《The love of Life and Death》 Prologue I don''t have a name. Not like humans anyway, but i am known. Everyone and everything that lives knows of me. I am life. I am the primordial of life. you may think that a primordial is just a very powerful god but that is where you are wrong. While a god gets their power from the belief of a few living creatures a primordial gets their power form the belief of everything. For example, everyone accepts life is real, everyone knows that light and darkness exist, so while a god may get power from a small percentage of living creatures, a primordial recieves power from everything. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.Well now that you know what i am let me tell you why you are here. I''m going to tell you a story. A story about how i fell in love. This is how i fell in love with a man known as death. Chapter 1 I first met death before the primordial of creation had made the worlds, light and darkness were hibernating to build their power for when the time comes for them both to spread their influence. Me? There was nothing for me to do, i couldnt make life when there was nowhere for it to go. Surrounding me was simply nothing, no light, no darkness, no worlds or stars, just nothing. You may not be able to comprehend what no light or darkness would look like but try and think of a dark room where you can still see everything, but there is no color. Not that there is anything here to see but i hope you understand. I don''t know how long i waited for the other primordials to finish their work but i was starting to get a little bored. But out of the corner of my eye there i saw it, i didnt know what it was and i was certainly curious. It looked like a human but taller, with limbs that seemed a little too long, it wore a tattered cloak and moved like leaf on the wind. At this point in time i knew i was a primordial of life and i had even practiced with my powers, but looking at this strange enchanting figure gave me a strange feeling. It was almost like every fibre of my being was telling me that i should go near it that it was not like me, not at all. But i didnt understand why it was different. The figure slowly turned towards me, it''s face lacked any form, it was simple a mass of black swirling smoke but within the smoke i could see two small pearls of white light. As it''s gaze fell upon me i could see within its eyes the same confusion that i had felt towards it, but as soon as i saw it, it was gone, replaced with emotions that i couldn''t understand. Suddenly a thought popped into my mind, this thing was not just different from me, it was the opposite of me. It was death. With this thought came so many confusing and conflicting thoughts. I don''t like it. It''s evil It''s cruel I hate it But why? You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.Why do i hate it? Why is it evil and cruel. Why? Why do i see sadness in it''s eyes. Why do i see fear? Why do i see pain and anguish? It was then that i made up my mind. I floated through the void of nothing towards this primordial of death, hoping to understand why? Why did it feel such things when it saw me while i felt nothing but hatred and anger. As death saw me moving closer i could see the panic behind its two pearly white lights of it eyes. My confusion only grew as i saw such emotions. Death tried to float away from me, as i came closer and closer i could feel my instincts telling me that i shouldn''t be doing this, that it was not a friend that if i kept getting closer i could die. I dont know how close i was but death suddenly bent over, like he was in pain. And then it struck me. A terrible pain throughout my whole being. Primordials are always exuding an aura, or more accuratly their power is always bleeding off of them. This pain, this terrible pain was from our aura''s coming into contact with eachother. The power we both hold was fighting each other, attempting to destroy each other. I don''t know how long we were in pain for but i can only remember as darkness pulled me away from death as light pulled death away from me. I have no doubt you may be confused as to why darkness came for me and not death, but the answer is rather simple if you think about it. All life begins in darkness, and all death ends in light. As i looked around trying to recover from the pain of my foolishness i saw light floating next to death, his eyes me mine and what i saw moved me to my very core. Sorrow. Sorrow of an indescribable magnitude. i couldn''t understand it. Why is it feeling so much sorrow? But then it struck me. It was for me. His sorrow was not for himself but for me. Even after i chased him despite seeing that he did not want me to come closer. Even after i made him go through so much pain he felt such sorrow for me. I think that is when it started. That was when i fell in love with him. Chapter 2 Hello. You may know me as death. I''m sure many of you don''t like me, i dont blame you. I take your loved ones from you, i end the love between young couples, i take many before their time. I''m sure i could try to explain that i don''t decide when creatures die, that i have no control over how or why. I am only their to take them back to the cycle to they may begin again. But i would still like