A Dimension in Time

Lights! Camera! Action! And Cut! Oh, You Poor Unfortunate Souls

❀ Chapter 4 ❀

Lights! Camera! Action! And Cut! Oh, You Poor Unfortunate Souls

The Horizon was a lovely place, it reminded Dawn of the prettiest place of her home: the garden. Oh, how she missed the garden with its miscellaneous concoction of flowers. All different shapes and sizes, lilies, roses, hibiscuses, tulips. All those flowers were there in the front and back gardens. It always made her feel at home, and the flowers around the gazebo had the same effect. Soon after a long night of chatting and playing some games, Dawn was escorted back to her sleeping body for the second time in a row. She waved farewell to Moonjumper as she laid on top of her body, only to wake up a few minutes later. Dawn was about to get up, only to see Bow Kid curled up next to her. The self-proclaimed snow queen sat up with worry. "Bow?" Dawn warily questioned, as the girl nuzzled closer to Dawn in her sleep. Did she have a nightmare? Was she okay? Dawn then heard the girl mumble something.

"Don't... no... stop it..."  It was barely audible, but it was something along those lines. Dawn lightly shook the sleeping child, hoping to free her from the nightmare. "Bow, Bow wake up!" The bow-wearing girl frantically jolted awake, panting heavily as if she was gasping for air or having trouble not imminently crying. This inturn made the snow queen panic, imminently trying her best to console the ribboned girl. "Woah, woah, hey! Take it easy!" Bow's purple-magenta glare stared anxiously at Dawn, refocusing her eyes until they were focused solely on Dawn. "...It's just me. You're okay, you're safe, Bow." The self proclaimed snow queen tried to reassure the bow-wearing child to the best of her power, it seemed to calm her down a tad. Which was progress. Bow sighed heavily, breathing in and out until she was no longer panicked. "I- uhm... thanks Dawn. That was close." Bow awkwardly chortled, wiping away cold sweat; the way she phased it imminently told Dawn that- this has happened before. It instantly made the snow queen worry. "Had a bad dream?" Dawn blurted out, her mouth speaking faster than her mind. In turn, the question made Bow Kid flinch. But not out of nervousness; it was out of fear... just like yesterday. Unsure of what else to say, Bow Kid's mind seemed to go on autopilot as she nodded repeatedly. "Y-yeah... it was scary." Dawn pulled her blanket back, creating a space Bow to crawl into. "Wanna talk about it?" Bow took up Dawn's offer as she crawled to sit next to her. "I... had a nightmare of someone taking Hattie away from me... I was scared I'd lose her... I'm also scared of holding her back. She's a year older than me... and I don't wanna make her feel like I'm holding her back..."

Dawn was... unsure of how to feel about the revolution of Bow Kid even having this issue, an issue Dawn knows FAR too well. Because even if it happened so long ago, it was still fresh enough to hurt. And that's why Dawn could relate to the bow-wearing child, and exactly why she was going to comfort her. The cryokinesis prodigy wrapped an arm over the ribboned girl, allowing the little girl to lay on her side and into Dawn's lap. "Bow... listen." Dawn began, a tone that was drastically different from the one she normally equipped. "It's alright to feel that way, to feel scared. It's what makes you human. Sure, you're a humanoid alien kid but to me, you're still human. But most importantly... you're still a kid, Bow." Bow looked up at Dawn with her big purple-magenta eyes, then, as a way to soothe her; Dawn began to stroke her curly hair. "You do a lot for Hattie and she does a lot for you. Both of you guys care about each other, and it shows. You're the only family each other has... I know you're afraid of losing Hattie. I know you're afraid of being overshadowed and holding Hat back... I have that fear too sometimes." Bow's eyes widened, almost looking baffled or shocked by the statement alone. "Really?" Dawn nodded to the girl's response. "Yeah, sometimes I feel like I'm not doing enough or that what I'm doing isn't good enough. Sometimes I feel like I'm overshadowed by my big sister, Bella. She's so loved by everyone and she's been through so much... A lot more than I have. She was hurt, badly, physically. But I was hurt emotionally, I know I forgave her, but it still hurts sometimes." Dawn sighed with an uncharacteristically sorrowful look. "She's got a best friend that lets her be a kid and cares for her and a bestie that keeps her grounded who's also a nerd. And I've got my brother Benjamin. Sure, I have some friends but they're not really my friends, they're just acquaintances." Bow then looked at the ground. "Well, I think what you're doing here is pretty great, Dawn." Dawn's eyes fluttered with a mixture of shock and genuine surprise. "Wait... you mean that?" Bow gave a solid nod as she looked up at Dawn once more. "You saved both of us more times than I can count. You did nothing but help us this entire time, you could've walked away. You could've done anything else, but you didn't. You decided on your own that you wanted to help us, and I think that's very noble and brave of you." Bow smiled to Dawn's bewilderment.