My Mate is a Traitor

8. The truth and the lies

Morpheus'es Palace in the Dream World

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“What are you talking about? I didn’t receive any message from you! Not in once! I don’t know who you try to contact but it was definitely not me because I can reassure you that I would definitely come to help you!”

“This is not important anymore.” he said sadly, and I clenched my fists knowing that he gave up.

S…t!

I didn’t know what he had to overcome but I knew him for long enough to know that there had to be something terrible because he was the one that taught me to never give up.

“Damn! Morpheus I might be late, but I am here now and I can help you. Just tell me what I should do, and I will do it!” I said to him with little hope that he would change his mind.

He sadly smiled and he said:

“I am happy that you showed up Firefly but as I said. It is too late to save my world. Dream world is dying and there is nothing that you can do!”

F…ck!

This can’t be true! I felt that it was too ruthless to give up on the whole world. I was angry at him and desperate. I wanted to shake with him so he could wake up and fight as always.

“This is not right Morpheus! I won’t let you to give up on this beautiful world. I can’t just watch how your whole creation will fade in the air just because you are coward. If I have to stand against the darkness alone in effort to save the Dream world you can bet that I would do that. I don’t need you if you are scared!”

I thought that I would make him angry with my words and he would finally be acting as before but after my words nothing has changed at all. He looked more downhearted as before.

“There is nothing that you can do! Even when you would use all of your powers you wouldn’t beat the darkness. You think that I didn’t try my best to save my world!? I was full of myself exactly like you! I thought that nothing could defeat me, not in my world but look how wrong I was!”

He said to me, and he rolled up his shirtsleeve and I opened my eyes when I saw how damaged his hand was.

What the f…ck!

His whole hand was burned. I saw parts of his skin that was black and obviously burned almost to ashes. When he moved his arm, I could clearly saw the flesh and even bones and I couldn’t else as to yelp.

It was shocking to see his whole hand totally devastated like that. I couldn’t believe my own eyes because I never heard that the Gods could have been injured like that. I mean of course there were possibilities how to injure us but every God, even the minor ones, had the healing ability. How was then possible that his hand wasn’t healed?

Seeing how confused I was Morpheus said:

“I know that you are confused so let me explain you. As I told you before I thought that there is nothing that could hurt me in my world, and I recklessly got alone against the darkness. I didn’t imagine that I wouldn’t have a slight chance but soon I found out how wrong I was and how powerful the darkness got.”

I saw that he started to shake when he mentioned how powerful the darkness actually was and I wanted to touch him, but he stepped back from me.

“Don’t touch me! You have no idea what I saw and what I got through!” he barked out on me and something in his voice stopped me.

Damn!

Seeing him defeated and broken was hurting my heart and this pain was killing me. This was all my fault. I was blaming myself that I haven't visited him before. This wouldn’t happen if I would care more about him. He was my only friend and still I didn’t visit or contact him for the whole time. I was the worst friend ever.

“You are right! I wasn’t there before but I am now! Together we could stop it. Believe me please. I would do anything, just please give me a chance. Give us a chance. We are still friends!”

Morpheus looked at my eyes and for a second, I thought that I convinced him but in the next second I saw that he shaked with his head.

“I can’t Firefly! It’s too late! Too late for us and too late for my world as well!”

“What do you mean by that?” I asked him because something in his voice made me think that there was something that he didn’t tell me. I started to have a bad hunch.

He looked to the other side, and he hid his hand then he said:

“You need to understand that I had no other choice!” he said guilty, and I was pretty sure that I wouldn’t like what he wanted to say to me.

“Damn Morpheus spill it finally up! What the hell did you do?!” I asked because I was waiting for too long and I already lost my patience.

He took a deep breath and while still looking to another side he said:

“When I was trying to fight with the darkness I lost. You know that I wouldn’t be scared to die, and I was prepared but as you know it is almost impossible to kill a God. So, the darkness found the more terrifying way how to defeat the Gods instead of death. I was skeptic but then I saw it on my own eyes.