to say I''m sorry. I''m sorry for having to take them. Even before Creation finished making all of the worlds, before Creation, Fire and Light had made the stars, before all of that i dreaded what i had to do. I knew my sole purpose for existing was to take. To destory. And no matter how i try, i could not give anything back. I could only take the souls of the dead. I thought about not doing it, about leaving the souls in their bodies but i knew that it would not work. Somewhere deep inside of me i knew that if i left the souls they would face so much pain, being trapped in a body that no longer worked. But maybe that is why i thought she was so beautiful. I dont know what she is, or what she may be known as. But to me she was the most beautiful thing i had ever seen. I had seen her creating life so many times. I saw her sadness when her creations died in this void of existance. I could never bring myself to go by her side an apoligise for taking her creations. I knew from the very start that she was the opposite from me, that if i tried to get close our powers would try to destroy each other. The guilt i felt at making such a beautiful creature like her cry constantly ate away at me. But the fear of destroying such an amazing person drove me away from her even more. I dont know how much time passed but as i was floating around trying to distract myself until everything is ready i got the feeling that i was being watched. As i look around it saw her. An amazingly beautiful figure floated in the distance. Her cloak slowly drifted around her slender frame like it had a life of its own. Her featureless face a swirling mass of dulled green and white colors surrounding her pearl blue eyes. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. Its her. The one who makes life, the one who i have made cry countless times. I felt something in my core tighten almost painfully, i didnt know what to do. Her movement caught my attention as she made her way towards me. I couldnt let get get close to me. I had to go. Why cant i move any faster, she is catching up. Then the pain began. NO! I have to get away! This pain. She is hurting as much as i am. I have to get away! I cant hurt her any more. I have to get away! The pain seemed to last forever, but that didnt matter to me. Knowing she was hurting was more painful than this. I reached out to my aura, trying to stop it from fighting her. I have to stop her pain, if i can stop my power from fighting her it will stop. But i might die. SO WHAT! If it means i cant hurt her anymore. If it means she wont cry when i take her creatures away from her. Then it is fine. Suddenly i feel a warm glow encompass my whole being. It was Light. She was pulling me away from the girl. Thank you I feel the pain vanish as i slowly turn my gaze upon the girl. I can see the pain she felt was terrible for her. I did that to her. I cant get close to her. Not if i hurt her like this. The guilt i felt for the pain i caused her, knowing he had experianced such pain tore me apart inside. It was at this point i decided i could never allow myself follow my love for her. Chapter 3 Life Before creation Darkness took me away from death. As i looked around i could not see him anymore. Remembering the sorrow he felt for me still shook my core. I felt a faint shimmer though my whole being, darkness had taken me to his realm. "You should never get close to that one. Its far to dangerous. Next time you could die" Darkness didnt seem angry, more relieved. His voice while deep and seemed to hold many layers was not scary but more comforting. Like a dozen people consoling you at the same time. "What happened?" I asked hoping there might be some way to avoid it next time i try and speak to him. "Your energies are the opposite of each other, simply getting close to him forced your aura''s to fight each other. if you stayed to close for to long one or both of you would have died" "But i need to speak with him, is there a way?" I asked in the hope there might be some way. Darkness is far older than me, perhaps he knows. "No. What made you even try, your instincts should have told you not to. Why didnt you listen to them?" I could hear the confusion in his voices, i dont blame him. "His eyes. I saw sorrow, guilt and pain. Why did he feel that when he saw me." "Because he is death. And you are life. What you create he takes away" I had an idea what he was but does this mean he is responsible for taking my creations away? Shouldnt i hate him for that? So why? Why does my heart ache, why does the thought of him make my face feel warm? Suddenly an idea struck me and i immediately got to work. Death Light had taken me to her realm, the warm glow that surrounded me helped little to the anguish i was feeling. