Another Failed English Extra Credit... XP
“YOU! What are you doing with that!?”
Amber spun around holding a small bundle in her arms, “It’s not in your authority to know! Be gone before I report this!”
“Not in my authority!?” The demigod questioning Amber seemed very annoyed yet worried.
Amber didn’t answer but clutched the bundle closer to her. The white crystal gate caught her eye.
“Amber,” His voice softened and he rested his hand on his shoulder, “I know what you’re trying to do… but you will never get her back.”
Amber shook the demigod’s hand off and glared at him with her tawny eyes, “Let me pass Aaron.”
“Amber…”
Amber shoved passed him and was about to walk through the gateway when Aaron grabbed her shoulder, “I’m going with you.”
She turned around, “And why is that?”
“You haven’t been down on Earth as a human since you’ve been one… you’ll need help.”
Amber turned back around and went through the gate.
“She’s going to get me demoted…” Aaron walks in behind her. The gate closed behind them, making the room they were in dark.
They both appeared in a crowed of bustling people talking about how happy they were that the war ended or meeting up with their family and friends. To them Amber and Aaron were just normal people. Aaron had made sure Amber and he was wearing old grey trench coats other than their normal clothing, which are too detailed to describe.
Aaron looked around seeing people meeting after many years of war, “It’s a good feeling isn’t it?”
Amber ignored him and walked up to a man, “Have you heard of a man named Dennis?”
The man gave her a questioning look, “Yes.”
“Do you know where I can find him?”
“The last I saw of him was heading north. I don’t think you’ll find him though…”
“Thank you.” Amber gave a little bow and walked back to Aaron.
“Why do you want to find Dennis? What use will he be to bring her back?”
Amber ignored him again and was now calculating north.
“You can’t keep ignoring me!” Aaron raised his voice causing some of the soldiers and their families to look at them. Aaron paused for a moment to let everyone go back to their business. “Amber- Hey!” Amber was already on the road clutching the bundle under her coat. Aaron ran up to her, “Stop doing that! We can’t draw attention to ourselves!”
“What does it matter?” Aaron started walking at a steady pace. Amber’s eyes were looking straight ahead but they were cold and lifeless. He had noticed she had been out of it for awhile. It had only been a month since the universe ended, but everything has changed since then.
“Amber… we should stop for the night.” They’d been walking for hours and the stars and a gibbous moon had come out from hiding behind the sun.
“No.”
“Do you want to get killed?!” Amber glanced back at him but then continued north. “You’re very irritating you know that?!”
“Yes.”
Aaron clenched his fists, “We’re stopping for the night.”
“You didn’t have to come.” Amber still didn’t look back at him. Aaron didn’t answer but grabbed her arm and started walking in town. Amber tried to struggle free, but when the light of the street lamp revealed them she stopped and let him lead her to the nearest inn.
“We’d like two rooms please.”
“I’m sorry… we only have one. But you shouldn’t let a fight between you two led you to the decision to sleep in separate rooms.” The clerk gave Aaron a warm smile.
Aaron and Amber looked at each other. The clerk had thought they were married. The thought made Aaron blush a deep red.
“We’ll take it.,” Amber handed the clerk some coins, “One night.” The clerk nodded and gave them the key to their room.
Amber sat near the window where a cool summer breeze was blowing into the room.
Aaron walked in and flopped on the bed, “We could have gone to another inn you know.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Her tone was the same as always.
“Here,” Aaron got off the bed, “You can have the bed.”
“I’m not sleepy.”
There was silence in the room for what seemed like hours. The clock seemed to thunder through the room until Aaron spoke up, “What are you planning to do exactly?”
“I’m going to bring back her soul.”
“You have her soul?”
Amber turned and looked at him for a minute and then started to unwrap the bundle, “Come here.”
Aaron sauntered over and looked at broken pieces of flawless glass in the folds of the dirt-stained cloth. He picked up a portion and stared into it. He could see a faint reflection of himself in it, but it was with others. Even he, a demigod, could not describe the images inside that piece of glass. Amber snatched the glass out of his hand and put it back into the bundle.
