Shipwrecked

Chapter Ten

Pounding Drums

Back on the ship, I was greeted by noisy and painful cheers. As I was led to the captain's quarters I kept hearing James' worried squabbling. As I entered the quarters I didn't pay any mind to anything but my pounding head and absolute exhaustion.

In fact, I paid no mind to the fact I was being carried in the captain's muscular arms. I could faintly hear his worried voice but it was drowned out by my pain and strong desire to sleep. Being set onto the captain's bed, I automatically fell in defeat to the world of unconsciousness...

I was at my mind's mercy.

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When I awoke I wasn't on the ship, I was in a meadow, lying beneath a weeping willow tree. It was a moonless night in the meadow, but I saw everything clearly as if it were lit by a full moon's spotlight. Slowly, I stood up. My pain and exhaustion were gone and it was replaced by that pleasant chill of spring after a long and dreadful winter.

Stepping away from the willow, I heard the voice of a woman singing. Oddly enough, the voice sounded so familiar, as if I should know it. Hesitating, I began to follow the mysterious voice.

As I got closer and closer, the voice began to grow more and more familiar until I saw a woman sitting the grass, moonflowers all around her. "And in the moonlight, you shall see that my love is as beautiful as the night..." I heard the woman sing. Why was this all so familiar? Why did the meadow, that woman, and the woman's voice sound all so familiar?

"Oh, Luna. I'm so glad you're here," the woman said, now standing and looking at me. She had long silver-blue hair with a crescent moon crown and a dress that matched my hair colors. "How do you know my name," I demanded although I was shaking from my thoughts.

"I shouldn't be surprised that you have your father's stubbornness," the woman said, smiling at me. "What are you talking about, my dad is not stubborn," I said, thinking of Aquafina. "Oh no my dear Luna, I am not talking about that dragon... I am talking about your biological father, Tsukuyomi, my husband," she said softly and I began to tremble.

Tears in my eyes, I spoke in a wavering voice, "How are you here now? Why? Why did you abandon me? How could you...? We would've been happy, why didn't you get rid of those who hunted me?" I asked, fighting back the sobs soon to emit. "My dear Luna, I'm so sorry... But your father and I can only appear on new moons, unlike you. We couldn't leave you alone so we gave you to a loving family of bakers, they would bake the sweetest of things for you... But one day they decided to board a ship and they met the same fate the Titanic did," she said, tears in her own eyes.

"Then how did I survive?! Why did I?! Why didn't you save them?!" I cried, my voice cracking like ice. I began to hear my own heart beat like war drums. "It was a full moon that night, all we could do is watch and hope for your safety. The bakers did not survive, they were the only humans who knew of your misfortune, so they decided it would be best for them to be forgotten," my so-called mother spoke.

"Who- what... Why...." I spluttered out, slowly falling to my now weak knees. "I am Selene... Your mother. This is just a dream, but this information and this place are true. Your plans for meeting the Suns is very risky but very noble. For eons the night and day have been at war," Selene spoke, now at my side, comforting me.

"I'm sorry that this had to happen to you, my daughter. But times must change... You are the only one who can fix these terrible events," my mother's voice said, beginning to fade along with the rest of the meadow. "Mumma, don't leave me!" I cried, tears falling down my face.

"We're always with you..."

Author's Note:

Hello everyone and I hope you all have enjoyed this chapter. Yes, I have had to do some research for this chapter and this was the end result. Tsukuyomi is the Japanese lunar god while Selene is the Greek lunar goddess. I know it isn't right in some ways to put two different gods in one book, but that's how my books will work. Now I can't find exact pictures of them, but you can sure look them up!