Worlds

The WORLD is full of Love and Hate. Only people with Courage choose to Love since it requires wearing your heart on sleeves and not many people can do that.

—Mehak Gupta *plays The Nights by Avicii*

AUTHOR'S POV: An Overview about Foundation

When humans use words like Angels and Demons, Good and Evil, they don't realize how close these things existed near them. It's not just the not-so-human beings but also the worlds where these kinds existed. Most of the people categorized Angels and Demons to be living in Heaven and Hell with the predefined characteristics of pure and taint respectively which wasn't even ten percent correct. Heaven and hell were the places where a person's soul would be taken after their final breath. Karma is the key to either of the place. These souls would be reborn after some time into humans limiting the existence of supernaturals to some extent save for a handful of cases over the past few centuries. 

At first, the two kinds lived together mingling and being a part of each other's life. They weren't divided into separate worlds like they are now and it all happened in the name of love. Talking about the present time, there are two worlds divided by the darkness named Void. Utopia is the place said to be the home of white-winged beings while Abyss is the home to coal-winged beings. If the two different creatures were to stand in front of anyone without their wings out, it would be impossible to distinguish. The only thing altering them was their belief. While Angels believed in God and rules of nature, the Demons believed in free will and Atheism. Talking about Void, it's a lover's curse over that world for taking away his heart as he vowed to return for his incomplete love story.

A Unique Journey Begins :

On a beautiful morning in the town of Seoul, an alarm blared at its full waking up the whole household except for the person it was meant for. Scarlet Minter, generally a light sleeper, slept peacefully through all the noise without any awareness or so. Before anything else could happen, her older brother Cody enters the room with a bang from the door. He looks seriously pissed off, mint hair splayed across his forehead with no shirt whatsoever as he groans. Reaching for the annoying clock, he almost threw it out of the window, given that the boy loved sleeping. Flaring his nose once, his gaze fell upon the girl snoring lightly. Realizing that she must have used sleeping pills, his eyes softened as he caressed her hair. Although it wasn't her fault entirely, Cody still decided to get payback for his ruined slumber at 7 am that too on a Saturday morning.

Walking around the bed, he tossed the duvet covering Scarlet on the floor followed by a few pillows. Making sure she wouldn't get hurt, he proceeded to toss her onto the pile itself. Now that the bed was clear, he sprawled over it, stretching like a cat. With all that movement around her, Scarlet stirs awake rubbing her eyes cutely. She takes a few minutes to register her surroundings before her eyes widened. She rushes to get ready for the first day of her last year in High school. There's a halt in her movement when she realizes something utterly wrong. Her brother was sleeping peacefully when his main job is to walk her to School and glare at every passing guy. This was a bit too quiet for a normal weekday. Grabbing her phone from the side table to check the day, she facepalms.

Cody snorted, patting the other side of the queen-size bed. Groaning to herself, she picked up the earlier discarded pillow, setting herself in. Expression softening to a warm smile, he asked, "The same nightmare again?".

Scarlet turned to face him, nodding feebly as she spoke "It was much worse than earlier. H-He almost died". "It's okay Scar. It was just a dream. He's gonna be okay," said Cody while soothingly massaging her scalp.

The girl smiled as she asked the same question, "Why do you think I can see him? I don't know him. Have never seen his face in my dreams either, yet there's something so familiar about him". He had heard this same question countless times in the past ten years but was never able to find an answer.

Faking a dreamy-eyed look, he joked "Maybe some Soulmate shit. But whoever it is, he isn't getting near until I approve him". Scarlet giggled sleepily, showing an okay sign as she turned on her side. A few minutes later, soft snores fell upon the boy's ear. His smile turned sad as he whispered, "Wish I could tell you what I know Scar".

While a warm morning fell upon one, the other side turned cold :

Kyle carried an unconscious Vantae on his back, crossing the dimension of his world to the human adobe. Asa and Jamie followed behind him. They were worried when Vantae suddenly disappeared and now that they finally found the boy, he was covered in blood and bruises. Kyle let the boy down with utmost caution. Jamie sat on the dusty ground, putting Vantae's head in his lap. Watching his best friend in such a condition brought him to tears. He pushed the hair out of the inert boy's forehead, silently praying for his wellbeing. Asa shook with fear of what would have happened if they didn't find the boy. He sat beside Jamie, holding onto Vantae's hand, using his power to cure his wounded brother. The other two boys could see the blue luster in Asa's eye and the place where his skin made contact with Vantae's.

Kyle watched as each of the open wounds and bruises slowly closing up and healing like it was never there. A sigh escaped his lips when all the aiding was done. Taking Kyle's extended hand Asa gained his footing. The two adult boys as Jamie hugged Vantae, the short boy sobbed in relief feeling his friend's stable breath. Asa leaned over Kyle closing his eyes for a few seconds as the images of the hurt boy covered in blood flashed through his mind. The other boy circled his arm around his shoulder as he considered the steps they were supposed to take now.

