THE BEGINNING Pt. 2
I opened my eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Where was I? Heaven? Hell? What happened? Am I dead? I could hear voices, whispers all around me in the darkness. I couldn't hear what was being said but it sounded like thousands of voices all whispering at once, piercing through the darkness at me.
"Where am I!" I demanded "Answer me! Where am I!" The voices stopped and dead silence rang in my ears. I was waiting for something to grab me from the darkness but I wasn't afraid. I wanted answers and I wanted them now.
"Answer me damn you! I have gone through hell and back in life and I'm not afraid to kick anyone or anything's ass! Now answer me!" I yelled through the darkness in hopes of my words to pierce the blackness to whatever waited for me out there. Suddenly a booming voice rang out, the kind of voice that would make a person think that it sounded extremely larger than you. A male regal sounding voice.
"There will be no need of any 'ass kicking' here, Crystal" A second voice rang out just as regal sounding as the first only what seemed female.
"She has promise but I sense an immense amount of anger and rage inside her, this could be a downfall on her part." Confusion was becoming a dominating feeling with me at this point. Who or what were these voices and where the hell am I?
"Who are you! Where am I! And what do you mean downfall!" I yelled.
"You are at the borders of the dead and we are the guardians. Generally the dead do not come here." explained the male voice.
"They are usually judged in the living realm by their actions. Things they do, say, act or the way they live or interact with others among the living." continued the female voice.
"It is because of that, is where we decide what realm the dead are to rest at." concluded the male. Confusion didn't seem so thick with me now. At least I was getting some answers but I still had plenty more to ask. So why am I here? Why didn't I go to whatever realm you must have chosen for me?" I asked starring into the darkness trying to see a figure of something to explain the voices I was hearing before me.
"You were brought here, Crystal." started the female voice.
"The living realm has a plague that is corrupting the living and they are unaware of it. Good people committing unspeakable acts, convicted of unjustified crimes, sent to their deaths such as yours was." continued the male.
"All to feed the insatiable appetite to the guardian of the realm of the cursed dead. The living would consider this to be your so called 'hell'." added the female.
"Yeah well that sucks and all but what's that got to do with me. What does any of this have to do with me?" I asked looking for a reason behind all of this, hoping this was just a dream of some kind and I would wake up alive and well. Oh how I would change my life if I did wake up.
"You have been chosen, Crystal." started the female. Your vow and your swear to avenge you as well as others was just the sign we have been waiting for. Your death was unjustified as the others but your drive and your will brought you here before us." claimed the male.
"You will set things right, Crystal." ended the female.
"Set things right? What do you mean by that!" I yelled but just then a feeling came over me. Something deep down inside of me. Almost like fire burning and rising. I looked down at myself and I could see! Everything on me was changing before my eyes!
My skin turned white. My hair changed from my beautiful blonde locks to jet black and blood red bangs. Something was changing me, they were changing me! Fire rose from my finger tips but I felt no heat, no pain. I wasn't getting burned as I stood there with this ball of fire in my hand. My clothes changed as well. Long thigh high black boots with spiked heels, fire thongs with spikes on the hips and a long draping black fabric hung in the back, kind of like having a cape only from the waist down. Long black laced up fingerless gloves stretched to almost my shoulders, a fire bra of some sort with what looked like shoulder covers and on each shoulder a spike.
"What have you done to me!" I yelled in shock as I examined all of my new features. The fire in my hand grew brighter as though it was feeding off my anger but the light from it never pierced the darkness.
"You now have the power to make everything right again." started the female.
"The living realm is being over run with inner demons. Someone or something is casting them into innocent souls in an effort to corrupt them and cause this unbalance between realms." continued the male.
"We bestowed upon you the power to send these demons back to the realm of the cursed dead." stated the female.
"Consider this to be your free pass back to the living realm to avenge yourself and others like you. Unless you prefer to rot in your personal hell for eternity as your anger and bout for revenge eats away at you." explained the male.
"But be warned, Crystal. The demons are not picky. You will meet up with some less fortunate individuals. You may not like what you see but you have a job to do, and no matter what or who, you must carry out your duties, regardless. Or that soul will forever be cursed and it will be by your hand." ended the male. I stood there, contemplating the whole thing. Thinking about how this will benefit me. How I could avenge all the wrongs. Protect others that went through what I went through.
"What is your decision, Crystal." inquired the male. Starring at the ball of fire in my hand, images of my family weeping for me came to my mind. The whole damn thing flashed through my head. The needle burning feeling of my husbands family barring down on me, the tears of my friends and family as the life was drawn out of me. My last breath. The sadness and then....the anger!
"I made a vow and swore to avenge all that were unjustly wronged by the hands of others. If there is an unknown plague corrupting the living, causing such chaos, I will send them to their ends!" I said as the fire in my hand grew. The flickering of the flames danced in my now colorless eyes and a spiteful grin crossed my lips.
"Train me on these new powers, I hunger to return to the living, do my duties to serve you and protect others like myself!" I demanded.
"There in no need for training, Crystal. You will know when the time comes what to do." started the male.
"However there are important things you must know before venturing on your quest." finished the female.
"From this moment on, you can not retain your living name. No one will recognize you and you must not try to confront any of your living loved ones." spoke the male voice harshly.
"Choose your name, Crystal." finished the female.
I looked down at myself, my clothes and the fire in my hand. I looked like a dark angel filled with rage and vengeance. After a minute of thinking, I held my head up high and peered into the darkness toward the source of the voices and said..."Call me.....Gothic Fire." With that said I clenched my hand with the fire into a fist and the fire burned bright to almost a white, as I stood there proudly over my decision. I may not be able to change my life but I can fight to make sure that others will have the chance to change theirs and live it.
Just then the darkness closed in on me, till everything went black and the last thing I remembered was hearing those whispering voices. And so it all begins....
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