Saturday, November 11, 2006

   Nightmares and discombobulation....
Hey gang! It's 4 am and I'm about to fall over.

But Otaku calls me to post and post I shall! XD

Today went kinda weird actually. All the guys came over to play D&D but our Dungeon Master went missing! Maglin was nowhere to be found. We called and left messages but no response. We found other ways to occupy ourselves: XBox360, lego star wars, food, Michi (my kitten) and the uncannily warm weather we had today. So it wasn't a total bummer.
We eventually got ahold of Maglin. Turns out he took a Dimeatap Benadryl cocktail and passed out for 8 hours...but he's alive and ok so that's all I care about. ^-^

I wanted to post some D&D goodness, but with a lack of recent gameplay and no written early material I voted on posting this bizarre dream I had last night.

Hope you enjoy, it's got fighting, puzzles, motorcycling, waterfalls, sanctuarys, Vampire Knight-style boarding school, crazy bad guys and mysterious intrigue!!!

Here it go...tis kinda long...

Catherine practically knocked me over as she wrapped her arms around me for one last hug.
“I’m going to miss you so much!” her voice was sweet in my ears and I could see her brown eyes fight back tears as her yellow hair cascaded around her face. Her arm’s embrace was bittersweet as I hugged her back.
“I promise to keep in touch with you everyday, Kitty.” I petted her head as we pulled apart. “I never imagined that I would be accepted to Lilly Grove Academy – I thought for sure that I had flunked that entrance exam- but…if I don’t take this opportunity, my dad will kill me.”
“Serra! Serra!”
We turned as more of my girlfriends dashed up to us dressed in our school’s uniforms, blue dress shirt, red tie, red skirt and black over vest. They congratulated me and rained down words of encouragement and sorrow for today was the last day I would attend class with them. My attention was focused solely on them and my own predicament, but across the courtyard beneath the white flowering pear tree a boy stood gazing blankly at the circle of girls. His short brown hair didn’t stir much in the passing breeze but his blue eyes narrowed almost tiredly as the air caressed his face. A sound raised his eyebrows and he turned sideways, away from the crowd and held a cell phone to his ears. His face remained unchanged for a few moments; then the eyelids pulled upward just slightly. The wind gusted again as he glanced back in my direction the limbs bending hiding all but his intense eyes and his voice was like ice amid the rush:
“I understand.”
The wind died and the figure seemed to die away from sight with it…

