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"The heart is the most precious thing to a living being. It is the center of the soul. It beats in tune with the organ of the same name. And it holds the memories of everything you care for, either with love, or hatred. Cherish your precious heart, Kala. Don't ever let anyone take it away from you."
Those words, which echoed in Kala's mind even after her humanity was lost, became the most important words of her life. On that day, the day when Kala had died to the world, no matter how much of her body had been warped, and corrupted, there was one thing the hands of darkness could not touch. The light that burned through her soul.
Her most precious heart. A crystal shaped jewel, amidst a mass of shapeless slime.
Floating in a black abyss, Kala's existence was swallowed by the maw of Hell. Wrapped in the embrace of darkness, her very soul felt like it was breaking apart. Digested. There was no escaping it. It was all around her. Her life was draining from her, fueling the evil's power. It very well seemed like not only would she die, but her very existence would disappear completely. Her slow approaching end was nearing her every moment, with every fragment of her soul that left her. Until...
A strange moment. The taste of the darkness around her slipped into her lips. It tasted bitter, and wretched, but in desperation, without any logical mind to make decisions, her basic instinct took over, and began to eat the soul, which had been eating her. It quickly became delicious, and sweet. She had no idea whether some of the soul she was absorbing used to be her own, but there was no time to think. Rather than be broken apart, and lose her precious heart to the evil around her only soul, she had to take the darkness inside.
Each mouthful she took, began to form a shell around her crystal heart. She felt her power coming back to her, and more, she felt the power of the succubus magic making her even more powerful than before. The predator had become the prey. Kala found herself feeding on the succubus magic, instead of it, feeding on her. It was all to protect her heart, her most precious heart. Even if she had to become a monster, her heart was more important than anything else. It was pure survival instinct. Nothing else.
The slime that had been Kala, gathered around a single crystal lying on the ground. It moved, and pulsated with life. The purple hue turned to blue on the crystal's command. Instead of it's acidic touch dissolving her soul, it hardened, and became a protective shell. This slime was no longer meaningless goo. It had a name.
Kala... Her name is Kala.
However, she didn't feel like Kala at all. Her current form was no different than a lie. She had been broken down. And it was time to rebuild herself.
A human form rose from the slime, the blue goo remembering the shape that surrounded the heart it surrounded, and protected. It continued to shape, and form Kala. And each moment that passed, she felt more and more like the real Kala.
But, feeling was only one thing. She could not see. And that was when her eyes opened. A pair of white, piercing eyes. Ears followed. A small, ringing noise in her ears, the sound of silence, the absolute lack of sound.
Her form was complete. Kala, was reborn.
Her feet were submerged in shallow water, up to her ankles. All around her, was a circular perimeter of plain stone, it's height only just extending over the base of the water. Behind her, water silently flowed from the statue of an angle holding a pitcher, pouring the life giving water into the pool Kala stood in. She could hear, that much she knew, as her slightest movement drew aquatic noises from around her feet. But still, the water from the angel's pitcher made no noise at all.
There was only the fountain. Everything else beyond the edge of the stone, was pure darkness. It seemed like a fountain in the middle of starless space. Just being there made it seem that Kala's survival of her ordeal was all just a dream.
However, a voice came. Whispering from the void that surrounded her.
"Good morning... Kala," whispered a calm, serene voice. "I'm happy to see you're finally alright..." the feminine voice told her with genuine care.
Those words, which echoed in Kala's mind even after her humanity was lost, became the most important words of her life. On that day, the day when Kala had died to the world, no matter how much of her body had been warped, and corrupted, there was one thing the hands of darkness could not touch. The light that burned through her soul.
Her most precious heart. A crystal shaped jewel, amidst a mass of shapeless slime.
Floating in a black abyss, Kala's existence was swallowed by the maw of Hell. Wrapped in the embrace of darkness, her very soul felt like it was breaking apart. Digested. There was no escaping it. It was all around her. Her life was draining from her, fueling the evil's power. It very well seemed like not only would she die, but her very existence would disappear completely. Her slow approaching end was nearing her every moment, with every fragment of her soul that left her. Until...
A strange moment. The taste of the darkness around her slipped into her lips. It tasted bitter, and wretched, but in desperation, without any logical mind to make decisions, her basic instinct took over, and began to eat the soul, which had been eating her. It quickly became delicious, and sweet. She had no idea whether some of the soul she was absorbing used to be her own, but there was no time to think. Rather than be broken apart, and lose her precious heart to the evil around her only soul, she had to take the darkness inside.
Each mouthful she took, began to form a shell around her crystal heart. She felt her power coming back to her, and more, she felt the power of the succubus magic making her even more powerful than before. The predator had become the prey. Kala found herself feeding on the succubus magic, instead of it, feeding on her. It was all to protect her heart, her most precious heart. Even if she had to become a monster, her heart was more important than anything else. It was pure survival instinct. Nothing else.
The slime that had been Kala, gathered around a single crystal lying on the ground. It moved, and pulsated with life. The purple hue turned to blue on the crystal's command. Instead of it's acidic touch dissolving her soul, it hardened, and became a protective shell. This slime was no longer meaningless goo. It had a name.
Kala... Her name is Kala.
However, she didn't feel like Kala at all. Her current form was no different than a lie. She had been broken down. And it was time to rebuild herself.
A human form rose from the slime, the blue goo remembering the shape that surrounded the heart it surrounded, and protected. It continued to shape, and form Kala. And each moment that passed, she felt more and more like the real Kala.
But, feeling was only one thing. She could not see. And that was when her eyes opened. A pair of white, piercing eyes. Ears followed. A small, ringing noise in her ears, the sound of silence, the absolute lack of sound.
Her form was complete. Kala, was reborn.
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Chapter 1: Precious Heart
Chapter 1: Precious Heart
Her feet were submerged in shallow water, up to her ankles. All around her, was a circular perimeter of plain stone, it's height only just extending over the base of the water. Behind her, water silently flowed from the statue of an angle holding a pitcher, pouring the life giving water into the pool Kala stood in. She could hear, that much she knew, as her slightest movement drew aquatic noises from around her feet. But still, the water from the angel's pitcher made no noise at all.
There was only the fountain. Everything else beyond the edge of the stone, was pure darkness. It seemed like a fountain in the middle of starless space. Just being there made it seem that Kala's survival of her ordeal was all just a dream.
However, a voice came. Whispering from the void that surrounded her.
"Good morning... Kala," whispered a calm, serene voice. "I'm happy to see you're finally alright..." the feminine voice told her with genuine care.