A Leap of Faith (Part 2)

Chapter 317 - Nia Holding Reign

As Nia stands there, looking at her dead mom, seemingly in a place that resembles some images of the afterlife which Nia has seen before, with it kind of looking a bit like the whitey misty place Harry Potter saw Dumbledore in the final Harry Potter film. Although, it doesn't look like Nia is in a train station right now, just white emptiness with white mist around her. Nia can't help but get the thought that maybe she is dead though, and Reign did kill her, and that is how she arrived here.

"Am..... am I dead?" Nia asks her mom, with a worried look on her face.

Isabel simply grows a small smile on her face at Nia asking her this.

"No, my daughter. You are not." Isabel replies.

"Then..... where...... where am I?" Nia asks, "Where are we?"

"This is the realm of Dreamers. This is what I told you about." Isabel explains.

"I.... I don't understand..... I read..... Maeve has been training me..... and she made me study about this..... but...... it wasn't described like this being so...... empty........" Nia says, as she looks around.

"That is because the way the dreamer realm is perceived by a dreamer, is based on that dreamer's own experiences, and things that they may be comforted by." Isabel explains.

"Are you saying..... that...... because I'm a fan of Harry Potter..... to me..... I have made my perception of the dreamer realm to look like something from Harry Potter?" Nia asks.

"Yes, something like that." Isabel smiles.

"What..... what does this realm look like to you then?" Nia asks.

"It looks exactly like you have described it to be. I am not in control of my perception of this realm." Isabel explains.

"I don't understand." Nia replies, "You said that each dreamer perceives the dreamer realm through their own experiences. Why doesn't yours look different?"

"Nia..... that is because I am..... not a dreamer..... I am not really your mom...... I am an echo.... or imprint of everything she was........ I am just here to guide you through this journey, and help you gain control of your powers." Isabel explains.

"Oh...." Nia says, "But.... if you are an imprint of everything she was..... doesn't that still make you my mom?"

"In a way, perhaps." Isabel replies, after a moments silence.

Nia now responds by taking Isabel in for a hug. After a few moments, Isabel begins to hug Nia back.

"It's okay, my daughter. I am here to help you." Isabel says.

"I miss you..... so much...." Nia says, with tears running down her face, as she parts from the hug, and looks her mom in the eyes.

"I know you do, Nia, and we can talk more about everything you want to, in the future, right now, we don't have long. We need to save you." Isabel says.

"You mean..... save me from Reign?" Nia asks.

"Yes." Isabel nods, "While you are here, time passes much faster here, meaning that a second out there, in the real world, could be 10 minutes in here. But you cannot remain in here forever. You need to stay grounded in reality, and what is real. You cannot allow your body to be destroyed by Reign."

"I..... I understand...." Nia nods, "And Maeve..... she said..... she said I could use my powers to kind of..... put them all over Reign..... and hold her in place..... a bit like a stasis field.... I guess. But..... I don't know how to do that."

"You just need to focus Nia. Let go of the panic, and all the other emotions running through your head, embrace your powers." Isabel says, "I believe in you."