Fabled Dreams || Book 1: Truth

Chapter 4

The next thing I knew I was being shepherded out of the mystic's shop. I was suddenly enveloped in an enormous group hug from Aaron, Lewis, and Leif. "Are you alright?!" Aaron asked fearfully.

"What happened?" Asked a concerned Leif.

I furrowed my brow in confusion, dazed. "Uhm..." My dazed gaze landed on the shop... but it wasn't a shop anymore. It was merely a red brick wall.

"What the fudge??" Lewis gaped at the brick wall which only moments before had been 'Madame Fortune's Magical Palace'.

"How exactly is that possible?" Asked a stunned Leif.

"It is a magical emporium..." I pointed out drowsily.

Leif shrugged and sighed, "Fair point."

Aaron smiled relieved that I was at least somewhat okay, "Come on let's get to our hotel. You were in there for hours so we have to go to see Terra tomorrow." He gently took my hand and guided me off towards 'New Caribbean Suites'.

~*~

'New Caribbean Suites' sounds fancy right? Well, when I was expecting a Caribbean blue swimming pool and grade A comfort... we got a very small dingy room with only two small beds that took up most of the room. A small TV hung on the wall. I wondered what kind of shows the people of Faen watched exactly, seeing as they lived with all the things we made TV shows about. I began searching for the remote but I couldn't find one. "You looking for the remote?" Yawned Lewis.

"I was... but I am so sleepy... I'mma pass out..." I mumbled sleepily and yawned largely before flopping into one of the beds. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

~*~

I awoke in a cold sweat. The dream I had just woken from hadn't felt like a dream. It felt like it had been real and had consisted of a cold evil darkness mostly. Blood, darkness, and insanity. A brooding sly tricky insanity of someone I felt like I should know. The dream or whatever it was felt real and like some dark evil cloud now loomed over me.

And, that's when I woke up. I groaned weakly and placed a hand on my forehead, palm facing outwards, and turned my head to look at the other bed where all three of the boys laid snuggled together. It was just before dawn judging by the light. I giggled a bit, quiet and sleepy at what I saw despite the cold fear still in my stomach from that dream. Lewis and Leif were cuddling with their arms wrapped around each other while Aaron was hanging off the bed like the other two had kicked him out. "So cuuuute~!" I squeal as quietly as I could slightly fangirling. I slipped out of the bed and padded over to shake them awake. 'Pity I can't take a picture...' I thought to myself. They grumbled and snuggled closer to each other. I sighed and rolled my eyes as I helped Aaron back up on the bed as he woke up reluctantly. "Will you two just get up... please?" 'I guess this is what my dad felt like when he tried waking me up...' I thought to myself and soon I finally got annoyed and pulled the covers off of them with the help of Aaron, who took great pleasure in his revenge for them kicking him out of the bed. Finally, we managed to drag them out of their bed and out of the hotel room for a rather unappetizing breakfast.

~*~

We strolled down the main street towards the barracks. I was supposed to be trained by Terra who was the captain of the guard today. I bit my pink bottom lip thoughtfully feeling like I was missing something, missing something important. I let out an enormous sigh. I then looked around. Something was nagging at me from the corners of my mind, a distant memory. 'Why can't I remember...?' I thought annoyed and oddly a bit sad.