Aaron went back to his senses, “Is that what a broken soul looks like?” Amber nodded. “You’re planning to put it back together?” Amber nodded again. “With what?” Her face angled down at the floor and a shadow came upon her face. Aaron wanted to ask why she was miserable, but he couldn’t bring himself to it. He always had a bit of a crush on her ever since he first met her. It was the first she became a demigod, Amber was confused about how she got there. Aaron had to help her, explain how they themselves weren’t Gods or Angels. It was a difficult task. But somehow she got it.
The next morning Aaron was the one who woke up first in a chair. He looked sideways to find Amber sleeping in the chair next to him. The bed still had the imprint of Aaron flopping in it. He reached his arm over and shook Amber a bit.
“It’s morning.”
Her flickered eyes open and stood up, “Let’s go.”
“How far north is Dennis?!” Aaron had gotten irritated over the past few hours walking nonstop. He wished he could just use some powers and get there, but of course that would draw attention which would lead to evil beings to capture them. Not that there were any evil beings when there’s a new universe, but he didn’t want to take a chance.
“He should be in the town ahead… that’s what the man said.”
The town was still there for the fact that everyone went there for its famous bars. Amber and Aaron made their way into a bar where supposedly Dennis was, for two weeks. They found him slumped over a table surrounded by glasses with liquor at the bottom. He was only 20 or so, but he looked like he was dying from old age. His once vibrant scarlet hair has turned a dull red gray and his green eyes are now mixed with brown.
Amber walked up to him slowly, “Dennis?” Dennis looked up slowly trying to focus on Amber.
“Wha?”
“You remember me don’t you?”
Dennis rubbed his eyes and looked at Amber again, “It couldn’t be…” He grabbed his head and slowly stood up, “Where is she?”
“Let’s discuss this elsewhere…”
Dennis seemed like he was going to reject this but then nodded.
Aaron sat under the shade of a tree while Amber and Dennis talked.
“So… where is she? She’s… she’s up in Heaven right?”
“No,” Amber sighed, “She’s not anywhere.”
“… What are you saying?”
“Her soul was shattered when she ended the universe… she is no longer in existence.”
“If the universe ended why are we still here?!”
“It’s God’s choice.”
“What sort of messed up choice is that?!” Dennis clenched his teeth together and turned around angrily.
Aaron didn’t know a lot about Dennis; at the most he knew that he was the last to see the Ender of the Universe before her soul was shattered. Some could say he had even loved her.
Dennis turned back around, “So… what do you want!? You must have come here for a reason!”
Amber’s eyes softened, “I can bring her back… not completely the same person… but almost exactly the same.”
Aaron looked up, “You can’t do that! The fact we’re even down here is wrong!”
She ignored him, “To put back her soul… we need your blood.” Dennis soundlessly nodded.
Aaron was shocked, “Do you have any idea what that means?! You’ll die!”
Dennis turned to him, “You shouldn’t worry about me dying,” he looked up to the sky with a smile, “I already have.”
“Don’t say that!” Dennis looked back at Aaron, who was now spilling tears, “T- she… she’ll never be the same person… God does not wish that… we’re all trespassing.”
Dennis kept smiling, “You’re not…” He walked away with Amber leaving Aaron alone.
Amber had unwrapped the bundle and was now making cuts on Dennis with the shards of glass.
“If you want to-”
“No.” Dennis stayed firm and Amber kept cutting. In the trees Aaron was watching them finish. Amber started using her powers and he saw Dennis’s life slipping away.
“What are you going to do with the baby?” Amber held a child in the bundle that once held the shards.
“I’m going to take care of her… she isn’t going to age quickly.”
Aaron looked at them and felt his heart growing heavier, “You can’t come back-“
“I know. I’ll just stay here.”
He wondered to himself why she would risk her being for a shattered soul, but then again, he already knew the answer. He got up and gave Amber a voiceless last farewell, knowing he wouldn’t see her for a long time.
