For time and time again, their souls are taken from their bodies only to be brought back, destined to find each other again and again, until one should no longer love the other
That is the story we tell our children. That is what we say happened.
But why?
They say their souls are bound by fate; never to be apart, never to love another. They say, their connection runs so deep that lifetime after lifetime, they are bound to find one another again. They say that some call that true love - a love so pure not even death can keep them apart.
But why?
Why them?
Why are they granted life again and again, why are they doomed to always be together but never truly touch?
They say it is a gift of fate, I say it is a curse.
They say it is a privilege, I say it is torture.
To be separated, lifetime after lifetime, to never be laid to rest, to always have to find the other again - and - should one no longer reciprocate feelings of the other - be doomed to eternity with a broken heart.
Well, they say it's because the stars pitied them.
Only, every gift from the stars is a double-edged sword.
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If you want to find the truth behind this story, you will have to look at the beginning of time - the beginning of their time.
Separated by walls even they could not surmount, two hearts that never should have met, melted together into one. And under the willow tree, hidden by its lengthy branches, the united heart uttered a promise before death could take them both;
"I will find you, always. It is you and I, forevermore."
Sometimes, a wish is so strong it reaches the stars. Sometimes, a wish is so strong it resonates within the hearts of every mighty being who may listen. And sometimes, a wish is so pure, not even the coldest of hearts can ignore it.
That is what happened that fateful night.
When torn apart, the tragic lovers ascended to the stars, and something changed.
The hands of fate struck its harmonious strings - rejecting their death, rejecting the separation - and gave them a second chance.
Symbols of love,
the eternal lovers are forever bound to walk the line between life and death, hand in hand.
For each time they die, within days of one another, two children are to be born, marking another start to their eternal story.
If there is any other way to describe their fate, it is that of a phoenix, the symbol of immortality.
If you wish to know the secrets that lay here, uncover the truth of their fate, then touch the stars.
But proceed with caution - for you might get burned.
