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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVoPwLxRVo
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He glanced up meeting eyes with a taller man in a suit, hands his in his pockets. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvP0SWDgRN7
“Remember me? Peru, 1821…”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFEX9wVr73
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYb2i2FN84
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7SablfQh6
“Cory, are you stealing again?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmUKVEvA5A
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0xG9N47GS
“Sorry mama…” he apologized, she sighed and ruffled his dark hair. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXoCYPE2OE
“I’ve some news” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrIv0xVoqi
He sat down and pulled off his boots, dumping water onto the stone roof below. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx12amCr8kp
“We’re moving” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxnk68xj0e
He froze and looked up at his mother who clipped up a small quilt. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P5gKhie3r
“Your father found a job in Peru…it’ll help us” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NVXZrKU0Z
She looked to Cory who stared, baffled. “Why…”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7msA46L28B
She smiled gently, the slight sight of her canines just barely there.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPApsOdrxDA
It was shocking how she still looked the same after so many years, and especially after giving birth to Cory. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabHSb4ihci
Cory was basically a freak accident, or a miracle as his mother thought it. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVL5BdI1b9
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf3ewt7w91
Upon her having the ability to give birth, that child would have to live through many, many decades alone and immortal. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHHAva2xgo
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Cory closed his eyes to take a deep breath, His mother pulled him into a hug. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9zf4KTrHi
“I love you, Cory”
“Well…it’s not much- but it’ll do” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ92MZcbOx2
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHW5Ka3KY0l
“Where’s dad?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wo32XuEMd
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIBNmNtiMN
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IbIXhODJF
“Do not yell at me young man. We moved so we could get better.” She snapped. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL0x8BlfQ3
“This…this is worse.” He sobbed and slammed open the rickety wooden door as he ran out the house. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Evld3f7F8
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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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJGpGvldpX
He wasn’t scared, he lost the ability to feel terror when he lived in London, always on the run, hiding from bad men. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9grqCXUn0S
A small boy emerged from a bush a basket of fruit in hand, his eyes scanned the darkness before meeting Cory’s, something flickered. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DatrKi09W
“Are you alright?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJY6YIu5De
Cory frowned and nodded, the boy shared a similar frown…but one made of pity.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtkfS8riN4
“Here” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZL7xfZxQB
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iYdhE1y1m
“Thank you” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJk8Lm1wCqI
the boy nodded and gestured to the spot next to him, Cory nodded and the boy sat down. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyLsBDdh6e
“I’m Riven…”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOo0jNcNs1
“Cory” He replied in between bites of the ripe pear. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSCaV2sv4E
It was sweet and juicy…almost like something he’d never had before, which was true.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAqeyPPnEo
“How old are you?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXe4lt2s9f
“13..”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUZ32oeman
Riven blinked and pulled his knees to his chest, “what about you?” Cory inquired. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk76ftODXX
“10”
Moquegua, Peru. March, 1821.
Cory shoved Riven gently as they walked through the woods picking fruit from trees. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhv1lwJyVq
“I think I’m gonna leave Peru” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr24kpulMW
Riven gave him a look. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJN8hgq04i
“What? How?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZhUcHDw2f
Cory kicked a rock gently and took a bite of a pear. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6Vrm9565K
“There’s a train leaving tonight, I’m gonna get on through the baggage area” he said, Riven frowned.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiu0kXKRmk
“You’re going to smuggle yourself out of Peru? Have fun with that.” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo62WqvWiO
Cory stopped in his tracks and grabbed Riven’s arm. The basket fell. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWsaH7jMnh
“Riv…I want you to go with me” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCTfHJ23EG
Riven stared in shock before pulling from Cory’s grasp and picking up the fruits. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUQqkmQBse
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmHP0bWu81
Cory sighed.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97OwWmtxCg
“Then we can leave after it happens.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQSibqywHL
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXCv4cAj2Q
It was silent for a few moments and Cory stared at the ground, guilty. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjdrhXrqnT
“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.” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnpTjsxLWC
Cory stared at him being taking a sharp breath and turning, Riven eyed him as Cory walked away disappearing amongst the bushes and trees. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQwbQfz4ew
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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’.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICcC8Hn39G
