Chapter 125 - The letter

Third person POV.

There couldn't be any soul that didn't feel the grief, for even the Gods are crying, that heavy and freezing rain is leaning on their bodies and their souls understand that this day is a day of Mourning.

For those who can see the other world, they could see the Harvesters walking over the battlefields collecting the souls that were making their way to the Mekai.

The tears of children who had lost their parents and parents who had lost their children mingled with the Divine tears as if trying to console each other...

That night had been exhausting, it had been heavy, it had been a disaster and as much as it was known that the Corruption had retreated, there was still no feeling that it had been won.

It was simply all about loss because those who survived now had to bury those who died and had to mourn for those who were lost.

The feeling of no winner is so dense that you can't hear the laughter, or the madness, not even those who always saw the glass half full could say anything.

Even the human world could feel this grief, as several "terrorist" attacks were reported, so even they are in mourning...

And those who were at the center of it all time don't want to run, they don't want to go on, immersed in grief that borders almost on madness, as each one suffers differently.

Dylan and Kendrick had attacked Erick, blaming him for letting Hope use his gift from the shadows... While Lestat and Marcus held them back and cried... Kaiden simply stood looking at the last place Hope had been seen.

No one dared to approach, no one even wanted to look at those who were standing still. After all, there was nothing to be said, noting that could help lessen the pain they feel.

Then from the sky, a small bird appears and begins to increase in size and soon everyone realizes that a huge dragon was hovering over everyone those who are in mourning raise their eyes to see that dragon decreases in size until it lands in the humanoid form in front of them, in his hands there is a papyrus, those men gather to see what was written.

Then a very familiar voice rings out for them to hear:

Note: I am using the translation of the song If I Die Young, by The Band Perry. I am also using the song I Apologize - Five Finger Death Punch.

"I apologize for the promises I will fail to keep; I apologize for all the people I hurt and hurt.

Someday the days will come to an end, and I know that day, for me, is today. I know this will hurt them, but this is my decision.

I can now see clearly what I need to do, it's not the ending I expected, but it's the ending that will happen sooner or later.

What I have never done, I will do now. Which is to face my demons, and I will not let you be tainted by something I can avoid.

I apologize for not speaking these words directly to you and if this message reaches you then I know the end I have had, and I do not have the courage to speak what I need to do.

I never understood what was wrong, but after so much time, training and meeting you I can say for sure that I learned what was wrong or what was right. I know what I need to do, so don't beat yourself up.

I ask that I lie in a bed of roses, that you can see me as someone who knew what I was facing and that there is nothing you could do to stop me.

I know we had other options, but in the end, this is the one that happened, because this is the one, I am sure you will not get hurt and that you will survive. Somehow, I will have to learn to bend, and I think that day has finally come.

I hope you will forgive me for my mistakes. I apologize for everything that happened, but I wouldn't change a thing, because this way I was me and I met you as me and not as THEY wanted.

For now, I can only say that there is nothing in this world that will stop me from continuing with my plan, and that was my decision.

As the whole world passed me by, I learned my lesson and today I have enough power to achieve one of the goals I was given without anyone else having to get hurt or die because of me.

Gather your tears, put them in your pocket, save them for the moment you need them, because this is my decision and I hope you don't cry because of me, because I don't deserve them.

I had enough time to meet people as wonderful as you and find out what was wrong or what was right. You showed me what it was to love, you made me whole, no matter how broken I am, you are what keeps me going.

So please, I apologize for the pain I caused, for the bruises you received and for all the promises I will break.

The only thing I can pray for is that perhaps then you will hear my words and not blame yourselves for the path I have chosen.

I am at peace with this decision, for it is the path I have chosen, beyond the Gods, beyond Fate. It is the end I have chosen, please, I beg you to listen to these words.

All this time I have watched from the sidelines what happened, but now I can realize that what I did was wrong, that you are my family and the ones I love, and I will do EVERYTHING to protect you.

So, not once again I ask, gather your tears and let me go with the certainty that this was my end and there is NOTHING in this world or in the dimensions that could make me change my mind.

And like a coward who hides, I apologize for saying goodbye this way, but it is the only way I know I will be able to move on.

I know I will die young, but I hope you will sink me in the river at dawn and let me go, like the waters that will not return.

In this way, I apologize for the last time and know that I will carry you in my heart and soul until the end.

Hope Black Just a Delta who dared to defy the Gods."