Chapter 08

Sofía POV

The white light blinds me to nothing, so much so that I have to put the palm of my hand on my forehead to see where I am.

In the distance, I can see an immense white door, like its landscape, with decorations carved in golden wood in the shape of angels.

―Hello! ―Someone greets me. ―Welcome home, Sofia.

I was stunned and couldn't believe my eyes. There she was, in a white dress just like mine, prostrate at that door with a smile, the most beautiful smile I had seen since she left.

Tears accumulate in my eyes and I cry, but they are not sad salty drops, but happy ones. I rush as I run towards her and when I am finally face to face she hugs me.

For the first time, I feel infinite tranquility within me. The doors swing open and I realize that there is a small town inside, it is full of people and everyone seems happy, with big smiles on their faces.

Emma directs me to a building and points out the one that will become my new room. This will be a permanent stay apparently, but I did not mind at all. My sister was here with me and that was enough. I walked in and was silent, praying internally that I didn't hear any voices.

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No answer, but I try again. Again, everything is silent in the room.

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I realize that they are no longer here. They left. They left me. They are no longer with me, they are no longer within me. Now, finally, I can be happy!

I was celebrating and dancing with happiness when someone knocked on the door.

―Sofia, Hurry up!. ―My sister said with joy. ―I will show you beautiful places and we will try some food. Let's go!

―Okay, I'm coming! ―I squealed excitedly and we both walked out of the bedroom while laughing and catching up on our lives.

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Omniscient Narrator

Sofía and Emma leave the white building, but although the city was not so extensive, they could not prevent that thick black mass from spreading on the floor of the room. From one moment to another, that mass ―which seemed to have a life of its own― reached the hole that existed between the door and the floor, overflowing from those four walls. It headed downstairs, but by the time the people passing by noticed it, it was too late.

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―Hello again, Sofia. ―They saluted, but Sofia couldn't hear it, because she was already a few streets away from that establishment.

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That mass covered every inch of the white building and from one moment to another it was completely turned on. The people inside could not get out and die from the embers of the fire. The citizens who were able to save themselves tried to put out the growing fire that threatened to destroy the rest of the city. They brought hoses and pointed towards the construction, some of them even came to the place with fire extinguishers, but their help was of no use. The black mass that began to increase more and more, stretched a little and impacted the people who wanted to defeat it. The hoses and fire extinguishers flew out of the place and were lost on the horizon. Even if they ran as fast as their bodies allowed, they wouldn't catch up.

In the distance, both sisters laughed as they chatted about everything they had been doing since they lost contact. They cried a little, but then the smiles returned. They really missed each other. Sofía felt a slight chill, but as always happened, she did not give it any importance. When they finished lunch they paid the waitress and went out through the glass door. They saw from a distance an enormous layer of intense reds and oranges, but both thought it was the sunset and that they had been too late at the restaurant. However, the more they walked and the closer they got to the white building where Sofia was staying, they could not believe what their eyes saw.

The black mass that shone from the fire on it had covered at least fifty houses, including the building that was collapsed on several sidewalks, allowing that thick mass to move and destroy a few more houses. Sofia did not stop and stayed close to the fire caused by that monster. The fire was beginning to damage her skin a bit, but her burning did not matter to her at the moment. She knew what she was dealing with but far from being scared, she felt angry.

―Hey, you!

The dough turned and looked at that little girl who once meant a toy it could have fun with for years.

―What do you think you are doing?

However, the crowd did not respond to her question in words. It stretched out again and hit a person passing near the fire. It remained still and waited for that person to burn completely while Sofia collapsed on the sidewalk and cried.

―I am going to turn this paradise into the worst of hell for you, Sofia, and I will destroy every living being you love. You will never leave my side and I will never leave your side. We were in this together from the beginning and we will be together forever.

Sofía paid no attention to its words and only devoted herself to observing the corpse that lay on the sidewalk a few meters from her. After so many years, she felt that enormous sadness and insecurity again. After so many years she witnessed her sister die again.