I saw what happened to the witches and honestly I got scared.”

“Wait hold on! The witches are dead! I don’t know what you saw but the witches were defeated and annihilated. There is no way that there would be any living witch! No way!” I interrupted him because when he mentioned that he saw witches I was sure that someone outwitted him.

Suddenly he started to laugh. When he was done, he said to me:

“It is exactly as she said. I didn’t believe her, but I see that you have really no idea what is going on. Sorry Firefly that I have to be the one that would tell you this, but nothing is as you expected.”

“What is that supposed to be?” I asked him totally confused.

He sighed and then he asked:

“Tell me Firefly did you see on your own eyes that all witches were annihilated?”

“No, but…”

“I thought that I was a better teacher.” He interrupted me before I could explain him that it was my sister that told me that the witches were killed, and my sister Arti would never lie to me. So, what the hell was going on.

“Did you already forget what I told you as first when you came?”

I shaked with my head because I still remembered that moment. It was the moment when we were fighting together. He defeated me and then he said to me that I shouldn’t easily believe to everything. Even my own eyes could betray me. It was funny because in my memory everything was so fresh as it was yesterday. I asked him how I would know the difference between truth and lies. He smiled and he said that there is no easy way to see it. But if I check all possibilities, I can definitely tell what the truth is, because the truth would in the end always show.

“So, tell me did you check if the witches were really dead? Have you seen the dead bodies? What about the life thread, did you cut them for yourself?”

Once again, I shaked with my head because I was speechless. He was right. I never doubted that the witches would be dead, but I never checked if they were really annihilated like Arti said. I never looked at their life threads. Not at once.

Damn!

If it was true and the witches were still alive why was Arti lying? What was her reason?

S…t!

Nothing made sense. Why was everything so damn complicated after Clo’s leaving?

But there were still other and way more important questions that were bothering me.

Who was the mysterious „she” that was hidden behind the darkness and how was it even possible that she was that powerful and no one noticed that?

F…ck!

I had to find out some answers if I wanted to be at least useful.

I was going to ask him more and I was really curious about the witches and why he was so scared when suddenly I got goosebumps.

“Damn Firefly you have to leave! Immediately! You need to wake up!”

“Why!? What is going on?” I asked him because he looked really scared.

“She is almost here! I am trying to hold her, but I am not sure for how long. She is too powerful, and she wants you! You have to run away if there is still some time. But you have to go NOW! I am sorry that I betrayed you and I hope that you forgive me one day for my disloyalty but in that moment I couldn’t else. But when I saw you once again, I remembered how precious our friendship was and I regretted everything. Unfortunately, it is too late!”

“No Morpheus! Don’t say something like that. Its never too late. I don’t know what you did but nothing would change the fact that you are my best friend.”

“Oh Firefly. You are so sweet and kind as always but when you know what I did, you would definitely hate me if not worse, but this is not important. Not now when she is so close.”

“Who are you talking about!? Tell me at least her name!”

“I wish I could, but she makes sure that no one will find out who she is. She forced me to make an oath that I would never disclose her identity. The only think that I could tell you is that you don’t want to meet her. Not now when you are not prepared for this fight. So please my dear friend you have to wake up immediately. She wouldn’t harm you in the real world. At least not now but you have to be cautious. She is preparing herself for the epic battle in the real world and she wouldn’t hesitate to do anything to kill you, because you are one of those who could defeat her. This is the only thing that I can tell you. Now GO!”

“NO! I wouldn’t let you here alone! Come with me! Please!” I begged him because I knew that if he would stay here, he wouldn’t make it. Not alone.

He sighed and he said what I expected that he would say:

“You should know for yourself that there was never option for me to leave. This is my world and I can't leave it no matter what. Don’t worry! I would be fine. So, go please my little Firefly and take care of you.”

I wanted to say something but suddenly the shadows surrounded us, and I couldn’t see anything.

Damn!

In the next second I felt two ice cold hands that caught my neck trying to choke me.

“WAKE UP NOW!”