Chapter 11
Feelings
Salina had a weird dream. She was walking around in the same dark place she was the other day, but it was lit more and also, she thought she saw what might be flash backs of sago, but they were memories she had never had before. She saw him in his normal form and looked as if he was talking to her, also in his hyper form fighting with and protecting her, then she started to feel like she was about to use that attack again and was looking at an Indian looking man with long, black hair pulled back in a ponytail. He was a bit large and muscular with gold armor. She felt as if she was going to attack him, then felt very sad and felt like her heart was going to break, then she turned to see Sago being held back by Mushra and Kutaal. He looked as if he was in pain. He was crying and yelling to Salina. It hurt her just to watch. He kept trying to break free, but she looked back at the man in golden armor, then it all faded away after a bright light shown. Then she was in a wide meadow.
"Hi. You must be the new Salina."
She turned to see some one in the same outfit as her, same hair, eyes, skin color. Only the looks were different. "Are you"
"The real Salina? Yes. And what you saw earlier were almost all my memories. You may be wondering why I'm here, and I'm going to tell you, but first, do you have any questions?" she said.
Salina was just so surprised, but thought of a question. "Are you in my dream?"
"Yeah, it's the only way I could get to you."
"Who was that Indian man before?"
"Maliki. That was my last battle."
"Ok, now why are you here?"
"I wanted to tell you that I am so glad that you exist. If it weren't for you, Sago would be in pain forever. We loved each other so much and it hurt so bad. And once he laid eyes on you it melted away. I miss him, but I'm glad he is able to move on. At first I wished I could come back completely and be with him, but now I know why. He may have been in love with me, but now he has you, someone who is me and so much more. I am also here to tell you, do all you can do and don't die. I don't think he would be able to take it again."
Salina nodded, taking in everything Sago's past love just said. She would find a way to kill Maliki and not die. No matter what, she would. She woke up and turned over to see Yakumo turning away and whistling.
"What were you doing, Yakumo."
"Um, well, did you know that you sometimes talk in your sleep?"
"What did you hear?"
"Just you talking to someone. Who was it?"
Salina decided to tell her everything in her dream.
Yakumo was surprised after all that. "Sago said he loved you?!!!"
Salina nodded and Yakumo came and hugged her. "Oh, I'm soooooo happy for you two. I was wondering if ya'll would ever get together. I'm so happy for you, but even more for Sago. He finally has the one he was meant to be with."
"The other Salina was the one he was meant for." Salina said thinking she was only the one now because she died.
"No, if it wasn't for her, none of this would happen. He never would have met you."
Salina thought of it that way, then felt happy that she was the one meant for him. They talked for awhile. Someone knocked on the door and came in. It was Kutaal.
"Salina we're going to be doing a lot today, so we need to get started now."
Salina got up and followed Kutaal out side. Once she saw Sago she couldn't help but smile at him and he smiled back. They actually stared at each other for a while without noticing.
"Ya'll gonna stare holes into each others souls or are we gonna train?" Mushra said getting impatient.
They finally took their eyes off each other and Salina wondered why they didn't have their weapons. "Are we doing something else today?"
"Yea, thanks to that attack yesterday. We've decided we need to get you started on using magic, since it may come in handy more than the sword would. Today you will learn how to use it, then tomorrow you'll learn how to fight with it. Also, today I'll be teaching you to fly." Sago informed.
Salina's stomach flipped. "Oky dok."
First she started with using fire, and it didn't go so well. It took her a while to actually connect and be able to use, then she almost burnt the house. Then she tried earth, and was pretty good. And last but not least, water.
"Ok, you already know how to get to using water, but to master it perfectly, you need to think of it as you. A free, mysterious, and an almost as beautiful part of you." He smiled at the end.
She smiled back, blushing a little. She closed her eyes and tried to image being the water. She imagined making huge waves, being surrounded by thousands of different and beautiful fish, flowing all around the world. She thought of Sago. Then opened her eyes to see thousands of lines of water surrounding both her and Sago. "Whoa!"
