DREAM-SOULS
Rachel Seyujia Filteau
Epilogue
Chena turned to look at Chibi-usa. "Somehow, I do not think that Black Swan is your real name."
"No." Chibi-usa shook her head and smiled as the room dissolved around them, revealing the inside of the foggy bubble (it was yellow). "My real name is Chibi-usa. You can keep calling me Black Swan though. I always thought it was a pretty combination."
Chena smiled. "Alright, then. You can call me Chichi. My friends do." She blinked and looked around. "Why are you here? And where is here?"
"I'm here because you needed help, and we're in you bubble. You're a dream- soul, and you looked like you were in pain when I first looked into your bubble. It's foggy because you're in the capsule thingy."
Chena raised an eyebrow. "Dream-soul? Bubble?"
"Let me show you," Chibi-usa said, holding out her hand.
Chena looked a bit doubtful, but shrugged, and took Chibi-usa's hand. "Alright. Show me."
Chibi-usa put out a hand towards the edge of the bubble, and the two of them fell out into the Bubble Universe. "My bubble is over there," Chibi- usa said, pointing. "My friend Helios is right nearby. He might be asleep in the material world by now, meaning that we'll be able to talk to him!"
Chena's eyes gazed at the Bubble Universe in wonder. "Amazing!"
"Isn't it? Come! Let's go see Helios! If he's not awake, you can see my bubble!" Chibi-usa and Chena floated off towards Helios' bubble, which was now blue. Inside sat Helios, and when he saw Chibi-usa, he practically flew out of his bubble to hug her. "Chibi-usa-cha!"
Chibi-usa pulled forward Chena, who was obviously feeling a bit awkward. "Helios-su, this is my new friend! Mind if she joins us?"
Helios smiled happily. "A friend of yours is a friend of mine, Chibi-usa- cha!"
* * *
Chibi-usa opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was that she was hungry. The second thing she noticed was that her mother and father were looking down at her, their faces lined with worry. Only then did she realize she was lying in her bed. "Mama?" she croaked, discovering the hard way that her throat was dry. "Papa? Why do you look like that? I've only discovered that I'm a dream-soul."
Neo-Queen Serenity sighed with relief as King Endymion gave Chibi-usa a drink of water. "Oh, Small Lady! I was so afraid that you wouldn't wake up! When you fell down the stairs, we feared the worst!"
"But I'm fine, now, Mama," Chibi-usa said with a smile, sitting up. "Don't worry. I made a new friend. She said I could call her Chichi, and she calls me Black Swan! Isn't that pretty? I found Helios as well, and we all had a really great time! He told Chichi and me that we can choose an alternate form to travel the Bubble Universe in, that's why he can change into Pegasus, and I chose to be an elf with dragonfly wings and a cat nose like Chichi, and she just decided she'd grow herself a pair of butterfly wings! I must've been there a really long time, though, because I'm hungry."
"We'd be worried if you weren't," King Endymion said. "You've been unconscious for nearly 24 hours."
Neo-Queen Serenity gently helped her daughter out of the bed. "Come. We'll go down to the kitchen and have those pancakes you wanted." As the family walked out the door and headed down the hall, the queen smiled ironically at Chibi-usa. "From now on, Small Lady, walk when you wear a gown."
"Kind of silly that I fell down the stairs cause I tripped on it, huh?" Chibi-usa asked with an embarrassed grin.
"Just like your mother," King Endymion said with a smile. "Just like your mother... only she learned her lesson when she was twenty."
The End
Epilogue
Chena turned to look at Chibi-usa. "Somehow, I do not think that Black Swan is your real name."
"No." Chibi-usa shook her head and smiled as the room dissolved around them, revealing the inside of the foggy bubble (it was yellow). "My real name is Chibi-usa. You can keep calling me Black Swan though. I always thought it was a pretty combination."
Chena smiled. "Alright, then. You can call me Chichi. My friends do." She blinked and looked around. "Why are you here? And where is here?"
"I'm here because you needed help, and we're in you bubble. You're a dream- soul, and you looked like you were in pain when I first looked into your bubble. It's foggy because you're in the capsule thingy."
Chena raised an eyebrow. "Dream-soul? Bubble?"
"Let me show you," Chibi-usa said, holding out her hand.
Chena looked a bit doubtful, but shrugged, and took Chibi-usa's hand. "Alright. Show me."
Chibi-usa put out a hand towards the edge of the bubble, and the two of them fell out into the Bubble Universe. "My bubble is over there," Chibi- usa said, pointing. "My friend Helios is right nearby. He might be asleep in the material world by now, meaning that we'll be able to talk to him!"
Chena's eyes gazed at the Bubble Universe in wonder. "Amazing!"
"Isn't it? Come! Let's go see Helios! If he's not awake, you can see my bubble!" Chibi-usa and Chena floated off towards Helios' bubble, which was now blue. Inside sat Helios, and when he saw Chibi-usa, he practically flew out of his bubble to hug her. "Chibi-usa-cha!"
Chibi-usa pulled forward Chena, who was obviously feeling a bit awkward. "Helios-su, this is my new friend! Mind if she joins us?"
Helios smiled happily. "A friend of yours is a friend of mine, Chibi-usa- cha!"
* * *
Chibi-usa opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was that she was hungry. The second thing she noticed was that her mother and father were looking down at her, their faces lined with worry. Only then did she realize she was lying in her bed. "Mama?" she croaked, discovering the hard way that her throat was dry. "Papa? Why do you look like that? I've only discovered that I'm a dream-soul."
Neo-Queen Serenity sighed with relief as King Endymion gave Chibi-usa a drink of water. "Oh, Small Lady! I was so afraid that you wouldn't wake up! When you fell down the stairs, we feared the worst!"
"But I'm fine, now, Mama," Chibi-usa said with a smile, sitting up. "Don't worry. I made a new friend. She said I could call her Chichi, and she calls me Black Swan! Isn't that pretty? I found Helios as well, and we all had a really great time! He told Chichi and me that we can choose an alternate form to travel the Bubble Universe in, that's why he can change into Pegasus, and I chose to be an elf with dragonfly wings and a cat nose like Chichi, and she just decided she'd grow herself a pair of butterfly wings! I must've been there a really long time, though, because I'm hungry."
"We'd be worried if you weren't," King Endymion said. "You've been unconscious for nearly 24 hours."
Neo-Queen Serenity gently helped her daughter out of the bed. "Come. We'll go down to the kitchen and have those pancakes you wanted." As the family walked out the door and headed down the hall, the queen smiled ironically at Chibi-usa. "From now on, Small Lady, walk when you wear a gown."
"Kind of silly that I fell down the stairs cause I tripped on it, huh?" Chibi-usa asked with an embarrassed grin.
"Just like your mother," King Endymion said with a smile. "Just like your mother... only she learned her lesson when she was twenty."
The End