Terrifying Dream, Beautiful Nightmare
Frozen tree branches, hiding amongst the shadows of the night, began to tear at her arms and face. She felt the burning acid pumping through her veins, the cold air slowly turning to fire in her lungs; she had to keep going, she had to run faster. The faster she ran the faster she realized there was no end waiting for her. This monster, this unknown fear would soon reach her, the feeling of terror began to drown her thoughts. The voice that was desperately trying to escape her fire filled lungs, the voice that would call for her lord, never reached her lips. As her feet urgently tried to out run each other, a jagged and splintered rock, found itself under her already worn and bleeding feet. Time stopped, the eminent fall that was now accelerating her to the ground, began to turn into a listless drifting through the air. Only the pumping of blood, and the heavy breathing of her exhausted lungs, were now the sounds that engulfed her reality. With the ground, and her death nearing, she claimed all life and ability left in her, to scream. "Sesshomaru-sama!" The ground never came.
The great demon lord sat with his back against a tall and looming tree; his silver hair was flowing down around his shoulders, and swaying lightly with the gentle night breeze. His eyes, liquid gold, gazed into the slow burning fire, following the elegantly dancing embers up to the brilliantly shinning stars that blanketed the night sky. Just as his thoughts began to drift into a peaceful solitude, a faint sound, less than a whisper, caught the attention of the son of the great dog demon. Sesshomaru's gaze drifted over to his young follower; her aura beginning to fill with fear. Her breathing became heavy, and labored; her forehead perspiring from panic and dread. A terrified and desperate scream violently escaped from the small girl and tore through the night air. In a moment that came and passed, faster than any human eye could fathom, Sesshomaru was holding the girl. "Rin. Rin", Sesshomaru spoke, waiting to see if she would awake. Rin opened her eyes and frantically looked around, still caught in between waking reality and the nightmare. For a brief moment, she struggled against her lord's grasp; but as his arms gently tightened with comfort, and his words to wake her finally reached her, she calmed down and slowly fell back into slumber. Sesshomaru carried the small girl over to the great tree that has been watching over the camp, and resumed his rested spot. He laid her down next to him, careful not to disturb her, and watched to see if she was to fall back into the terror that had stolen her peaceful slumber.
