Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
This is
the story of a memory. Whose memory you
might ask? It is your classic story of
boy meets girl or is it?! My name is
Raven I am not really an average girl.
One day I met the man of my dreams but as those things go I did not know
it until I lost him and later got him back.
You see I was born with a bizarre power which I can't always
control. I can affect and manipulate
memory to such a degree that reality and causality are altered to meet my
will. I belong to the Rule Breaker class
of magical beings. This is our story a
memory for the ages. It starts in the
aftermath of my love's loss. His noble
sacrifice and cunning calculation.
Betting everything on me being able to save him. Jack Rhodes what a man!
It’s been a week since
our battle I am still falling into fits of tears over the loss of my only
friend Jack Rhodes a man who had every right to hate me but instead he accepted
me.
My sister and I belong to a clandestine group of
people who can channel the forces around them at will using what are known as
rites or amplifying something already in progress many would call this magic
but it is really more complex. Jack had
joined us in our fight after two accidents brought him to us one he witnessed
us using our powers and two his born ability shielded him from my born ability
having an echoing and adverse effect.
The two powers fused forming strong consequences. When he saw us he was calm and collected in
fact he sarcastically said “this is not happening”. I hate my power, due to it
everyone fears me and keeps me at a distance.
I have the power to erase one's memory so thoroughly that it effects
reality. Entire events can vanish as if
they never happened. I have had
accidents with it. When I get frustrated
or upset I can lose control over it. The
effects cannot be reversed because they are a force of will. When I approached him to erase his memory he
did not run instead he complimented me “wow you are cute!” so like an idiot I decided to adjust my
tactic on how to go about it. I kissed
him on the lips this sort of motion usual means a drop in one's guard but not
with him. When I opened my eyes his arms
were around me and he still remembered everything? "All that for a
compliment, I know a good coffee shop nearby would you like to go with
me?" My sister and I were in shock,
my power had never failed before.
We both ran, my sister was smart enough to cast a
trace rite on him but one fact was painfully clear. Something had gone wrong, I was so
embarrassed. It was a day later when we
caught up to him. He was not happy with
us in particular with me or that is what I thought. But he showed no signs of anything we
expected. It was like he just accepted
it. His whole demeanor was off, he was
calm collected and was willing to listen to all we had to say. Jack Rhodes was the strangest man I had ever
met. He had only had one night, but he
had put two and two together realizing my kiss is what deleted his life.
What was strange is he was more aware of it than we
were. This man with no prior knowledge
knew more about my power than I did. His
stand offish attitude deminished as we talked.
When I told him I could not reverse it he did not even raise an
eyebrow. He was creepily calm as he
rubbed his hands together. “Well I guess
that means I am going with you guys.
Both my sister and I were confused by how well he was taking all of
it. He reached out his hand taking mine
and introduced himself. “Hello again my
name is Jack Rhodes and I don’t believe I got yours?” I answered “my name is Raven.” Needless to say I was scared of him. He was way too calm and for my power to have
bounced off him like that. There had to
be something powerful lurking within him.
Would he seek revenge. My sister
made me ride in the back seat of our car with him. His silence was terrifying. Seriously if a strange girl erased my life
like I did his I would be pissed. He on
the other hand just accepted it like it was nothing. His smile really unnerved me he only seemed
to do it when our eyes met.
I soon learned Jack was the least of my problems. Gustav was madder than a raging bull when my
sister and I pulled up with him. But
really where else could someone who no longer exists go? He yanked him up by his collar to threaten
him but Jack never flinched. Seconds
later Gustav was begging him to let go.
In an eye blink Jack had pinned him to the ground. His eyes had changed he looked more like a
beast than a man. The elder arrived
seemingly from midair calmly asking Jack “young man I know he is quite rude but
can you find it in your heart to let him go?”
It was like Jack had woken up from a dream. “I did it again” I heard him mumble. He was very apologetic as he tried to help
him up. The elder’s eyes met mine “Raven
his being here is your fault is it not?”
My voice was shaky “yes sir” “then the both of you follow me.” Jack was busy studying everything he could
see. Then we came to a doorway. I was fully prepared for the coming
lecture. Then it happened Jack did
something neither me nor the elder expected.
He stopped the elder from griping me out. “Let’s talk about my options he said she
feels bad enough no need to try and make her feel worse.”
Jack was a very kind man. The elder started to explain to Jack what had
happened to him. When Jack stopped him
“sir I am aware that her power did this, but I don’t think it is all on
her. Something in me protected me from
the direct effects of it but because I was shielded somehow it had to go
somewhere. “Son you are the first to
resist her power outside of her family and myself.” This was day one with Jack Rhodes
This formed a lasting impression with me. Why did Jack choose to die for me... Why?!
This man who by all rights had the right to hate me. I never thought losing him would hurt so much
could it be that somewhere along the way I fell in love with him?
