You'll be okay
Sharp pain came from various places on his body and ropes wrapped themselves around his pain fulled self. Eleanor was pulled out of his arms and ropes wrapped themselves around her limp body, suspending her in midair. "El..." Syaoran's head fell forwards as a spell drew him into sleep.
Syaoran's eyes flickered, and warmth entered his body. He was lying on a soft bed, covers wrapped tight around him and a fire burning near him. He sat up, grasping his head. Pain was shooting from all over his body and taking vengeance in his head. He groaned, and the sound echoed fifty times louder in his head.
"Lie down," a feminine voice advised. Syaoran lay back, and the pain subsided. A women stepped out of the darkness, her beauty hitting Syaoran with surprise. The women had long red hair, blue eyes and tanned skin. She took away the pillows behind Syaoran, and lay his head on the pillow at the bottom. Her touch was soothing and warm. Syaoran looked straight into her blue eyes, his own reflected in them.
"My name is Clair, and yours?" The lady asked. "Syaoran," Syaoran replied. "Well, Syaoran. How did you get here?" Clair asked. "I don't know. I was just walking home and found myself here," Syaoran replied. Worry shone on his face for a second, but then disappeared. He had been with someone. Someone that was not here. Why didn't he know who it was? "You look worried. Please, let me put your mind at ease," Clair said.
Before he could argue, Clair put her hand over Syaoran's eyes. He felt another hand rest on his cheek. It was as if a light bulb had been lit inside of him. A hot burning began in his chest, and then began to spread throughout his entire body. As the feeling spread, his strength was sent straight to his chest. He felt pressure right where the strength rested, and it evaporated. He couldn't move, he couldn't feel, he couldn't speak. All he could do was see. See the darkness.
The stone floated above the boy Syaoran's chest, hovering above his body. The boy's eyes were closed, and his breathing ragged. It was a if his whole body was connected to that stone. Magic this powerful would be useful. Very useful. Maybe she could use it to finally get rid of her cousin and his girlfriend.
"She uses magic to get more magic?! It's just confusing!" Hope exclaimed. "Hope, that's not the worst of it. She takes anything to do with magic. Anything," Justin said. "And you're still alive?!" Hope asked. "Mother, Father and my Aunt and Uncle, are immune. And they made her promise not to go near me. Otherwise I would have been staying at Yuuko's while she was here," Justin replied. Hope laughed.
"But still, I can't believe she came back. You're cousin I mean. Is she dangerous?" Hope asked. "What do you think I've just been telling you?!" Justin asked. "Of course she's dangerous!" He exclaimed.
"So, will she touch any of the others?" Hope asked. "She actually doesn't know a thing about it, but she knows that with my bloodline, there is ninety-nine percent chance that I will have something very powerful," Justin replied. Hope nodded. "But... who would want more power?! I want less!"Hope exclaimed. Justin looked into her eyes. How could someone so amazing be cursed with such a burden?
"Justin, do you feel something?" Hope asked. Justin nodded. "Somethings going on," Justin replied. The door flew open, and a warm breeze hit the two. "So, it's about time that these guy's came back," Hope said. Justin, and grabbed twin daggers from his bed. Hope summoned her own weapon, a spear of silver and blue ice, and pointed it at the cloud of smoke that had formed. "It's nice when they come straight straight to us, isn't it?"
The stone floated back into Syaoran's body, and Syaoran's eyes snapped open. His body was numb, and he couldn't move very well. Clair stared at him in shock. "How... How? How did you do that? Give me the stone!" Clair ordered, grabbing Syaoran's chest. Her nails dug into his skin, drawing warm blood. "Tell me, or I'll rip out your heart," Clair whispered in Syaoran's ear. Syaoran smiled. "If you do that, you'll never know," Syaoran whispered.
Eleanor opened her eyes. She was tied down, and a dagger was about five feet away from her, getting closer every minute. "A little help please," she whispered. She struggled against her bonds, but they were surprisingly strong. "HELP!"
The sound rang through his ears, the cry for help. Syaoran twisted, using every ounce of strength that he had. Getting away from Clair's grip, he ran for the door. He locked the door behind him, and heard her rattle the door open.
He followed the voice, and burst through the door to find Eleanor with a dagger pointing at her. He burst in front of the dagger that stabbed and sliced open his leg. Why was it always the leg? He ripped Eleanor out of her bonds,and helped her to her feet.
