Chapter 38

Easy

I felt completely disoriented as I woke up from my dream. 'Maybe I hadn't woken up. Maybe this strange blackness I'm floating in is part of my dream.' I thought lazily, even though I already knew the answer. I was awake, but I had no idea where I was.

I was taken by surprise when I heard a voice in my head. It wasn't Star's or Shadow's, it was a completely new voice, one I've never heard before. No, that's not true, I heard it once. In my dream with the mirrors and the window.

'Hello Nova, I trust you have slept well?' the voice asked.

'I- I don't know…' I responded, 'Who- who are you.?'

'That is not of importance.' it responded smoothly.

'What do you want?' I demanded.

'I brought you here to help with you little, problem'

'Problem?'

'Surely you know what I'm talking about.'

'Where am I?'

'You're in a place between sleep and awakeness. The only place where your thoughts are truly your own.'

'Apparently not.' I growled.

'I brought you here to help you with your, Shadow problem.' it explained.

I froze, not know what to do.

'You do want to have her don't you?' it challenged.

I didn't want to answer, but I really did. No matter what the costs were.

'Good.'

'What- what do I need to do?'

'You see the thing is, you already know. There's only one way to get what you want. It would be easy, and yet you hesitate. Why?'

I instantly knew what he was talking about and my dream ran threw my head at the speed of light.

'Ahh, I see. Dreams do have that effect on people… but we can fix that. All you need to do is let go of your fears, and you can have Shadow.'

I wanted to give in and have Shadow for myself, but every time I came close to giving in, every time I looked at Iggy, I remembered the mirror in my dream.

Suddenly something Shadow had once said popped into my head. When she was going for a walk with Iggy, her and Star had had an argument. Shadow had pointed out that she was know to forgive easily. 'She'll forgive you. She does not hold the capability not to. She is incapable of hate. I have seen it in her heart. All you need to do to have her is to end Iggy. easy as that. The boy can't even put up a fight against your superiority.'

'He won't even know what hit him.' was the last thing I thought before I fell back to sleep…

(end of chapter 38)