Of Course, He Left It Incomplete Chapter 7: Dreams Aren't Stupid!, a mabinogi fanfic

As promised, the day before Samhain, I returned home.

There were a few bandages here and there but I was healed back to decent health, Zeiyo was still in one piece, and I wore the medallion around my neck.

I was back to the church early Alban Eiler morning. Mother Endelyon and Father Meven asked me about my journey. I told them about Comgan, which Father Meven approved greatly while Mother Endelyon simply said how she wanted to meet him, and about the work. I left out mention of Kim or the Black Wizard.

Before I left, Kim had told me about the Black Wizard in Barri. She had seen and fought him before, but lost. He has never spoken, except for the first time she met him, he told her that he was "guarding the goddess's wishes" which made no sense to me.

"Diya?"

"Hm?"

Mother Endelyon looked at me intently as I was rounding up some eggs. Laughing lightly, I smiled at her.

"What is it? Something on my face?"

"Diya…do not try to fool me. I can see that something is obviously bothering you…did something happen in Bangor?"

"No, no! I'm perfectly fine! Just thinking about what you've been doing without me around."

"…" Her gaze penetrated me, as if she was looking into my soul.

"Mother?"

"I'm going to get Father Meven."

"Wait! What? Don't do that! Come back!!" I called out, but it was useless, for a few short seconds later, Father Meven was standing beside me with his usual content grin.

"Mother Endelyon says you have something on your mind?"

"No."

I tried to ignore him as I continued collecting eggs, though I was past the necessary amount.

"Diya…don't you think that's enough eggs? We should leave some to hatch." Father Meven said as he took the egg basket out of my hand. I nodded and surrendered the basket and was about to walk into the church.

"Do you know the story of the three legendary warriors?"

I didn't look at him but I hummed a vague reply. He continued.

"They vanished from Erinn during their attempt to reach Tir Na Nog. You know the legends of that place as well?"

"Tir Na Nog is paradise, a place where we can't die, grow old…or even be sad. The name means Land of Youth or better yet, the Eternal World. It's where the gods live, and it's beauty is unparalleled by anything we humans could ever see."

"Correct, as the stories go. Do you remember where you saw the bear?"

A brief recounting flashed through my conscious, "Yeah?"

"That place is called Druid's Altar. Who do you know that is a Druid?"

"The druid that helps the Lord, Esras, but she's in Emain Macha."

"Didn't you say that you knew the story of the Warriors?"

"…Father…you don't mean to say…? Could that boy be…? It's impossible! That story is years and years old, even a few generations! If Tarlach was still alive…no offense, but he'd be as old as you."

"Yep."

"Father…you're making no sense."

I sighed, Father Meven had his senile moments. He laughed as he patted my shoulder, nudging me towards what I knew to be the direction of Snowman Hill.

"You can ask him yourself. Last I remember, Tarlach is a kind Druid."

I nodded as we both went back to the church.

~*~*~

It was seven at night. "Tarlach" said that he came when night fell, so he should be there. I climbed up the hill, Zeiyo fast asleep at my side. I was still wearing the Edekai's Priest outfit, since I felt safer in the area than before, so felt no need for armor.

"Hello?"

As I expected), the man was standing on the altar, coughing away. I smile as I walk over to him, waving slowly.

"Diya? What are you doing back? Something I can help you with?" He coughed out, covering his mouth with his hand.

Now what? I had gotten him where I wanted, but I didn't know where to start. I decided to start by telling him what happened when we left.

"I went to Barri dungeon, but I don't know why you sent me there. Also, how did you know my last name was Light? Why are you here only after dark? Do you know the Legendary Missing Warrior Tarlach?"

"Please…one at a time."

"Oh…sorry. Kind of nervous."

"Why?"

His eyes stared into mine-- could he really be?

"…If you're who I think you are…which is totally impossible…but if you are…then I think I just discovered something important…didn't I…Tarlach?"

It was too dark to tell, but I think I saw a smile at the corner of his lip…for a fraction of a second only, but that meant that I was right. That wasn't good.

"Diya Light…I know another Light, but it was a man."

"A man?"

My heartbeat starts racing. Light isn't that uncommon, but I half wish that it is who I am thinking of but then again, what happened to him?

"Do you know of Tir Ni Nog?"

"Of course, Father Meven asked me the same thing. It's paradise, where the gods live."

"…Paradise…what lies. It's nothing but lies! That place is full of only evil, made by the Goddess…she doesn't look over us."

"H-how can you say that?" This was the most emotion I've seen out of him, and honestly, it scared me, "Morrighan is kind. She sacrificed herself to save us from the fomors, it's why they're stuck in dungeons. Her body turned to stone and–."

"That's just a story. Morrighan is still around isn't she? She lets all this evil go on, and who says that the fomors are all locked in dungeons? There are fomors walking among us."

Fomors? Among us?

I don't know why, but the way he talked about it…it's unbearable. I couldn't let him say that, so I did the only thing I knew.

