1 Prologue

As I stood with my feet in the sand, I could feel the weight of the world upon me. And as I looked across the waves and felt wisps of the curling water coming towards me, I knew what I wanted more. But as I closed my eyes, I wondered. What would I do in the end?

Would I choose the one I love or the destruction of this world?

I move forward. As my feet move, I can feel the sand in between my toes. It's cold. My eyes twitch as I feel the wind. I said, "I'm moving- I'm not turning back."

Suddenly, I hear a voice behind me.

For a moment, I froze. It sounded familiar, but I wasn't sure. A faint voice, melodic, calling my name. "Dyan", "Don't go".

I didn't want to turn around. I thought in the end it may have been my love, but he died a long time ago.

I just wanted to forget everything. To start again.

I was sick of this cruel world, I hated it.

"I clenched my hands over my eyes."

I no longer wanted to exist in this reality.

I no longer wanted to listen to this voice that plagued me.

I had never loved anyone and yet the only person I loved in this world was gone. I killed millions upon millions of people in revenge, to comfort myself. And yet I never felt satisfied.

People always looked at me as the villain and yet all I just happened to be born with was ultimate power.

The power to bend the mind and to enslave nature.

People called my power unnatural, evil.

But I never cared. It was only when people tried to kill me that I realised that no one could ever love me. Time and time again, betrayed for an eternity.

And so, I happily accepted being the villain in this twisted story. I was sick of pandering to others, trying to be someone that nobody could ever accept.

In a way this was my liberation. I was going to destroy the world and I wasn't going to hold back anymore… everyone would suffer the consequences.

Unfortunately, Dyan had no idea that his lover was still alive, and yet it was already too late for things to go back to the way they were.