Ch7: Dreams
Moegi screamed. Marlinda was dead, tongue lolling out her mouth, eyes dripping with blood. And her grin. That was the worst part of it all.
She kept screaming until her throat was hoarse. Where was Enrique when she most needed him?
That was when she finally woke up. She kept trying to breathe, to just forget the dream. Moegi looked over in the bed beside her, just to see if everything was alright. Sure enough, Enrique was there, snoring his head off.
She sighed and fell back against her pillows, unable to fall back asleep.
Where is Marlinda?
Is she still alive?
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Darkness.
Silence.
Blood.
Squawks.
Squawks?
Marlinda sat up. Sure enough, Willy was there. No. She squinted harder to see past the brilliant light shining upon her. It was another bird. A deep red colored one.
Sure not Willy.
There goes that rasied hope again.
She sighed again and fell back against the hard, metal table. Only the a\pain had lulled her to unconciousness.It wasnt even sleep. Just...knocked out. With nothing but a small blue dress on.
One small blue dress that looked like her Daddy's friend Aika's outfit.
One outfit her Mommy worked so hard on.
Now it was barely even called a "dress."
the only thing it could relate to was the dresses of the people in the books the Mommy had, showing he poor people in Lower City Valua. She recalled that conversation like it was yesterday:
"But Mommy, where are the Lower City Valuans? I can't see them." She had jumped up and looked out the window.
"Marlinda, they aren't here anymore. We need to continue with our study of Valuan History. Come back here."
"But Mommy, how come the book is lying?"
"Books dont lie, dear."
"That one does. I cant see a single person out there in rags."
Moegi had sighed and rested Marlinda on her lap. The little girl rested her head on her mother's shoulder.
"Valua has been rebuilt after the Rains Of Destructon. Galcian had called the Rains down centered only on Valua, and killed, no, murdered over fifty thousand people, Upper, Lower, and even royals. The Empress Teodora, your grandmother, your father's mother, was evil then, and was killed, too."
Her little eyes had widened.
"Even little girls? Like me?"
"Yes."
Her head bowed. "Oh."
Moegi had lifted her little girl's chin. "But we rebuilt Valua, so it won't have Upper nor Lower Cities. We are equal here. No one is being judged by their wealth."
"But why? Can Galcian come back from the dead and kill me?"
"Oh no. He fell into Deep Sky. He's gone forever. Be grateful you weren't born then. He would've killed you, but now, since he's gone, you can live free."
What a load of bull that was.
Now, Marlinda wiped away a few tears. Her Mommy hadn't known he was still alive, had she?
Well, oughta change that theory.
Guess what, Mommy, Daddy. Galcian is alive.
And he's gonna kill me.
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No one lives forever.
No one can be immortal.
But people talk about the bodies.
Because spirits last forevermore.
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Running. Always running. Dragging the lifeless body behind her. Except it wasn't lifeless. It was Marlinda, running away frm the dark shadows. Holding onto her mother's hand, she ran, having been fully cured by Moegi's magic. Suddenly, they both heard a voice...
"Eternes!"
Marlinda screamed and held her head as white spikes emerged out of nowhere, heading straight for her.
"MARLINDA!!"
"MOMMY!!"
She released her head and saw her Mommy, pushing her out of the way. A last look of pain on Moegi's face and it was over. The spikes penetrated Moegi, impaling her through and through. She was dead after the first spike.
Gone.
Dead.
Lost.
Marlinda screamed even louder, tears streaming down her cheeks as she leaned over her Mommy's dead body.
"MOMMY!!!! MOMMY!!! PLEASE WAKE UP!!"
Nothing.
"MOMMY!"
Her head rolled.
"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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And then two people woke up from the exact same dream. Both were members of the royal family of Valua.
One in a torture chamber, one safe in bed.
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"All ready to go, Captain!"
Tiria waved to Jaquie and climbed down the ladder to say goodbye to Vyse and everyone.
They were ready to search again.
