Chapter 5: Nightmares part: one
"They've promised that dreams can come true-
But forgot to mention that nightmares
Are dreams too."
-Oscar Wilde
Pandora fell asleep in Loki's arms she's never been able to sleep always plagued by the same nightmare, so when she did finely fall asleep it was quite littoral. She would stay up weeks till finely she would fall to her bed from sheer exhaustion, and then and only then would she sure come to the nightmares. But for once she felt no fear or any menacing presents darkening her nothing but happiness and she let herself get lost in it.
"Pandora I love you." Loki said to her and she felt as if she would cry for she has never heard those words spoken to her in all her life.
"oh Loki I love you so much you don't know how happy you make me" her eyes filled with tears she put her hands up to cover her face she felt so silly for crying like this in front of Loki.
" Now, now my love you shouldn't hide your face or your tears from me, nor feel silly." Loki said as he went to remove her hands from her face.
"Tell me your mine." Loki said looking into her eyes, his own eyes looking for comfort.
"I'm yours Loki till the stars fall from the skies and longer still after." At her words Loki took her lips with his own and held on to her like if he would let go it would all be over.
"And I yours my sweet Pandora."
Then something changed it was subtle but she could feel it as did Loki, they both looked to the sky and all around them to see what it could have been but nothing seem to be out of place. Loki looked back to Pandora she could see he was unnerved.
"Pandora whatever happens you must hold on to me don't let go of my hand I'll keep you safe I promise do you understand?" Pandora felt dreaded and panic she started to shake looking all around for the unseen force that was fast approaching.
"Pandora look at me." Loki's hands pulled her face to look him in the eyes so she would answer him and see he meant the words he was saying.
"Do you understand me?" Loki said with a soft look in his eyes
"I promise" Loki said to reassure her.
"I understand." Loki once again took her in his arms and kissed her, she was so scared that she would never see him again.
This time when they pulled apart from the kiss opening their eyes they seen the change the morning sky was being consumed in black, it seemed as if the light was fleeing leaving nothing but darkness in its wake. And after all was shrouded in the dark a loud shrieking filled the air making Pandora jump and Loki pulled her into him more deeply.
"LOKI WHATS HAPPENING?!" Pandora yelled so that Loki could hear her over the ear piercing noise.
Then it stopped they were left standing in each other's arms still covered in total darkness,
"Awe look at this, what do we have here?" the voice seemed to come from all directions and from nowhere all at once, the distorted voice spoke again.
"The lost child and the fallen prince of Asgard, what a match the both of you make, both cast out by parents that didn't love them… but the god of lies this happened twice." The voice laughed at Loki's discomfort.
"Pandora is it?" the voice asked knowing that in fact that was her name but asking anyways just to watch the couples reactions, Pandora did not speak only nodded in agreement.
"Hasn't anyone told you that nightmares are dreams too, and if dreams come true then so do your nightmares?!" Pandora could see a twisted smile in her mind and she clung to Loki harder.
Pandora felt Loki being ripped from her arms try as she might she could not hold on to him, she watched as whatever it was dragged Loki away by his legs into the darkness. Pandora fell to her knees crying calling out his name.
"Poor, poor child, lost again in the dark are we?" the sound of the voice came from over her shoulder as she held her face in her hands the tears falling freely.
"You're so weak no wonder no one wanted you! Unlike the last time you will die alone lost in the dark!" the voice was screaming at her now
Pandora shook her head "NO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM!"
"Who… oh you mean Loki." just then Pandora heard Loki cry out in pain, the sound of his tortuer shot at her making her insides turn.
"LOKI! LOKI CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WILL FIND YOU!" Pandora stood up the air was cold, she wrapped her arms around her middle and started walking in the way she heard Loki cry out.
Pandora couldn't see anything it was like she was walking through a pitch black fog, it was like walking around with your eyes closed. She kept walking not paying attention to the growls that she heard, and when whatever it was that was growling at her seen that it wasn't stopping her it started to pull at her dress, and scratch at her exposed skin, Pandora felt her blood running down her arms back and legs but she didn't stop, she kept walking.
"I'm impressed at how you still have hope where there is none, so I have a little gift for you." Pandora tripped landing hard on her hands and knees.
Pandora fell into something sticky and warm she whipped her hands on the front of her dress, then a bright light shined down upon her. Pandora closed her eyes cause the sudden light shocked her senses, slowly she opened her eyes and the sight she saw made her blood run cold. Her hands and knees have been covered in dark red blood, she looked down at herself and was sick to her stomach. Pandora stood up fast almost slipping on the blood under her bare feet, she turned around to see what it was that she had tripped on and her heart fell, it was Loki he lay there in his own blood no color to his face his eyes still open but the lovely green she remembered was not there just black, his mouth hung open slightly hair tanged in blood, Pandora throw her body down to Loki and she screamed.
"NO LOKI PLEASE WAKE UP PLEASE I LOVE YOU PLEASE… please" Pandora looked at him even in death he still looked lovely, her heart was broken she didn't want to believe this "this can't be real this is a nightmare." She thought to herself.
"Like I mentioned before child nightmares are dreams too." The voice laughed and started to fade till she was left along in the darkness once again.
She didn't know how long she laid there her head resting on Loki's chest, she prayed to the gods to let him start breathing again that she would give her own life I return but she got no answer. She just laid there with Loki the pool of blood was starting to dry she felt it whenever she moved.
Pandora felt as if time stopped entirely she didn't know what to do.
"Pandora" she lifted her head to see nothing but she heard him she heard Loki's voice, she sat up her eyes had adjusted to the blackness if just barely she looked at his chest no movement, then she looked back to his face what she frightened her and didn't at the same time. His eyes were looking at her before they just looked up into the darkness now they lay on her,
"Loki?" she moved her hand slowly reaching out to touch his face, suddenly Loki sat up taking her wrist in his cold hands pulling her hard closer to his face.
"YOU KILLED ME!"Pandora shook her head saying no.
"Loki no I found you that voice or whatever that was did this I love you!"Pandora pleaded trying hard to pull her wrist from his hand
"LOVE" Loki spat "THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME JUST LIKE YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME YOU'RE A WASTE ." Loki's other hand took hold of her neck and started squeezing her, closing the path to her lungs. Pandora couldn't do anything his hold on her to strong she could only cry.
To make it all worse she could hear Loki's soft voice calling out to her, the sweet voice she remembered telling her he loved her please
"Pandora please wake up my love please wake up" Pandora shot right up from her bed screaming.
Looking all around in a panic breathing hard her skin covered in sticky sweat, she felt hands on her face trying to sway her to look to her left.
"Loki!" she throw herself on to his lap her arms coming around his neck head to his chest "I love you" she kept saying leaving warm tears on his bare chest.
"I love you, I'll keep you safe I promise, you're safe I'm here my love it was just a nightmare." Loki said trying to calm the fear that poured for her.
At Loki's words the same ones from her nightmare right before he was taken away she pulled away a little looking up into his green eyes the ones she remembered and said to him the words that the voice said to her.
"Nightmares are dreams, and if dream come true…"she didn't finish the rest the look in Loki's eyes said he understood
"They promised that dreams can come true- but forgot to mention those nightmares are dreams, too."
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