Chapter 25: Dreams
He walked into the clearing where the android's cabin stood and as he neared the house he heard a light song being sung around the corner.
Softly, so not to frighten who ever it was, he walked around the corner only to have his eyes fall upon a woman tending to a flowerbed that somehow appeared there and was overflowing with brightly colored flowers, which filled the air with many exotic scents. The top of 2 elegant white wings peeking from behind her radiantly golden hair.
She looked up, sensing she was no longer alone and smiled at him, then stood up and silently handed him a red rose she had just cut from her garden of many different types of flowers.
He blushed slightly as she gently kissed his cheek then she waked past him. He turned to follow but all that was there was mist while in his hand laid the only flower around, for the once vibrant bed was now nothing more than weeds.
*****
"Sir, sir are you ok?"
Trunks' eyes slowly opened as he quickly shaded his eyes from the light streaming in from the window.
After letting his eyes adjust for a few moments, he found himself staring deep into a set of deep blue eyes, full of worry and despair. Surrounding these beautiful eyes were long lockes of golden hair.
He rubbed his eyes. *Could this be true?*
"Oh good, you finally woke up. We were beginning to get worried."
His eyes wandered over to the blue-eyed lady who just joined the 2 in the room. As she made her way to the bed, Trunks couldn't help but notice how gracefully she moved, but something was missing. He sat silently for a while then it clicked. She didn't have any hair, or if she did it wasn't very much because she managed to keep every strand of it under the old baseball hat she wore.
"I am fine." He smiled as he looked back at the blonde who was leaving the room, noticing for the first time it was only a child about 5 or 6. "Cute kid."
"Yeah, Leah is one of the neighbor's children. She's the one that found you actually. She wouldn't leave your side until she knew you were going to be all right."
Trunks listened as she talked her voice singing melodiously in his head.
"By the way, my name is Maru." She said, holding out a dainty hand
"I'm Trunks." He said, gently shaking it.
"What were you doing all alone out there in the woods anyway? It is a dangerous place, even for a big guy like yourself." She asked.
Trunks sighed. "Well, 2 years ago I lost someone very dear to me and until recently I thought that she was gone for good. But someone who came to visit me told me that she was indeed alive and waiting for me to come find her. Thank you for taking care of me. I am not quite sure why I fainted. It has never happened to me before."
"Well, what was her name and I will let you know if she is or has been around here. Many people have been coming in and staying here for a short period of time. The latest one was a very talkative green-haired lady named Morgan. She wouldn't shut up about some guy she met looking for some girl from around here."
Trunks' eyes lit up. "I am the guy Morgan was talking about. She crashed in my girlfriends' space ship. The girls name is Marron."
The lady looked up and to her left. "Marron.that name sounds really familiar. Did she look just like Android 18?"
Trunks' smile went from ear to ear. "That's her! That's her! Where is she?"
"Well, last time I checked she didn't want to be around anyone but if you are the guy she told me about, I am sure that she would like to see you. Ok, if you take the road out in front of the house and follow it to the end of the village, it will turn into a mildly beaten path. Take that till it forks and go right. If you keep going you will eventually find a small house. It's a good days walk from here."
The prince jumped up and hugged the lady as he thanked her a million times. Then he ran out of her small house and down the road to find his one true love.
*****
He found the house just as the sun was beginning to fall below the mountains. It was a small place, probably big enough to be considered a two- car garage in the older days.
He walked up to the entrance and began to knock on the heavy oak door.
When he got no answer, he walked around to see if there was another way in. To his delight he found a second door, yet to his dismay there was a not nailed at his eye level. His heart fell as he began to read what she left him.
He walked into the clearing where the android's cabin stood and as he neared the house he heard a light song being sung around the corner.
Softly, so not to frighten who ever it was, he walked around the corner only to have his eyes fall upon a woman tending to a flowerbed that somehow appeared there and was overflowing with brightly colored flowers, which filled the air with many exotic scents. The top of 2 elegant white wings peeking from behind her radiantly golden hair.
She looked up, sensing she was no longer alone and smiled at him, then stood up and silently handed him a red rose she had just cut from her garden of many different types of flowers.
He blushed slightly as she gently kissed his cheek then she waked past him. He turned to follow but all that was there was mist while in his hand laid the only flower around, for the once vibrant bed was now nothing more than weeds.
*****
"Sir, sir are you ok?"
Trunks' eyes slowly opened as he quickly shaded his eyes from the light streaming in from the window.
After letting his eyes adjust for a few moments, he found himself staring deep into a set of deep blue eyes, full of worry and despair. Surrounding these beautiful eyes were long lockes of golden hair.
He rubbed his eyes. *Could this be true?*
"Oh good, you finally woke up. We were beginning to get worried."
His eyes wandered over to the blue-eyed lady who just joined the 2 in the room. As she made her way to the bed, Trunks couldn't help but notice how gracefully she moved, but something was missing. He sat silently for a while then it clicked. She didn't have any hair, or if she did it wasn't very much because she managed to keep every strand of it under the old baseball hat she wore.
"I am fine." He smiled as he looked back at the blonde who was leaving the room, noticing for the first time it was only a child about 5 or 6. "Cute kid."
"Yeah, Leah is one of the neighbor's children. She's the one that found you actually. She wouldn't leave your side until she knew you were going to be all right."
Trunks listened as she talked her voice singing melodiously in his head.
"By the way, my name is Maru." She said, holding out a dainty hand
"I'm Trunks." He said, gently shaking it.
"What were you doing all alone out there in the woods anyway? It is a dangerous place, even for a big guy like yourself." She asked.
Trunks sighed. "Well, 2 years ago I lost someone very dear to me and until recently I thought that she was gone for good. But someone who came to visit me told me that she was indeed alive and waiting for me to come find her. Thank you for taking care of me. I am not quite sure why I fainted. It has never happened to me before."
"Well, what was her name and I will let you know if she is or has been around here. Many people have been coming in and staying here for a short period of time. The latest one was a very talkative green-haired lady named Morgan. She wouldn't shut up about some guy she met looking for some girl from around here."
Trunks' eyes lit up. "I am the guy Morgan was talking about. She crashed in my girlfriends' space ship. The girls name is Marron."
The lady looked up and to her left. "Marron.that name sounds really familiar. Did she look just like Android 18?"
Trunks' smile went from ear to ear. "That's her! That's her! Where is she?"
"Well, last time I checked she didn't want to be around anyone but if you are the guy she told me about, I am sure that she would like to see you. Ok, if you take the road out in front of the house and follow it to the end of the village, it will turn into a mildly beaten path. Take that till it forks and go right. If you keep going you will eventually find a small house. It's a good days walk from here."
The prince jumped up and hugged the lady as he thanked her a million times. Then he ran out of her small house and down the road to find his one true love.
*****
He found the house just as the sun was beginning to fall below the mountains. It was a small place, probably big enough to be considered a two- car garage in the older days.
He walked up to the entrance and began to knock on the heavy oak door.
When he got no answer, he walked around to see if there was another way in. To his delight he found a second door, yet to his dismay there was a not nailed at his eye level. His heart fell as he began to read what she left him.