Chapter XII: The Broken Away Angel
FD: You guys want to learn about who Guardian Eotos is? Well, you'll find out in this chapter. Plus… I've realized that I've been harsh on Valon, so I'm allowing him to do what he wants. Anyways, enjoy!
"Sarah, come on, you have to make that final song of the new soundtrack!" Yuji nagged. She pushed Sarah through the door into the sound room and shoved the guitar into her arms. But it fell to the ground weakly, like as if Sarah wasn't paying attention.
"What's wrong?" Tiffany asked.
"I'm…I'm not sure I can play today. At least not with my guitar," Sarah said.
"Why not?" Ines asked.
"It's Bree and Beth. I wonder how they are," Sarah said.
"Actually, now that you mention it, I haven't heard from them in so long," Tiffany said, stepping back.
"Do you remember that song you'd used to sing to them, and they'd act like they hated it, but they actually liked it?" Yuji asked.
"You mean Breakaway?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah. Hey, why don't you sing that song? You know, to show how much we miss them," Yuji offered.
"Good idea!" Tiffany said, and began playing.
Sarah began singing into the microphone at first softly, then her voice rose over into an unbelievable lullaby. Behind the glass window into the recording studio, Valon and Alister nodded in amazement, while Steve just removed his glasses. This song Sarah missed singing a lot because Bree, or Breanna, and Beth were two of the best friends she ever had. They were loyal, friendly, kind, and they were fun, especially Bree.
How did they meet? Both Bree and Beth were new kids at their school, and both of them Sarah showed around the school. Eventually, they all became friends. Sarah missed them a lot.
When Sarah finished, she couldn't help thinking about Robert. She missed him, even though she had just seen him this morning before she left for here. Not very many girls would care for their boyfriends, but Sarah cared a lot.
"Sarah, what's wrong?" Valon asked.
"Nothing," Sarah said with a smile. But it didn't convince them. Normally it had to be the eyes that told them. Like, whenever Sarah was sad, her eyes would say, and she would try to hide it. But it never worked. Her eyes were always dark and lonely. And no matter what, they always seemed to be that way. Ever since she received her bitbeast and guardian angel, Eotos.
Who was he? A Seminoll angel who protected several of the tribes of the Seminolls. Sarah was the last heir to the Seminoll blood, believe it or not. Her great-grandmother grew up in a reservational area where she lived alone for quite some time. The Seminoll blood line had dropped to Sarah, and with it were the legends and the spirit of Eotos, the great god of the tribes.
When Sarah was six and was told of the legends by her grandfather, while she listened, the spirit of Eotos fused into her body and protected her. Even to this day, Eotos is loyal to her and guards her. Though he can't stop her from having a broken heart, he tries his best to protect her from danger.
Valon stared at her with despair and concern. What if Eotos couldn't protect her enough? He would lose her forever. A hand fell softly on her shoulder, and she looked up at him with a smile. Sometimes, it feels good to see her smile. It just assures him that whatevers going on isn't affecting her too bad. She's still okay.
"Robert! I'm home!" Sarah called out.
"He's not here…."
How do you know? Sarah thought. She walked into the main hall and up the stairs. Her long black hair swayed behind her. A shiver ran down her back. The same shudder that tells you something's wrong.
"Someone's watching us…"
Sarah turned around, but no one was there. Yet, that feeling didn't vanish. Someone was watching her. She looked around. And then she saw him, hiding in the shadows of the room.
"Johnny!" Sarah cried out. "Don't do that!"
"Ha ha! How'd you know I was here?" Johnny asked.
"Easy. I could hear your breathing," Sarah said.
"Cool. Listen, there's something you might want to see," Johnny said. He led Sarah off the stars. He led her to a door that led to a flight of stairs leading downward into the lower levels.
"I've explored this castle many times before when I came over to try to beat Robert at chess. And I found this room where stands many incredible things. The other day I was here and I found something absolutely extraordinary," Johnny explained.
The lights grew dimmer with each level they dropped until the stairs finally came to an end in a dark litted room. The only light there were the torches on the walls that burned. Sarah followed Johnny to two double doors and he pushed them open.
"Don't go in…"
Why not? What's wrong?
"Just don't…something's not safe about this room…."
Sarah took a deep breath and entered the room. It was filled with torches and litted with burning candles. Aligned on the walls were suits of armor that hung and faced them darkly. But on the wall directly opposite them was a glass case holding a picture framed in wood. Sarah took a step toward it. The picture looked like it was made thousands of years ago by an ancient tribe. In the picture were a grass plane and a blue sky filled with clouds. In the grass was a lign of Indian soldiers pointing their weapons to the sky. In the clouds was an angel. A beautiful angel. Her hair was long, her eyes were the color of ice, and she was amazing.
