Sands Of Time

I Wanna Run To You

**Bruno's POV** 

  My mind raced as I stepped out of my mother's room after she asked...begged, for a vision. I thought about the implications of Mirabel not getting a gift, and now with Má wanting me to look into the future? This had never happened before. Everyone in my family got a gift. Why wouldn't Mirabel? I walked along the balcony towards the nursery when I heard the door open and saw two people step out. I walked up to my beloved just as Agustín turned and walked away. "How is Mirabel?" I asked quickly, worried about how she was taking things. I watched her eyes look back at the door and then nod her head at the stairs. I nodded and we moved away from the door. As we walked down the stairs she spoke quietly.

  "She's upset. As is understandable. Julieta is getting her ready for bed right now." I noticed the tear stains on her shawl as she talked. The placement told me that they were from my sobrina. When we reached the bottom of the staircase she turned to me with those beautiful eyes. "What did she want?" For a moment I got lost in those gems and I had to mentally shake myself to remember who her question was about.

  "Oh, um, she...she wants me to look into the future and see what this means. She's worried about the magic." I let my thumbs idly rub the backs of her soft hands. "I-I don't know how long it will take." It had been a long day for both of us and I could tell she was tired. "Get some sleep, mí amor. I'll have to discuss what I see with Má afterwards," worry started to seep into her soft features so I added, "but maybe I'll be able to sneak out later." I watched as she hesitated, chewing on her lip like she does when she's worried.

  "Okay, mí vida. Please, take an arepa with you... just in case?" I could tell that wasn't what she wanted to say, but I nodded and smiled with the best reassurance I could. I don't think it worked, so I did the only other thing I could think of and placed a kiss on her sweet lips. I wanted to stay like that with her just a little longer but I knew now wasn't the time. I walked her over to the front door and watched it open up for us. I felt her honey sweet lips press to mine once more before watching her perfect frame walk alone back to town. I waited there at the doorway until I couldn't see her anymore. Then, with a sigh, I turned and made my way up to my room.

  The treck up the long staircase seemed to take a little longer as I trudged my way up to my vision cave. The memories of my beloved, cradled in my arms as I carried her across the bridge for the first time, flashed in my mind as I crossed the yawning cavern pulled a small smile to my lips. The massive stone hallway loomed before me as I took the last few steps up. I never did like the carvings of myself along the walls as I averted my eyes to the floor. I already hated my gift, I didn't need reminding of how creepy everyone saw me threw stone carvings. I braced myself as I stepped into the cavernous room and pulled the door closed behind me. It was dark, but I knew this room like the back of my hand, and I stepped into the center of the circle of sand.

  I steadied myself as I knelt down and reached deep inside to where the magic slumbered. I felt the tingles of my power creep its way along my spine and grasp onto my skull like a hand, it's long fingers digging into my eyes and mind. There was no backing down now as I let out a breath and pushed the power to grow out from me. The sand rose up and spun around violently, glowing green in the darkness of my cave. Images started to form in the bright granules. The candle that held our miracle, cracks in the walls of my home. The magic was in danger, but how? And then the form of someone turned. Mirabel stood infront of Casita as the cracks formed and disappeared over and over. What did that mean? Was the future undesided? How could that be? The power was digging into my mind like a hot poker and I had to stop. In the air before me formed the tablet that showed the answer to my question. But was it really an answer? There was no clear fate in the image I held in my hands.

  The realization that, if I showed this vision to anyone, it would be taken as a bad omen hit me. It didn't matter that it wasn't a difinitve answer that Mirabel would be the cause of the magic breaking. For all I could tell, Mirabel could be the key to fix the magic. But it didn't matter. I'm Bruno, and that meant that it would bring bad things down on my innocent sobrina. I couldn't let that happen. No one could know about this vision. I dropped the glowing tablet and turned as it shattered into pieces. I had to leave, it was the only way to keep Mirabel safe. If I was gone, no one could ask about what I saw.