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Broken Dreams
Chapter Three
by: Lazuli
jupiterlightning@yahoo.com


The first meeting wasn't what I expected. Endymion
had the same wide eyes that I had, but then he turned to Elios.
"What is this, Elios? You bring me to your domain,
and show me this? Is she another one of your illusions in the
land of dreams?" He asked angrily.
I narrowed my eyes and walked up to Endymion. "I
am not some imaginary person, Endymion. I am quite real.
I have to wonder if you are just a dream."
Endymion backed away, and I saw Elios trying to
hide a smile. What was going on? Even though I was angry
with Endymion for his presumptions of me, I still felt excited
to be near him. Even if it was only a dream, it was a dream
with *him* in it.
"Elios, why must you always do this to me? I am
so tired of dreams...I want to live in the real world."
I looked away from Endymion and went up to Elios.
I realized that I asked this alot, but with Endymion acting this
cold way towards me, I made the request yet again.
"Onegai, Elios. Let me go home now. Endymion
thinks that I am just a dream." Elios nodded.
"Princess....you can come back anytime you like."
His eyes looked sad. "I like talking with you. You, like me,
look as if you need a friend."
I smiled at that. "Arigato, Elios." I looked one more
time at the one I loved, Endymion, before Elios released me
from the world of dreams.

I visited Elysion many times after that, but I did not
see Endymion face to face again for a long time. I viewed him
from a distance, and even though he was awake, he seemed
to know I was there. It scared me. Did he know I was there
because of our twin jobs of protection? Or was it more?
Even though I was only a dream to him, a simple dream, I
wanted so much more......

It was one of those days when I wasn't sure if the
world was dreaming along with me on the Earth, when reality
seemed to shift. My mind was filled with only *him*. I leaned
against one of the trees in the park and slid down it, the tears
falling freely down my face at that point. It was so ridiculous.
To get worked up over someone that thought I was something
that Elios had created for him. I didn't notice his presence until
I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up, wiping my tears away
to look into a pair of deep blue eyes.
"You are here again. You are a real person, aren't you?
Just a dreamer. Elios called you 'Princess', as he calls me
'Prince.' Who are you?"
It took me a few moments to collect my thoughts. He
was there. In front of me. I stood up slowly, and faced him.
"My name is Serenity. I am real...and I am a Princess,
like Elios calls me." I shouted, tears starting to fall from my eyes
again. Endymion still looked skeptical.
"I know the name of every princess, or so I thought.
Where do you come from?" I just shook my head. He would not
know the name of every princess. He did not know the names of
the girls from the planets other than Earth. I was about to tell him,
when we were interrupted by Elios.

"Princess...something has come up. I think that you
should leave now. I am sorry." I protested, but I saw the apology
in Elios's eyes before I was thrust out of his world and back into
mine, in my bed. I vowed to get to Earth one day when Elios
couldn't kick me out.

I found out Endymion's reactions to me in my dreams.
While he was still awake, he could not see me, but I drank my fill
of him and more. I also heard Endymion's *begging sessions* with
Elios. I am sure that Elios knew I was there, but he didn't say
anything. As if he wanted me to hear these conversations. He
could have blocked me out if he wanted to....

"Elios, you know where Serenity is from, don't you?"
Endymion asked.
"I do know, Prince, but now is not the time for you to find
out this knowledge yet. Let Serenity tell you on her own."
Endymion grew frustrated. "She did try to tell me, but you
made her wake up!"
Elios laughed. "Weren't you the one who said you were
tired of living in dreams? She will tell you soon enough, my prince."
His face grew somber. "I do not wish you to learn of her orgins until
you know her better. Wait until you meet in person at least. When
both of you are awake. The only thing I can do right now is give you
the chance to see her now. Would you like that?"
Endymion nodded eagerly. "Elios...it is hard to explain,
but I feel the same type of connection with Serenity as I do with
the Earth."
"Then close your eyes, Prince, and I will make her visible
to you, even though you are sill awake, and she is in the dreaming
world."

Elios gestured for me to come foward once Endymion's
eyes were shut. I felt a power surround me, and a few moments later,
Endymion's eyes opened, and he stared into mine.
"Serenity...it is you. The same girl." He reached out to
touch my cheek, but his hand passed right through it. His eyes
widened in shock and he turned to Elios. "Why can't I touch her?"
He demanded.
Elios simply shrugged. "Can you touch a spirit? That is
all Serenity is right now."
I turned tear-filled eyes towards Endymion, and wondered
if he felt the same agony I felt, even though we had just barely met.
Judging by the look in his eyes, I guessed it to be so. I was nothing
more than a shadow on the Earth while I was sleeping. There was
no substance to a shadow.
"Endymion...I wish that I could touch you as well." I closed
my eyes and prayed for strength before whispering in Elios's ear.
"Send me back right away after I say this one thing to
Endymion, please." Elios nodded. He too felt the sadness in my
heart.
I raised my eyes to Endymion, and I stepped back a pace
as I read the depth of emotions in his eyes. That gave me the last
remaining bit of courage I needed.
"Endymion....I long for you."



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