Chapter Three-The Grasp Of Death [Shi]

Chapter Three-The Grasp Of Death

[Shi]

I watched silently from where I stood on the dock, no one else around to see the feeble struggle from the young girl, far out in the water.  I could just barely make out her form before her head dipped under, and failed to emerge again.  A minute passed; then another.  I smiled sadly to myself, gripping the handle of my scythe tighter.  “Ebony...you’re holding the pieces of my shattered heart.  But you just can’t help it, can you?”  I muttered, and then dove into the icy water.  It had probably been close to 100 years since I had last swam.  The water was murky and it was hard to see, but I could still make out her sinking form.  Ebony.  

I watched her eyes slowly, unseeingly shut, and her mouth part slightly.  Just as she started to take her last breath I shot forward.  I grabbed her wrist, my touch freezing her soul-neither alive nor dead.  I pulled her limp, unconscious form into my arms and held her close.  I swam up to the surface, but we never broke through the water before I made a swishing movement with my hand and we vanished, reappearing in a foreign land.

I layed her sleeping figure down in the snow, brushing some stray hairs from her face.  Her skin was soft and hot against my cold touch.  I couldn’t help myself-I bent over and kissed her, shattering my own broken heart again.  I knew that I could never have her, but even the dead still dream.  I pulled away and put my face close to her ear, whispering, “I wish you luck, Ebony…  Until we may meet again….  I will always love you,”  And with that, I left her, leaving not one footprint to show my trace.

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[Amesie]

How hadn't death swam in 100 years? I would think people drown in the ocean quite frequently. Not to be presumptuous but I'd maybe change death to an angel of death. Still love your work though.