Reborn to Defy Fate

y

ng to adjust to the black void that swallowed me whole. Every nerve in my body screamed in pain, a de

. They were sharp, unf

mo

le

d the most. My boyfri

orced down my throat. I gagged as the phantom pain surged through me again, tears slipping silently do

r what

hat I thought was love, I didn't see the ambition lurking behind his smile. He did

yed again like a cursed lullaby. Darkness tugged at the edges

his d

I hea

e, melodic and

ch

No, not her voice. It wa

my breath. She looked like something out of a dream; silver hair cascading like moonligh

fa

I knew w

oon G

s. The one we were taught to worship from birth. And

spered, my voice bare

oice heavy with emotion.

t the sound caught in

that when I had been gutted by

power, my trust, my life. Why? Why did you l

ds burn my tongue. Questioning the Moon Goddess

ight embracing me in a wa

are my chosen. Your strength is forged

ed, co

cros

to move on, to be reborn without memory, to

O

the fate you once accepted. Walk a p

everything. To protect the ones

ns if I don

en rebirth comes, you will begin again, but you will rem

ly change my destiny? Could I rise from t

er. Of the way she d

aughing as they confessed their

't let that

voice steel despit

ss smiled, gen

reakable. You were chosen because you rise, even when br

s already dissolving, her voice

erstand. Now, wake up.

~

was the first time I had ever breathed. E

fami

ion crashing over me. I was in

to the vanity mirror. I stared at the ref

Sea-blue eyes

them fall, uncaring. The dream w

he door made

mother greeted as she stepped in

r arms, the weight of my guilt sl

d. I had dismissed her. Moved out to escape her 'nagging.' And in the end, t

I had l

t this

ld be her shield

d, wiping my tears with worried hands.

croaked, "I just mis

ondly. "You silly girl.

her life, I neve

ome downstairs. B

ed. "Oh, your friend is here,

ns. My fists clenc

tightened subtly, that look she always wore w

"She's not a true friend. And

in her eyes as sh

ind her, I exhaled slowly, sta

And two to destroy," I whispe

to be his girlfriend exactly one year from today

e them

stepped away from the mirror, already

the same foolish

e game