"Let's go!" Syaoran said, breathless. Eleanor nodded, and Syaoran took her hand, making her fly in the air because he was running so fast. They ran down the hall way, and raced out the door.
Syaoran's leg couldn't take it anymore, and Syaoran collapsed. Eleanor turned her head, and saw Syaoran on the ground. "Syaoran!" Eleanor cried, racing over to the boy. "Go. Run. I'll be fine," Syaoran whispered. "But..." Eleanor began. "Run!" Syaoran ordered.
Eleanor nodded, and ran out the gate between the two worlds. With a crash, she landed in the park. She turned around, and stared at the swirling of grey mist. The mist shrunk, and disappeared. The gate was closed. "Syaoran..."
Tsubasa dream chronicle
He couldn't move, but the more he stayed there the more blood he lost. Everything in his body ached, and his head felt like it was going to fall off. So, the dagger wasn't only ready to stab Eleanor, it was covered in poison. His vision was blurred, and his strength fading quickly. This time, he would really die to save Eleanor. At least she would survive. He sighed in relief as he collapsed to the ground, and his heart slowed. But it refused to stop.
"Syaoran. You must wake up. You must!" "Why?" "To save all you care about!" "That's what I've done! She will survive, I will die, but she'll be free! That's all I care about!" "If you don't care about yourself, if you don't want to do it for yourself, do it for Eleanor. Please!"
Syaoran slowly opened his eyes. Eleanor, Hope and Justin were looking down at him, their heads close together. They all smiled. "Where...?" He asked, his voice little more then a whisper. Pain shot from all over his body, avenging all of the ruthless things that he had done. He gasped, and his body jolted.
Everyone looked at him, and Eleanor put her hand out. "Are you okay?" She asked. Syaoran smiled weakly, and nodded. He grasped the sheet on the bed as pain hit him again. Eleanor looked from Syaoran to Hope, and left the room, dragging Justin behind her.
Yet again, the pain coursed through Syaoran's body. He closed his eyes, begging for the pain to go away. It was then that he felt a hand on his forehead. He opened his eyes, and found Hope feeling his forehead. "I should have warned you, but by the time I found out it was to late," Hope whispered. "What do you mean?" Syaoran asked. Hope looked down. "I... I can see the future. I have been for as long as I can remember. I think I found out when I was two. Well, that's what mum told me anyway. You must promise not to tell anyone!" Hope exclaimed. Syaoran nodded.
"But... why?" Syaoran asked. "In my world, only a select few can use the element ice. If you can, it doesn't matter. Unless you're royalty. The first ruler of my world, also had the power of ice. But, everyone hated her for leaving the kingdom, even though she protected them with all her might. And... they hate hr because it is believed that she created the shadow warriors. When I first used magic, they wanted to kill me. Believing that I was her reincarnation. If they find out that I can see the future... they'll kill me for sure!" Hope exclaimed.
The young girl was terrified. Actually terrified. There must be more to what she was saying, but Syaoran didn't want to pressure the girl. But, looking into her eyes, made all the pain disappear. He couldn't feel anything but the warm feeling in his chest. He smiled at Hope. "I promise," he whispered, and not knowing what he was doing held out his little finger. Hope held out her own and linked it with Syaoran's. She smiled as well, all of her fear draining away from her face and leaving only happiness.
"Now can someone please tell me where I am!" Syaoran exclaimed. Justin and Eleanor were back, and Syaoran's words made everyone laugh. "Where do you think you are?" Hope asked. "I would say a place that has white paint everywhere," Syaoran replied. "It's called a hospital!" Hope exclaimed and everyone laughed again.
"How did I get in hospital?" Syaoran asked. Everyone's laughter died down. "You're going to have to stay here until they get rid of all the poison in your system. It might take a few hours, days or weeks. They have no idea," Justin said. A few days, a few weeks, or maybe, never at all.
In his dream, he entered the place of nowhere yet again. But this time, this time, he didn't escape.
"Tell me or I'll rip your heart out," Clair whispered in his ear. Her grip on his chest got tighter and deeper, causing agony to his body. Consciousness started to slip out of his grasp as her grip got deeper. Although he was unconscious, he could still see everything. She pulled out a stone from his body, and picked up a dagger. Just to make sure that he wouldn't survive, she plunged the dagger into the boy's visible heart.
