The Travelers Wish (The Wattys 2016)

Chapter 52

I appeared in the solid white hallway in the space between dimensions.

The goddess in front of me smiled.

Her smile was filled with warmth, just looking at that beautiful expression made the whole room feel as it were bright with color.

"You did well my Traveler, you have pleased your patriarch."

She beamed down at me proudly.

Those words filled my entire being with a sense of happiness and accomplishment like I'd never felt before.

I felt a warmth radiate from my right hand.

I looked down at my ring and it was glowing.

It was happy.

My ring was happy!

"Thank you your Majesty, you honor me with your praise."

I curtsied, grabbing the sides of my plush white room.

"With that being said you know you must be going soon."

She reminded kindly, taking into consideration how attached I had grown to this one particular world.

I sighed.

I didn't want to leave my friends, my brother Or Rapheal...

But I already knew what I had to do.

"I know, I feel the universe pulling me away...

Iv sensed it the moment i solved problems I wanted to fix here.

I feel it calling to me, the strongest urge to go out among the universe."

She smiled at me like she had some sort of inside joke.

"Your a Traveler, it's in your blood."

My chest began to ache with sadness at the thought of leaving them.

"I don't want to leave, I'm finally happy, but it's so hard to fight, like a hunger..."

She placed her hand gently on my shoulder as she spoke, the bells on her bracelet jingling like a sweet sad song.

"I understand child, I'm the goddess of travel, if there's one thing I do understand, it's the pain of leaving loved ones behind."

I was almost in tears, but I contained myself out of respect for her.

So I swallowed them down.

"I'm gonna miss them so much."

I squeezed my eyes shut, trying not to cry.

She started laughing, her laughter grew louder and louder till the whole white dimension seemed to be bubbling with it.

"You a circus girl, a true nomad, should know this better then anyone my dear, just because you leave doesn't mean you can never come back."

Her laughter echoed as the white space faded to grey then to solid black.

Only one thought was happily repeating itself in my mind as I drifted away.

I can come back.

I CAN COME BACK!!!

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The scent of something delicious woke me.

Half awake, I tried to sit up and stretch, but found that I couldn't.

Opening my eyes I saw that Raphael's very heavy muscular green arm was pinning me down.

He must have rolled over onto me during the night, because he's probably not used to sharing a bed with another person.