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Rewriting Fate - The Adjustment Bureau
Published at Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 10:00 AM

Zamagawd! New post after forever!

I'm now doing South Australian Matriculation, the Australian Year 12. There's a subject called English as a Second Language Studies. I had a assessment last week called Creative Writing where we had references such as movies and music videos to write an essay. And we only get 300-400 words to work with! D:

My class was given two movies: Blood Diamond and The Adjustment Bureau. My teacher stopped both movies at cliffhangers to give us room for creativity. I decided to write a sequel to The Adjustment Bureau - the cliffhanger given to us was where David and Elise were cornered on the rooftop and they started kissing.

So, here's my sequel!

    Harry arrived at the rooftop to find the lovers disengaging from their passionate kiss. He sighed for their regrettable ending as he lifted a pristine white bowler into the air, the Intervention Team coming to an attentive halt. ‘The Chairman offers you a deal, David,’ said Harry. ‘Face a Reset, or join the Adjustment Bureau and Elise may leave with her memories of you erased. You will be forbidden to communicate with her.’ 
    David gazed into Elise’s sorrowful eyes; they knew what must be done. ‘Promise me you will wait for me forever,’ David panted. ‘Trust me.’ 
    ‘Always,’ Elise whispered in return, and they kissed once more before everything faded to black. 
    Yet, it was not over. David resolved to outsmart the Plan. He spent 20 years understanding his job, 30 years gaining the Bureau’s trust, another 30 years unlocking the secrets behind the Plans, 60 years locating the Vault of Plans amidst the thousands of doors and rooms in the Headquarters, and 80 years finding Elise’s and his own Plan from 6.93 billion blueprints of the World’s citizens.
    While David carried out his plan and job, he silently observed Elise’s rise to fame each day. He witnessed his lover’s wedding and funeral. Later, he finds her soul in a Chinese named Lee Ming Na and watched her life’s story unfold. He did the same for Marielle in France and Nadirah in Malaysia. 
    Finally, after 200 years of adjusting other lives, David was prepared to adjust his own Fate. He clutched on to the retrieved Plans tightly, watching a charming woman step out of a hovercraft. David approached her with Ceres Deauxnim’s Plan opened, ripples forming across its words. With the special quill in his hand, he slashed out all the words, replacing them with “together with David, forever”. 
    ‘Elise…’ David uttered as he stood before the woman. 
    Ceres’ eyes widened. ‘Have I met – ’
    David pressed his lips against hers, recollecting the hidden memories of their life 200 years ago. Tears trickled down Ceres’ rosy cheeks.
    ‘Always,’ she sobbed. She might be a different person, but she was the only woman who held the other half of David’s heart. David opened his own Plans, clean from his aimless service to the Bureau. In its blank pages, he wrote “free will”.
    200 years may seem long, but for an angel who had its wings unclipped, it was worthwhile. With a hand on his fedora and Ceres’ wrapped around his arm, David turned the doorknob clockwise, the two vanishing into a place where no ripples will form from their actions; where love conquers Fate and Time.

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