Stella:

"..."

I am screaming, screaming but the sounds won't leave my throat ... completely paralyzed, even now after they left the time was still not moving ... not for me ... not for anyone, was this power what they called "edict" or was it just the connected minds of everyone on this planet agreeing that we still should not move.

But it's better, better than before ... when the dragon was talking I almost couldn't take it, I almost fainted, the pressure was so much ... it felt like my rib cage was exploding from the pulsations of my heart, my blood, my muscles, my everything ... myself could have ended here if they had decided to. But in spite of all that I stayed awake ... I had to, even if I wanted to perhaps I could not ... it was pure dread even if everything he gave us was information ... but I felt it, like a killer having a knife at my throat ... I felt the danger of dying.

Minutes passed

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

... I did it ... I finally did it, with tears of joy of being alive, of feeling alive, I thought, or tears of fear for what's to come, but I got it ... out of my system ... out in the air and with it the time feels like it started to move again.

I started shaking ... no ... everyone started shaking, crying, weeping like their most beloved one died on the battlefield, more less than the others, but it is a generality, something no one can deny, not even the most fearless or dumb individual can ignore it.

I am looking at the people around me ... panic, everyone, it was like our entire planet was about to be crushed by tides of something we didn't ask to ... a war ... not it wasn't "like" it was going to happen, we're in this, we have no other choice but to play it until the end, like actors on the stage, a stage too big for ourselves to handle, we're just decor.

But I have to get up, I have to look up for my friends ... surely they know what to do, they always know what to do, I need to get to them, I need to get their advice, I need to ... need to ... oh ... it's going blank ... mom ... help me.

Maverick:

It passed ... it finally passed, I can move, I need to get myself together, and help people to calm down, there's no imminent danger we need to think it through ... that's right we HAVE to find a solution for this ... we can't just stand here forever, we WILL find a solution for this!

"EVERYONE CALM DOWN!"

I shouted ... in the midst of chaos managing to draw some people's attention ... but then I saw her ... no, I saw them but the most concerning one was Stella. My dear friend, with her dark purple long hair and ocean purple eyes ... Now she looked expressionless, blank ... like a corpse, no light in her eyes, her face pale as the last bit of life was sucked from her and then she fell, fell to the ground, and I started moving, time catching up with me.

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Like trying to catch a bird flying, I rushed trying to make it so that she doesn't hit the ground, but I couldn't, and she kept falling. More than physically I can see it in her, she is going down a deep spiral of confusion, hopelessness, fear, a lot, a lot more than I can comprehend but I understand it ... and then she hit the ground ... and blood.

"STELLA!!!"

Anwir:

The shout of her name woke me up from the nightmare that played in my head. I looked in the direction where Maverick was shouting just not so long ago and I saw her laying limp onto the ground with a wound to her head ... no. I started running, like my life depends on it, perhaps it's nothing serious but the recent incident urges my senses, amplifying my feelings.

I'm in a chaotic state but I can't help it. If everyone is feeling the same way I do then this means the greatest union humanity has ever seen, that's the thought that crosses my mind as I see one of my very best friends in the proximity of death.

"How's she?" I asked

"Breathing but we need to stop the bleeding, the wound to her head is not too serious but if not treated it can definitely get worse."

What a relief ... I sighed and then Adonai and Kathlyn approached, my expression a mess just like my thoughts, while Adonai looks not so different from me ... Kathlyn looks speechless but composed ... I never thought this girl was this tough but I'm relieved she takes it this way ... I couldn't risk her as well ... no, she has to live ... at least a while longer.

Adonai:

As we approached them I could see their faces, theirs were as messy as mine, but it was good, at least they didn't give in ... After the dragon left Kathlyn quickly composed herself and helped me out of my eternal trance, while the feeling of dread was still hanging I knew I had to get myself out of that mind space, and thanks to her I did.

I certainly did not plan things to go this way when I asked her out but that's not relevant now, we have other pressing issues at hand, treating stella wounds and looking for the whole planet's decision. As much as we want to believe this was a hellish nightmare we can't, it was all too real to be a dream .... magic, edicts, races ... war. A lot of changes are about to happen in the next few hours, and they will dictate the destiny of our planet ... our home.

"Unless some sort of apocalypse comes upon us that changes everything ... that's what you said back then Kath and I guess your words came true." I said in a rather joyful manner trying to make the situation less tense.

"Kath?"

I looked at her, her expression telling me she is contemplating, she didn't acknowledge what I just said, perhaps she did not even hear me, she was lost in thought, thinking probably about her future and how this will change everything. And I can not blame her, this is as the dragon said "a beginning of a new era".

In this one year that we have we need to make choices, and our lives from tomorrow onward won't be the same ... sacrifices, blood, military, war, they are all possibilities and the more gruesome the more likely. After all we have only one year to prove our worth to the other races that had hundreds and thousands, some even billions of years in advance to prepare for this ... and each and everyone one of us have to choose a road for themselves ... an untraveled road.

Kathlyn:

"..."

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