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'Till the End
Chapter Three
Introducing Desert Rose
Rogue didn't see where she was going. She didn't care. All she could hear were her own thoughts, repeating themselves over and over again. *What's wrong? I know something's wrong. What is it?*
Without noticing she started to speed up. Then she started to run. She ran blindly, lost in her own thoughts. *What's wrong with me? Why can't I feel anything?*
"Ooff!" Rogue moaned and sat up. She'd fallen over a tree root. Looking around, Rogue found she'd wandered into the old mansion grounds. (A.N. Yeah, I bet your saying "'Old mansion grounds' what the hell is she talking about?" Well, didn't you ever think that every time that they rebuilt the damn mansion they might build it a bit differently? Yeah, not so smart now are you. Anyway…) She was sitting next to a small pond with a statue of two lovers entwined in its center.
*I've never been here before.* Rogue thought as she glanced at her reflection in the still waters of the pond.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
"Shhh! Marie, child, it's just me, dear. Quiet now, child. Someone'll hear ya." (A.N. Like the accent? Hate it? Let me know!)
"Des-Desert Rose?"
"Yes, dear. It's me. Don't ya remembah? I came to ya in my last moments. Remembah? I asked you to keep me with ya. You said ya would. You promised me everythin' would be alright."
"Oh, my God. The dream!"
"Yes, child, but it weren't no dream. 'Twas true as life, child. I have some… business… needs taken care of before I can move on. Now, I can undahstand if'n ya don't wants to help me, but…"
Rogue cut her off before she could explain, "Desert Rose, I would do anything for you. I would be honored to help you finish your business on this Earth."
"Oh, bless ya child. I's 'ill be helpen ya too. Little things, child, can mean so much to peoples."
"D.R. I don't understand…"
"Rogue! Rogue, are you alright? Where the hell are you?"
Rogue had only turned around for a moment, but when she looked back she saw only her reflection in the pond's tranquil waters.