The Former Priestess

Chapter 3: Memories

Temmi pulled out a  small statue of the goddess Kilia.  She had hair and a long dress that seemed to flow in the wind, yet remained static.

"Kilia come to show yourself to me

I open myself up to you.

Kilia, I come to speak to you," he said. Temmi could feel the stone vibrating and it felt warm to the touch.

"Do you know where Lilia or Nii is?" he asked the stone.

"She is here in Siliand. She arrived a few moments ago" Kilia's voice appeared in his head. Temmi covered the statue until not a sliver of the black stone remained.

"Where can I find her?" she asked.

"Well, she arrived a few moments ago, so she should be by the front gates," said Kilia.

Temii slammed the sculpture in his bag. He ran in a zig-zag pattern to avoid groups of people. In the distance, he could see a girl with long green hair and green skin. He ran to her, but when he arrived, he saw that her eyes were further apart, her nose was taller, and her lips were thinner. He continued to run until he saw Nii. She tightened her brows together and set her eye's on his face.

"NIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! NIIIIIIIIIIII" he yelled. A few people around him chuckled and stared at the pair. She had a blank look on her face. She knew this boy looked familiar but where did she see him? He did not look like anyone in Niotan. She finally realized that this was the boy that introduced her to his mother but no name came to her head.

"Yes," she said. Her eyes were wide. 

"Do you remember me?" he said. He looked away from her face.

"No! Yes! I saw someone that looked like you in a dream!" she said, stepping backward.

"Well, that's... good," he said in a tone that was so soft Nii had to step closer to hear. His face turned towards her and his eyes were set on the top of her head. Her long hair was unique but he always admired the pink flower that grew on top of Lilia's head. Its delicate folds. Its hue. Its volume. Nii's skin made shivers go up to his spine. It was an ordinary shade of green instead of the soothing shade of pink. Nii turned her face away from him and took a step back. "Where are you going?" he asked.

"Actually, I'm not sure. I just moved here," she said,

"Let me show you to Kilia's temple, It might get your memory working back up again," he said.

" Why are you sure I'm Lilia? I'm not going with you!" Nii said. 

"I-I saw in you in a past life session and y-you saw me in a dream. What are the chances?" he said. His voice got soft. 

"Sure, I'll leave if I feel unsafe," she said. She looked at him again. Is he really the guy that appeared in my visions? she thought. She followed Temii past the floral buildings. Other people turned to look at the pair. Some of them stared at the pair for more than a couple of moments. They stopped until they reached a building that was the same saturated color and had the same light purple figure and long dark hair, and same glowing flowers.

"I've seen this place before!" she said.

" I'm surprised you remember. Did it just come to you?" he said.

"Yes, It came to me in a dream?"

"Wow," he said. For a faint second, he looked excited, then his face relaxed. "How could she remember this place more than me?" he thought.

"Siliand has always felt familiar to me but I've been having a lot of visions of Siliand recently," she said.

"Really? What have they been about?" he said.