Shadows of the Past. Lights of the Future.
Book 1 “Darkness” - Chapter 1 “Lights”
Book 1 “Darkness” - Chapter 1 “Lights”
I Command the Past
The “Little Girl” suddenly awakened feeling awfully tired and with a headache.
All I can remember is that I was in a strange place and a voice asked me to watch. The “Little Girl” thought feeling awful due to the headache. I opened my eyes and… and nothing I can’t remember. What’s that a dream? The “Little Girl” thought feeling the headache going worse the more she tried to remember what she was able to see.
The “Little Girl” was deep in thoughts trying to figure if it was a dream when they were cut short by the feeling that something was coming closer. The “Little Girl” didn’t know why she was having this feeling or how but with each second she passed thinking about it the feeling was growing stronger.
A little scared and feeling restless The “Little Girl” opened her eyes to try to see. Trying to figure where she was the “Little Girl” started to look around, she was for some reason unable to move her head or her hands that she did know she had but was unable to feel.
All the “Little Girl was able to see was darkness, not a darkness like the one in the void, this darkness did have a feeling around it and she was able to faintly see things around but was unable to identify then.
The “Little Girl” was growing more and more scared with each try to move and see what was coming close to her, feeling that trying to do something currently impossible was a waste of precious time she closed her eyes and concentrated in the other sense she knew she had “Hearing”.
The “Little Girl” thought that she was able to “hear” that voice in her dream even if she didn’t know how she was able to and now she was going to use it to find the source of that feeling.
Concentrating and calming her restlessness the “Little Girl” started to hear her surroundings trying to figure what was coming for her. At first the Little Girl was Unable to hear her surroundings the only thing she was able to hear was a pounding sound, but that sound she figured was coming from her, The “Little Girl” was able to figure that whatever that sound was it was part of her and it wasn’t important and that it was best to ignore it.
The “Little girl” concentrated even harder ignoring her own sound and started to concentrate in her surroundings, at first she was unable to hear a single thing but the feeling was growing stronger and stronger, her own sound growing stronger too, she was getting even more scared with each second and then the “Little Girl” hear it, a sound so subtle, so faint it was nearly imperceptible only her fear heightened hearing allowed her to hear it.
Finally finding a source for the feeling and being able to hear it faintly but sure it was there the “Little Girl” opened her eyes and started to move them around trying to locate and see the it, At first it was hard to figure where was the source but with her hearing and the feeling she was able to figure a direction to look.
The “Little Girl” was slowly getting accustomed to the darkness and was able to faintly see the ceiling and some things around her but what called her attention was something out of place, it was like the Stars and the night sky where moving around and flowing in weird shapes, but what was most strange was those pair of blue eyes glowing faintly watching her from the darkness.
The “Little Girl” Feeling more and more scared with each second that those eyes stared at her tried to move and put distance, look for to safety or at least defend herself but she was unable to feel what to move or get a clear image of what she did use to move, even the hand she did know she had where currently unusable, nothing moved and forced her to stay in the floor waiting for those eyes get closer, that feeling coming closer and closer scaring her more and more until she did the only thing she was able. Scream.
“STAY AWAY FROM ME” The “Little Girl” screamed with tears in her eyes clouding her vision. There she was all in tears and sobs unable to move and waiting for the thing that was coming closer to reach her. But what happened next left The “Little Girl” surprised.
Suddenly The pair of eyes showed surprise, which was by itself strange and in the same way they changed to a knowing and what the Little Girl” Guessed was pained gaze, suddenly a faint light appeared way below the pair of eyes but out of her angle of Vision for her to observe and seconds after that another faint light started to glow directly over the pair of eyes growing stronger with each second allowing the “Little Girl” to observe and figure why she was scared and the reason of her strange feeling, but what she was able to see made her mind stop for a second.
In front of her was a strange creature, deep blue with four long and thin appendages hmmm... legs? Are those legs?? The “Little Girl” thought watching in awe unable to comprehend what she was seeing.
Tall and slender with long neck ending in a strange head connected to a long nose. Is that a horn glowing? The “Little Girl” thought looking to the horn over its eyes, but what was most strange was the hair, it was a long and flowing hair made of what looked like stars and night sky growing out of its head going all over its back moving on is own and other part made of the same growing out of the end of the further pair of legs.
The “Little Girl” keep staring at the creature in surprise and awe. She was unable to move her eyes out of the creature and was trying to understand and figure what she was seeing. She was thinking and thinking over what she was seeing. Is that a Horse? What is a Horse? The “Little Girl” thought getting angry at herself for making her now nearly forgotten headache grow worse. How I know that is a horse? No wait it have a horn so it is a Unicorn. The “Little Girl” corrected herself.
