Celestial Love Book 3: Marriage.

There was only Darkness.
Complete. And utter. Darkness.

Luna and I just floated in empty space, nothing around us at all. I wasn't at all sure what I was going on, and I was a bit afraid. "Luna," I said, looking over at her. "Do you have any idea what the fuck I just did?" She was visibly shaken, trembling with fear. She simply shook her head no, giving the answer I feared.

"Damn..." I closed my eyes and attempted to clear my mind. I put my hands to my head, and felt nothing. I opened my eyes up in fear. I brought my hands before me, and saw that they were, indeed there... But I couldn't touch anything. My hands just went through everything. I looked over at Luna, and saw she was making this same discovery.

New fears were beginning to register. I began trying to figure out where we were through other tests. I held my breath, and never ran out of the air in my lungs. I tried throwing coins and dirt from my pockets, but they just floated in space. It was almost impossible for me to even move through the Darkness.

Finally, I knew what had happened.

We were outside of the universe. Somehow, I had cast some kind of spell that had sent the two of us to some place in between dimensions. I cursed myself and facepalmed. "Dammit!" I yelled out. "What in God's Name is wrong with me?!" I thought of any possible way I could get us out of here - But nothing came to mind.

There was so much pain, physical, emotional, and spiritual,going through me. I just couldn't take it any more. I just fell to my knees, tears streaming down my face. My ungroomed, uncut hair fell over my eyes as I slumped over. "Why? Dammit, Why..." I cried. I didn't care about anything at that very moment in time. Luna and I were outside of the universe, literally in the middle of Nowhere. I dug my hands into my forehead, burying my fingernails in the flesh. I felt blood drip down my face.

As my tears and blood mingled, I felt a small bit land upon the corner of my lips. I stopped a moment, and licked off the mixture. It had a sweet taste, coppery and invigorating. I calmed myself then, and felt nothing. Not love, or joy, or anger, or sorrow, or hope, or trust, or faith, or anything. I felt nothing. Only by having no emotions, and by abandoning Hope, did I have a chance of getting us out of there.

I cleared my head of every single thought. Of every single idea. Of every single hope. Of every single dream. Everything that had ever been in my mind, was suddenly gone. I felt Darkness begin to invade my mind, but I pushed it away. The same with what little Light tried to push it's way in. For a single moment, I was completely empty.

Then, my inspiration came. A single thought came into my head, that I just couldn't push away: Luna. I heard her saying something, but I don't know what. All I know is that it was a single word, filled with Love, Hope, and Joy. And it gave me an idea. I swore I would give my life for Luna if I had to, and I was certain that was about to happen.

"Luna," I said. "Come here." She nodded and obeyed. She came to my side. I looked down at her. She just looked so sweet, so innocent. For just a moment there was a smile on my face.

I kissed her on the cheek, my lips lingering on her flesh for just a moment. Then I wrapped a single arm around her. "Luna, whatever happens, know that I love you." I looked straight forward, and closed my eyes. I spoke then, casting a powerful spell that might well destroy me. "Deus animam meam, ut spem amorem. Deus animam meam, ut nos ad patriam. Deus apponat mea, vita mea... Dare nobis casum."

With that, I sent out a great charge of power into the Nothingness. Suddenly, it tore a rift in space, forming a great portal. Luna and I were propelled into it, and I felt a surge of pain go through my chest. I gasped once, and everything was gone.