The Awakening

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Author: Gary Alan Wassner
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic
dominated all that he opposed, the First, the protector of the Gem, the fount of all the energy that caused him so much enduring and excruciating pain. He would once and for all put out the light that illuminated this accursed planet, that kept it alive
    Even when he was young, the First was a source of conflicted joy. Colton felt its power at all times and he yearned to be near it. Yet, the light that nourished and rejuvenated the other Six, hurt him in a way he could not explain. His yearning matured into a self-absorbed covetousness that excluded all others. He did not wish to share the light, even though his exposure to it became more and more difficult to withstand. Nevertheless, he could neither relax in its warmth and revel in its beauty, nor attain the heights of satisfaction and elation that the others did when its brilliance graced them. He suffered instead, and that misery grew with time until it was unbearable for him to be exposed to the purity and whiteness of the Gem. This wretchedness matured into hatred, until he could think of nothing but destroying the First entirely, and with its demise, hopefully he would extinguish the Gem’s light forever.
    Initially, he kept this animosity and loathing secret from his companions, fearing that there was something terribly wrong with him to cause him to respond in that manner. The others experienced no such reaction to the light of the Gem and they avidly absorbed its radiance. He on the other hand, soon cringed at the prospect of being exposed to its power. It eventually caused him only pain and mental anguish, and he grew bitter and resentful of everyone around him for this situation. The Six gloried in their proximity to the potency, while he reviled it.
    At one time he confided in Calista, but he regretted his admission immediately and never spoke of it again. She was sympathetic, but she could not begin to understand the depths of his misery. She encouraged him to open his heart to the power, but when he did, it seared him to the bone resulting in an unimaginable amount of agony, the extent of which none could comprehend. He felt his memories being stolen, and though he longed for the peace only dissolution could bring, he couldn’’t bear being the victim of this theft. Pain without memory! Without reason. Without cause. And from that moment on, Calista pitied him. He saw it in her eyes every time she gazed upon his face and he felt it in her soul. That was almost as difficult to endure as the suffering itself.
    A tremendous burst of blue fire shot from his outstretched hand, shearing off the top of a large, promontory boulder in the near distance. As it came crashing to the ground, Colton focused his concentration upon the remaining piece and obliterated it with one delicate gesture. He trampled the very soul of the land beneath his malignant feet until it was unrecognizable, reduced to a mass of blackened rubble that would never again accommodate life of any kind. When he was done, when there was nothing left to destroy upon the ground, he raised his arms to the sky and let loose a volley of terrible fire upon the heavens the likes of which the world had not seen since its creation. The noise was deafening, as the skies exploded in billows of emanating death that engulfed the air itself and annihilated even that, leaving a lifeless vacuum in its wake.
    Colton dar Agonthea dropped to his knees and lay his blackened palms upon the ruined soil. He searched deep within the earth for any sign of lingering life and as expected, he found none. His eyes scanned the horizon in a slow and sweeping arc and they witnessed no movement, no life whatsoever. He had accomplished his task.
    He gazed across the valley, behind him to the site that once was castle Sedahar and before him into the barren gorge. He observed nothing but a tablet void of all markings, a barren canvas erased thoroughly and completely by his power, sterile and without features. He would write new words
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