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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOLZ45XLfx
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He glanced up meeting eyes with a taller man in a suit, hands his in his pockets. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYsMcqNiop
“Remember me? Peru, 1821…”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN1fBdnEtG
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTRqB344Ao
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyxUQCxgzL
“Cory, are you stealing again?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvbnPQQvAe
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTwUovqzaA
“Sorry mama…” he apologized, she sighed and ruffled his dark hair. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZQe02qMhI
“I’ve some news” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK9q669QV3
He sat down and pulled off his boots, dumping water onto the stone roof below. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjCCd4edY6
“We’re moving” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyj6rGs0gy
He froze and looked up at his mother who clipped up a small quilt. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj1MZFZPGx
“Your father found a job in Peru…it’ll help us” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZDytCUUJj
She looked to Cory who stared, baffled. “Why…”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdMLFStZZx
She smiled gently, the slight sight of her canines just barely there.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6q3k8mzMpd
It was shocking how she still looked the same after so many years, and especially after giving birth to Cory. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TpWgGqr2a
Cory was basically a freak accident, or a miracle as his mother thought it. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr16m1eUES
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz32H59hac3
Upon her having the ability to give birth, that child would have to live through many, many decades alone and immortal. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8BY2Kss9f
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Cory closed his eyes to take a deep breath, His mother pulled him into a hug. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDr07UfFsN
“I love you, Cory”
“Well…it’s not much- but it’ll do” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHdeoVhl0J
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7840169D9
“Where’s dad?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI57eFhRT4L
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWvapgIPvc
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgYxJON3gV
“Do not yell at me young man. We moved so we could get better.” She snapped. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOQ6oXJWzb
“This…this is worse.” He sobbed and slammed open the rickety wooden door as he ran out the house. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRnGWGguZ6
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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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnX43XVze8
He wasn’t scared, he lost the ability to feel terror when he lived in London, always on the run, hiding from bad men. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQvjRHbdUq
A small boy emerged from a bush a basket of fruit in hand, his eyes scanned the darkness before meeting Cory’s, something flickered. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9noJ2Xz4vL
“Are you alright?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbef8FjxmS
Cory frowned and nodded, the boy shared a similar frown…but one made of pity.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEV1Vbmd1X
“Here” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uaEWI5Z99
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYT2e23can
“Thank you” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWIPrM68CB
the boy nodded and gestured to the spot next to him, Cory nodded and the boy sat down. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeyYkilwWH
“I’m Riven…”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rygFC0gXN
“Cory” He replied in between bites of the ripe pear. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qE9TXuKYm
It was sweet and juicy…almost like something he’d never had before, which was true.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuS4kXJJfD9
“How old are you?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs4IkspAuD
“13..”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi7AxaSZ3A
Riven blinked and pulled his knees to his chest, “what about you?” Cory inquired. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SbNZ3GSJ7
“10”
Moquegua, Peru. March, 1821.
Cory shoved Riven gently as they walked through the woods picking fruit from trees. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PnRHCe3ND
“I think I’m gonna leave Peru” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqtGNHKHhx
Riven gave him a look. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YaR00fhI6
“What? How?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NvYGaz25H
Cory kicked a rock gently and took a bite of a pear. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VuYCi9S0n
“There’s a train leaving tonight, I’m gonna get on through the baggage area” he said, Riven frowned.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3U2g20gt5
“You’re going to smuggle yourself out of Peru? Have fun with that.” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftlQxR0h48
Cory stopped in his tracks and grabbed Riven’s arm. The basket fell. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9pSAnKM1p
“Riv…I want you to go with me” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy3MPln7wU
Riven stared in shock before pulling from Cory’s grasp and picking up the fruits. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhcvGIRU3w
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBVnlXyNmY
Cory sighed.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVuhB4T9dg
“Then we can leave after it happens.”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiSE9nu2vd
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3Bs2Y5Gk4
It was silent for a few moments and Cory stared at the ground, guilty. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmBcQoBf1F
“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.” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUcj4qSMVa
Cory stared at him being taking a sharp breath and turning, Riven eyed him as Cory walked away disappearing amongst the bushes and trees. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZFloqIBuv
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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’.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtObIejDhhn
He looked around before spotting Riven “Cory” His eyes flickered with multiple emotions at once, fear, anger, anxiety.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5SOAmE9uo
“Don’t do this, please. Mama needs you and me by her side…” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMic8qe1Ly0
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0MZsoB39r
“No, she needs peace and quiet.” He snapped, the train whistled and Riven’s eyes widened. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx2iwOvzVN
“No, Cory please!” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGKQLdMbPr
“Hey! THEIF” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCJ61raFDr
“Either join me, or run.” Cory spat, Riven hesitated but shook his head with a small scoff and ran. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsriMwUYh5p
Cory shoved himself into the bag as the police men chased him, he was getting out of here. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBMcVQcLQg
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Manhattan, New York. August, 1824
“Cory! Look!” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUJC4z3gzN
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2i5OYsPDO
“This is more then yesterday!” She cheered, he raised an eyebrow. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUMfDdKqkS
“No way!” He chuckled, she grinned and kissed him gently over the counter. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93ws4jCWIw
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyth0Indd7D
She flipped the sign on the door and locked it, Cory smiled as she dragged him up the stairs towards their apartment. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PP9CihLer
“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.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JTmDSxGIj
When they entered the room, she spun “happy birthday!” She cheered, three people looked towards him with wide grins. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbxHGXDt4x
Cory broke into a smile. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hvcf5DSp6
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeARrFUZWjX
24 years… he’d been through so much through those years. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE8oN0QHZH
He cried and grieved, he stole, he lied, he moved, he made friends, he left friends, he fell in love…hard in love…342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkcJ0AWI1j
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrZnFpxIWn
“We all pitched in, we hope you like it” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55uSmdw1hs
He tore the paper and Gasped, inside a small rectangular box sat a broach on a sliver chain. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VCwF9ACSM
It was a small rose set into Amber with a silver lace patterned trim, his mother had something similar…342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn8bow0YKy
“Where did you get this?”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejMRuTpdv1
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUOo0b8iH7
He stared at her, his eyes fluttering in a daze before he smiled gently. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZKsetdn3A
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7Yk7bAUBP
“I love you so much” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fjgxMlWyx
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh007bYgPHi
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnOh0yp7cj
He was starting to think that the curse that had been placed on him was a miracle, he could do anything he wanted.342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlxQ1CitC5
Go anywhere he wanted, see what happens in the future. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTzXe8aylS
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California, America. October, 1980. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmTvpUyUh9
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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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vqQViX30g
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuIZm8lGOy
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoM4qkWBPeE
“Right, Cory the ever aspiring grandpa” he joked, Cory rolled his eyes. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksv28bAtKY
“Who you calling Grandpa, last I checked I was paying you” he teased, Tristan laughed and ruffled Cory’s hair. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqRHKwtftI
“Good point, I don’t plan on losing that pay anytime soon” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4f7fqbbEC
“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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgbIbWljlc
Tristan rolled his eyes. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNF9IRltvU
“I’m getting better” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7Fto9dPwv
“Say that to Greg, poor thing got his jaw busted cus’a’you” Dean groaned, Tristan sighed and Cory smirked. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeudWy0Gne0
“Now, now let’s not start any fights. We’re here to have fun, remember?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhbAVNUznT
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1soVSuGOV
Guitar strings were strummed, followed by the bass and drums. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwfXKs4Jas
Cory sang low and quiet as the first few notes were slow and thoughtful. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBsuhzK3La
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe5OvhGJQ4
“That was fucking amazing!” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhBiVgsV7h
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. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmfvezsjMh
He could never ask for a better life, he knew this was what everyone wanted…but he was starting to get tired of it. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUxvvuAxdG
He’d been around since 1802 for fucks sake…342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5zvnyAlxw
“hey” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0kcJWfLGJ
he glanced up, meeting a tall man’s eyes. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqbFjYiZ5s
“Remember me? Peru, 1821?” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIj9HfforO
Cory shivered and stood, “oh my god…Riv” 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OxpHA2Xzs
Riv smiled “been a while, wanna talk?” Cory grinned. 342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCaJdccyRO
“Why not.”342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWmvSEt2fr
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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