Nightmare
Chapter 7
By
Eiki-chan
Molly stared out at the blue sky that covered Oban. The module's were floating in the air even though the race was hours away.
Taking in a deep breath she filled her body with the air that seemed so fresh. Although the day was so warm and inviting she could not help but feel depressed. Ever sense she had arrived on Oban she had been unable to win any races and the team was slowly falling behind.
"What's wrong with you Eva?" She said to herself as she leaned against the cool stone wall of the floating module.
Molly turned her head, Prince Aikka along with Raya were walking along the floating path. Raya as stubborn as ever nearly fell of the side.
"They look happy." Molly thought to herself with a smile.
She couldn't help but feel slightly jealous that Raya was able to spend so much time with the prince.
Molly turned her gaze back to the large ground beneath her that was Oban. It was then that Molly noticed there was a rather sweet smell about. Strangely enough Molly found herself slowly drifting off to sleep.
"Why am I so sleepy?" Molly thought to herself as she slowly drifted off to sleep. Molly didn't realize that she had been standing so close to the edge of her team's module.
It was dark and Molly's body felt cold. This place…was silent. Picture frames seemed to hang around her.
"Where am I..." Molly asked herself.
Suddenly she heard a sound. It was almost as if someone was crying. Molly looked around and noticed a large frame. It was rusted and seemed to gleam in the dark.
Slowly Molly made her way through the frame. She could see a small light ahead of her. The light seemed to dance in the darkness almost as though it were coming from a flame. The crying became louder and Molly somehow recognized the voice.
She soon came upon a figure. It looked to be girl a few years older than Molly. Her long red black hair streamed over her shoulders. The girl was kneeling on the ground her face buried in her hands.
"U-um excuse me, are you alright?" Molly asked.
The girl turned slowly and looked at Molly. Molly's eyes widened, the girl had the same markings on her face as she did. Her clothes were strangely similar to Molly's as well except for the fact they were torn and ragged.
Slowly rising up she revealed to be a rather tall young girl. She looked at Molly her face tear stained.
Without warning the girl turned away and ran through another large picture frame.
"H-Hey wait!" Molly cried out following the girl.
As Molly passed through the frame everything around her changed. She was on an unfamiliar planet. It was dark and the clouds threatened to open up at any time. Around her strange stones stood. They resembled grave stones but not so plane as those from Earth's.
"What's going on?..." Molly thought to herself.
It was then Molly noticed a large group of people walking by. The tan skin and long ears told her at one once they were of Naurasion origins. Molly noticed the one who was leading the group.
A tall girl with light pink eyes was in the front.
"Raya…"
It was Raya but it seemed she was older. Molly had not recognized her at first for it was the first time she had seen Raya in such formal clothing.
As Molly followed the group she realized no one seemed to be able to see her. It felt as if she were a ghost.
Suddenly all around her voices filled the air. It seemed almost as everyone was singing. Molly then realized she had tears in her eyes. This music was so sad, a sad lullaby.
Molly looked up to see Raya standing before the large crowd of people. She looked so sad.
"Today we say goodbye to a g-great…" Raya stuttered as she tried to form the
words. Molly could see that Raya was doing everything in her will not to shed tears.
"…It is today that we say farewell to our beloved prince." Tears streamed down her face.
"What?" Molly said unable to believe what she was hearing.
Molly began to tremble too shocked to do anything. Suddenly everything around her turned black. It was then she found herself standing before a grave. The girl from before was kneeling at the grave. The rain drenched the ground.
The girl turned and looked at Molly…
"Don't be consumed…" She said.
"What?"
"Whatever you do don't be consumed by the nightmares…"
Molly could only stare at the girl. Suddenly the girl before her started coughing up blood.
"Are you alright!" Molly asked in a panic.
The girl smiled, "Remember Molly don't be consumed by the nightmares…"
Molly opened her eyes. She was covered in sweat as she stared up at the stone ceiling of what appeared to be another teams module. It had all been a nightmare...
"Molly are you alright?"
Molly turned to see Raya sitting beside her. Raya looked worried. It was then Molly noticed the prince sitting next to Raya. Molly couldn't help herself as she suddenly wrapped her arms around Aikka.
"Thank god he's alive!" Molly thought to herself unable to stop the tears.
"M-Molly?" Aikka asked slightly startled.
Molly knew who the funeral had been for and why that girl was crying. She knew know why a smile no longer had been spread across Raya's face.
Aikka held Molly in his arms as Raya walked out of the room. Walking out onto the floating path she sniffed the air. Carefully walking over to the Earth teams module she reached out her hands until she came across a strange plant.
She plucked it from the crack it had been sprouting from.
"Who would have planted such a thing here…" Raya asked herself.
Raya remembered that day what had happen. Molly had fallen asleep and if it weren't for Aikka she may have fallen from her teams module.
Although the flower seemed beautiful in Raya's hand it was far from any ordinary flower. A flower that was blood red in color and deadly to anyone who came near to it. This flower was born of nightmares to consume others dreams.
Raya looked up towards the sky.
"I hope your ready Molly, this race is only the beginning…"
To be continued…
Ok! This is late…again! Well at least it didn't take me weeks to update this! Hope you enjoyed this chapter I've got some nice ideas for the future chapters! Oh and thank you everyone for the music suggestions they were such a great help to me! See you in the next chapter!