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings."I hurt her" my voice barely above a whisper "You did. I thought you were going to stay away from Life. What happened?" Light asked in a monotone voice. "I didnt know she was there, and when i saw her i froze. You know how i feel about her. When she came towards me i tried to run but i couldnt move quick enough" The pain must have been evident in my voice, i felt Lights hand rest on my shoulder in an attempt to comfort me. "You need to be more careful, next time we might not get there in time" Lights warning terrified me. I couldnt let her die. My entire existance is to take, but i refuse to take her life. Even if it costs my own. My rather grim thought were interupted by a blue shape. It was like nothing i had ever seen before. Small, fluffy, four legs with two comically large ears on its head. I instantly knew it was one of her creations, i had taken something from her again, i knew she would be crying. The guilt came crashing back down as the small creature hopped its way over to me. Light simply watched as i picked up the fluffy thing. But as soon as i touched it something different happened. "Im sorry" a thought that was not my own popped into my mind. What was that? thats never happened before. It couldnt be. Life! She talked to me. I could feel my cold dead heart warm at the realisation. I was so happy she had spoken to me, but why did she apologise, it wasnt her fault, im the one who hurt her. "What is it?" Light asked, confused at my sudden silence. "She spoke to me" If i could make expressions it would be one of pure joy. But my heart still felt heavy at the idea that she apologised, i should be the one apologising not her. I should have stayed far away from her, i should have payed more attention where i was going, i should have moved faster, stoped the pain faster. I could never blame her for anything. Chapter 4 Life Before creation I hope he got the message i sent. it was painful to see the small animal die in front of me, but knowing that it will be going to him is a great comfort. Knowing that a man of so much emotion will be caring for them now helps calm my heart. "What did you do?" Darkness asked clearly confused as to why i made a creature just for it to die. "Hopefully i sent him a message" My voice could barely contain the hope i felt. "How that shouldnt be possible?" While Darkness may be old he clearly doesnt know everything, adn that gives me hope that there may still be a way to get closer to death. "I gave a message to the soul of the animal i made, and now it should be with him. i just hope it works" Worry is starting to creep into my thoughts again. I have to apologise, no matter what. "Hhhmm, then perhaps he could send a message back" I heark Darkness mumbling to himself but what he said was as clear as day to me. "What! How?" I''ll admit excitement kind of got the better of me at this point. "Well if he were to give a message to the soul and send it back through the cycle so it could be returned to you then perhaps you may actually be able to talk to each other" My hope rose to new heights at this new information. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.I turned my attention to the stream of souls where i would pick a soul for my creations. I watched the stream, looking to see any new souls returning when finally just a fain whisper of blue light trailed in from the coid surrounding the river. I stretched my power and brought the soul closer to me. As it grew closer i could see that it was the same shape as all of the other souls, a sliver of light with seemed to wave as if alive. Finally the soul was close enough that i could touch it, as the sliver slowly drifted into the palm of my hand i wated for it to come into contact with me. time seemed to stretch on for far longer than it should have. Slowly it lowered getting closer and closer. Just a little more Finally the sliver came to a rest on the palm of my hand my excitement and hope was nearly uncontrolable now. Nothing There was no message, no nothing. It was just a normal soul like the rest of them. Was it the wrong one? what if it didnt work? what if he doesnt want to talk to me?! Excitement and hope was quickly replaced with fear and worry. Death I hope she got the message Chapter 5 Life During creation Why hasnt he tried to speak to me? How long has it been? He must be mad at me, its all my fault. These kinds of thoughts have plagued me since the soul returned, i dont know how long ago that was but it feels like an eternity. I couldnt bring myself to send another soul to him, even if i could tell that he would take good care of them while they were with him i just couldnt do it. I thought that if i did he might get more mad at me, that he would hate me even more. I mean why wouldnt he, he tried to get away from me but i chased him and made him feel so much pain, and then i couldnt even apologise to him in person. He must really hate me. I could feel my heart grow heavy with these thoughts. I wish there was something i could do to help with the creation of the universe but for now i cant even help with anything and now i am just floating around darknesses realm just waiting, alone with my thoughts. I cant even practice with my creations incase Death thinks im trying to annoy him. Death Why havent i heard back from her? Does she really hate me? i knew i should have said something different. When i sent the soul back to the river i left a message saying: It was my fault. I had hoped we could spend our time talking instead of me hiding like i dont exist. But now she thinks i hurt her on purpose. How could i even ask her to forgive me. Even if i would she hasnt sent any souls, and without souls i cant send her messages. After Light left to help