Dreams
Shirou Dreamed.
He sat beside Kiritsugu looking up at a bright moon. The dream followed it's pattern at first before shifting suddenly.
He dreamed of the time he learned Saber's name, the light that consumed the dark sky. Sakura never told him how Rider had survived that.
He dreamed of archer's betrayal and then how they had fought before Rin created a new contract with Saber.
He dreamed of Sakura and how he freed her from the darkness of the grail.
His dreams then shifted again, showing new things.
He dreamed he stood atop a great hill, watching a beast that defied logic.
He dreamed of creating a weapon, the weapon, greater than any other.
He dreamed of a banquet, he had someone he loved beside him.
He dreamed of holding back foes so that his love might escape.
In the end, his dreams faded back into the darkness of his sleeping mind.
Rin Dreamed.
She dreamed of the last time she saw her father.
She dreamed of the priest's training.
She dreamed of her meeting with archer, her meeting with lancer and her meeting with saber.
She dreamed of her fight with Shirou.
She dreamed of lancer offering help after archer betrayed her.
She dreamed of Sakura and her shadow, how Illya had ordered berserker to destroy it.
She dreamed of the jewel sword.
Her dreams then changed, showing things she didn't know.
She dreamed of met the person closest to her heart, the Wyld ate at her but he came in and found her.
She dreamed of walking through a twisted maze, the darkness intent of consuming her.
She dreamed she stood beside her love at a great party, watching him closely for any negative thoughts.
She dreamed of running for her life, swearing revenge.
She dreamed of the assassins catching her.
In the end her dreams faded back into the darkness of her sleeping mind.
Sakura dreamed.
Her soul dreamed stronger.
"A party?" She asked in the dream.
Across the table was an up-and-coming star, everyone talked about them so she was in enough shock as was that they were talking to someone like her. The Solar nodded and spoke "I heard you don't go to many events so I am inviting you in person."
The reason she didn't go to events was simple dislike, she enjoyed the simple life. The kind she had before her Exaltation. While she was a good talker she didn't like the complexity of social maneuvering in the Exalted scenes.
It seemed however that this Solar had other ideas "Come on now, you are an eclipse. Parties are meant to be your thing. Enjoy it."
She shook her head "I wouldn't be able to, they are very stressful to me."
The solar frowned almost imperceptibly and she could sharply feel his disappointment. "Please reconsider, you would likely be one of the most lovely people there." The solar tried appealing to vanity? an odd choice.
But something in his words struck her. She was beautiful and wasn't she always talking about an Exalt's duty.
The solar spoke "Isn't it your duty, you are blessed with looks that you didn't even need charms for, isn't it your duty to display it for all to see?"
To her, the words twisted in and became almost like an order.
She would go to the party.
She dreamed of the party, dreamed of the solar's attempt to get her to love him. Charms designed to bend her will.
In the end her young Lunar mate had saved her. He had brought what the man was trying to do to the attention of the rest of the party.
The solar was put on trial, in the end he was given a job on the very end of creation where she would likely never see him again.
Yet the things he had told her still remained with her. "Seek out pleasure." first among them.
At the start it wouldn't cause much trouble but it would one day become her doom.
End of Minichapter.
I was lazy and I am having trouble thinking of a plotline for Shirou to follow (as he is just waiting in the camp for a few days/weeks before they set off for the blessed isle, I want him to do something but I can't think of something for him to do, if anyone has a suggestion for what interesting thing he could be doing go ahead. Otherwise I will be writing a few more Malfeas chapters for the future.)
Either way, dreams.
For Shirou I am just showing the fused route and then his life in the first age.
For Rin it is much of the same.
But Sakura is continuing down the dark dreams from the first age. Sakura's first age counterpart was much older than Shirou's or Rin's was before their deaths.
Also, this acts as another clue for who Sakura's first age counterpart was.
