A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!
Some ideas in this story are influenced by the story, Ignorance by EibonVirgo. The ideas go to her.
Keeo: I want to know what you mean now, bricann!
Me: Just. Be. Patient.
Keeo: You know I struggle with doing that.
Sayer: You do need to learn how to though. Patience is very important. Okay?
Me: See? Your father figure agrees!
Keeo: Fine, fine, fine!
Me: Thank you. Now to the chapter!
Chapter 4: Dreams
Keeo's POV
"Keeo!" called a soft, motherly voice. "Keeo!"
I was walking in a forest with a thick, green canopy. I soon found myself out of the greenery and in a clearing full of golden grass. The sky was clear with white stars covering almost every inch of it. In the center, however, was a bright, red star that stood out in the mass of white, blinking stars and the darkness of space. For some reason, the star seemed a part of me. Like space was my home.
I found myself in front of a clear pond. When I looked at my reflection, I didn't see my human self. I saw a dragon with goldish-yellow eyes like mine, fiery red skin that seemed to be actually made of fire, and wings that stretched far but had no webbing. It was a fiery dragon. I was a fiery dragon.
I stumbled back in shock. I looked at my hands. Human. I touched my face. Human.
"Keeo," called the motherly voice again.
I looked around. A bright flash of light appeared in front of me forcing me to shield my eyes with my arms. When I brought them down, the dragon I saw as my reflection hovered where the light originated.
"Who or what are you?" I asked.
"I am the Crimson Dragon. Do you know what you are? Why you have that mark?" she answered.
"No, I don't know about my mark. But what do you mean 'know what I am'? I'm human," I replied. "Right?"
"Not entirely. You are the Crimson Daughter. Look at this to understand," the dragon answered.
I walked to the pond again. The water rippled from the center and a picture began to form in it. I watched the dragon flying through the skies. In its arms was a small dragon looking the same as the elder. The only difference was the size and the face obviously stated it was as young as a newborn. It was sleeping peacefully in the dragons arms.
I noticed as the dragon slowed down to a hover as it arrived beside a house. Inside was husband and wife with a year old daughter in the woman's arms. The daughter actually looked like the girl from my visions.
I turned back to the elder and baby dragon. The elder dragon touched its nose to the baby and it formed into a newborn, human baby wrapped in a red blanket.
It flew down and set the child on the ground in front of the door. The baby looked at the dragon confused.
"Mama?" the baby called.
"Goodbye my Crimson Daughter. One day we'll meet again and I hope you'll understand why I had to leave you. Goodbye, Keeo," the dragon said.
The baby's eyes were mine and tears were growing in them. The elder dragon's eyes dropped a couple tears on the child and a necklace formed around the baby's neck. I knew the necklace though. I knew the red, teardrop shaped stone that only gave a faint glow only when I held it. It was the necklace I had since I was a baby.
I then gasped in realization that was pretty slow for me. I wasn't human… I was a dragon. I looked at my necklace. It still gave a faint glow only when it was on me or in my hand.
The water returned back to the normal, clear state water usually is in. "I'm a dragon. And… you're my mother…" I muttered in disbelief.
"Yes, Keeo. Twenty years ago, you were born to say that next year, on your twenty-first birthday, I will die and you will rise and become the new Crimson Dragon. Goddess of Light and Peace," Crimson Dragon said.
"How long have you lived?" I asked.
"Every Crimson Dragon will live for five hundred years. Twenty one years before you die, you will be given your own daughter and you will do as I have done. When you turn twenty-one, you will turn into a dragon and look as I for the rest of eternity. You will be given the wisdom and memories of every dragon before you. I have missed you my daughter," Crimson Dragon, or Mom, explained.
"So when I turn twenty-one…" I trailed off.
"You will become a dragon yourself," Mom finished. "It is difficult thing to take in and comprehend, I know. I struggled to accept it when I found out. But it is your destiny as the Crimson Daughter."
"Why did you leave me?" I asked. "Why didn't you just leave me a dragon and take me with you?"
"Because, as my mother said, you need the experience the human life gives you to choose the generations of Signers," she explained.
"Do you know what happened to my memories?" I asked. "Can I get them back?"
"Now that your time of change is nearing closer, I cannot give you all the answers as you need to learn through the experiences I give you. But I will give you a hint on how to retrieve your memories," Mom answered.
"Tell me, please. I've lasted a year without my memories. I need something to help me get them back," I responded.
"To retrieve what has been lost, the stone is what you'll trust," she recited. "Figure out that riddle and your memories will return."
"Thank you. I-I'll figure it out," I said already thinking.
"I know you will. Now it is time for you to return to your world," Mom replied.
"Will I see you again?" I asked worried I'll never see my true mother again.
"Eventually our paths will cross again," Crimson Dragon said. "Remember the riddle, figure it out, remember what you have lost, and be careful."
"I will," I responded with a nod.
"Goodbye, my daughter," Mom said.
Before I could respond, light filled my vision and I felt my mind drift back to the real world.
Keeo: *jaw dropped*
Me: I can see you're shocked.
Keeo: Shock?! I'm a dragon! Anyone would be shocked. What'll happen between me, Yusei, and Akiza? How will they react when I tell them it's a fact?
Akiza: *walks into room* What's a fact?
Keeo: I'm a… HMRPH! *author covers Keeo's mouth*
Me: Nothing, nothing.
Akiza: Huh?
Yusei: She'll figure it out eventually, bricann.
Me: Well not at this moment. So, shush! Well, readers, until the next chapter.
-bricann