make the universe she told me to wait in her realm until she returns, but now i find myself unable to think about anything other than Life and how i may have ruined the only chance i had to talk to her. *Just after the creation of the universe* Life After Creation and the rest of the Primordials finished making the universe i was given my own realm to work in peace, Darkness, Fire and Water come and visit every now and then, Light couldnt come and visit, something about our power being too alike that they would try to absorb one another. I still feel so alone. Even when i make a creature they only stay in my realm for a few seconds before they go down to a world to begin their lives. If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.At least i can watch as my creatures explore their new worlds and enjoy the life that i have given them, at least it is something to distract me from my thoughts of death. I hope he is doing ok. I begin making a new creature i havent made before, like most of my creatures there are two genders. But unlike most of my creations they dont have fur and they dont walk on four legs. They look a lot like a primordial. I wonder if this is what he might look like under that vail? Before i even realised what i was doing i was surrounded by dozens of different kinds of these creatures, some tall with dark skin, some shorter with slanted eyes and others with pale skin with many different eye colors. But what if he doesnt look like any of these, damn i seem like such a wirdo, Im surrounding myself with a bunch of creatures hoping one of them looks like him. Over come by embarrassment i lose my focus and before i can stop them, the creatures are gone and on their way down to the worlds. I have been spending my time mostly around a single world, it seems like a beautiful place, Nature really out done herself making this. So many different colors of plants and trees, most of my creations like to feed off of them. I would try and apologise to Nature but like Light our powers are too similar. I look as my latest creations, the two legged furless things as they begin to stumble around with no idea what to do. Can they even survive? It wont be easy but i really hope they do. I hope Death doesnt think they are to weird. As i am watching these strange new creatures walking on two lege i begin to wonder how Death is doing in his own realm, wishing i could at least see him, maybe to see his reaction to the new creatures. Before my eyes my veiwing window changes from the world below me to a barron rock, confusion enters my mind, i have never seen a world like this before. Its him! I can see Death, He is just sitting besides a large rock with what looks like a few of my new furless creatues. His eyes are alight with joy and amusement, It seems like they are talking about something but i just cant here them. He seems to really like them! I feel so light and full of energy, i need to make more and help them survive! Chapter 6 Just after the creation of the universe Death I lvoe these new creatures, they arent like most of the others, these walk on two legs and have no fur on their bodies except for on their heads. If i had to describe them in a word, it would be curious. They are curious things, from the moment Life made them they began moving around looking at everything trying to learn more. The ones in front of me didnt live for very long, and of course that made my feel guilty about taking them so soon, but they already have so many stories. They have even named themselves! They call themselves Humans The ones in front of me dont know what i am yet, im scared to tell them, would they run from me? Fear me? Hate me? I dont want that, even if i have to lie to them a little i want to enjoy this for a little while longer. I hope i can see more of these strange humans. As one of the humans finish their story they begin to look at me strangly. "Why dont you tell us a story now?" one of the humans ask, i was a little taken back by it but now i dont know what story to tell them about. Perhaps i could tell them about her? "I may have a story for you all" I dont know how long i sat their telling them all about Life but they seemed to really enjoy it. By the time i finished the story their seemed to be so many more humans, all of them listening to my every word. Some of them even had water coming from their eyes, this confused me quite a bit but it didnt seem to be bothering them to much. "I think its time for you all to run along now, after all you will finally get to meet Life herself" Many of the humans looked excited at the idea while some of them were scared. Most of the humans began to dissipate from their bluish ethereal form as they floated away on a non existent breeze. But some of them stayed behind, i could see the fear in their faces, they didnt know what to expect, they were afraid of the unknown. