I saw the same dream again, the same white palace nestled among the clouds, same delicate music, same soft aroma, but today I felt uneasy. I felt like something was out of place. Technically, nothing can be out of place. There's nothing inside except me. I have been like this since I remember, sometimes sitting and looking at those parts coming out of me, sometimes hearing the voice inside my head, mostly I'm laying cocooned on the soft surface here. I don't know what that voice is though, it's sweet and soothing. It's that voice that told me those parts are my limbs and this place is called a shell. That's all I have for the company along with this gentle rocking. 'Oh, the rocking! Why is there no rocking anymore?' I woke up abruptly and sat. I felt around me but everything was at rest. I was so used to this gentle movement of my shell that without this, I felt insecure, sometimes the shell stopped rocking so I'd push it, it would start again, felt like it was stuck over something. So I pushed it again at the edge but it didn't move. I kicked my legs again and nothing. it felt like shell was resting on something. I was feeling suffocated, I looked around at my limbs and then at the shell again, I noticed a stream of light coming in. I moved closer to take a better look, I could see blue vastness with swirls of white it looks so pretty. Something cold seeped inside, it was invisible and it touched my skin.
"that's wind." the voice is back.
I listened to its gentle voice, waiting for it to say more but when it didn't, I whispered "wind? it's not dangerous? why did everything stop? will shell never rock again?" I wrapped my limb around me, the idea was unsettling, keen to listen to the voice more, I whispered again, "is it because of wind?"
"No, it's not. you are on earth. you can go out or stay in dear, whatever you find suits your needs"
I looked at the spot again with light, wind came in touching my neck, it made me smile. 'what makes you smile is good.' I looked again and put my finger. It felt good, the shell was feeling like it would close on me, it was dense but out of that was nice and light so I pushed the hole a little more and put out my hand. I heard a voice, it was sweet saying something I didn't understand. I pulled my hand back. The voice was different, it was not inside my head. Another voice, this one was sweeter than last, or maybe last was sweeter. I tried asking my head about it, but I got back the same blank nothing. 'oh I miss you already!' I sighed and heard everything was silent. I missed those voices, they were both nice and different, yet the same to each other. Sitting in without the movement of the shell was driving me crazy with restlessness so I lifted up the crack and a little more wind came in, it was nice, so I lifted it completely, and the light shone in my face, I blinked a couple of time adjusting to it, the wind came around all of my body, it felt nice. I moved my neck and looked around, there was something yellow beneath me, it felt so soft and grainy, I picked it up in my hands and the wind took it. I looked behind me and saw the blue water, voice told me about water, it would sometimes come in shell. I opened my legs letting them touch yellow thing when I heard the voice again. this time it was clear, I could understand.
"she's prettier than anything I have ever seen"
I looked around and saw three women looking at me. I looked back at them. They were tall and floated, and moved so softly. I wanted to go to them but I don't know how to, they seemed to stand, so I tried doing the same, I put my limb on the ground held my head and chest up, and then left my hands. 'I feel tall.' I looked at them again. They came near me. Like them, I put one on limb forward to the other and I seemed to be a little close to them so I did it again.
I looked up at them, now right ahead of me, the middle one with a thing covering her that felt soft and a roll in hand, said, "my heavens! she's prettier than queen Hera herself ..." she looked at me and moved behind me. I could feel her gaze on my back.
Another said, "she has a sacred energy, do you think she is divine?"
she moved behind after the first one and looked at me too, I looked at the third one and she said "but immortals don't appear out of shells like that and she doesn't look wise at all"
they all came together and asked, almost sounding musical, "who are you, o lady to walk upon the sands of Cyprus?"
I looked at them and waited for my head voice to say something, she has gone quiet 'why?' I wrapped my arms around me and opened my mouth, "I don't know" I... I heard my voice it was different than when I said in shell, it sounded so loud and musically, like these creatures, so I spoke again, "who are you what were you saying?"
They sang in unison again, "we are the Fates and you have been carried in this shell to Cyprus lady. Don't you remember who you are, or where you came from?"
Hearing this all I could remember was the same white palace, the sounds .. my dreams. I wished I could tell these to them, suddenly I felt three of them close their eyes and gasp.
One of them said, "did she give me a vision? I saw the palace of Olympus"
Rest two cried, "us too!"
"She must be some magical creature, Zeus would know, lets us take her to Zeus"
"But she is naked and seems new"
I looked at myself, they seem to say something about naked Zeus but I didn't understand so I kept quiet hoping for my head voice to come back. one of them offered me her limb so hold it and we walked in the greenery ahead, leaving behind shell. I turned back and look at it. 'I'll come to take you.'