Did peace really exist? For if so I with my fully pledged heart will submit for a life of serenity of which I needed not to fear of the future. For any Aeons listening to my pleas, grant me the power to ensure a future that fear holds no foothold.
I Sekito Sakaranai was just another ordinary girl living with my family. That ordinary family flipped when Devina was born. She was an unmatched brillance that shone far above all. For me I didn't care about Devina's outstanding accomplishments and feats, I just saw her as my own little sister, a baby that need to be taken care of.
Though the world turned on her I stood firmly on her side no matter what. Why I decided to go to such lengths to protect her I still don't know. It almost felt maternal, like I was raising her on my own. Devina would pick up on my habits and mimick me though never with anyone else.
It felt more like she was my child than my sister. I felt such an incomprehensible amount of love and affection towards her almost to the point of insanity.
I knew of course that one day Devina would become independent and she indeed did. Then that day came where our parents disowned us. That day I realized that the peace and freedom we had was never infinite to begin with. Peace is always limited and will always last so long before turning into pain, anguish and sorrow.
Seeing my sweet little sister have that look in her eyes made my inner peace erupt and spew all out. I no longer felt like calm and rational Sekito I always used to be. I felt desperate… so desperate for liberation from those feelings.
Freedom comes when your future is secure and your past is accepted. To know you have a future which you are happy in is the true epitome of freedom.
And a future where my sister's life is threatened by those who had created her is one I couldn't tolerate. I hated the fact the world was forever changing and unpredictable. I rented out a small housing unit for me and Devina to live in whilst I tried to figure out what to do next but no what thought that poured into my brain I couldn't figure out what to do.
Devina was intelligent enough to understand the situation we were in yet she remained unflinched at this predicament. Her eyes were of hope… and unwavering trust that I would manage to figure it out.
As the evening orange sun descended into the horizon I walked into the village to buy some supplies. I was leaving the store when I heard cries of a child. I looked towards the directions of the cries and saw a small child with their mother who was repeatedly beating her child.
The child was barely 6 yet his mother punished him. The image of Devina being beat of dad those nights flashed as I watched on. The clips of my mother screaming at the Devina and smacking her rolled through my memories overriding any thoughts.
I didn't know what was happening with my body but I felt like I had to preserve the freedom for those children who couldn't do it themselves.
"Protect the future for next generations to come and I will grant you the power to preserve the things you love."
I snapped out of the trance and looked around and saw a woman standing behind me. Half her face was covered with plants whilst the other half was incredibly beautiful. She had long golden hair just like Devina and long elvish ears. Her blue eyes stared at me whilst a magical silver white flower bloomed on her face.
"What are you?" I asked shocked by her weird features.
"The mother of all life and a fragment of the free. Your soul is one meant for taking care of others to ensure their futures. You are one who shall bear on the Aeon of Serenity for humanity. It is you whom will guide humanity to be free."
The woman slowly approached me and gently caressed my chest. She put her head against my chest and listened to my heartbeat.
"Ixyli preserver of the future entrust you with the Aeon of Serenity."
Then I felt how her body phased straight through mine. Taking a few steps back I felt how my body starting to fill with responsibility. The ensure the future is peaceful, I will protect those who will bring peace to the future.
I stepped forth and a flower of silver emerged from my cheek. The mother who was beating her child was still yelling at her kid as I walked up to her.
The kid kept apologizing over and over again to just get even more shouts bombard him. But the next second there was no one yelling at him anymore. It was just an empty street with no one there.
His mother looked at me with terror in her eyes as I stared into her soul. Chains were wrapped all around her and slowly constricting themselves, crushing her limbs. You are not a real mother and I will make sure children aren't raised by people like you. Undeserving of life from Ixyli. I placed my hand onto her forehead and forced the Aeon of Serenity into her soul. It was my first time using her powers but yet I felt like I knew what I needed to do. I filled the mother's soul with memories of what it meant to be good mother. Her soul was ripped out of her body and remodified to become benevolent.
"Now live like a true mother who will raise their children to be the culminators of the future."
I released her from the chains and let her go. The little boy stood confused crying on the streets but then he heard the shout of his mother again. But instead of the degrading words of hate she spewed she called out his name and hugged him.
The boy seemed oddly confused that his morher would embrace him in a hug. He was confused why his mother didn't yell at him.
She kept apologizing and saying that she would never let him go again.
Before the night ended there was one more place I had to visit. I returned back to the house we used to live at. I knocked on the door and when my mother opened it, I grabbed her by the throat with my chains and threw her into the wall.
Hearing the commotion my dad rushed out from his room and saw my mom laying on the ground unconscious.
"SEKITO, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?"
The chains immediately went around his neck and pinned him against the wall.
"For despicable humans like you, the ability to reproduce shouldn't even be allowed to be accessible. To forget the path of how to treat the future is one thing, but to commit blasphemy to Ixyli and rebuke the lives you have created is a crime that cannot be repaid."
"Please… stop… we are family," My dad said trying to breathe.
That word, Family. I started to cry as I heard the word family. It was not only my tears but also the tears of the Aeon inside of me. I loved my family but the past is something we need accept and the future is something that needed to be secured.
"For the sake of the future… mother..father.. die."