Six months later
The city was in flames after the massive quake hit
it. Most were just trying to survive
many were looking for loved ones. The
last thing on anyone’s mind was this was it, the ultimate battle of good and
evil. The Forelorns had managed to
summon him, the legendary fallen one. We
had been tracking them for months but never found them. We arrived just in time for them to complete
the rites and see the fires bubble out of a rip in the air. He was coming; Jack was already running at
them fists flying. They threw everything
they had at him but beast magic users like him are notoriously tough their
muscles are like a thick armor. He was a
very talkative fighter though always saying things like “not happening” and
“access denied” the Forelorns were terrified of him. Who wouldn’t be? If you dowsed a man in gas and then set him
on fire and he just walked out of the flames without a scratch most people
would be pissing themselves. In the time
he had been with us his strength magnified and could no longer be calculated by
the rules of reality. The flames behind
those eyes were enough to send shockwaves of terror through anyone’s soul. Jack suddenly dove to the ground as his first
attack passed through us. He had dodged
it but we were not so lucky. Those feral
senses must have been really handy.
My sister was the first to strike back. “As the sun warms the Earth so too does the
fire warm the hand of man. Fire run!” AS the flames rushed forward I cast
mine. “As the seasons change and the
leaves turn crumbling to dust. Wind
burst!” The two rites fused and became a
firestorm. Jack was running toward me as
it happened, the monster swallowed our firestorm and then blew it back at
us. Jack shielded me and my sister as
the elder let loose an attack of his own.
We did not even know the elder had found us. When the quake struck he had commanded us to
split up and save as many as we could.
So the three of us were alone against them, Jack who seemed impervious
was bleeding the fire that had been returned to us had been changed into
hellfire. As I got to my feet I saw that
my sister had been hit by debris a foot long shard of busted wood was sticking
out of her chest she was alive for now.
Time was now against her, the clock was ticking cruelly as I watched her
color begin to fadeas the elder unleashed his attack.
“The quaking of the earth will topple them, laying
waste to all of man’s. Earth
tumbler!” The ground shattered in a wave
cutting a path of destruction toward the beast.
The thing did nothing but laugh at his feeble attempt, with something
that sounded like a roar he sent it rebounding toward the elder. The scene that awaited us once the smoke
cleared was horrible. The elder was
dead, impaled by numerous needles like stone spikes. My heart sank as I watched my sister dying
and the beast taunting us. “Use a
healing rite Raven!” “Jack her injury is
beyond the rite’s power!? It won’t
work!” Somehow amidst all of the chaos
he had gotten his hands on the elder’s crystal ball screaming “then use an
amplifier.” I asked him “what are you
going to do?” “We can win, if rites have
no effect then we will use physical attacks.” I yelled! “Jack what are you?…” His confidence hell his whole state of being had changed. He had handed me his journal, a written record
of his new life with us gripping me tightly he gently kissed my lips. As I fell to my knees he turned walking
calmly toward that demon of demons.
“Supreme beast who prowls the jungles, cutting the air
with your roar, lend me your power forever more. Jungle king!”
This time something different happened, in seconds Jack was covered in a
reddish orange fur with flecks of black striping all over him. His appearance was very cat like. His clothes exploded as his muscles grew. “Raven, save your sister” he growled. The ground beneath his feet buckled and broke
as he lunged forward. His speed was
incredible. That thing never even saw
his first punch coming. Jack had been
right the monster was week to physical attacks, but how long could he keep it
up? For most of the fight I had my back
turned concentrating on saving my sister Calyst. Suddenly Gustav was next to me, without a
word he began helping me. Her color
began to return as the bleeding stopped.
Gustav we have to help Jack as I turned to run he grabbed hold of me,
“We would only be in his way this is a contest of beasts. We could only hurt him at this point. It is all in Jack’s hands.” I struggled in vain to break Gustav’s hold
not realizing this was the first time he had ever gotten that close to me. I managed to peek my head over the rubble
just in time to see Jack stab him with his claws and the two of them flying
through the rip in the air with two tornado like shafts of dust swirling all
around them Jack’s last scream echoed “Feral maelstrom!” The rip fell in on itself and all fell
silent. The Forelorns were gone and so
was jack. I fell to my knees crying as
my sister hugged me to her “Raven I am so sorry.” “Raven!”
It was Gustav’s voice as I made my way to him I saw it written in blood
by the claws of a beast.
As life passes from one world to the next
death is obtained and with it a memory. Remember me! A
chill crept up my spine as I cracked open his journal
On the inside cover
was a single stanza of written verse.
Once upon a crossroads, through ‘ever expanding seas of green and gold
we met. One life ended as many had
forgotten. A time to begin anew. Again we met hidden by the Roses and Forget
Me Nots. Life moved forward told on the
winds. Remember me! Signed Jack Rhodes!
My knees dropped out
from under me, had he foreseen his own death.
What did all of this mean? Jack
was truly an enigma.
To Be Continued...
Forget Me Not 2
To Be Continued...
Forget Me Not 2
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