Disclaimer: I own nothing; not the Tin Man characters, or the lyrics from the chorus of Shawn Mullins' song Lullaby.
"Azkadellia! You may have gotten away from me in the past, with the help of your little sister – but now she's dead and I'll get you!" squealed the Witch as she got Zero to throw DG's limp body as Azkadellia's feet.
Azkadellia screamed and backed up into a wall as the Witch advanced on her.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed, petrified.
Azkadellia woke quickly with a cold sweat running down her face. She looked around quickly; she was in her room in the palace, and surely DG was in her room next door sleeping peacefully.
But no matter what Azkadellia told herself, she needed to see DG for herself. She needed to know DG was safe and nothing had happened to her little sister. She quietly crept out of her bed and made her way silently across the room. She tip-toed to her sister's door and opened it with a little squeak. She made her way over to DG's bed and found her little sister sleeping peacefully.
Letting out a breath she didn't know she was holding, Azkadellia moved back towards the door. She left quietly, to let her sister sleep. DG didn't need to be woken at 3a.m. by her older sister's fears.
Making her way out to the balcony that came off of her room, she knew she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, or even lie comfortably in her bed for the rest of the night. As she breathed in the cool night air, she started crying silent tears. She could feel them running down her cheeks and dripping from her chin onto her hands that held onto the railing. She could taste the salt on her lips, yet refused to wipe them away as she knew as soon as they were gone, more would take their place.
Azkadellia drew in a big gulp of cold air as two arms made their way around her waist. She knew straight away that it was DG behind her, trying to comfort her quickly. There was no one else who would really touch the older sister like that. Sure, her parents hugged her, but most were still very afraid that the witch was still in there somewhere.
She leaned back into her little sister's embrace and her tears flowed even heavier. She knew it was stupid, but she was happy that her sister was there to comfort her.
"What happened, Az?" were the first words out of DG's lips.
Azkadellia wiped away a few stray tears. "Nightmare."
"It was about me."
It wasn't a question, just a statement. DG knew that if Azkadellia came into her room after a nightmare and didn't get into her bed for a hug then it had something to do with her and she just needed to know that her little sister was okay, and also that she didn't want to wake her sleeping sister. It had become a common theme for their late nights.
"Yes – the Witch got you…and I couldn't do anything," whispered Azkadellia fearfully.
DG sat down on the balcony with her back up against the wall and pulled her older sister down with her and, as Azkadellia lay down with her head in her sister's lap, DG started to stroke her hair and sing softly.
Everything's gonna be all right
Rockabye, Rockabye
Everything's gonna be all right
Rockabye, Rockabye
Rockabye
As Azkadellia finally fell into a calm sleep, DG kissed her head and whispered;
"I promise; everything's gonna be all right".
A/N: So a few things have been added and a bit of a change with words and such. Hope people still like it.