"…Tarlach, how could you say that? You don't know anything! Fomors are bad, but not all of them, not Zero…no matter what, Zero isn't evil! Fomor or not…you'll see. You'll all see, he wasn't going to hurt me! That must mean something! Right?"

Stupid!

"Zero? Wait…did someone try to hurt you? Did something happen in Barri?"

"No! Shut up, it's not like that. I can't believe it…I won't…he'll always be good in my mind, I don't care what you say. You're just some emo Druid with a sad past! Now you're stuck here because of what? I don't know why I listened to you."

I didn't bother to stay around to listen, I know I shouldn't have reacted like that. I was no better than my youngest, but Fomors were a sensitive topic. He should have known better. Just because some people were one way, didn't make everyone that same way. I learned that the hard way, and I refused to be with idiots who didn't think the way I did…it was just too much trouble.

Later that night, I got home without waking up the whole house. I snuck into my room and lay on my bed. Then a voice spoke to me- I had to shut my eyes and pretend to ignore him.

"Diya? You shouldn't have yelled at him like that…"

No really? I thought sarcastically.

"He is only trying to help. You started the fight."

"What!? I didn't do anything! He's the one bad mouthing every Fomor that he sees!"

I suffocate myself with the pillow, trying not to hear the reasonable explanation. Didn't my spirit know that I wanted to sit in my own misery? It was too soon to see the logic.

"You saw that Tir Ni Nog was a sensitive topic. Yet you kept pushing. Diya? Are you listening? Diya… I'll let you mope for now, but tomorrow we're going to apologize to him."

"As if." I whispered harshly before pulling the covers over my head and falling fast asleep.

~*~*~

I was in the dark, I felt as if I was floating somewhere. Until I saw a thin light ahead and I float towards it. A white and black figure was under the light, but I couldn't see well.

Can you hear me?

"Hello? Who are you?" I called out, floating closer, but it was still too far.

Ah…

"Ah what?"

So you can hear me…

"Of course I can! Who are you?"

This is a difficult request…

"What…do you want from me?"

…Come over to this world.

"What world?" I'm close enough to see that whatever is talking to me is wearing a white cloak or something, and right now it's glowing brighter. And the black parts were sticking out of the glowing figure.

Tir Na Nog…

"Tir Na Nog? What about it?"

Is in great danger…

"Danger? What kind of danger?"

I gasped as I suddenly was face to face with Goddess Morrighan. She was on a purple altar, just standing there. Before I could reach out to touch her, a red light flashed and a feeling of sorrow came over me for a second. Then I was behind the goddess and flying out fast, no matter how much I tried not to.

~*~*~

I was floating in darkness, until I saw another light but this time, I knew where it was, since I was at this place almost all the time with my kids, when they were little. And by this, I obviously mean my older kids.

This was Alby Dungeon.

Except I instantly knew who the three people inside of it were: Tarlach, Ruairi and Mari. They were still at the goddess statue.

Ruairi spoke first, "This school sends students to a dungeon as an assignment? I can't believe there are teachers who send girls into dungeons all by themselves."

He was lucky that I was currently in awe or I might have taken that as an offence, obviously not everyone was as much in awe as me, as Mari pouted.

"Don't talk about teacher Ranald like that! You don't even know how awesome he is."

"Girls can't help themselves in front of young male teachers."

Mari and I both glared at him, what a rude jerk!

"Maybe they send them to dungeons to teach them how to look for their peers", Tarlach smartly interjected, just before we strangled Ruairi.

"It's okay", Mari smiled, "because everyone from Tir Chonaill, both men and women, are strong."

Ruairi laughed, "Looking at you, I'm sure everyone is stronger." JERK! "You wanna go?"

I wanted to say something smart but I was teleported to another scene, deeper in the dungeon I would guess.

"Let's take a break here."

Tarlach spoke but Ruairi already had a fire going and Mari was sitting down quietly. The three huddled around it, obviously the dungeon must have been somewhat difficult. Did the monsters inside Alby become weaker as time passed?

"There are so many spiders here…and they're so big!" Ruairi whined.

"If you think that's big, then wait until you see the one further inside the dungeon" Mari laughed, finding Ruairi amusing…I wish I could share the same feeling.

"There's a bigger one?"

"Indeed, this is unusual. There might be a connection with the recent aggressiveness of the wild animals."

I was once again, awestruck at Tarlach's intelligence.

"That's true…we did see a lot of wolves on the way here."

I rolled my eyes, of course, they have to live somewhere, duh!

"Oh, it wasn't always like that?"

Ruairi nodded at Mari's question, "Even a few years back, it was just a quiet countryside. Are you sure you're from around here?"

"Hmmph! Of course I'm from Tir Chonail! It's just that I can't remember."

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Sorry, I forgot you said you lost your memory." Ruairi apologized.

What!? Mari can't remember her past!? This was odd only because…in the history books, Mari's past was unknown as well. I almost missed what Tarlach said, so I decided to keep my thoughts to myself.

