Love in Darkness

Chapter 23: The dream

Eon arrives in the magic realm together with his parents. It is already dark when they successfully return to their home without anyone noticing. Eon is about to go to his bedroom when his mother stops him, "You are not going anywhere. You said you are going to explain everything.". Eon looks at his mother with tiredness.

"I will, Mom but can this wait tomorrow? I am really tired.". His mother's mouth opens as a sign of shock and then she looks at her husband, "Can you believe this? I cannot believe this.".

Fero comes closer to his wife and holds her shoulders, "Calm down, Diana, he said he will explain tomorrow. Let him rest first.". Eon's mother sighs and looks at her son, "Fine. Just make sure you will really tell us tomorrow, or else I will never cook your favorite again.".

Eon laughs, "Thank you, Mom, and of course, I promise to tell you everything.". Then he proceeds to his room. Because of exhaustion, Eon immediately falls asleep.

However, Diana seems restless. She keeps staring at the wall, thinking. Fero makes his wife lay on the bed, "Diana. Our son will explain everything tomorrow so rest already.". Diana sighs, "Fine. I am sorry. I am just feeling impatient for tomorrow to come.". Fero convinces his wife by saying, "Tomorrow will take slowly to happen if you are waiting like this. If you sleep, when you wake up, it is already morning.". He kisses her on the forehead. She smiles, "Okay. You are right.".

The magic realm is like the forbidden forest at night. Everywhere is pitch black and the only glowing lights that can be seen are the fireflies.

Morning came and what greeted Eon when he wakes up is a mother on the table looking at her son's bedroom door to be opened. "Glad you are awake. Come, join us for breakfast.". His father speaks, "You better start explaining, Son. Your mother was restless last night."

Eon nods and asks, "What do you want to know, Mom? I cannot answer all of your questions at once.".

"Since when do you know that you have powers?"

Eon starts recalling, "It was when you had Elijah. I heard you said that you should have abandoned me since you can have another child. And by doing abandoning meant saving our family from humiliation.".

Eon's parents are shocked and fall silent. His mother starts to cry. He continues to speak, "I was heartbroken and thought, 'I'm their son. How could they claim something like that?' and then I could not take the pain, I ran outside and went to the portal I discovered. I wanted to be away and no one would look for me in the human world. I vented my pain there and that is when it happened. My hands started to glow and made everything died."

Diana and Fero could not believe what they are hearing but what is worst is that what kind of parents are they? Diana covers her mouth to hide her sobs. Eon looks at them smiling, "But it is in the past, I forgave you and you are making it up to me. I feel what I had been longing to feel for a long time. And it is enough for me.". Eon stands up, "Mom, Dad, I have to go.".

Eon leaves their house and goes straight to the portal.

After their son left the house, Diana bursts into tears. "Fero, what have we done? I cannot imagine how broken our son must have felt.". Fero comforts his wife, "Our son is right. It was all in the past now. What is important is today and we choose to change.". Diana is nodding while still crying.

Eon arrives at the forbidden forest. He can no longer contain his feelings. He starts to cry. He has been carrying the heaviness on his heart for years and now that he has finally let it out. Eon does not want to hurt his parents especially his mother but he has to tell them what he had been trying to express. He felt relieved and light. A smile forms on Eon's lips. He then summons the rain. White clouds with a bit of gray color gather and produce light rain. Eon walks on the way to the village. Upon arriving, he sees many villagers on the field. Even though it is raining, the villagers work hard on planting and farming.