They watched as Salina made the water fly around back and forth. She made it form around her, then around him, then the both of them again. She made a smiley face that looked like it was going 'cheese'. They laughed. Lastly, she made them seem like fireworks and explode and travel back to the water.
Then she smiled and said, "That was fun and cool. You were right when you said it was cooler to do it yourself."
"Told you so." He said with a laugh. "Now, its time to fly." He held out his hand waiting for her to grab it.
She grabbed his hand and he pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her. Salina's stomach flipped.
"You're going to need to hold on." He said smiling. He pulled her arms around his neck, then held her tighter as his wings formed and he started to ascend. Salina held him tighter, scared she'd fall. She kept her eyes closed and hid her head in his chest worried she would get even more scared if she looked down. They stopped getting higher and Salina looked straight at Sago, trying not to look down. He was smiling, probably thinking it was funny seeing her act like a little scare-die cat.
"Ok, imagine you were flying with wings on your back. Then they will form." She did as he said. She started to feel a ticklish feeling on her back. It stopped and she looked to see big, brown wings.
"Wow, cool!" she said.
"Good, now I'm going to let go of all of you but your hand, ok?" Sago said, starting to let go.
"No, I'm too scared. Can't I just fly with you as you fly?"
"No, or you won't learn to fly. This was your idea."
"Yea, but sometimes I have really stupid idea's, like this one, so how about we slowly lower to the ground." She said in a rush.
He shook his head and she made a pouty face. He shook his head again and she sighed. She got ready, then nodded.
"Now you need to try to feel and flap your wings."
Salina tried flapping her wings slowly first then a little faster. Sago started to let go until only their hands were linked. Salina kept raising higher then lower. They started flying forward a bit. She was starting to fly evenly.
"Good. Now, I'm gonna let go of your hand." he took a minute to let go, watching Salina to make sure she was ok with it.
She let go, too. She tried flying by herself, then started having fun. She speed ahead of Sago and started spinning. He caught up to her and they spun around in circles with each other, flew really high, then raced. They had so much fun. They kept on flying with each other for awhile, but stopped and flew back to each other. Sago held onto her waist and Salina her hands on his shoulder. They landed but didn't let go. They just stared at each other. Sago lifted his hand and placed it on her cheek. Salina felt like her cheek was on fire, but she just stared at him, getting a feeling. She had an urge to lean in and she started to see him do the same. She leaned in, closed her eyes, and felt her whole body tingle and her stomach flip as there lips touched. Her lips felt warm, too, as his moved against hers. She didn't want to leave this place. Being in his arms and kissing him. But they couldn't stay there forever, so they stopped. They both slowly opened there eyes, savoring the moment. When they saw each other, they lightly smiled. He rubbed her cheek again. Now all Salina wanted to do was stay in his arms, so she hid her head in his chest. He wrapped his arms tighter around her and rested his head on hers. They stood there, not moving.
"I love you." Sago said kissing her head.
"I love you, too." Salina said, so happy to say it.
Eventually, it got cold, so they decided to go inside, holding hands. They walked in the door, not seeing anyone in the first room, but hearing whispering in the other room.
"Now ya'll need to stop. Its not polite to spy." They heard Yakumo say.
"Oh, come on. Where'd they go? They where just out there." Mushra said, looking out the window in the room.
Salina and Sago slowly came in the room and snuck up on Mushra.
"Dang, I can't see them." He said.
They got behind him and said, "That's because we're right here."
Mushra jumped in surprise. He smiled and scratched the back of his head. Then before either of them could do anything, he ran as fast as lightning to the other room, jumped on his bed and acted like he was asleep. Kutaal left the room slowly watching Salina and Sago's every move. Yakumo followed, thinking they may need a little privacy. Sago was about to go to the next room, but he turned to Salina, kissed her lightly, rubbed her cheek, and said, "Goodnight, Salina." Then left the room. Salina just sat on her bed, not able to think of anything but the fact that they kissed. THAT'S what I get for falling for an animation, she thought to herself, then laid down and went to sleep.
