The darkness exploded into a thousand colors, with countless butterflies filling the air with rainbow light. Rosa hadn’t seen such a spectacular vision since the first time the virgin came to her many days ago, but the vision once again vanished as soon as it had come.
“Rosa? Are you awake?” whispered Aries.
She woke up to him nuzzling her with the tip of his wiry beard, still wrapped in his wings. Nothing seemed to have happened in the night. He truly never left her side, she realized. The air didn’t seem as cold anymore. It was as if the winter outside had suddenly vanished-or …show more content…
Outside however, was a place that they had been to, long before. The gaping gates led out into a springtime forest of pine trees and hills. These were the woods of Glademere, the place they had left behind on Earth.
“This is impossible…We came back!” said Rosa in utter disbelief.
“These are your woods. We are near Glademere. This is the same spot,” he replied.
“God reunites those who love…I can hardly believe this!” she said, trying to hold back the countless emotions she was feeling in that moment.
“Rosa,” Aries said to her, “This is your home. Not this castle. You belong to Glademere. You belong to Earth, not Aeon. You belong to your virgin, not the Saintess Enoa.”
“Aries I don’t understand, what are you trying to say?” she asked.
“You said it. God reunites those who love. You love your family too. You need to go to them. I will not stop you,” he said.
“You’re letting me go? But what about you, Aries?” she began, “Won’t you be lonely here, with nothing to do but hunt? You’re my friend! I can’t just abandon …show more content…
Tell me, what day is it?” Rosa asked him.
“April the tenth. You’ve been gone since Halloween night,” he replied.
“April the tenth…I’ve been gone so long,” she mused.
“Yeah! No kidding! Where the hell have you been all this time? And what’s with the famous text: ‘I’m alive.’ Your daddy the policeman looked for you all over since that night,” he said.
“My dad got the message. Thank goodness,” she sighed, “But you would never believe me if I told you where I’ve been all this time.”
“Nah. I probably wouldn’t. I’m just a truck driver,” he said back, “It’s a left here, right?”
“Yeah. My house is just down the street,” Rosa said to him.
He pulled over in front her front porch, and helped Rosa down from the truck. After she thanked him one last time, he gave her back the rose she nearly left on her seat. Soon after that, he sped away back into the town, and Rosa turned around to open the gate to her house.
“Raoff! Raoff!” something barked.
Her father had left the dog outside today. He was large animal, a huge brown Labrador named Spark. Rosa stopped down to greet him at once. The poor dog was absolutely restless, barking and jumping