"It's probably been sealed by the Druid's magic. I believe my master was able to do it as well, but don't worry, I don't think it's used for evil purpose."

"Wow…Tarlach is kind! Nothing like jerko Ruairi. I like him!"

"Me too" I whispered into her ear, but she couldn't hear me, which wasn't surprising since this was a dream.

"What? Jerko!?"

Mari and I laughed.

"There's times when I wish I could forget my memories too."

Tarlach had such a sad expression, like he always did whenever I saw him, which was only two times so far. But since living in the snow wasn't fun, I never really thought about it.

"I guess he's talking about his sister who was killed by the Fomors."

"Have some manners Ruairi!" Mari now sent him a deadly glare and I stared at the Druid.

"It's quite alright. It's true. It's the reason why I am searching for Tir Na Nog along with Ruairi."

Ruairi nodded and puffed out his chest proudly, "Don't worry. I'll become stronger and take out all the Fomors."

Tarlach laughed as Mari pouted at the red head, "Ruairi, you're such a brute."

The Druid laughed more but I sat down on the floor instead of hovering over, just as Tarlach stood up, "Anyways, let's head out now."

"Ok!" Mari shouted as the scene started to fade away.

That's why Tarlach hates Fomors. I curled up and sighed, if everyone knew the truth…it would cause a total uproar. I wonder if Tarlach even knew. If he did, would that change anything? What would have happen if I told?

I was so into my thoughts, I hadn't noticed the next scene until it was almost over, because Ruairi mentioned something.

"…Goddess appeared to me, who was standing in the dark, and she told me to come to her…urging me that the world might be in great danger…"

Tarlach thought about it, "A black-winged Goddess? To Tir Na Nog?"

"Tarlach, do you know something?"

Mari tilted her head, my eyes were focused on Ruairi. He had the same dream I had…about five seconds ago? Time passed weirdly…I guess this wasn't a dream any more.

"Dungeons were originally created to protect Erinn from the creatures of the Fomor world. They are intricately designed through the power of the Goddess in Tir Na Nog. However, if the numbers of Fomors are increasing drastically like this, then something definitely must be wrong with the Goddess. Ruairi's dream could have really been a message from her."

"Does that mean that I'm the chosen one? I better go then."

"Mari will go too! Maybe the Goddess can help me remember my past."

"Wait! Does this mean that I'm the chosen one as well?" I shout out but the figures blur out again.

~*~*~

"Diya, wake up! You're having a nightmare."

I jumped out of bed and knocked my spirit into the air. I looked up at him and stared. Could it have just been a dream? He landed on the floor but floated up to sit on the side of my bed, stroking my hand.

"It's okay, you're awake now."

"Zeiyo…" I wanted to tell him about what I saw, for something told me it wasn't a dream, and if it wasn't, then I really thought I might have stumbled across something big.

~*~*~

Tarlach POV

I smiled to myself softly as I heard some crunches in the snow, but soon I began coughing again.

"Hello?"

I looked up and saw Diya. She was wearing an ice blue Edekai's Priest outfit. She smiled as she walked towards me, waving slowly.

"Diya? What are you doing back? Something I can help?" I coughed out, covering my mouth with my hand.

"I went to Barri dungeon, but I don't know why you sent me there. Also, how did you know my last name was Light? Why are you here only after dark? Do you know the Legendary Missing Warrior Tarlach?" Diya said quickly, she was giving me a headache with all her questions.

"Please…one at a time."

"Oh…sorry. Kind of nervous."

"Why?"

I stared into her eyes.

"…If you're who I think you are…which is totally impossible…but if you are…then I think I just discovered something important…didn't I…Tarlach?"

I smirked for a split second, remembering the young man with the name of Light that came here a few times.

"Diya Light…I know another Light, but it was a man."

"A man?"

"Do you know Tir Ni Nog?"

"Of course, Father Meven asked me the same thing. It's paradise, where the gods live."

"…Paradise…what lies. It's nothing but lies! That place is full of only evil, made by the Goddess…she doesn't look over us."

"H-how can you say that?" she exclaimed, a bit of fear in her voice "Morrighan is kind. She sacrificed herself to save us from the fomors, it's why they're stuck in dungeons. Her body turned to stone and–."

"That's just a story. Morrighan is still around isn't she? She lets all this evil go on, and who says that the fomors are all locked in dungeons? There are fomors walking among us." I tried my hardest to hold back my anger, noticing a surprised look on Diya's face.

"Zero? Wait…did someone try to hurt you? Did something happen in Barri?" I asked her, trying to stay calm.

I did feel a bit guilty, fomors must have been a touchy subject for her. But......

I held my head as memories of my sister and I flooded into my mind, when we were happy, when she lived, and finally when she died......

I collapsed on the druid's altar and blacked out, coughing the entire time.

This was just to get everything back on track, since i missed the rp dugeons and stuff DX complete hell, i assure you thinking this up lol, but its done and over with. Enjoy
and the tarlach's POV was written by Kim :3 she wanted to add a little touch