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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECQopdxom5
“Hey”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInm2by0o5A
He glanced up meeting eyes with a taller man in a suit, hands his in his pockets. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55hMBNXSci
“Remember me? Peru, 1821…”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLeT2iAAOB
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnw5MXZYbG
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvP8NgoKF6
“Cory, are you stealing again?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNowFZ1Qak
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXIbDlEM2R
“Sorry mama…” he apologized, she sighed and ruffled his dark hair. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NWkcgs2pI
“I’ve some news” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmS319Vhpq
He sat down and pulled off his boots, dumping water onto the stone roof below. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLk7sMQhaR
“We’re moving” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIrltKSEbJ
He froze and looked up at his mother who clipped up a small quilt. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlWOISP9jy
“Your father found a job in Peru…it’ll help us” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgX8wTQu6m
She looked to Cory who stared, baffled. “Why…”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6DLfOtvNW
She smiled gently, the slight sight of her canines just barely there.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS8B9qgh0c
It was shocking how she still looked the same after so many years, and especially after giving birth to Cory. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOle54xm4C
Cory was basically a freak accident, or a miracle as his mother thought it. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz5j1311lK
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjL5r5ioKTE
Upon her having the ability to give birth, that child would have to live through many, many decades alone and immortal. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzjqrITGco
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Cory closed his eyes to take a deep breath, His mother pulled him into a hug. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmInmoXy3Mp
“I love you, Cory”
“Well…it’s not much- but it’ll do” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDdTMwDk0O
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUikeffPVr
“Where’s dad?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJySyGmKnPC
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWC9wyeG0Z
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpMqf1u4Cj
“Do not yell at me young man. We moved so we could get better.” She snapped. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK78LPlYolF
“This…this is worse.” He sobbed and slammed open the rickety wooden door as he ran out the house. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdj9NtPa2V
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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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPxOHrBb0J
He wasn’t scared, he lost the ability to feel terror when he lived in London, always on the run, hiding from bad men. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDZy7OvZ9c
A small boy emerged from a bush a basket of fruit in hand, his eyes scanned the darkness before meeting Cory’s, something flickered. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvYcQQl87a
“Are you alright?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OxcafFoLW
Cory frowned and nodded, the boy shared a similar frown…but one made of pity.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEJU16Pyjn
“Here” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gFBysYMUq
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnkGZn29PT
“Thank you” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U40ypKSmo
the boy nodded and gestured to the spot next to him, Cory nodded and the boy sat down. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8ra2t6fwB
“I’m Riven…”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7o07HfeF2
“Cory” He replied in between bites of the ripe pear. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4T1uTxl1s4
It was sweet and juicy…almost like something he’d never had before, which was true.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzamwQKo16w
“How old are you?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YLQ2digv3
“13..”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnugidcY0D
Riven blinked and pulled his knees to his chest, “what about you?” Cory inquired. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dABNjKcUC
“10”
Moquegua, Peru. March, 1821.
