III. New Life

The darkness that devoured my very being was cold and harsh. I felt my body fell into an abyss. An abyss so deep no one else could have dared to dive and save me.

I felt myself hit the very bottom of the abyss. It was quiet and dreadful. No signs of life were present. I tried to stand and walk but all I heard were shackles. Upon looking at the bottom of my feet, My ankles were bounded by these unknown shackles. I tried to break free as the shackles grew louder.

"Someone save me, please." I screamed as I tried to run away.

The darkness was slowly devouring me once again when a strange white light emerged out of nowhere. A beautiful goddess like being came from the light. Platinum blonde hair and purple eyes stared at me. "My child, Sera....Do not fret, you are safe." The unknown being said to me as she wiped away the tears that were dancing on my cheeks.

"I want to live..." I tell her, tears cascading down my cheeks.

Her glowing hand reached out to me, touching and wiping away the tear that has danced upon my cheeks. "My child, I will grant you a new life you would have never imagined." She whispered as she kissed my forehead.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe once again. And when I did it felt like my body fell once again but this time I felt my body jolt up.

"My lady?? Have you truly awoken?" An unknown voice asked, I look to my right and I see a lady possibly in her late 20s. "Call the Marquis Chrysantia!! Make haste, Lady Henrietta has awoken!!"

I stared into space, so much questions filling the back of my head. Henrietta? Marquis Chrysantia? Confusion was very much evident at this point. What was going on?

The unknown lady kept asking me questions I did not understand. My eyes wander around the room. Hints of white and pale pink were everywhere. Everything was overwhelming. A new life...?

My eyes fell upon a mirror and a reflection of a beautiful lady who seemed to be in her late teens. She had beautiful light brown hair and dazzling green eyes stared back at me. I ignored the lady who was questioning me and walked to the mirror.

My hands gently grazing the piece of glass. Watching every movement I make.

The door bursts open, a guy who seemed to be 182cm tall and in his late 30s came in with a lady who would be about 173cm and in her mid 30s, stared at me. "Henrietta? You've awoken, my child." The lady with green eyes and mouse brown hair said as she engulfed me in a tight hug.

The guy in his late 30s also followed the lady's gesture. I just stared at them, not knowing what to do as my parents have never been so affectionate. "We thought we had lost you..." they said as they hugged me and cried their hearts out.

I do not know why but tears also fell from my eyes.

What is this feeling..?