The Inner Gate

Alicia suddenly woke up at the middle of the night, felling aweful pain...

She was moaning in pain, screaming, feeling like her stomache will explode in a moment - And than it happened.

The boy, the beautiful baby, was born.

Alicia looked at him and smiled, still suffering from the pain, and a tear trickled from her eyes, 

when all of a sudden, Synlex appeared by her bed.

The rain stopped. The house was filled with warm temperature, but it was not natural. 

Only Synlex's presence stopped the rain, the cold wind, and the room felt like it was lighted, but it was still dark...

He bent over, and whispered in her ear : "As I promised, I give  you a child... Try to keep him alive, even after you die. You have three more months to live. Teach him the art of black magic, teach him how to control the evil powers you could not control...

Don't let him be a failure like you, Alicia. Your son is meant to be a great man. 

Now, farewell, good luck in staying alive in this filthy place you call a house. " 

He disappeared, leaving Alicia speechless. 

She whispered, like he was still listening ...: "Thank you... The boy will live, I vow."

The warm, fuzzy feeling faded, and was replaced with the cold air.

The sad, dark feeling of the cold rainy night was back, but it didn't bring Alicia's mood down.

She held her baby, her beautiful newborn, and cried in happiness.

She looked at his face, and said "What am I gonna call you?

Your eyes are black, and you're not crying... You're either brave, or shocked"

She gently poked his little stomach, and he laughed

"Well, I guess you are a brave little guy.

But I still don't know what to call you...

Maybe we better sleep on that, right little guy?"

she smiled at him, hugging him tight and feeling this kind of love for the first time of her life.

She never had a child before, and never took care of a child, so this was very special and emotional for her.

She laughed in happiness, and suddenly fell asleep.

Sounds kinda funny, huh? It looks funnier than it sounds, she fell asleep like a cat!

Oh, never mind about that, I'll stick to the story.

In her dream, she had a vision.

she saw a man in his 20's, with the same eyes and face expression as her new baby, 

standing in a hallway, introducing himself to other people.

He was beautiful. He had beautiful, deep black eyes, and shiny black curly hair.

He seemed happy, and there was no sign of supernatural powers, ghosts, demons, magic or anything else.

"Hello, I'm Adrian"

he said to a thin, pretty woman, and smiled to her.

Then there was a flash of light, and  the vision changed to a rainy, cold, dark night

She saw a door with a baby in a pile of sheets, placed at the entrance of a modern house.

Then it all faded to black, and she woke up.

She said, "So, your name will be Adrian, my precious, beautiful baby"

Adrian was asleep, as beautiful as the full moon that Alicia could see trough the window...

She coughed and felt terrible pain from her lungs, she was coughing blood.

Her situation was getting worse... She only had three more months to live.
She has  to find Adrian a home, another family, she will only live until he'll be three months old. .

She remembered the words that Synlex has said to her; "Try to keep him alive, even after you die." 

Then the vision of the baby in the house entrance made sence to her,

 It was Adrian, waiting for his foster family to find him at the entrance...

She didn't know how much time she has left, but she wanted to be with her baby as long as she could.

"Until death do us part...", she whispered to Adrian, with great love.