Moegi screamed. Marlinda was dead, tongue lolling out her mouth, eyes dripping with blood. And her grin. That was the worst part of it all.
She kept screaming until her throat was hoarse. Where was Enrique when she most needed him?
That was when she finally woke up. She kept trying to breathe, to just forget the dream. Moegi looked over in the bed beside her, just to see if everything was alright. Sure enough, Enrique was there, snoring his head off.
She sighed and fell back against her pillows, unable to fall back asleep.
Where is Marlinda?
Is she still alive?
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Darkness.
Silence.
Blood.
Squawks.
Squawks?
Marlinda sat up. Sure enough, Willy was there. No. She squinted harder to see past the brilliant light shining upon her. It was another bird. A deep red colored one.
Sure not Willy.
There goes that rasied hope again.
She sighed again and fell back against the hard, metal table. Only the a\pain had lulled her to unconciousness.It wasnt even sleep. Just...knocked out. With nothing but a small blue dress on.
One small blue dress that looked like her Daddy's friend Aika's outfit.
One outfit her Mommy worked so hard on.
Now it was barely even called a "dress."
the only thing it could relate to was the dresses of the people in the books the Mommy had, showing he poor people in Lower City Valua. She recalled that conversation like it was yesterday:
"But Mommy, where are the Lower City Valuans? I can't see them." She had jumped up and looked out the window.
"Marlinda, they aren't here anymore. We need to continue with our study of Valuan History. Come back here."
"But Mommy, how come the book is lying?"
"Books dont lie, dear."
"That one does. I cant see a single person out there in rags."
Moegi had sighed and rested Marlinda on her lap. The little girl rested her head on her mother's shoulder.
"Valua has been rebuilt after the Rains Of Destructon. Galcian had called the Rains down centered only on Valua, and killed, no, murdered over fifty thousand people, Upper, Lower, and even royals. The Empress Teodora, your grandmother, your father's mother, was evil then, and was killed, too."
Her little eyes had widened.
"Even little girls? Like me?"
"Yes."
Her head bowed. "Oh."
Moegi had lifted her little girl's chin. "But we rebuilt Valua, so it won't have Upper nor Lower Cities. We are equal here. No one is being judged by their wealth."
"But why? Can Galcian come back from the dead and kill me?"
"Oh no. He fell into Deep Sky. He's gone forever. Be grateful you weren't born then. He would've killed you, but now, since he's gone, you can live free."
What a load of bull that was.
Now, Marlinda wiped away a few tears. Her Mommy hadn't known he was still alive, had she?
Well, oughta change that theory.
Guess what, Mommy, Daddy. Galcian is alive.
And he's gonna kill me.
~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*~^*~^~*^~*^~*~^*^~*^~*^~*^~*~^~*^
No one lives forever.
No one can be immortal.
But people talk about the bodies.
Because spirits last forevermore.
~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*~^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^~*^
Running. Always running. Dragging the lifeless body behind her. Except it wasn't lifeless. It was Marlinda, running away frm the dark shadows. Holding onto her mother's hand, she ran, having been fully cured by Moegi's magic. Suddenly, they both heard a voice...
"Eternes!"
Marlinda screamed and held her head as white spikes emerged out of nowhere, heading straight for her.
"MARLINDA!!"
"MOMMY!!"
She released her head and saw her Mommy, pushing her out of the way. A last look of pain on Moegi's face and it was over. The spikes penetrated Moegi, impaling her through and through. She was dead after the first spike.
Gone.
Dead.
Lost.
Marlinda screamed even louder, tears streaming down her cheeks as she leaned over her Mommy's dead body.
"MOMMY!!!! MOMMY!!! PLEASE WAKE UP!!"
Nothing.
"MOMMY!"
Her head rolled.
"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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And then two people woke up from the exact same dream. Both were members of the royal family of Valua.
One in a torture chamber, one safe in bed.
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"All ready to go, Captain!"
Tiria waved to Jaquie and climbed down the ladder to say goodbye to Vyse and everyone.
They were ready to search again.