When Midori woke from her sleep, she heard voices. One voice she vaguely recognized as her father's and another she didn't recognize. She looked around and found Amyl and Kalen gone. Midori noticed, from open curtains, the moon, bright against a dark sky.
She then remembered a poem she had read once, at fief Queenscove, it was one she favored:
"I lay here in bed
Dreaming in my wake, so quiet
Moon watches while I rest."
Yuki watched from the doorframe, and her eyes crinkled in mirth. Neal wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her cheek. "Did I mention you look stunning in lavender?" he whispered.
"Yes, Neal, you did." She murmured, taking a seat in a waiting room chair. "Midori's so beautiful, it's a wonder she's alright though."
"Thank the gods she is." "That seizure she took, from the head wound, scared the life out of me!"
"Frightened me as well." Yuki replied, smoothing the outer robe of her light purple kimono and sighing. "Should we tell her?"
"About what?" Neal replied.
"The conditions of me being alive" she explained, "And that she'd be able to forfeit her training as a knight if she wanted."
They had discussed this issue earlier fearing another seizure would come about, but hadn't told their daughter, deciding not to worry her more.
"I'm surprised Amyl knew what to do while Midori was having the seizure." Yuki murmured.
"Merric told me after we found out, that was how his wife died and after that Amyl was apparently determined to learn how to help others." Neal answered, running a hand through his hair.
Yuki nodded and stood, going into the room where Midori lay in bed. "Midori?"
Midori turned and sighed, "Are you another illusion, Mother?" she asked.
"No. The gods have given me life." Yuki explained, voice soft.
Midori reached for her mother's hand and felt warmth radiate from it. She was surprised and frightened at the same time. "It is you." She whispered, voice choked with tears of happiness as she wrapped her arms tightly around Yuki's waist, just wishing to be a child again.
Neal, leaning against the doorway, watched his daughter and wife, smiling.
A/N: Now the next few chapters will be still in this kinda 'timeline'. There will be hinting of a relationship and more BUT after the discussion with Jon chapter, things will begin to get confusing again. Just like her page years were 'sped up' I will speed up a few things to reach the chapters we've all been waiting for: the Ordeal and Knighthood. Then things will hopefully slow down.
I had a strange semi-dream of Midori's Ordeal last night, some strange, horrific things happened…But I was still awake.
Regards,
- Notebook