Dream

Kawa stood on a small moor in the middle of nowhere, her surrounding environment made of different shades of gray.

Where am I? she thought absently. Rocks surrounded her on every side, but built a wall on her left, stone sinking far into the gray and brown dirt, weeds and dead grass sprouting from the base. The sound of water splashing around met her ears and soothed her question quiet.

Dark fog stretched as far as she could see in all directions, tendrils curling around her legs and arms, as if welcoming her to a private fold. Looking up she saw the same violet ball of light that she held onto in Meditation, dancing in the air wildly, as if beckoning her to follow it.

Zooming along it cast even more shadows with its light, and Kawa inched along in the fog, one hand on the wet, slimy wall. The Energy led her to a large opening where a door would have gone. Instead of stone or metal or wood to protect from intruders, the most beautiful rainbow flowed down like water, dissipating into the fog that covered the ground.

Kawa reached out to touch the illuminated crimson closest to the wall, but the color actually jumped out, mixing with a little yellow to create a deep red-orange aura that consumed her, tugging her closer and closer to the maze inside.

She cried out and protested, trying to turn back, but stopped as the most lilting melody was striked up. It was a mournful piece that made her stop and sway to the beat, all attempts of escaping completely desolated from her mind.

Words accompanied the tune, and even though she had never heard it in her life, Kawa found herself singing along.

How could I ever go back…?
Back to the life where I lived amongst the dead
Those who have forgotten how to feel
And become slaves to memory and wishful thinking
As you awaken every star that has been sleeping in the constellation of my soul
How could I go back to live amongst the dead
Those who imprisoned beauty
I never want to leave your arms
So I wait in hope for your embrace
Illusions of what I thought was love
Now I have clear sight to see that I have left nothing behind…

The colors had completely consumed her and her ball of purple Energy, which shivered and shaked as if to get the Red off of it, and they were completely inside the translucent Rainbow, where the music was faintest. As the tune faded lightly, Kawa cried out, the lyrics falling in her throat, as if the sound was directly linked to her pain increase.

The Energy flew forward and slammed into her shoulder, leaving frost on her black attire, as if saying, "You do not need the music." She stopped her whimpering, looking like a child who had been scolded, and bowed her head, re-emerging on the other side, still glowing slightly. Dappled dots of deep orange splashed her shoulders as the Energy shook off once more and nudged her forward along the rune-graphitized walls in the same, moving and dancing rainbow colors that never stayed put.

With gentle fingertips Kawa touched the wall, and found some places to feel like the heat from a fire; just the right, toasty temperature, and other places to feel like cool, icy water running in one, solid, gentle stream. The walls folded out and back to fit like a mold over Kawa's hand and she snapped it back, surprised. She felt…life. The pulsing of thousands of hearts pounding like the beat of drums, soft and yet firm at the same time.

With a 'nod' from her Energy, she tentatively touched the rune covered stone, then pushed herself through, squeezing her eyes closed tightly.

"This is what you wish would die out in you, no?" a chilling voice asked in a coo, echoing among the walls so loudly she could barely hear the words, let alone pinpoint the direction it came from.

"No. I wish to find my friend." For the first time since her cry, Kawa had found her voice not to fail her, coming out loud and confident.

"Ah, the girl you delivered here the other day. Her blood was beautiful; very crisp. It produced the melody you so easily succumb to," the voice purred, the feeling of ecstasy leaking through the words. "Veins of Glass, you told me to give her. Now she glooows so beautifully, as the centerpiece!"

Kawa faulted in her stance, heart skipping a beat, stomach twisting in painful sailor knots.

"Yes, Veins of Glass….She glows…."

With a deep, steadying breath, Kawa closed her eyes and asked, "When did I give you these instructions?"

"Yesterday, Master Garasu. In the wind…" The ghost hybrid could hear the smile in the voice, and she growled deep throated. The Energy that glowed s bright faded with pulses, growing dimmer until it disappeared. The aura around grew stuffier and thicker until a sweep of wind turned the orange aura into a case of glass, distorting, with ripples and bubbles, her vision which was spiraling black anyways.

"Veins of Glass give life to the Castle of the Inaudible Melody….Thicker than blood and water…."