The days passed, blending together in a haze of sleepless nights and restless days. The nightmares came relentlessly, each one a brutal reminder of the night she had lost control. I would wake up in the early hours, drenched in sweat, her heart pounding in my chest as the echoes of the flames still flickered in my mind. But each time, I remained silent. I didn't want to burden Silva, Sky, or even Riven, who had grown closer to me since their impromptu sparring match. I couldn't bring myself to admit how deeply the dreams were affecting me. So, I buried it all, focusing on training, schoolwork, and anything else that would keep my mind occupied.
But the fear never really left. It lingered beneath the surface, a constant whisper in the back of my mind.
Musa, Terra, Stella, Aisha and Bloom went to get Stella's ring back today, Bloom had lost it a couple days before. I didn't go with them, it wasn't my problem and I needed to start focusing on my own problems.
There was also something with Silva and the Solarien guards today, they were moving the burned one that had attacked Bloom in the first world. Today wasn't the day to go do stupid shit, today I needed to believe everything would be fine. But there is this pit in my stomach, something was wrong.
"Elle, you still here?" I heard Riven say, and just then I remembered I was sparring with him. My thoughts had been all over the place with the nightmares, and I zoned out a lot.
My head nodded slowly and I was ready for him, but just as he lunged at me, everything stopped. Time stood still, everything was frozen. A vision.
Silva.
Hurt.
Burned one.
Woods.
When I came back in reality, Riven was staring at me, concern all over his face. My thoughts immediately went to Silva, he was hurt.
My sword hit the floor as I sprinted to the woods, Silva had showed me the route they took so I knew where he was.
"Elle! What the fuck are you doing?" Riven asked as he sprinted behind me. He was out of breath and couldn't keep up with me. For a split second I stopped and turned around, but what was I going to tell him?
"Riven get Mrs. Dowling!" I said as I turned around and began sprinting to where I thought Silva was on the route. Even with Solarien soldiers, they didn't stand a chance without a fairy.
"I sent you my location!" I shouted at him, hoping he would get it was urgent. As I got to the woods, the barrier was right in front of me, Silva had always told me never to cross, but his life was on the line. My feet went outside the border and I felt the protective magic go away.
The world felt wrong, dangerous, broken. There were things I knew, that I wasn't supposed to know, and it scared the life out of me. But I couldn't stop running, Silva was hanging on for dear life and I needed to help him.
"Please Riv, do what I asked." I mumbled to myself with the last of my breath. My legs were about to give in as I have been running for the past 10 minutes, but I knew I was almost there. All of a sudden it hit me, a stabbing pain in my head, something I have never felt before.
My headphones were still at the specialist field, and there was something that caused so much pain. I forced myself to keep walking, Silva was in danger, my headaches could wait 30 minutes. As I walked further the stabbing pain got worse, and when I looked in front of me. The Solarien soldiers, all slaughtered.
A scream escaped my mouth as the pain got worse and worse, there was no other choice, I forced myself through it.
As I stumbled into the clearing, the scene before me was a nightmare. The ground was torn apart, trees splintered and burning. Terra and Musa were hunched over Silva's body, their faces etched with desperation. Terra's hands glowed faintly as she tried to heal him, while Musa stood guard, her power barely holding the chaos at bay.
