Chapter 2
"Who are you?" she whispered, the fear was back making her shiver slightly.
Talayne ran a hand tiredly through her hair, massaging her face with her hand. "Ah yes, well, it's sort of a long story. Lets proceed to what, since you already know the who." She beckoned her up again and started talking when they resumed walking.
"To answer the basics, I'm human, just like you, not like you I'm from the Earth. That big blue ball up in the sky, and I come here everyday. Any questions?"
She was from the mystic moon, just like Hitomi! But she wasn't like Hitomi at all! "How is it I cannot touch you?"
"Well, you see this is a dream, you can't touch things in dreams."
"A dream?!"
"Well yes, I come here when I dream, I just think really hard, wish really hard to be here and when I go to sleep I wake up here. I tend to think of it as my spirit form, ghost sounds too spooky. I'm here in spirit, so you can't touch me." She grinned. "Next?"
"So you can walk through walls and all that?"
"Ha, I wish. I was leaning against a tree earlier remember?"
"I can touch anything stationary."
"So if I stay still."
"No, you could still move afterwards. Like fixed things, houses, streets, carriages although I can't touch any animals."
"How does that work, ghosts can't touch anything at all."
"Well I'm not a ghost, spirit remember? Besides if I couldn't touch anything how could I get to a second story huh?"
"I suppose that makes it a might difficult."
"Exactly. What else do you want to know?"
"When are you here?"
"Well, I'm here right now."
"When exactly?"
"Well I go to sleep at approximately ten and wake at six thirty where I live. Here though I'm usually here from about six at night to six in the morning, sort of bizarre but I suppose this planet revolves slower."
"So around sunset to around sunrise. What do you mean by "you're here" how do you get here, and leave?"
"Well I sorta wake up back home when I disappear from here, and vice versa naturally."
"Hmm. Was that you sitting under the tree?"
"Yes, and it was me walking next to you as well."
"You were walking next to me?"
"Yup."
"But but I couldn't see you!"
"You can't see me or hear me unless you believe I'm there and are looking or listening for me. They kind of coincide, if you see me you can hear me too and vice versa."
"You like the phrase 'vice versa don't you'?"
"Makes it easier, but yeah."
"That's true. How does that happen?"
"What?"
"You becoming visible and hearable."
"I don't know."
"What else can you do?"
"Magic! Whoo!" Talayne wiggled her fingers at her. She raised a brow sarcastically. This girl.
"What kind of magic?" Was it like Hitomi's? Could she predict the future using cards as well?
"The magical kind I suppose.what do you mean?"
"Well what does your magic do?"
"I can go invisible."
"And?"
"Well I can do other stuff too but I don't like to."
"Why not?" With magic what could prevent you from using it?
"Well it's got side effects." Oh, that would make a good reason.
"Oh, I see. That's our house ahead! Come on, my brother will be worried." She sped up into a slow jog as they emerged onto the grass surrounding the house.
"You.'ve got.a.brother? Nice house."
"Yes, thank you."
The aforementioned brother opened the back door to the house and stepped out on the veranda. "Celena, there you are. I was looking for you." He didn't appear to notice Talayne at her side who was looking curiously at her home.
"I was at the river Allen. What did you want to tell me?"
"Come inside, dinner's ready on the table." She quietly motioned Talayne to walk ahead of her into the house.
Talayne paused in front of her as she passed. "Don't tell him about me. Okay?" She nodded slightly. Allen held the door for her until she was inside.
"Who are you?" she whispered, the fear was back making her shiver slightly.
Talayne ran a hand tiredly through her hair, massaging her face with her hand. "Ah yes, well, it's sort of a long story. Lets proceed to what, since you already know the who." She beckoned her up again and started talking when they resumed walking.
"To answer the basics, I'm human, just like you, not like you I'm from the Earth. That big blue ball up in the sky, and I come here everyday. Any questions?"
She was from the mystic moon, just like Hitomi! But she wasn't like Hitomi at all! "How is it I cannot touch you?"
"Well, you see this is a dream, you can't touch things in dreams."
"A dream?!"
"Well yes, I come here when I dream, I just think really hard, wish really hard to be here and when I go to sleep I wake up here. I tend to think of it as my spirit form, ghost sounds too spooky. I'm here in spirit, so you can't touch me." She grinned. "Next?"
"So you can walk through walls and all that?"
"Ha, I wish. I was leaning against a tree earlier remember?"
"I can touch anything stationary."
"So if I stay still."
"No, you could still move afterwards. Like fixed things, houses, streets, carriages although I can't touch any animals."
"How does that work, ghosts can't touch anything at all."
"Well I'm not a ghost, spirit remember? Besides if I couldn't touch anything how could I get to a second story huh?"
"I suppose that makes it a might difficult."
"Exactly. What else do you want to know?"
"When are you here?"
"Well, I'm here right now."
"When exactly?"
"Well I go to sleep at approximately ten and wake at six thirty where I live. Here though I'm usually here from about six at night to six in the morning, sort of bizarre but I suppose this planet revolves slower."
"So around sunset to around sunrise. What do you mean by "you're here" how do you get here, and leave?"
"Well I sorta wake up back home when I disappear from here, and vice versa naturally."
"Hmm. Was that you sitting under the tree?"
"Yes, and it was me walking next to you as well."
"You were walking next to me?"
"Yup."
"But but I couldn't see you!"
"You can't see me or hear me unless you believe I'm there and are looking or listening for me. They kind of coincide, if you see me you can hear me too and vice versa."
"You like the phrase 'vice versa don't you'?"
"Makes it easier, but yeah."
"That's true. How does that happen?"
"What?"
"You becoming visible and hearable."
"I don't know."
"What else can you do?"
"Magic! Whoo!" Talayne wiggled her fingers at her. She raised a brow sarcastically. This girl.
"What kind of magic?" Was it like Hitomi's? Could she predict the future using cards as well?
"The magical kind I suppose.what do you mean?"
"Well what does your magic do?"
"I can go invisible."
"And?"
"Well I can do other stuff too but I don't like to."
"Why not?" With magic what could prevent you from using it?
"Well it's got side effects." Oh, that would make a good reason.
"Oh, I see. That's our house ahead! Come on, my brother will be worried." She sped up into a slow jog as they emerged onto the grass surrounding the house.
"You.'ve got.a.brother? Nice house."
"Yes, thank you."
The aforementioned brother opened the back door to the house and stepped out on the veranda. "Celena, there you are. I was looking for you." He didn't appear to notice Talayne at her side who was looking curiously at her home.
"I was at the river Allen. What did you want to tell me?"
"Come inside, dinner's ready on the table." She quietly motioned Talayne to walk ahead of her into the house.
Talayne paused in front of her as she passed. "Don't tell him about me. Okay?" She nodded slightly. Allen held the door for her until she was inside.