The Guardian of Vake

The Guardian Of Vake

I looked into the mirror like any ordinary Sunday before church.

I twisted and turned as I looked at myself in the mirror.

Then as I was still admiring my reflection as I was turning, my reflection stopped.

It reached out to me as I was standing still.

I was pulled through a vortex that looking back reminds me of alice in wonderland.

I Felt like my whole life was flashing before my very eyes.

Then suddenly it all stopped I saw an identical version of me.

Then I looked around, there were dark circles like I had been staring at the sun for too long.

I was in a cave. A gray dull, yet bright, cave. “Why is it so bright in here?” I thought.

I observed my surroundings more.

There were glittering stones.

I stepped forward and I started falling again,

though it was only for a moment because I face planted on the cold ground.

There was an implant from where I feel. I dusted myself off and reach for a glittering stone.

I grabbed it.

The earth shook.

“What have you done!” Yelled my twin.

I jumped forgetting she was even there.

“Run! We need to run!” She shouted again.

I did not feel like dying that specific day so I ran with he.

Still holding the pink crystal.

We ran a good 100 meters when boulders came down blocking our path.

We both started to shove them out of the way.

“Who are you?” I panted.

“I am a much smarter version of you.”

“Where are we?”

“Vace. It is a planet in a different universe than yours.”

“Rake? What? What is happening?”

“Stop asking you puny mortal questions and shove these rocks out of the way!”

“W-”

“ROCKS!”

We kept digging at the rocks for quite some time until I cut myself. My pointer finger was bleeding
profusely.

“OW!” I cried.

Other me started to mumble something about stupid, useless, mortels.

Then I fell to the floor and face planted (again).

I turned myself over and saw bright golden light.

It faded away.

I look back up at the “Clearly superior” me and I felt the wind get knocked out of me.

Her short brown ponytail was transformed into long golden braids down her shoulders.

Her purple sundress was turned into a long white dress with embroidered flowers.

“You’re-You're-You’re a-”

“Yes, yes. Your peny mind.

Yet not as peny as most, most can’t even see me in this state.

So, yes your are slightly more intelligent than I first thought.”

“Who-what”

“So, your people call me a goddess.”

“Ima-your”

“Ah, A loss for words. Yah, that makes sense.

Like I have said before I am you from a different universe.

So I am NOT you, and you are not me.”

Her eyes widen. “Why do you have that stone. Get rid of it NOW”

The ground started to shake.

“Why”

“Get rid of it now you have no idea.

It messes with the balance of Vace’s ecosistem.”

I held onto it tightening my grip.

“My family is renting a house we could sell this to bye a permanent home!”

“It will be worth nothing in your world!”

“No why should I trust you!”         

“I could vaporize you!”         

“Bu-bu”

“The goddess's eyes started to light up.”

“Take it” I said still not feeling like dying.

“I can’t touch it. It would mess up the balance of Vake.”

“Then what do I do with it?”

“Put it back where you found it!”

I did not want to be titled,Norah Ferguson Killer of Planets, so I did as she told.

I probably ran faster than when I stole money from my brother’s piggy bank.

I looked for where I feel into the cave. The implant was gone!

In fact the whole cave was different. It felt more cramt.

I yelled, “NORAH NORAH!” It felt strange calling my own name.

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The goddess looked around, She should be back by now, She thought.

She looked around, then she came to the realization that she never told Norah

that the cave shrinks when there is a disturbance, She ran out the entrance.   

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“NORAH! NORAH!” I keep yelling, my voice echoed in the empty cave.

I heard footsteps coming. I take out my sharp pink crystal in case it was a murder.  

“Take it easy it is just me.” The goddess.

Her fluorescent glow making her come out of the darkness much sooner than a mortal.  

“Oh, ok you scared me.”

“No one else can come into this cave unless they are a goddess

or a ga-” Her thoughts cut her off.

“Or a what”

“No no it can’t be” The goddess mumbled.

“I am a WHAT!?!” I screamed

 I looked down at my feet about to apologize for losing my temper and,

I was not on the ground. I was hovering a  good foot or so above the ground.

I almost fell backwards.

“A guardian of Vake.”

"What does that mean?!"

"Are you sure that you were born on Earth?" Said the goddess

"Of course! There are pictures of my mom holding me when I was born"

"There was only one other recorded case of a guardian being born on Earth. So, It is possible."

"What does it mean?"

"You were born with the purpose to protect Vake."

"How do I do that?"

"You will find out in time, it is YOUR job so YOU need to find out YOU need to do to protect our planet."

"But, what about my family on Earth? They must be worried sick!"

"No. When you came into the vortex everyone on Earth lost all worry about you. You are still apart of their memory, just out of their concern."

The ground shook.

"I know what I have to do."

Thank you so much for reading this far! If you want a continuation let me know!

(Vake is pronounced like rake.)