Crossover

Chapter 14 Waking Up in Another World

Chapter 14

Waking Up in Another World

    “Edmund,” Aria breathed, her eyes still closed as she felt his lips gently press against hers.

      Suddenly memory of their night together flowed through her mind like a steady river. Aria’s eyes gradually fluttered open only to see that the person hovering over her was not Edmund.

    “Derek!” Aria quickly sat up, her heart pounding heavily. “What are you doing here? Where’s Edmund?” She paused, taking a moment to look around her new surroundings. “Where am I?”

    Derek took a couple steps back, holding his hands up. “It’s alright, Aria. I can explain…”

    Aria didn’t give him a chance to go on. “What is going on here? Is this your idea of a joke?”

    “No, of course not!” Derek looked at her in disbelief as he almost chuckled. “You think I would actually go this far for a joke?”

    “I would not put it past you,” Aria muttered, as she looked around the room draped with light golden curtains with a shimmering candlestick chandelier hanging from the ceiling. “This does not even seem real. I must be dreaming… Yeah, that’s it. This is just a dream.”

    Even as those words escaped her lips Aria felt pretty wide-awake at this moment. She concentrated her thoughts on her very last memory before she somehow fell asleep. Edmund was showing her the birthday present he planned on giving to her at his house. Aria took another moment to re-examine the room. It appeared fancy similar to the style of Edmund’s house. She supposed she could be in one of his guestrooms. That still did not explain Derek’s current presence.   

    Aria decided not to worry about Derek now, but rather go find her boyfriend. She stood up and began to move towards the door.

    “Where are you going?” Derek demanded.

    “I am going to look for Edmund!” Aria snapped. “I am suppose to be on a date with him, not alone in a bedroom with you!”

    Derek ignored her attitude and quickly dashed over to Aria grabbing her arm. “Wait, you can’t go out there!”

    “Why not?” Aria demanded, yanking her arm back.

    “Because…uh, because there’s a dragon outside,” Derek replied weakly.

    Aria just stared at him in disbelief unsure of whether to get even more fumed up or laugh. If this was some sort of practical joke, Derek had definitely gone too far.

    Derek pointed to the window. “If you don’t believe me then just look outside and see for yourself.”

    Aria rolled her eyes but pulled the curtains anyway to find that Derek was indeed telling the truth. There sat the dragon, almost as tall as the building itself with its metallic scales shimmering in the sunlight. Aria stood paralyzed, her eyes widening in consternation as her lungs began to pump more heavily.

    “This can’t be happening.” Aria felt similar dizziness to her last moment with Edmund and the spinning wheel.

    “Don’t worry, Aria. It is going to be okay,” Derek consoled in a forceful tone and went on to explain, “You see, this is kind of like a fairy tale world and you are Sleeping Beauty and according to your neighbor, I’m the one who is suppose to save you.” He looked into her befuddled eyes and shrugged. “Well, so far, she was right since you woke up right when I kissed you.”

      “Sleeping Beauty?” Aria repeated in a daze as she put her hand on the wall for support.

      He nodded. “Yeah, that’s you, and…”