Crossover II Evalius

Chapter 1 Back To a Normal Life

Chapter 1

Back To a Normal Life

    Aria lay on her bed, staring up at the ceiling for what seemed like hours. Seeing a crack of sunlight peering throw her window blinds, she could tell it was now morning. Soon her mother would be in to awaken her.

    Sure enough, moments later, Aria heard a light tapping.

    “Aria?” Elizabeth called softly.

    “I’m awake,” Aria answered solemnly.

    Elizabeth opened the door and walked in, switching on the bedroom lights.

    With a sigh she asked her daughter, “So how long do you think you slept this time?”

    “Oh, I don’t know,” Aria, answered still gazing up at the ceiling. “Maybe three hours.”

    Ever since she was kidnapped and taken to the tower to await true love’s kiss, Aria had trouble sleeping. Waking up in a dragon-guarded tower in another world seemed to make her afraid to fall into a deep sleep. Who knows where she might find herself next. Aria missed the days where she could easily sleep for twelve hours straight without even having to get up and use the restroom. Now, she was lucky if she got two to three hours or even fell asleep at all.

    “Did you try out your new sleep mask?” asked Elizabeth.

    “Yeah, it must have fallen off in the middle of the night.”

      Aria rummaged threw her messed up covers until she found the mask under her pillow. The light pink sleep mask contained the words, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in fine cursive. Aria smiled as she held it. Derek seemed to think it would make a cute gift. Aria couldn’t help but wonder what kind of store he was shopping in to find something like this in the first place. She didn’t ask.

      “You know, Aria,” Elizabeth spoke to her daughter with concern. “We may need to consider taking you to the doctor so he can prescribe you something to help you sleep. You can’t keep functioning on only a couple hours of sleep each night. It’s not good for you.”

      “You think taking me to the doctor is a good idea, Mom?” Aria sat up in bed to look at her mother. “Don’t you think they might notice something different about me?”

      Elizabeth smiled. “You’re still a human being, sweetie. You just happened to be born in a different dimension, that’s all.” She paused to think for a moment. “Unless, maybe it would be better if you got something to help you sleep from Galatia. They might have a potion or something that would be more effective than anything here.”

      “Yeah, maybe.” Aria replied without much interest as she got out of bed and went over to the closet to pick out something to wear.

      “Its something you can ask Adora when she picks you up after school.”

      Aria paused for a moment, feeling her heart pound harder. “Wait, is today Friday?”

      “Yes, Aria.” Elizabeth looked even more concerned. “You know you go to Galatia every other weekend and you didn’t go last weekend so…”

      Aria sighed. “It’s not that, it’s just… I have a history test today.”

      “Oh. Well, I’m sure you will be okay. Did you study at all?”

      Aria shook her head morbidly. “I completely forgot about it.” She then looked at her mother with pleading eyes. “Could I stay home today?”