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I had fallen asleep, I knew that much. Lucid dreaming wasn't anything new to me but something about this felt different. I slowly opened my eyes and realized my body was numb. I tried moving but decided I might as well stay in this state. It was just a mild comatose, I was still awake.

I closed my eyes trying to will myself back to sleep. I sighed , trying to get comfortable is definetly easier when ypu have control over your body. The floor by my window creaked and my eyes shot open; someone was in my room. My breath hitched in my throat, maybe it was just my grandmother coming to check up on me. Even as the thought came to mind I didn't believe it, I barely had time to panic before I saw the haze. It isn't anything dramatic but the room became brighter, a grey luminescence fell over my eyes and my vision clouded over.

In an instant it was gone and I was left to wonder, what just happened? I was dreaming. That had to be it, there's no possible explication for- I practically jumped out of my skin hearing a loud crash. I bolted upright, wait, how can I move right now? I looked around, my eyes finally adjusting to the darkness. There in my room was a dark figure, far too tall to be my grandmother. I went to scream but the stranger had different ideas. They quickly waved their hand out in front of me.

"Sssh." They said and my throat immediately clogged up. My eyes widened, I couldn't speak. It was as if my whole throat was closed up.

"Sorry Darling, I can't have you waking the whole neighborhood now can I?" They said, their voice was as smooth as velvet; the sound sending shivers down my spine. I could clearly tell this was a man. I still couldn't see much but I knew he'd taken a few steps closer, he smelt like cherries and vanilla. It was oddly... comforting. His outstretched hand was now a few inches from my face, he slowly lowered it and I immediately went into a coughing fit.

I was frozen, a million questions raced through my mind at once but I couldn't think. I couldn't do anything! I paused as he spoke "Are you alright?" He asked.

"Am I alright?" I seethed. Glaring up at him, I knew better than to raise my voice but I was seriously confused. I had to be dreaming, but you can't dream up new faces. Even in the dim moonlight I knew I'd never met this person before, any version of him.

"I suppose your confusion is rational but please, don't bother trying to place a name with a face." He said before holding his hand out "I'm Caspian." I looked down at his hand and he looked at me expectantly. I slowly placed my hand into his grip.

As soon as our hands interlocked a wave of images played out in front of me. It was all the moments that I was emotionally spent. The same time I felt that strange warmth envelope me. The pictures started with my mother's departure and ended with my father's death. Even the other stages, when I was bullied, the time I was stuck in an abandoned building by myself. Everything was there.

I pulled my hand back. "What the hell was that." I said, I hadn't realized I was trembling until Caspian put his hand on my arm. I quickly jerked away thinking that I'd get another flash but nothing came. I shook my head wrapping my arms around my torso. He looked at me with sad eyes.

"You've been disconnected for so long." He said shaking his head. I furrowed my eyebrows. 

"Disconnected?" I asked but he wasn't paying attention to me anymore. He moved by me so quickly I barely noticed that he had my locket in his hand when he was standing in front of me again. 

"This was your mother's." He said, not a question just stating the obvious, I nodded. He held it up to the window making the red gem gleam in the moonlight. With the light shining down on it you could clearly see the line of blood from when I cut my thumb earlier, he looked at the streak with a sudden excitement. He whispered something while staring at the gem causing a soft glow to emit from it. I blinked rapidly as he slowly got louder, the odd sounding words coming together like a beautiful melody. It was strange, the words sounded so dark but felt so beautiful.

"What are you doing?" I asked before biting back as scream, the gem erupted into a brilliant light causing a terrible migraine to take over my head. I fell backwards holding my knees to my chest and shutting my eyes. It felt like my brain was on fire, I couldn't think, I couldn't breathe. Images flashed in the darkness but I registered nothing.

And then it was over, the whirlwind of images stopped and for a few seconds I was greeted with a dead silence. "What the hell was that?" I seethed as he handed the locket over to me, crouching down to my level.

"You'd think I'm crazy if I tried to explain it to you." He told me.

"I already know you're insane so why not you start talking." I shot back, he chuckled as if this whole thing was amusing.

"Say as you wish but you aren't ready to learn about us, about where you come from." He said softly, as if he were explaining it to a child.

"And what am I supposed to do then? Just let you leave? Convince myself this is all some stupid dream? I don't even have solid proof you know what you claim to." I'm pretty sure I'm crying at this point but he's so... aggravating. No, I need sleep. I'll be able to fully understand all of this when I sleep.

"Trust me on this one darling, I know far more than meets the eye, we share a deep connection that many people don't have." He says looking over at the broken remnants of my jewelry box.

"Then give me something, anything.  I just need to know that this- you are who you say you are." I said softly, he closed his eyes in deep thought before looking over at me. His light grey eyes seemed to change to a dark blue as he spoke to me.

"The first time you ever felt helpless, do you remember?" He asked but didn't wait for my response. "You were four years old, your mother was leaving you, your father-" He gently placed a comforting hand on my knee "He was torn apart, trying to be strong for you. But you could see the fear in his eyes, the despair, you felt all of it didn't you? Anger, loss, abandonment, emotions far too strong for such a little girl." I felt myself tear up all over again as I tried so hard not to let myself cry, it was years ago I refused to dwell on the past. Sympathy clouded his gaze as he looked over at me, lightly wiping the lone tear that streaked my face.

"There was nothing I could've done." I said, I was surprised at how steady my voice sounded even though I felt nothing but a hurricane of emotions.

"But you looked, you searched for years in hope that she just might be watching over you. That if you did enough digging she'd show up. But she never did." He says with a sad smile "And today, you hoped she'd care enough to reach out. Certainly she still cared for your father enough to know he's no longer in this world." I couldn't take it anymore, I bit down on my lip quietly sobbing as he pulled me into an embrace. The heat coming off of him seemed to warm me to the core, yet his hug was so... human.

"Fine, you've proven yourself." I whispered shutting my eyes, his hand come up to stroke my hair.

"Soon enough you'll understand the lengths she'd gone to protect you. Not to expose you to this world, your home." I felt myself begin to doze off, the fluidity of his words seemed to blend together in a silent lullaby.

"You... knew... my mother." I couldn't hear my words as they came out of my mouth, my entire mind was hazy.

"She's extremely proud of you and hopes that one day she'll be able to see the woman you've become." He said and my eyes fluttered closed, he tenderly put a hand on the side of my face "Now rest, there's far more in store for you."

I couldn't keep alert anymore, my body felt like jelly and my mind was completely loopy. I wanted to ask more, how my mother was, how he knew her but I just couldn't process anything. I heard him begin to hum a soft melody and it was the last sound I heard before almost instantly falling asleep.

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Author's Note

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 100 READS!!! I'm very excited about that and I know this update is wayyy overdue but hey it's here right?

Please comment your opinions I'll take any feedback!! Thanks for reading. -Meag