Cory shoved Riven gently as they walked through the woods picking fruit from trees. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR1IkjFLhX
“I think I’m gonna leave Peru” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdR7y3fNZk
Riven gave him a look. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL4pT6mcz0
“What? How?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKctwHViqbf
Cory kicked a rock gently and took a bite of a pear. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvOXuCr919
“There’s a train leaving tonight, I’m gonna get on through the baggage area” he said, Riven frowned.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsBJNbB3Po
“You’re going to smuggle yourself out of Peru? Have fun with that.” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwfXg3KlYK
Cory stopped in his tracks and grabbed Riven’s arm. The basket fell. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1O0O7GtMSE
“Riv…I want you to go with me” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAf7GIZZdV
Riven stared in shock before pulling from Cory’s grasp and picking up the fruits. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiR85PBStD
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LilBJk4GN
Cory sighed.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGVy0SIxJc
“Then we can leave after it happens.”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovTJ1veSeN
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVLB8Ccbml
It was silent for a few moments and Cory stared at the ground, guilty. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AFOnXSi2I
“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.” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREWk7EYLuO
Cory stared at him being taking a sharp breath and turning, Riven eyed him as Cory walked away disappearing amongst the bushes and trees. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tYOC9ReA5
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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’.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yYuNQTzYv
He looked around before spotting Riven “Cory” His eyes flickered with multiple emotions at once, fear, anger, anxiety.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrYWbwugW7
“Don’t do this, please. Mama needs you and me by her side…” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoB342JuNq
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0CMO0VXTQ
“No, she needs peace and quiet.” He snapped, the train whistled and Riven’s eyes widened. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2oT6Y4vB1
“No, Cory please!” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQNVrbGvg5
“Hey! THEIF” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPUJmxTYG0
“Either join me, or run.” Cory spat, Riven hesitated but shook his head with a small scoff and ran. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEpI7txBLa
Cory shoved himself into the bag as the police men chased him, he was getting out of here. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZSbpvo5Sw
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Manhattan, New York. August, 1824
“Cory! Look!” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiZsYJp4CL
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS302xBZdZ
“This is more then yesterday!” She cheered, he raised an eyebrow. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhr1GrJ5bTU
“No way!” He chuckled, she grinned and kissed him gently over the counter. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE74bydA7j0
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1X7wx7gUXQ
She flipped the sign on the door and locked it, Cory smiled as she dragged him up the stairs towards their apartment. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyl007UJnM
“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.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSrsbZMviH
When they entered the room, she spun “happy birthday!” She cheered, three people looked towards him with wide grins. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjj4N2mNjd
Cory broke into a smile. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki37ja9aYy
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qAscyHa9a
24 years… he’d been through so much through those years. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSbuewwPOv
He cried and grieved, he stole, he lied, he moved, he made friends, he left friends, he fell in love…hard in love…176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qo2DpHrSi
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18ahjU7POR
“We all pitched in, we hope you like it” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wQpjCM2a1
He tore the paper and Gasped, inside a small rectangular box sat a broach on a sliver chain. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DIpyLlviT
It was a small rose set into Amber with a silver lace patterned trim, his mother had something similar…176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvL8GLiCDz
“Where did you get this?”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6q6tbh9uSY
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkNoOaVShO
He stared at her, his eyes fluttering in a daze before he smiled gently. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzSzJlSN6X
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8O7EKgrMY
“I love you so much” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dzVIZJsdq
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvLSgJ7npA
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIdMgLThWU
He was starting to think that the curse that had been placed on him was a miracle, he could do anything he wanted.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgceFI3ixJe
Go anywhere he wanted, see what happens in the future. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ClYOmOUnr
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California, America. October, 1980. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpbYbxkhqH
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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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW6EUHmAyX
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesoVJNerOV
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYRohfhAem
“Right, Cory the ever aspiring grandpa” he joked, Cory rolled his eyes. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcR5aHOKoHP
“Who you calling Grandpa, last I checked I was paying you” he teased, Tristan laughed and ruffled Cory’s hair. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsgPHx1n0C
“Good point, I don’t plan on losing that pay anytime soon” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgnGcTbiey
“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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUn8ssV59s
Tristan rolled his eyes. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJRuBT9L9M
“I’m getting better” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiVYYlav1b
“Say that to Greg, poor thing got his jaw busted cus’a’you” Dean groaned, Tristan sighed and Cory smirked. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS06wAqwnjL
“Now, now let’s not start any fights. We’re here to have fun, remember?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvxhbiaqgk
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMYXtgeFCw
Guitar strings were strummed, followed by the bass and drums. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyHcS1ugNx
Cory sang low and quiet as the first few notes were slow and thoughtful. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMX2cVnGC0
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ883guZd4k7
“That was fucking amazing!” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ139NPvpRc6
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. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6QDh1EU2x
He could never ask for a better life, he knew this was what everyone wanted…but he was starting to get tired of it. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA2zwem3TW
He’d been around since 1802 for fucks sake…176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1cy7KxA4Y
“hey” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbTQ57f4ND
he glanced up, meeting a tall man’s eyes. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcmZJwuGDG
“Remember me? Peru, 1821?” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGIuGysRUB
Cory shivered and stood, “oh my god…Riv” 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYF65elBdH
Riv smiled “been a while, wanna talk?” Cory grinned. 176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TeL65hPeC
“Why not.”176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNLfRhZRTY
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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