Chpt 10 - Cloudy Dreams
The exhausted form of a young girl is slowly laid on the bed beneath her and then given a gentle kiss by the enemy who she had been leaning on for support. Yet as it stands presently she is far to tired and upset to give much of a care what befalls her but this was the last thing she had expected the other to do. She had not even concived that he would take to holding her as he had done, yet he had held her, he had caressed her, put her to bed, and now kissed her. It wasn't possible. The words he wispered to her rang in her ears as she heard door slip open and his small form slither out. As the door clicked softly back into place a single tear slipped from one of her big pink eyes, it just couldn't be true. Her mind was rushing with thoughts and possibilities that she would quickly take back adding the thought that there was no way she could ever take part in such things, no one could ever care for a lowly being such as her in such a way. Her mind returned to previous events of the day and another lonely droplet was let loose from the depthless pink orbs now squeezed so tightly shut, praying for sleep to come.
'There's no way...I'm not good enough...he couldn't have...I must be dreaming if I think that anyone ... would...ever...'
~Rini's mind drifted into sleep leaving her thought train unfinished, pulling her from the familiar train of reality to the not so familiar teritory that was the inner workings of her mind. Yet unlike the quick and dizzying trip that pulled her into her own memories, this trip was a peaceful one in which she traveled slowly through a tunnle of grey clouds set against a midnight blue sky, twinkling faintly with the light of stars and a bright, cresent moon. She came to rest gently on a floor that appeared to be made of mirrors, the glimmer of the stars reflecting daintily on it's polished surface. The silver sea of mirror floor spread out before her over lengths unknown to her previously, streching far over the horizon and beyond the range of her eyesight. The cold of the glossy surface on which she stood shot up through her bare legs and caused her to shiver. Standing in her alone on this sea of glass Rini suddenly noticed that she no longer wore her usual pink bed clothes but instead she wore a silver nightgown that hung down to her knees and blew softly in the wind.
Glancing around she could see nothing for as far as her eyes would allow her, which was becoming an increasingly smaller distance as clouds rolled in from all sides to block her sight and only add to the haunting beauty of the scene around her. From deep within the stillness around her there was the sound of somthing moving, and the sense that she was being watched. Put guard, the young girl instinctivly reached for the locket which would turn her to the hero she was training to be, only to find that it to had been taken from her. petrified beyond belife, the tears began to fall again, sliding silently down her cheeks as she fear for what was to come. Then, from somewhere within the misty distance, a voice seemed to echo all about her small form.
"There is no need to cry, little one. You are within the confines of one of the safest areas known to human kind..."
The words that the voice had said seemed to hang dully in the air until finally, from somewhere in the distance before her, another form could be seen comeing closer. As the other approached a sense of comfort rushed through her and her eyes dried of tears. Her vision, now clear, made out the form of another, not much taller than herself, trailing a cloak behind it and more seeming to float over the reflective surface beneath them than walk. Closeing the final distance between them, the figure came into full view, breaking forth from the clouds it was finally show to Rini that the mysterious, yet comforting voice she had heard belonged to none other than the unknown youth from her memory. Still dressed as he had been in all white, arabian garb, he moved within a foot of the young girl and hovered there, moving neither closer nor farther. Lifting one partially gloved hand he wiped away what remained of a tear on her small cheek and the creases in his face proved that he was smiling underneath the mask he wore. His hard demenor began to fade as he pulled his hand back to his side and his hard eyes softened as he began to speak yet again, his voice soft and comforting.
"You stand now in the most protected place in the universe, within the confines of your own mind. But you must realize, there are those who are able to break past the barriers you have set up and wish to turn this place of serenity against you. It has already begun, as you can see, for your mind is clouded over and it has become hard for you to see clearly."
Rini was uncertain as to how he had come to obtain such a great knowledge about her when it seems to her that they had never met before, but she listened anyway, uncertain of how he had come to know this, or why he should bother to tell her.
