The Healer!

Power makes people see you in a different light. Since, my new identity, which even I was unaware of was revealed, people saw me as a powerful soul rather than a timid criminal. Now instead of standing and bowing down in front of all, they made me sit on a chair and that too with respect.

The beauty stood up and said, “I guess it is appropriate that we all introduce ourselves one by one. I’ll start with the king”. He pointed towards the king and introduced him as king Nathan, the king of east heaven.

“I am the elder son of the king, prince Ethan of east wing heaven and that on the left of the throne is my younger brother.”, the beauty said and pointed at his brother to introduce himself.

The jerk looked away. And once again a powerful whoosh of wind made him stand.

“I am Aiden, younger prince of east wing heaven.”, he spoke with so much hatred that even the king shuddered for a second.

I must say he has not been brought up well. After that, all the other people introduced themselves but my eyes were on Ethan. And heaven save me, he was not just beautiful but handsome too.  

Once the introduction was over and everyone went silent, I took that as a cue to make my introduction so I stood up. Before I could start Aiden stood up and walked away. The king just shook his head in disappointment. But him leaving made me feel more at peace.

“Your majesty and all the other higher authorities with due respect I would like to introduce myself. I am Macy Wilson and I used to live in Seoul. I was born in New York but my parents shifted to Seoul for work and since I was three, I have lived there. I came here a few days back because I died of leukaemia at the age of 22.”, I finished my introduction bowed and sat back in the chair.

“Do you know what is a healer?”, the king asked. I shook my head; this was the first time I even heard a word like this.

“Ethan will explain to you who is a healer and what they have to do. I officially welcome you to heaven and I ask your rebirth order to be cancelled. Your stay will be longer than just a year and fifty days.”, the king announced and left leaving me baffled. I wanted to go back down and start living again but I am stuck here for a longer time.

“Wait! My rebirth order is cancelled?”, I asked but the king was already gone. The higher authorities looked at me but ignored my question. I was exasperated.

“Shall we go?”, suddenly a soothing voice got me out of my thoughts. I turned to see prince Ethan standing and pointing towards the doors. I blushed and nodded. Way to go, Macy, embarrass yourself more. He laughed and led the way and I followed like a pup.

We entered another big door and the next moment I was in the real heaven. There were books all around. Why would heaven need a library with a JK Rowling section, I wondered looking at the shelf right next to the doors?

“Because we love to read fiction too”, Ethan said.

“Did I say that out loud?”, I asked feeling more embarrassed. He nodded.

Okay, I need to think quietly from now on.

“So why are we here in the library? To read about healers?”, I asked.

He shook his head and said, “Because it is much quieter here and we can talk in peace.”. I felt my heart race fast. He pointed towards a round table and we sat facing each other.

“So, you have literally no idea what a healer is?”, he asked. I shook my head.

“Why don’t take a guess as to what they can be.”, he said with a smile. How can I think of anything else if you smile at me like that?

“So, I wouldn’t smile and you can take a guess.”, he said while smirking. Okay, I again thought out loud. I looked away all flustered.

“A healer can be related to someone who heals someone or something.”, I said trying to change the topic.

He nodded and said, “You are correct. So, we don’t have a dumb healer here.”, he said while smiling again.

“I want to know more about the healers”, I said looking around at the books. He smiled at me and nodded. Then he motioned me to come closer and I leaned on the table. From there the story of me knowing who I am, begins.

“A healer is not rare, but a common soul to be a healer is rare. Every king finds their healer eventually. Like my father has his and other kings found theirs. A healer stays with the king and helps them heal emotionally and physically. But here in the east wing healer has much more powers. The east wing has masters of the time. Time travels in a peculiar way and we manage the past, present and future simultaneously. I master the present, Aiden manages the past and my father is the most experienced hence he works with destiny to manage the future. So, the healer we get does not stay with us all along. You being a healer here will take a normal birth and be born in the era we have to look after for the time being. Your future will be managed by destiny in such a way that you will work with your master eventually when the right time comes. You will have no memory of your past life till you touch your master and he gives you back the memory. Every healer has to manage at least three eras before they are taken to court. But a healer lives only for 25 years. So, in 75 years you cover 3 different eras with your master. In every era, the moment you touch your master your memory will be granted and you will know you are a healer after every era, your soul will be sent back to the north wing for preparation for entering the next era. It is after 3 eras only that you will be coming back to the east wing.”, he explained to me.

And I had tons of questions but I let him take his time. Once he got his breath back he nodded his head telling me that my questions are welcome now.

“Why would strong and powerful souls like yourself need a healer by their side? It’s not that someone can kill you.”, I asked.

He smiled and said, “Once we enter the era, we are not souls. We have a form. Though we are much more powerful we can be taken down. The healers help us to stay alive till the motive of us being there is fulfilled. We enter the past or future to ensure that no soul has been wronged. We can’t save the humans but we can save the souls.”

“But past cannot be altered or toyed with. Then how can you change it?”, I asked again.

“Do you used to watch the stars at night?”, he asked. I nodded.

“Do you know that when you look at the stars you are actually looking at the different eras that have passed? But the stories and life on these stars are still going on and we need to manage it properly. We don’t alter the bigger incidents that have been mentioned in the history but we give this world some new stories. Because we do tiny changes in these past eras people in present find new manuscripts hidden under the ground or some new skeletons that were not found before. The new historical events that add up to the present are because of these changes. Like I was wandering around on the earth and I came across the new form of beings found. Some new skeletons were found and the people named them Denisovans. They were nothing but the people from one of the eras that were provided with more knowledge by Aiden a few seasons back. These cycles are all connected and they can’t go on without each other.”, he said and took a deep breath.

“You said I have more powers as compared to other healers in other wings. What more powers do I have?”, I asked because I was damn excited for that one extra power.

He laughed and said, “You can cure other humans in that particular era. You can be a help to them also.”.

Before I could ask anything else, he pushed a book towards me which had the title ‘HEALERS’.

“I am tired now. For any more answers read this book.”, he said and gave the book to me.

I took the book and opened it. It had no pictures and it was all text.

“Can I ask you one last question, please?”, I said. He nodded with a smile. Damn this guy never forgets to show his smile even when he is tired.

“Whose healer am I?”, I asked hoping that I am his healer.

He looked at me for a while which made me worried and then said, “We don’t know yet. Wait till tomorrow and the king and destiny will announce whose healer you are.”.

After this, he stood up and asked me to follow. We left the library and went up the stairs. He opened a door to a beautiful room and asked me to enter.

“This is your chamber till you don’t leave for your duties as a healer. Rest and enjoy the rest of the day. I will see you tomorrow at the courtroom.”, saying this he left me alone in that big chamber with my thoughts.