Dreamland Fantasy
Chapter 14
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Serena walked down the steps as she saw her mother busily making breakfast as she placed a plate of waffles down in front of Sam telling him "don't forget you have soccer practice after school today and then your father will pick you up after practice"
Sam nodded his head telling her "I know mom" as he took the bottle of syrup and poured it all over his waffles effectively drowning them with syrup and then picked one of the sticky waffles up and took a bite.
Ilene shook her head telling him "you are going to get cavities that way"
Sam continued chewing with his mouth full telling her "I know, but it tastes good"
Ilene let out a little sigh thinking she should make an appointment at the dentist soon as she watched the syrup dripping off the side of the waffles and then looked over to the doorway hearing Serena enter into the kitchen as she let out a loud yawn, she smiled over at her daughter asking cheerfully "what would you like for breakfast this morning dear"
Serena went and sat down in her usual chair next to her brother still feeling half asleep as she shrugged her shoulders telling her without much thought "waffles are good for me too mom"
Ilene nodded her head as she walked towards the toaster telling her "coming right up" and took two more frozen waffles out of the box and dropped them into the toaster as she looked to Serena asking "so what movie are you going to see tonight a romantic comedy perhaps"
Serena shook her head knowing a romantic comedy might be more appropriate for a first date telling her with a shrug of her shoulder "no, it's actually the new action movie that just came out today"
Ilene looked over to her daughter a little surprised knowing she was not much for a movie with lots of blood and gore in it and nodded her head telling her "oh that should still be nice too"
Sam looked to her as he finished chewing he teased asking "Serena you have a date with who the imaginary guy you dreamed up?"
Serena shook her head telling him "Jonathan is very real and shut up Sam" as she thought about Endymion, the handsome guy she really did dream about with a little sigh.
Ken came walking into the kitchen at that moment picking up on the last part of the conversation while fixing his tie asking "who has a date?"
Ilene walked over and fixed Ken's tie telling him calmly "relax dear Serena is just going to go to a movie later with a boy from school"
Ken looked to Ilene shaking his head nervously as he over reacted telling her "going on a date and to a movie where she will be alone in the dark with a boy. What if he tries to kiss her? What if he tries to put his hands where they don't belong? I don't know about this Ilene. Serena is too young to be going out on a date with boys?"
Serena looked to her father rolling her eyes back by his comments telling him "dad really I think your over doing it a bit much, it's just a movie?"
Ilene looked to Serena with a smile saying "do not worry" then walked over to get Serena's waffles from the toaster telling Ken "Serena is a smart girl and I am sure she will be fine and can handle herself in any circumstance, besides you will be dropping her off at the movie so you will have a chance to meet this boy beforehand"
Serena turned around to look at her over protective father and shook her head exasperated telling her "what mom no?"
Ken walked over and took a seat at the table across from his daughter asking "Serena is there a reason you don't want me to meet this boy"
Serena turned away from her father and looked up to her mother with pleading eyes telling her "yes, if dad meets him he will embarrass me for sure"
Ilene came over and patted her on the shoulder as she put the plate of waffles down in front of her saying "it will all be fine now eat up before you are late to school"
Serena looked to her parents shaking her head telling them both with a grunt "this is so unfair" as Sam sat next to her observing the whole conversation as he chewed on his waffle he laughed out loud telling her "this is priceless"
Serena turned back to her mother shouting out frustrated "mom"
Ilene walked over and put her hand on Sam's shoulder telling him "eat your breakfast dear, Serena don't call your father an embarrassment"
Ken laughed as he told his daughter proudly "don't worry Serena I won't embarrass you in front of your friend, you do have a cool dad after all"
Serena looked to him worried with a shake of her head telling him "that's what I am afraid of"
Ken seemed shocked by her comment as he questioned "why is that Serena?"
Ilene came over and gently patted Serena on the shoulder effectively changing the subject telling her "you should get going to school dear, otherwise you will be late and miss the bus again"
Serena quickly jumped up from the chair telling her "thanks mom" and grabbed one of her waffles from the plate and went racing for the door as her mother called out "don't forget your homework"
Serena quickly ran back and grabbed her homework papers off the coffee table inside as she called out "thanks mom" and ran out the door closing it behind her.
Serena put her history book back in her locker feeling relieved that she had made it through most of the day without having any black out spells or falling asleep in her classes.
