Cory sipped his mocha latte as he sat at a cute little bistro on the corner of a small village in France, as he leaned back and scrolled through an E-book on his phone the figure of someone stopping in his peripheral vision caught his attention. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURr8Espdeo
“Hey”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL8YuaSvZT
He glanced up meeting eyes with a taller man in a suit, hands his in his pockets. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZNs5zUTNd
“Remember me? Peru, 1821…”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWXHd0ALOx
Cory shivered and stood, “oh my god, Riv”
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London, England. September 1815
Cory ran fast, splashing puddles of water up against his trousers as his hair threatened to fall from his hair ribbon. “HEY! GET BACK HERE!” He clipped a corner and slid almost falling into a pile of trash, he huffed looking frantically for a place to hide before shaking his head and climbing past the garbage and muck. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe32vjO14cu
As he climbed a small ladder to the top of one of the buildings he watched the men run past the alley, he sighed a breath of relief. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBvwaVwLeK
“Cory, are you stealing again?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn3yL3SIgI
he glanced up to his mother standing there on the roof a basket of clothes in hand, Cory frowned and pulled himself up to join her. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm42pcabKfd
“Sorry mama…” he apologized, she sighed and ruffled his dark hair. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCup3VeFB9q
“I’ve some news” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQPSmDfXz9
He sat down and pulled off his boots, dumping water onto the stone roof below. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK58IieXOq
“We’re moving” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt81dd2zUEx
He froze and looked up at his mother who clipped up a small quilt. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhnFM81bro
“Your father found a job in Peru…it’ll help us” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwwGI4jz0z
She looked to Cory who stared, baffled. “Why…”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMKhe4qunH
She smiled gently, the slight sight of her canines just barely there.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza2mrPxetr
It was shocking how she still looked the same after so many years, and especially after giving birth to Cory. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeJmhjlvHb
Cory was basically a freak accident, or a miracle as his mother thought it. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW1zq80v7J
She was never able to give birth to babies…and one day she made a deal with a weird lady on the street. She promised fertility and prosperity. Only half of it was true, and there was of course a catch. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtbRNyyh3W
Upon her having the ability to give birth, that child would have to live through many, many decades alone and immortal. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5TTSMVlfB
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Cory closed his eyes to take a deep breath, His mother pulled him into a hug. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQarThtamRk
“I love you, Cory”
“Well…it’s not much- but it’ll do” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Efr1aexa
cory frowned at the small single room, a cot sat in the corner, a small kitchen to the left and a shit hole at the opposite of the building. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5oLReVL9d
“Where’s dad?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kPiwU0Rae
“He went to go to his interview” his mother said with a small smile as she pulled blankets out of her baggage and fluffed it out on the ground. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw14ycAtaZt
She waved for him to join her and he shook his head “this…mom. We’re not going to survive here!” Cory said raising his voice, Her eyes widened. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNfYv9Pkej
“Do not yell at me young man. We moved so we could get better.” She snapped. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCweSh9fNO
“This…this is worse.” He sobbed and slammed open the rickety wooden door as he ran out the house. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3K6Bf37Gt
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and so he ran. He did what he was best at. Running away, hiding.
Cory shifted in the grass under the cold moon when a twig nearby snapped, his head shot up and he looked around. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbkQAb8tsS
He wasn’t scared, he lost the ability to feel terror when he lived in London, always on the run, hiding from bad men. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNurW7feM8v
A small boy emerged from a bush a basket of fruit in hand, his eyes scanned the darkness before meeting Cory’s, something flickered. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWgvcWbEVG
“Are you alright?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBXfyMShdf
Cory frowned and nodded, the boy shared a similar frown…but one made of pity.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiwb2ExjP6
“Here” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDxpUPuA4b
Cory eyed the pear in the boys hand as he handed it to him, Cory’s lips twitched as he held back a smile. Eventually he gave in. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzS6QKxElV
“Thank you” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQky50sYbkq
the boy nodded and gestured to the spot next to him, Cory nodded and the boy sat down. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRuFPbLqbU
“I’m Riven…”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEIHX70bJg
“Cory” He replied in between bites of the ripe pear. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPgtPlH8Y0
It was sweet and juicy…almost like something he’d never had before, which was true.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADpOkxSfca
“How old are you?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMmF5fNPHL
“13..”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP4qj9zqyn
Riven blinked and pulled his knees to his chest, “what about you?” Cory inquired. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7RYpnt8cM
“10”
Moquegua, Peru. March, 1821.
