Adel-
Something tickles my feet, causing me to sit up in surprise. I take in my surroundings. A few "rooms" down, Sandor is snoring and practically dead to the world and Reynolds is rolling around in his bed in the "room" next to me. On my other side, Kater is sleeping soundly. The thing tickles my feet again and crawls up into my bed. I sigh when I realize it's just Seven, but my worry comes back when I see her face. It's tear-streaked and pale. She looks like she just woke up from a horrible nightmare that kids her age shouldn't be having.
"What's wrong Seven?" I ask her quietly, not wanting to wake the others. She just looks down, her gaze filling with new tears.
"I h-had a nightmare," she whispers. I start to ask her about it when she interrupts me. "It was about my family back home. I watched them blow up…" She puts her head in her hands and starts to sob. So I'm not the only one having nightmares around here.
"It's okay. They're just dreams, Sev-" I start to say but she interrupts me.
"No, It's not okay! Everybody keeps dying! Everybody keeps… keeps…" She trails of again and cries harder. I rub her back and glance around. Nobody's awake yet. It's just us.
"You're right," I say. Seven looks up at me, the horror clear on her face. "It's not okay. Everybody keeps dying. I get it. It's upsetting. But think about it, everyone back home fought for us. They fought for us because they knew that you are strong, that all of you are strong. They knew that you're strong enough to tough out a little nightmare because they knew that someday you would do great things. I know that too. I know that they made the right choice. Now you're the only person that still needs to learn that and I'm not gonna let a little nightmare get you down and make you feel bad. Okay?" I smile, feeling proud of my little speech and feeling even prouder when Seven nods and smiles too.
"Okay!" she replies while reaching over and hugging me. The two of us grin in the darkness for a couple of minutes. "What kind of legacies do you think I'll get?" she asks first at a quiet voice, but then quieting down to a tiny whisper when Reynolds shifts.
"I don't know," I say honestly. "But I do know that they'll be AWESOME!" I whisper-shout. She smiles wider after I say this.
"Maybe I get a legacy where I can make ice! Then I'll be the Ice Queen! Or, or…" I laugh while her eyes grow wide. "Or maybe I will be able to FLY! Wouldn't that be super-duper cool?"
"That would be super-duper cool, but you have to get a good-night's sleep so you will be ready for them when the time comes," I say and she smiles.
"Okay! I'll go to sleep now so I can wake up early in the morning!" she whispers as she runs out of the door and down the hall back to her bed.
"You are quite the miracle worker," a voice says and I jump. Reynolds is looking at me and smiling. "And you only woke up one person, congratulations."
"No, she woke up two people," I turn to see Kater sitting up beside me. I blush and she smiles. "That was a very motivational speech, Adel."
"Just go to sleep already!" Sandor groans from his bed and we laugh.
"Yep. Guys, we should listen to Sandor and go to sleep. Alright?" Reynolds says. We laugh again and I lie down and listen to the other's breathing. Listening to the other's breathing helps to calm me. It makes me feel like I'm at home and sharing a room with my sister again. The memory takes over and I soon drift into a deep sleep.
