Summer Dream
"Promise to call," Meiko yelled as she ran excitedly home. Chihiro waved. Then she sadly walked towards her house, she was miserable from the memories. As she passed the tunnel, she gazed into it for an extra long time. Then, for the first time in three years, she gathered up all her courage and stepped into the tunnel.
The inside walls of the tunnel were covered with moss and Chihiro could just fit into the small space. Her steps echoed through the whole tunnel. The walls seemed to be closing in on her as she went further in. She looked around suspiciously. She could hear a faint pitter patter behind her, she slowly turned around, panicky; a shadowed figure was slowly walked up behind her. She wanted to scream but nothing came out of her throat. She was frozen stiff for a few seconds and then started running as fast as she could towards the light at the end.
When she reached the opening, she smiled in delight, forgetting about all her worries. The warm breeze blew across the face and the fragrance of daisies and daffodils filled the air. The grass was overflowing with flowers and the meadow was filled with butterflies. Chihiro closed her eyes and she could almost hear Lynn nagging at her and Zeniba's kind voice talking to her and Haku...Haku...He promised. Chihiro opened her eyes and searched the plains for Haku. ...Haku... She sighed; Haku promised they'd meet again, but it never happened. This isn't the spirit world. Although she expectantly waited for Yubaba to pull her with her magic powers, it did not happen. Chihiro hopelessly fell back onto the soft grass. I'm never going to see Haku again...I'll never be able to find the entrance to the spirit world...I'll...I'll... A teardrop appeared from the corner of her closed eyes, as it flowed down her face, she quickly wiped it away and hastily got up and turned back and looked for the tunnel, but it wasn't there.
For a moment, she was stunned. She just stood there,dazed, in the silent meadow, she looked around but in ever direction there was grass for miles across the plain. She hopelessly sat down, hugged her knees and started to cry. Chihiro... Sen... Chihiro wiped the tears from her face and in front of her stood a large crowd of many different unrecognizable spirits. Then, everything started to spin and Chihiro fell, unconscious.
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Chihiro opened her eyes and looked around. She was inside a small light blue room. She felt a soft, comfortable pillow supporting her head. The window was open and the satin curtains were billowing from the summer's breeze. She was back in her room. She got up desperately and looked around. What? How could this have happened?
"Chihiro!" A familiar voice called quietly, the voice almost blending in with the wind. Chihiro ran to the window where the voice was coming from. It was Haku. The silvery dragon was perched on her roof. She blinked a couple of times, but then he was gone and her mother came in through her door.
"Chihiro," her mother's soothing voice said. "Get back to bed, your not feeling well." Chihiro blinked unbelievably a couple more times.
"HAKU!" She called into the sea. Haku...haku...haku...haku...Her voice echoed. She frantically looked around. Was it all a dream?
"Not Haku again," her mother said with an annoyed tone as she sighed. "Chihiro, you have to forget about that and get on with your life. You know that your marks have been going down ever since that day. You're daydreaming too much Chihiro. Chihiro? Chihiro!"
Chihiro was staring out into space. It can't be...I was there.....wasn't I? Chihiro sighed and followed her mother's instructions. I probably wasn't even there. Chihiro got into bed, she felt a knot in her stomach as she stared at the ceiling, not wanting to believe it was all just a dream.