Cory shoved Riven gently as they walked through the woods picking fruit from trees. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO1H012AyZ
“I think I’m gonna leave Peru” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktqOC0cpIW
Riven gave him a look. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNHgeROe9q
“What? How?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhyfQSRcnW
Cory kicked a rock gently and took a bite of a pear. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq1F1z2m3z
“There’s a train leaving tonight, I’m gonna get on through the baggage area” he said, Riven frowned.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKP8b5L14pK
“You’re going to smuggle yourself out of Peru? Have fun with that.” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyhn3A3zBR
Cory stopped in his tracks and grabbed Riven’s arm. The basket fell. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9unsjRhFGC
“Riv…I want you to go with me” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoO0u4kpvkx
Riven stared in shock before pulling from Cory’s grasp and picking up the fruits. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTyvR3EB9e
“Cory, you know I can’t do that. My mother is on her deathbed, out of all people I’d expect you to know what that’s like. Not being able to leave your mother while a plague is eating her alive” he said his voice going soft. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8hfh6rMNV
Cory sighed.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7TfkFfzBM
“Then we can leave after it happens.”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvLzIR4lfm
Riven looked up at him in disgust “you act like she’ll die any day now? Is that what you want? The one woman who actually treated you right? You want her to die?” Riven snapped, Cory backed away as Riven stalked forwards. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVKtia3Yvx
It was silent for a few moments and Cory stared at the ground, guilty. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAboa0kvu3J
“You know what…leave. Go wherever the hell it is you want to go. But I’m not going. And when you leave I’m forgetting your entire existence even mattered.” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeirqY1dp3F
Cory stared at him being taking a sharp breath and turning, Riven eyed him as Cory walked away disappearing amongst the bushes and trees. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fjtFtbLnM
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Cory dodged a train worker and threw his satchel into the small corridor full of baggage, as he looked for a bag to fit in his head snapped up to a small ‘pssst’.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgzBodme9l
He looked around before spotting Riven “Cory” His eyes flickered with multiple emotions at once, fear, anger, anxiety.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYty0L6blD
“Don’t do this, please. Mama needs you and me by her side…” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRv4oxJ2TQ
Cory frowned and shoved his foot into an empty bag that was almost his size, he’d have to curl into a ball to fit. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsqQshWSLd
“No, she needs peace and quiet.” He snapped, the train whistled and Riven’s eyes widened. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcQ2WUilkV
“No, Cory please!” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLapgbkQZST
“Hey! THEIF” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZjYqUS0m2
“Either join me, or run.” Cory spat, Riven hesitated but shook his head with a small scoff and ran. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBi35QgThx
Cory shoved himself into the bag as the police men chased him, he was getting out of here. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZgtgWyKkn
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Manhattan, New York. August, 1824
“Cory! Look!” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3zTeWFOEy
Cory glanced up from the bar where he was cleaning a glass that was once filled with whiskey, a girl his age ran towards him tips in hand. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc2ychfFiK
“This is more then yesterday!” She cheered, he raised an eyebrow. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM3VzDDkUv
“No way!” He chuckled, she grinned and kissed him gently over the counter. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tnYtk6LX2
“C’mon let’s close up and go upstairs, I have a surprise for you” she said, he smiled and nodded as he set the clean glass aside. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARaqfe7qDz
She flipped the sign on the door and locked it, Cory smiled as she dragged him up the stairs towards their apartment. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCEf6hGq7Z
“What could you possibly have to show me?” He asked, she glanced back at him with a huge smile. Her corset made her waist slim and the pale yellow skirt pooled around her legs gentle and flowy.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7q9t22HRJ
When they entered the room, she spun “happy birthday!” She cheered, three people looked towards him with wide grins. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ9MLIuO6U
Cory broke into a smile. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VGBP66axY
“I love you so much” he said picking her up in a hug and kissing her gently, she giggled and pushed away from him so he could greet his friends. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLRv9oXIyM
24 years… he’d been through so much through those years. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mgeMBZrRw
He cried and grieved, he stole, he lied, he moved, he made friends, he left friends, he fell in love…hard in love…397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBy2EiznD0
As His lover handed him a delicately package box he spotted the gold band on her finger, he smiled gently at it. “How did you…?” He trailed off and she smiled. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjuPU4Pzbb
“We all pitched in, we hope you like it” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY5LLZfTYq
He tore the paper and Gasped, inside a small rectangular box sat a broach on a sliver chain. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSw486CERA
