EPILOGUE

I find comfort in writing. There is no need to worry about my sons now because I know they are safe. Thank you God for giving me the courage I needed to see them safe. I’ve been through so much and, even though I know it’s not over yet because I still have the beginning of the Gerai war to contend with, I feel calm. I feel relieved as if it’s all over.

He paused with his pen hovering above the blue notepad. Smiles were easy to find at the moment and he enjoyed the bright feelings they gave to him. when the war began, he wondered if he would have time to smile.

Yes, of course he would. The beginning of the war wouldn’t change what he knew was true: B and Sammy were safe. The Gerai couldn’t touch them. He would spend every day fighting them and he would laugh because he knew the Gerai were doomed to fail. He had seen it.

I know that once I had comforted myself by saying that I did not want to end up like Bri. I told myself that the future might not happen and that it might change.

I don’t want that now.

I want things exactly as they are. I want to be like Bri and I’ll even die as him because it means everything will work out the way it is. Before I would think about how I could change the future but I don’t think I could even if I wanted to. I’m destined to be like Bri. I think I’m already becoming like him. I see my face in the mirror and it’s not mine, but his. I can’t be growing that old that quickly so maybe it’s just my imagination, but I see him in me. He’s waiting to be brought to life again through me. I won’t fail my friend.

Somebody told me that it is entirely possible that the future I’ve been seeing is a parallel universe but I believe that if I want it hard enough, I can create the future I have seen here.

And I will. I won’t let them down.

Bri, I won’t let you down. I promise.

He closed the book. Time had once been an enemy because of what it had taunted him with, now he saw the events as teachings. They had taught him to see time and the future differently. It was not an enemy because all though it brought pain, it also brought hope. It had showed him what he needed to do. He’d thought he would never be able to face the oncoming Gerai war but now he was strong enough. Time had made him strong to mould him as it needed him to be.

The book was placed in the drawer and he turned the lights off as he left the room. Up the stairs, across the landing. He stopped and peered around Sammy’s door. He looked adorable when he slept.

In his own room he dressed for bed. He thought of them before he went to sleep. It always made him happy. He thought of Sammy’s wedding and B being the happy go lucky boy he should always have been.

“Goodnight,” he whispered to the shades in his mind, as if they could hear him across time.

His eyes closed in peace.



**The End**