“Serrafina B. Alexandria.” Professor Vearin called over the sheet held infront of his face.
I raised my hand proudly with a smile ^-^ , “Present!”
Professor Vearin, who at this point had not looked up from his sheet, paused and I saw his tilt upward just barely over the rim of the paper and his probing green eyes peer strangely at me through his sharp edged glasses. I lowered my hand slowly perplexed at his gaze and began to shrink into myself thinking that I might have been overly cheerful and offended him. And I could have sworn I saw a spark flicker in his irises as my blue eyes met his, then his eyes darted quickly away and he went back to droning out names form the attendance sheet.
Professor Vearin was a blonde haired man in his middle ages of average build and only slightly taller than most men his age, but there was an unprecedented imposing aura about him that made him feel larger than he was. His hair was long and pulled back into a pony tail at the back of his neck and cascaded to about mid-back leaving his scarce bangs to hang in sharp angles along his checks. He turned away from the class now having finished the roll and began marking figures and scribbles on the board. I turned and glanced out the beautiful bay windows that arched along the wall next to me; I became lost in thought as the white blossoms fell outside in the warm sweet breeze. And that’s when I felt it.
I think I actually jerked as I realized that someone was looking at me. I turned to the right away from the windows and saw another student lounging in a plush green chair just a few feet away. Clothed in the male school uniform: white suit with blood red embroidery, white laced boots and a matching Apollo seven button down jacket with the school crest embroidered into the left breast and his class rank and title on the collar, he was uncannily lengthy, long thin arms and long thin legs, long whispy black hair. He was sprawled with his back in the corner of the chair facing me, his arms draped across the back of the chair and one armrest and his legs falling at odd angles to the floor. But it was his purple eyes, set in his almond shaped eyelids that set me at ease; he was staring directly at me the same way a rabid animal eyes its next meal. Then he smiled. A toothy visage that would make a komodo dragon shrink in terror.
I swallowed unsure of this bizarre attention and its intent snapping my attention quickly back to Professor Vearin who was lecturing to the class. I pulled my limbs closer to myself just for reassurance and snuggled back into my chair which seemed more like a bean bag forced into the shape of a chair and tried to ignore the strange guy eyeing me down…
“Excellent work today children!” Professor Vearin complimented several moments later. “I will expect your essays tomorrow and don’t forget your supplies for your lab. Class dismissed!”
The students began gathering their things and shuffling out of there respected seats and heading out the door. I took a slower time checking over my schedule and map of the school so I could plot my path to my next class and went to stand up.
“Miss Alexandria.”
I glanced upward quickly to find Professor Vearin standing over me. I leapt to my feet shoving the map and schedule into my backpack.
“I’m sorry Professor.” I stumbled without looking at him. “I didn’t mean to lag behind I-”
“You made a perfect score on the entrance exam Miss Alexandria.” His voice was soft yet empowering.
I blinked up at him, “I –I- Did I? I –I wasn’t told my score only that I passed but – Are – are you serious?”
He smiled and his eyes closed, “Yes, Serrafina. You are the first person to score a perfect rank in over a century. You are truly special.”
“Uh…” I beemed shyly. “Well, thank you Professor Vearin.”
His face suddenly lost its friendly glow and grew seriously dark, “I will be watching your progress in this institution with great intrigue.”
My face drew back in puzzlement and I gazed at the man before me more intently. Was that…sorrow…in his eyes?
“Now, now Professor.” a sly voice leaked from my left. “Don’t frighten the little angel.”
In unison, the professor and I turned to see the boy that had been staring at me. He stood in a leaning stance eyeing Professor Vearin with his provoking purple eyes.
“..a..angel..?” I whispered.
“Eavesdropping is not an example of noble character Mr. Akishima, I suggest you grow out of it.”
“It’s not a crime either, Professor Vearin.” He said the last words with a hint of mocking venom as he walked forward. I held my ground as he bent low and took my small hand with his long fingers and pulled it up to his face. “Maru Akishima Third Class Valedictorian, your humble servant Alexandria Serrafina.”
His purple eyes shot a glance past his dark bangs upward that seemed to pierce through me like rapiers as his lips barely grazed the skin on the back of my hand. A shiver passed through me at this touch but I somehow held my composure and he released my hand. I pulled up and placed it underneath the other hand that held the strap to my backpack over my shoulder.
“Thank you, Mr. Akishima.”
“Please,” he said sharply. “Maru will simply do.”
I suppressed a cringe and nodded, “Maru, then.”
Professor Vearin’s voice snapped me out of my distress, “Serrafina, will you please excuse Mr. Akishima and myself. We have something to discuss and I’m sure we both would be terribly upset if you were late to your next class.”
My class! I had forgotten about that. I made a quick bow muttering my thanks and made a hasty retreat from the room knowing all the while that Maru had not taken his eyes off of me even as I stepped into the hallway…

