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GeminiAngel236

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Confusion

As I lay on my bed, my thoughts raced in several different directions. I breathed in and out trying to steady my thoughts and as I began to relax, I faded into a dream.

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A man sat in the middle of a floor in a big room deep in concentration. He had dark brown, almost black hair and a square jaw with full pink lips. His eyes were shut tightly almost as if he was in pain. His strong chest was bare and his skin was a warm olive, for a moment I was embarrassed, but I soon realized I couldn't look away. He stayed in meditation for what seemed like hours, until finally a door opened somewhere in the room and a man walked in. As the man who entered got closer to the man that was in meditation I recognized him as one of the men that had been with the women who had spoken to me last night.

"Jai," he said. "Don't pressure yourself, we will find her."

The man, Jai, I presumed, opened his eyes. They were a fierce green with gold specks in them in. It reminded me of when the sun set right behind the forest and the trees almost seemed to glow. In his eyes I could see that he was tired and angry.

"I almost had her," he said in a snarl. "I said I did not want to be disturbed and yet you defy me." He signed now, getting up from the floor. "I will find her, I have to." Jai sat back down and closed his eyes. The man hurried out of the room. He began humming softly and soon a sort of electricity filled the room. I concentrated hard and the vision became more real. I looked around the room and noticed a window. I walked towards it and looked out, seeing a beautiful sea that took my breath away. The sun was setting and the water shone a million colors. I was completely entranced so I did not notice when the electricity of the room had faded, and only turned around when Jai was right behind me. He stared at me and I stared back, surprised by my confidence. I lowered my head and he moved closer to me.

"It's beautiful," he said in a whisper. I breathed in and out quickly, very confused. "Who are you?" he asked in an even softer whisper. I closed my eyes, wishing to be back in my room. He was so close to me now I could smell him.

"Asha," I said softly. For a moment I thought he didn't hear me. His face curled up in an evil grin.

"You're lying." He said, through his teeth. "Asha is gone." A tear fell from his eye. He turned from me, and the vision faded again. I woke up more confused than ever.

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Rich smells came from the kitchen, and as I got dressed the smells were a constant reminder of what we would be celebrating. I felt drained; my mind was more jumbled than it had been. Was Jai the Ashlyn male heir? Why had he been able to see me? I walked to the kitchen in a trance, wishing I would have had the courage to have spoken to him. In the kitchen my mother and father were speaking softly to each other. When my mother saw me she turned around and smiled, running to give me a warm embrace.

"Asha, we are so happy for you. Dale is a wonderful man. I never knew you two had feeling for each other." She said almost giddy. He's in charge of a group that hates the Ashlyns. I wanted to tell her. He is ignorant and would probably kill me if he found out I had visions and was possibly the daughter of a very powerful family magical family. But all I could do was smile at her. Everything had changed so drastically. A couple of nights ago I was a member of that group and now I was … I didn't know what I was.

Dinner passed uneventfully. Dale was at my sided constantly, playing the part of excited fiancé. I was quiet and only spoke when spoken to. After dinner, Dale asked to take a stroll around the garden. We walked arm and arm out of the dining room and when he finally spoke a look of happiness was on his face.

"I am glad you have decided to act differently after our discussion this afternoon." He said. "You're beautiful, I am very happy to be your fiancé." So that was it, he was happy because he had won me. When Dale first moved here when I was fifteen I thought he was rather handsome with his soft brown eyes and chestnut hair, but soon his personality overturned that thought. Right now I felt bile rising in my throat. "Next week we will leave for the mountainside that is where my parents live. Have you ever been to Tonen, it is the capital, my parents house is about 3 days ride away from there, depending on the terrain." He said he loved to brag about things he knew more about. "Asha, I think you should know that the reason I am marring you is because I think we have become friends, and although you do not have every quality that a good wife must, that can be learned." I knew for certain that I was going to be sick.

When he finally walked me back to my room and wished me good night, I was happy to finally be away from him. Right now though, Dale was the least of my worries. I had to figure out what was going on. The Ashlyns were beginning to enter the Arrian countryside, and I had no idea what side I was on. King Laden was trying to keep them on peaceful terms, but the racism for Ashlyns was thick and peace would never last. My fiancé was an Arrian patriot but the people of my dreams insisted I was part of some Ashlyn royal family. I was exhausted and fell into my bed as soon as I finished getting undressed. Slowly I drifted into a restless sleep.

There were a million voices in my dreams. "Kill Him." They screamed in union. The dream showed me a group in a forest, and it was very blurred. The group was surrounding a man whose face was full of blood. Someone stepped closer to the man in the middle of the circle, and stabbed him in the heart. The voices increased, louder and louder they screamed, "Kill him!" The person who stabbed him proceeded to cut his heart out with the dagger, the heart beat for the last time. The person who had killed the man laughed, and I could make out the person's face. The person who killed the man was me.

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