A unicorn with hair made out of Stars and night sky. The “Little Girl” thought getting amused and forgetting that she was scared of it a just few seconds in the past and wondering how she knew that it was a Unicorn or what was a horse. Not use getting angry and going over it again. Let’s just go around it, I want to avoid getting my headache worse. The “Little Girl though chastising herself in her mind.
Wait! it is called mane, in horses the hair is called mane. The “Little Girl” corrected herself about something she didn't know how she know again growing a little angry, she was deep in thoughts when the Unicorn did something unexpected taking her away out of her train of thoughts and her headache.
The Unicorn moved one of her front legs next to the other touching something with its pawn?? No wait is Hoof. The “Little Girl” thought getting amused. With a dexterity she didn’t know the Unicorns did have it started to touch in the place The “little Girl” figured the first light appeared.
In the time the Unicorn started the light in it´s horn and the time she started to touch her leg it was gotten closer so she was able to see the place the first light appeared, the source of the first light looked like a something made out of glowing gems and a glowing surfaces in a black body connected to the leg, after that the Unicorn started to make strange noises out of its mouth at first sounding strange but with little time starting to sound strangely like words.
“C... Y.u .N...r.ta.D m.?” Was the first understandably sound heavily mechanized and confusing.
“Can Y.u Und.stand me?” it Sounded less confusing and more like words but still heavily mechanized.
“Can You Understand me?” Asked the Unicorn a third time, this one with perfect words but sounding in a strange and somewhat mechanical voice.
Did the Unicorn just Talk? and I did understand it? The “Little Girl” thought getting surprised unable to figure what was happening and getting more and more confused.
“Can You Understand me?” The Unicorn asked again with a different voice this time sounding less mechanical and more alive and if the “Little Girl” didn't hear wrong in a female voice.
“How can I understand you?” The “Little Girl” asked to the Female? Unicorn in a surprised voice.
“Good the Pre-stored translation spell is working correctly.” The Unicorn answered in a pleased voice.
“What are you?” “Are you a Unicorn?” “How can I understand you?” What is this place?” The Little girl asked starting to feel scared again and getting more and more surprised about everything that was happening to her.
“Well I am not a Unicorn, I am an Alicorn I have wings.” The Unicorn answered showing her Wings to The “Little Girl”.
“And you can understand me thanks to a pre-stored translator spell.” The Alicorn? Answered showing the device in her leg.
“And about your last question I can't answer you until you answer my own questions.” The Alicorn answered the “Little Girl” last question in a cutting manner.
The Alicorn closed her eyes for a short time and opening then again with a sharp and aggressive gaze unfurling her wings in a threatening manner. “Answer Me now Human.” The Alicorn asked in a strong voice nearly sounding like a scream. Human? I a Human? She thought trying to understand why she called her that and feeling scared by the threatening manners.
“What are you doing here?” The Alicorn Asked in a somewhat angry tone of voice.
“I don’t know what I doing here, I don’t even know where I am.” The “Little Girl” answered truthfully trying to not agitate the Alicorn it was pointless to lie she really didn´t know why she was there in the first place.
The Alicorn closed her eyes thinking deeply about the answer the Female Human has given to her.
“How you arrived to this place?” The Alicorn Asked in a angry and aggressive tone of voice opening her eyes with a frustrated and angry gaze making the “Little Girl” even more scared.
“I don’t know how I arrived to this place, I can’t even move I have tried to move all this time.” She answered with a pained expression trying vainly to move, all she was able to move was her eyes.
“Where and what is this place?” The “Little Girl” asked trying to figure why the Alicorn was angry.
The Alicorn started to wonder how an immobile human has arrived here of all places.
“Who send you?” The Alicorn asked getting frustrated about the lack of real answers.
“I don’t know the last I remember is a weird place and a voice ordering me to watch and suddenly awakening tired with a headache and paralyzed.” The “Little Girl” answered feeling bad about the present situation and starting to feel useless and annoyed.
“Who are you?” The “Little Girl” asked back to the Alicorn. “And why are you questioning me?” The “Little Girl” added feeling less scared and more angry.
“I am Luna Overseer of this place and you are not entitled to ask me anything until you answer all my questions.” Answered The Alicorn with an angry tone of voice this time shouting and a throwing a piercing gaze.
“Ok Luna I will answer your questions not like I can do anything with me immobile here.” The “Little Girl” answered trying to contain her tears while feeling less angry and more scared due to her inability to move and defend herself.
“Who are you?” Asked Luna feeling somewhat less angry about the crying female human immobile in the floor.