I inhaled the warm afternoon wind and felt eased by it’s gently cleansing touch as I paused from pulling my motorcycle from it’s slot in the from side parking lot. The school was located on a ridge that overlooked a flat valley made of separate plateaus that were surrounded by hills and mountains on three sides. There was a small gorge that ran horizontally from the valley’s edge and then made a sharp turn to follow the edge of one plateau and then disappeared over the rim to another lower plane. The green grass seemed to shimmer like emeralds as the sun blazed from the mountain’s peaks as it neared sunset and I wanted to bike around the area before turning in for the night in my dormitory.
I checked my padded safety suit, black with florescent orange trim and triangular patches, to make sure that it was zipped and strapped securely around me when a loud sound caught my attention. Below the parking lot in the wavering grasses I saw another figure on a hover bike swerving around in circles. I noticed the white color of the bike, the white suit the biker was wearing, the long black hair cascading from the white helmet, then the vehicle stopped and the operator’s helmet gazed right up at me. A single hand raised the visor – and I saw the purple eyes of Maru staring at me once again.
The wind blew between us and this time my eyes hardened as I returned his glance. After only meeting this guy once, I found him absolutely tiresome. I had no idea what his problem is, but I was going to find out once and for all. I shoved my head into my helmet and mounted my metal horse pointing it to the edge of the parking lot. With a swift rev from the handle my bike jumped forward speeding towards the rim with intense purpose. Below the eyes of Maru seemed to smile as I pulled upward and the bike leapt from the edge and soared over him into the air. I landed hard but with a steady grace and pulled the vehicle to bear on his position- and saw that he was moving. I swerved hard to the right and began my pursuit and noticed that he was heading towards the gorge. I reved hard and willing the bike across the grass to catch up with him but the gorge came up fast and I had to hop across the expanse and to the other side before turning the bike.
I straightened and together we began racing side by side along the gorge. Then suddenly his helmet turned in my direction and I watched as his bike leapt into the gorge. It wasn’t very deep, only about six feet down but his hoverbike tapped the ground before regaining its altitude over the rocky muddy terrain.
What is this guy doing? I wondered as he began to pull ahead of me.
Frowning at myself I made a decision. My bike landed hard in the muddy bottom of the gorge and I had to struggle to keep myself atop it as it waivered in the terrain. I smirked to myself as my bike steadied and I began to pick my speed back up and closed in on Maru, then the gorge began to narrow until all I could see was him and the sky above. I grew more apprehensive as we raced along and my fears were confirmed as Maru suddenly took a sharp right turn and I saw nothing but a solid earth wall loom before me. I cried out in alarm and twisted on the break leaning to the right knowing that my wheels wouldn’t turn as sharply as his hover pads and felt momentum separate me from the bike. The muddy ground jolted me right but the bike kept sliding towards the wall eventually crashing into the earth with a loud noise. I hit the dirt wall of the turn and bounced off and began rolling downward as the path dropped sharply. I floundered feeling my gloved fingers grasping as the malleable mud and finding nothing to hold onto to stop or slow my tumble as the path curved and twisted bending forever down and around until I lost all sense of direction and nearly my senses. Then the path opened up and I felt nothing but air around my as I fell into a large clear poll of water. I plunged beneath the blue and took the last gulp of air from inside my helmet before it filled with water and rushed towards the surface. I opened the visor to let the water out as I paddled to the pebbled shore and pulled myself out.
I ripped the helmet off of my head with a cry of outrage as I rose to my feet and spun around to get my bearings. My padded suit and helmet kept me safe from serious injury, but I was pretty sure that I had a bruise somewhere. I was in a hollowed out section of the gorge that still retained a small stream that ended in the large poll of water that I had just pulled myself from. The sides of the boxed canyon were to slick and sheer to climb, so I had no choice but to follow the stream up to its source and pray that I found an exit before nightfall.
I glanced around for any sign of Maru. There was none.
“What were you trying to do, Maru?!” I cried to the expanse. “Are you trying to kill me?!”
