The Beast and the Sword Book 3: A Koi's Journey

Page 40: The Road to Healing

(Third Opening: The Ancient Magus Bride S1 OP2-You Performed By May'n)

    It seemed like an eternity... But she felt her body had been heavy again. It seemed as though everytime she opened her eyes, she found herself in a different place altogether. The red she had just gotten used to seeing had faded slowly.

    One moment she found herself outside with a clear view of twilight... The next, she had been in a room as she seemed to have been laying back on what appeared to be water.

    She could almost swear, she could see a strange creature go past her face, before it faded.

    It wasn't long until finally, she could hear them as clear as day.

    "Hey! Hey! I think she's waking up!"

    "Are you sure? She could be dreaming."

    "I'm telling you I'm sure she is!"

    Prism groaned as her vision cleared up. She found herself staring at a ceiling, that she could swear had been made of gold. She could hear the sounds of birds and people chatting outside. It was then she realized she had been laying in a large bed, with pillows bigger then she had ever seen as she turned to the side.

    "What is this..." She thought, "... Am... Am I home...? Or... Is this another one of my dreams...?"

    Aoife, Alys, Seimon, Gieon, Kim and Chance, even Seren had been sitting just at the foot of her bed. Asta, Feodora, Yuno, Karasu, Avalon, along with Theodore and Alistar had been at her bedside.

    "Prism!" Asta exclaimed with relief before he hugged her.

    "... Asta..." Prism thought as she did her best to hug back, "... His hug, this embrace, it feels so warm... Thank goodness... I'm not dreaming after all."

    "See?!" Alys said, "I told you!"

    "Yeah, yeah, don't go rubbing it in." Gieon said.

    "But I was right! Right Seren?" Alys asked.

    Seren told her as she shook her head, "Yes--for the 10th time."

    Alys kissed her cheek as she blushed.

    "Good Lord Prism---" Feodora said, "---If you keep doing stuff like this you might give one of us a heart attack."

    "If we had a coin for everytime you pulled something like this we would be rich." Yuno joked.

    "Or make us worry like a certain someone." Karasu said. "I'm surprised he can be up despite those cuts."

    Prism titled her head as she didn;t know who Karasu was talking about.

    "Oh I mean Pluck." Karasu said

    Prism only sighed as she thought "Of course Plu-Plu would do something like that--" she soon smiled as she said "At least he's alive and well.."

    "PRETTY LADY!" Theodore cried as he hugged her, "I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY!"

    Prism couldn't help but smile, as she scratched his ears.

    Alistar soon hugged her too, "... Prism okay now!"

    Prism only nodded as she patted his head; she even allowed his forehead to touch her own. "You really scared us though--" Seimon said, "--You ended up collapsing when things finally calmed down."

    Prism soon did her best to sign, "Brenin, Saorise... Liam, are they okay?"

    "Yeah---" Kim replied, "---They thought it best to wait outside for Yami. Don't know why though since the room is pretty spacious."