Amber saw him step through the white gate and disappear.
Amber spun around holding a small bundle in her arms, “It’s not in your authority to know! Be gone before I report this!”
“Not in my authority!?” The demigod questioning Amber seemed very annoyed yet worried.
Amber didn’t answer but clutched the bundle closer to her. The white crystal gate caught her eye.
“Amber,” His voice softened and he rested his hand on his shoulder, “I know what you’re trying to do… but you will never get her back.”
Amber shook the demigod’s hand off and glared at him with her tawny eyes, “Let me pass Aaron.”
“Amber…”
Amber shoved passed him and was about to walk through the gateway when Aaron grabbed her shoulder, “I’m going with you.”
She turned around, “And why is that?”
“You haven’t been down on Earth as a human since you’ve been one… you’ll need help.”
Amber turned back around and went through the gate.
“She’s going to get me demoted…” Aaron walks in behind her. The gate closed behind them, making the room they were in dark.
They both appeared in a crowed of bustling people talking about how happy they were that the war ended or meeting up with their family and friends. To them Amber and Aaron were just normal people. Aaron had made sure Amber and he was wearing old grey trench coats other than their normal clothing, which are too detailed to describe.
Aaron looked around seeing people meeting after many years of war, “It’s a good feeling isn’t it?”
Amber ignored him and walked up to a man, “Have you heard of a man named Dennis?”
The man gave her a questioning look, “Yes.”
“Do you know where I can find him?”
“The last I saw of him was heading north. I don’t think you’ll find him though…”
“Thank you.” Amber gave a little bow and walked back to Aaron.
“Why do you want to find Dennis? What use will he be to bring her back?”
Amber ignored him again and was now calculating north.
“You can’t keep ignoring me!” Aaron raised his voice causing some of the soldiers and their families to look at them. Aaron paused for a moment to let everyone go back to their business. “Amber- Hey!” Amber was already on the road clutching the bundle under her coat. Aaron ran up to her, “Stop doing that! We can’t draw attention to ourselves!”
“What does it matter?” Aaron started walking at a steady pace. Amber’s eyes were looking straight ahead but they were cold and lifeless. He had noticed she had been out of it for awhile. It had only been a month since the universe ended, but everything has changed since then.
“Amber… we should stop for the night.” They’d been walking for hours and the stars and a gibbous moon had come out from hiding behind the sun.
“No.”
“Do you want to get killed?!” Amber glanced back at him but then continued north. “You’re very irritating you know that?!”
“Yes.”
Aaron clenched his fists, “We’re stopping for the night.”
“You didn’t have to come.” Amber still didn’t look back at him. Aaron didn’t answer but grabbed her arm and started walking in town. Amber tried to struggle free, but when the light of the street lamp revealed them she stopped and let him lead her to the nearest inn.
“We’d like two rooms please.”
“I’m sorry… we only have one. But you shouldn’t let a fight between you two led you to the decision to sleep in separate rooms.” The clerk gave Aaron a warm smile.
Aaron and Amber looked at each other. The clerk had thought they were married. The thought made Aaron blush a deep red.
“We’ll take it.,” Amber handed the clerk some coins, “One night.” The clerk nodded and gave them the key to their room.
Amber sat near the window where a cool summer breeze was blowing into the room.
Aaron walked in and flopped on the bed, “We could have gone to another inn you know.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Her tone was the same as always.
“Here,” Aaron got off the bed, “You can have the bed.”
“I’m not sleepy.”
There was silence in the room for what seemed like hours. The clock seemed to thunder through the room until Aaron spoke up, “What are you planning to do exactly?”
“I’m going to bring back her soul.”
“You have her soul?”
Amber turned and looked at him for a minute and then started to unwrap the bundle, “Come here.”
Aaron sauntered over and looked at broken pieces of flawless glass in the folds of the dirt-stained cloth. He picked up a portion and stared into it. He could see a faint reflection of himself in it, but it was with others. Even he, a demigod, could not describe the images inside that piece of glass. Amber snatched the glass out of his hand and put it back into the bundle.
