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Midnight, and moonlight seeped in through the open window of the small room, bathing the young girl's sleeping form.
The Inn's occupants had all turned in long ago, the corridors had been empty for hours, even the trees outside made no sound when caught in the breeze, only reshaped the shadows for moment, as they appeared to reach out like haggard old hands, before sharply drawing back into the darkness.
The scruffy immortal slumped bunched up on the windowsill, snoring quietly, wooden bars of the window that blocked the light, made patterns across his scarred face. A wisp of black hair danced about gently in the path of his breathing. Rin twitched in her sleep, her eyes although closed moved wildly as if she could see something more than the dark corners of their room.
"Asano Rin"! Someone had called her, she looked around desperately but saw no one, only the void in which she stood. She took a few hesitant steps forward, or at least in the direction that she thought was forward. Rin glanced down to where her hands should be, but found nothing. 'This is me' she thought warily. 'But where am I? I can't see myself, hear myself, but I can hear my thoughts.and they still don't make much sense' she mused.
'I hear something, maybe a person, or just, ..No I'm sure now, it's a voice' Colours began to dance around her, and begin to take form. She jumped slightly as gravel crunched under her feet. Grey pebbles led her down a pathway, as her surroundings were taking shape around her, she waited patiently and more than a little anxious, she kept walking.
The sixteen year old reached out to push away a branch near her face that made the blossoms fall and float to the ground. Surprised, she looked again at her hands, clear as crystal. She wore a beautiful silk kimono that flowed and swayed when she moved. The material seemed to ripple and the colours swam. She reached to her face, instead finding that her hair was loose and draped over one shoulder. Rin was in the middle of a beautiful garden, streams ran under bridges and over waterfalls, and flowers were in full bloom.
She stood motionless in complete awe, unable to move. "Am I, .dead?" her voice was carried on the wind, yet her ears heard nothing. There was faint sound like someone clearing their throat behind her and to the right. "Definitely not" Rin turned abruptly and stared in shock. "Mother" she whispered. The young girl tried to run to the woman before her, but found she was held back.
She sighed in defeat, "It's just another stupid dream isn't it"? The figure nodded solemnly "huh, thought so, you're not my mother either are you?"
"You are here for a reason Asano Rin" She was taken back a little by the sudden severity in the woman's voice, but stayed put. "I come here to warn you" "About what, who are you?" the glare she received made Rin instantly wish she had been silent. The woman became almost transparent and rose up beyond a normal person's height amongst an explosion of coloured smoke. ..(Kinda tacky I know, but I'm a sucker for stereotypes)
"I shall not be interrupted!" Rin took a step back, eyes wide.
"Misfortunes that we have foreseen, cannot be averted and threaten your quest for your family's honour." Rin wrinkled her brow in confusion. "I don't understand, misfortune? besides why are you telling me, will you blow up again if I ask who you are"?
"The answers to your questions, you need not know, you will find them in time." The strange eyes appeared to look through Rin, she smiled without humour. "You might say that I represent the united essence of families past. You were correct by the way, we have not the power to intervene in the lives of men and it should not be done."
"I never said anything" Rin looked baffled.
"You didn't have to. Listen carefully, remember these words, without them I fear you will go astray." " A great evil it is that you seek. Do not wish to be alone or else it will be so. Do not judge so easily, friends can appear from the strangest places."
Rin frowned, opened her mouth to protest, but then thought better of it.
"Amidst the darkness, a great love shall rise, and it shall be this that destroys your enemy"
.Quiet, as the two just stared.
"Look, all due respect and everything but what on earth is all that supposed to mean? You can't just show up with a load of cryptic would be horoscopes and tell me that I'm the one going astray!! I'm not the one floating here!"
"And now you must wake"!
"And another thing, huh? Why?"
"Wake, remember what I said Asano" ........Ok weird chapter!! I was going for the whole ben kenobi thing I guess lol!
