He stands by the window, staring out over the small village of Monmartre.
Outside it's beginning to rain, and Christian can feel raindrops falling on
him. But he stays where he is and doesn't move, despite the rain which is
starting fall and the cold wind blowing. He continues to stare out of the
window. Stares out on the world that once used to be such a bright,
colourful, wonderful place. But that is all a lifetime away, at least it
seems so. Now, its starting to pour with rain but Christian still doesn't
move. He can't seem to think about anything else. He simply just can't stop
thinking about the dream he had. It had been strange. He'd dreamt about
her. Dreamt that she was alive. It had been the first time since the
terrible night when everything happened that he actually didn't have
another nightmare about it. Ever since then, he'd been having nightmares
about it. Been tossing and turning in his sleep, and even saying her name.
And it always ended the same way, always ended with him waking up sweating
and then crying for her. Ever since it happened it had been like that,
until now. It had been the first time that it had been different. But had
been so strange. It couldn't have been like that, it just couldn't. She
died, she died in his arms. He sighs deeply and thinks, "It's only my mind
playing tricks on me." A strong, cold wind is blowing and the fallen leaves
start to fly around with the wind. The wind makes a whistling sound, and it
leaves an echo from the church bells striking far away in the distance.
He's still standing outside, soaked by the rain. His black hair flies
across his face with the wind, which he finds annoying but doesn't seem to
notice right now. Then he hears it, he hears a faint voice in the pouring
rain and strong wind. He looks around, wondering if there's someone behind
him or if it's someone in the streets. But it can't be. It's a woman's
voice, and there's only he and Toulouse and the others which live above
him. He looks down at the streets. They're dead empty. Probably everyone's
inside because of the bad weather. The streets are wet, cold, and
completely deserted. The look like the empty streets of a ghost town. He
hears the voice again, but this time it's slightly stronger. It sounds as
if it's calling someone. He looks around once more, but it's just as empty
as it was a minute ago. Then he hears it once more, but this time he can
hear words. He can't make them out completely. He stands at the same spot,
and concentrates on trying making the words out. He listens, but hasn't got
them right yet, and then he suddenly hears the voice. Then he hears the
words , "Come What May", echoing in the wind. His eyes widen when he hears
the words. He can't believe it. No other woman knew those words except her.
It can't be possible. Who on earth knows those words? Their words.
He's in complete shock and the only words he can make out when he speaks
are, "What?!". "What's going on?", he asks himself. He stops and listens
for the voice once again, but all he can hear is the strong wind whistling
among the falling of the heavy rain. The voice is gone. He looks down,
trying to clear his mind. When he looks up, he sees it. He sees a snow
white pigeon sitting on the balcony in the rain. A snow white pigeon. He
now remembers what he read about once. "A snow white pigeon, the message
carrier."
