Have Been There Before Novels & Stories

Then again, I already knew that. Let's try something I haven't done before.

he begs. I kept on crying not knowing what to say, "I don't know what to tell you,I tried so hard to get over you but anyone I went out always had a love Before Me. I always compared them to you,I wanted to hate you but I couldn't" I cried,he pulls me to him and hugged me "This it is going to be different,you'll be the only one,there is no one before or after you. Zara is my past and that is where she will remain"he assures me.

And it moved as they walked, pulling itself into existence beneath their feet. Elias glanced sideways. “Do you feel that?” Serena nodded slowly. “It’s not just a place. It’s watching us.” “The fire?” “No. Us. Before the fire. Before the power. Before we chose each other.” She paused. “It remembers who we were before we became weapons.” He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “Then let’s show it who we are now.” They walked deeper. Shapes shimmered in the distance—echoes of cities that no longer stood. Villages buried under ember and war. Faces flickering in the light, reaching out and then fading again.

They had followed. And now, they were here.

I wasn’t alone. Someone had done this. Someone had been here. And now, they knew I would be coming here too.

Every time I reached for the gear shift, my hand brushed the center console where his arm usually rested, the phantom warmth of him still lingering in the air. In the rearview mirror, the orange glow of the bonfire was shrinking into a pinprick of light. I could still see the silhouette of the truck where I’d left them,the king and queen of North Hills standing in the ruins of their kingdom. Noah. Madison. The wreckage of a truth that was never supposed to be seen . I wondered if the others had seen it. I wondered if the "Golden Couple" was currently screaming or if the silence between them was as deafening as the one inside my head.

Not just the fucking. Been there, done that.

The forgotten presence inside Emma stirred. THE RESTRAINTS ARE PRE-ORIGINAL. Emma frowned. “What does that mean?” The being finally spoke. Its voice low. Uneasy. “It means they were not created after him.” Silence. Emma turned slowly toward it. “…Before him?” The being nodded once. “Yes.” The Custodian immediately reacted. “Unauthorized historical framing.” The being ignored it. “They existed before his identity stabilized.” Emma felt a chill crawl through her spine. “Then who made them?” No answer.

Long before any of this. And I have been looking at the wrong part of it.

Something or someone had erased the footage. And whatever it was… it had been right there, with her, before she collapsed......