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Chapter 35 - Chapter 35: Certain someone

Chapter 35: Certain someone

The primordial watched in silence as Arora struggled to grasp her new reality.

She was dead.

She didn't remember how it happened. She also couldn't remember why or who did it.

No matter how hard she tried to recall, her mind remained blank. Like a static was in the way. Tears spilled freely from her eyes, against her will. It was as if the memories were so terrible that her body responded automatically despite not remembering them.

Several moments passed in tense silence.

She looked back at the boy that referred to himself as a Primordial entity.

"So... I'm really dead." she asked, her voice trembling.

The Primordial remained silent for a few moments.

{π‘Όπ’π’‡π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’‚π’•π’†π’π’š. π’šπ’†π’” π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆}

Arora stared into the distance with a vacant expression, as she took off her glasses, her hands trembling.

More tears streamed down her face. This time, of her own doing.

"Tβ€”that's not fair."

.....

.....

"That's not fair!" she screamed, her fists clenched. "That's not fair! That's not fair!"

"Wβ€”hy me, why is it always me?" She asked as she felt her throat closing up..

"I never get anything. I didn't get my parents love!. I didn't get any friends because I wouldn't do whatever they wanted!. I didn't get adopted because no one wants me. I didn't get any gifts because no one cared"

"And.... now"

"I don't even get to keep my life. It's not fair, it's just not fair. I want to live, I want to experience everything I never could before. Everything I always dreamt of. I want to visit my best friend at the North pole, I want to eventually fall in love and have a family.... I want to have parents that love me."

She looked at the Primordial, her face streaked with tears.

"Iβ€”i just want to live"

"Is that so hard to ask for...."

The primordial slowly stood up as he walked over to where she was kneeling.

{𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’” π’˜π’‰π’š π’Š 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’ƒπ’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒂. 𝑻𝒐 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 π’π’Šπ’‡π’†, π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’–π’π’Šπ’—π’†π’“π’”π’†. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’π’Šπ’—π’† π’‡π’“π’†π’†π’π’š. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’‚π’„π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’Šπ’”π’‰ π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’–'𝒗𝒆 π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’…π’“π’†π’‚π’Žπ’†π’… 𝒐𝒇.}

Arora's eyes widened with a glimmer of hope.

"Is... is that really true?" She asked hesitantly.

"You can resurrect me?. Why would you do that? are you a god?"

{𝑡𝒐 π’Š π’‚π’Ž 𝒏𝒐𝒕}

{𝑨𝒔 π’Š'𝒗𝒆 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, π’Š π’‚π’Ž 𝒂 π‘·π’“π’Šπ’Žπ’π’“π’…π’Šπ’‚π’ π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆ. 𝑰 π’†π’™π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’… π’π’π’π’ˆ 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘΄π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’—π’†π’“π’”π’† π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.}

{π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 π’Šπ’” π’Žπ’š π’…π’π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’ƒπ’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’‰π’π’˜ π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’ π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆.}

The boy paced around Arora as she slowly got up, wiping her tears.

"Special?, what do you mean by that? There's nothing special about me." She asked with a weary expression.

{𝑰 π’ƒπ’†π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’†π’“. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’π’Šπ’‡π’†π’‡π’π’“π’„π’† π’Šπ’” 𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕, π’†π’™π’•π’“π’†π’Žπ’†π’π’š 𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 π’ƒπ’š 𝒇𝒂𝒓, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’”π’• 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 π’Š 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’š 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’” 𝒐𝒇 π’π’ƒπ’”π’†π’“π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’π’Šπ’‡π’†π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’”. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 π’π’π’π’š 𝒂 π’‡π’†π’˜ π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’‚π’“π’‚π’ƒπ’π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’Šπ’•.}

{π‘«π’†π’”π’‘π’Šπ’•π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, π’Š 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐 π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’–, π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’ π’Š π’˜π’‚π’•π’„π’‰π’†π’… π’šπ’π’– π’…π’Šπ’†. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’•, π’Š π’…π’†π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 π’ƒπ’“π’†π’‚π’Œ π’Žπ’š π’π’˜π’ 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆}

{𝑰 π’‘π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’… π’šπ’π’– 𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’Žπ’‚π’“π’„π’‰, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ƒπ’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 π’π’Šπ’‡π’†.}

Arora remained silent for a while as she processed his words. She didn't know what to think about how special he seemed to think she was. Most of what he said didn't really seem like something that mattered to her.

