The land of the deceased

Chapter 1
Kendra landed, her face becoming covered in mud. "Ahh, another one eh?" A small white and grey rat trotted toward her. "Wh- A rat is talking to me, ive gone crazy" kendra muttered turning to face him and staring at the dapper rat in surprise. "Oh no you've gone north dear" he smiled, "I'm zephyr, at your service." She stood wiping mud off her shirt and face. "Can someone explain why I'm talking to a /rat/ and where I am?!".Zephyr laughed, "your in the after life, " he said happily, " I am here to show you around!"."How did I die?" Kendra asked quietly, following the rat as they walked through a thick forest."Ah, quiet a bad house fire" he sighed and scurried around a bush that blocked the path."Oh...then where are my burns?" She stopped and looked at her arms and only saw small ruby looking gems embedded in where her burns should have been."Oh yes, uh, well, when you die, the afterlife changes your pain into beauty, that's why my eye is a flower, "."Oh, thats odd....wait- what do you mean 'the afterlife', you said it as if the land had its own mind, surely there's some God or something controlling it, right?"."No no, the land does have its own mind, its what humans believe happening that leads you to doubt it.".
 Chapter 2 
 They continued to walk in silence, Kendra's hands folded into her pockets and zephyr leading the way. "Now that I have better memory of, my death, uhm, where was everyone else? Surely at least another person died?". Zephyr spun around to look at her, a smile playing across his mouth. "Well, the afterlife puts you somewhere that alines with yoru personality, ". 
   "The heck does that mean?" She stopped, staring at the little rat in confusion.
    "Well, your more- futuristic, you want more accepting times, so this is your village, full of other, like minded people."
    "Oh,then where did my friends go? "
     "Well, depending on their guide they might already be there or they might be somewhere else." Zephry said flatly, as they came across a small town, some shops lined up on one side and a few apartment buildings parallel to them. Kendra could see a tall purple haired person with tan skin standing next to a ginger cat in the middle of the square.
      Kendra took a second to realize who it was before running toward them, throwing her arms around them happily. 
      "Hey kendy! Though you survived" they grinned, kissing her forehead. 
     "Gosh sai, me too-" she pulled away still smiling and turned to zephyr and the cat who were chatting happily to eachother.
"Lucky, you got a cat, zephyr nonstop talked most of the way". Sai giggled, grasping Kendra's hand with their own. "Well, Cyprus told me there is a house waiting for us down that way, that was basically it." They pointed toward a small blue building with vines growing over it.
chapter 3 
(2 weeks later) 
Kendra scratched at her rubies, the once beautiful accessories were now the bane of her existence. "Don't scratch at them love" sai said lightly, hurrying off to get some ointmentand bandages for it. Zephyr had said it took a while for them to heal, but then again maybe he was lying, he seemed quiet now, distant. Sai returned ointment and bandages in hand. They sat taking kendras arm and carefully squirting a bit of the ointment onto the bandages before rolling them around kendras arms. "You know, it hasn't rained since the second day here, after I had complained about it" sai shrugged finishing up Kendra's arm. "Weird". 
//////////////Yea uh, had this idea for an afterlife story so ye, I'm not saying that your wrong or that your not believing in the right afterlife, I just wanted to make up a world of dead people. Also, does this need a trigger warning since it talks about death and fire and stuff? 
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Merry X-mas! Or whatever holiday you celebrate:>
This is a shameless filler and has nothing to do with the plot just felt like writing this
Kendra smiled, pouring a hot cup of chocolaty goodness into a mint green mug, and a second into a light blue one. She carefully carried each to the couch, handing one to her parter with a grin. "Thanks kendy" kai smiled happily, taking a small sip of the coco. Kendra flicked the TV on, searching the Channels for a good Christmas movie. "What about home alone" kai suggested, a grin creeping out of their lips. "No, we've watched that to much!" Kendra argued making a fake pout as she faced Kai, " I wanna watch the grinch."
 Kai smirked, "if you say so princess "
   
"Stop calling me that "
    
"Fine fine my lady"    
 "I swear to God kai"     
 "sorry my queen"
       
"Why do you do this kai"  
 "I dunno my duchess " 
 Kendra frowned, turning to kai with a stern look, though it was hard to stay mad at them long.
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Hope you liked it! Ik it was short but I think it was funny ^^
Anyway, stay safe <3>3 
Category:Literature