“Who I am?” “Who?” “WH….?” Was all Luna was able to hear before the human started to convulse and scream in the floor.
“Who I am? Who I am? Who I am? Who I am? Who? Who. WHO! WHO!” That was everything the “Little Girl” was able to say and think before she started to scream and convulse.
Countless Images started to flood her mind making her scream in anguish, each one making the pain in her mind grow worse. She was unable to recognize any of the images but each one made her pain grew worse, she started to hear voices unable to understand then, each one getting louder that the last one until the only thing she was able to hear was a head piercing noise.
And with a last scream she fainted.
Shadows of the Past. Lights of the Future.
Book 1 “Darkness” - Chapter 2 “Glows”
Book 1 “Darkness” - Chapter 2 “Glows”
I Make The Present
The “Little Girl” awoke feeling tired and to her annoyance with a headache.
She looked around looking for Luna or trying to figure where she was.
She was in a white place, white all around, no up, no down, nothing, all was simply endless whiteness making her feel worse.
“Great, first black nothingness and now white nothingness.” Said the “Little Girl” looking around for anything not white.
“Well at least this time I can see and there is no weird voice shouting me to watch”
The “Little Girl” tried to move but like last time she was unable to even feel her body. "Look like I still paralyzed"
The “Little Girl” closed her eyes to try and concentrate in figuring what to do now.
"I can't do much if can't move." “And for what I can see I totally alone” She added opening her now watery eyes, feeling sad and down.
“Are you sure about that?” Sounded a strong voice out of nowhere surprising the “Little Girl”, her eyes shrinking into points, the embarrassment of someone seeing her nearly crying and the fear of who was that voice clearly showing in her gaze.
Great here we go again. The “Little Girl” thought feeling her headache get stronger and gaining power with each second.
“Let me guess what you want me to do?? Hear?” She added with fake annoyance in her voice trying to cover her embarrassment and fear.
“No really” answered the female voice in a more normal tone.
“I want you to look behind you. Dear” The voice added in a commanding tone.
And with a subtle tone of mischief. “I didn't see you cry by the way”
“I- I was not Crying” shouted the “Little Girl” trying to cover her embarrassment.
“My eyes are a bit hurt due to all this whiteness and I have a headache” She added trying to cover her embarrassment with a half-lie. “And don't call me Dear? Thats weird”.
Even with the previous embarrassment the “Little Girl” didn't really had reason to not try to do what the voice asked.
With nothing to lose and wanting to find a way to leave the weird white place fast, she tried to move her head to look around.
To her surprise she was able to move it.
“It- It moved, I moved it I soo happy” With her head moving around the “Little Girl” started to giggle and cheer in a happy tone.
“Hehehehe” she involuntarily started to giggle in a weird way oblivious of everything around her.
“Dear you alright?” asked the voice in an amused tone.
The “Little Girl” happy cheers and giggle were instantly cut, her mouth dropping, her eyes opening in surprise and to her dismay feeling extremely embarrassed.
“So-Sorry I was really happy that I forgot about you” She mumbled moving her head looking for the voice location.
“I here behind you” sounded the voice “No need to apologize” “I was able to hear your cute giggles” Added the voice making the little girl grow more embarrassed
The little girl don’t wanting to embarrass herself even more moved her head to look behind her.
There in the white endless space was a girl.
A human girl looking at her with a big smile and giggling faintly.
A very pretty human girl, making her embarrassment even worse.
Long cascading blonde hair streamed down the girl´s back reaching up to her knees.
Two marble-sized green baubles sat above her left ear tying up a bunch of her gorgeous hair that streamed outward and then curled around.
She was wearing a white vest-like shirt which came down almost to her stomach leaving her midriff exposed.
Her skin looked soft and silky with an otherworldly shine.
Her skirt was a deep green and a hugged the girl's hips snugly and billowed out like the petals of a flower.
At the end of the dark green hem was something that looked like a second skirt beneath it, lighter green in color, reaching up to her knees.
She wore white socks and running shoes and her legs were slender and blemish less.
She looked almost like a living doll covered in an almost divine and otherworldly glow.
But what called most of the “Little Girl” attention were a beautiful pair of eyes that batted beneath long eyelashes, Observing her with their emerald green shine and a gaze giving a feeling of endless deepness.
Her pink and sweet looking lips forming a smile that gave the feeling of a mother seeing her child, a girl observing her lover and a prankster watching her prank work perfectly, it was a breathtaking feeling.
“If you keep looking at me like that Dear you will make me blush” Said the girl with a playful smile in her pink and cute lips.
