Paint me Eclipsed (Book 3, Finale)

Prologue

Annie's POV

My life changed in an instant the second I followed a white rabbit in a waist coat. You know that time I pushed my best friend into a never ending rabbit hole?

I feel like our story is as old as time by now.

Fell down a rabbit hole into a mad world with even madder residents, ended a war between two sisters.

In my case I experienced a little bit more then that. In the end, it wasn't the powers or the family secrets revealed that made me stay.
It was a mad man in a hat.

The second time my life changed even more drastically was when that love was challenged, and I had a lot more to worry about then just the two of us. More like the four of us. I started going by a name that took some time to get use too.

Mom.

And that wasn't even the end of it. I got two people back that I didn't think I'd have a second chance with.

I had everything I ever could of dreamed of.

But with all these challenges, wars, battles, obstacles, if there's anything that I've learn from any of them, your perfect honeymoon moment can change in a single instant. Those lighter then air moments after the madness, are precious. You never know what could happen in the future.

More challenges are always on the horizon.

The real challenge is being ready when they happen.

I don't think anyone could of gotten me ready for this however.

I've told you how my story began.

Let me tell you how it ends.

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Gods exists. Yes truly they do, I know they do, I've met them. Time was the one that kept the world spinning most of the... well... him. Gaia although only met once, from what I understand from stories is she lived cut off from the world to focus on preserving the nature and life of everything around us. Then there was Sol... I only met her for a few moments also but she protected the Sun. She seems hostile towards everything but well the Sun was her and without her we'd have no daylight. Eclipse.... No one seems to want to talk about her for some reason. Well more like no one knows anything about her.

Then there was Luna. The moon goddess and ruler of the night. My goddess. The goddess who gifted my blood to harness the moon magic.

To me, I couldn't owe her enough. She was a big reason my family was whole again.

However lately I've had a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. Nightmares had plagued me constantly and I soon found myself with several sleepless nights or I guess mornings. I usually retuned from my ride towards midnight, then sleep till the afternoon. Then start my patrols all over again.

Leaving little time for me to rest, but usually it was never an issue till now.

It was always the same dream. Or more like a memory.

It was always of the time I was strapped, helpless in the institution for the mentally ill back in London. Sebastians hands crawling over me. Threatening my pregnant stomach. The sun and moon were behind him before crashing into each other creating ever lasting darkness. These images have haunted me more then they ever had lately and I still wasn't sure why.

"No..." I mumbled in my sleep.

"Annie..."

"No... no please..."

"My star wake up you are having a bad dream..."

"Tarrant help... please help me."

"I'm right here..."

"NO NO!" I suddenly bolted up and nearly knocked heads with him but quickly he scooped me in his arms soothingly. I was breathing heavily as I buried my face in his shoulder gulping in air and shaking.

"Sssssh it's alright." He cooed running his fingers through my hair.

"I...I'm sorry..." I finally whispered

"You do not need to apologize. However I am getting a tad worried my dear, you have been having night terrors for weeks now."

I pulled back from his embraced taking deep breaths to calm my thumping heart. The sun was just starting to rise in Underland and I knew my daughter who was an early bird, would be waking soon and I didn't want her to see me distraught.

"It's always the same dream... I don't know what it's suppose to mean though."

"Are you sure you can't tell me what they are about..?"

I never told Tarrant what happened during that brief visit to the above world. I know it probably should be vital information I should tell him about, but I was so grateful to finally be happy with him and our family that I didn't feel like disrupting it.

I shook my head no and he sighed.

I saw a lopsided grin come to his features despite his cluelessness of the situation.

"Well who's to say it means anything my love?"

I tried to swallow my fear and gave him an unsteady nod. If I've learned anything about reoccurring dreams like this, they always were a warning of something horrible to come.

"I... I suppose you could be right..."

I felt his warm hand on my cheek
"Perhaps it's just a mother sad that her babies are growing up?"

I couldn't help be chuckle at that. Today was Aquila's and Aries birthday. Years can be extremely hard to track here. Most residents actually don't reminder their day of birth very well. I've even started to lose track of how old I was. But I truly made an effort to make sure each year my children got to celebrate their birthday. Today they were turning about 52. Which I guess is sorta like 10 years old here? It was amazing how time flies yet I got so many years with them and so many years to follow. Nonetheless, it still made me shed a tear or two as each birthday passed.

"Don't be silly." I chuckled patting his chest "I'm not that emotional."

Tarrant chuckled and coaxed me to lay down on his chest. He pulled the blankets back up around us and engulfed us in warmth. I sighed listening to his heart beat, his fingers in my hair stroking softly.

"That tough talk doesn't work on me, shinny star."