On a distant planet that still held much life, a boy woke from  his sleep in a panic. Breathing rapidly he looked around his clay and straw thatched home, desperate to locate his little brother as the feeling of dread from his nightmares still clung to him. Seeing his brother sound asleep in the bed beside him he sighed in relief. It was ok, his brother still lived, he wasn't bleeding out in the garden like he dreamed.

Weary, the boy looked outside the window beside his bed towards the small garden located beside the house. It was still night, but there was no way he would be able to sleep. Not after having a nightmare about his brothers own death. Rubbing his face vigerously he closed his heavy eyes. This was the third night he dreamed of such, and it was tearing at his soul. The boy had the gift of sight, and with it he could see the deaths of those he grew to love. At first he cursed it, after seeing their parents die in the exact manner he dreampt, he thought he himself sent them to their deaths. But then a being of light came to him in his grief stricken dreams. It spoke too him, with a voice that could end all sadness if it only spoke too those who carried it, and told him he need not cry, for what he saw was something that was meant to be. Their deaths were etched in the Scroll Of Beginnings before they were even born. It was inevitable.

 He was devasted at first, and it let him scream until he could no more. Then it wrapped him in the lights warm embrace, and peace and understanding washed through him in waves. He never cursed his gift after that. For he finally knew. His sight wasn't there to curse those whom he loved. It was there to show him a path of uncertainty, so that he may change it. It was a gift. And he would cherish it.

 After their first incounter the Being took it upon itself to teach him what his parents could no longer about his true heritage. He, along with his parents, was part of the Chosen, those blessed with gifts of life from the Life Bringer herself, the Goddess Riishi. They were tasked to guard the Gate within the forest that brought life to our world from the lifestream,  where the Goddess dwelled and reigned, and to protect the balance of their world as well.

He knew it would be tough, but the Goddess had promised that when her Chosen died, they would be reborn with their families on a world immortal, where peace forever reigned. That alone was what he wished for, and he dutifully protected the door between the worlds since. It was only after the Being left his dreams several years later in a sea of lasting warmth did he realize who it actually was. It was Riishi. The Goddess herself gave him comfort, and raised him into a man. Realizing this he cried tears of happiness, and his faith in her grew into an unbreakable bond. He was determined to protect her gate with his life.

 Smiling at the memories of his past the boy looks into the woods tiredly. He would have faith, and change his brothers uncertain path. As the boy lays back down and drifts to sleep he dreams once more. Not of his brothers death, but of a girl. A girl from a dying world who wielded immense power. And the deaths of many worlds to come.

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The boy woke that morning feeling completely drained, his spirit exhausted from the forced vision of the unknown girl. Groggedly he sat up in bed, his brother already up and humming from the kitchen as he prepared their breakfast.

 It was strange. He's never been able to dream of someone he didn't know, which made him question if the Goddess didn't send it too him for some reason. But given the fact it was about a multitued of worlds dying, he'd have to go with a yes on that part. But why? What did that girl have to do with anything? Was she a Chosen too? That would certainly explain why she had power. But that much? He couldn't stop the shiver that ran down his spine as he recalled the feeling he got from her. If that truly  was the Goddess' power, then why was it so dark?

 Shaking his head the boy stood and got ready for the days farming. Whatever it was, he hoped it wasn't bad, but the feeling deep inside of him said otherwise.

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Pain. Pain was all I could remember. Pain everywhere. I felt like I was burning alive, my very soul being scorched over and over again. I didn't understand what was happening to me. Wave after wave. Pain. Nothing but blinding, searing pain.

Pain tore through my mind and body like it was swiss cheese, melting and remaking me time and time again. I screamed, but heard nothing. I no longer had a throat to scream from. My very being wept as I was forced through the lifestream, something no mortal was ever meant to do. A foreign energy seared and converged through mine, keeping my soul from shredding, yet attaching itself in ways I never thought possible. I feared it. I feared Her. What was happening? Why was she doing this too me? I didn't understand. I knew I was traveling through the lifestream, and that the energy with me was a womans, but how and why I didn't know. Ignorance was supposed to be bliss, yet this was painful. I longed. Longed to return to my world. But I knew that was impossibe now. I could feel myself being taken further and further from my home, and no matter how much I tried, she would not let me turn back.

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Color flew by my ghostly form. ethereal and awe spiring. The colors of life were untangible. When I thought I saw a color I recognized, it quickly changed to something else. Some that my mother would've said could only exist in the realms of the Gods. It was beautiful, yet sickening too my mortal mind. I couldn't grasp their essence, for I lacked the knowledge to do so. I supposed this could've been the end, but a part of me knew it was only just the beginning. Something was happenning. Something I had no control over. And it was devastating.

