Afterwards: Ventus

Following the events of A Life Divided By 95 (which was lost after my previous account was banned, then deleted) Ventus Lind Randell takes the pedestal of the main character in his own short spin-off saga. At the moment, both stories are in development, but I present you with a summary of his actions throughout the stories (I don't plan on posting them here, since there were issues with one of the two stories originally, with someone claiming it as their own and adapting it into a rolepay -.-).

In Ven & Alice: A Transfer's Life, Ventus takes the lead role alongside the new girl in school, Alice. At first they seem to be at odds with each other, though Ven ends up saving her from embarassment and pain several times. He finds himself pushing her away, as he feels an inexplicable pain when he is around her. It turns out that Alice has taken an interest in him and pursues him, in an attempt to understand why he has become so distant and cold to everyone. It is later revealed that she has developed feelings for him, which, to his surprise, he harbors as well. The two eventually go on their first date and share their first kiss, afterwhich, Ven loses consciousness and falls into a coma for twenty days. When he awakes, he finds that not only has Alice dropped their shared classes, but she has also decided to deny Ven and his existance, to which Ven feels a deep sense of loss and regret.
Nonetheless, he continues to pursue her, but after a few days, it becomes clear that she is avoiding him. Sometime later, her rescues a girl named Kaydence (Kay) from a bucking horse, who is revealed to be the new friend Alice is spending all of her time with. Ven discusses Alice with Kay and makes it clear that he wants her back, and that, while he isn't going to force anything from either of them, he isn't going to let Alice just disappear from his life.
Soon enough, Ven begins having nightmares that he can't explain, about a girl he doesn't know. Or, at least, he doesn't think he knows her, but feels an uncanny sense of familiarity about her. As the nightmares become more frequent, he finds himself unable to tell dream from reality. He eventually comes across Kay in what he believes to be a dream, and finds Alice seemingly waiting for him. He soon blacks out and wakes up in his bedroom, with Kay watching over him. It turns out that it had been reality and not a dream, and that Alice has run off. He finally learns from Kay that Alice believes she is causing harm and pain to Ven by being around him and is determined to put an end to it.
In panic, Ven leaves his house and rushes to Alice's home, only to find her passed out on her bathroom floor, an empty bottle of pills a few inches away from her. Ven rushes her to the hospital but learns that it is too late, that Alice has died.
Some time later, Ven recalls the familiarity he felt about Alice and the uncanny familiarity he felt upon her death. He thinks long and hard about her and his past, only to realize that he has no memory of the year before he met Alice. Feeling that Alice and his lost memories are somehow linked, he becomes determined to find out what happened.
In the epilogue of the story, Ven recieves a mysterious phone call from Alice, beckoning him to a town called Moorefield, where Alice mentioned once Vacationing.
In Souls Lost: Searching, Ven returns as the main character, in the town of Moorefield, after recieving a cryptic phonecall from the deceased Alice. As he makes his way through the abandoned town, he meets few people, who all seem to be drawn to the town by an inexplicable force. While searching for clues as to Alice's wherabouts, he encounters his worst nightmares and has to face his own inner darkness.
When he finally reaches Alice's old vacation home, he meets a girl who bears a striking resemblence to her, but cannot remember who she is or how she arrived in the town. Ven allows the girl, who he nicknames Jane, to accompany as he continues through the town. They end up getting seperated after Ven passes out in a hospital. Seemingly undaunted, he carries on alone.
He eventually comes across a massive plant of sorts and investigates it. After an near-death encounter, he discovers a passage leading deep underground. He explores further, and finds Jane inexplicibly alive, who's memories of their seperation seem to be drastically different. Ven and Jane once again begin exploring together, but are again split up when Jane falls through the floor and Ven is forced to watch her die at the hands of a horrible creature.
Once again, he takes off on his own and eventually finds an exit from the underground labrynth. He finds himself in the middle of a forest, with a clearing just ahead of him. The hut he finds is in shambles when he enters, but he manages to find yet another underground path. After searching for some time, he comes to a large chamber, where he witnesses the ressurrection and death of Jane once more. While she dies in his arms, she explains the true nature of the events that have taken place.
It turns out that Jane was the physical manifestation of Ven's turmoil over Alice. In turn, it is revealed that "Alice" was nothing more than a fragment of Jaiden Phillips' soul that remained after she died during the events of A Life Divided By 95. As she takes her final breaths, she assures Ven that even if she dies, both she, Alice, and Jaiden will return to him eventually. Finally, she imparts him with the knowledge that the town, Moorefield, was nothing more than the manifestation of Ven's inner darkness, pulled from his heart by the ancient power of the surrounding land, and, now that Ven has overcome his own darkness, his memories of the events in the town, as well as his memories of Jane, Alice, and Jaiden, will disappear when he leaves.
Ven and Jane make one final promise before she takes her last breath and begins fading in his arms. When she is finally gone, Ven stands up and turns around as the surrounding area and town fade from existence.
Two years later, Ven, a sophomore in college, runs into a young woman named Maya Alison Phillips.

interresting. good job Stephen!!