Only the echo of my own voice answered me.
I kicked the pebbled sand and began walking upstream.
A few moments later, I walked around a bend and saw something that made me stop dead in my tracks. I had come up a dead end in the canyon where a waterfall rained down from a stone archway in the plateau above. A silvery domed tower reflected the orange, red, purple and golden rays of the dying sun and peered over the rim of stone and water down at me. Then I noticed the black door etched into the rocky wall to the left of the rushing waterfall. As I neared it, I noticed the blue etchings on its surface and that there was no door handle. Curious, I set down my helmet and pulled off one of my gloves then very gently pressed my hand against the carvings. My eyes brightened as the strange ruins began to glow and shimmer with sapphire energy in question at my touch.
Question…questioning…what I want?
Words formed from my lips before I was even sure of them, “May I come in?”
There was a loud clack, and the door beneath my hand shifted slightly inward. I smiled. That was a pretty neat trick. I grabbed my helmet with my other hand and pushed the door fully open. A gust of wind followed after me as I peered into the dim tunnel that stretched before me and I paused to marvel at the orange lines that lit the floor. The door closed and locked behind me as I stepped in and began to wander down the earthen corridor.
The cavern that yawned beyond the tunnel was large enough to fit the entire Notre Dame Church and still have room to spare, but it was not solely natural. Between the stalactites that hang from the ceiling, black metal buttresses and struts were mounted to give it added stability. Metal meshed catwalks and platforms were constructed all along the sides and in the large rocky ledge that extended out into the cavern. Generators pumped life into the artificial lights that illuminated everything in sight, and powered the vast array of machines and computer screens that littered many of the metal platforms. Below, there was no floor to the cavern but instead there was a sea of contained transparent orange fluid that gave off a sweet pleasant smell but there were no living creatures or fish floating within its depths that I could see. In the very center of the cave, just beyond the rocky ledge, was a black machine with a large black cylinder mounted horizontally atop the construct emanating red energy from its crystalline coils.
And working on this machine was Professor Vaerin.
Excited by this find and the bizarre beauty of this place I began jogging down across the maze of catwalks towards him. I called out his name as I ran across the platform atop the rocky ledge and leaned over the rail to wave at him. He turned sharply at the sound of his name and his face spread in abstract horror as he cried.
“Serrafina! Behind you!”
I froze for an instant then spun and ducked just as a metal pipe sailed through the spot where my head once was. In the same instant I followed the length of the pipe to it’s wielder’s hands and traced the limbs all the way to a face shrouded by black hair and gazed in the purple eyes of Maru. Landing my foot I countered by shifting my weight and swinging my helmet straight for his skull when it suddenly exploded in my fingers. I blinked and stared in awe as I realized that he had brought his other hand to bear and slammed it into my helmet shattering it with nothing more than his fist.
I took a step away from him feeling my back bump into the railing.
“You’re not human…” I said in horror.
Maru smiled at me again his pupils growing smaller as he advanced, “Throwing stones little angel? Time to send you back to heaven .”
“Serra, run!” Professor Vearin’s voice rang out from below. “Get away from him now!”
“What do you want with me Maru?” I demanded biting back my fear. “Tell me!”
And he laughed, laughed so cruelly it hurt me to hear, “Dear, sweet unsuspecting angel. I led you here.”
“Led me here? For what? What is this place?”
“You’re the Key,” he grinned but stopped a few steps away from me. “No one with ill intent could open the doors to the Moon Sanctuary. I knew that the barrier wouldn’t keep out an Angel seeking shelter and aid from a nasty fall. The Angel with the perfect score, the Angelic Key we have sought for so long, the Angel that guides me to my ultimate goal.”
“Stop calling me that!” I shouted at him.
“Serrafina!” Professor Vearin called up to me. “You don’t know what he is!”
“Silence, Priest!” Maru snapped lethally. “I’ll deal with you soon enough.”
“Priest?” I glanced down at Professor Vearin than back to Maru. “What’s here that is so important to you?”
“You.” Maru chuckled oddly. “And the Prismatic Core down there that your beloved ‘professor’ will, I’m sure, undoubtedly defend with his wretched life.”
“Prismatic Core?”
