Chapter 0 - And There She Was...
Chapter 1 - Waking to Sights
Chapter 2 - Legends are Born
Chapter 3 - Dragon Slayer
Chapter 4 - Saved
Chapter 5 - Lies from the Truth
Chapter 6 - Cabin in the Woods
Chapter 7 - The First Dream
Chapter 8 - Sword and Shield
Chapter 9 - Lust and Love
Chapter 10 - Will You Come?
Chapter 11 - Leaving Today Are We?
Chapter 12 - Ready, Set, Ride
Chapter 13 - What is the Element of the Gods?
Chapter 14 - Thy Parting Words
Chapter 15 - Magic is Confusing
Chapter 16 - Travelers Along The Way
Chapter 17 - A Town To Rest
Chapter 18 - A Duel Awaits
Chapter 19 - Speak
Chapter 20 - Preparations
Chapter 21 - A Dwarf Emerges
Chapter 22 - She Appears
Chapter 23 - Queen of a Kingdom
Chapter 24 - There's a Bounty?
Chapter 25 - Beginning and End
Chapter 26 - Boy crying Wolf
Chapter 27 - Origins of the Alma
Chapter 28 - Face Everything and Rise
Chapter 29 - The Voice of God
Chapter 30 - The Return of the King
Chapter 31 - Humble Abode
Chapter 32 - Love is a Losing Battle
Chapter 33 - A Warning from Beyond
Chapter 34 - Welcome Home
Chapter 35 - Late for The Royal Meal
Chapter 36 - The Archive Sisters
Chapter 37 - Intentions
Chapter 38 - Nobless vs God
Chapter 39 - Vampire Hunter
Chapter 40 - Her Majesty's Past
Chapter 41 - Painful Existance
Chapter 42 - D.R.E.A.M.
Chapter 43 - Business as Usual
Chapter 44 - Old Friends
Chapter 45 - Class is in Session
Chapter 46 - A Race Long Forgotten
Chapter 41 - Painful Existance
As Red went back into the hall, Karla and Maria were around Gália as he told them a story. As soon as he made his presence know, the three looked at Red with wonder,

"Were have you been?" Karla asked with curiosity,

"Having a duel with Mial- Amélia" he responded with a stutter,

"Whaaaat? And you didn't wake us up to watch it?",

"It was over in a flash anyway" Red replied walking away to his room,

"Wait! So who won?" Maria asked being a bit shy,

Red looked at her straight in the eyes. A feeling of sadness flew through him but he put on a fake smile,

"It was a draw",

Red walked away going through two doors and heading to his room. Karla wasn't convinced that Red had a draw and ran outside to the courtyard and Maria followed her. As Karla opened the doors she took notice of Amelia's true form and quickly reacted. She turned around and covered Maria's eyes,

"Huh? Karla what are you doing?" Maria asked with confusion,

"L-Let's play hide and seek!" she said unable to control her voice,

"At this time?",

"Yeah, yeah. You count first so no peaking" Karla hesitated to say,

As Maria started counting, Karla looked at Mialta with angry eyes and she became surprise and almost scared. Karla muttered to her to change back to who she was before. Coming to realization, Mialta transformed herself back into the woman known as Amélia. As soon as the transformation was done, Karla sighed and let go of Maria who suddenly opened her eyes,

"Hey, aren't you meant to be hiding?" she asked confused,

"You know what you were right, maybe it is too late to play" Karla answered "Trivia, Amélia, we'll be going to bed now",

"Huh?",

"Come on Maria, we can go work on your alchemy together" said Karla as she pushed Maria indoors,

Mialta looked to Trivia in surprise as to why Karla hid her true nature to Maria, but Trivia just smiled,

"Did she know?" asked Mialta,

"That girl is a Helion" Trivia replied,

"A HELION? Aren't they a race that to rival the Deus?",

"Indeed. Red found her alone one day and decided to take care of her after he found out her parents were killed",

Mialta looked at Karlas back as the girls headed indoors,

"He's surrounded by power" she whispered to herself,

"No, he's surrounded by family",

As Red arrived in his room, he took his shirt off and jumped onto the bed. Laying down, he stared at the carved ceiling. Thoughts rushed in and out of his head and he wondered what to do. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and a voice followed,

"May I?",

It was Trivia's voice,

"Of course. It is your room as well" he replied with a gentle tone,

As Trivia entered the room, suddenly Red had a dead look in his eyes. He was staring at Trivia like a stranger he's never met before. Trivia stared back, pain and sorrow flooded her heart as she knew what was happening,

"It's getting worse Red. We have to find a cure for that curse",

Red said nothing,

"I love you, beyond what anyone would comprehend. But this hurts. It hurts me, it hurts Karla, it hurts all of us",

Suddenly Red had a smile on his face. A smile like he was planning something,

"Do you know what I'm looking for?" he said with a grin,

Trivia simply shook her head,

"It's called The Sarcophagus. The ultimate artifact. It was created by The Maker",

"The Maker?" Trivia asked,

Suddenly she noticed something. This wasn't Red who was speaking. It was like his mind was being controlled. Like he was being forced to say something he shouldn't,

"Everyone knows that Começo and Fim were the first entities in the universe... But that's wrong. They weren't two mere entities that joined together by chance. It was destined to",

"What are you talking about?",

Red sighed, "I have dreams, dreams I can't explain. I don't know where or when I am but I'm always talking to someone. This person apparently knows me very well. He knows everything about me, my life, this world and everything happening in it. And he knows things that haven't even happened yet, and I can't explain why. But for some reason I feel like I've met this person, or will meet him. But in one of these dreams he told me, I need to find The Sarcophagus to make everything right",

"Red..." Trivia worryingly said as she apreached him,

"It's an artifact to be able to enter The Maker's Workshop",

Trivia sat down with him on the bed. Holding back her sadness and tears, she placed a smile upon her and asked,

"What's that?",

"By what he told me, its the birthplace of everything. Of good and bad, Começo and Fim, information and reality, consciousness. He said that the person who unlocks The Sarcophagus can meet its Maker and have an absolute wish granted. A wish so powerfull, nothing is able to stop it. A wish powerfull enough to conquer the universe if one so wished",

Trivia then laid next to him "And what would you wish for?",

Red stopped. His mind cleared, nothing flew across it. All the feelings he had in the world just disappeared. All he knew at this moment was Trivia's touch as she held him down. He looked straight at her, and with a tears in his eyes he said,

"I wish it would all end",

Trivia said nothing. She simply closed her eyes and smiled at him. She knew not of what he spoke but she was okay with it. The tears he shed, while clearly painful to her, she was glad. Glad that he was finally home, glad that he was finally with her. She took her arms and wrapped them around him, pulling him closer to herself. Her face rested upon his chest. She could feel his cut muscles, his tired body, his painful heartbeat as she laid with him. His tears fell from his red eyes and ran across his face and onto the bedsheets. He suddenly wrapped his arms around her and held her like he never wanted to let go,

"I miss you" he said with pain and fear in his voice "I miss you so much",

"I know" she replied ever so gentle,


© Rúben Magalhães,
книга «THE MAKER'S WISHERS Blood Diamond».
Chapter 42 - D.R.E.A.M.
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