Lalalalalalalala well, I haven't much to say… I personally think this a rather boring chapter, but what the hey…
Sonicwind123:Why thanksyou!
Mrs.SleepingDragon: (my evil rival XP) I have already said too much to you about this, so I must seal my mouth shut!
Guan: Yes, I thought about that when I wrote the chapter. But, what can I say I'm biased however, you did mention Zhao Yun in that one review and I guess I'm just unrealistic like that. Thanks!
WindsOfEternity: Yes, weird very weird. Well, about the whole 'feelings'. Yes, but I must shut up now…
MalevolentPhantom:Yes, Zhuge is quite nice if I must say
Zhuge: 0 )
My do you look evil! Yes! You finally updated I just love your story!
Chapter 12: Reoccurring Dreams
Sweat. All I felt was the sweat that was dripping into my face, the blood that covered my battle garb. The dank smell of rotting flesh. "Focus" he told me. "I can't!" I screamed. "Calm is the difference." He said. Everything blurred; I wiped my forehead and stared ahead breathing in and out. Mine so unlike his, calm and steady to obscure and timeless without the cadence he always possessed. I hadn't noticed how very hot I was until that moment. The eyes I stared into were all so different. The first were soulless, empty and brown barely noticeable in the dark of the room. The next were misty pools of brown so alike and yet so different from the first. The third pair was obscured from me but was ever-present and fore boding in the gloom.
Voices swirled in my head, so many at once. Each belonged to one of the people I placed to the eyes in the room.
"Calm is the difference. Remain at focus."
"You are nothing and always will be!"
"All will be mine! The kingdom of Shu will fall to my hands! Including you!"
I let out a scream and charged toward the first fighting to remove him. It was all to no avail. All I could see was the empty eyes and the disappointed look of a good friend.
I awoke with a start. Gasping for air. I looked down, my sheets had been drenched in sweat. I had awoken at the sound of a knock.
"Lady Aven Yu, are you…well?" His eyes revealed true concern. His eyebrows parted a little when he saw my face.
"Yes, Master Liang. Come in." He entered slowly.
"Did you need something?"
"I have been having this dream and I really want to know what it means." He sat down at the end of the bed.
"Let's hear it."
"It starts out with me telling Lord Liu Bei that I will go and see what is in this dark castle. So, I enter, cautiously the hallway is barely lit. Then, you appear behind me and it startles me. You say something and we continue on toward the unknown. I feel somehow safer with you there. Then I hear this horrible laugh. I turn to see Xiahou Dun but he had not yet lost his eye. They were both soulless. His voice was empty. Cao Cao appears behind him, menacingly. I engage Dun in battle; you and Cao Cao seem as only spectators. We fight several passes and he clips my arm. You're voice echoes in my mind telling me to remain calm. But I scream that I can't. Each one of you say something to me before I make a final charge at Xiahou Dun. He parries quickly and hits me. I fall down and just before my vision fails, I see you, disappointed in me, and the two Wei men smiling sinisterly." Master Liang looked up.
"The dark room and hallway gives a fore boding sense. It shows what the fruition of your life will be. I appear because I am a friend and I suppose you may consider me a safe-keeper or someone you trust. As of Xiahou Dun, he is the object of your hate. He has both of his eyes because it removes all individuality from him, this also explains the emptiness of his eyes. He is now complete. Being complete, he is as an immortal, there is no way to kill him in your dream because he is a form of near perfection, but of true evil. I also appeared because I am the sense of good perfection, your guiding light. Which is of course not necessarily true in real life. Cao Cao is another of the same being as Dun, lacking the complete perfection. He is there as an obstacle. Well, you will continue having this dream without shadow of variation until you overcome your hate for Xiahou Dun and for Cao Cao." I thanked him very much thinking about this interpretation, and everything began to fall to piece.
We walked outside of my room. A messenger appeared, greeting us cordially.
"Lady Sun has left for the Southland. Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei barely saved the young lord. Liu Bei is quite distressed. He wishes to meet with you." We changed course and entered our lord's room. He whispered to me before I entered.
"The Southland believes Jing is their prize. They wish to reclaim it. Lady Sun will not be returning any time soon. I didn't wish to tell Liu Bei, but I figured this was one of Zhou Yu's ill-fated ploys to try and kill Liu Bei." We entered to our lord. Distressed was an understatement. His eyebrows parted in frustration and his eyes looked like he was going to break into a thousand pieces.
"My lord, be not worried Zhou Yu will soon be gone. It was all a plot on your life as I so expected. When you took Zhao Yun with you it deterred them greatly and their plan came to naught. Sun Shang Xiang is quite unlikely to return quickly now that she is home. Zhou Yu will try to take Jingzhou from us, and will make another attempt on our lives. Rest assured he will soon be far from a worry in out thoughts. I sincerely doubt he can outwit me!" After much reassurance Liu Bei finally assented to Zhuge Liang's plans. We would soon learn that we would have many battles in our hands. Not only had we to take Cheng Du but also to deal with a threat from Wu…
