Before the dawn

It truly was a beautiful sky. In the middle of the night, the Vale was surprisingly very calm. For so-called "creatures of the night", succubi slept for most of it, or stayed indoors, unaware of anything happening outside. 

I gazed up at the sky, its purple shade caused by the veil covering the city from any outside influence. How funny, the first time I activated it, I thought it had quite the charm to it. After all, I was the one who made it. A no-name Dreamweaver like me. 

I used to think it would bring us together, but it did nothing. That valley I've spent my whole life in, I wonder, will it continue tomorrow, after I'm gone?

There was so much I wanted to tell him, so much I wanted to say. But in the end, I wasn't able to say a word. 

My body was failing me now. I could no longer feel my fingers or toes, and the strength was slowly draining from my limbs. The cold seeped into my bones, like the chill of the last hours of the night.

"No matter if he sticks to the plan I gave him, or if I manage to use that spell we crafted together, I will disappear…" I whispered, sprawled on the hard ground, far away from the plaza or the slums. 

Even with the veil activated, it was the perfect place to look at the stars. The stars above were a mystery to me. They were always there, distant and unchanging, yet I had never understood what they truly were. He might have known. He was from another world, after all. He had seen things I could only dream of, experienced wonders that were beyond my comprehension. I wondered if he ever looked up at the same stars too.

A faint smile tugged at the corners of my lips as I remembered the time we had spent together, crafting that spell. Even if he didn't know what it was meant for, he was still hardworking, and surprisingly quick to understand things. 

"That's why I chose him…" I sighed, my smile softening. I didn't know what he was preparing, but I had seen him wandering the streets, his expression firm, his hands trembling. He looked like someone ready to do what must be done, no matter the cost.

But would he follow the plan in the end? Or would he falter? The fate of mankind rested on his shoulders now, whether he wanted it or not. It was a heavy burden, one I had placed on him. Perhaps it was cruel of me, but I had no other choice.

"Ah…" 

It was a good life nonetheless. 

I thought I was going to die miserably and alone, with no hope of any kind for the world. 

But as my eyes close, a new dawn will begin.

And with it, a new star of hope…