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The Hetallious Chronicles

Chapter 4

Chrono Story

Year 015

Part 1

Keep turning world, please cleanse yourself from these deadly sins…

The sky was pitch black, and starts were dotted across in shapes and patterns. In a small clearing in a large forest, a fire burned brightly, a light in the shadowed woods. And by this fire sat two children, the images of the dancing flames reflected on their eyes.

Lovino was starting to get worried. Alice had been quiet for a while now, which was a relatively new thing. Usually, Lovino would be wishing that she would just shut up, but he hadn't had to think that ever since that one night… Shaking his head, he decided to break the silence with the first thing he could think of.

"Are there birds singing right now?"

Well, that was pitiful, Lovino thought. He glanced over at Alice, not expecting her to respond. He sighed. This was so unusual. Looking back at the flames, no thought crossed his mind. What was he to do now?

"No, it's just the cry of the forest."

Lovino's head turned towards his sister at record speed. It really wasn't like Alice to be this short to the point and serious. This was a cause of concern, in Lovino's mind. He asked another question.

"Is the moon shining right now?"

That really wasn't a hard question. There was no moon out at all, and the night was pitch black. Usually when someone asked a dumb question with an obvious answer, Alice would talk forever on how that question could actually be difficult to answer if one tried hard enough.

"No, it's just the flames burning."

That settled it. Alice definitely wasn't herself right now. Lovino just couldn't figure it out. Alice continued to watch the flames.

After what seemed like hours of silence, Alice still hadn't said anything more. Lovino was till watching the flames. They seemed to be dancing in a pattern. Like a picture of sorts, if you looked closely. And it seemed to be getting clearer. Wait, getting clearer? Lovino hit Alice sharply, causing her to yelp. He pointed towards the fire. She turned her head. Her eyes widened, and a gasp escaped from between her lips.

An image began to form in the flames in front of them. The twins leaned in closer. Inside the fire, they could see the figure of a woman carrying two red fruits in her hands. She looked very familiar. Very familiar. In fact, she looked like…

"The woman we called mother burned to ashes inside the fireplace…"

Alice seemed to be reflecting on what she had just blurted out. Frowning, Lovino looked closer at the image. He just wanted to know what it was. It was giving him a bad feeling, as if it was truly despicable just for existing. In the instant that the thought crossed his eyes, words came to him.

"Original Sin…"

Alice looked at her brother in confusion. Lovino continued on.

"That woman may be dead, but she left behind her Original Sin."

Alice was really confused now.

"Lovino, what's 'sin'?"

Lovino sighed.

"I don't really know. I guess it's just what our false mother was. Those words came to me when I wanted to know what the image was, so I think that this is her Original Sin here, in front of us."

Alice frowned.

"Well I don't like it." She pouted childishly. Then, in a heartbeat, she suddenly plunged her hand into the image. Lovino cried out, grabbing her hand. He pulled it out, quickly glancing at her hand for burns. But instead of burn scars, there was a purple flower in her hand. The image of the woman suddenly grew dimmer. Alice was mystified. She had no idea what this flower was or how it got in her hand. As she thought, a word appeared in her mind as well.

"Lust."

Lovino looked at Alice, a curious expression on his face.

"It has the same feeling as the 'original sin', but not as strong. Maybe if we pull the image apart, it won't be as strong. I don't know, I just don't like this feeling at all. This 'Lust' also has a deadly feeling to it."

After saying this, she looked at the purple flower in her hand, then hurled it into the sky. It hovered above them for a while, before taking off out across the forest sky.

Lovino nodded at his sister's words, then he too thrust his hand inside the image and pulled out a red seed, before throwing that away as well.

"Gluttony."

One by one, the twins tore apart the image, splitting it into seven parts, causing the image of the woman with the fruits to fade and disappear. In addition to the two they had pulled out earlier, they found Vanity, the gemstone, and threw it away, it's yellow surface glinting.

As they continued to tear apart the image, the "Deadly sins", as the two now called them, took on stranger forms. Envy became a never-ending spring flowing from a peach colored jar. Sloth was a doll in a dark green dress. She was carried away immediately by the wind itself. Greed took the form of the soil that scattered all over the earth. Alice and Lovino never saw wrath, but they knew it was there, they could sense it in the forest, as if it was the forest. Immediately, the twins threw away all of the pieces of the filth caused by their false mother.

As the twins watched the sins fly away and fade, they sensed something different about their surroundings. Now that bad feeling that the two had while the "original sin" was in front of them, it was everywhere, but diminished. It wasn't nearly as disturbing as that original sin had been, but it was still there.

"Maybe these sins will fade from the world if it keeps turning…"

Alice looked upset at the prospect of these sins living in the world and staying forever. Lovino hugged her tightly, in an attempt to comfort her. Alice sighed, embracing him as well.

"Who knows? Maybe the world will cleanse itself. Let's not worry about it for now."

Lovino continued to hold his sister, supporting her. Soon soft noises began to escape from Alice's mouth. Lovino set her down. She looked so peaceful when she was sleeping. Lovino hoped that her dreams were filled with flowers, laughter, and pasta. He lay down next to her, and soon he too was asleep.

Part 2

Time is limitless for me anyway…

Some noticed the change in the world immediately. Others remained oblivious for some time as the sins began to take root in others. However, what all beings noticed was that now there began to be more problems in life, and problems that were easily solved earlier became more hopeless as time went on.

One of the beings that immediately knew what had changed in the world was the Dragon Tree, one of the ancient beings that had been there ever since time began. The Dragon Tree was the guardian of the forest in which the "Original Sin" had first came into being, and therefore understood exactly what the twins had done. And what the Tree also knew that these sins could be brought back, so as to stop further damage to the world.

So as to collect the sins, the Dragon Tree requested an old friend to do the job, who immediately agreed to do so.

"I don't mind collecting these sins, just as long as it keeps me entertained. I do have all the time in the world anyway."

The woman said this with a sneer on her face. She was a powerful sorceress who had lost the one person she loved the most in the world, as well as her country, and had destroyed all else precious to her. She had gained everything, but lost it all. Afterwards, through magic, she had been granted immortality. However, this immortality only brought her a feeling of emptiness inside. She owed nothing to anyone.

The sorceress had come across the vessel of "Lust" first. It seemed that it had been the first to take form, and it had already started to possess others. She left when she saw fit, and since time was meaningless to her. A little more than a hundred years passed before she set out for the location where the vessel of pure Lust was kept.

After her long journey, she arrived at the mansion where Lust dwelled. And Chun-Yan Clockworker smirked in amusement. This was going to be quite interesting.

For you see, this is the story of the Original Sin, raised by a desperate woman who laid hands on the forbidden fruit. The sin that was torn into seven pieces and scattered throughout the world. The whims of the sorceress who goes beyond time. All together, these are the Chronicles of the Sinful Events.

TruDivination: This was a fun one to write! Anyway, here's the cast list update. Only two new characters this time.

The Sorceress/Chun-Yan: China (okay, so she's not really a new character)

The Dragon Tree: China's Dragon boss

FlyingElephants: Haha, I'm going to love the next chapter. And we're listening to the song that it's based on right now!

MasteroftheMidnightYard: After all, it is one of the safer ones to listen to at 1:00 in the morning. Mostly because nothing too bad happens in it. Unless *censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored**censored* happens. Which it will. ;P

TruDivination: Not again! No spoilers ever, understand? Didn't I tell you already not to make me use the censor button?

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