-1Nightmare

Chapter 3

By

Eiki-chan

Molly wandered down a hall. Framed canvas which held nothing but white decorated the long and seemingly endless hallway.

"Where am I?" Molly thought…but the question seemed almost meaningless. Although she asked the question she did not care if she received an answer or not.

She felt so tired, how she was able to walk she did not know. She turned and looked at one of the blank pictures…

She thought of the day her mother had died…the canvas showed her mothers vehicle consumed in flames.

Although she held no expression on her face tears fell from her eyes. This place eerily white trapped her. The only option…to walk forward. She couldn't move her legs. She could only stare at the picture.

The tears streamed down her eyes. Why couldn't she move? Where was she? Suddenly it felt as though a hand was caressing her cheek. No one was around but her tears seemed to vanish almost as though someone had wiped them away.

Suddenly Molly turned around. A faint noise echoed throughout the hallway. It sounded similar to the music that came from a music box. This noise was so soft.

All around her the pictures seemed to vanish…the hallway slowly disappeared.

Molly opened her eye, she was laying in a bed. Looking around she was in a room she did not recognize. Sitting up she held her head in her hand. Her head was throbbing.

"I see you have awakened."

Molly looked up to see a woman walk in with a small gold bowl. The tan skin and long ears told her this woman was of Nourasian descent.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

Molly rubbed her head, "Like I smashed my head on something…"

The woman chuckled softly. "Your fever has not yet left."

Molly looked at herself. She was wearing a soft white nightgown.

"Um who?" Molly asked.

"After Prince Aikka brought you in last night I was assigned to take care of you. My name is Nora."

Molly looked at Nora, "Prince Aikka is he…is he ok?"

Nora smiled at Molly sensing her concern, "Do not fret little Earth pilot, he is fine."

Molly smiled, relieved the prince was alright. Nora placed the bowl she was holding on Molly's lap.

"This will help to reduce your fever."

"What is it?"

"A drink made from a rare plant. It tastes rather bitter but it will help."

Molly took a sip but almost chocked. It was very bitter and made her eyes water. Nora laughed softly at Molly's reaction.

"Make sure to drink it all, I know its rather fowl tasting but it will help. Raya will be in shortly to take care of any needs you may have." Nora said as she left the room.

"Raya?" Molly asked but Nora had already left.

Molly looked at the bowl. Holding her breathe she swallowed the rest.

"Gross…" Molly said feeling as though her stomach had just turned upside down.

Molly put the bowl on a table located next to the bed. As she placed the bowl on the table she noticed a small wooden box. It was decorated in gold lettering, the language was unknown to Molly.

Suddenly Molly looked up as she herd a thud. A young girl walked into the room rubbing her head.

"Damn, that hurt…" She growled.

Molly couldn't help but giggle. The girl looked up and around. The young girl gave the impression she was looking for something.

Molly tilted her head smiling, "Um are you alright?"

The girl turned her head in Molly's direction.

With a very cheery expression she grinned at Molly and gave her a thumbs up, "Yep!"

She was slightly taller than Molly. As all Nourasian's she had tan skin and long ears. Her eyes though were rather peculiar…a light and very soft pink they reminded Molly of fog.

She had a golden circlet on her forehead which held a green jewel. She made her way over to where Molly was and took a seat on the bed.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Raya!"

Molly turned her head. The box on the table had made a small clicking noise. Raya suddenly stood up and walked up to the table. She leaned over and placed a hand on the desk.

Carefully Raya slid her hand across the table top until it touched the music box.

Molly couldn't help but let out a little gasp. She had not realized it before but she now realized that Raya was unable to see.

Raya turned her head to Molly and smiled. "Aww you've figured it out!"

"I-I'm sorry…" Molly said feeling guilty about laughing.

"Hmm? What for? So I can't see who cares!" Raya said with a grin.

Raya picked up the music box and twisted the key. It started to play a soft tune. Molly recognized the tune from her dream.

"Um Raya? Do you know if that was playing while I was sleeping?"

Raya turned to Molly tilting her head, "I wouldn't know, maybe. Nora was watching you."

"Oh…alright."

Nora plopped herself down on the bed.

"So what happened between you and Aikka?" Raya asked with a rather sneaky looking smile.

Molly's face became red, "N-Nothing!"

"Really…" Raya asked. "Then why are you blushing?"

Molly was startled, "How do you know I'm…!"

Raya's smiled widened. "I can sense when I'm around people. You can describe it as a type of telepathy, sort of..."

"So how exactly can you tell…" Molly started.

"I'll show you!" Raya said taking Molly's hands. "Close your eyes!"

"What!"

"Just close your eyes silly!"

Molly closed her eyes. It was dark…suddenly something seemed to form in front of her. It looked like a female figure. It was a white and gold color.

Suddenly Raya's voice could be herd, "Can you see it?"

"Yeah but what is it?"

"This is how I see, everyone has there own …um…aurora. Nourasian's for example have a gold and white color."

Suddenly there was a strange golden creature around Raya's figure.

"I see…something."

Raya giggled, "Everyone has there own distinctions, that's how I am able to tell the differences between people."

"Raya." Someone said.

Molly opened her eyes startled by whoever spoke. She turned her head to see Prince Aikka standing in the doorway. Aikka glance only for a moment at Molly before turning his attention to Raya.

"You interrupted!" Raya growled.

Prince Aikka sighed irritated by Raya's response.

"Nora wishes to see you for a moment." Aikka said turning around to leave.

"Hey you aren't you going to say hi to Molly?" Raya said in a rather rude tone.

Aikka stopped for a moment before continuing on his way. Molly felt her stomach turn.

"He must still be angry…" She thought.

"Don't feel bad." Raya said.

Molly looked up at Raya who was still facing the door.

"When someone is sad their aurora turns blue. That was how I was able to tell you were blushing. Your aurora turned pink…which in most cases means love."

Molly turned red again. Raya grinned at Molly as she got up.

"Don't worry now get some sleep!" Raya said skipping off to towards the door.

Thud!… "Damn it!"

Molly giggled.

"That's the only problem! I can't sense solid objects!" Raya yelled as she walked out the door.

Molly giggled as she laid down in the bed. She like Raya…nothing seemed to bother her. She was so honest about how she felt.

The soft tune of the music box slowly lulled Molly to sleep. What seemed to be hours Molly drifted in and out of sleep.

The hallway appeared again.

"No, no I don't want to be here again!" Molly thought as she struggled to leave the dream.

She felt hot her head started pounding. Tears started to pour down her face.

"Why can't I wake up!" she thought in a panic.

Molly thought she herd steps…had someone entered the room? They seemed to be getting closer…

She didn't care! All she wanted to do was wake up! Suddenly she herd the music box's tune.

It was so soft…but she was still unable to wake up. The room seemed to swirl around her. She let out a scream hoping somehow she would awake from this nightmare.

All of sudden she felt the softness of someone's lips against her own. The room stopped swirling…everything vanished. She saw a figure…it was a mixture of white and gold. A golden creature was behind the figure but it was different from Raya's. She slowly opened her eyes. No one was in the room as she sat up.

"Was that a dream?" Molly asked herself.

She put her fingers to her lips and blushed.

To be continued…

Umm on account this chapter was getting kind of long Eiki-chan had to stop it here! It'll be continued in Chapter 4! …I don't like writing long chapters! It gets boring if I drag it on. Sorry if my grammars not all that great, thank you Rambie for telling me unfortunately you get points off for saying it rudely! I appreciate that you told me but next time say it more politely ok?

Well hope everyone is enjoying this story so far! Don't worry I'll work on my grammar!