Chapter Thirty-Four: No Release

""I think we dream so we don't have to be apart for so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can be together all the time." -A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh

The night went by surprisingly uneventful after all of the events that happened that day. Everyone actually slept better than they had since they found out about the Knowledgeable One. Except for Eddie, he had a strange dream that he couldn't explain.

"Dreams are powerful; they can entice you and pull you in. Sometimes, they can tap you. Sometimes you can't be released."

Eddie woke up with a start. He just thought that it was a nervous dream because it was unlike any other Osirian dream he'd ever had. He didn't actually see someone. Actually, he thought that it was just Patricia's voice saying this. He didn't think much of it. He was so tired that he went almost directly back to sleep.

They all woke up on Sunday morning after a nice long rest and they were happy. The majority of the house was up by eleven except for Patricia. Even Eddie was up, but not because he wanted to be, he just couldn't sleep any longer because he really wanted to talk to Patricia. At noon they decided that they should wake her up.

Nina and KT bounced into their room with big smiles on their face; danger was gone for now. Fabian was close behind and was followed by Alfie and Eddie came in after him. Nina started to shake Patricia and said, "C'mon Patricia. It's time to get up."

KT began to join her too in saying, "Patricia, get up."

Alfie joined with, "Get up, Trix." Soon Eddie and Fabian joined also, but they could not wake her. She was almost lifeless; Fabian actually had to check her pulse: she was alive.

"What is going on? Why isn't Trixie waking up?" Alfie asked.

"I have no idea," Fabian answered deep in thought.

"I think that I might know," Eddie said shyly. "I had a dream last night… and before you guys start, I didn't tell you because at first I didn't think that it was an Osirian dream, ok? Any way it was like Patricia's voice told me 'Dreams are powerful; they can entice you and pull you in. Sometimes, they can tap you. Sometimes you can't be released.' I'm still not sure what it means."

A figure appeared on the other side of the room. It was Alexandra. She gasped and said, "I feared this much."

"What is it?" Nina asked.

She replied "Patricia is using a defensive technique that can only be used by the Knowledgeable One. If they get overwhelmed, particularly with emotion, they can trap themselves in a dream state in order to work out their thoughts. That's what she's done. She will not wake until she understands and can control her emotions. It can be a few days or, if it's a big thing, weeks. I don't think it's too huge though. It should only be a day or two at the most." She turned and left.

"What are we going to do?" KT asked.

"I don't think that we can do anything. We can only wait," Fabian responded.

Eddie knelt down at her side; he was never going to leave her through this. After all, he loved her.

*Patricia's Dream*

I was sitting in a cold, dark meadow. The grass and trees were brown; everything was dead. I sat on the ground and cried. It was depressing. There was no life, no happiness. I felt so alone. I felt like no one was there for me. I soon realized that this was how I felt.

Yes, you could say that I had Sibuna, but they just didn't understand. Yes, Nina and Eddie knew what it was like to be chosen, but none of them knew exactly how she felt when it came to all of this stuff about Sami. She couldn't talk to anyone. No one really understood how she was feeling. She didn't even really know what she was feeling. She had just found out that Sami had given up her life for her; how could she be ok with that? Sami could still be alive if it weren't for her. For the first time in a really long time, she felt truly alone.

It was about two in the afternoon when Patricia's dream state reached its climax. It came on strong and she whipped around in the bed. She was fighting herself; fighting her emotions. Eddie didn't leave her side for one minute. He couldn't bear the thought of even leaving her, let alone actually doing it. He was planning on staying next to Patricia's side as long as this took.