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It was now or never. Conflicted between head or heart, her head forced her legs faster, running and running and running and never stopping once.
Her lungs and heart were pounding against her chest as her throat tightened and droplets of fatigued sweat fell down her temples, but her head did not allow her to stop or even look back at what she was escaping from. She would die if she saw what was there. However, the temptation that her heart was offering her was strong, “Turn back.” It whispered “This is your home now. With him, as queen. There is nothing left for you from where you came.” She should have left her heart behind her for it had turned as crazy as him. Crazy for him. She was getting closer and closer to the rainbow gateway; she had learnt the secret to unlocking it herself, but the key to it would cost her greatly, yet she was willing to make such a sacrifice if it meant he could see what monster he had become.
A fierce roar boomed and echoed in the sky, startling her to a standstill. He knew, but she was already at the gateway and though her heart was begging to return and the anxiety was unbearable, it was too late. Tears and sweat drenched her pale face; violent sobs shook her weak frame. Her aching feet were bare and dirty; slashed from running so fast that they were bleeding, her long auburn hair had was whipped into a tangled messed and all the joy and light she had known had faded, even the shine of her flowing dress had dimmed due to her pain. The only brightness was a gold band on her left finger, embedded with a cluster of green and silver gems, like an eye.
In a blur of despair, desire and desperation, she ripped the band of her finger, threw to the ground and screamed to the heavens. “Everything I've known here! Everything I’ve had, felt and wanted, I wish to lose! I want to forget everything! Just take me back. Stop my pain!”
Lightning struck her in all directions, electricity set fire to her soul as it searched her. White. All she saw was white. Another bolt of lightning threw her backwards and she screamed in agony. She was falling down and down, stars and colours shot threw her. Her mind burned and was ripped apart into a million pieces. Flashes of memory dance in front of her eyes but just as quickly dissolved again. Her wish came true, she was forgetting. One last memory floated tantalizingly, the most beautiful and painful. Trying to hold onto it but failing as it slipped from her grasp, one last whisper one uttered on her lips.
“Farewell. My angel.”