A Short Story

N'een was daydreaming once more. She looked out to the deep, dark river that flowed previous her residence and wished for the millionth time she could after, just after, comply with the river previous the white shining mountains and see what lay beyond. She longed to discover her planet, see the deep caverns she had as soon as heard of and meet other folks who weren't in her quick household.

"N'een" her mother named, "get back to operate. There is also substantially to be accomplished ahead of the rest period." "Yes, mother."
'That child', S'een mused, ' she has been a challenge due to the fact the day she came into this planet. Generally dreaming, wanting to discover. I can not fully grasp it. She knows we are the worker class. We all have our jobs to do to hold our planet in great situation. She can not be a soldier or a member of the higher council. She was born into the worker class and will die in the worker class.'

"Mother", N'een asked, "Inform me once again around our God, S'en".

"I currently told you numerous occasions."

"Inform me once again, please".

"All proper", S'een sighed, "Yet this is the final time."

"We contact him S'en due to the fact his genuine name is unpronounceable. He produced this gorgeous globe for us. Considering the fact that of him, we are able to exist. He requires care of us. Supplies us with nourishment, keeps every little thing in fantastic order for us. He produced the higher council. He decides who will be soldiers and who will be workers. As long as we comply with his commands our planet will exist in peace and harmony."

"What occurs if we do not comply with his commands?"

"It has occurred a couple of occasions, I had been told. By no means in my lifetime, although. Apparently he tends to make the higher council get angry. After they do, they scorch some of us with heat and we die. It is a lesson for the rest of us to do our jobs and not ask concerns of them or of him. Now - get back to operate."

"Yes, mother."

The subsequent day, N'een saw some thing she had By no means observed ahead of. The soldiers came marching by way of her valley on their way to a war. Absolutely everyone in N'eens household saw them and were afraid.
N'een stopped functioning and ran up to one of the soldiers as they marched by means of. "What is taking place?" she asked breathlessly.
"We were invaded," was the reply.
"What is invaded?"
"That is after strangers from a different location come into our globe."
"What do they want?"
"They want to take over our globe and make it their property."
"Is that so undesirable?"
"Yes, due to the fact there is no area for them here. If they are here, workers will ought to die. Then their operate will not be performed and our complete planet will endure."

The soldier moved on, and N'een stayed there, attempting to absorb what she have been told. No one asked her around the conversation she just had, so she kept the facts to herself.
As the days passed, far more and additional soldiers were noticed marching toward the conflict. And the days began finding hotter.

"Mother, why is the higher council angry with us?"
"I do not believe they are. I assume it is their way of attempting to repel the invaders."
"Yet it appears to be receiving hotter every day," N'een stated. "Why are they taking it out on us? We did not do every thing incorrect."
"I know," S'een replied. "It is time to pray to S'en to save us from this threat."
However their prayers did not assist, given that the invaders were tricking the soldiers and passing off as workers. The soldiers could not Inform the distinction till it was also late. The heat was unbearable. Workers were killed ahead of new ones could replace them. The heat was raging till lastly, the invaders won.

N'een felt herself increasing, previous the dark flowing river, previous the white mountains. All of a sudden she was in a strange spot, with gigantic creatures she had By no means imagined could exist. She looked about. There were her parents, and all the workers and soldiers, and yes even the higher council members who were killed by the invaders. They gathered in one spot and waited, they knew not what for.

"I am sorry", the physician told Steven's parents, "There is absolutely nothing far more we can do for him. The illness has spread also far. We can not manage the fever. It is only a matter of time prior to his crucial organs are impacted."

Steven's mother broke down and sobbed. With tears streaming down his face, Steven's father thanked the medical professional for all he had accomplished for their son. They sat with him as he drifted in and out of conscious when the fever raged by means of his physique. Ultimately, his frail heart could not take the pressure any far more and Steven died.

"Exactly where am I," Steven although as he looked about. N'een and the other folks realized this ought to be S'en. Exactly where ever their god was going, they would adhere to.

Steven felt himself increasing by means of the air. Under he could see his parents. He saw himself lying on a hospital bed. He felt negative around leaving his parents, however knew he had to go on a journey devoid of them. He wasn't afraid. This felt familiar somehow, as if he had completed this ahead of.

Abruptly he was in a mist. At the end of the mist was a gorgeous light. The light radiated warmth and appreciate. He knew he was somehow going property.

Steven felt himself rushing toward the light. He felt himself going high and high up into the air. He broke by means of the mist and Beneath he saw the earth. There were trees and homes and rivers and mountains. There were other folks floating above just as he was. They invited him to join them, yet he somehow knew his journey was not however over. He kept increasing previous Crystal Mountains and discovered himself on a ledge. There in front of him was a becoming with wings that was radiating warmth and really like. Steven went toward the becoming and was gently enfolded inside the wings. He felt secure and at peace.

The getting began expanding, finding larger and larger. Quickly the getting, Mihael, was as tall as the greatest mountain Steven had ever observed. Steven identified himself component of Mihael's leg. It seemed so all-natural to be there. There were other conscious cells all about Steven.
And they mentioned, "Welcome residence."

"I'm a cell of S'en's physique," N'een realized. "And I have Normally been so."

"I'm a cell of Mihael's physique," Steven realized. "And I have Generally been so."

Yet then, whose physique is Mihael a cell of ????

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