OLIVIA'S SPIRIT
1081 Words
The surroundings are cold, her hair floats around and follows the flow of the water. She was dancing in some kind of strong current within the dark shadows. Then she heard a voice. Some are screaming, laughing, while others are crying.
Later on, her fingers move.
"Olivia..."
"Olivia wake up!"
Olivia hears it, but she can't open her eyes. As if she was tired enough.
She was tired of fighting for her rights. She was tired of hoping for nothing. She was tired of crying for no reason. She was tired of falling in love just to hurt by someone she loved.
"Olivia you have to wake up!!" another voices she hears, but that voices is from Marcus. The one who hurt and cheated her. So now Olivia, doesn't want to wake up in her own. She wanted to leave this world, full of cruelty.
Olivia talked to herself;
Here I am, waiting for something new in my story. Over and over again. Looking back, my heart made a mistake. It seems endless. Even if I force myself, but loving you is wrong, I am wrong!
How is it to love? Is it always hurt? I always cried, I want to leave.
"Olivia, come to me my darling.." another voices of a man she hears. Who' is he? that voices is new for her.
"Wake up Olivia..!" she hears it again. Who is this man?
"Olivia, come to me, my child!" he called me as his child.?
Her fingers move again, and then finally Olivia's eyes open, then she looks up watching the sky above, shining like a star in heaven during a night time. But suddenly she remembered, she was already dead!
Olivia swam up to the surface, and as she pulled herself out of the water, she spotted a giant clam that looked as big as a palace. Everything around it sparkled in bright white. Then suddenly, a man emerged and waved at her.
Who is he? Olivia asked herself.
Olivia approached the man standing there and asked him, to let her get in.
"Thank you. But are you the one who's calling me?" Olivia asked the man.
"Yes. I was looking for you for so many years!"
"Why? who are you?"
The man is not allowed to tell her the truth. the goddesses forbid him to tell her, because the man is the King of Darkness. It's Olivia's father.
He must suffer for his sin, which the daughter does not recognize him for now. He will only be able to say this when he is released in the next six years.
"Let's say, I am your friend from the past." the man replied.
"A friend from the past. So, how did you die and came up into this place?" Olivia asked him.
"It's my home"
"Your home?" Olivia almost laugh hearing it from him.
"Yes, this is my home. I stayed here, since I was born. I think my father decided to keep me here for my safety" the man added to say. He tried to tell a different story.
"Are you not getting lonely for being alone?" Olivia asked him.
"Not until you came." the man said. Trying to stop himself from crying, the truth was that he was eager to hug and kiss his daughter, who was now in front of him. He chose to calm himself down.
"Someone calls me earlier "my child"? is it you?" Olivia ask him again.
"No. I didn't. maybe it's in your memory" the man replied. He took her hands and lead her to the nearest table.
"Come and sit. Let's talk about something new" The man said. Then Olivia became sad. The man saw it in her face.
"Are you sad for being here?" The man ask her.
"No. I was sad because my death is not kind of- it's a brutal death, I mean"
"How did you die?" the man ask.
"My ex-boyfriend and my sister. One of them killed me. They wanted me to be dead, so that they can be together!" Olivia explained.
The man felt sorry for his daughter, He didn't know that this was happening to her. If he was just outside and free, his daughter wouldn't have to suffer the harsh life from the outside world, He would be able to watch over her better.
"Why don't you take back for what's yours? Don't let them be happy while you're here, and suffering" the man suggested openly.
"How can I do that now that I'm dead?!" Olivia asked, with negative thoughts.
"There's a way."
"Huh?" Olivia frowned. Her eyes lock on him.
"You can live again, with a crow."
"A Crow?" Olivia wanted to clarify.
"Yes, you will live again and return to your world. You will lose nothing, you are the same as before you died. The crow is the one who will accompany you wherever you go. He will be your guide and guard you, to avoid those who want to harm you."
"But why a crow? why not just a goat or a puppy, a dog?" Olivia insist.
"Because a crow can fly. It can see things in the dark. That symbolizes your being that you are coming from this world, you have died once, and you have come back to life. That's the meaning of the crow. Just think of it like your guardians!" the man said.
"Ah hoo. so funny" Olivia's reactions. Seems that she doesn't believe what the man said.
"So what are your decisions? you stay here talking to me in a million years or returned to your real world for revenge?" the man seriously asked her. But what he didn't expect is his daughter asking him again,
"If I live, and die again. Will fate allow us to meet again?"
Olivia had no idea how happy her father must be that he wanted to see her again. This only strengthened his heart, the loving King of Darkness had come back into his life. It felt like a breath of fresh air for both of them.
"Only if you do a bad thing! or being killed for no valid reason. it's possible that we can meet here again."
"What is this place anyway?" Olivia asked with a purpose.
"It's hell. So now, go- and never returned!" The King of Darkness urged her. Until his face faded in a shadow of darkness.
Olivia didn't understand what was happening, asking herself, is it only a dream?
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