Aarmau: Remember Me, Remember Us, Just Remember

Chapter 119

Aph steps out into the glade and much like the garden at home, she drops to her knees and runs her fingers through the lush grass. Feeling the energy flow up through her fingers the field shifts and she watches as images of Levin and Malachi chase each other through the flowers.

The image shifts again and she watches a beautiful elf-woman holding Lilith's hand as they crouch to study a flower nearby and then shifts one last time as the same elf walks beside a young girl she immediately recognizes as Alina. Except for the wolf ears and tail, she looks a lot like the little girl from her vision.

Aph flinches and pushing to her feet she turns to Hyria, "Zoey! What happened to her? What happened to the Yggdrasil Forest?"

Both Aaron and Lucinda exchange confused looks as Hyria smiles, "I folded them into the Sacred Forest. There are many glades like this one, they're in one of them. I slowed time in their section so she is still alive but remember you aren't exactly her Aphmau."

Aph blinks a couple of times realizing she forgot exactly who she was for a split second. The look in Hyria's eyes tells her the woman caught the slip and she shivers thinking it was all too easy to forget.

Backing toward Aaron the image around her shifts yet again and she sees a much younger Hyria walking through the glade beside Irene. She watches them approach the center of the glade and then Irene extends her hand out in front of her.

A portal forms before them much like the realm-breaker portal at Starlight and the two walk through it. She turns to Hyria. "Where were you two going?"

Hyria frowns, "That time I believe we were heading to her dimension. She had just finished putting it together and wanted me to see it. I was only gone a couple of minutes and when I came back it was years later. Her response was to simply shrug. Today you would say "oops my bad". It's a good thing I hadn't had children yet. Lord Aphmau wasn't so lucky. She was there for 15 minutes and missed 15 years of her children's lives. She took it hard."

Lucinda shakes her head, "You know neither of us can see whatever you two are seeing, right? Heck if we weren't so close we would probably be lost in this damn place."

Without thinking Aph gently touches each of their hands. The slight connection chases away the fog and shadows from around Lucinda and Aaron granting them access to the glade.

She closes her eyes and replays the images from before and then turns to Aaron. "That last little girl was Alina."

Aaron's eyes widen in shock but he quickly smiles. "She's beautiful, just like her mother."

Hyria chuckles, "Hmm, wishes do come true. Anyway dear, what are you thinking?"