“Yes, Angel. Once attuned to the right setting, that Core will bring about the destruction or resurrection of anything within its light once activated. HE will return, and you will not stand in the way of his glory!!”
“Serra, run!”
Maru lunged for me and I swiped out with a hand rolling away and underneath his grasp placing my back once again against the railing. Maru gave a short cry and skidded to a halt and spun on me. His fingers traced the gash on his cheek and his eyes danced wildly in his head as he glanced at the blood on his fingertips and then to me. I held my fingers flat in an angle close to my face then tilted my wrist allowing the blade to be seen.
“Human or not. Core, your insane delusions, hidden sanctuary, death resurrection, I don’t care.” My blue eyes narrowed as my hair fluttered in its ponytail. “No one’s sending me anywhere.”
Quick as a flash I tossed the knife intending it to pierce the spot right above his nose and between his eyes, but could only watch in shock as he simply knelt down letting it sail harmlessly overhead and then charge straight for me. I did the only logical thing that came to mind: leap over the rail and take my chances. I heard Maru hiss in anger as I escaped his grasp.
Luck was once again with me for I landed on another catwalk that encircled the ledge having several paths that lead down to the water and I took no hesitation in running for the platform housing the Prismatic Core and Professor Vearin.
“Professor, Vearin!” I called as I descended. “I don’t understand what’s going on, but a Plan would be Great right about now!”
“Keep running until you reach the irrigation pipes and head across! I’ll lock down the Core!” Vearin shouted as he fussed over a control panel and pulled a lever. “He’s not after you…I hope…”
As I ran for the black irrigation pipes that lay halfway submerged in the orange water, a clear protective dome formed over the Prismatic core machine and the entire platform began to spin. Clear walls rose on both sides of the core platform keeping the rest of the water from being disturbed as the protected machine began to sink beneath the orange sea. I leapt the railing as it ended where the rocks met the water and ontop of one of the black irrigation pipes. The pipe was thick and sturdy easily five feet across and the top was surprisingly dry. I took a tentative few steps as I edged farther out into the water then once sure of myself I began a full out sprint hearing the hollow sound of my feet against the metal. Professor Vearin finished the final sequence to lock down the core and then removed a long metal lever from its connector and smashed the controls until sparks showered from it and its mount cracked and fell to one side. I glanced over my shoulder at the sound and when I looked back I nearly fell off the pipe as I skidded to a halt.
Maru smiled calmly as he began walking slowly towards me.
We were nearly in the center of the pipe and far away from either shore, so how he made it here without running across the pipe himself or me seeing him- yet as I brace myself against that grim smile as this monster marched towards me I threw all rational thought out the window and kicked my fight mechanism into gear.
“Fight, little angel.” He mocked wickedly. “I hope you fight!”
He lunged with arms outstretched and his quickness caught me off guard. Long slender fingers clawed at my throat and I squirmed away from his fingers feeling his nails scrape against the skin of my shoulders and neck. I thrashed as he reset his footing and his fingers found hold around my throat and squeezed. I gasped and tried to pry his fingers away as he tried to force me downward but his grip was too strong and his fingers too nimble for me to get a hold of. Maru shoved me violently in an attempt to take me off my feet and as a reflex, I kicked outward and felt one foot strike home against one of his knees. We both tumbled awkwardly and he released his hold to steady himself against the pipe, but I was not so lucky. I slid off the smooth round surface and plunged into the orange liquid.
The feel of the water clapped around me seeping into the folds of my clothes and coating against my skin as it pulled me down, down. The water was so warm, like bath water and it seemed…thicker almost than normal H2O. For a moment, I felt myself go numb and I began to slowly sink away from the surface. I looked upward to see beyond the surface but instead found my own image reflected back at me. Nothing above the water line was revealed, it was like a solid mirror. Calmness washed over me and thoughts of Maru, Professor Vaerin, the Prismatic Core, vanished in the wondrous feeling of sinking into the warmth. Bubbles escaped from my mouth and pierced the surface and as it pulled apart I saw a single purple eye searching for me. Reality hit me like a brick wall. I was underwater with no way to breathe and sinking fast.
