Destiny, Sands of Time
#2 of Destiny
The grains of sand spin the vortex of time like waves in the ocean. Golden dust pulsing in and out, washing over all life and spinning it around and around; mixing the good and the bad, flowing through your finger tips, like a sharp mist unable to be held. The moon lay high in the black sky, glowing as the waves of sand wash over my skinless body. My non-existent eyes are closed in peace as I feel time wrap around my body, unable to push me along with the rest of life. I grip the sand in my boney fingers, and it washes over me again. Far, far to the east is a burning sun, but other then that it was just a sea of sand, tiny grains of time. All around the black sky are lights in the far distant, planets all controlled by this lifeless god.
The wind blows my hair up, and sand slides across my bones once again. Something echoes in the distant, something so soft, and nothing mortal could have heard. I slowly opened my eyes as flesh slides over my body and I sat up. Black eyes outlined in purple, flesh paler than the moon, nothing but skin and bones. My long black and purple hair flew across my face as the wind blew sharp again. Standing not three yards away was a tall figure, hidden deep within a coal black cloak. Bone fingers gripped a scythe, three times bigger then himself.
"Go away," I hissed, but it was as if two voices had said it. A deep voice, wet and horse, and my voice, cat like and sharp.
"Razel, Javon, are you not happy to see your father?" The Grim Reaper asked, resting his head against his scythe. Normally the Grim Reaper would have just killed a simple person, and not shown this kind of a human jester, but I was no other human. In fact, there wasn't even a trace of human blood within my bones. I was a twin, both I and Javon shared one body; and we loathed each other. We were his daughters. He pulled out a crystal ball from his pocket and horror crossed my face. Even the soul hidden away under my flesh burned and I felt the heat growing dangerously. I leapt back away from it. He held it out toward me and I leapt up, turning and running fast as bone wings bloomed out of my back.
It was too late.
I felt the magic pulling the corners of my mind, and I heard Javon shriek in fear. My body fell to its knees as suddenly I was pulled inside my own head. The huge black room where Javon lived had a hole in the wall, and it was sucking everything in. As I appeared in it I was suddenly pulled down, and was sliding quickly toward the light.
"No!" I screamed, Javon was already far down; reaching toward me. Her deep ruby red eyes burning with fear. "Javon!" I yelled as I slid faster and faster.
"Razel!" She screamed, reaching as she began to fade into the light.
"I fucking hate you!" Both of us shouted, at each other and at Grim. I shot up, landing hard on my stomach as I gripped her almost transparent hand. My flesh vanished and I was bone again.
"No!" I shouted as I too vanished.
Grim watched as my body fell limp and the sand quickly covered it up, taking it far away from him. He then glanced down at the crystal in his hands, too small children slept soundlessly. One with long white hair, another with long black hair, their small hands here tightly gripped, and the one with dark hair seemed to be protecting the one with white.
"But you loath each other..." He whispered, staring in amazement at the picture. "My daughters..." Shaking his head he quickly hid it in his pocket and faded away.
At the same time five beings had fallen to the ground, feeling their immortality tighten, as if death was literally right around the corner. Takara, once human, had long amazing chocolate brown hair, electric purple eyes, and cheetah spots tattooed all over her body. Raiden, once an elf, had long bleach blonde hair, and electric purple eyes. Shizu, once a witch, had short, crazy dirty blonde hair, and was no more than nine years of age. And last, two finger size fairies, Storm and Shadow. Twins at birth, Shadow was the tallest, but both had short black hair, and electric purple eyes.
With eyes wide and full of fear, all in five different locations of the planet, they whispered......
"Razel..."