I love you, we have all dreamed or imagined at some time a person addressing us with these words, with honesty, with purity and joy, in my life I have only dreamed and imagined what could be, this very thing has kept me sane.
"I have no value, I am not better than anyone, I only serve, I only protect people who have a destiny, important people, I am not important, I only guide, I only nourish but not eat, if they ask me to live forever, I must be immortal, if they ask me to die I must not hesitate, I will be the sword the shield and the bow, in terms of combat I have no rival and not any rider can take me, who is worthy of such a steed ride, my loyalty to the gates of hell will take you."
And with this pretentious oath I gave up my freedom, I did not doubt for a moment if I was making a mistake, since I was born I knew my role, I did not surrender to my destiny, I embraced it and decided to follow the path of a Watcher. I was only 15 years old when I took the oath of the Watcher, many would say that such a young soul is not capable of making such an important decision at such a young age, inexperienced young people following the ideals of their parents; it was not my case, my parents were born with the abilities of the Watchers, blessed by the blood of their ancestors, but nevertheless they did not approve my decision, they did not want to lose their son, I did not blame them and 4 years later I do not blame them; I will never do it again.
In a world terrorized by demons, few lineages are blessed with the blood of the Watcher. From generation to generation, supernatural powers have been passed down to human beings in order to fight the forces of evil, to protect, to survive. Some consider this inherited power a curse, others a duty, others a blessing and in the worst case a right.
It was on November 14th, year 245 of the awakening that the organization assigned me my first professional job, 4 years since my oath, 4 years polishing my skills and learning everything possible in this period of time to fulfill my duty. I was assigned my protégé, her name was Kaya, at the time in my head full of ideals, full of pride there was no idea of what awaited me, there was no idea that an oath made 4 years ago was going to be completely ignored by this person and my dream was going to come true, even if I was not important.
"My name is Neville, among demons and Watchers I will have no match. There will be no better protection than my shield nor attack than my sword."
It was the day of the presentation, I had just arrived to a small city called Korala, I was just 19 years old and I had to be independent already , my goal was to locate the person I had to protect and integrate myself into their environment, this first step should be simple, Kaja was a young lady from a wealthy family and attended a good university, Most of the population has no knowledge of our organization but the World Government does, it creates the arrangements for the Watchers to go unnoticed in the places where they are needed, in my case this place would be the Korala Private University.
In this job I was assigned to be the personal Watcher of the young Kaya, apparently her family is a descendant and they contacted the organization, it is rare to see a Watcher being assigned to a single person and even more knowing that the person to be protected is blessed with supernatural powers, as a pawn in this job I had no right to ask many more details, why should I protect this girl? Questions that crossed my mind but I did not dare to ask because it was not my right, if my duty was to watch over her safety that was what I was going to do.
I was ready to leave my apartment, which was also financed by the organization, I carried my protection tools and some notebooks, after all it was part of my obligation to get good grades and not to fail a single course, this way I would avoid problems and suspicions.
As I left the apartment which was located 10 minutes walk from the university I noticed how deserted the place was, it was just 6:30 am that was true, for that reason I did not give it too much importance and I started to walk. I was wearing my dark blue suit and a white shirt underneath, my black and badly combed hair fell on my face, while my gaze was directed to the ground watching my steps, my head began to think about the young Kaja, after 4 years of training, this would be the first time in which I was going to relate with a person of my age; what if I was not to her liking, what if I failed in my first job, what would become of me, would I be alone, would I be strong enough? So many questions with no one but time to give me an answer.
As I walked around wrapped in thoughts my ears began to notice student voices, I knew I was still 3 minutes away from even reaching the entrance, thanks to the Watcher's second blessing our ears were blessed with the ability to hear much more than a normal person.
"your ears shall be your guide, both for cries for help, and for the roar of a demon."
I decided to suppress the insignificant conversations in my mind, after all I didn't notice anything important and I hadn't felt the presence of any demon that morning, I kept walking and meditating.
Finally I arrived at my destination, the entrance of the university was beautiful without a doubt, along a path of yellow-leafed trees there was a white marble arch, under this the stone path that led to the main building, when I arrived to this place my heart felt calm, "everything is going to be fine" I said in my mind, "stop thinking about stupid things and possibilities", I was prepared, I promised myself that I was not going to fail.
Naive of me, just at that moment, at the moment when my confidence allowed me to be positive my heart fluttered, "a demonic presence", I felt in my heart, as if a needle was piercing it from side to side, it was without a doubt an evil presence just behind me, it was not possible I thought, I should have felt it long before it was so close.
I put my right hand on my chest and clutched tightly, as if my heart would burst out, such a strong presence, was I..... feeling... fear?
Without believing it and while holding my chest with my right hand I began to turn around, I felt the presence so close that the option of running crossed my mind, a Watcher running, a cowardly Watcher, such a thought embarrassed me at the time, it was at that moment that I remembered one of the first teachings;
"A brave being is not immune to fear, a brave being goes forward despite feeling it."
I opened my eyes wide and spun around quickly, ready to face the terrible evil at my back, ready to fulfill my oath....
What my eyes saw at that moment will always fall short in words, such was my surprise that my fear disappeared, being replaced by surprise, it was just as it had been described to me, there she was standing in front of me a young woman of unparalleled beauty, with a beautiful pink dress and a flower in her long silver hair, She was there right in front of me with her eyes as black as night with a worried face looking into my soul, that woman fulfilled the exact description of the young Kaya, but this was not possible, I was sure that what I felt in my heart was a demonic presence, after four years I would never mistake a demon for a descendant.
Still full of doubts I moved my hand away from my chest, I felt as if time had stopped, as if there were no other people in that entrance besides the two of us, I stared at her, without realizing that maybe more than two minutes had already passed without even saying a single word, for my part my instincts made me be on guard, ready to attack if necessary. Suddenly a voice shattered the silence.
-S...Excuse me, are you ok? You look dizzy.
What a sweet voice, I thought, it couldn't possibly be a demon, could it?
-Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking..." I didn't finish the sentence.
Was this demon trying to trick me by pretending to be young Kaya, demons are capable of shapeshifting, but how could this demon possibly know about me, about young Kaya? My mind was playing tricks on me as it did a few minutes ago that same morning.
-I see, I'm glad it's nothing serious," said the being, still with worried eyes, "It looked like your heart was hurting.
-Don't worry, miss, I just had to catch my breath, thank you," I said to relax the situation.
As I finished the sentence I was trying to sharpen my senses to try to identify the source of the presence. Everything still pointed to it coming from what appeared to be young Kaya.
-By the way," said the young woman, "are you young Neville?
A totally unexpected question, so much so that my brain responded automatically.
-Yes, nice to meet you, have we met before?
-Oh, no," said the young woman, shaking her head, "my parents told me about the situation, they showed me a picture of you so I could find you as soon as possible, I'm sure you already know it, but my name is Kaya Oboros.