Ghosts: The Complete Series by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Ghosts, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban
Amazon: B008913ESM
Publisher: Dark Season Books
Published: 2013-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

It ends in chaos.

Wasn't that always the plan?

With the children cast out of the garden, the garden itself goes to ruin. Heavy rains become more frequent, and stagnant ponds of muddy water start to collect across the land. Fruits dies on the trees, and the grass grows long. Soon there are storms; great forks of lightning arc from the sky, sometimes hitting the land and causing fires that burn for centuries.

The birds leave first, flying over the wall and far away to find a better home. For the other animals, escape is more difficult. Some manage to scale the wall and get away, but many are trapped here. Fighting breaks out, and blood flows. Soon there are dark noises in the forest: screams and cries for help from creatures that have fallen victim to the new predators. After a while, I start to notice bones and half-eaten carcasses are becoming a more frequent sight. Strange how little time it takes for this paradise to become a hell.

I do not move. I stand here, watching.

Many hundreds of years later, the ground itself gives way and the whole garden falls deep into the earth. I fall with it, and I am not scared. I know that this is part of some great plan, though I am not aware of how things will end. The garden lands deep in the dark hollows of the planet, and for centuries nothing else happens. But slowly, the earth above us starts to heal and we are entombed in darkness. Still, it is all part of the plan.

At first, the remains of the garden become unbearably cold, but soon there is a new problem: heat starts to build up; heat that has risen from the depths of the planet. Finally there is light, as fires start spontaneously and the soil starts to turn to ash. Some of the other creatures that survived the fall start to scream, but others learn to adapt to this horrific place. One, in particular, is able to turn this place into his dominion, casting his power wide and threatening all the others with horrific fates if they do not bow down before him.

The only one he does not threaten is me.

And still I have not moved. I have just stood, watching, all this time.

I watch and wait. For thousands of years, this place burns and burns. But finally, the heat starts to force this hell up toward the surface of the planet once again. We break through and settle in a space under the sun, and gradually the heat dies down. The harsh sunlight ravages the soil and soon there is little but dust. Most of the other creatures either die or leave, but a few stay and toil in this new environment.

Me? I just stand and watch.

Finally, humans arrive. They start to build makeshift homes while they look for gold in the nearby river. There is not much gold, certainly not enough to make anyone rich, but it is perhaps enough to keep this little encampment going.

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