Big Brother (2)

As soon as I was enveloped by a dark aura, my memories started to get mixed. I could see what it seems to be my past life. The first memory to return was that since I was born, my health has always been poor. However, my big brother had always stood by my side. There was no day that I didn´t smile at him. He was like a warm summer that seem to last for eternity. He made me laugh, told stories about the world where we lived and shared my pain. He was tender with me, and when I behaved mischievousness, he used to scold gently

One day I fall unconscious due to the high fever I had for the last days. When I woke up, doctors were taking care of me. It seems that I don´t have much time longer as my poor health condition is worsening.

Suddenly my brother yelled them to leave. As we have a small chat, he promised to find a cure for my situation. Almost two months have passed, and I can only stay on bed. Food taste awful and during my sleep, nightmares hunt me. I dream about how my big brother cross through battlefields and deserts carrying a beautiful azure flower while facing numerous death situations.

I could feel my life fading away each day. Yet, when all seemed black, I was able to hear my big brothers voice once more. As he was calling me, he forced me to drink a sweet beverage. Immediately my heart started beating with vigor, and I felt a warm energy spreading through my body.

As I opened my eyes, Big brother started to cry from happiness.

"Finan!!! Thank god you are alive!!! I almost lose you!!" *Sob* "Everything is fine now, I´m here with the cure"

Out of nothing, an arrow pierced my body and blood started to flow quickly. Big brother released his power and out of nowhere dozens of bodies dropped to the ground. As I was losing my conscious, I was able to see two people getting near us. One of them was the second elder of the clan and the other was our brother.

After losing my consciousness I don´t know what happened but when I woke up, Big Brother was releasing a tyrannical black aura. Around him, the members of the clan were lying dead as, father was fighting him. Seeing my big brother retreat while bleeding my heart ached. When father was about to deliver the final blow, a gray light appeared around me and big brother. Stunned, father turned his eyes to me. He was about to speak when the gray light shone, and we disappeared.

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Now, I found myself caressing my big brothers' hair with my fingers as he rested his head on my lap. While doing it, I asked:

"Big brother, what are we going to do now? The clan will send people to hunt us down"

"We will run away until our strength rises. Besides I think changing our appearances and names will be the better choice in order to avoid recognition from the people"

"Great idea, and I will love that you name me"

"Mmmm…. How about Zia? It means light on an ancient language and you have always been a light in my life"

"Thank you!!! I love it!!!"

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The next moment I was inside a castle running around an enormous garden. It had tall trees, thousand´s types of flowers, a giant lake, different types of beast. It was like a paradise.

"Zia!!! I finally found you!!!" a female voice said.

"Sister Mao, what it is? Has big brother and big sister returned?"

"No yet, but they will soon. Let's get ready for the banquet"

"Sure, we will celebrate the pregnancy of big sister"

"Shsss!! He and father-in-law don´t know about it yet, only us sisters"

"Hehehe, then it will be a big surprise"

As we returned towards our chambers, a violent shake hit the castle. Alarmed, the people inside run towards the throne room. When we arrived, a giant rune shone and within it a middle-age man emerged carrying a young female body that was bleeding.

"Father!!!" "Big sister!!!" "What happened?!?!" several voices resounded in panic.

"Silence!!!" roared the middle-age man. "We were ambushed while crossing the primordial rift"

"AGGG!!!" we gasped.

"What about big brother?!?!?" I cried.

"He stayed in order to buy us time"

"What??? I need to go with him!!!"

"Fool!! With your cultivation level, you will only be a burden for him. You should stay here and wait for his return"

"How can I??? Big brother is fighting alone!!"

Without warning I run towards the giant rune on the floor and disappeared while no paying attention to the shouts on my back.

After crossing it, I saw a group of people and creatures surrounding my big brother. He had wounds around his whole body and golden blood flew out. Seeing his situation I run towards him.

"Big Brother!!!!"

"Zia?!?!?!" "What are you doing here????!!!!"

"I came to help you!!!"

"You fool!!! I told Zekros to keep everyone there!!!!"

"He told us, but I didn´t want to wait. I needed to see you now"

"HAHAHAH!!! What a foolish little girl. With a mere lower god cultivation, you wanted to assist you brother?! HAHAHA" a playful voice said.

Suddenly, one of those strangers threw an ice spear towards me. My body couldn´t react in time. As I was about to be pierced by it, big brother appeared in front of me and took the hit in my stead. The spear passed through his shoulder leaving a 15cm hole in his way.

"Big Brother!!!!"

"Cough!!"he spouted blood

"Big Brother!!!" I cried

However, as I got near him, Big Brother infused some of his power on me. I started to feel sleepy as his warm energy flew through me.

"W-Why Big Brother…. Why are you doing this…" I said faintly.

"Zia, I love you. I instructed Zekros to follow my instructions if anything happened to me. Yet, you still came. Hahaha, little sister you have always been mischievous. This is the only solution that I can think for this situation. I hope you can life well" he said with tender as he kissed my forehead.