Aaron went back to his senses, “Is that what a broken soul looks like?” Amber nodded. “You’re planning to put it back together?” Amber nodded again. “With what?” Her face angled down at the floor and a shadow came upon her face. Aaron wanted to ask why she was miserable, but he couldn’t bring himself to it. He always had a bit of a crush on her ever since he first met her. It was the first she became a demigod, Amber was confused about how she got there. Aaron had to help her, explain how they themselves weren’t Gods or Angels. It was a difficult task. But somehow she got it.
The next morning Aaron was the one who woke up first in a chair. He looked sideways to find Amber sleeping in the chair next to him. The bed still had the imprint of Aaron flopping in it. He reached his arm over and shook Amber a bit.
“It’s morning.”
Her flickered eyes open and stood up, “Let’s go.”
“How far north is Dennis?!” Aaron had gotten irritated over the past few hours walking nonstop. He wished he could just use some powers and get there, but of course that would draw attention which would lead to evil beings to capture them. Not that there were any evil beings when there’s a new universe, but he didn’t want to take a chance.
“He should be in the town ahead… that’s what the man said.”
The town was still there for the fact that everyone went there for its famous bars. Amber and Aaron made their way into a bar where supposedly Dennis was, for two weeks. They found him slumped over a table surrounded by glasses with liquor at the bottom. He was only 20 or so, but he looked like he was dying from old age. His once vibrant scarlet hair has turned a dull red gray and his green eyes are now mixed with brown.
Amber walked up to him slowly, “Dennis?” Dennis looked up slowly trying to focus on Amber.
“Wha?”
“You remember me don’t you?”
Dennis rubbed his eyes and looked at Amber again, “It couldn’t be…” He grabbed his head and slowly stood up, “Where is she?”
“Let’s discuss this elsewhere…”
Dennis seemed like he was going to reject this but then nodded.
Aaron sat under the shade of a tree while Amber and Dennis talked.
“So… where is she? She’s… she’s up in Heaven right?”
“No,” Amber sighed, “She’s not anywhere.”
“… What are you saying?”
“Her soul was shattered when she ended the universe… she is no longer in existence.”
“If the universe ended why are we still here?!”
“It’s God’s choice.”
“What sort of messed up choice is that?!” Dennis clenched his teeth together and turned around angrily.
Aaron didn’t know a lot about Dennis; at the most he knew that he was the last to see the Ender of the Universe before her soul was shattered. Some could say he had even loved her.
Dennis turned back around, “So… what do you want!? You must have come here for a reason!”
Amber’s eyes softened, “I can bring her back… not completely the same person… but almost exactly the same.”
Aaron looked up, “You can’t do that! The fact we’re even down here is wrong!”
She ignored him, “To put back her soul… we need your blood.” Dennis soundlessly nodded.
Aaron was shocked, “Do you have any idea what that means?! You’ll die!”
Dennis turned to him, “You shouldn’t worry about me dying,” he looked up to the sky with a smile, “I already have.”
“Don’t say that!” Dennis looked back at Aaron, who was now spilling tears, “T- she… she’ll never be the same person… God does not wish that… we’re all trespassing.”
Dennis kept smiling, “You’re not…” He walked away with Amber leaving Aaron alone.
Amber had unwrapped the bundle and was now making cuts on Dennis with the shards of glass.
“If you want to-”
“No.” Dennis stayed firm and Amber kept cutting. In the trees Aaron was watching them finish. Amber started using her powers and he saw Dennis’s life slipping away.
“What are you going to do with the baby?” Amber held a child in the bundle that once held the shards.
“I’m going to take care of her… she isn’t going to age quickly.”
Aaron looked at them and felt his heart growing heavier, “You can’t come back-“
“I know. I’ll just stay here.”
He wondered to himself why she would risk her being for a shattered soul, but then again, he already knew the answer. He got up and gave Amber a voiceless last farewell, knowing he wouldn’t see her for a long time.
Amber saw him step through the white gate and disappear.