Drawn to Life: Heather's Past
Part 1
It was around midnight in Raposa Village. Jowee and Heather were sleeping soundly in their beds.
All was peaceful.
But Heather's dream wasn't...
Heather was running, running as fast as she could, trying to escape, feeling the darkness surrounding her, hearing that evil laugh, seeing the glowing white eyes, screaming out for help...
Then she woke up with a start, in a cold sweat.
Jowee began to stir.
"Ugh... Heather? You alright?" asked Jowee, wondering why the young Rapo looked so scared.
To terrified for words, she simply nodded.
"Are you sure?"
She nodded again.
Sighing, Jowee said, "Your not gonna stop talking again, are you? It was bad enough last time," not thinking about what he was saying. Tears started to form in Heather's eyes.
Surprised to see her so upset, Jowee got up and walked over to the shadow girl. Sitting down beside her, he said, "Sorry. I shouldn't have said that."
Blinking her tears back, she replied "It's ok."
"You sure you're ok? You can tell me if you had a bad dream."
"Well..." Heather wavered, not sure wether to tell or not.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, I promise," said Jowee, smiling at her.
"Well... I was running away and then this shadow thing was chasing me and then Wilfre was there and I was being swallowed up by the shadow," she blurted out in a rush, tears falling onto her lap.
Taken aback, Jowee said, "Don't worry. You don't have to be scared. Wilfre's gone for good, you know that."
"I know, but..." she trailed off.
"Here, I'll get you a drink," he said, jumping up and walking over to the table.
"Jowee... you're being so nice..." said Heather, starting to cry again.
"Hey, hey! Dry those tears. Now, drink this," said Jowee, passing the glass of water to her.
"Thank you," she said, taking a few sips. After she finished, she turned to him and said, "Jowee..."
"Yes, Heather?"
"Is it ok if I think of you as my big brother?"
Surprised but proud, he said, "Sure," patting the Rapo girl's head.
"Thank you," she said smiling.
Smiling back, he said, "Now go to sleep and dream about Baki."
"Ok," she said, back wriggling under the covers as Jowee got up and walked back to his bed.
"Night, Heather."
"Night, Jowee."
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