Chapter 3
Later on that day Mirah sat by herself on a bench at the training area. It was a beautiful day and a wonderful breeze blew through the air. She couldn't help but feel relaxed. Yet something was on her mind. 'Terra… What was wrong?' Mirah spaced out and her mind was wrapped around that one question.
Master Eraqus looked around for Mirah but couldn't find her. He saw Terra and walked up to him, "Terra have you seen Mirah?" "I'm sorry Master but I haven't seen her since this morning. Maybe she's back at the training grounds. I think she likes it up there." "Terra if you wouldn't mind, would you go get Mirah and tell her I would like to talk to her?" "Yes, Master." Terra walked away to find Mirah.
Terra walked up to the training grounds, "Mirah! Mira-" He found Mirah curled up sleeping on the bench. He stood in front of the bench. He looked at the trees around them. The fall leaves were beginning to fall and the breeze blew them in swirls around them. When the breezes stopped the leaves gracefully floated down to the ground and gently lay upon the grass. He looked back at Mirah. Terra didn't want to wake her, she looked so peaceful but yet again Master Eraqus wanted to see her and he couldn't disobey him. He took a deep breath in and hesitantly moved his hand to tap her shoulder.
In reality Mirah wasn't sleeping as pleasantly as Terra thought. Her dream was filled with the horrors that reoccurred in her dreams every night. Every time she would wake up in a cold sweat and breathing heavily.
Before Terra's hand reached Mirah's shoulder, Mirah's eyes opened wide and tears fell down her cheeks. She was breathing heavily. Terra looked surprised, 'What happened to her peaceful sleeping?' Mirah saw a person in front of her. She couldn't tell who it was through the tears in her eyes and she hardly cared either. She threw her arms around Terra. Terra felt Mirah shaking badly and became worried, "What's wrong, Mirah?"
When Mirah heard Terra's voice, she could feel her chest tightening. She let go of Terra and kept her head lowered, "I-It's nothing… D-did you need me?" Terra looked at Mirah worriedly and ignored her question, "It is something. If it was nothing you wouldn't be crying." Terra grabbed her shoulders, "You can talk to me." Mirah looked up, "I'll be fine, Terra."
It worried Terra even more that she wouldn't talk to him but he didn't want her to get angry at him so he let the subject go for now, "Okay… Well I came to tell you that Master Eraqus needs to see you." "Okay," Mirah turned and walked down the mountain.
At the bottom was Master Eraqus looking a little worried. As Mirah got to the bottom Master Eraqus asked the question she hoped he wouldn't ask, "Is everything okay?" "Yes, Master Eraqus… Everything's fine." "Would you care to walk with me? I have some questions to ask you." "Okay."
Aqua walked past Mirah and Master Eraqus and saw how Mirah looked really out of it. There was pain yet emptiness in her eyes. She figured Terra might know something about what was wrong with her but she couldn't find him until she checked the mountain top. Aqua found Terra standing at the small pond on the slope and walked over to him, "Terra." No response came from him. "Terra, are you okay?" "I'm not sure." "What do you mean?" "Something's bothering me." "Would you talk about it?" "Sure. You may be able to help me clear some things up in my head."
Aqua and Terra sat down and Terra told Aqua about what happened with Mirah, "She looked so peaceful and I was about to wake her up when her eyes open wide and tears were rolling down her face. I was confused yet worried and she when she wraps her arms around me I feel her shaking almost uncontrollably. When I asked her what was wrong she said it was nothing and she wouldn't talk to me about it." Aqua thought about it for a moment, "She probably wasn't sleeping peacefully at all. Maybe she was having a nightmare." "But why wouldn't she tell me about it?" "Maybe she didn't want you to worry or she thought it was her problem and didn't want to put the burden on anybody else." Terra had a pained look in his eyes.
Aqua could tell that it was really bothering Terra and decided she would go ask Mirah about it herself.