My Immortal Love

My Immortal Love

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or the song My Immortal by Evanescence. It just made a great song for a song fic…I DO , however own Lady Aurora Phoenix, Lady Sapphira Star, Lady Natara Fear, Dorian “Chaos”, and Bryant “Havoc”- their powers, and their backgrounds. My characters from my own story that I created that I just decided to blend them together.The ending to Part one of Eternal Love was sad enough, but oddly I found a way to make it worse *shaking head and laughing in disbelief* Guess I love to torture my readers, lol. So now the chapter that was to come before the last posted chapter on fanfiction.net.
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My Immortal Love

I'm so tired of being here,
Suppressed by all my childish fears.

Aurora had shut down from everyone after witnessing Atem’s final fall four months ago. His spirit trapped within his Millennium Puzzle, never to be released. It was the only hope left for the salvation of the world against Zork and the Shadow Realm. Their triplet children still asked for daddy, not understanding that he was never coming home. She could not sleep. She would not eat. She did not battle as she used to either. Even Shadow had noticed the change in her fighting. No words. No quick comments that normally infuriated him. She merely attacked as quickly and as forcefully as she could and when the battle was done, she walked away just as silently.

And if you have to leave,
I wish that you would just leave,

Every night, Aurora would wake from the same nightmare. Seeing his face as he faded away into the darkness that called to him. She heard his voice telling her he would never forget. She felt his touch when she lay on her bed crying into her pillow. She could smell the scent of his scent in every room they had ever been in, and sometimes wafting in the air when she took the kids to the garden. Shaking her head, she ran to the balcony and looked toward the temple that housed the tomb of her love. She glanced back behind her where she thought she could see the faint form of Atem on her bed.

Because your presence still lingers here,
And it wont leave me alone...

“No!” she wailed as she quickly lunged herself off the balcony using the ledge to propel herself forward. The rain had begun to fall and she tilted her head to face it, wishing it would wash her pain away. The wounds in her heart were just too great for her to bear this night. She landed lightly to the ground and pulled the hood of her cloak over head and continued to run. She ran without really knowing where she was running.

These wounds won't seem to heal;
This pain is just too real.

A violent wind whipped up around her as she ran and the hood of her cloak tore away from her head letting the rain drench her long red-gold hair. Her hands shook and her eyes remained blind with her tears. Sob after sob made attempts to wrench their way from her throat, coming from deep within her soul. Closing her eyes she saw flashes from her time with Atem. The first time she looked into his eyes to see his feelings. The marketplace when he came to tell her two of her friends had been found. The day he told her he loved her. The time she finally admitted the same. His proposal. Their wedding. His anguished cry when she had been nearly killed by Anubis. His grateful smile when she allowed her Fire Phoenix Ka to fuse with his god Winged Dragon of Ra to aide him in a battle against Bakura.

There's just too much that time cannot erase...

Their last night together before he faced Priest Set for the throne. His kind words to her as he thought she lay asleep. She heard his every word. She wanted so badly to bring him back. But she knew she could not. He had a destiny that still awaited his spirit. That knowledge, however, did nothing to ease the pain in her heart. They had said and done so much in the three years they had together. They held each other together. They had become one. Missing him, to her, was like missing a piece of herself. Suddenly, she knew where she needed to go. The only place she could go.

You used to captivate me,
By your resonating light.

She stood at the doorway to the tomb and gazed into the darkness. Her eyes sore from her tears. She breathed deeply and proceeded forward, treading carefully to avoid the careful traps that had been laid down for would be thieves. As she walked, torches lit themselves one by one to light her way down the lonely path and across the bridge to his sarcophagus. The box that held the pieces to his Millennium puzzle seemed to have its own golden glow.

Now I’m bound by the life you left behind.
Your face it haunts,
my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away,
all the sanity in me

“Atem, I am the only one who remembers your name now. Aside from my friends, but they do not say it in front of me anymore,” she whispered as she lightly touched the sarcophagus. “I cannot move on. I cannot stop thinking of you. You are in my every thought. My dreams, my visions. I see you. But I cannot touch you. It kills me inside. I need you, my love.”She fell to her knees beside the sarcophagus and buried her head in her hands. Her sobs echoing in the empty room.

