Dusk Curse by Riasha

Prologue

PROLOGUE: Night and Day

Two families existed in a place far from civilization, a long, long time ago. Two exact opposite families. Names had long since been lost, and now they were simply called the Sun and Moon families. They were bitter adversaries, arguing every point, every thought, and every opinion. The Moon family was rich and prosperous, but the Sun family was happy in their rags.

If the two families met, they were sure to cause problems. Mostly they stayed apart, their habits and tastes keeping them apart. And yet, two people felt themselves drawn to each other in the middle of this chaotic mess. The youngest daughter from the Sun Family, and the oldest son from the Moon family. She, being the aggressive one, slipped him a note asking him to meet her at dusk in a neutral place. Soon, that became their secret meeting place. But they did not know that they were being watched.

Raya and Nocte (Pronounced Ray-uh and Nock-tay, respectively) sat in the dusk of evening. They were sitting intimately close, clearly lovers or soon to be that. Raya's head leaned down against Nocte's shoulder, and his arm was wrapped securely around her waist. They turned to look at each other, Raya with a happy smile, Nocte with his usual passive expression, though his eyes held a tenderness that many had thought did not exist. They kissed passionately, hotly.

A rustling in the bushes went unnoticed by them, and then a figure jumped out, a maniacal grin on her face. They sprang apart, an instinct from meeting in secret.

"Raya! Filth! My own daughter is betraying her family." The woman raged. Raya's eyes showed true fear.

"No, mother..."

"You are laying with the beast! Are you not?" Raya could not answer; her mother did not wait very long for one. "Just as I thought! You betray your family, and in turn you shall pay!" The woman screeched.

"No, Please, mother, I love him. And he loves me." Her declaration hung in the air.

"Love? What do you know of love?" Her mother sputtered.

"I know it. It is an obsession, and deep, aching caring, and this magnetic attraction. It all adds to this wonderful, lasting feeling."

"You do not know of what you speak. Love is no such thing. Now come girl, you must be purified of this beast." Raya's mother sent a disgusted look at Nocte and then beckoned her, but she did not budge.

"I am no beast, woman. You, madam, are the beast, for trying to interfere with your daughter's happiness." Nocte said with even maliciousness. Raya's dam turned imperiously on him.

"Do you still betray your family? Will you not redeem yourself, Raya?" The woman said coldly, staring at Nocte despite the fact that her words were directed at her daughter.

"It is no betrayal. Loving is not betraying." She answered. The woman turned slowly to her daughter.

"Then suffer you shall. Light and darkness do not belong together. The sun and the moon shall always stay apart." The woman raised her hands to the dying light of the sky.

"Opposites cannot unite as long as this is true. As long as the moon and sun are opposite, there shall be born a woman and man to mirror them. A woman and man reincarnated from the very woman and man who betrayed their families. They shall be exact opposites, fire and ice, passive and aggressive, dark and light. During the time when light recedes from the sky and darkness takes it over, that moment when neither is prominent, they shall be of one mind. With a sealing kiss, they shall be destined to fall into bleak pain from the love they share. Only if they can overcome their differences can they ever be together and break the spell over their souls. Until then, they shall suffer."

A light engulfed the two lovers and they reached toward each other, but the light drew them apart. The light exploded and disappeared into the night. The two lovers were gone. A figure in the bushes watched with a sad look in his cold eyes.

Exactly one hundred years later, a woman and man were born descending from the long-lost Sun and Moon families. They never met, and their lives were filled with misery and stark loneliness. That is how they died. Another century passed. Another woman and man were born, one of the sun, and the other of the Moon. They met, and not fighting the attraction they felt for each other, kissed at dusk when the sky was neither dark nor light. Fights ensued, and they broke each other's hearts through misunderstanding. They died successful, unhappy and alone. And so it went. Another hundred years, and another. None of the reincarnated souls were successful.

Year 1982 rolled around. Another man and woman were born, one of the sun, one of the moon. This is the story of two tortured souls who must try and end a curse that shall otherwise last forever. If they do not, the souls of Raya and Nocte will continue going on, never happy, never resting.

Apart for eternity.

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