| Prologue Christian�s point of view: The world is no longer my friend. The death of Satine came unexpected to me and I have nothing left in the world now. Everything has been taken. My silly infatuation with love has disintegrated. I should have known it would have ended as quickly as it had started. After all, all the great love stories of the world have ended tragically� why didn�t I see it sooner? Cleopatra and Antony, Romeo and Juliet� no good became of them except death. However, something they both have in common is that they both chose suicide� so that is the way I shall choose to go as well. Goodbye ugly world, I thank you for what little treasures you gave me but I cannot forgive you from stealing my gold. Placing the bottle of Absinthe to my lips one last time I swallowed the stinging fluid and placed the burning pistol to my temple. This was it my worries ended here and now, nothing can stop me. �G-Good-Goodbye�� I stuttered with a sob. However the next thing I remember is hearing a loud BANG! And looking at myself� Yes myself� dead, on the ground. Blood oozing from my temple� why hadn�t I gone� what were the heavens torturing me for? I wanted to leave� �TAKE ME DAMNIT!� I screamed as Toulouse rushed in and stared at my body and called the others in. I watched all the tears fall from their eyes and I counted every one of them. What lay before me now� all I can think of is eternal misery� �Goodbye�� I repeated as I watched the world slip away again, however I am only to wake up and find myself still where I lay and only rising to a new day� |