Author's Note: I wrote another story earlier today and it was so refreshing! The last couple months I have made so many drafts of this chapter its not even funny but I did it! And I hope that I've gotten out of my funk. I have a much more clear image for this story than I've had in so long so thank you to everyone for you're patience!
Here it is Chapter 7!
Where am I?
What is this place?
It's dark.
I can't see anything.
Momma… help me.
Lucy hardly felt anything.
Everything was dull and far away.
She couldn't even tell where she was the world just seemed to be traveling farther and farther away.
Her eyes were open and she knew she was awake.
But she felt like she was just floating in a dark, cold place.
The world felt like it lost all of its color and warmth.
But suddenly she saw something coming near her.
A hand?
She looked up the arm to see whose hand it was. And saw a boy around her age.
But that was all she noticed.
From what felt like miles away she him say, "Come here, I wanna show you something." She saw his mouth move and saw his bright smile, but it still felt as if his voice was somewhere far away.
But she decided to trust him. And blindly sat up and took his hand.
It's so warm, she thought and she started walking with the boy. Although she didn't really noticed she was walking or that there was the dragon on the other side of the clearing that she had befriended all those weeks before. Or that she was in a forest at all.
All she felt and noticed was the warmth of his hand. It was the only warm thing she felt left.
Before she knew it though, because she was just staring at his hand, she tripped on a tree root.
As she fell she accidentally let go of his hand.
She immediately felt the loss of warmth from him and felt immediately lost without him to anchor her.
In a short few seconds the world seemed be going farther and farther away again.
She dazedly watched as the boy turned and seemed startled that she fell onto her knees. He immediately kneeled down as well and asked, "Are you ok? Are you hurt? Do you want me to carry you?" He said this all in a flurry with his hands waving everywhere by the thought that she could've been hurt.
She sat there unable to do anything. Her body felt so heavy, she was surprised that she hadn't just fallen to the floor already.
And then it was there again. That warmth he was holding her hand. And all the sudden he heard his kind voice clearly for the first time, "I just wanted to take you to see something that I think will cheer you up. Do you think you can walk just a little farther or do you want me to carry you?"
He stood up a little, preparing for her to stand again or come back down to carry her.
She nodded. She would do anything to hold onto this small amount of warmth and comfort. She shakily stood up again, and she looked up at his dazzling smile, but she couldn't find it in her to speak let alone lift up the sides of her lips.
He turned around and much more slowly than the last time started guiding her through the forest again.
Time wasn't relevant to her turbulent mind. Nothing was registering at all except for the warmth of the boy in front of her.
The next time they stopped it was because of him. He slowed down but she was behind him so she couldn't see what was in front of them.
Again he turned around and spoke to her, "I heard about what happened so I wanted to take you to the place that always makes me feel better. And I hope it's gonna do the same for you." Not letting go of her hand, he brought her around to show her the most beautiful sight she had ever seen.
Before her was a huge lake. But because of the sunlight the lake seemed to go on just glistening. In the background she saw huge mountains surrounded by trees and the lake. And just a little bit it felt like she saw the blue of the water. The green of the trees around her. Just a little bit she felt the warmth of the sunlight.
She turned over to the boy. And saw something even more magical. She saw how glistening water was reflecting off his dark eyes, making them sparkle so brightly. And she saw his small smile.
As if feeling her gaze, he looked over at her. And his eyes seemed to sparkle even brighter at the sight of her. His smile got so big it seemed as if his face would split in half.
She wanted to feel that way. She wanted just carefree happiness that she lost.
And maybe with him she might just get it.
Her future with him would be brighter.
And with that thought she gave the tiniest of smiles, who had started to bring warmth and light back into her life.
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