CRACK

Blood ran down my fingers as I looked at the shards of glass in my hand. Why I did it? I had no idea. Maybe it was because he was gone... He made me happy. He didn't look at me as the popular coworker that everyone else did. I was Pretty, My blond hair, blue eyes. The list went on... He, though, saw through that. At first, he saw the horrible personality I had. The anger issues, the alcoholism.

He didn't even want anything to do with me at first, but still, he looked after me. Robert was the first man I had ever fallen in love with. A MAN, yeah I know. The typical romance in the office, except it was two men. Robert had done this to me and now I couldn't do it without him.

I grabbed a large shard of glass and pressed it to my neck. I could feel the pressure and sharpness of the glass as I pressed harder and harder. I can do this. That was the thought that I had before I felt myself run the glass across my neck, the blood flowing as it left a mark, I was so close to my artery. Come on Greg; you can do this. I chanted to myself but then I felt it... Hands... on my lower back pushing me into the mirror head first.

I closed my eyes expecting to feel the sharp glass hit my head, did someone else do this for me so I didn't have to? Maybe God was taking pity on me. Hitting the mirror never happened, I did hit something, however.

Grass.

It was soft, and I could feel the rays of the sun. I opened my eyes, when did I close them? That's when I heard footsteps running up to me. What was happening? Was I dead? Was this a dream? I couldn't figure it out, but I looked up anyway.

"Robert?"

It was him I swore it, the brown hair that fell in front of his eyes and those freckles that I knew covered every part of his body. He looked at me and there were those green eyes.

"WOAH!" He shouted as he noticed my condition and well all of the blood. "DID YOU GET ATTACKED BY A BACKBIL?" He asked me and I was completely confused.

"What are you talking about?" I asked sitting up. My neck had stopped bleeding, but there were a scar and a mess on my nice white dress shirt. What the hell was happening here? He got closer to me and held out a hand. I slapped it away. "Robert, what the fuck is this? A cosplay session? YOU ARE SUPPOSSED TO BE DEAD?"

Maybe I was Hallucinating. I mean with the blood I lost it wouldn't be too far off.

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"Robert?"

He seemed like he didn't even know his name. He was dressed in armor from head to toe and a nice little scarf around his neck like one of those RPG Characters he loved so much from his games.

"Yeah, YOU, Your name is Robert," I said still angry, but he didn't seem like he understood.

"My name is Sven... I'm a knight of the kingdom of Bernestia." He stated as he saluted me. Now I was confused, before I died, I was going to have Hallucinations of my Ex DEAD boyfriend as an RPG character. I sighed deciding to play along.

"Okay Sven, where am I?" I asked as I looked around the area, it was beautiful, I had to admit. Green everywhere sprinkled with Yellow flowers. The bright blue sky was lovely as the sun peered high from its spot.

"You are in Bernestia territory." He stated, and I nodded.

"No, planet."

"Gaia."

Gaia? Like the myth? I sighed softly.

"Okay so You live on Gaia and You serve, let me guess, the king of Bernestia." He nodded frantically like a child... Cute... I stood as soon as I had my footing I turned around, there had to be a way out of here.

"Excuse me sir, but you don't look like you are from around here. I need you to state your business or I will have to arrest you." His hand touched my shoulder, and I flinched. NO FUCKING WAY. This shit was real... you can't feel things that aren't real. I stumbled back and fell over again.

"You are real..."

I hadn't thought that it could even be possible for this man to be real, yet he cocked his head to the side like a confused puppy.

"You thought I was fake?" He asked him and shook his head. "No Sir, I am as real as you are." He stated. "Now, State your business sir." I began to sweat as I stood up again and wiped my hands on my slacks, come on lie...

"I have business in your city." He stated. "I am a traveler who would like to migrate to your city." Sven's eyes went wide, and a smile grew on his face. It seemed he liked the idea of me coming to live in his kingdom.

"Bernestia is a great city to live in! You have chosen the right place!"He grinned and laughed as he began to lead the way."Come, you must meet the Queen and King before you can become a citizen!" He said as he began to move towards the woods and I had no choice but to follow him...

I never knew what to expect after that. I didn't expect to become a hero. I didn't expect to be part of a war that had taken place hundreds of years before me. Most of all... I never thought I would love again...