Prologue
She was like April sky, sunrise in her eyes, Child of light, shining star, fire in her heart, Brightest day, melting snow, breaking through the chill.
October and April.
He was like frozen sky in October night, Darkest cloud, endless storm, raining from his heart, Coldest moon, deepest blue, tearing down the spring.
October and April.
Like hate and love, worlds apart, This fatal love was like poison Right from the start.
Like light and dark, worlds apart, This fatal love was like poison Right from the start.
We were like loaded guns, sacrificed our lives.
We were like love undone, craving to entwine.
Fatal touch, final thrill, love was bound to kill.
October and April…
October & April by The Rasmus ft. Anette Olzon ***
Light and Darkness are usually depicted as fierce enemies, fighting for power over the world or the human soul. This battle is waged by various beings, who in turn, belong to one of these sides—the good ones to Light, the evil to Darkness. The struggle between these creatures seems to be endless, especially because they are usually long-lived, if not immortal. This implies that the war between Light and Darkness will last as long as the world exists, or at least as long as there is a human being on it—because this struggle often revolves around our souls. Our world alone, without our human souls, would certainly not make such a tempting trophy, especially in the eyes of the darker side of this conflict.
Each human has not only a particle of Light inside them, but also Darkness, so it is often up to us to choose which side will win the battle. Our free will and our ability to straddle both sides means that the battle between Light and Darkness never ends—certainly not with one battle. Throughout our lives, humans struggle with the temptation of Darkness, trying to live in the Light. Of course, we are assisted by its messengers, children of the Light: Angels, good spirits, sorceresses. In religions, histories, and cultures around the world, many different beings help people in this war. There are, of course, just as many evil creatures—vampires, demons, fallen angels, werewolves—well, at least they are considered evil creatures in most of the stories, children of Darkness.
But not even these beings themselves are infallible. There are stories where even messengers of the Light, beings who should be better equipped to resist temptation than us weak humans, succumb to the power of the Darkness. There are also tales in which the children of Darkness discover feelings such as love, drawing them toward the Light. And, in rare cases, a being of the Light connects with the one of Darkness, creating a beautiful—but always very tragic and desperate—love story, because in most cases, neither the Light nor the Darkness approves of this intermingling.
As you read my story, I invite you to ponder this question: Can two hostile beings, one from the Light and the other from Darkness, be joined by love? And, if so, can their relationship survive a world where the boundaries are clearly marked and enforced, with no forgiveness nor exceptions?
Perhaps, you will find that something connects us—whether we be humans or those supposedly alien creatures, in whose existence we often refuse to believe. Perhaps, we humans can learn something from our supernatural counterparts.