The Seven Kings [On Hold]

Nightmares

After falling asleep a while ago, I found myself in my dream world.

I was laying down in a room painted black. I seemed to have a glowing aura around me, like there was a spotlight on me. I scrambled to my feet. I wore the same long white dress that I wore when I met with the glowing orb. The floor beneath my bare feet was as cold as ice.

"Where am I?" I asked out loud as if someone would answer. Quiet whispers rang in my ears. I couldn't tell what they were saying. The sound of a door creaking open spooked me. I pivoted on my left foot and stopped with my right. A door revealing a glowing room stood hinged to the wall. Of course my curious side kicked in and without thinking walked towards it.

As I reach for the light, the door slammed shut engulfing me in darkness. The room began to tear apart. I had no floor to stand on in a matter of seconds. I tried to scream for help, but my voice wouldn't work. As I plummeted threw the air, I looked at all the objects that fell with me. I saw gems and weapons. There were weapons that were familiar to me. I saw Liam's sword followed by Alic's sword and Griffin's axe. There were gems falling beside them. My teams weapons had the biggest gems falling next to them that represented their nations colour and their familiars. Liam's was the shape of a Phoenix, Griffin's was a griffin, and Alic's a bear. There were other weapons that stood out to me. One was a spear fallowed by a staff, double sided spear, and a bow and arrow. They had their gems falling next to them too. Orange, purple, silver, and gold. But something that really stood out to me were theses two katars with a black gem falling with it. Is that Dante's? I've never seen him with this kind of weapon.

'On the day of his awakening,
Powers will be revealed.
Look to the stars, of whom become the sun'.

Those words echoed throughout the hole I was falling in. Being distracted by the things around me, I didn't notice the ground coming closer and closer. I had finally realized it when the bottom was inches from me. Just as I was about to smash into the floor, I felt someone catch me. I didn't realize that I had closed my eyes.

"Are you alright or are you just in my dream?" Asked a calm, soothing voice. My eyes open at the familiar, yet different voice. I look up at the owner of the arms. I front of me was a man about my age with white hair and a gold strip in it. He looked like someone I've seen before. My eyes shot open when I realized who it was.

"You're that little boy I keep seeing at random times!" I yell unintentionally. His golden orb narrowed.

"Are you saying you've seen me before?" He asked. "Because I've never seen you before."

"I'm quite sure I've seen you before, but you were only a little kid when I saw you," I said stepping down from his arms. He wore a loose gold top with baggy gold pants. When he got a closer look at me, something came to him.

"Wait are you that little girl that keeps talking to me like we are siblings?!" He asks running his fingers threw his white/gold hair.

"Um...I don't really know what your talking about. From what I know I don't have a brother," I said. "But to be honest I really don't know anything from my past."

"So it could be possible," He said. He walked closer to me. He placed his hand on top of my head. "You feel really." He was observing me closely. Leaning over to get a closer look me, I noticed that he only shows one of his eyes. I reached out to him. He flinched when my hands touched his cheeks. With my right hand I brushed the hair away from his left eye. His left eye was white like my eyes. A small gasp left my lips.

"We have to be siblings!" I yell. "We have the same white eyes!"

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"I'm positive," I said. Pulling my hands away, I backed up slightly. "Are we sharing the same dream?"

"It's possible," He said. "What's your name?"

"Astaya."

"Eric."

"So what do we do?"

"I don't know."

A bright light shone in front of us as a beautiful lady stepped out from it. She had white hair and wore a long flowing dress like me.

"My children have finally returned to me," she said with tears in her eyes. "The siblings together again, if only the other was here."

"HUH?!" Eric and I yell in sync.

"You two are twins. My children," explained the lady. "Astaya, you already know who I am. My name is Irene." My mouth dropped.

"What?!" I yell.

"Who is she?" Eric asked.

"She's the previous Queen of White. I-I'm her daughter, this century's queen," I said. Eric's mouth dropped.

"But how is this possible? I'm the king of gold and the king before me dies before you, Irene.?How am I your son if you didn't marry the gold king?" Eric asks.

"That is something I'll have to explain later. I don't have much time, I just wanted to see my children," she said. The room around us began to shake. "No they found you!"

"What who found us?!" I ask.

"The colourless kings minions," Irene said. "If they take you in the dream realm then you won't be able to go back unless someone from the other side enters your dream. Go now!"

"How do we do that?!" Eric asks. Before Irene could answer she disappeared in a burst of light. The light filled room began to be consumed by shadows. Monster slowly took up the space in the room. I see familiar black sand monsters along with new ones. There were ones like black water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning. Eric came close to me.

"We have nothing to defend ourselves with," Eric said.

"Then what do we do?" I ask.

"We try and wake up," Eric said. I nod understanding what his plan was. We tried many times over but nothing we did made us get anywhere close to waking up. The creatures were closing in. Eric wrapped his arms around me protectively.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"I just found out I have family. I'm not going to loose you now that I found you." His voice was determined. I lean into the warm embrace.

"Even if we don't get out of this, we'll have each other," I said.

"Yeah."

As we were surrounded, a burst of black magic sent the monsters flying back. Looming over us was a familiar blacked haired friend of mine.

"Garth?!" I yell. I jump from Eric to Garth. He pulls me into a hug as I hug his neck tightly.

"It's nice to see you again Astaya," he said.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"I'm stuck here. Dante used his dark magic to send me into the dream realm," Garth said.

"Can we bring you back?" I ask.

"Not unless you know how to use dark magic," Garth said. "You should get going Astaya. I won't be able to hold them off for long." He leaned down and kissed my forehead. "I'll see you again soon." He charged off into the crowd of monsters and slowly one by one took them out.

"We need to get out of here now Astaya!" Eric yelled. I nod with tears filling up in my eyes. I notice that Eric and I slowly began to disappear.

"What's happening?" I ask.

"The dream realm has realized we don't belong and is sending us back," Eric explained. I look down. I'll be back to save you Garth. I reach out to Eric and held his hand.

"I'll see you soon, brother," I said.

"And I you," Eric said with a sorrowful smile. As we slowly disappear together, I could still feel his hand even after we were completely gone.