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4/20/09: Based on recent events in my life I felt that I had to alter some of the details of this story.



Soft bellows of white

Like breath from a mortal on a winter morning

That is all she could see



So peaceful but for the stream of crimson at her feet

A stream so red that it seemed to burn with its own internal fire of red



Panic overwhelmed her, consumed her

A feeling her kind was never meant to feel

Up

Faster and faster she flew

Seeing more with her heart than her perfect eyes



How could this be?

How could she – a most powerful and perfect being let this happen?

The universe obeyed her commands

How dare this happen!



Pain

Feeling the tremor of his heartbeat growing fainter and fainter

The stars begin to turn their backs

Unable to bear witness to what they know



Slowly a brighter shade of white is seen

His longing for her is felt

Her fear can be tasted

The incandescence of his wings can be seen as they catch the rays of the setting sun in their folds



Faster still she falls among the clouds

Overwhelmed with joy as she finds him



Her heart dances

All will be fine

She and she alone will heal him

Prophecy be dammed



Yet something stirs within her soul

Something is not right

The crimson stream flows slower, pulsing with the final beats of his heart

She was not fast enough



NO! she cries out

Far away distant worlds tilt away from the sound

All creation halts for her pain



He smiles for now he knows the way of the world

She hears his cries and reaches for him, to brush the tears away

Just as she has done for him for a millennia



She kneels at his side and cries

“This cannot be”

“It must” he replies

Her eyes find his face



He smiles as he takes his final breath

“I love you” he whispers

His soul prays that she will one day understand her true meaning behind these words



Gently she picks him up, cradling him against her chest

Tears of fire stream down her face

Piercing the softness around her



She throws back her head in defiance of the light

Her black wings close softly around them both

She knows it is futile but she must protect him one last time



As she walks her heart beats with the pain of guilt

Guilt of all those time she wished to be free of heaven’s watchful eye

Free to roam the universe unburdened



She would trade all the riches in hell to have him back at her side

She would do the unthinkable to hear his laughter again

And to feel the softness of his kiss on her cheek



Anything to feel his stare as she walked to him



He gave up his place in the light so that she may have a chance to return

The ultimate sacrifice that she will never understand



Finally she reached her destination

At the foot of the Goddess she laid his body

Anger overwhelmed her

Defiance streamed through her veins



She wanted to turn her back on all she had ever learned

Her madness was returning



Knowing this, the Goddess reached out with love

The purest of love

And embraced her



“What would he have you do?” was all she asked

No other question needed to be posed

No answer was necessary

She fell to her knees and wept



The universe wept with her

It knew it was loosing a son of the light



Ages past before she could look upon his face

Why had he gone to battle in the dark without her?

How could he leave her?



A mortal summer wind blew past her

And on the winds she heard his voice again

“Would I ever truly leave?”

“Are we not two of the same whole?”



Quietly now she wept again

Soft tears of remorse for all she did not say

All she was unable to admit

Thoughts she never let herself believe



Silently she stood and raising her voice she pledged

“I vow to you here, in the ethereal, that I will never lose you, never stop loving you and I will never forget. I will find you and fight to have your soul return to the light. There may be another destined to be my mate but no creature will ever come close to holding my heart the way that you have.”



“We will find each other again”