it felt as if I could feel his soft skin once again. I smiled at the feeling and graced my index finger over his frozen lips and suddenly he began to shake.
I pulled back and his statue broke to pieces as it crumbled to the ground.
My hand flew over my mouth as I fell to my knee's. I picked up every piece of ice trying to force it together but it wouldn't stay, tears streamed down my cheek as I sobbed. I couldn't believe I broke Austin...
I sniffled as I held one of the frozen pieces to my heart.
Tears trickled down my face uncontrollably.
My body began to tremble as I hiccupped repeatedly. I buried my head in my hands as I sobbed. I should've known his body would be so fragile that it would break into a million pieces...
Through my hands I could see light beaming. I slowly moved my hands down to my lap as I stepped back from the glowing ice, it began to turn yellow, to green, to blue, and then back to yellow. I've never seen glowing ice like this before. Soon all the broken pieces of ice were shifting to different colors. I've never seen anything like it before, it looked so beautiful...
Suddenly the ice started to piece back together one by one like building blocks.
And at last Austin's statue of frozen ice came back. I stood up and looked as color beamed from the center of his heart, soon the ice broke off in a flash of blinding like. I covered my eyes due to it, the light was beaming so bright it almost felt like I would blind myself if I let my hands down from my eyes. The sound of hard ice falling to the ground made my ears ring and as I soon as I knew that the light faded away I let down my hands.
I stood there mouth open as I saw Austin laying on the ground breathing heavily. His arm was over his eyes and he was shivering. I didn't know what to do all I could do was stand there. I haven't seen him in five months so it was shock to know he was even still breathing on his own.
I held back my fear and walked over to him bending down. I removed his arm from his eyes and found that he was staring at me breathing like he had just ran a marathon. I cleared my throat awkwardly as a tear slipped down from my cheek.
"D-Don't cry..." He whispered reaching his hand up to my cheek.
"How are you still alive Austin? I froze your heart..." I said sniffling. He smiled weakly, "Just because my heart was frozen didn't mean it stopped beating." His other searched for my other one and I gasped at how cold he was.
He slowly sat up and looked me in the eyes.
I could tell he was becoming more aware of his senses.
"I fought everyday to keep myself alive knowing you would come back to me. I tried to keep myself as warm as I could in your ice trap and now I know all that pain and suffering was worth it Ally." He said as he laid his own forehead against my own.
"I feel like I'm dreaming right now."
He chuckled, "Well if it was a dream could I do this?"
"Wait-"
Suddenly his lips touched mine and complete bliss melted into my skin. His arms grazed against my own and I shivered at how cold his fingers were as they danced across my sensitive skin. Our lips moved in perfect sync as he deepened the kiss. I haven't felt this much pleasure in a long time, it felt so good to know he wasn't dead.
He broke the kiss and laid his forehead upon my own.
Tears trickled down my cheek once again but Austin wiped it away with his thumb.
"I'm alive Ally, there is no more need for tears anymore." Austin said while pulling me onto his lap. So many thoughts were raging through my mind but i decided to drop them as Austin's fingers intertwined with mine. I never imagined seeing Austin again.
He kissed my neck lovingly and I bit my lip.
"Ally stand up..."
I slowly stood up and helped Austin stand up as well. He lost his balance but I managed to keep him up straight, he was still shivering but not as much as before. He reached inside his pocket but didn't take his hand out.
Suddenly he got on one knee and I gasped, was he...?
He took one of my hands and looked up at me.
"I knew that the moment I met you that I would be going on one hell of a ride and I wanted to back out as quick as possible but I couldn't help myself from helping you. You looked so desperate for someone to save Corinth and of all people you searched for the one person that could kill you and that was me. You risked your own life to save Lucas and when you told me that, I believe that that was the day I fell madly in love with you. For someone who's been alive for over many many years you would've thought that there was no way that I would be stuck on one girl all of sudden, but I did and that person was you Ally. I know I made you freeze me and that was for a good cause but you saved me once again Ally, you saved me from thinking that I was all alone. That treehouse over there was hell on earth, that was the place I suffered in for thousands of years and then I met you and I didn't want to kill myself anymore, I didn't have that feeling of loneliness."
"Austin I-"
"No let me finish. Don't you understand? Without you I would be dead right now, you saved me from my own demise. You gave me the strength to fight even though I had lost everything. You gave me the courage to stand up against Fates for once in my life! Ally I am not as young as I look I'm over 5,000 years old and you know what, I don't think I can go back to being alone anymore. I want every part of you, I want to own you, I want to love you, kiss you, hold you every minute of the day, I want to be the one you love and cherish for the rest of your life, I know you're seventeen Ally but I'm sure no I'm 100% sure that I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I know I haven't asked for your father's blessing but right now I don't even care and this is really hard for me cause I've never had so many emotions pour out of me like this before, I've never given my heart to anyone until now."
Tears were now streaming down my face.
I've never heard anything so beautiful in my entire life.
All that loneliness that has been building up inside me for the past five months has disappeared into thin air without a second glance.
He pulled a blue velvet case out of his pocket, held it in front of me and opened it slowly and there was a crystal blue diamond ring. My hand flew over my mouth as I couldn't control my excitement.
"Allison Marie Dawson, will you do me the honor of marrying me?"
I shook my head unable to speak as he smiled widely. He took the ring out and slid it on my left ring finger. He stood up and I jumped into his arms, he spun me around and kissed my cheek as he put me down. He grabbed a piece of my hair and pulled it behind my ear.
"I love you Ally." He said while looking me in the eyes.
I blushed and gave him a peck on the lips, "I love you too Austin."
A/N- Well guys that is the end of I Am Destruction! I hope you loved the little special surprise at the end I thought it was really sweet how Austin poured out his heart to Ally like that, I told you guys I wasn't going to kill Austin ever! Anyways thank you all for liking this story, I hope I get a ton of reviews for this last chapter:) Love you guys and thanks for reading!
-Taylor:)