My body snapped into a flurry of motion but I found it hard to move my limbs in the thick water and the constricting padded jacket. I tore the vestige away from me revealing the black tank top beneath and let the jacket fall away from me as I rushed to the surface and forced my head through the mirror-like barrier. Air rushed into my lungs as I took a huge breath feeling my wet bangs slap against my face and for a second I was fine. Until supple fingers wrapped around my neck and shoved me back under. I floundered and gave startled cry that sounded odd in the thick water as I fought against the limb that held me under. My hands tore at the dry sleeve that wrapped Maru’s hand and my skin could feel the air – the lifesaving air that I was swiftly running out of. But the fingers tightened around my windpipe and the arm showed no signs of slacking. I gasped in pain accidentally releasing more bubbles into the water and terror began to grip me – When I was suddenly pulled upwards.
I sputtered and coughed as my face felt the cool air of the cavern and the fingers at my throat relaxed somewhat to allow me a few breaths and then flexed once more to silence me. I looked up and saw that Maru was not looking at me this time, but across the water to Vaerin. I followed the gaze and saw the man he called a priest starring gravely in our direction. I tried to speak but it only came out in a choked gargle.
“Let Serrafina go, Maru.” Vearin said evenly. “She’s not what you’re after.”
I gripped Maru’s arm and tried to pull myself away but he jerked me closer to the pipe and increased his grip.
“It’s always good for a cat to have a mouse to play with.” Maru laughed still eyeing Vaerin. “Resurface the Core and this human might yet live.”
“I cannot do that, Maru.” Vaerin replied calmly. “The Core has been sealed and the seal’s controls have been destroyed…and you can’t swim.”
“You have back-up controls!” Maru snapped and I winced as his fingernails dug in to the back of my neck. My head was beginning to feel heavy as I tried desperately to wheeze in as much air as I could; my body began to grow cold and the water seemed to grow warmer. “Either tell me where the controls are and resurface the Core or she watch he die a horrible death!”
A strand of his hair fell around my face as he screamed at Vaerin, and in my own anger I reached up and pulled the strand so hard that it ripped right off his skull. Maru shrieked in pain and his eyes turned to regard me so harshly it seemed as if lasers would erupt from them and sear right through my head. Instead, Maru gripped my throat with his other hand with such violence that I thought my neck would snap from the sheer force as he shoved my back into the water. I struggled and squirmed again opening my mouth to scream but only a scant group of bubbles came out as I flailed in vain to free myself. I watched my face in the mirror of the surface glimpsing the ceiling of the cavern as the bubbles broke through and felt myself growing weak. I could feel my lungs burning, my mind became clouded, the pain in my neck was indescribable. I couldn’t breathe. I stretched my arm out above the surface and felt the cool air beyond and knew that I would never taste its sweetness again. My limbs lost their will and they sank back into the orange sea that surrounded me. I let my jaw go slack and felt the sweet tasting liquid flow in. It was warm. So warm.
I blinked.
But my reflection didn’t.
My eyes tried to focus as my reflection reached out to me and laid a reassuring hand against my check. I tried to speak, move, comprehend, but everything was growing dark. My reflection smiled just as my eyes began to close and that’s when it started.
The water swirled around me and I felt the fingers at my neck suddenly wrenched away. A force pressed around my chest squeezing the stale air from my lungs and my eyes shot open as the bubbles rushed past my lips. A vortex pushed me upwards and out of the water laying my on the safety of the irrigation pipe. I gasped and coughed nearly crying as I sucked in mouthful of sweet, precious, delicious air.
Then I heard the scream.
It was burbled and muffled followed by the sounds of thrashing and splashes. I tilted my head upward and saw nothing but the calm surface of the water as I let the oxygen work its way back into my system. Suddenly there was a light within the depths of the orange sea and I watched as it grew into a massive orb and then explode. But there was no sound and no force caused the water to even so much as ripple. I pushed myself up on my hands and knees watching as the light from the explosion drew nearer. It burst forth from the water in a blinding white column engulfing me and everything I could see from view. I shut my eyes but the light burned through and suddenly I felt nothing. All I new was the light.