"Vitam aeternam quietem sacrificii. Omnia refert in tenebris, et intra me sunt, novum initium fore" was the last thing I heard.

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As I recovered my conscious, I noticed that I was facing the back of a girl.

"You have finally returned"

"Where I am? Who are you?"

"I´m you and you are me"

"I´m you and you are me?"

"Yes, you could say that I´m your past life and you are my new one" she said while turning around.

She was wearing a dark golden dress and a gray crown. Her crimson hair reached her waist while her eyes were blue like a clear and pure lake. She had two full grown horns that were poking through her crimson hair. So beautiful, I could stand here watching her for my entire life. It was in that moment that a jolt of energy hit my body. And, as waking up from an eternal slumber, my mind cleared.

"Hahaha, what is that face for? I knew I was beautiful, but I wasn´t expecting myself to fall in trance after seeing my original appearance"

"Original appearance? I remember being smaller"

"Ohh. I guess it was due to the spell Big Brother cast upon you"

"You mean that strange spell?"

"Yep, but it was for our benefice. You see, this spell is an ancient forbidden one. Big Brother found it while exploring the primordial rift together with Big Sister, and only he could use it"

"And how it was good for us?"

"First of all, as you have remembered, the feelings we have for Big Brother are deep and genuine, not only as brothers but also as man and woman. Not caring for the opinion of others, he accepted them. One day, he discovered a type of inheritance on the Darker Valley and, since then his bloodline changed. As we are blood related, it also changed ours.

The day that we went to aid Big Brother, he felt that our bloodline was about to awaken when we saw him getting pierced by that spear. What caused it to almost awake was that we felt guilty, hate and despair for distracting him.

Fearful we fall under the control of our bloodline Big Brother casted the spell, sealing our memories and changing some of them. As the spell was affecting us, our body was destroyed, and our soul divided in two. The first one, that contained the memories of before passing away by the spell were sealed, and the second one was altered by Big Brother in order to give us a second life. That is why you could only remember some things, for example: passing away and that your name was given by your father or that you were a low-level god.

Why did Big Brother interfere with the second part of the soul? Because he knew that if you remembered having a brother, the power of your bloodline will awake despite not having a body. I don't know how it is possible, but according to Big Brother, that inheritance came from the other side of the universe rift"

"And you are telling me this because?"

Suddenly, my other me pointed a finger to my head, and a gray light entered in my mind. I remembered what happened to me after losing consciousness from the spell: the loneliness I felt for living alone for thousands of years, how I develop the "Darkness through the heart" technique, the meeting and talk with Marcus and what happened inside the castle where I lived.

"Despite been sealed, I could see how your previous-self migrated from one host to another. You were able to "develop" that technique, and all what you have been through. However, that technique was passed to you by Big Brother on an effort to preserve your existence while having your body and soul almost destroyed. That was why the god that you met in the purgatory realm said, [It shouldn't have been possible to survive with that death state] Now you understand? That technique allowed you to survive for thousands of years. And why? Because Big Brother wanted you to find his reincarnation"

Hearing all of this, my mind was confused. When I heard the last sentence, I fall backwards shocked. Realizing the meaning behind those words I tried to talk but no sound was emitted from my open mouth.

"That´s right, Marcus was the previous reincarnation of Big Brother and after dying, thanks to your help, both of you were able to enter the purgatory realm and reincarnate into your actual bodies. So now Einar is Big Brothers´ reincarnation and you, Nilsa, are both Zia's´.

Unfortunately, as you have unlocked the seal on the other part of the soul, you will start to remember everything. However, it will take time as your cultivation is low. These memories won´t increase your cultivation but will help you understand many things.

On last thing, before merging with you, there are things that you shall know. As you recover the lost memories, you will come to understand Big Brothers plan. However, you must not tell him about it. You will know what things to tell and which not as the seals on the memories are released.

At this moment, he is experimenting the same thing as you. The only difference is that the first memory recovering is: you been sick at our previous clan house, your body pierced by the arrow and giving you the name of Zia. So, for now you can only tell him that you are his sister Zia and nothing more. This includes the memories of Big Sister been pregnant, and the last one you saw. We can´t afford by any means alter Big Brothers plan. Only this way we can break the shackles of our fate and change our destiny, understood?"

"Y-yes. I understand"

"Good, now go my other me. I pray for your future"

Suddenly, the black aura covered me again. As I opened my eyes, I saw Big Brother still immersed on his memories. I waited for him, while looking into his closed eyes. A mix of emotions surged from inside me, not knowing what to expect. Will we really remember me? How will he react?

While I was pondering about it, I saw Big Brother opening his eyes.

We stared for a long time before I cried "Big Brother!!!"

A/T: the spell is writen in latin. Don´t try to use google translator for it because the translation is really bad. Here is the translation for it:

"The eternal dream with the sacrifice of life. Everything returns to darkness, and with my being, there will be a new beginning"