Dreams

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Prologue

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Malomedies stood before several pods hanging overhead on branches of the pale tree, watching, waiting for the moment when they would awaken. Being a firstborn and being one of the older sylvari currently living, Malomedies have learned to predict the awakening of young saplings and currently, he was keeping a keen eye on one.

Unlike the other pods, this one was much larger than the others, almost a third bigger than what other saplings awaken in. Malomedies had predicted that this pod was housing a set of twins to the other Luminaries, all of whom agree with the Luminary of Night. Twins being a rare occurence amongst awakening of young saplings, Malomedies would check up on the pod every day, waiting for the moment when they would awaken. And today, he was sure that the time was now.

Almost like as though she was reading the mind of her child, the Pale Tree lowered the branch of the large pod, gently placing the fragile object onto the ground before returning to her original position. Seeing this action, the dark skinned Sylvari took slow and cautious steps forward, watching, waiting for any movement. No sooner had he peformed this action, a petal moved upon the pod, releasing honey colored fluid onto the grassy hearth as it opened and revealed its contents.

Curious, Malomedies peered inside and couldn't help but release a smile as he did so. His prediction of twins were correct, as he watched the two sylvari blink several times, uncurling themselves from each others embrace as they awoke and sat, looking around their surroundings with curiousity and awe.

"Welcome Saplings," he greeted, watching as the twins slowly turned their eyes towards the Luminary of Night, "Welcome to the Grove."

The twins gazed at the Luminary of Night, one of them, one with dark midnight aloe vera leaf like hair and eyes dark as coal but filled with curiousity, tilted his head to one side, "The Grove?" He straighten his head back towards Malomedies before his eyes widening in realization, "The Grove, it is our home, isn't it?"

In response to the young saplings question, Malomedies nodded, "I am Malomedies, Luminary of Night. What is your name?"

The sylvari who spoke stared at him puzzled before a moment, his coal like eyes blinking several times before replying, "Tzurael."

Nodding his head once, the dark skinned Sylvari turned his attention to the other twin, whom stared slightly dazed at the Firstborn.

Like his brother, his skin was the color of chill, a pale hue of azure, and his hair was the same shade of midnight blue, giving hints that they are in fact, twins. However, unlike his brother, the twin (the younger, Malomedies noted, for being the last one to speak) has leaf like hair, pulled back into a low ponytail, letting some leaves fall in front of his eyes. Instead of coal black, his eyes had taken the shade of violet which turned and blinked at the Luminary of Night.

"Caeshe," the younger responded before turning his eyes back towards the leafy earth, almost like as though he was already exhausted even though having just awakened.

"Malomedies?"

The Luminary of Night turned his gaze towards the older twin, whom peered curiously with his coal eyes, "Where can we get clothes? That's what they are called...right?"

Slowly coming to a realization that the twins were still seated bare upon the ground, the Firstborn nodded, "Come with me, there is a Warden nearby who should give you the proper attire."

Nodding once, Tzurael climbed onto his feet and to Malomedies' slight amusment, he was taller than the first born by mere inches before he offered a hand to his twin. The younger stared at his brother's hand for several minutes before finally understanding the motion and wrapped his hand around his brother's, feeling the older Sylvari help him get onto his feet. When the twins stood, Malomendies expected the twins to be of the same height, however, to his surprise, Caeshe was much shorter than his twin, shorter than Malomedies himself.

Quickly snapping out of his shock, Malomedies nodded, signalling to the twins to follow as he headed towards the Warden that was stocked with clothing.

"Malomedies sir," Tzurael suddenly spoke, causing the firstborn to turn his head to one side, his eyes connectiong to the sylvari's coal black, "my dream, can you help me interpret it?"

Blinking once, the Luminary of Night nodded, "Of course but first, let us get your attire, I am certain that once you are clothed, you will be more comfortable to talk." He was mostly speaking to Caeshe, whom he gave a concerned glance when the young sapling turned his violet eyes towards the Firstborn, giving no response to Malomedies' words. Instead, it was Tzurael, the 'older' twin, who spoke, "Oh of course, thank you for your consideration, Firstborn."

Giving the sapling a small smile, Malomedies came to a pause in front of the Warden, signalling to the twins to grab their attire. Moments later, both twins were clothed in medium armor, even equipped with weapons that Tzurael claimed that they had when they were still within the dream.

