A New World

Chapter 9 - The Revelation

After his strange experience at the rally, Hayato decided to head back home and wait for his dad to return from the library. He thought back on his recent dream but the meaning behind the symbolic imagery still eluded him. However, he believed the dragon used at the rally as an emblem related to what he saw in his dream. It was too simple to brush off as mere coincidence. His dad could be the key to getting answers to his questions but unlike last time, would he open up?

On his way home he sent Rouge a quick text regarding his experience. He could already see the reaction she would have. Knowing her, she would've made a commotion that would definitely have gotten the two kicked out.

As soon as he arrived home, he took out his tablet to type out his thoughts concerning the latest revelations from Rouge's vision, his dad's hint about a gap of time, his latest dream, as well as the rally. He paused and stared at the words on the screen unable to glean any ideas from his brainstorming session.

"None of this makes sense!" Hayato said, turning off the tablet in frustration. "Most of my dreams are mostly straight forward...but this is the first one like this, it's loaded with symbolism." He laid in bed and stared at the ceiling as he ran through possible explanations in his head. "How does this all fit together? What am I missing?"

Letting out a deep breath, he calmed his nerves and approached his questions from a different angle. Instead of trying to figure out how they all related together, he determined it would be best to momentarily forget about what he had no extra information on, this being Rouge's vision and what Blake said at the Rally.

"I know the dragon in my dream and the dragon used at the rally are related somehow," Hayato said. "I don't have a clue about the woman, child, or lion so I'll skip those for now." He got up from his bed and re-examined his dad's timeline. In his dream, the dragon had a position of authority over the earth for a certain amount of time. From what he could recall, it was a week.

This was the only clue he had to figure out what the gap in time was. "At the end of the week the dragon was chained in an abyss and after that..." He paused recollecting the events in his dream.

"...an age of peace and prosperity! That has to be a reference to this time period, the golden age of humanity!" This was the link he needed. As he stumbled on this discovery he speedily typed everything in his tablet, ensuring he wouldn't miss a single detail. But one fact still puzzled him; there was no way the gap of time relating to the dragon's reign over the earth could be one literal week, he thought. This just created a new set of questions for him. If this week was symbolic how much time did it really represent? Five months? Twenty years? One Hundred days?

As he continued brainstorming, he heard the front door swing open and a backpack drop to the ground - it was his dad. Hayato raced out of his room to meet his dad in the living room.

"Hey son. You were home all day? Taking it easy today uh?" Juno said, bending over to untie his shoes.

"No, I actually ended up tagging along with mom to a rally but left early. I have something I've been meaning to talk to you about."

"Go on."

Hayato recounted the past year of dreams he's had to his dad as well as Rouge's recent visions that led the two on their journey for truth. Juno listened attentively as if taking notes in his head. Hayato also detailed his experience at the rally and Blake's thoughts concerning the radiant beings.

"That's about it. At first I didn't think too much of the dreams, but after further investigation with Rouge and what happened at the rally today, I'm starting to think there's more to this than I originally thought. I wanted to let you know to see if you could interpret some of this stuff."