Thunder: Chapter 10 is here! I hope you all enjoy!

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Chapter 10

Nightmares and Dreams

"Why don't we go and check up on Nataly?" she suggested after a few minutes, Kanil nodded and they headed for the bedroom.

Abashira went and sat on the ground right beside Nataly's head, while Kanil simply vanished. The moon's light shone through the small window all the way till Nataly's face, she looked so peaceful when she slept. Abashira felt jealous and leaned her head on a free space on the mattress and slowly drifted off to sleep.

A few minutes later Nataly's body started to shift and her eyelids slowly opened and she woke up with a small moan.

"W-what? Where…where am I?" she asked in a voice not above a whisper, Abashira's eyes flipped open as she heard the small sound and cautiously lifted her head to see Nataly, and her expression turned all happy.

"You're in my house." She replied softly. Nataly slowly turned her head to see Abashira's smiling face.

"You…you're the… the woman who…who saved me." She said slowly her voice still very low, Abashira figured she's just tired.

"Yes, that's me. Do you still remember my name?" she asked childishly.

"Uh…Aba…Abasho…no! Abashi…no I mean…" she continued like this for a whole minute getting more energetic and frustrated after each failure. She had already sat up straight without noticing as she tried to figure out the rather complicated, strange sounding name.

"Aaargh! Why can't I remember it?" she shouted in frustration. Abashira chuckled.

"Yes I know it's a weird name. Abashira." She said softly.

"But it's way too hard." Grumbled Nataly. Then her face lit up as an idea struck her mind.

"I know. I'll call you Shira!" she said happily.

"Shira?" wondered Abashira.

"Is it okay? Do you like it?" she asked quietly.

"Sure, why not. On one condition…"

"What?"

"You let me nickname you as well." She said playfully.

"Okay, what?" giggled Nataly.

"I'll have to think about that later, how are you feeling?" she slowly asked.

"Huh?" was her only response, it was only when she looked down on herself did she see all the bandages and her gyps covered arm.

"I think I'm okay." She answered after a few minutes and Shira felt relieved.

The night's events suddenly burst into Nataly's mind like a wave that floods the beach, reversing her warm smile into a sad frown as she lowered her head, the events ran like slow motion pictures in her head, leaving her in her own sufferings as she forcefully pulled herself out of the drowning wave.

"Tell me it was a nightmare…please tell me that all of this night is just a bad dream." She said, tears forming on the edge of her eyes as she looked Shira in the eye, who looked back in equally sad eyes.

"I'm sorry my little moon." She said in a very sad tone, and hugged the now crying Nataly. "I'm afraid it wasn't just a nightmare." She whispered, tears falling down her own cheeks as Nataly began to sob and cry bitterly and she held her closer, careful not to hurt her wounds.

"Please no cry." Said Sun as he appeared in an attempt to calm her down but it didn't work.

"N-now I…I'm all…alone." She managed between sobs.

"No your not." Said Shira firmly, Nataly slowly looked up at her words, tears slowly flowing down her cheeks.

"You still have me."

"And me!" called Sun from behind her raising his arms in the air.

"Yes." She chuckled. "You still have me and Sun, I bet we can be good friends." That made the flowing rivers stop for a bit, and a small smile came across her face as she wiped her tears and slowly nodded.

"Not to mention your mother's spirit is still with you." That last comment almost made Nataly's eyes pop out.

"MOM IS STILL HERE?" she shouted almost making Shira's eardrums burst.

"Of course I am. I wouldn't leave my precious daughter all alone, would I?" she heard her mother's voice say from behind her.

Nataly whipped her head towards the voice's source and tears started to fall down again stronger than before as she launched herself towards her mother's lap, embracing her into a tight hug as she buried her face into her chest. They both sat on the bed like that for a few moments.

"There, there…I'm always with you, you should know that by now. I need you to stay strong for me, okay?" she said slowly stroking her shiny black hair. "It's a miracle that it didn't get stained with blood after all of this." Thought Kanil.

"Okay." Managed Nataly between sobs. After a few minutes she finally calmed down, sat up and wiped her tears.

"You must be hungry after all that running, wana eat something?" said Shira.

"Idiot! She just woke up from a huge injury and I offer food before resting?" she screamed in her mind, she was about to smack her head when Nataly's stomach growled. "No way." She slowly looked at Nataly, whose face had gone from red to bloodshot red.

"Uuh…well I am hungry, but…I really have no appetite at all." She stuttered with a nervous grin.

"Uh…Oh! Right! Then you should take your time and rest." She stumbled in her words. "Yeah, I definitely understand 'why'."

Nataly nodded and lied down on the bed; Shira pulled the sheets over her and sat back beside her on the ground. Kanil stayed on the bed, slowly stroking Nataly's hair until she fell asleep. They both watched her soft sleeping face for what felt like half an hour.

"She needs cloths for tomorrow" said Kanil nonchalantly.

"No problem, I'll buy her new ones." Replied Shira.

"What will she wear till then?"

"….."

"You can still go to our house and get her some of hers." She suggested tentatively only to receive a glare from Shira.

"You mean leave her alone? At night? In this forest and in her current

state?" she slowly asked.

"It's now or never, she's asleep and won't notice anything." She replied looking away.

"You're her mother. You should know better than me." She stated quietly.

"I-I know that! But…." Her voice trailed off.

Silence filled the room, an uncomfortable atmosphere. Shira didn't like the idea, but she didn't want to disappoint the newly dead ghost, she probably wanted to help, Shira took a deep breath….

"I know she needs cloths…and judging tonight's weather tomorrow will be a bit chilly…alright fine...I guess I can leave Sun to guard her." She said hesitantly.

Kanil's face lit up immediately.

"Sun here has a nasty habit of scaring people away. This time it'll actually come in handy, right Sun?" Smiled Shira.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Sun loves scaring strangers!" He jumped from behind excited. They both chuckled.

"Promise me you won't let anyone come one meter close from Nataly, got it Sun?" she ordered. Sun nodded respectfully. Shira went and got her blue jacket on.

"Right. Lead the way then." She turned to Kanil. Kanil smiled at the stranger's determined will to help her daughter.

"Follow me." She said walking away.

Shira took one last glance at the house before it vanished between the tall tree trunks. She failed to see three strange figures coming closer to the bedroom's window.

Thunder: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry but I couldn't wait so I decided on my own (with a little help).

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