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Tada!!! New title!! Go me!! Also!! New graphic!! Go me again!! I kinda like it, I think it fits more, although it’s rather long. I don’t know, please enjoy this part and tell me what you think below!
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It was so much colder than up there. The cold seeped into your bones like a tea seeps into water. The cold burrowed so deeply into your body until you couldn’t tell what was cold and what was warmth.
It was dark down there too. The kind of darkness that caused shadows to grab a hold of you and make you afraid. I wished to go up there, to just experience a touch of light or bit of warmth.
But I couldn’t. And I most likely never will be able to. I lost that privilege. I had a job to do and I ignored it. I spent to much time up there and now I must suffer down here.
My timer sat next to me, rubbing it’s wet noses across my palm. Every time they got hungry, I got sent back here. I was their master but they still controlled me in some way. Three heads, one body, didn’t act like a monster but could be one. I didn’t have a name for it even though others did. It was just my only friend down here but on occasion my enemy. For it decided when I needed to be down here. It decided when I should being doing my job. A perfect guardian for a neglectful worker. It also helped me with my job, helping me decide. And I was forever deciding.
Deciding whether or not they deserved this. Deciding whether or not I had the heart. Usually I didn’t. And the dog would remind me what I was supposed to do.
I was just so cold. I still had my jacket. But it did nothing, the woolen lining didn’t hold any of my body heat. I didn’t know if I even had any body heat left.
I was just starting to get used to it. The cold. Sure I was still shivering and felt awful. But I was starting to come to terms with the fact that I would freeze until the end of time. But then the dog become uneasy.
It was pacing, hackles raised, nose wrinkled in a snarl. I watched it carefully, it had never acted like this. Had never acted… afraid. I stood up and bit my lip, waiting, in silence.
We waited for a long while, that dog creature and I. It pacing in so many circles that it wore a track in the ground with it’s giant paws.
Then, foot steps. Light but hurried. The dog growled, low and guttural. My hands went to the dog’s ruff, gripping it loosely. Its short hair was soft in my hands.
The foot steps were followed by a voice. Her voice. My breath caught and for a second I almost believed it was her. It couldn’t have been though. She was up there, warm and bathing in the sunlight. I had just been dreaming, been hoping too much. The dog was uneasy about something else.
“Erlik?” It sounded just like her. I still couldn’t breathe. What if it was her? What if she came all the way down here? “Erlik, where are you?”
“Who are you?” I called out, my voice shaking.
“It’s Percy, you idiot,” She sounded annoyed. I couldn’t believe it’s really her. My mouth went dry and my heart beat faster at the thought of her. “Keep talking, it’s dark down here, I’ll follow you’re voice.”
“How- Why- How?” I couldn’t form a complete sentence.
“I jumped into the void thing in the forest,” Her tone was so matter of fact and calm, did she know where she was?
“Why?” I wanted to groan and demand she had to go back up. I was excited she was here but she was not supposed to be here. She was not supposed to be in hell. She was supposed to be up there, being sunlight and petals.
“Cause I missed you, I know it’s stupid since like…” Her voice trailed off as she comes into view. Our eyes locked and my heart was about to explode out of my chest. She grinned. And my fingers slipped off the dog’s neck. It rushed to her and I couldn’t stop it.
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One for Percy because she’s very aesthetic. (I have a couple more of these for you to endure, don’t worry.)