When you'd cried
I’d wipe away all of your tears,
When you'd scream
I’d fight away all of your fears.

So caught up in her sorrow, she did not see the faint outline of Atem’s spirit as he appeared before her and took her in his arms. There was a small spot of light on his cheek where an angelic tear drifted from his eye. He had always hated seeing her cry. He had watched over her and the children as best as he could from his prison. There were so many times he had wished he could comfort her. This time, she came to him.

And I’ve held your hand through all of these years,
But you still have all of me.

He took her hand in his ghostly one and brought it to his cheek where he pressed it against his face. She looked up and saw him there. Confusion shone in her teary eyes. He was gone from her world now, but she still had him. She would always have all of him. He could see it now. He would always have her with him as well. Not even this puzzle prison would keep them apart. One day they would come together again. But all the words in the world could not take away the pain in her heart at this time.

These wounds wont seem to heal...
This pain is just too real,
There's just too much that time cannot erase.

No, too much had happened. Priest Set was the Pharaoh now. He was taking care of her. Not in the way a husband should. He had moved on to be with Aurora’s friend. The friend’s name escaped his memory. Another of Aurora’s prophecies come true. He was forgetting names. He tried desperately to hold onto the name of the woman in his arms. He knew her. Knew who she was. But he had forgotten her name, just as she had said he would. Soon he would forget everything.

When you'd cried
I’d wipe away all of your tears,
When you'd scream
I’d fight away all of your fears.

He grasped her and pulled her to his ghostly form. Somehow he felt solid to her like this though. He was unsure as to why that was and she did not question it. All that mattered was that she was in his arms again, even if it would be for the last time.

And I’ve held your hand through all of these years,
But you still have all of me.

They felt as if they were frozen in time. Neither one able to speak. Just lost in their pain, grief, and love. This love would always be strong and powerful. It would be what saved him in the end when the time came.

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone,

Aurora looked up at the spirit holding her. “You do not know my name do you?”Atem sadly shook his head.“Do you know who I am?” she asked him. A light smile curved those sensuous lips she had loved to kiss so often and he nodded

But though you're still with me...

He knew who she was just like he promised. He placed a hand over her heart. “I will always be here. I will never truly be gone if you keep my memory alive within your heart. I cannot stay. Not now. But one day we will brought together again. Until then, keep my memory alive and be strong for Sanura, Zahara, and Adais.” He offered a ghostly kiss and then was gone.

I've been alone all along.

Aurora looked up to the top of the tomb and fresh tears flowed. She was alone once again. But she felt stronger somehow. Like he was still there. It just was not the same. She was truly alone in the world now. They would only have her visions and dreams. But he was right. She had to be strong for the children. She could no longer go on half dead to the world. She stood and reached out to the sarcophagus again.

When you'd cried
I’d wipe away all of your tears,
When you'd scream
I’d fight away all of your fears.

“One day, I will bring you back again,” she vowed. “We will never be apart again. I will never allow it. Your children will know you and all you had given up to keep us all safe. They will know your strength, courage, power. They will know honor. We will continue to protect you at all costs. When you are released, we will protect you and your host. And when your battle is finally done, and you think you must return to the Underworld, I will be there to bring you back. For you are one of my kind now. The powers of Blaze still courses through you. It merely sleeps now. But it will be what brings you back.

And I’ve held your hand through all of these years,
But you still have all of me.

“And I will always be yours. No one will have me again. You truly have all of me. All I have to give and more. We are one, always.” Silently, she made her way out of the tomb and back to the palace. The first place she stopped at was the room in which their children lay fast asleep. “I will be better for you, my young ones,” she whispered as she lightly touched each of them to brush their hair away from their eyes. “We have a date with destiny. We must ensure your father’s return. And keep him safe until that time. I will be strong again. For he lives in each of us.”She turned and made her way back to her room. Once there, she went to here desk and pulled open a drawer. Inside lay a velvet satchel. She withdrew the satchel and opened it to reveal a man’s ring with a blood red stone. It shone brightly for a brief moment.“Yes,” she sighed. “He still lives in each of us. He will always be here. Even when he isn’t. He is and always will be my immortal love.”
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