It was a small rose set into Amber with a silver lace patterned trim, his mother had something similar…397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCpuvbulVP
“Where did you get this?”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla2Lg0xzEF
his lover smiled “someone came to town not to long ago looking to sell it for some money…you said your mother had something similar so we wanted to get you something that made you feel closer to her” She said gently clasping it around his neck. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvHiZLDVRg
He stared at her, his eyes fluttering in a daze before he smiled gently. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPhAsO1qWO
“Thank you…guys, this is…this is amazing”
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Aisha sniffled as her breath quivered and she gripped Cory’s hand tightly. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMmn8zVMha
“I love you so much” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJWia6rlVy
Cory held back tears, “I love you more…”
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Tahiti. Summer, 1850
Cory sipped the liquid from the coconut gently before tossing it aside and joining the people who danced on the shore of the beach, the water glistening a bright blue against the burning sun. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4RW9M5Ir5
He chuckled and let them place necklaces of flowers around his neck and pull him dances as people played unknown instruments, this was the life he wanted. Something full of joy, and adventure. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GIC9mG26Q
He was starting to think that the curse that had been placed on him was a miracle, he could do anything he wanted.397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZFSjgxf5B
Go anywhere he wanted, see what happens in the future. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4Dx322u3b
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California, America. October, 1980. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLGAZsvd7E
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Cory shoved into his friend the chains on his leather jacket dangling against the zipper as his small group made their way under a graffitied bridge. As far as they knew he was still 20, when he was really much older but he enjoyed the game…the manipulation, the secrets. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2PYJxOj9s
“So, Cory. What do you plan on doing with your music?” A short haired punk girl questioned lighting a cigarette, Cory smirked and leaned against the stone bridge. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthgxx4CHDd
“I don’t know, might put out some Ep’s might not…in a place like this anything could happen.” He said, Tristan, a tall blonde bassist punched him gently in the shoulder a joint dangling from his lips. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2VgKbUCaO
“Right, Cory the ever aspiring grandpa” he joked, Cory rolled his eyes. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaHC5Mazzy
“Who you calling Grandpa, last I checked I was paying you” he teased, Tristan laughed and ruffled Cory’s hair. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0awBf9VLw1
“Good point, I don’t plan on losing that pay anytime soon” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1fxDjESgd
“yeah right, I’m shocked you haven’t gotten fired yet. You and your anger issues” Fifi a tall mixed girl with dreads said as she skipped a rock. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBw5QkFvPy
Tristan rolled his eyes. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaleGQP4fDa
“I’m getting better” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVSgCyanjF
“Say that to Greg, poor thing got his jaw busted cus’a’you” Dean groaned, Tristan sighed and Cory smirked. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MbYk6uesA
“Now, now let’s not start any fights. We’re here to have fun, remember?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe50Ek9wDV
They all looked at him and grinned.
“Hey there everyone, we’re the Polarized Witches…thank you for coming” Cory said into the mic, everyone cheered and he chuckled. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7Z9ULXv6s
Guitar strings were strummed, followed by the bass and drums. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqOsPQ530X
Cory sang low and quiet as the first few notes were slow and thoughtful. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSO5qDZR4t
When the beat dropped Cory spun away from the mic as he hit the chords of his electric guitar bringing cheers and screams from the audience.
Cory laughed as him and his band mates ran to the limo past millions of fans, people cheered and reached for them as they got in. Guards shut the doors and they drove off. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAU4hddfFW
“That was fucking amazing!” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMfsGoXmSu
Cory laughed “Hell yeah it was!”
Paris, France. December, 2010
Cory sat silently at a small cafe on the corner of a street in Paris, he sipped his mocha latte as he scrolled through his phone remembering all the good, bad and fun times he had. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QwolG5iX0
He could never ask for a better life, he knew this was what everyone wanted…but he was starting to get tired of it. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JDXespdgg
He’d been around since 1802 for fucks sake…397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLaNMfOqfm
“hey” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn9EX3MQQi
he glanced up, meeting a tall man’s eyes. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SC5dqLEOi
“Remember me? Peru, 1821?” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktee3ejktU
Cory shivered and stood, “oh my god…Riv” 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPHuTLJPai
Riv smiled “been a while, wanna talk?” Cory grinned. 397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrWo8YTW49
“Why not.”397Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17tKEaFr4u
now he knew…he wasn’t alone anymore, of all the people he met he never knew the one he missed the most would be just as ancient as him…
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A/N: I know this is like 4 days before the deadline but I work best under pressure, I hope you enjoy! :D
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