After thinking carefully, he spoke, "We can't go back now that Tae is neither one of us and he even lost his wings. We have to stay in this world until we find a solution to his condition".

Asa expected the exact words but listening to it for real sent a shiver down his spine. "My uncle's old apartment is in Seoul. I can take him there. You two don't need to leave anything for us." he spoke, not wanting to trouble the Demon friend of his.

Kyle tittered before slipping his arm around older's waist, pulling him in, whispering into his ear, "I am not leaving you on your own Hyung". 

Blushing at the action, Asa was about to speak when Jamie interrupted with, "Wait! He's waking up!". The two immediately stopped crouching to the ground. Vantae's eyes moved underneath his lids, lip quivering. Slowly he opened his eyes, trying to recognize the three people. Kyle stroked his hair lovingly, earning himself a weak smile.

Vantae cleared his throat, speaking in a hoarse voice, "H-Her... H-Here". "She isn't here Tae, never was. Are you okay?" Asa spoke softly not wanting to hurt him. The younger boy didn't say anything but shook his head at his hyung's words.

Kyle took out a handkerchief wiping some dried blood off the boy's face, asking thoughtfully, "Tae, how did you end up in Abyss? As an angel, you shouldn't be able to step out of the wall, and then Void was there too".

The said boy sat up with Jamie's help before speaking breathily, "S-Saw you w-walking away, so I went t-to the wall to wave g-goodbye, b-but n-no wall. Fell into the b-black space, saw red and blue l-lines. Wanted to go back b-but...". With that, he trailed off, breathing heavily. Jamie enclosed his arms around the panicked boy, trying to calm him down. 

Asa rubbed Vantae's hand, whispering comforting words, though he was shocked at the fact that someone was able to step across the wall. Kyle's ears perked up as he looked around, immediately alert about his surroundings. "We need to go now. It's not safe to stay at one place without a protection spell."

Jamie looked at his friend and then between the two elders as he let out quietly, "Where are we gonna go Hyung? What about Tae?". Three heads turned towards the injured boy, contemplating how to tell him about the damage done. Vantae chuckled sadly, shaking his head in an attempt to tell them that he already knows.

Asa smiled encouragingly at the boy, snapping his fingers to change the bloody clothes into a fresh set for everyone. "We are gonna stay with humans for a while but before that, we still need to go back for luggage and other things. Jamie, I will take you home too".

Vantae tightened his grip on his friend's hand only for Jamie to mirror his action. The short boy answered gently with a pout, "Where is that Hyung? My home is with you. I have no eomma and neither appa. The people I live with don't love me. You always say home is with people you love and not a construction. You are my only eomma and I won't go anywhere without you". 

Asa felt the words like a sharp punch in his gut. He hugged the boy while trying not to tear up. Kyle smiled at the two, remembering how he had seen these three people turning into his family. With that being said and done, the two elders went back to their own worlds after leaving the two young ones in a public park in Seoul city where the apartment was supposed to be.

After the two older ones returned they set off for their journey to the apartment. Upon reaching there, they found out that the apartment was already in use. Kyle immediately called up for the Secretay, to know what exactly happened. They needed to find a place soon as Vantae wasn't in very good shape right now. A bulky man supposedly the secretary reached them in a good few minutes.

After listening to the matter, he explained patiently, "The apartment you are talking about wasn't in a use since the past decade. We tried contacting the owner to return the deposit since the contract expired last year. If you have the original papers, I can transfer you the amount right now but, the tenants can't be evicted on such short notice".

Asa nodded understanding the man's words and provided him the original papers. After the amount was transferred online, Asa turned to look at Vantae who was leaning over Jamie, both sitting on a bench at some distance. He spoke to Kyle with a worried expression, "What are we supposed to do now?".

Kyle was about to say something when the Secretary interrupted, "If you are not against it, I can help you find a place to stay.". Asa turned to him with a glimmer of hope in his heart, urging the man to continue. "There is a middle-aged couple who wanted to have some paying guests over. They have a big house with too many rooms but only the couple and their two sons live at the place. I can ask them if you want?"

Asa looked towards Kyle, seeking his opinion. The other nodded while smiling, "Can you speak to them about us? Also, we would like to move in as soon as possible?"

The man smiled, speaking softly "Sure, please give me a second". He took out his phone, walking as he chatted on the phone. A few minutes later, he comes back with a paper in his hand, an address was written on it." Here's the address and phone number of Mr. Jones. Also, you can move in right now if you want".

After thanking the Secretary, the four of them started towards the place, they would be calling Home, starting from today.

~~~ End ~~~