THE BOY WHO HAD NO FATE

Over 10,000 yrs till now, my whole life, i've found that, from the date this universe was created, everything in this world, that was destined to happen will happen regardless of whatever a human wishes. In a sentence no one can overrule the fate. Everything is already decided and planned, no human act could defy the act of fate, not god himself.

This was something i believed until i met him, the one and only person, a human, whose fate wasn't decided. He was not fated to be anything. He was'nt fated to be alive. He was a human who had no existence in this universe. He had no defined line of life, as if he was never born and would never die.

I am HECATE, the Ruler of the Crossroads, the Protector of the Entryways to the World of Dead, the Goddess of Magic, Necromancy and Sorcery, i protect humans from Witchcraft. I am the MOON. I am the GREATEST WITCH of THESALLY, who is ever known to exist.

I have never encountered someone who could be born with the same fate as me. also i am not human, and he was. So he could NEVER exist the same way i did, i.e.without a fate.

 HECATE

It was the night of the NEW YEAR'S eve, i went to a bar named 'TENAX' in FLORENCE, ITALY, my regular since 1980s. I've always felt my life energy getting depleted over the years as i no longer could consume human energy directly from their bodies anymore like the old times, so i had to consume thier energy indirectly from air which they release through expression of strong emotions, the stronger the emotion the better and long lasting is the energy, whether it is a good emotion or a bad one. And on a new year's eve, a bar where hundreds of humans came to celebrate the night toghter, secrete a whole lot of happy energy, and i could have my full to maintain my life force. Although food could suffice my hunger like most of the humans but it's just a formality, i don't need food or water to survive.

I had a rather elegant and sleek but plain navy blue silk one piece on. I didn't wanted to atrraction much attention, which was already tough due to beauty granted to me by the virtue of being a goddess. i wanted a rest from my duties today, i have been saving asses of these troublesome humans for a 9,900 years now, today i wanted nothing more than a day to be free from their problems, and enjoy my sweet time time with my wine. No matter how much i drink i could never get drunk, even on days like today, when i so desperately wanted to.

The club was filled with humans dancing to the loud beats blaring from the DJ counter, most of them were totally wasted and stumbling around on the beats, it was the best way to replenish my storage of life energy. After 3 hours, i could feel colour in my cheeks back as i had consumed enough life enrgy for two month's worth. I stood up from the counter, grabbing my cluth between my fingers and moved towards the exit door, still full of drunk crowd. The floor was slippery due to all the drinks spilled and the sweat of the enthusiastic dancers. As i stepped off the counter stairs, someone pushed over my back, leaving me off balance and due to my high heels i stubled on the stairs and i could sense my head moving staright towards the door, when two strong and firm fingers grabbed my belly and steadied me taking me into a tight embrace. i was startled by both the almost hitting my face to the floor and on being so close to a human that i could almost smell his emotions and the urge i felt to consume his energy. His hands covered my waist, i could feel the warmth of his hands through the fabric and i could feel his energy getting into my system directly, i have not consumed so much life essence in almost 200 years. it almost felt like when a druggee gets a whiff of morphine when he had quit it for almost a year and the drug goes straight to their head, increasing the hunger to another levels. Similarly i could feel myself getting out of control, a second more and i could do something that would waste my 1900 years of efforts and self control in vain.

While i was fighting my instincts, a deep voice vibrated through his body to me, "Are you okay?", i abruptly stopped my train of thoughts and jerked off him, now that there was distance between us, i got a proper view of him.

In front of me was a sturdy handsome man rather a boy, in a black suit, smartly styled hairs shinning in the bar lights, his face was beautiful, his smile a boyish grin, my eyes lingered on his full lips, slidding above towards his eyes, his hazel brown eyes were searching my gaze, as my emarald one's met his. i could not see his fate through the depths of his eyes, there was nothing, not even his name or date of birth, i could see a human's fate as soon as i meet their eyes, which was neccessary for my feild of work as i was supposed to not interfere i any human's fate while doing what i was supposed to. The thought of being clueless left me flustered and i flushed, embarrasment coursng through me. I somehow managed to form a proper sentence, "I am alright, thank you".

i scanned his uniform, he must work here at the TENAX, his name badge read 'ENZO'.

He smiled a kind smile towards me. I could'nt bear the curiosity and croacked, "Are you new here? I have been a regular here since a long time , i've never seen you?" Although I never took interest into remembering a human before, because i never felt the need to. But him, he was different.

He raised his eyebrows with perplexed grin and answered in a deep refined voice.