He looked around before spotting Riven “Cory” His eyes flickered with multiple emotions at once, fear, anger, anxiety.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4ydBGmnMb
“Don’t do this, please. Mama needs you and me by her side…” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquqy04ADlw
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbNwWSu17C
“No, she needs peace and quiet.” He snapped, the train whistled and Riven’s eyes widened. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLBLduJcwI
“No, Cory please!” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLzG0gjQen
“Hey! THEIF” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcJReLPCNN
“Either join me, or run.” Cory spat, Riven hesitated but shook his head with a small scoff and ran. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCDwpFXN3c
Cory shoved himself into the bag as the police men chased him, he was getting out of here. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HKFkGZZ9H
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Manhattan, New York. August, 1824
“Cory! Look!” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKyjXCyTWl
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSAhO8pSW8
“This is more then yesterday!” She cheered, he raised an eyebrow. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jEwdXdgHN
“No way!” He chuckled, she grinned and kissed him gently over the counter. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFidnRcmr8B
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe2iBoxRs1
She flipped the sign on the door and locked it, Cory smiled as she dragged him up the stairs towards their apartment. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrw7mJfChX
“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.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDrRzDRuKn
When they entered the room, she spun “happy birthday!” She cheered, three people looked towards him with wide grins. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovGwjrrWL5
Cory broke into a smile. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WoYQVbBCe
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqAWdmhKoW
24 years… he’d been through so much through those years. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveUZjnGLiv
He cried and grieved, he stole, he lied, he moved, he made friends, he left friends, he fell in love…hard in love…372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0W7NTupW8
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTmyUs3juE
“We all pitched in, we hope you like it” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvDWbqf7ds
He tore the paper and Gasped, inside a small rectangular box sat a broach on a sliver chain. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dQXKAaW1p
It was a small rose set into Amber with a silver lace patterned trim, his mother had something similar…372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVe1qFLosgm
“Where did you get this?”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU7hDwEmzD
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcVfQKbiGW
He stared at her, his eyes fluttering in a daze before he smiled gently. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtjDZT2bcI
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3I32a1avsP
“I love you so much” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc3NArCWCt
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkZLdc4nNs
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYmoZbXI7S
He was starting to think that the curse that had been placed on him was a miracle, he could do anything he wanted.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckX6dpoPgu
Go anywhere he wanted, see what happens in the future. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzMh3uUkFT
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California, America. October, 1980. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOl21J4WvA9
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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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq14qqUdOT
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrnOgx8VBt
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfVr7rHLQY
“Right, Cory the ever aspiring grandpa” he joked, Cory rolled his eyes. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HjW8eSzXn
“Who you calling Grandpa, last I checked I was paying you” he teased, Tristan laughed and ruffled Cory’s hair. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2vVAQs5EK
“Good point, I don’t plan on losing that pay anytime soon” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd5s35Mx3n
“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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaZ8jp1EX6
Tristan rolled his eyes. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPucl42NzfG
“I’m getting better” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYwuOMnl15
“Say that to Greg, poor thing got his jaw busted cus’a’you” Dean groaned, Tristan sighed and Cory smirked. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubwFmmGPjc
“Now, now let’s not start any fights. We’re here to have fun, remember?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHwxuSHgGy
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK9xJJFKZc
Guitar strings were strummed, followed by the bass and drums. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpyFqKO1pZ
Cory sang low and quiet as the first few notes were slow and thoughtful. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kFCU5aV7f
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBhoUNYfYG
“That was fucking amazing!” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAKWidg1Tt
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. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq14Sj6j9YT
He could never ask for a better life, he knew this was what everyone wanted…but he was starting to get tired of it. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxkdPdQKHR
He’d been around since 1802 for fucks sake…372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN7AHSyTWk
“hey” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBBcFaxxsN
he glanced up, meeting a tall man’s eyes. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxx884wJRx
“Remember me? Peru, 1821?” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86RjZqL2cn
Cory shivered and stood, “oh my god…Riv” 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU41UDjjEgQ
Riv smiled “been a while, wanna talk?” Cory grinned. 372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML0SLbIXa6
“Why not.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYooL9aLtF
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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