Chapter 10-Ocean in Your Eyes
Time passed in the blue castle. With every beat of the ocean on the surface of the shore Lothiriel could feel the days wearing away. She saw herself upon a hill far from her home. She looked down and could see the sea rushing away in the morning breeze. She stared at it as if in a trance. It pushed and pulled like all human beings do to each other. Give and take, it rushed away. She saw the shores join into the call. The music of the ocean came rushing to her ears. But something was different. It didn't sound like waves at all. She looked out again and didn't see the sea. It moved like the sea in the wind, but it lacked the pull of the tides and the perfection. The waves were no longer blue, but yellow. Yellow grass. Grass?
She stared out at it in wonder. She had never seen anything like it before. It had caught her in its pull. But where is the sea? she asked. She almost panicked as she realized it was far behind her and she was rushing toward the grasslands. They were harsh and everlasting, but something in them made her continue her search. She was flying, she was gliding through the air. She wondered where her home had gone. Suddenly the rushing stopped as she felt like she was almost in slow motion. She saw something. Something was running on the grasslands. It was…what? A horse. Its flanks were shinning in the sun and the black hair of the horse was flying in the wind.
It was running toward something rather than away, of that Lothiriel was sure. She looked ahead of the beast and saw a hill. A hill of green amidst the splash of yellow and atop this hill was a city. It was a wooden city of beautiful golds and browns. The sway of the breeze caught Lothiriel's attention and again she was looking at the horse, but this time from atop the horse. She was flying in the wind with the horse. She was flying to the hill. She was flying to the city of green grass. As she flew she was tied closer and closer to the house atop the high most point of the hill where stood...a man. His hair was flowing in the breeze like a river of gold. His arms were crossed and his face proud.
She was stapled to his face. She couldn't draw her attention away. He was perfection like she had never seen before. He was looking right back at her now as if studying her. She felt naked under his watchful eye. All the while the horse flew up the hill. The sun was rising on the hill, and Lothiriel could feel her heart beat faster as she came closer to the beautiful man. His face came into focus even more, and she saw that it was not a stranger. He was well known to her. At this moment, however, it didn'tmatter whether she knew him or not. They were one in a way she didn't know was possible. She looked longer at him and felt herself closing in on him.
When she finally reached the peak she was standing right in front of him. He was glowing in the rising sun as he put his hand out to take hers. She withdrew for she was unsure. She missed the sea. She took a step back and then stopped. He was staring at her with tear filled eyes. His eyes. She couldn't look away for as the yellow grass flowed behind him, she could see the sea in his eyes.
"Lothiriel," he whispered to the wind and then she woke up.
A/N: That's it for now. The next chapter will be up soon. Hope you enjoy this one, it actually was a dream inspired by a dream...hehe. I like it at least, but I'd still like to hear what you think!