Together

Love Your Neighbor

I was having a mysterious dream...I found myself in the darkness and the shadows of a garden of some sort and I saw Rani from a distance, calling out to Jesus. Shadows of angry people took Him away from Rani who screamed for Him to come back. I had no choice but to run after them...

I felt Mei's little body next to me as I stirred.

"Hey, sweet...is Rani alright?" I asked sleepily.

"Rani had a nightmare, Sweeney." Mei explained as she snuggled with me. "And I'm guessing by the dream she's having, it's bad. She's not ready to talk about it yet."

"Ohh, poor dear..." I mused in compassion. "Speaking of dreams, I had one too."

"Really?" Mei's eyes widened curiously. "What was it about?" 

"I dreamt...that I was following Rani somewhere, and then it faded to black." I explained. "Needless to say, the dream I had was really weird."

"What happened?" Stephen yawned and stretched. He overheard Mei and I talking about mysterious dreams.

"Rani had a nightmare, mate. It's pretty bad." I explained.

"Really? Did she say anything?" Stephen asked concerned.

"No, she doesn't want to talk about it just yet." I shook my head gently. "Give her time."

Before I got ready to go, I checked on a sleeping Rani. My hands gently stroked her raven hair.

Hopefully at one point, she would tell us...I thought worried.

I leaned in to kiss Rani's forehead and walked out of the tent and I learnt something new about my new powers: even though I don't have a quarterstaff, I have a flaming sword; and I use it to protect the King of Heaven, and the Sorceress. St. Michael, the Archangel used his sword to fight against Lucifer, whom was then an angel who turned against God. He defeated the fallen angel who in turn became Satan. Joshua told me the story of how Lucifer became the devil that we know today. I saw Rani from a distance practicing her magic.

"It's time, Peter." Jesus said gently to the sleeping Apostle.

"Time?" Peter asked as he woke up.

"Time for what?" Mei asked curiously.

"Are you ready?" Jesus called out to the crowds who had their belongings for the journey to Jerusalem. "The hour has come!"

I was a little bit nervous about what would come. I felt Stephen's hand on my shoulder reassuring me. Mei and Rani were with Bartholomew and Judas discussing the journey to the Holy City. I could tell that Judas was being a zealous bugger with his sword in his sheath; waiting for a chance to win a great victory over the Romans when we get there.

"So Mei tells me that you had a weird dream. What was it about?" Stephen asked.

"I dreamt...that I was in a garden of some sort...and Rani was there too." I recollected the dream I had. "And she was calling out to our Lord...next there were shadowed angry men who took Him...and then it faded to darkness. I don't know what it means for Rani...or for our Lord."

"Hmm...I'm sure we can figure this out." Stephen reassured.

I hope so...I thought concerned.

My thoughts broke when I heard Adrienne pin-pointing how many minutes to walk to Jerusalem as we were holding palm branches for the journey.

"We're going from Capernaum to Jerusalem, right? My guess is, going the fastest route, it would take at least a day and 10 hours to get there, going south." Adrienne explained. That put a smile on my face.