After the door closed, Pinkie touched her tummy and tried to communicate with her so-called son. “I have no idea what is going on here,” she told him. “The only thing I know is that I want to go back home to my mother.”

“Your world is crazy, very crazy, but it has taught me a lot. I have had my best and worst moments here. I remember that my high school teacher was Mrs Mahlangu, and that she passed away when I matriculated. My best friend Bianca got a scholarship to study medicine, and she went to Cuba. At least I had a moment to reunite with them again in this experience. I know this sounds strange but I’m going to miss this place. I’m going to miss your father. I have never loved anyone as much as I love him.”

“I don’t know much about my past life experiences, but I have the feeling that I became a monster because I was hurt. Someone I loved hurt me badly. I’m going to cut that person out of my life and live for the people who truly love me. This is my revelation. I’m thankful for everything. I feel like I needed this experience in my life. I know it’s scary and confusing but I’m glad that I ended up here.”

Pinkie started feeling movements in her tummy and she smiled because she knew that her son was listening. She continued talking to him: “Please help us to win this battle. Maybe it would have been better if you were already in this world. I would love to spend some time with you before I go back. Who knew that human beings are the only species that are able to have kids with extra-terrestrials? You know, I always wondered what our purpose on this earth is. Now I know. Without human beings, there’s no God, and there are no other extra-terrestrials. We are more important than we think.”

Pinkie spoke with a smile: “I have served my purpose. Not every person gets this chance: a chance to repent.”

After she had said these words, the ground started to shake and she heard voices in the distance. She heard people swearing, beasts roaring and water crashing in waves like the ocean. From that moment, she knew that the war was getting tougher and fiercer. She started to feel very scared. She pressed her tummy hard, trying to make a desperate move.

“Please, my king, protect me,” she said with tears falling from her eyes. “Please get out of here and fight for me. I’m so scared.”

While she was busy crying, someone pushed the door open and entered. It was a very tall woman with dark eyes. She was dressed in black and her hair was long and flowing. She had long teeth like that of a vampire, and her mouth was covered with blood. She approached Pinkie. Pinkie froze.

“Long time no see, kiddo. Do you remember me?” she said with a hissing voice and an evil smile on her face.

“You are that woman who offered me headache medication inside a taxi. I knew that you were evil! That’s why I threw that rubbish away!” Pinkie answered, feeling great hatred for the lady.

Mary came closer to Pinkie and placed her hand on Pinkie’s baby bump. “Bingo, you remember me!” she said menacingly. “Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you were a retard. Now I’m going to punish you for not drinking that poison. You see: if you had just done that, there wouldn’t have been a war, and my brother would still be alive. Your stupidity killed my brother, but guess what? His spirit is alive, roaming around and he is going to kill those who promised you good things after this war.”

Mary licked her bloody lips and scratched Pinkie’s tummy with her long, black nails. Pinkie started bleeding.

“Leave me alone, you vicious woman!” Pinkie said, putting her two hands on her tummy.

“Or else what? They left you here all alone, thinking that your dead baby would protect you. They are stupid creatures! Now say hello to the real death experience piggy Pinkie!” she said, as she exposed her sharp teeth.

Suddenly, the door burst open. It was Creayer. He was badly injured. He had one hand across the right side of his chest and there was a big bloodstain on his shirt. Pinkie started to cry when she saw her lover like that.

“Leave her alone, Lilith! Don’t you dare touch her!” shouted Creayer as he approached Pinkie and Lilith.

“Or else what?” said Lilith. “My brother, you are weak! You are so weak right now that I feel like crying, but I’m going to choose to laugh instead, because this is funny!”

Creayer tried to fight Lilith off, but she pushed him and his body crashed against the wall. Lilith smiled and took off her necklace with the horn. She blew into it. Immediately, there was a powerful wind inside the room and all of the candles were blown out. The room went dark and there was a thunderstorm and lightning inside the room. Whenever lightning struck, Pinkie saw a shadow rising from the ground. She realised that it was the image of a man.

Meanwhile, Pinkie was experiencing terrible labour pains and was moaning in pain. Lilith believed that Pinkie was crying because of the pain she had caused her by scratching her tummy, so she wasn’t paying too much attention to her. She was concentrating all her energy on the rising of her brother, who was about to enter Creayer’s body.

Pinkie realised that the shadow became John and that his eyes were dark. He was staring right at where Pinkie was lying. He realised that Pinkie was in labour and he took a sword from the fainted Creayer’s hands and went to Pinkie. When he was about to strike, light filled the room and Pinkie’s son was there, standing on his two feet. He was very cute but his face was very serious. He stood there with his naked body and Lilith and John froze.

“Shame on you, Kane and Lilith! Shame on you!” said the newborn. Pinkie was very scared. She couldn’t believe everything that had happened that night. From the child’s words, it was clear that John’s real name was Kane, and that Mary’s real name was Lilith. Kane and Lilith moved closer to each other and struck their swords into each other’s hearts. They both fell and turned into ashes. The child then went over to the fainted Creayer.

“Wake up,” he ordered him. Creayer woke up, touched his chest and realised that his wound had healed. He knelt down in front of the newborn.

“My king,” he said with a smile on his face.

Pinkie was still lying down when everyone entered the room. Beginend, the queen and Viper were amongst those people. They knelt down before the newborn. Pinkie was breathing heavily, as if she was about to die. The child went to her. He held her finger because his hands were so small, and he looked at her face.

“Go back home, Mama,” he said, “and please be good. We are all going to miss you. Thank you for being a great mother. Don’t forget all the lessons that you have been taught in here. Never ever let someone turn you into a monster. Go and be the child that your mother knows.”

The newborn then kissed Pinkie’s forehead, and the queen, Creayer, Beginend and Viper all did the same thing. The queen gave Pinkie a glass of blue water and a shining, star shaped fruit. She took a bite from the fruit and drank water from the glass. After that, all the creatures circled her and sang a weird song for her. She started to feel drowsy, and her vision began to be blurred. She fell asleep.

When Pinkie woke up she was in a very strange place. Her bedding was white, and there was the sound of machines in her room. She looked around and saw her mother sleeping on a chair. She realised that she had arrived home. She tried removing the oxygen cap from her mouth and tried shouting at her mother, but her voice was very weak. The nurse entered and realised that she was awake. She woke up her Mom, who ran towards her daughter in disbelief. She held Pinkie’s hand and cried tears of joy. Pinkie looked at her mother with tears falling from her eyes and tried to hug her with one arm. The nurse removed the oxygen cap from Pinkie’s face.

“Mama, I’m sorry,” Pinkie said. Her mother hugged her. They both looked at each other with big smiles and tears running down their faces.

The End

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Tell us what you think: Did you enjoy this story? What was the meaning of Pinkie’s journey? Was she able to repent? Did she grow and learn something from her experience?