The Host Alternate Ending by Elsa Hauschildt (e book reader .TXT) 📕

The beginning would feel like the end. I'd been warned. But this time the end was a greater surprise than it had ever been. Greater than any end I'd remembered in nine lives. Greater then jumping down an elevator shaft. I had expected no more memories, no more thoughts. What end was this?

I opened my eyes... Atleast thats what I thought they were. You can never be so sure when your on a different planet. I was in some sort of rock cave. The walls were a sandy red color. Candles lit the room. Without them it would be pure black all around. I moved around. More precicely I floated around. I looked down; I had legs but I floated. I looked around the cave. I saw a sign pointing to the right and decided to follow it. After about 100 yards I walked straight into the open sunlight. It was blinding. Then I saw someone. He looked like a man from my previous planet, Earth. He seemed to be around 50 in earth years. He looked like a man except for his skin. It was a color I've never seen before. It was undescribable. I looked at my hands and they were the same color. It was beautiful.

"Hello" said the man. "Welcome to Planet X also known as the planet of the winds. Here we travel by flying and get our energy from the wind." "Wow. Who is my host? Why havent I heard of this planet before? What is your name?" so many questions raced through my mind. The man only said "The answers you seek will come with the wind". Then he rose up and blew away. Leaving me by myself.

I decided that if I was going to get anywhere i was going to need to know how to fly. After an hour of falling and getting up again I finally mastered the art of flying. It was so fun.Shortly after I took a nap then it hit me. The first dream came.

Memories of desert, caves, and humans raced through my mind. Then this feeling of emptiness and sorrow came as I thought of these three human men named Jared, Jamie, and Ian. They were a part of my past life. But that is over now and I have to start my new life. I woke up rapidly and looked around remembering where I was: an open field. Then I could see something in the distance. It looked like a small cottage. So I decidied to test my new skills and fly over there. I knocked on the front door and a man opened it and greeted me with a smile.

"You must be Daughter of the Law. Please come inside" He ushered me in and sat me down at the kitchen table. "My name is Son of the Storms. I am assingned to be your partner. You probably are confused so I will give you a brief history of Planet X. Almost three months ago we opened to new souls and started filling the hosts. Here you are assigned a name and a partner. Your name reflects your personality and your partner is your perfect other half. You have the opportunity to say with me if you like or you can go get another mate. We just dont want you alone because loneliness leads to sadness and this is a happy planet" he said with a smile. I dont know why but I trusted him. From my past I knew this was bad but I couldnt stop myself. I loved him.

Over the next few weeks I forgot about my past lifes and became fully alive in the current one. It was amazing. Son of the Storms and I were perfect together. I never believed in happy endings, never once... Except for now, this moment... Everything is perfect.

Publication Date: 11-04-2010

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