Syaoran woke with a start, panting and sweat dripping down his forehead. A nurse rushed over to him. "Are you alright?" She asked. Syaoran nodded. She gave Syaoran a glass of water and he gulped it down. "Thank you very much," Syaoran said. "Who would want to poison a nice boy like you?" The nurse whispered to herself. Syaoran heard it very clearly, but didn't say anything that would hint that he did.
Syaoran didn't sleep for the rest of that night, afraid that the dream he had just witnessed would turn into reality. What was the stone? Did it have something to do with his past? And why would the stone be inside his body? His life was very confusing.
After three weeks of very exhausting tests and treatments, Syaoran was finally released from hospital. Before he would go home though, he was going to look for the gate between the two worlds, just to make sure no one else would be like him and fall for Clair's tactful yet cruel trap.
Reaching the woods, he found a grey swirl hovering above the ground. In the middle, he could see the rippling house on the other side of the gate. Syaoran ran his finger around the sides of the swirl, like running your finger around the edge of a circular saw. As soon as Syaoran's skin left the swirl, black mist surrounded him. Syaoran stepped back, afraid of the mist surrounding his week body. He crumpled to the ground, his eyes open.
His body wasn't listening to him, and it frightened him. He wanted to move, to run. But all he could do was wait there, whimpering. He rolled over, so that he was facing the sky. The mist moved forward and faced Syaoran. He tried to at least turn away, but failed. The swirl floated down to him, and the last thing Syaoran saw was the dull grey. Syaoran whimpered as the evil entered his body.
His eyes flashed black, and the world disappeared.
Syaoran lifted his head off the soft grass. His chest ached and his head felt like it weighed ten pounds. Syaoran heaved himself up, and lifted his head. With every step, he wanted to fall back down, but slowly he began to walk back to Yuuko's.
When he finally got through the door, confronted by everyone's smiling faces, he collapsed. He couldn't speak, only whimper. It felt like something inside of him was trying to fight it's way out. He felt as if he was going to explode with pain, but he didn't.
Everyone was moving their mouths, but Syaoran didn't hear anything. He couldn't even feel their touch. But he could see what they were doing, even if none of his five senses could register it. Watanuki lifted him up, and put him on the couch. Hope ran off to get something that could heal him. Magic, no doubt. Eleanor knelt beside him and just whispered a phrase in his ear: "You're okay. You're okay. You're okay. You're okay." It comforted him a little, but it did not calm his pain.
Feeling slowly returned to his body, but that made his pain increase. As he whimpered more, unable to let go of the scream that wanted to escape his lips, Eleanor let her arms creep around his shoulders and embrace him. "You're okay. You're okay. You're okay. You're okay. You're okay." If only words made it true.
Syaoran eyes flickered, and he slowly started to drift in and out of darkness. When he finally lost all signs of light, the pain stopped flooding his body. He was numb all over. Nothing could reach him here, nothing. He was cold, and felt incomplete.
His mind was full of holes, not being able to remember from that moment and beyond. Except for the cold. The cold of their stares, the cold of the rain, the cold of pain. Nothing could stop the cold, the numb feeling enveloping his soul. Not even that radiant smile that helped to bring back his stolen heart.
Eleanor touched her hand to Syaoran's cheek. "He's freezing!" She exclaimed, grabbing for the rug beside her. She rapped it around Syaoran, but it didn't work. "You're okay. You're okay. You're okay." Even though she said it to Syaoran, the words were there to reassure herself. He'll be okay. He'll be okay. He'll be okay. He has to be okay.
He floated there, the cold seeping through his skin, freezing his bones. There was no light. Nowhere, could he see a single speck. Why couldn't he feel warm? Why couldn't he escape from this nightmare? Why was he here? Why couldn't he see that speck of light that came down, feel that warmth he felt? Why couldn't he see her smile? You'll be okay.
Eleanor lifted Syaoran's hand, and held it firmly in her own. She longed to see him give her one of his rare, beautiful smiles. She longed for him to look at her the way he did when he forgot his pain. She longed to see him wake up. You'll be okay.
You'll be okay. You'll be okay. You'll be okay. You'll be okay. If only words made it the truth.
If only, if only. Sorry if the update was late (wait, when was the last time I updated? Oh, exactly one week ago. I think). I'll try and update as soon as I can. But, please tell me what you think of this chapter! And I'm trying really hard to get to the middle, really!! It's just no matter how hard I try I can't get there!! But I think it'll only take a few chapters. I hope that it isn't confusing!! If you want, you can give me an idea on what you think should happen next. See ya!!