Midnight, and moonlight seeped in through the open window of the small room, bathing the young girl's sleeping form.
The Inn's occupants had all turned in long ago, the corridors had been empty for hours, even the trees outside made no sound when caught in the breeze, only reshaped the shadows for moment, as they appeared to reach out like haggard old hands, before sharply drawing back into the darkness.
The scruffy immortal slumped bunched up on the windowsill, snoring quietly, wooden bars of the window that blocked the light, made patterns across his scarred face. A wisp of black hair danced about gently in the path of his breathing. Rin twitched in her sleep, her eyes although closed moved wildly as if she could see something more than the dark corners of their room.
"Asano Rin"! Someone had called her, she looked around desperately but saw no one, only the void in which she stood. She took a few hesitant steps forward, or at least in the direction that she thought was forward. Rin glanced down to where her hands should be, but found nothing. 'This is me' she thought warily. 'But where am I? I can't see myself, hear myself, but I can hear my thoughts.and they still don't make much sense' she mused.
'I hear something, maybe a person, or just, ..No I'm sure now, it's a voice' Colours began to dance around her, and begin to take form. She jumped slightly as gravel crunched under her feet. Grey pebbles led her down a pathway, as her surroundings were taking shape around her, she waited patiently and more than a little anxious, she kept walking.
The sixteen year old reached out to push away a branch near her face that made the blossoms fall and float to the ground. Surprised, she looked again at her hands, clear as crystal. She wore a beautiful silk kimono that flowed and swayed when she moved. The material seemed to ripple and the colours swam. She reached to her face, instead finding that her hair was loose and draped over one shoulder. Rin was in the middle of a beautiful garden, streams ran under bridges and over waterfalls, and flowers were in full bloom.
She stood motionless in complete awe, unable to move. "Am I, .dead?" her voice was carried on the wind, yet her ears heard nothing. There was faint sound like someone clearing their throat behind her and to the right. "Definitely not" Rin turned abruptly and stared in shock. "Mother" she whispered. The young girl tried to run to the woman before her, but found she was held back.
She sighed in defeat, "It's just another stupid dream isn't it"? The figure nodded solemnly "huh, thought so, you're not my mother either are you?"
"You are here for a reason Asano Rin" She was taken back a little by the sudden severity in the woman's voice, but stayed put. "I come here to warn you" "About what, who are you?" the glare she received made Rin instantly wish she had been silent. The woman became almost transparent and rose up beyond a normal person's height amongst an explosion of coloured smoke. ..(Kinda tacky I know, but I'm a sucker for stereotypes)
"I shall not be interrupted!" Rin took a step back, eyes wide.
"Misfortunes that we have foreseen, cannot be averted and threaten your quest for your family's honour." Rin wrinkled her brow in confusion. "I don't understand, misfortune? besides why are you telling me, will you blow up again if I ask who you are"?
"The answers to your questions, you need not know, you will find them in time." The strange eyes appeared to look through Rin, she smiled without humour. "You might say that I represent the united essence of families past. You were correct by the way, we have not the power to intervene in the lives of men and it should not be done."
"I never said anything" Rin looked baffled.
"You didn't have to. Listen carefully, remember these words, without them I fear you will go astray." " A great evil it is that you seek. Do not wish to be alone or else it will be so. Do not judge so easily, friends can appear from the strangest places."
Rin frowned, opened her mouth to protest, but then thought better of it.
"Amidst the darkness, a great love shall rise, and it shall be this that destroys your enemy"
.Quiet, as the two just stared.
"Look, all due respect and everything but what on earth is all that supposed to mean? You can't just show up with a load of cryptic would be horoscopes and tell me that I'm the one going astray!! I'm not the one floating here!"
"And now you must wake"!
"And another thing, huh? Why?"
"Wake, remember what I said Asano" ........Ok weird chapter!! I was going for the whole ben kenobi thing I guess lol!