The Clock of the soul eater -Spooktober 2023

Tick, tock, tick, tock   Remember this one? In Alex's dream with the eater of soul there is a clock that ticks. The clock is of all the time in the word and repersents all of the lives. Later the clock appears again in a dream with death. Then again before she is betrayed she hears the ticking of a clock. Later it begins before bad things begin to happen and she belives that its a gift from the soul eater because she changed his opinoin. I also added it to the Preface.   "Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, goes the clock. I am in a dark graveyard covered in muddy grass. I am floating. I try to land, but my magic or whoever's magic wouldn’t do anything. All around me are graves. “Marshlight Marbleflare, age 15 was possessed by Blossompebble. She was never able to complete her goal of giving human-cats equal rights.” All of the words on the gravestones read “This day shall never come.” Except a smaller and shiner one was there too, it was written in green. “Her spirit shall live on, -Elora Marbleflare.” A shiver runs down my spine. I walk over to the next one, “NImbus Hope, age 300, disgraced Master of Alexandra Deepwood.” I walk to the next one, “Elora Marbleflare, died after her granddaughter's death. She was never able to do true magic.” My heart thumps, they hate her because she is a cat-human. I walk through rows and rows and then at the last one, it says “Alexandra Deepwood, friend of Marshlight and Elora Marbleflare, apprentice of Nimbus Hope.” There were many other words written on the gravestones, but mine was worse by far. “Caused the end of the world,” it said, “Evil, Evil, Evil.” What is this, I think, the future? I look towards the bottom of the grave “died at age 13” What! I think, I am only 13 now! What is this world? “Alexandra Deepwood” A voice says, the sound echoes all around me. “Hello?” I call, but no response comes. After a while the voice begins to speak again. “I am the eater of souls, and if you can not pass the test… like many before… you will be consumed.” he says. Crack! Lighting strikes in front of me. I take a careful step back and a ghostly figure appears in front of me. Black magic is flowing from just above him, although some streaks are red. “This would be the world if you died” he says. Images of explosions and wars flash in my mind. I gasp. In my mind I think, “If I died when? Are these graves really the future or of my own imagination? If I died right now, these graves would become real. Marshlight would be very close to saving the world and then my spirit would talk to her and ruin it all. I would accidentally haunt Elora’s dreams and she would confess. It would be all my fault” I can feel the tears building up against my eyes like water in a reservoir. “W-what if I don’t die?” I ask. The eater of souls clicks with his tongue “Then it would not be real,” he says calmly, “if you are able to go back to your friends what would you tell them?” he asks. “I-i would tell them the truth plain and hard” I answer. Instantly, I can feel a warming in my chest as my confidence builds. “You pass, again but I do have one warning,” he says, “The future will be full of fights, you and your friends shall only succeed if you avoid as many as possible,” he says and flickers off. Was he only a ghost, I think, all those awful things they said about me and Marshlight. A voice echos through my head. Silly Alex. People love to fight, they love to have someone to hate. Maybe you are correct about right now, I think, but one day the world will not be like that, one day everyone will be equal. If you say so, it will be very hard. I know but it will not be impossible. As I think this, the graveyard begins to fade, only Marshlight’s grave remains but the mean words wash away. Instead flowers cover it and notes are left saying that she is a hero. Then the grave grows and there is a statue of a person, it's me! I realize, with a proud cat sitting on my shoulder, behind me stands a small person, Elora. Let’s hope this future will turn out better. I think. “Maybe you're right.” I hear the soul eater voice say."