Do not fear the light, Serrafina.
The voice that seemed to come from everywhere echoed like bells in a bright cathedral
“It’s…so beautiful.”
It is yours, Serrafina. It is the great gift hidden inside you.
“Gift? From whom”
Be a light to this world, my daughter.
Then the voice was gone and the light faded into darkness.
“Serrafina….serrafina?”
I awoke with a start wrapped in a blanket and sitting in a very soft chair. Professor Vearin was gazing softly at me and was flanked by two men in SWAT armaments. I had been taken to the entrance foyer of the Moon Sanctuary far above the cavern that housed the Prismatic Core. One of the SWAT men stepped aside for a Medic to come and check my eyes and asked me a few simple questions before patting my hand and then vanishing once more.
“Profess-” I tried to say but it came out in a painful rasp.
His green eyes looked kindly on me as knelt down and placed a hand on my shoulder, “Don’t try to speak Miss Alexandria. Maru gave you a smart throttling.”
I reached up and felt the bruises on my throat and felt a bandage on the back of my neck where his fingernails had sliced through. I gave him a questioning glance.
“It was the sea, Miss Alexandria.” Vearin explained. “The liquid that fills the depths of that cavern is not ordinary cave water. It responds to those in great need and punishes those of mal intent, but neither you nor Maru knew that. For this I apologize for not coming to your aid sooner, had I tried to step in Maru would have thought twice about drowning you and might have done something much worse.”
I swallowed with much difficulty and continued to stare puzzled at him.
“You are wondering how you got mixed up in all this I take it?”
I nodded.
“You were merely a means to his end, Miss Alexandria. Maru was notorious to your other classmates as a rogue and most untrustworthy individual. Your arrival was an unexpected shift in his favour and he used your ignorance to get what he wanted.”
I nodded but there was still one more set of questions I wanted set to rest.
Professor Vaerin cocked his head to one side, “And why was Maru after the Prismatic Core? What is the Moon Sanctuary? Why did he call me priest? Whom did Maru want to resurrect?”
I blinked my face hopeful.
“These answers are best left absent from your knowledge, Miss Alexandria.”
I stared at him. I was almost killed by a crazed guy with supernatural abilities, swallowed in an alien light, I heard voices, wrecked my bike that’s lying God knows where, and I never even got to do my essay – and ….he won’t answer the few things I want so badly to know.
Professor Vearin brushed the red bangs away from my face, “And don’t worry about tomorrow’s essay or attending your classes today. I think we can overlook that considering the circumstances you need to rest. Now let’s get you back to your dormitory.”
I let him help me to my feet and lead me outside into the beautiful dawn. The sun was rising over the mountain ridges in the distance and the sky with alight with pale blue white and red. A lush forest stood not far from the well kept lawn near the road’s edge. The ambulance was pulling out and the SWAT members were wandering around to their own tasks. A red SUV was sitting at the edge of the circular drive before the white marble steps. Professor Vearin led me down the steps and to the vehicle.
“I will be by to check on you later this evening, Miss Alexandria.” He said with a slight smile. “If you will excuse me.”
Then he was gone. I huddled in the blanket and looked around unsure of what to do when I turned and saw a boy round the back of the red SUV. He rubbed a hand over his short spiked brown hair and his blue eyes looked me over with concern as he approached me.
“Serra. I heard about what happened and came as soon as I could. Are you alright?” he said genuinely.
“Roger?” I whispered as clearly as I could. “What are you doing here?”
“I’m sorry I let this happen.” He suddenly wrapped his arms around me and held me close, “I’m here to protect you, Serrafina and I’m never going to let you out of my sight from now on.”
Totally confused but overjoyed by the loving attention, I just stood there in his arms and let him hold me. Then I noticed something white standing in the trees. I blinked and lifted my head for a better view.
Is that…a man in armor…white armor?
Roger pulled away from me, “Lets get you back, Serra.”
I blinked and the armored figure vanished.
I climbed into the passengers seat of the SUV and Roger shut the door behind me. He paused to gaze into the forest and his eyes hardened as the blue iris roved across the greenery.
“I won’t let you hurt her again.”

And THAT is the end of my dream.

Hope you enjoyed sorry for the longness!

More soon!

-Darastrix

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