She grabbed her science book with a sigh of relief knowing she only had two more periods to go through before the end of the school day and felt pretty relieved that she would make it through when she felt the door of her locker swing open wider as she turned around to see what caused it and saw Jonathan leaning up against the other locker as she looked to him with a little grin saying "hi"
He looked to her with his perfect smile of shiny white teeth as he told her "hello yourself I am really looking forward to tonight"
Serena nodded her head hoping maybe today would be different and she could go back to being just a normal teenager again, she replied back with a smile of her own to match "I am too" then looked down to the floor embarrassed as her cheeks turned a darker shade of red she told him "there is just one thing"
He looked to her curiously asking "what's that?"
She looked up as she told him with a little sigh "my father will be dropping me off and he wants to meet you before the movie"
Jonathan looked to her nonchalantly as he shrugged his shoulders saying "meeting the father its cool I can do that"
Serena looked to him pleased asking him excitedly "you will?"
Jonathan nodded his head telling her "sure why not I got nothing to hide"
Serena smiled to see he was just a regular boy that she could go out and have a regular date, like a normal person without any added complications she told him pleased "thank you, I will meet you at the movie later then"
Jonathan nodded his head telling her "sure" then started to walk away with a small wave of his hand he called out to her "later"
Serena watched him walk away, but suddenly a dashing prince she knew with dark ebony hair entered into her thoughts as she felt a slight stirring in her stomach. She shook her head blocking the thoughts away and closed her locker to walk to her next class when she heard her friend Molly come up from behind her asking "why didn't you tell me you had a date with Jonathan?"
Serena turned around to look at her seeing the obvious look of disapproval on her friend's face she shook her head telling her "I didn't think you would approve after the way you spoke of him the other day"
Molly nodded her head telling her "you're my best friend Serena. I don't want you to get hurt by him, he does have a reputation after all"
Serena looked to Molly knowing how well reputations could be wrong and could get way out of hand by listening to the wrong person telling her "we are only going to see a movie"
Molly looked to her shaking her head telling her "well still just be careful around him alright"
Serena looked to her shaking her head telling her "really Molly he is just a regular guy it's not like he has anything to hide, besides I have more to worry about just sitting in a movie with him for two hours" as she silently hoped she wouldn't have one of her weird dreams again.
Molly looked to her knowing Serena hadn't been acting herself lately she asked concerned "how are you feeling? Anymore dizzy spells?"
Serena looked to her knowing she and Molly had been friends forever, but felt unsure who she could trust her secret to anymore. If she could trust anyone at all and shook her head telling her "no, it seems they have stopped" and then quickly changed the subject telling her "we should probably get to class"
Molly looked to her knowing her friend was not always the most concerned with punctuality and felt that Serena was holding back on something from her, which she never has before and nodded her head suspiciously telling her "alright let's get to class"
Serena sat in her science class with the lights turned off while her teacher had the class watching a movie on soil. She sat in her seat trying to force her eyes to stay open and seem interested in what was happening, but the man on the television went on and on about all of the minerals found in soil and his voice was so mellow and calm she started closing her eyes and then quickly reopened them.
She shook her head knowing she couldn't fall asleep here and tried listening again to hear some interesting facts on soil, but his tone was so monotonous and there was absolutely nothing interesting about soil as he went on about all the different minerals and layers while her eyes slowly closed again.
She opened them once more with a shake of her head only she was not in her classroom anymore, she was now standing in the back of a room filled with people. She looked around not recognizing the room she was in with steel walls, but did know something was happening.
She stood by watching people rushing back and forth everywhere not wanting to get in the way of whatever was happening, she stood back against the wall and listened when she heard a woman shout out "we can't stop the blood"
She felt her stomach go queasy at the thought of blood and heard a man scream back "we must keep trying we cannot give up"
She felt her stomach drop when she wondered who the poor soul they were speaking of is when a woman she did not recognize came over and took her by the arm trying to lead her away telling her kindly "princess please come with me, you should not be here right now"
Serena shook the woman's arm away not willing to look away, she slowly walked forward afraid to see whom it was they spoke of as she felt her heart racing afraid she would see Endymion lying there wounded.