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon."Come here" I say to the scared humans. Once they were close enough i take them into a hug, i had seen the humans do this to eachother a few times and they seemed to enjoy it. "You are going to be just fine, It wont even hurt, and before long you will be with Life again. Oh and when you see her, please tell her im happy i could meet her lovely children" This seemed to give the humans the courage they needed as one by one they lose their human form and change into the wisp of a soul they they all came from. As i watch the last of them leave my realm and return to the stream i get a strange feeling that i am being watched, i look around me and not to far away i see another human. If this is my purpose for the rest of eternity, its not so bad. I collect my thoughts as i approach the human to begin listening to their stories. Life I feel my heart twisting and turning, but it is also aflutter. Seeing the care and love he has given my creations, no the humans, has truly moved my heart. I really wish i could be there as well. I also wished i could hear what they were saying, they all seemed to be really cought up in Deaths words, some of them even began crying. What could he have said to make them cry those kinds of tears, they werent tears of pain or sadness, but somthing else. At least it doesnt seem like he minds me sending all of these souls to him. It was then that i decided to try and send him another message. If only i could figure out what to say. Sending a message with a soul was very difficult, it was also limited to only a few words so they had to count. Perhaps i shouldnt. What would i say? Will he even reply? Doubt and fear filled my mind, worry about whether i should send a message or not fighting a war through my thoughts. I''m going to do it! Chapter 7 Just after the creation of the universe Death As i send off another group i look around for any mroe new souls and sure enough there is just one. I make my way over to the soul of an old woman and when i was beside her i place my hand on her shoulder. Hello Before i can say anything to the old woman i hear a thought that was not my own. It was her! She sent me another message! But did she not get my last message? I begin looking around to hopefully find more souls that may carry a message for me, in the few seconds my mind was elsewhere a few more souls had appeared. I begin making my way to all of them and begin to place my hand on their shoulders. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. None of the new souls had a message, but i didnt give up hope, i gueded the souls over to my rock where i begin to talk with them all like i have done with so many others. Each new souls that arrives i try to come in contact with. As i send off the latest group i see in the distance hiding behind a small rock is a rather small soul, it seems like a child of the humans. I was suddenly racked by a huge amount of guilt, knowing that such a young child had to lose their life so early. As i get closer the child tries to hide behind the rock. "Hello, Im not going to hurt you" I say in a voice that i could only hope would comfor the young child. I slowly reach out to place my hand on the childs shoulder. Been watching Another thought enters my mind, it was her, what does it mean? She has been watching me? I immediatly try to remember everything i have done since i recieved my own realm but i dont think there was anything i have done wrong. Wait She can see me! My thoughts were abuzz with ideas, ways for me to send a message back to her. I gently take the childs hand, its clearly still scared but as it looks into my eyes i can see its fear subside a bit. I slowly make my way back to my rock with the child alongside me and take my usual spot by my rock. This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there.While one hand comforts the child by petting her head my other hand begins to scratch at the stone beneth me. A long time later I finally finished scratching a message into the ground. Hello, Im happy to hear from you again. I dont know how long it took to write this message but i have sent countless groups back to the river. I patiently wait for another soul with a message hoping we could keep talking, but i need to wait for the soul to go through their life before they can come to me. Lately i have been changing my form, not consciously. Perhaps it is because humans are the most common souls to pass through my realm. I cant say that i am happy with my form, i have started to become a human skeleton, most of the humans are afraid of me now. I dont think i have spoken to a human in the past dozen groups. Life Why are they staying away from him? The actions of the humans in Deaths realm have started to confuse me, they used to gather around him and tell stories for so long but now when they see him they either run or scream, sometimes both. He hasnt done anything to deserve this. His new form may have something to do with it, but i dont see the problem myself. it must be a human thing. They all have a skeleton in their bodies, why would they be afraid of something they all have. I have tried to send messages to him lately but the humans all run away from him, those he does manage to come in contact with arent the ones who hold a message. so i came up with a plan, I would give a message to many souls for them to carry over, it would all be the same message. Hopefully this will work. But he seems so alone now. Can i make him something? I begin to come up with a creation that wouldnt be afraid of him and could hopefully stay in his realm. This is going to take a while.