The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 23: Aurora's Nightmare

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The world began to blur, and more and more people began to manifest into the air. The ground began to twist and churn into the blacktop of Terran High. Now she was atop the stage, looking on at the laughing crowd, everyone’s faces obstructed with white blobs.

“Let’s give it up for our valedictorian, Aurora Romero!”

The former valedictorian turned around to see Mr. Mo looking at her while giving applause. His face was obstructed too. Everybody looked so unfamiliar and foreign to her, just like how it was back in her freshman years. Just like how it was back in her sophomore years. Just like how it was back before Borealis.

The scene suddenly shifted again, and now she was hanging off a cliff ledge in the snow. A giant mountain towered above her in the distance, and an obelisk that glowed blue floated atop it. She tried her best to pull herself up, but she felt too weak. Tears dripped down her face, and she felt something warm gush out of her chest. She looked down to see a fatal wound, and she felt dizzy just looking at it.

She felt the snow crunch above her, and then she saw a man looking down upon her. He had a soft expression on his face, and he had jet black hair that created a mullet. Just like Samuel, but not exactly. He wore a gold heart necklace that sparkled gently like a star.

“Borealis…” she whispered softly.

Borealis looked at Aurora and frowned in disapproval.

“Where is your necklace?” Borealis sneered as he clenched his fists. Aurora reached for her neck, but didn’t feel the cold touch of gold on her fingertips. She turned pale as she realized what she had done to it before going to sleep.

Thrown it away for some lookalike of his.

“Please, Borealis,” Aurora pleaded as she struggled to hold on, “I- I know I shouldn’t have, I-”

“QUIT IT!” Borealis shouted. Aurora almost slipped off, “You disgust me. Just look at yourself. Falling for some emotionless FREAK who doesn’t even care about anyone except himself. And you leave me behind, just because I died? How would I feel if I were alive and I saw you frolicking around with some other man?”

“But he’s just like you…”

“I DON’T CARE!” Borealis screamed. The wind got more intense, and Aurora felt herself growing weaker and weaker. He just needed him to understand.

“I’ve done so much for you, and this is what I get in return?” Borealis asked with anger written across his face, “You know what Aurora? I think you deserve to die.”

Borealis walked away, and Aurora wailed as she plummeted to her demise, down in the deep sea blue…