I Am But One Novels & Stories

What lay ahead, was a path with bouquet of flowers on every side. Lighting went up on every side, suddenly, it felt like I was in paradise. I didn't know how to react until music started playing in the background. I recognized the lyrics of the song so well. I've been looking for the one I've been searching for. Since I met you girl, I have see proverbs 31. The song was titled, “ The one ” by a Nigerian gospel singer, Festizie. Though it was sung in broken English, it still felt very appetizing.

Dead. Crowned. Consumed. My existence fracturing into a thousand possible selves. And the thing inside me traced a finger down the cracks of my being like it was admiring a puzzle finally complete. “One body. One soul. One door.” Auren’s voice ripped me back for one fragile second. “ARIA! Don’t listen to it—fight it—fight—” But the energy exploded through me again. My feet lifted off the ground. My hair lashed around me like living strands.

He had to get out of town quick, or else he'll be spotted on time. I scuttled towards the corner of the room, into the deep shadows where the silver light of the runes could not penetrate. The obsidian mirror on the wall mirrored a frail, broken, defeated girl, a giant eye that never blinked. I hated her. I didn't like this reflection. I hissed at the mirror, "I am not a vessel!“Not a vessel,” I hissed at the mirror. “I am the One Who is Above All.”

She was lowered on to the ground, though, it wasn't grassy on her skin and it felt more like she was lying on a blanket. "There a-are other p-people here?" The pain was becoming unbearable so a small scream escaped her lips. "They're here to watch your big moment." He said. She saw him sit beside her, stroking her forehead and peppering kisses on her face. Abruptly, her bones started cracking as a piercing pain tore through her small body. It felt like she was being killed and no matter how hard she screamed, nobody was helping her. It was even worse when the presence of her mate disappeared so she was all alone.

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I am not I… In the path, I am travelling now. I am not I In the form of what I believed to be. I am not I Just after I see the world around me. I am not I Realizing it’s not the place where I belong I am not I When I am accompanied by him. I wanted to go back Back to the future. A voice of a human girl Destined to fall in love; With the non-human species. I am lost Into the unknown

It was a whisper, but it echoed through my skull. I spun around, no one there. “Who said that?” I yelled. No response. Okay. I was losing it. Had to be. I started walking again. Then came the voice again: “IT IS NOT JUST YOU THEY SEEK TO BREAK, BUT THE ONES WHO TETHER YOU TO LIFE.” A shiver ran down my spine. I looked around again. Nothing. “Who are you?” I whispered, heart pounding. “THEY WILL FALL, ONE BY ONE.” “Come out and talk to me!”

I don’t even care for myself. For at that moment, I am not me. I am not a girl, nor am I a being. But I am part of something greater than myself. I belong to the moon and the night, drowning in the darkness... “Wake up, forgotten one,” Suddenly, the witch’s chiming voice rings within my skull, “Don’t let the moon and the stars claim you, or else you would not be able to return. Follow my voice and I will show you what you are. Follow my voice.”

Copyright ©️ 2026 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions. Technically, she isn’t under any obligation to report my movements. That is just gossip, but the new future Luna might try to retaliate. My sister isn’t afraid of her and she knows that our bloodline is clearly strong enough to equal the leaders if I was the Goddess-chosen future Luna. With that thought, I smile and step out of the front door. My first stop will be the elementary school, my favorite place.

Right before I lost consciousness, I thought of how painfully cliché it was. When I came to again, I was tied to a rusted steel pillar in an abandoned factory. Around me were four rough-looking men, their eyes roaming over me while they held cameras. They obviously had malicious intentions. Above the factory floor hung a broken public-address speaker. From it came Thalia's voice, sharp and pleased. "You awake, Seraphine? Scared yet?" I stated calmly, "This is illegal, Thalia." Her maniacal laughter crackled through the speaker. "You think I'm the one who set this up? No! Caspian tacitly approved this!"