A Fading Hope Chapter 14

A Fading Hope chapter 14: the Darkness Again

Song: Into the West from Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You’ve come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore
Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping
[Chorus]
What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home
And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
All souls pass
Hope fades
Into the world of night
Through shadows falling
Out of memory and time
Don't say: "We have come now to the end"
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again
And you'll be here in my arms
Just sleeping
[Chorus]
And all will turn 
To silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass 
Into the West

I love this song. I love lord of the rings, although my movie budget is going to see Les Mis three times, so I’ll be waiting to see hobbit) I chose it because... well, it’s a bit bleak. it’s more than a bit bleak. and at this point, so is the story. Hope is fading, and the end is coming, and.. yeah. the tune is soft, a lullaby, a pleading, prayerful lullaby- but the Dark is coming. I thought it fit.

Story.

I missed Izzy so much that I just had to keep writing him, and also the chapter was way too short so... flashback! The count to ten thing comes from a book series I really liked, “ the hourglass door” it’s time travel romance with loads of good versus evil and epic battles. 

I hope I made Izzy awkward enough. Poor Izzy.

I like him. He shall... get another chapter in his story. ( what, you think I’m going to spoil his fate??)

Now onto story.

My heart hurt to write this chapter, but it was the way the story came to me, the way it fit together and it had to happen. You all probably hate me for it. Sorry.

So- Kari was the Small one. It makes sense, after all. The little, pure, Light touched, angelic one is always the chosen one, or so it seems, so those of you who’ve read a lot of fantasy- you probably saw it coming- or did you? I don’t know how many of you were surprised.

I got to use my Firefly shout out again, which made me happy. Only Kari’s not exactly River Tam. Too bad for that.

But Kari gets to think and suddenly it all makes sense to her. She is the Small one. One of my favorite lines was probably “ Her voice quaked but her knees were steady, she was steady, she was not afraid.”

Did you have a favorite line?

And the T.K. gets to all heroic and Awesome and self sacrificing like he is. And he has to be, because he’s got to convince Devimon not to go after Kari because she’s the only one who can win. No pressure  or anything.

And then Poor, Poor, Kari has a flashback/ realization. Sad.  And Patamon is unconscious. This looks bad.

And then the bombshell. Wham line.

Devimon killed the others.

Excuse me while I go cry in a corner.

Um, I’m back. Are... are you?

I can wait.

I know you probably want to kill me for that.

Don’t.

You know from No Knowledge that Devimon wants to use at least Izzy to make sure the rings work on people. So Izzy’s alive! And if Izzy’s alive, well, draw you own conclusions. But T.K. and Kari don’t know this. So the others might as well be dead at this point. Or maybe they are dead. All I'm saying is that Izzy, Cody, and Matt are for sure alive at this point in the story.

The again, there was that Dream.

Sometimes dreams are just dreams. And sometimes, they are more.

And we get an answer about whose past was repeating. T.K.’s.

So... Kari’s... gone. The Light fades. The fight is over.

You all hate me for that ending.

It was hard to write, though not harder than the next chapter.

So, what happens next? The story's not over. It’s not. There are about 4 more chapters, counting epilogue. Stuff needs to get resolved in the real world at least.

And Devimon’s plans are larger than you know.

Be Afraid. 

Hedgi.