"We are almost ready Firstborn," Tzurael announced as he secured his long bow onto his back before ensuring that his sword and dagger were safe around his waist, "however I can't feel like I'm missing something. Something imporant."

Securing dual pistols and a sword and dagger combo of his own around his waist, Caeshe turned his violet eyes towards his brother, the lower half of his face hidden by cloth as he spoke, "You are a Ranger, Brother. Where is your companion?"

Almost immediately, a great sadness could be seen in the cloak black eyes of the older Sylvari, causing Malomedies concern as the sapling replied, "Oh, it was with me in the dream but I am guessing that I am now awakened..." His voice faded, showing signs of his disappointment and the sense of loss.

"Do not worry, sapling," Malomedies spoke, causing the twins to look his way, "if you had a companion in your dream, most likely in the future you'll find it again."

Staring at the Firstborn for several moments, a smile faded onto Tzurael's features before he nodded, "Thank you Firstborn, that made me feel a lot better."

"Nothing to thank me about," Malomedies tone turned serious as he continued, "Now about that dream of yours."

"Oh, of course," Tzurael turned his black eyes towards his brother, whom nodded once, before returning his gaze towards the Firstborn, "My brother and I shared a similar dream. The two of us were walking through a forest, Caledon Forest I believe, before the two of us wondered into a large city. There were different races everywhere! Races of many different sizes and shapes. However, when we made the decision to return home..." Sadness faded into Tzurael's eyes as he finished, "Caeshe disappeared from my side and I returned here, alone."

"H'mmm," Malomedies pondered a moment before turning his eyes towarda Caeshe, "Was your dream the same, I take it?"

"Similar, but not exact," Caeshe replied, causing Malomedies to stare, puzzled, "My dream was the same up until we came to the large city filled with different races. Instead of me disappearing however, it was my brother but I stayed within the large city, surrounded by others but none of our people."

The Luminary of Night stood silent for a moment, watching as the twins stared curiously, waiting for an answer.

"I cannot interpret dreams as well as Kahedins or Dagonet," He finally admitted, seeing the disappointment in the eyes of the twins, "but what I can interpret is that in a certain point of your lives, you two will separate."

"Separate?" Tzurael repeated, his eyes going wide, "but...we've been together forever within the dream. It's not possible that we would separate now that we have awakened."

"I agree with my brother," Caeshe jumped in, "we have been together too long within the dream to leave each other. It won't happen. It'll never will."

Hearing their responses, Malomedies couldn't help but give the twins a pitying look. Just a few minutes old and already they were doubting their dreams but then again, who can blame them? Though not yet awakened, the twins have been together within the dream for who knows how long and like many pod twins, their connection is much stronger with each other than other sylvari.

"Are there any other parts of your dream that you need help to understand?" Malomedies asked, seeing the elder twin's eyes shift from worry to contemplation.

"Well," he said thoughtfully as he rubbed the back of his neck, "I remember dreaming more but it's kinda of...foggy at the moment. Besides the dream with my brother, I can't seem to remember anything else."

Seeing the truthfulness in the elder twin's eyes, Malomedies then turned his attention to the younger twin, only to see him break away eye contact, turning his eyes towards the grassy hearth.

In response, Malomedies just nodded, "Makes yourselves comfortable. This is your home after all. If you need any advice or aid, come to me or any of brothers and sisters to aid you."

"Of course, Firstborn," Tzurael saluted with Caeshe following suite.

With that, Malomedies turned and left the twins to start their own story, heading back towards the soon to be awakened pods.

Watching the Firstborn leave their sight, Tzurael turned his black eyes towards his twin, "Well, what do you think of the 'real' world so far?"

Caeshe pondered for a moment, his violet eyes full of contemplation before he replied, "We are not even minutes old brother. It is too soon to tell if my experience so far has been pleasant or not."

"Good point," Tzurael admitted as he rubbed the back of his head before his eyes scanned the high branches of the forest around them, "I guess we can start here." The elder twin unsheathed his longbow, "Where do you want to go first, Caeshe?"

Caeshe stayed silent for a moment, fingering his dual pistols around his waist before he replied, "A high point. A high point where we can see our surroundings."

A small smile faded onto Tzurael's face, "Great plan, let's go."

My first Guild Wars Fanfiction :D
Also, could someone think up of a better name pls? Cause I don't like this title but it was the only one I could think of .-.
I'll write a chapter to the one that gives the best title imo lol

Enjoy C:

~123arcalas