Okay, imagine being in the Magic User universe and this happening.....
Desmon and his father are on the way to the House of Spirit. Desmon is holding a little bouquet of flowers in one hand and a small wrapped box in the other.
Desmonâs father observes him for a while before coughing.
âIâm sure sheâll like the gifts,â he says into the silence.
Desmon looks up at his father uncertaintly then back down at the gifts in his hands. He had the box wrapped and ready to go for a few months now, knowing that she would like it then, but now he wasnât so sure. He is sweating where he sits wondering if he should of gotten her something else.
âHow can you be so sure about that?â He asks shakily.
His father gives him a knowing smile then gestures at Desmon.
âBecause they are from you,â Is all he says before he winks.
Desmon goes pink before looking once again down at the gifts he has in his hands. He starts to think about the last time he saw Mirah, smiling and full of joy. He hopes that she still would be when he seeâs her again. Up until now their parents had been keeping an eye on one another, Desmon doesnât know why and he tried several time to find out. He sighs. They are almost there now, he is starting to wonder if she would actually like the gifts he got for her. Then wondered what she might have got him. He shakes his head, trying to clear his thoughts. He will find out soon. His thoughts flicker to the promise he made with Mirah that day they found out they were to married to one another. He thinks about her expression as he had said the words, it was breathtakingly beautiful and sad that for a moment he couldnât breath properly.
When the carriage comes to a stop, he hesitates before getting to his feet. Something felt strange to him, something off and wrong. Itâs almost like a stomachache, he has to regain his balance before he can get down and out of the carriage. But when he does, his world becomes a void. Cold and dark dread flows into him. It takes him a few moments to realise just what heâs looking at.... Itâs the ruins of the House of Spirit. What once was a stone mansion is now a pile of rubble and what used to remain of the family. Desmonâs legs canât hold him up any more, he falls heavily to his knees not noticing the pain over the heartache. He canât seem to think straight anymore, why canât he think? He looks down numbly at his hands, heâs clutching the flowers in a fist and the box seems to have dropped on to the ground next to him.
âNo. This isnât real.â He says quietly to himself. No, no this canât be real. Itâs not real, this is all not happening. It canât be happening. No. No.
He looks up at the remains of the mansion and something inside him flips a switch and his mind is slowly tearing itself a part. A noise in the background slowly comes into focus through the pain and the dread.
It is calling him.
âDesmon! Desmonâ It sounds like his father voice reaching for him. âLook at me... look at me... Can you hear me Desmon?â
Hands on his shoulders are shaking him. He looks up into the face of his father to see that there is a look of despair and fear in his expression. There is dust and dirt on his coat and gloves, like he went into the ruins of the mansion to look around for survivors himself. But the look on his face, Desmon has only seen that look on his fathers face once before when.... when was it? It seems like forever ago. Desmon can feel his heart cracking and breaking within himself as he stares brokenly at the ruins.
The boys father doesnât know what to do. He found the head of the house and his wife dead in what used to be the dinning room, with their youngest daughter wrapped in the mothers arms. As far as he searched, he couldnât find Mirah in all the rubble and ruin. But the horror he felt was when Desmon just started to stare emptily at the place where the most powerful family once lived. Once......
Desmon is going through every memory that he has had with Mirah in it, heâs not doing it purposely, he canât help how the memories seem to stream to the surface. Memories of Mirah laughing, crying, even glaring at him, they all rise to the foreground of his mind drowning out his fathers voice. Thus making the pain intensifying. Then his mind flickers to the promise, the promise that they would always together no matter what. No, not happening, not real. No, itâs not real. This isnât real... Mirah..... The sting in his eyes makes him realise that he is starting to cry. The tears slowly make their way down his face as he clenches his fist and crushing the flowers in his hand. The despair and sorrow is now crushing down on him, making it harder to breath, harder to see, even harder to think.
âThis isnât real. Itâs not real. It canât be real. No.â He mutters as he stares at the place where the front door used to be.
âIâm sorry,â Desmonâs father says putting a hand on his heartbroken sons shoulder. âThere is no one left alive.â
Desmonâs world disappears right before him. He builds a wall around his heart, brick by aching brick, never to let anyone else get close to him ever again. Never again will he make the same mistake again.Â