"She looks just like you," Johnny said.
"That's why I got the picture," came a voice.
Sarah turned around to see Robert standing in the doorway. He approached them and looked at the picture. His hand ran across the glass.
"This picture was found in an excavation off the coast of Florida, under the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Arciologists found it and sent it to me. The picture is of Seminoll belief. They believed, during battle, there was an angel watching over them. They couldn't really discover her name, but they do believe that she was their god, next to Eotos," Robert said. "I've been trying to figure out why she looks like you."
"That's because…you are...."
I'm what?
Sarah's head began to hurt slightly. She closed her eyes and felt like she was falling through water. Suddenly, her vision is blurred by the image of a blonde boy sticking his hand out to her. She wanted to reach out and grab it, but darkness filled her sights.
"Sarah, are you okay?" Robert's voice came to her, forcing her to open her eyes.
"Yeah," she said. She walked away from them and out of the room. She stumbled up the stairs and into the main hall.
"What was wrong about that room? Something was, but what?" Sarah asked herself as she climbed up the stairs and into her room. She closed the door behind her and sighed. Something wasn't right. How could a picture she's never seen before have her in it? And what was that that she saw? A vision? A dream? What?
Her eyes crossed over to the balcany. Her windows were open, and the light of the sunset drifted in, like the water from the ocean onto the sands of the beach. The Seminolls… .
"My family… ."
Sarah drifted onto her bed and felt all feeling disappear, like she was nothing anymore. Not human, not a spirit. Nothing. She was drifting far away. Far away as the wind could carry her. Like the gentle touch of the wind on her face, she felt at peace, in harmony. Nothing could happen to her like this. Nothing. No pain, no harm, no more broken hearts. All dreams were real, and all that was real was only a dream.
She saw the ocean waves under her, the touch of the sand at her hands, the cool, gentle caressing of the water on her arms. The wind carried her away into a distant land where everything she had only dreamed of was real. The trees howled and whispered softly as the wind rocked her througb them. The cries of the animals were like lullabies, the chirping of the dolphins sang to her, the splashing of waves against her face relaxed her.
Here she wanted to stay. Here she wanted to never open her eyes and wake up to the reality that she despised. All was peaceful here. She had only wished her world was like this. But it wasn't. She hoped to never leave, she hoped to never return to that life that she dreaded so much. But… a soft, gentle voice spoke to her like the wind.
"Time to return, Sarah…"
If all life could be like that… well, it wasn't. So now, she was stuck with reality. Life was never like that. Infact, it was the complete opposite. But could she make it any better?
She opened her eyes to find herself back in her room, the sunset had disappeared, and it was well into the night. But was it peaceful, like her dreams? Or was it dangerous and a world where chaos endured her life? She wanted to know, could she change the world she lived in?
"Oh, Sarah," Valon sighed.
"She hasn't been the same. Ever since she was eight, it's like she's not the little girl we used to know and love," Alister said, picking up a wrench and fixing the tire on his motorcycle.
"She still has those same dreams of hers, though. The dreams that would make you relax when she talks about them," Valon said.
"Yeah, like that one where she said she was being carried away in the clouds, and she described how the wind felt," Alister spoke. He sighed also. He remembered that time. He was only a few years younger than eighteen when she told them about that dream. The dream where she was sitting on the sands of a beach, and before she knew it, the wind had picked her up and carried her into the skies. She spoke of how the clouds felt, and how she wished the world was as peaceful as her dreams.
"Sometimes, in a chaotic world such as this, that's all you can look towards for help. Your dreams," Alister said.
"Yeah. I don't understand how, but Sarah's dreams are completely different from normal dreams. It's like what she believes is a dream is really an OBE," Valon said.
"And that is?" Alister asked.
"Out of Body Experience," Valon said. "You know, when the soul is seperated from the body."
"Oh. Yeah, I see what you mean. It's like that when she tells it," Alister said.
"I wonder how she's doing now," Valon said.
"Give her a call," Alister said.
"I would if she wasn't already asleep," Valon said. He looked up at the sky and smiled. That's right, Sarah. You just keep on dreaming. You've always looked toward your dreams for peace, and now I'm saying you should. Sometimes that's all it takes to find your life in this world. And it was you that helped us realize that. Never forget your dreams, Sarah.
FD: Alright, that's it for this chapter. Hope you'd enjoy it. I'll work on the next one A.S.A.P. Until then, bye!