Her mind was still flashing back to her life. She wondered how she could die so easily if she had a "vast" lifeforce, like the primordial was saying. She still wanted to know what happened to her, she wanted to know how she died. She didn't think she could live peacefully in a this new life without knowing that.

"Thank you... For the chance you're giving me. Truly thank you." She stammered, her voice cracking from her crying.

"I was just wondering if you could alsβ€”"

{𝑡𝒐, π’Š 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’Žπ’†π’Žπ’π’“π’Šπ’†π’”. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 π’”π’–π’ƒπ’„π’π’π’”π’„π’Šπ’π’–π’”π’π’š π’ƒπ’π’π’„π’Œπ’†π’… π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž π’šπ’π’–π’“π’”π’†π’π’‡ 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 π’šπ’π’– π’Œπ’π’†π’˜ π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆 π’Šπ’•}

{π‘Άπ’—π’†π’“π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†, π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’Žπ’†π’Žπ’π’“π’Šπ’†π’” 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 π’„π’π’Žπ’† π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒐𝒏 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’π’˜π’, π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’šπ’π’–'𝒓𝒆 π’“π’†π’‚π’…π’š 𝒕𝒐 π’“π’†π’Žπ’†π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“. π‘»π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’“π’‡π’†π’“π’†}

Arora sighed dejectedly.

"Alright then, I suppose you're right, umm Mr Primordial." She said awkwardly.

She was starting to come to terms with her situation. The only things she desperately missed were her best friend Santa Claus and Mr Raymond. She also felt sad that she would never see the orphanage, or the other kids again, although to a lesser degree.

"Is there anything you want me to do for you? From my experience, most people don't just give others something so easily, unless you're under their care."

The primordial remained quiet for a moment, as if pondering something.

{𝒀𝒆𝒔, π’Š π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’†.}

Arora sighed, a bit disappointed that she was right. She couldn't complain too much though, since she was getting a second life in return.

{π‘Όπ’”π’–π’‚π’π’π’š, 𝑰'𝒅 π’“π’†π’Šπ’π’„π’‚π’“π’π’‚π’•π’† π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’Šπ’π’”π’•π’“π’–π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’π’”, π’„π’π’π’„π’†π’“π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’Š 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 π’Šπ’ π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’π’†π’˜ π’π’Šπ’‡π’†.}

{𝑰'𝒗𝒆 π’…π’†π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’… 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†, π’Š π’˜π’‚π’π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 π’π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’‰π’π’˜π’†π’—π’†π’“ π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’‚π’π’•. 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 π’†π’™π’‘π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’šπ’π’– 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’ˆπ’π’• 𝒕𝒐 π’†π’™π’‘π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’†}

{𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’˜π’‚π’π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’π’šπ’Žπ’π’“π’†.}

Arora stared at the boy with a stunned expression as tears began welling up in her eyes once more.

"Tβ€”thank you.... Thank you so much" Arora said with a grateful expression as she bowed deeply.

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‰π’π’˜π’†π’—π’†π’“. 𝑢𝒏𝒆 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝑰'𝒅 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’† π’…π’–π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’π’†π’˜ π’π’Šπ’‡π’†}

Arora straightened, her bright orange eyes beaming in delight.

"What is it!?, I'll do anything!"

Suddenly, she felt as if The primordial smiled, despite not being able to see his expressions.

{π‘½π’†π’“π’š π’˜π’†π’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏.}

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 π’„π’†π’“π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’π’π’† π’Š π’˜π’‚π’Žπ’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 π’Œπ’Šπ’π’}

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