David Bishop and the Mystic of Creation T.C. Crawford (icecream ebook reader txt) 📖

“Agh! Another drink wasted!” he said angrily, as he got up to get another.

Erin and David shared a mutual look of amusement before continuing their conversation with Orin.

They talked and laughed long into the evening until they finally decided to turn in for the night, knowing that in the morning they would begin their long march over Draco’s Pass and into the Great Plains below towards Eldergate, where they would face off for the final battle. The battle that would ultimately decide the fate of Hurea.

Erin and David walked back to the White City hand in hand and made their way to the hallway before Erin’s quarters that the elves had prepared for her the night before.

They stood outside the doorway in silence for a long moment before Erin finally spoke.

“David, I want you to stay with me tonight.” she said, looking up at him and searching his eyes.

“I don’t know…” he said, worried it would only make things worse and still uncertain of how to tell Erin the full truth of his vision.

“I don’t want you to hold anything back from me,” she said strongly, “Whatever it is, I can take it. I’m strong enough.” she said, tears building up in her eyes.

David tenderly caressed her cheek with his fingers and kissed her gently before wiping away her tears.

“I know you are…and you’re right. You deserve to know the truth.” he said finally.

He took her hand and led her into her room, sitting beside her on a bench near the window at the back of the room.

After a long moment of trying to sort out his thoughts and carefully choosing his next words, he began revealing the rest of his visions.

“Erin, I’m not of this world” he began.

“I know, you’re from your world” she began, but he put his finger up to silence her, indicating he wasn’t finished.

“I’m not from that world, either.” he said, “In fact, I never was. That world was an illusion, created by my Father to give me a sense of being. An illusion that would give me the necessary humility and, in the end, lack of attachment, to do what was necessary when the time came.” He let those last words sink in a bit before continuing with his explanation.

“When I was in my trance, and speaking with the Creator God, He revealed the truth of my origins to me. Erin, I am His son. He created me for the purpose of filling the void left by the other Mystics of Creation. The void that was created when they willingly gave up their lives and their powers to ensure the survival of this world. They too, were His children, and when their brother died at the hands of the Defiant One, it created an imbalance in the world.

“I am the answer to restore that balance. They knew that I would come, because they understood that balance was necessary for life to continue to exist.” he said.

Erin searched his eyes, trying to understand how his words were going to ultimately lead to the sacrifice that he had mentioned was necessary to regain his full potential.

“When I discovered the truth, it all started to make sense. That is why I never knew my parents, because if He gave me parents to remember, I would have never wanted to leave them. That is why he made me from another world that had nothing for me, because if it did, I would have never wanted to leave it so eagerly behind for this one. My Parent has always been there watching me, guiding me, directing me towards the final goal of finding the Orb and uniting with its power to take my rightful place as the Final Mystic of Creation. There is one thing, however, that He didn’t intend. He didn’t intend for me to fall for you.” said David, his eyes starting to well up with tears.

“I can feel His presence more each day, but the more I drift towards Him, the further I feel myself drifting from the life I’ve come to cherish, the life I’ve come to want more than anything to be real…and the more I feel myself drifting from you.” he said, the tears starting to fall from his eyes.

“David, I won’t let this affect what we have, I promise!” said Erin quickly.

“You don’t understand, Erin.” said David, regaining his composure. “In order for me to gain my full powers needed to confront the Defiant One and seal him back within the Dark Abyss, I need to give up everything that holds me back from becoming the final Mystic of Creation. I can’t be a Mystic and a boy that’s madly in love with a girl – that reluctance to leave you would prevent me from accessing my true powers, because it would be accompanied with a fear of losing you, a fear that would always keep a part of me focused on protecting you instead of giving myself completely to the sole duty of protecting the world of the living.”

“No…no that can’t be. By protecting the world of the living, you are protecting me, David. The two are one and the same. You can have both!” said Erin, fighting back the tears.

“I tried to fight it too. I questioned Him over and over again, but He always had the same answer. ‘No David, you can’t have your life as a human, and a Mystic. You must choose, and the fate of the world will be determined based on your choice.’ I spent what felt like an eternity going over everything He said, but at last I finally realized that it was useless. He was right, how could He not be? He is God, after all.” said David, slumping his shoulders in defeat.

With this, Erin had heard too much, and she collapsed into David’s arms sobbing uncontrollably. She couldn’t stand to hear it, to bear the thought of losing him after all