The song 'Imagine' belongs to John Lennon. The character Icegirl/The
Dreamer belongs to me.
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Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
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My life was a living dream once, or nightmare, however you want to look at it. I've had these dreams for as long as I can remember, dreams, or as the Oracle calls them 'visions', of things that I don't really understand. A huge war between humans and machines, a world where the sky had been blackened, where the remnants of the human race lived underground and used ships the kind of which I'd never seen before, but worst of all were the fields; miles and miles of what looked like some kind of warped tree, from which grew pods and inside those bubble like thing where human babies and in the distance were huge towers with pods that had millions of humans suspended in some kind of fluid. These people lived out their lives in a dream world, ignorant to what was really happening to them. I can remember it as if it was yesterday, going to see the Oracle. I don't know how I found her; all I knew was that I had to, that she was the only one who could help me understand what it was that I was dreaming about. I had dreams of her to, a kind lady who liked to bake. I waited outside the door of her apartment, until a woman let me in. I sat in a chair just inside the doorway, after a few moments I was joined by two other people, an Asian teenager and a woman. But I paid little attention to them; I had a dream the night before about the war again, only this time I had seen the pain and misery that the machines had caused humans.
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Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
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((Ghost's POV))
I hadn't been out of the Matrix long when Niobe took me to see the Oracle, who or what this Oracle was I didn't know and Niobe told me nothing. We were directed to sit just inside the door. There was already one person there, a small girl, her hair was snow white and there was a haunted look about her, like she had seen things that a child her age should not have. Her eyes held the terrified look of someone that's being hunted and knows that their not going to get away and that they will die. It was only then that I realised that she was staring back at me, silver eyes met mine and I could not turn away.
"We all have out burdens, Ghost of the Logos." She whispered. I blinked and shook my head.
"How do you know my name?" I asked her.
"I know many things. Some of which I would rather not." The last sentence was almost a wistful sigh.
"Are you the Oracle?" I queried. At that she laughed, but not in a way that implied she actually found it funny, more like she was laughing because she was finding something in my words that she didn't like.
"No, I am a dreamer." She said, in an ironic tone of voice that most people don't get until they reach their early teens.
"Well the world needs more dreamers." I said.
"Not with the kind of dreams I have." She mumbled under her breath. Then one of the Oracles aids came back out and told me that it was time for me to speak to the Oracle.
After the Oracle was finished she gave me a small cake and I rejoined Niobe. The girl was still waiting patiently in the chair. Niobe stood up as soon as I came out, she slipped her glasses back on, I followed her to the door, looking back once at the child.
"Tell the crew of the Hammer that I'll see them soon, Ghost." She said to me, then she grinned slightly.
"I would wish you luck, but you're not going to need it." I closed the door softly behind me.
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Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
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((Icegirls POV))
Ghost had been in my dreams as well, but he had been older. I looked up as the Oracles Aid came back for me.
"She'll see you now." She said. I nodded and stood up, heading into the kitchen. She was sitting at the table and she glanced up as I came in a welcoming smile on her face.
"Hello, Ice. I've been waiting for you." She said. I walked over to her, not quite sure what I was supposed to do, but she reached out and pulled me into a hug. I had never been hugged before; it was kind of nice.
"I know all about your dreams. Don't worry, in time they will make sense to you as well. You will be staying here for now, with me."
"I know, it's not time for me. Some say that I am a dreamer, that I have a very active imagination. But I don't, do I? Everything I see is real, has been or it will be?" I said. She nodded and smiled.
"People don't understand what they cannot see and touch themselves. But we will work on it. This is Seraph, he will help to teach you some things that you need to know." She said. I looked at the man who had silently entered the room.
"Teach me what?" I asked, a little scared.
"You will see, but you need to know these things."
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You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
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Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
*********
My life was a living dream once, or nightmare, however you want to look at it. I've had these dreams for as long as I can remember, dreams, or as the Oracle calls them 'visions', of things that I don't really understand. A huge war between humans and machines, a world where the sky had been blackened, where the remnants of the human race lived underground and used ships the kind of which I'd never seen before, but worst of all were the fields; miles and miles of what looked like some kind of warped tree, from which grew pods and inside those bubble like thing where human babies and in the distance were huge towers with pods that had millions of humans suspended in some kind of fluid. These people lived out their lives in a dream world, ignorant to what was really happening to them. I can remember it as if it was yesterday, going to see the Oracle. I don't know how I found her; all I knew was that I had to, that she was the only one who could help me understand what it was that I was dreaming about. I had dreams of her to, a kind lady who liked to bake. I waited outside the door of her apartment, until a woman let me in. I sat in a chair just inside the doorway, after a few moments I was joined by two other people, an Asian teenager and a woman. But I paid little attention to them; I had a dream the night before about the war again, only this time I had seen the pain and misery that the machines had caused humans.
*********
Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
*********
((Ghost's POV))
I hadn't been out of the Matrix long when Niobe took me to see the Oracle, who or what this Oracle was I didn't know and Niobe told me nothing. We were directed to sit just inside the door. There was already one person there, a small girl, her hair was snow white and there was a haunted look about her, like she had seen things that a child her age should not have. Her eyes held the terrified look of someone that's being hunted and knows that their not going to get away and that they will die. It was only then that I realised that she was staring back at me, silver eyes met mine and I could not turn away.
"We all have out burdens, Ghost of the Logos." She whispered. I blinked and shook my head.
"How do you know my name?" I asked her.
"I know many things. Some of which I would rather not." The last sentence was almost a wistful sigh.
"Are you the Oracle?" I queried. At that she laughed, but not in a way that implied she actually found it funny, more like she was laughing because she was finding something in my words that she didn't like.
"No, I am a dreamer." She said, in an ironic tone of voice that most people don't get until they reach their early teens.
"Well the world needs more dreamers." I said.
"Not with the kind of dreams I have." She mumbled under her breath. Then one of the Oracles aids came back out and told me that it was time for me to speak to the Oracle.
After the Oracle was finished she gave me a small cake and I rejoined Niobe. The girl was still waiting patiently in the chair. Niobe stood up as soon as I came out, she slipped her glasses back on, I followed her to the door, looking back once at the child.
"Tell the crew of the Hammer that I'll see them soon, Ghost." She said to me, then she grinned slightly.
"I would wish you luck, but you're not going to need it." I closed the door softly behind me.
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Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
*********
((Icegirls POV))
Ghost had been in my dreams as well, but he had been older. I looked up as the Oracles Aid came back for me.
"She'll see you now." She said. I nodded and stood up, heading into the kitchen. She was sitting at the table and she glanced up as I came in a welcoming smile on her face.
"Hello, Ice. I've been waiting for you." She said. I walked over to her, not quite sure what I was supposed to do, but she reached out and pulled me into a hug. I had never been hugged before; it was kind of nice.
"I know all about your dreams. Don't worry, in time they will make sense to you as well. You will be staying here for now, with me."
"I know, it's not time for me. Some say that I am a dreamer, that I have a very active imagination. But I don't, do I? Everything I see is real, has been or it will be?" I said. She nodded and smiled.
"People don't understand what they cannot see and touch themselves. But we will work on it. This is Seraph, he will help to teach you some things that you need to know." She said. I looked at the man who had silently entered the room.
"Teach me what?" I asked, a little scared.
"You will see, but you need to know these things."
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You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
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