Chapter 54: Stardust
It took some time and she tried out several ideas...she had no idea how much she had actually swallowed, she just knew that her stomach felt full. Damn it...was he ever going to come down? Fine...she was going to expedite matters with her magic and holy shit, he started screaming in pure ecstasy. It was official...he was totally and completely addicted to her magic.
Even then, it took another ten minutes for him to fully soften. She checked on him, only to find him out cold. She was honestly surprised that she had such power over him. Still she knew that she was going to have to figure out her own heart and the mystery of their forgotten past.
She cleaned and redressed him before taking a quick bath in the stream and redressing. She wasn't tired, in fact, she was jittery as hell. Her magic...she was actually consciously aware of her magic, but that wasn't the only thing she felt either.
Invisible strings were connected to her and flowed towards the encampment. She didn't understand what she was sensing. What was her magic trying to tell her?
'The impossible.'
That voice again! The impossible? She didn't understand. What did she want the redhead to do?
'Light...Hope...Miracle.'
Her eyes widened as an image flowed through her mind. Standing before her were the Second, Third, and Fourth Captains...The Lightning Fang, The Terror of the Deep, and The Scourge of the Sea. Light, Poseidon, and Hook were representations in her story called The Star Chronicles.
Where there is Light, there is Hope. Where there is Hope, there are Miracles.
Miracles are impossible which meant that she was most definitely involved because she was Artz Lanaria, the woman that does the impossible.
Artz closed her eyes and focused on each individual string, a face and a name for each one. She knew their stories...could she do it? Did she truly have the power to do the impossible and save them? What was the cost? Would it kill her?
She shivered...it was the same as before. It was the Fourth Captain. What was he trying to convey? The cold spiked as she heard Killian's voice...her Killian.
'I'll believe anything you tell me, love.'
'You see the world differently. Who am I to argue?'
'I can't imagine how heavy that burden is...to know a possible future...to try and help, only for you to be shunned and treated like the enemy...to carry that knowledge all on your own.'
'Just speak your mind. I will listen… because no else will.'
'What i feel for you is so much deeper than what i had with that traitorous bitch.'
'Artz, you mean more to me than Milah ever did and I've only known you a day. I don't want to leave you...at all...because you're my star. You were literally shining...just for me.'
'I want to stay with you. Wherever you go, I will always follow.'
'I give you my word, Artz Lanaria.'
Heat surged from her heart and flowed throughout the rest of her body. Her skin began to glow in a soft electric blue light. Her eyes opened and she saw sparkles of light falling like a gentle snowfall. They were the same kind of light shining from her body.
Tears slipped down her cheeks as a strong sense of familiarity encompassed her mind. This...this was so familiar. The sparkles of light falling from the sky like snow...why? What did it mean to her? Why was it so important?
'Stardust.'
An image of a woman with chocolate brown hair and eyes of the purest amethyst flashed through her mind. Her heart felt like it was going to burst. The woman smiled at her as her eyes shifted to a brilliant silver, bright and warm as if there were flames contained within.
Who was she? Who was she to her? Why was her heart shattering like a broken mirror?
'Yuna.'