“Err no! I-I was not staring at you like that... err... I sorry” The “Little Girl” mumbled with a deep blush and a feeling of wrongness.
It was the first time she saw a human girl like her but she was unable to stop the feeling that she need to love and worship the girl.
“Hahahaha” answered the girl with a smile giggling in a very cute tone of voice.
“Don’t need to worry little girl” “I really used to that kind of stares.” Added her with a smile.
“When you are like me that is something you can’t avoid”
Something about what the girl say picket the “Little Girl” interest and trying to change the weird atmosphere she asked. “Who are you?” “There is something about you that don’t look natural, like there is more about you that what I can see” She added with wary tone of voice but faltering a bit.
There was no way someone so pretty and lovable was evil or wanting to hurt her.
Aggg her presence is messing with my head. The “Little Girl” thought.
She was feeling betrayed by her own mind. I in a weird place with someone strange and all I can do is stare at her. I feel so helpless.
“Hahahaha, You are right in not trusting me, it look like you have a nice intuition.” Her thoughts were cut by the sudden laugh of the girl.
That answer added a lot to the “Little Girl” worries.
“But I don’t want to hurt you, I don’t have a reason to do that” “I have more reasons to aid you right now” She added with a smile so pure that made all the pure whiteness around the “little girl” look opaque next to it.
The “Little Girl” was speechless, the feeling the girl gave was one of absolute peace it was like seeing the sky in a cloudless night.
“You are right little girl, my current form is not natural is one I borrowed to appear and talk with you.” Added the girl with a faint smile.
“And Before you ask you can call me Celes, that is the most close translation to my name you can get without endangering your live.”
That last part made the “Little Girl” feel fear and danger around her, her eyes turning into points.
“There is no need to feel fear little girl” Celes added with worried expression.
“Even if I say my real name you will not be able to understand it” “The language used to make it is not one mean for the mortals to hear or use.” Celes gave the “Little Girl” a little smile.
“And about what I am” “Well I am a “Unlimited Planar Phase Entity” or in more simple words more or less a God” Celes said in a matter of fact tone not allowing a single doubt about the statement.
That left the “Little Girl” with a mixed expression of doubt, surprise, fear and anger.
“First a voice, latter a talking Alicorn and now a GOD. “ Screamed the “Little Girl”. Feeling her anger grow and grow for no apparent reason.
“Now you will tell me I some sort of destiny chosen hero in a mission to save the world of some evil mastermind fixed in destroying it for no good reason” She added shouting with venom in her voice.
“Hahahaha you are the first that show that kind of answer” Celes answered with a laugh so sincere that she feel her anger going down.
“Normally each time I appear to someone I get reverence, some ask me for proof of my words, others believe they are chosen and some faint” added Celes with a smile.
“You amuse me little girl and you are lucky for that, but I suggest you control yourself because there will not be a second time” Finished Celes with a tone so cold that the “Little Girl” could feel herself turning into ice.
“Listen little girl I am here not to play or have a happy chat with you” Celes continued in a neutral tone of voice her past cold tone looking now like a distant memory.
“I here because I need your help in something and trust me you need my help too”
“I sure you have a lot question about yourself and what I say but first I want to ask you something” Showing kindness in her voice.
“Tell me little girl who are you?”
That question made the “Little Girl” freeze her vision fading.
Her eyes shrink to points, her mouth hanging open in a mute scream.
The now nearly forgotten headache flaring again in a head piercing pain.
The white around her seemed to react to her pain twisting, and waving.
Long cracks starting to appear in the whiteness with crimson liquid oozing from then.
The now crimson space was breaking all around the “little girl”.
But she was even worse, she was fading to nothingness.
She could feel how the little of her that she knew was fading away.
She could not longer speak, hear or see. Everything was slowly disappearing.
Even her feelings and her mind started to disappear and fade away.
Slowly returning to nothingness…. The “little girl” was no more.
“ENOUGH” A clear voice shouted.
“This has gone far enough” The same voice sounded.
At that moment everything came back to her.
Her mind reforming itself, her feelings returning, her senses returning.
But it was going even further, she was feeling more.
She was feeling the blood coursing in her body.
She was hearing her heart throb in her chest.
She was tasting blood in her mouth.
She was smelling blood with her nose.
And she was feeling Pain. Indescribable pain, Her body feeling like it was on fire.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” Her Scream sounding more like a howl that a scream.
All her body was in pain, her head feeling close to explode.
Her arm and legs feeling twisted and broken.
But the worse of it was in her chest, a searing pain burning her insides.
She was not going support it anymore, she needed to see the reason of her pain.
