How the Change has Timed

The Dream and Not So Dream

"Scott? Did you fall asleep?" Scott heard a voice ask.

Scott woke up, gasping. He looked around, he was no longer in House Blossom, he looked like he was in Rivendell. But it wasn't the Rivendell he was used to; it was what Rivendell was like when he was younger.

He looked up to see his older brother, Xornoth. But it wasn't the demon form. He had purple hair, elf ears, gold jewelry and was holding out his hand to help Scott up.

Scott took it and stood up again.

"Why were you lying on the ground?" Xornoth asked.

Scott didn't answer. He was too busy trying to figure out what time it was. By the looks of it, Scott was four and it was just about two months before Xornoth left. So, Xornoth was 13 at the time, 9 years ahead of Scott.

"Scott?"

"Sorry, what?"

"I just asked if you wanted to go explore this cave I found."

"Umm... shouldn't we go ask mom first?"

"It'll be fine, come on!"

Xornoth started pulling Scott further from Rivendell and towards a hidden cave that was a bit ways away from the cave that Scott found the other day with the book.

Xornoth stopped and stared at a cave, "Here it is!"

"How did you find it?" Scott asked.

"I don't know. Something was just...calling me here."

That sounds like Conall. Scott thought.

"Come on, help me search for the source of the voice." Xornoth took off running into the cave.

"Wait! I don't think it's safe!"

Scott was about to run after Xornoth when...

Scott was thrown into a different world. There was a flower forest, a pond with steppingstones, and two hobbit homes, facing opposite of each other.

"Where am I know?" Scott asked himself.

He looked in the pond. He had his cyan hair, but there was now a poppy in his hair. He was wearing a casual blue jacket with a white shirt that had a pride flag on it. He wore shorts and red tennis shoes. There was also a gold ring on his finger that said flower husbands. Scott was going to get a closer look at the ring when suddenly,

"Scott! I was wondering when you'd get back. Find anything interesting?"

Scott turned around to see a man running towards him. The man also had a poppy in his hair and a silver ring to match Scott's gold. The man looked like Jimmy, but he was wearing a different outfit.

The man hugged Scott tightly and kissed his forehead, "How was your adventure? Are you tired?"

Scott blushed and didn't say anything.

"Petal? Are you alright?"

"I-I..." Scott couldn't think of what to say, "I don't know who you are, or where I am."

"You're on 3rd life, we've been here since the beginning." The man said.

Scott just stared at him blankly.

"I'm Jimmy, I proposed to you. We're flower husbands. We... we've been through everything together." Jimmy looked like he was about to cry.

Scott took a deep breath, took Jimmy's hand in his own and said, "I'm so, so sorry. But I don't remember anything."

Jimmy started crying, took his hand back and said, "Petal... please... I can't lose you."

Scott started to cry too, he loved Jimmy, but he didn't know what this place was.

Then...

Scott was surrounded by darkness. "What was that?" Scott asked himself. "You." He heard. "That was me?" "Yes." The voice said.

Suddenly Eleanor appeared in front of Scott.

"Scott, these are your memories. Some are from a past life, some are from years ago. You need to remember. It's the only way."

"The only of what? Defeating Xornoth?"

Eleanor shook their head, "It's the only way of-"