Dream Your Dream Away

Ch 13

Izz was sitting on Carley's bed curled up in a ball. He hadn't moved from there in a while.

Leah noticed that Elisa had tried to get him to talk to her but he hadn't. She knew he was depressed about Krya hurting Carley.

She then saw him look up as she entered the room.

He had red rims around his eyes.

"It's okay. I know you miss her. I do too. I'm going to see her. You want to come?" she told him.

He nodded slowly.

His heart was hurting at the moment.

It was that hurtful feeling he'd felt when his parents had died. Only much worse.

He nearly cried seeing Carley lying there in a deep coma. There were bandages over her face and body and her arm was in a cast.

Leah had gone out with the doctor.

He then climbed into the bed beside her like at home.

"Carley? C-Can you hear me? It's me Izz. I was scared when I showed up and saw you lying there hurt like that.

I should've gotten there sooner. That way we could've merged and became the Psammeadis Knight." He said through tears as he nuzzled her.

"You can wake her Izz." A voice told him in his head. It was Jen, the Ograrian Knight.

"How do I do that?" Izz whispered in his mind.

"Through Love. I know how much you care for her Izz." The Ogarian Knight answered.

Izz understood.

"Do it! One kiss should do the job. I know how much you love her Izz. I feel it within me.

Show her you care." Izz's heart told him.

He knew it was right but was nervous.

This would be the only time he could reveal how he felt about her.

He then kissed her on the lips.

"I love you so much. My heart has been longing for something but I never knew what it was until now.

Now I know what my heart desires. It's you." He told her as he saw Leah and left with her.

She smiled as they walked home.

"I know you kissed her. It's okay I won't tell.

Besides I know you love her. You're lucky." She said.

"Yes I have. My heart only noticed it at night. When I see her at night as a Psammead, it sparls wild feelings in me. Even when she's in human form, I feel the same way but I'm afraid in case it mightn't be True Love." He replied.

"You don't have a problem about that Izz. She does love you too." Leah told him as they entered the house.

Elisa then saw him go into Carley's room and close the door. He got onto the bed but felt something and looked under the pillow. He pulled it out.

It was the friendship book. Carley used it to make herself feel better when she was depressed or couldn't sleep at night.

He smiled reading it. It made him feel happy as his eyes grew heavy. He hadn't slept well last night.

Leah was on the phone. It was the hospital.

David wondered what they wanted.

"It's Carley. She woke up." she answered smiling. "That's great. Does Izz know?" he replied to her.

"Not yet. I'll go tell him now." she answered as she went upstairs and opened the door to Carley's room.

She walked in quietly and was about to speak but noticed he'd fallen asleep.

She smiled as she put him in the bed and wrapped the blanket around him.

"I'll tell him when he wakes up. He'll be so happy." she said to Elisa when in her room.

"I know. Maybe he'll go back to being himself." Elisa told her. She agreed.

Izz was feeling hope as he woke up. He then saw Elisa sitting on the bed. "Hey giw're you doing?" she asked him.

"I'm... okay." he answered trying to fake a smile but his eyes betrayed him.

She knew he was hurting but didn't want to let it show.

"lt's okay to cry Izz. I know how bad your heart's feeling. It's been holding all the sadness, all the agony since Mom and Dad died. You

You've got to let it out. Only then you can be yourself." she told him. "Why would you care about that Elisa? I know that she's not dead, I know that they weren't my parents!" he replied as the tears released themselves from his eyes.

She hugged him tightly to reassure him but she felt too much sadness. "How much weight has been put on your shoulders since we left? How did you find out the truth? We didn't tell you." she thought,

Leah watched them together. She then saw somebody appear.

It was Jen the Ogarian Knight. She wondered what he wanted. "It's Izz. He's adopted." he said to her as he gave her something.

It was a locket with the purple dragon marking on it.

"Does he know?" she asked him softly.

"No. He was only a baby when they were lost imprisoning the Angel of Darkness. They put this around his neck. It's his birth medallion. We hid this from him but now is the time to tell him." Jen answered smiling sadly.

"Does Elisa know?" Leah asked. "Yes she does." he replied as she opened the locket. Inside was a picture of Izz's real parents with a baby in their arms. It was Izz.

He looked so cute, so innocent.

"He's in great agony at the moment. Losing his adopted parents and now nearly losing Carley, his heart is unstable and full of rage and sadness. You and Elisa must help him unleash the sadness, channel it in a way he can be happy again.

If those feelings remain in the final battle, he could end up losing Carley for real or hurt himself and you in the process." he explained as he vanished. Leah then went into her room.

She was thinking about what Jen had told her. She knew at this moment Izz was unstable and in grief because of what happened in the library.

"Now isn't the time Leah. I can feel it. He's still too sad. We must wait until he's better to tell him but then I'm worried.

His heart will be filled with a new kind of sadness because he doesn't know his birth parents. Humans do crazy things when they're sad.

I'm afraid he'll try to end... his life and that would make me sad.

He may be adopted but he's still my brother. You understand right Leah?" Elisa told her as she sat on her bed.

She understood what Elisa said.

She then heard somebody come in through the front door. Leah went downstairs to see who it was. She smiled warmly.

It was Carley.

"I missed you and so did Izz. He's asleep in your room." she said hugging her.

"Not so tight. I'm still in pain." the girl replied.

"Sorry. We need to have a talk about something." Leah told her. The older girl had bandages over her and her arm was in a cast.

"What's it about? Should I get Izz?" Carley asked as Elisa joined them.

"It's about him but we shouldn't wake him up, not yet. Let him sleep." she said.

Leah agreed with her.

"Izz is adopted. His parents were lost imprisoning the Angel of Darkness. Jen gave me this to give him. It's his birth medallion." Leah explained as she showed her the locket.

Carley understood. "I'll see how he reacts when I enter my room later." she told her as she ate.

Izz then heard the door to Carley's room open.

"Izz?" a voice said as Carley entered. He woke up at once. It was Carley.

He then saw her sit on the bed.

He hugged her crying. They were happy tears.

"I'm so glad you're back. Don't leave me again. I don't want to be alone like I was on that beach in the professor's house." he said nuzzling her gently.

"It's okay Izz. You're not alone. I'll always be with you no matter what.

I know you're sad but I'll always be your family, your friend." she told him as she stroked him behind his bat like ears.

That made him smile.

Leah watched them. "Maybe we can tell him about his family." she thought as Elisa was on her shoulders...

She stared at Izz's birth medallion un her hand...