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Once again Ashitaka dreamed he was in a mist covered forest. It had been years since Ashitaka dreamed he was in this forest. Now Ashitaka was fourteen and the dreams had started up again.
The Emishi prince was aimlessly wondering around the mist covered forest. Suddenly a pack of Kodama approached the young prince. Ashitaka looked at the small tree spirits.
"Can you help me? I'm lost and don't know where to go. Can you take me to where I need to be?" asked Ashitaka.
The Kodama clicked their heads and turned in the opposite direction Ashitaka had been walking. Ashitaka ran after the thousands of tiny tree spirits. Soon Ashitaka came upon an open field. And in the field was a twelve year old girl.
The girl wore a purple dress, sleeveless white tunic and deer hide shoes. She had a white wolf fur cloak and white wolf fur headdress on. The headdress had two clay wolf ears and a face mask attached to it.
The mask was on the girls head letting her face show. Three red triangles were on the girls face and her face was framed by chin length brown hair and brown eyes. Ashitaka recognised the blue headbands and two blue armbands he had given the girl all those years ago.
The girl noticed Ashitaka and looked in his direction. She raised her white bladed dagger and spear. The girl crouched in a wolf like fighting stance. Ashitaka held up his hand and tried to not look threatening.
"I mean you no harm. I'm not going to hurt you. I swear in the name of the forest I mean no harm." shouted Ashitaka.
The girl must have understood him because she lowered her weapons and dropped out of her fighting stance. Something came over Ashitaka and he walked towards the girl. Surprisingly the girl didn't reach to the crowned prince coming closer to her.
Ashitaka reached into his pouch and pulled out his mother's crystal dagger. He put the crystal dagger around the girl's neck. The girl looked at Ashitaka.
"Who are you? Why have you come to me?" wondered the girl.
"All your questions will be answered in time. I look forward to seeing you again for the first time." swore Ashitaka.
Yakul came out of the fog and into the clearing. Ashitaka climbed onto his red elk and rode away from the girl, not looking back once.
The next thing Ashitaka knew he was awake in his room. The young prince held his head and thought about the dream he just had. Had it all been a dream or was it a vision from the future? Only time would tell.
Ashitaka's perspective of the second dream where he met San. Next chapter is the last chapter Comment if you like the story.