She walked forward between the people rushing around and then stopped putting her hand up covering her mouth at the sight before her and looked down to see Queen Serenity the ruler of this kingdom lying on the floor with bruises all over her skin and a deep red mark on her chest that seemed to be enlarging by the second as she got closer kneeling next to her as she felt the queen reach out to take her hand
Serena looked down to their enclosed hands as she covered her own hand with hers trying to bring comfort to a woman who by the looks of it did not have much time left
Queen Serenity looked to her with sorrow filled eyes and through deep breaths told her "I do not have much time left daughter"
Serena had never had to be this close to someone who was dying before, but she also knew she couldn't leave her side and calmly nodded her head telling her "don't speak save your strength"
Queen Serenity shook her head through slow calm breaths telling her "No I must say this. I'm sorry daughter. I should have listened to you sooner, you knew what I was to blinded to see"
Serena looked to her with tears coming down her cheeks as she told her "no don't apologize please, you only thought you were doing what was best"
Queen Serenity looked to her with a kind smile telling her "yes I tried to be a good mother to you, but the sun is setting on my time as ruler Serenity, then it will be you who will have to lead our people, they will look to you for courage and strength. I've always believed you could do it"
Serena looked to her shaking her head, at the thought of her as ruler. It could never be as she shook her head telling her "no don't speak like that" as she watched seeing the amount of blood getting worse and the queen growing weaker she spoke through her own tears she cried "you will be fine, you'll see"
Serenity weakly reached up to touch her face wiping away a tear from her cheek telling her "you always saw the best in everyone Serenity and it will be that trait that will bring about peace to our lands and your leadership and kindness is what this kingdom will need to rebuild"
The queen lowered her arm back down to the floor as Serena looked down on her shaking her head panicked telling her "but, I do not know how to be queen"
Serenity turned her head slightly telling her with confidence "you will learn" as she closed her eyes.
Serena stood there breathing heavily as she called out to her saying "no please, you can't leave me here not like this"
Serenity took a deep breath and let it out as she told her weakly "I love you daughter" as her head fell to the side and she took her last breath.
Serena sat there holding her hand, but felt nothing back only coldness as she slowly released her hand back down to the ground and stood up seeing no life left in the queens body, when she heard a voice behind her speak out "the queen has passed on to a better place"
She turned to look and see the man that spoke, but instead of one man she was faced with the room of people who were once rushing all around, now they all stopped bowing down to her as there ruler.
She stood up from the floor on weak legs and took a step back, looking around the room seeing all the faces of the people there who now all turned to her for leadership and guidance as she stood there and took another step back until she came up on the wall and took a few deeps breaths of her own not knowing what to do or what to say to them as she shook her head telling herself "I don't know how to be a leader"
The woman who reached out and took her arm before came over and stepped in front of her with a small bow to her head telling her "what would you have us do now"
Serena looked to the woman shaking her head questioning "do?"
The woman nodded her head telling her "yes we are counting on you now princess or rather I say Neo Queen Serenity"
Serena stood there covering her eyes and shaking her head thinking she can't be queen when she felt a push at her shoulder, she uncovered her eyes and turned her head to the side to see Molly sitting beside her telling her "pay attention"
She looked forward realizing she was sitting back in her desk during science class seeing the movie was now over and her teacher stood at the front of the room as he looked out addressing the class "wasn't that an interesting film"
He waited for a response from the class, but received none as he turned his attention to the girl he found sleeping during the film and looked over to her with a little smirk asking "so what did you think of the film Serena?"
She sat there as she looked down at her hand that held the queens during her last breath and felt all her classmates' eyes on her waiting for her response as she looked up telling him "well I think that, you see well…"
The teacher stood with his arms crossed looking annoyed telling her "well what enlighten us Serena with your thoughts"
She took a deep breath and looked out on all the giggling faces of her classmates expecting they didn't think she would have the answer she told him "I don't think it is about just the soil alone, soil is important yes it gives the right environment for growth, but it takes much more than just that for a seed to become a flower. I think there are all different parts that must work together like the seeds that we plant and getting enough sunlight and water, but with the right amount of encouragement and compassion that seed will grow in a forgiven and nonviolent environment. It might not seem like it right way or that much is happening at all, but with the right individuals to plant that seed with the right soil around it, it could grow to something unforeseen.
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The teacher looked to her surprised by her response as he nodded his head telling her "yes well that is certainly an interesting take" and then turned his attention elsewhere in the room asking other students "does anyone else have any other thoughts" as Serena looked down at her hand again questioning herself silently "what comes next?"