Zikka Friday's Guardian Awakening
Varekai Sun
*All elements of Varekai belong to Cirque Du Soleil, Mohegan Sun belongs to the Mohegan tribe. Yes, I am from Connecticut…BUT I'M NOT SAYING WHERE IN CONNECTICUT! ;)
I watched as Artemis disappeared...this was so weird! Me...some protector of...Cirque Du Soleil WASN'T just a show company? I knew i HAD to lay off the Cirque Dvds, but-!
I stared at the sun temple across the water...a nice trail of lily pad steps were spread across the water, leading that way...if this was a dream, I kinda didn't want to wake up from it...this was just like a video game! Without even waiting, I skipped across the Lily steps, rushed up the stairs, and pulled back the velvet curtain to reveal...
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... "WHAT THE-?"
The red curtain led to the door leading to the "Tree fountain" as I called it in MOHEGAN SUN?
"Wh-what am I doing here?"
"This is your trial," I whipped around in time to see Artemis, walking towards me, smiling... "All Guardians-to-be are tested in an environment that's familiar to them...but that also inspires them...tell me, young one...what inspires you about this place?"
"Well..." I murmured, I-I guess, thi-this fountain, "I motioned the tent-like trees surrounding the water, " the way this place seems like a mergence of the forest and ocean...I guess it reminds me of Greek Mythology...the tale of Icarus, in particular...in the 'REAL' story, Icarus fell to his death in the ocean...but in CIRQUE'S version, in Varekai...Icarus fell into this magical forest, so he could redeem himself..."
Artemis hummed, "you love Varekai?"
"How can I not? It was my first Cirque show! yeah...the moment I stepped into the tent...it literally felt as if I'd been swept into another world...I was practically wandering in a trance when the first act was over...and this fountain...it seemed to just...resurrect that feeling...that canopy, right there..." I pointed upwards, to the moon-lit skylight that all the trees seemed to just center towards, "it feels like an angel could just fall down from there any minute..."
Suddenly, a familiar sound of the violin played, I heard the sound of the wind, rushing through the room...suddenly, a single spotlight shined through the canopy as white feather began to rain down from the sky...
Followed by a pair of white wings...attached to a certain man in white...
My jaw dropped...it was him...ICARUS...falling out of the sky...just like...
Without even thinking about what I was doing, I stepped forward, into the water and ever so gently, when he was close enough, I gently laid him down in the water, resting his head on my lap so his head would not be submerged below the water...
Then, the music changed to the beginning of Patzivota… (also from Varekai)
When I looked up, i saw HER...Le Promise, in her beautiful glowing silver skin, lowering to the earth...Artemis then stepped forward and helped her down as well...as she finally planted her feet on the ground, she knelt down beside me, eyes becoming sad as she took the angel in her arms...the music became silent as she quietly spoke:
"H-Help-h-him..."
"What?" I asked, feeling she needed something urgent...this wasn't just a man who lost consciousness...
"Help...him...i-if he remains asleep...he won't wake up..."
*OH NO ICARUS!
