Bee
It was fine under the tree . And if I had needed to, i could rest easily enough . I lay on the soft grass and looked at the stars , thinking . What I was thinking about was hard to describe . I was asking myself if I had been a good person or if I had bad when I had been alive .
It sounded simple enough to ask but if I said I had been good and I found out I had been bad , what then ? Or if I had good but I started being bad when I reached ...there . I still called the town that's behind the trees as ' there' . I didn't know it's name , I didn't know where I was . Or who I had been . And also ... who was I ?
That's one question I wish I could answer . Who I was before now , is really important , but people can change .
Can't they ?
I could have been a bad person , but now I could be good . Is that my unfinished business ? I thought .
Did I want to come back to live as a saint ? It didn't feel right though. The idea .
I had tried to remember what it was I was meant to do , but I still couldn't remember anything . Who I had been , who I am , and where I am .
Nothing .
I remembered when I had been in the ... grave . It unnerved me to think about it but I still thought about it . It was the few memories I had .
I remember when I had been in the ground that all I had wanted was to be here . Wherever here is . I hadn't thought about anything else . I just wanted to be here .
So I guess I was wrong . There was one question I could answer .
I didn't know who I had been , who I was going to be . But I knew where I was .
I was out ...there .
I was alive . but not alive .
And ... until I knew differently .
I was Bee .
" Caww ! " a shriek snapped me out of my thoughts . I looked up at the tree , where a small dark shadow was hopping up and down .
I got up to get a better look . What was it ? I wondered .
" Caww ! Caw ! " It repeated and I tilted my head to get a closer look .
The creature had a long black beak , black feathers and a eye on the side of its head looking down at me . It was a crow .
" Hello ... Crow ." I said in my raspy voice . I didn't think my voice would ever be as smooth as Olibia's .
" No ... Don't go ! " I said to the crow as it flew away . It had been nice to have it there . I thought it would have kept me company .
I sat down wearily even though I wasn't tired . I didn't even need to sit down or rest .
Apparently.
I just felt like waiting here , in this meadow . It was nice .
I looked up at the stars and smiled . They were beautiful . I liked them , I liked beautiful things . Which was something new I had learnt about myself .
Or maybe two new things , I thought as I saw the crow flying with another crow next to it .
Watching the two birds I realised something about myself again .
I didn't like being alone .
[ AUTHORS NOTE
For the record , it goes without saying but Bee is not going to meet Yuree for awhile . I didn't think rushing their meeting was a good idea .There is still some character development to be had , so readers . You might want to keep reading . There's more here than meets the eye . ]