Edge of The Ocean
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Chihiro sat in her car; simply staring off into the distance, still wondering about the significance of the dream. She glanced at the car clock; it said 6:42, if she didn't leave now she would be late and miss all the party suggestions at work…
'Hmm... Oh joy… a party… for me…' she thought sarcastically. It wasn't as if she didn't like parties it just seemed... fake. She didn't have many friends because she always struggled to adapt for some reason. She distanced herself from people, even her parents...
The Kohaku river was her whole life and after the river had once again begun to flow she felt she had to do something to keep herself busy… as if she were waiting for something… or someone? She could not remember just what she was waiting for or who, or even why but she knew it was dear to her… so she did.
She had a vague memory of a young boy, about fourteen years of age, once making a promise to her; she kind of knew what he looked like… sort of… but she could not remember his eyes… or his name! She knew somehow it had to have something to do with the river she so desperately tried and succeeded to restore.
For the past year, after her "mission" was complete, she had been working as a maid; God knew she was very capable of having a much better job with much better pay and she knew that at one point she would like to begin college and strive for a career but for now… she felt at home scrubbing tubs and floors for the hotel she worked in. It felt like something she had once done as a child but couldn't remember.
"Chihiro..." A sudden voice said.
Chihiro jumped at the sound of the voice and jerked around but saw no one. Was it in the car or in her head? She closed her eyes and tried to settle down. Why did that voice sound so familiar? From her dream?
"Chihiro wait for me..."
Again the voice. She opened her eyes and looked outside of the car but only a few people walked by and she would not be able to hear them unless they yelled it. The closed her eyes again and shook her head. She then saw images from her dream; the lake, the strange village beyond it, the dragon...
Was it all connected to the Kohaku River somehow? Why was this voice asking her to wait... for what? She shook her head again and glanced at the clock again; it was already passed seven. She sighed and started the engine of her Mazda 626 and pulled out of her parking lot from her apartment complex.
She gripped her steering wheel as flashes from her dream presented themselves in her mind. Why were they so important? She shivered at the thought of the young man… he seemed very important to her some how but she had allowed herself to forget about that part of her after years.
The people she worked for and with cared for her dearly, she was after all the youngest worker there but sometimes she felt smothered by them – trapped. Today she was turning twenty and it had also been a full year since she begun working there.
She sighed once again, feeling the familiar sense of emptiness fill her if it were possible. Chihiro checked for the kids who often liked playing behind cars, for some reason, and backed up. She put her gear on drive and drove off to work.
Maybe it was because she lost that special hair-band as a child but Chihiro did not know why for she had forgotten. She felt as if ever since she had left her old town she had been slowly dying away. As if something from her hazy past kept a piece of her locked away; she often considered going back and looking for it but something in her forced her to stay near the river… as if she would miss what she was waiting for if she left.
End A/N: Hmmm... Could Haku be the one speaking to her in her dreams? Or maybe the river itself?? Or is she going nuts?? I guess you'll just have to stay tuned to find out!! Sorry this is so short!! They won't be all like this I promise!! ... Huh... Deja Vu! Didn't I just promise that? No but seriously, I just need my creative juices to start flow'n!!