"You must remeber that this is your mind, you control all that happens here and you must fight any outer force. There are those who are attempting as we speak to keep you from hearing this message but I am useing my power to aid your fight and attempting to locate those who wish for you to be turned to the side of evil. I can not keep up this pace for much longer, my energy depleates itself quickly, you must help me by fighting this mental intruder off and locating them before they can break in completely. I beg of you do not let them get any farther. Do not..."
His words were left to hang on the wind as there was a sudden sound of shattering in the distance. His plea was never finished as a dark form plunged from the darkness and threw him into the clouds, out of site of Rini. A cackeling laughter could be heard echoing throughout the emptyness that now surrounded her and faintly she heard the ever fading cry of, "I belive in you..." Suddenly the britely shining cresent that hung in the sky over her was blackend out leaving her to stand in the near pitch-black that was left of what she had now come to know as her mind. The laughter faded and slowly transformed into a demonic voice, drawing out every sylable slowly as it hissed out the words.
"You are mine, girllll... you have alwaysss been mine,"
The laughter resumed as Rini let out a scream that threatened to break the mirror on which she stood, hoping from the deapths of her heart that the comfort of the boy in white would return to her~
Rini started upright in her bed with tears streaming down her face and a silent scream emmiting itself from the depths of her throught. What was all this meant to be. Was it just her mind playing a trick on her as so many had in her past, or was it the truth being shown her her in her dreams. Nothing made sense anymore, nothing was adding up. First the boy she thought had hated her, the boy she had hated herself, kisses her goodnight. Now a mysterious youth from her past warns her that there is some evil force trying to break into her mind. For now though, she would have to put these things behind her, there was another day to be lived. She arose from her bed and set about the task of preparing herself for another day of school. In the dim light of early morning that poured through the crack in her curtains one could just barely make out the scene as she moved toward her dresser to pull out the clothes for the day to come. Removing her night clothes she gasped in shock as she tossed on the floor within the slit of light that cut into her room, a shimmering silver nightgown.
The exhausted form of a young girl is slowly laid on the bed beneath her and then given a gentle kiss by the enemy who she had been leaning on for support. Yet as it stands presently she is far to tired and upset to give much of a care what befalls her but this was the last thing she had expected the other to do. She had not even concived that he would take to holding her as he had done, yet he had held her, he had caressed her, put her to bed, and now kissed her. It wasn't possible. The words he wispered to her rang in her ears as she heard door slip open and his small form slither out. As the door clicked softly back into place a single tear slipped from one of her big pink eyes, it just couldn't be true. Her mind was rushing with thoughts and possibilities that she would quickly take back adding the thought that there was no way she could ever take part in such things, no one could ever care for a lowly being such as her in such a way. Her mind returned to previous events of the day and another lonely droplet was let loose from the depthless pink orbs now squeezed so tightly shut, praying for sleep to come.
'There's no way...I'm not good enough...he couldn't have...I must be dreaming if I think that anyone ... would...ever...'
~Rini's mind drifted into sleep leaving her thought train unfinished, pulling her from the familiar train of reality to the not so familiar teritory that was the inner workings of her mind. Yet unlike the quick and dizzying trip that pulled her into her own memories, this trip was a peaceful one in which she traveled slowly through a tunnle of grey clouds set against a midnight blue sky, twinkling faintly with the light of stars and a bright, cresent moon. She came to rest gently on a floor that appeared to be made of mirrors, the glimmer of the stars reflecting daintily on it's polished surface. The silver sea of mirror floor spread out before her over lengths unknown to her previously, streching far over the horizon and beyond the range of her eyesight. The cold of the glossy surface on which she stood shot up through her bare legs and caused her to shiver. Standing in her alone on this sea of glass Rini suddenly noticed that she no longer wore her usual pink bed clothes but instead she wore a silver nightgown that hung down to her knees and blew softly in the wind.