Slowly she opened her eyes, the mere action making her scream in pain.
Her vision was tinted in red and blurry but she could see something in front of her.
She blinked a few times trying to focus her vision screaming each time.
Directly In front of her was Celes, her deep eyes watching her closely.
Celes face nearly touching hers.
But that was not important, she needed to figure the source of the pain.
Slowly she moved her face down looking to her chest.
She was naked she could see her own skin strangely tinted red.
But even that was unimportant, what called all of her attention was the source of the pain.
Directly in the center of her chest was Celes hand embedded deeply into her.
She could see blood dripping around Celes hand running out to her elbow.
Her mind froze unable to comprehend what she was seeing.
Celes the supposed God had her hand in her body, Celes arm soaked in her Blood.
She was Attacked by Celes, She was being killed.
Her body tensed, the blood in her face drained.
She tried to tell something to ask the reason, to figure why Celes was attacking her.
But to no avail she was only able mutter nonsense her mouth incapable of forming coherent words.
At that moment Celes withdrew her Arm, she could feel the hand leaving her body.
The reaction was instantaneous, all her body flared in a even stronger pain.
She could feel something breaking inside her, the feeling of loss unsupportable.
Her mind was unable to cope with the pain and she started to lost consciousness.
The last she was able to see was Celes hand dripping blood and a smile in her face.
“It worked”.
Shadows of the Past. Lights of the Future.
Book 1 “Darkness” - Prologue “Shadows”
Book 1 Darkness - Prologue “Shadows”
I am the Future.
Nothingness. That’s was all around, there was not a single feeling nor a single thought all was emptiness and the “Little Girl” was in that void, even saying she was in the void was wrong because in the void there was nothing but alas she was in there.
The “Little Girl” was part of the void but that was also wrong, she could not feel, hear, touch or even think, but the “Little Girl” knew she was not part of it, of that encompassing nothingness, but how could the “Little Girl” know she was not part of it, she could not feel herself, she dint have the feeling of being part of something nor the feeling she was something.
In the absolute nothingness the “Little Girl” was thinking about why she was not part of it, at that moment it suddenly dawned upon the “Little Girl”. She was thinking, “She” was thinking even in that nothingness, she was not scared or anxious, she was in peace.
“She”… Female. What´s Female? The “Little Girl” was wondering in her mind. What is scared, anxious? And what is peace?
Not use trying to figure something “I” don´t know how I know. The “Little Girl” thought throwing away the questions she knew she was unable to answer.
What is this place? Where “I” am? How “I” ended here? That and countless other questions where thought and easily discarded too.
What “I” am? That was a question that keep appearing again and again in the “Little Girl” mind. “I” mean, I something but “I” in the nothingness. How “I” can be something in the absolute nothingness? How I know “I” in the nothingness?
She passed what seemed like an eternity just thinking new questions and throwing then away unable to give then an answer. Why all the questions I can think have the same answer.
I don’t know. The "Little Girl" thought getting annoyed at the inability to answer even the most basic question.
I feeling annoyed? I can feel? The “Little Girl” mind was running at top speed with the sudden realization that she could feel, but the train of thoughts was Cut Short by a Sudden “Voice”.
“IS STARTING THE TIME IS DUE.”
“What?” The “Little girl” answered with surprise. “Eh?” She say moving her mouth. “I have a mouth?” The “Little Girl” asked trying to move her hands to touch the her mouth but she was unable to feel them.
“I HAVE HANDS?” She Screamed feeling scared about the hands she couldn't feel and at the same time happy that she did have them, but that was cut short by the “Voice” again.
“IS STARTING IS TIME FOR YOU TO SEE.”
The “Voice” was not male or female nor it was strong or weak it didn't even have feelings in it. The “Voice” was simply a voice sounding from nowhere but sounding everywhere.
See? See what? The “Little Girl” thought trying to locate the source of the voice with her eyes.
Eyes? I have eyes? But why I can see nothing? The “Little Girl” was wondering when the nothingness started to change. It was like everything was moving around the “Little Girl”, she was no longer in the nothingness, there is no darkness in the void, in just a instant the darkness shattered assaulting the “Little Girl” with sudden brightness forcing her eyes to close in pain.
“Aghhhhhh it hurtssssssss.” The “Little Girl” screamed closing her eyes with more force trying to make it stop.
“WATCH” The “Voice” sounded. “IS STARTING.” The same voice repeated out of nowhere and everywhere.
“Ok I will watch.” The “Little Girl” answered opening her eyes to see what the voice wanted her to see.
The “Little girl” opened her eyes slowly to avoid hurting then with the brightness.
Steadily and surely she opened then and…