Suddenly everything turned white. I was no longer soaring through at high speeds, I was still, and so was everything around me. Dimly I was aware of some part of me whispering that I was between realms, the nothingness before life took physical form, but how I knew this I wasn't sure. Perhaps it had something to do with the foreign energy that I felt had become one with me, but I couldn't focus enough to care. The pain was gone. Truly and finally gone. I relished the quite, the peace. I loved this white nothingness more than I thought I ever would. I was grateful for the lack of pain. Even to the point I was willing to forgive the horrible being who brought me here, who tore me through it all. The Life Bringer, corrected that same part of me who interrupted me earlier. My entire being scowled. Why was I interupting myself for trivial facts? Nothing mattered here, after all the void must stay pure of conscious thought.

 Wait, what did I just say?

My consciousness jerked to attention, causing the nothingness around me to shunder. I stared around wildly in growing panic as my form began to take shape once more from within a glowing blue orb, shoting streams of blue in all dirictions. My skin was freshly pink like a new-born babies, and I was completely naked. My gaze snapped down to my bare breasts in shock. They were bigger too. Definitely a C-cup, instead of my usual A-cup. My eyes bulged.

''What the hell?!''

 The white nothingness contracted violently around me, sending a shiver down my newly reformed spine with what sounded like shrills of pain from the void itself. It was loud, and quite possibly, soul shattering. My entire body shundered violently from the noise as the white pulsed brightly as with the other strange being from before. Riishi. That quiet part of me whispered yet again. I snapped. I couldn't take it anymore.

''SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!'' I grabbed my ears in vain, willing the shrilling screams to stop. But they only seemed to get louder.

Suddenly the void began contracting on me, trying desperately to shove me out. I screamed. The touch of nothingness worse than any searing sun. As it threw me around violently I wrapped myself in the fetal position, hoping to lessen the pain from the contact. Just as I thought it was going to tear my soul apart with its violent tearing motions, a voice called to me in my mind.

'Hold on child! Please! You must reach for the light!' It said desperately.

 I frowned, dimly aware of the tearing sensations traveling through my body, numbing my mind. Reach for the light? But the light was trying to kill me, so why the hell would I reach for it? My mind was shouting with reason, yet that quiet voice within me whispered not to hesitate. To believe in the voice. I didn't want too... and yet.... why did that voice sound so familiar...?

'Do it now child! Let go of yourself! I cannot control this void between the realms, it is too damaged!'

Wait... wasn't that the voice from earlier...? Riishi, wasn't it...?

'NOW!'

I flinched from the intensity of the voice as it echoed through my head. Thinking I had nothing left to loose, I reluctantly held my conscious out, and taking a deep breath.... let go. The void instantly snatched me up, sending me flying at great speeds towards an opening that was ripping itself open in its haste to expel me. A warm colored light spilled through, reminding me of the sun from home. Sun... Home... I closed my eyes, letting the pain that still drifted from earlier send me to sleep, trusting- whoever the voice belonged too- that I would be ok now. Nothing else mattered at the moment. Just the overwhelming heaviness that begged me to sleep. It would be ok now.... the void would make sure I left its domain, I just needed... sleep....

My eyes closed. instantly welcoming the darkness that drowned out the light.

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 The Goddess smiled and called for Her Chosen upon the world as She watched the girl go flying out of the white void and crash into the forest below. She would be alright now, at least, for a bit. Her Chosen would arrive and take care of the child, for her power would soon awaken, and her Fate along with it. It would be tough, extremely so. She just hoped the girl had it in her to resist the temptation, least She would have to end her. Just like her ancestor before her. Many worlds were dying for what her ancestor did, She couldn't let her cause the same outcome. The Death Bringer could not be allowed to rule her realms. The Goddess stilled as Her power flared violently within the void. She would not allow it.

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  The boy stared down at the uncoscious girl in shock. He had came running when he heard an explosion and felt the powerful pull of energy from within the forest, the very forest he was supposed to protect, yet he could not understand what he saw. The girl had came flying out of nowhere and had crashed straight through the forest at great speed, yet she was unharmed. And completely naked. Her skin was the color of a new born babies. And she carried a strange black mark on the underside of her wrist that stood out with great contrast from her beautiful brown hair that fell to her shoulders in a golden wave. She seemed ethereal in her beauty, like some strange force was moving just below her skin.

He shivered. This was her. The girl from his dream. The dream his Goddess sent him. 

He didn't know what was happening, but he would trust his Goddess. Taking off his leather jacket he bent down and covered the girl before picking her up. As her head rolled onto his shoulder he turned around and headed back towards his house. Glancing down he could tell her face was sculpted as if of royalty, soft, yet holding a presence of power and authority. He sighed and looked away. She was beautiful, and felt like his Goddess, but he would not trust her. She held darkness. A darkness so thick it rivaled Death itself. No, he would watch her closely, and do what he must to protect his world. Just as his Goddess had commanded of him.