Glancing around she could see nothing for as far as her eyes would allow her, which was becoming an increasingly smaller distance as clouds rolled in from all sides to block her sight and only add to the haunting beauty of the scene around her. From deep within the stillness around her there was the sound of somthing moving, and the sense that she was being watched. Put guard, the young girl instinctivly reached for the locket which would turn her to the hero she was training to be, only to find that it to had been taken from her. petrified beyond belife, the tears began to fall again, sliding silently down her cheeks as she fear for what was to come. Then, from somewhere within the misty distance, a voice seemed to echo all about her small form.
"There is no need to cry, little one. You are within the confines of one of the safest areas known to human kind..."
The words that the voice had said seemed to hang dully in the air until finally, from somewhere in the distance before her, another form could be seen comeing closer. As the other approached a sense of comfort rushed through her and her eyes dried of tears. Her vision, now clear, made out the form of another, not much taller than herself, trailing a cloak behind it and more seeming to float over the reflective surface beneath them than walk. Closeing the final distance between them, the figure came into full view, breaking forth from the clouds it was finally show to Rini that the mysterious, yet comforting voice she had heard belonged to none other than the unknown youth from her memory. Still dressed as he had been in all white, arabian garb, he moved within a foot of the young girl and hovered there, moving neither closer nor farther. Lifting one partially gloved hand he wiped away what remained of a tear on her small cheek and the creases in his face proved that he was smiling underneath the mask he wore. His hard demenor began to fade as he pulled his hand back to his side and his hard eyes softened as he began to speak yet again, his voice soft and comforting.
"You stand now in the most protected place in the universe, within the confines of your own mind. But you must realize, there are those who are able to break past the barriers you have set up and wish to turn this place of serenity against you. It has already begun, as you can see, for your mind is clouded over and it has become hard for you to see clearly."
Rini was uncertain as to how he had come to obtain such a great knowledge about her when it seems to her that they had never met before, but she listened anyway, uncertain of how he had come to know this, or why he should bother to tell her.
"You must remeber that this is your mind, you control all that happens here and you must fight any outer force. There are those who are attempting as we speak to keep you from hearing this message but I am useing my power to aid your fight and attempting to locate those who wish for you to be turned to the side of evil. I can not keep up this pace for much longer, my energy depleates itself quickly, you must help me by fighting this mental intruder off and locating them before they can break in completely. I beg of you do not let them get any farther. Do not..."
His words were left to hang on the wind as there was a sudden sound of shattering in the distance. His plea was never finished as a dark form plunged from the darkness and threw him into the clouds, out of site of Rini. A cackeling laughter could be heard echoing throughout the emptyness that now surrounded her and faintly she heard the ever fading cry of, "I belive in you..." Suddenly the britely shining cresent that hung in the sky over her was blackend out leaving her to stand in the near pitch-black that was left of what she had now come to know as her mind. The laughter faded and slowly transformed into a demonic voice, drawing out every sylable slowly as it hissed out the words.
"You are mine, girllll... you have alwaysss been mine,"
The laughter resumed as Rini let out a scream that threatened to break the mirror on which she stood, hoping from the deapths of her heart that the comfort of the boy in white would return to her~
Rini started upright in her bed with tears streaming down her face and a silent scream emmiting itself from the depths of her throught. What was all this meant to be. Was it just her mind playing a trick on her as so many had in her past, or was it the truth being shown her her in her dreams. Nothing made sense anymore, nothing was adding up. First the boy she thought had hated her, the boy she had hated herself, kisses her goodnight. Now a mysterious youth from her past warns her that there is some evil force trying to break into her mind. For now though, she would have to put these things behind her, there was another day to be lived. She arose from her bed and set about the task of preparing herself for another day of school. In the dim light of early morning that poured through the crack in her curtains one could just barely make out the scene as she moved toward her dresser to pull out the clothes for the day to come. Removing her night clothes she gasped in shock as she tossed on the floor within the slit of light that cut into her room, a shimmering silver nightgown.