According to ancient myths in Latin America…there is a place where the souls of the dead travel as they find peace…it is not heaven like modern cultures have written…it is a land made of pure Gold…and this land is called Mictlan…the land of the dead…those who die travel to this place…and it is said that if you enter this place while you are alive…you will never return to the land of the living…

(BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP)

A maiden opens her eyes, she lies on her bed and looks at the ceiling. She stands up and walks towards her window. The giant window is illuminated as something bright shines in a dark sky.

A silver light falls from the sky and heads to a land filled with gold.

(BBBBOOOMMMM)

The maiden opens her window, the moon illuminates her face, half of her face is a skeleton with beautiful decorations, and a blue flame illuminates her eye. The other half is a smooth brown skin with a yellow eye. She has half of her hair white and half of her hair black.

The girl smiles as she thinks; “Now this is a surprise.”

“Mi Señora…hay algún problema?” (My lady, is something wrong) A man enters the room. His face is a complete skeleton with his eyes being blue flames.

“No hay ningún problema…de hecho…prepárate porque vamos a tener unos visitantes muy interesantes…” (There is no problem at all…in fact…I want to be prepare because we are about to have interesting visitor…)

The woman smiles at that man as she looks up to the sky.

At the site of the crater, Alejandro slowly opens his eyes and sees a dark sky filled with many stars.

“Where am I?” Alejandro lifts his body, he wonders the deserted area; “This is so weird…I remember that I was at the restaurant working and now this?”

(GGGRRRRR)

At that moment, Alejandro is surrounded by Sombras. There are Sombras from all shapes and sizes:

“What the…Sombras? Where am I?”

A figure walks next to the Sombras, he has a torn off cloak; “Oh…we have a visitor here? Who would’ve thought…and he is from the world of the living….fascinating…”

“Who are you? Where am I?”

“Hahaha…” The figure laughs and removes his cloak. Alejandro opens his eyes wider as he sees a skeleton with blue flames in his eyes:

“WELCOME TO MICTLAN…THE LAND OF THE DEAD!”

To Be Continued…

End of Volume 8-The Scarlet Maiden’s Wish