Written in the realms

Submitted into Contest #83 in response to: Write a fantasy story about water gods or spirits.... view prompt

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Fantasy Friendship Romance

The pull, there it is again. Even the depths of the seas can’t save me and I feel someone trying to take me away, my breath hindges, my protests useless and I get swiftly pulled away from the calmness of the bottom of the sea, where no man has ever set foot but me, but even with the millions of gallons of water on top of me I can’t hide away fromdestiny. I stop struggling and let the water carry me to the surface and within minute, I find myself snatched from the serenity of the still water and into the turmoil of the waves on top. There is crashing and breaking everywhere around me, the water has a mind of its own, I try to calm it down but with the zest of a lover who has lost everything and everyone he ever desired the sea cries and I unable to take away it’s agony anymore lose myself to the darknes.

“Mer! Mer where are you?” I could hear the voices. I could see a little girl running towards this guy about the same age as her with a smile on her face

”luna!” She called him “look what I found“

she showed him a colourful pebbel in the shape of a heart and said “ this is for you, keep it with you always”

she took his hand and put the pebble in it and then she saw him leave yelling at him to stop.

I slowly open my eyes forgetting for a moment where I am, I felt the sand around me and realised that the waves must have pushed me to the shore. I look at the sea, the storm has calmed down but only a bit but when I look up the sky and see the moon it seems to amplify my agony and the waters along with me. I couldn’t take it anymore and ended up sobbing, I had no idea how my quites sobbing turned into cries of pain and despair and only realised, so when a voice called me from behind

”miss? Are you alright?” The question silenced me and in that moment I realised how loud I was, I could hear my shaking breath and only now could feel the tears and sweats rolling down my face, my body was shaking and this stranger maybe thinking that I was cold put his jacket around me and spoke again

”Miss, you need not to worry. please calm down and tell me what happened . I’m here right beside you.”

I’m here I’m here I’m here....don’t leave... Ill follow you...I love yo...I’m here....Always.. I’m here.

Thats all I could here in my head before I collapsed again.

I felt parched and my whole body felt sore, with all the energy thats left in me I opened up my eyes, which felt like a feat, only to realise that I was in some place strange it was nei the sea nor an Island but someone’s home.

I looked around and found a glass of water with a note on it. I drank the water quickly and the looked at the note. It was written in greek and in Englis.

”Went out for some work feel free to eat anything you like.”

Greek. So I was in Greece, probably, on some small Island. I smiled

The guy from last night must have brought me here and must have been confused that whether I’m a local or a tourist so he wrote in both languages , not that he needed to do that I had long learned every language there.

The thought made my smile disappear and the thousands of ships, I sank to the ground in search of a scriptur, book or anything that would help my find a way back.

A cat jumped on the bed breaking my train of thoughts and I came back to reality and rushed to get out of the house. I needed to go back to the sea I can’t stay away from it for long or all chao would break lose, courtosy of love and the utter blindness it ensues.

The sun was out and the moon no longer there. I hate the sun, abhor it actuall, Sol, she is the reason for all my destruction

I started to think back to the old times

I could hear luna’s laughter and my own intermixed with it like a melody, I could feel the happiness oozing and the love, oh that beautiful love, worth lasting centuries began so innocently.

The other realm was beautiful and so was every creature living in it but to my eyes none was more gorgeous than luna but He only had eyes for sol and with that thought I tear rolled down my face. He was my best friend but when I told him I love him, he said he’s always been in love with Sol and wants to spend eternity with her.

Eternity! Huh! I scoffed and a smile came to my face when I remembered how I tricked the poor sweet Sol into coming to this realm but the smile soon dropped. Luna that idiot had to jump in the portal ,behind her, pushing me in it too in the process but who would have thought even in the realm the sun and the moon can be one no matter what but the sea luna always wants to pull me towards him everytime he is too close to the earth he tries to take me away with it creating destruction on the plane in the hopes that when eart is no more he can be one with his sol. I laugh I’ll die before I let that happen no matter how much I love him I’ll always stay away from him making sure He stays away from her too and that in my mind I reached the sea and became one with it once again, drowning in it so I won have to take the burder of my deeds with me and delude myself into thinking whatever happened was destiny,it was all written in the realms and had nothing to do with me.

March 04, 2021 18:51

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