A/N: You wanted more, so you got more! I hope you like this!
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Elios opened his eyes and found himself staring into a scene between two girls, but his vision was too blurry for him to understand what was going on yet, "Is he...?"
"You will find out soon enough."
"How do you know him."
"I'll tell you everything later." Elios felt a cold cloth being dabbed on his forehead, "Girls, stop fighting, he's coming to." They both came over and his vision cleared a little, enough to see that one of the girls had pink, cone-shaped odangoes, "Rini?" It was her, and she obviously recognized him, "Yes, it's me Elios." His vision finally clear, he sat up, noticing that she looked so different than the last time he had seen her in her dreams, "How did you know me?"
"It couldn't have been that difficult, since not many people have a friggen horn on their head!" The other girl muttered, "What happened to you?"
"I was captured..."
"Again!" Rini exclaimed in annoyance, but he kind of deserved it, "Would someone mind filling me in?" The girl said to both of them, "Sarah, I told you, later!" Elios could see Rini's discomfiture, "I was captured two years ago, and have not done much of anything since, but you already knew that."
"Sort of, yeah I did."
"I'll take you to the palace, you can tell me the rest there."
Rini listened to his story while Sarah complained about being uninformed, "I told you five times Sarah, I will fill you in later!" It was all that she could do not to leap up and hug Elios, "So you see now..."
"Why I couldn't see you in my dreams, yes I do." He looked so... different, apart from his obvious lack of sun (he was deathly pale), he was older, though he hadn't changed too much otherwise. Sarah stopped her pacing; "You're the protector of dreams, aren't you?" Elios nodded, "I am, but I have not been able to fulfill my duties, and I fear the worst." Rini sighed, "No Elios, the people of this galaxy have had some pretty horrible dreams, but none like they will."
Elios looked up from the floor, noticing for the first time, the look in his Maiden's eyes, as well as the one in her friend's, "You have had nightmares, and so has everyone else." He said in barely more than a whisper, "Every night, since the one when you were captured, everyone has had nightmare after nightmare for two years. I thought that maybe..." He didn't care? No that was not what she meant; her expression was graver than that. Then it dawned on him, "You thought that I was dead, didn't you? It's not hard to believe that you would think that." Elios saw guilt cross her face, "I just didn't think that there was much of anything that could stop you..."
"I do not fault you Rini... If anything, I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you."
"What happened is not your fault either." Rini was so solemn, so unlike the girl that she had been a few years before, and it was all because of him. If he hadn't been kidnapped, she would never have experienced the nightmares, and she wouldn't have thought him dead. Elios could see now that she probably cared about him as much he did about her. Now however, was not the time to bring it up, "It is expected though, isn't it?" Of course it was, but the man who had held him captive had stricken more quickly and mercilessly than Elios had anticipated. Everyone that he had seen that day had bad dreams every night because of him, "How do you know each other? What in the solar system is he talking about?"
Elios broke out of his guilt-induced trance, "Just how much did you tell her?" Rini shook her head, "Nothing." It had obviously been hard for Rini to tell her friend anything, "Rini holds the Golden Dream Mirror, the mirror of beautiful dreams. Evil attacks what it can of its strongest enemies. I'm afraid that when I was captured, Rini was quite vulnerable to all of her enemies. If one of them had figured out how, she could be dead." Sarah looked at Rini, "Now you had better tell me everything." Elios saw her hesitate, when suddenly, the large doors opened from above the stairway, and Neo-Queen Serenity stepped out, "Elios." The queen said to him, "When they told me who was here, I couldn't quite believe it." Elios had to explain what had happened yet again, while Rini told Sarah her story on the other side of the room.
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Elios opened his eyes and found himself staring into a scene between two girls, but his vision was too blurry for him to understand what was going on yet, "Is he...?"
"You will find out soon enough."
"How do you know him."
"I'll tell you everything later." Elios felt a cold cloth being dabbed on his forehead, "Girls, stop fighting, he's coming to." They both came over and his vision cleared a little, enough to see that one of the girls had pink, cone-shaped odangoes, "Rini?" It was her, and she obviously recognized him, "Yes, it's me Elios." His vision finally clear, he sat up, noticing that she looked so different than the last time he had seen her in her dreams, "How did you know me?"
"It couldn't have been that difficult, since not many people have a friggen horn on their head!" The other girl muttered, "What happened to you?"
"I was captured..."
"Again!" Rini exclaimed in annoyance, but he kind of deserved it, "Would someone mind filling me in?" The girl said to both of them, "Sarah, I told you, later!" Elios could see Rini's discomfiture, "I was captured two years ago, and have not done much of anything since, but you already knew that."
"Sort of, yeah I did."
"I'll take you to the palace, you can tell me the rest there."
Rini listened to his story while Sarah complained about being uninformed, "I told you five times Sarah, I will fill you in later!" It was all that she could do not to leap up and hug Elios, "So you see now..."
"Why I couldn't see you in my dreams, yes I do." He looked so... different, apart from his obvious lack of sun (he was deathly pale), he was older, though he hadn't changed too much otherwise. Sarah stopped her pacing; "You're the protector of dreams, aren't you?" Elios nodded, "I am, but I have not been able to fulfill my duties, and I fear the worst." Rini sighed, "No Elios, the people of this galaxy have had some pretty horrible dreams, but none like they will."
Elios looked up from the floor, noticing for the first time, the look in his Maiden's eyes, as well as the one in her friend's, "You have had nightmares, and so has everyone else." He said in barely more than a whisper, "Every night, since the one when you were captured, everyone has had nightmare after nightmare for two years. I thought that maybe..." He didn't care? No that was not what she meant; her expression was graver than that. Then it dawned on him, "You thought that I was dead, didn't you? It's not hard to believe that you would think that." Elios saw guilt cross her face, "I just didn't think that there was much of anything that could stop you..."
"I do not fault you Rini... If anything, I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you."
"What happened is not your fault either." Rini was so solemn, so unlike the girl that she had been a few years before, and it was all because of him. If he hadn't been kidnapped, she would never have experienced the nightmares, and she wouldn't have thought him dead. Elios could see now that she probably cared about him as much he did about her. Now however, was not the time to bring it up, "It is expected though, isn't it?" Of course it was, but the man who had held him captive had stricken more quickly and mercilessly than Elios had anticipated. Everyone that he had seen that day had bad dreams every night because of him, "How do you know each other? What in the solar system is he talking about?"
Elios broke out of his guilt-induced trance, "Just how much did you tell her?" Rini shook her head, "Nothing." It had obviously been hard for Rini to tell her friend anything, "Rini holds the Golden Dream Mirror, the mirror of beautiful dreams. Evil attacks what it can of its strongest enemies. I'm afraid that when I was captured, Rini was quite vulnerable to all of her enemies. If one of them had figured out how, she could be dead." Sarah looked at Rini, "Now you had better tell me everything." Elios saw her hesitate, when suddenly, the large doors opened from above the stairway, and Neo-Queen Serenity stepped out, "Elios." The queen said to him, "When they told me who was here, I couldn't quite believe it." Elios had to explain what had happened yet again, while Rini told Sarah her story on the other side of the room.