Re_Birthday Chapter 15 Final

One wonderful day, I sat with my legs crossed despite the shackle chains getting in the way, staring up at the peculiar spring. I didn't expect anything to happen, for why should it now after so long? Yet I seemed to notice a flicker. I frowned, were my eyes deceiving me? No... All of a sudden a great shimmering light appeared from the opening of the spring. I think I gasped. It was blinding, I shut my eyes against it, not used to such harsh light after spending so very long trapped in the darkness. Through my eyelids I would see the light had faded, and opening them cautiously I saw that the light had shrunk, and was about the same size as my fist. I gazed at it as it slowly floated down from the spring's opening. It was moving closer to me, and my instinct was to catch it....I lifted both of my chained hands above my head, cupping them as if to catch a ball. It fell into my hands, hovering in them. Nervously I lowered my hands, and to my relief the light floated with them. I held it in front of my face. There was something awe inspiring about it. It's very presence gave off a very positive aura. Tiny flecks of light circled the ball of light itself, it seemed to be a source of great power.

I noticed that Rin's singing had stopped...could this light be....could this be....the message you sent to me? The message from the bottle? I muttered the words as if they would be audible. Of course they weren't, yet the light reacted to this as if it had been an audible command.

The light began to grown slowly, and around me I could hear...whispers. Soft whispering.

"It's not that your sins aren't tolerated, though they aren't forgiven" Miku's voice, I was sure that was Miku's voice! Now I could picture her, but she was changing before my eyes, suddenly she was before me, in a new form....she wore futuristic clothes, computerized? She faded away...

"The word 'water' and the word 'evil'.....we will change that into a song...." Water? Could that mean our messages in the sea? Evil all of our crimes? Song? It was all so confusing! What did it all mean? Relief, as the red handcuffs fell from my wrists, disappearing in a flash of light before even hitting the floor.

"After this you will be reborn." It was Meiko in her armour! Only....her armour melted, and that too was replaced by futuristic clothing! I didn't manage to get a decent look before her form vanished. Reborn? It was as we'd hoped! Oh could it be true?? Was I really getting a second chance at life?

Following the handcuffs as always, the blue shackled shattered as well, also disappearing without a trace, I could move again!

"Today is your new birthday." Now prince Kaito hovered before me, his formal wear changing as well, a thick scarf around his neck....Oh but he was gone as well! Was I going crazy? The room span, making me feel extremely dizzy, I was drowning in confusion! What did it all mean? Was I getting out of here? The room was all of a sudden bright, the walls dyed completely white! It span faster and faster as all of the walls were covered in white! I was shaking, I stared down at my wrists, yet there was no sign that the handcuffs had ever been there, no mark, nothing.

I was running, running through the white space as fast as my legs would carry me! I felt like I was flying, and only stopped when I saw a mirror before me. I cautiously walked towards it. I peered into it, a little frightened to see what I looked like after spending so long here....only it wasn't me staring back, it was Rin! My eyes widened, and so did hers. I lifted a trembling hand, placing it against the cool glass. She mirrored my actions exactly. We stared at one another. Another change of image, Rin was gone and I was staring at my own reflection. I gasped as my outfit dissolved, bright squares running along my body, busily replacing my clothes before my eyes. It finished changing me, and I too was wearing a futuristic outfit. The room span yet again, and Rin was back....only she was also clad in an outfit very similar to mine. So we were still twins....still holding a hand to the mirror, I raised my other hand to my throat. I could almost feel my own voice....

"We'll meet again very soon..." I told Rin grinning broadly, my voice! It was back! Now...my hand slipped through the mirror! Rin was holding my hand on the other side, I could actually feel her fingers gripping my hand! Taking one look back at the room I had spent so long in, I bid it farewell, and thank you, before turning back to smile at my sister. Now to begin my new life....I stepped through the mirror into a pool of light where I embraced Rin.

Today is my new birthday.