30 prompts - Arcana Oc

"You were gone..."

Cana squeezed her eyes with a grunt. Where was she? She could feel silky grass under her palms and feet, wasn't she at the Lazareth just moments ago? If she was out she'd better hurry, she had to go and tell Mélusine she was fine, poor girl was probably terrified because she had disappeared so suddenly a few days ago! Opening up her eyes, above her was a radiant blue sky, only bothered by a few dim passing clouds, that looked nothing like the sky of Vesuvia she was used to.
      She sat up and looked around. At her left were mountains with snowy tops, at her right a forest was starting; in front of her, in the far distance, she could see the lively glimmers of a sea or a lake. Between all three was the field she stood in, and it seemed endless, as if she could walk all she wanted, she could never reach neither the mountains nor the sea. A warm wind was lightly blowing, graciously bending the grass along its way; a few birds crossed the sky. This place was... so peaceful, and familiar, but she had never seen this before, had she? Maybe in dreams? Oh, maybe she was dreaming right now? That would explain the weird topography of the land surrounding her.

    "Gazing upon the scenery? We haven't been here in a while, I get it."

         The young woman blenched and immediately got on her feet, turning around to face whoever had just talked. The voice was surreal, not human at all, it was like a faint echo was following. When she set her eyes on whatever had talked, they opened wide. She had no idea what this creature was, she had never seen such a thing, it clearly wasn't an arcana since only the major could talk, and she knew them all; and she had never encountered real life creatures such as this.
      It was human shaped, but its skin was of a pale yellow, so were its eyes, the only discernable feature on what she guessed was its face; they were like two pieces of smooth topaz that had been glued from the inside, like a mask. It wore warm grey clothes, a top with short sleeves that stopped just under his chest, letting its belly viewable; like a human it had a bellybutton. It had pants, but it was sitting cross legged and a piece of yellow cloth was hanging from his waist and hiding the end of its legs. It had a weird sort of hat that engulfed the top of its head, a lot like what Valdemart themselves usually had on. Pieces of golden jewelry added a finishing touch, a collar, two wristlets, and golden beads on its head and waist. The creature was playing with golden strings, braiding them or separating them without any clear patterns. Cana couldn't help but be ill at ease by the web-like patterns on its skin, they seemed to be glowing...
                The creature eyed her up and down, and to her horror the eye twisted, getting slightly curved. It seemed amused. Its hands never stopped moving against the strings even as it talked.

                "You don't remember me do you? Well, no matter, it's been a while... My name is Déluge, don't worry we're good friends, I won't hurt you."

                "Where are we? Why am I here? And...what are you..."

                "Aah, questions, so many questions. Justified, the lot of them, but you always ask so many, and always the same at that... if you could remember my answers even if just when you come here, that would be great... But anyway."

    They vaguely gestured around them

                "This is Eden, your birth land, that is where Mother created you, me, as well as a bunch of other people and creatures even weirder then me. Trust me if you think I'm something wait until you see Glouton." They let out a laugh. "Real funny buddy, but oh God is he atrocious... Why are you here, hm...? That is something we don't really know, sometimes when you sleep you're able to come here, not physically at least. It's probably because of how tightly you all are connected to this place. You're a pretty new one so I guess you still have a lot of bonds left here. As to what I am..."

        They stopped and looked right at her, their eyes were so dull she couldn't tell where they were looking exactly, but she felt as if they pierced her. They seemed...pained.

                "Ah I see; you don't believe anything I'm saying are you? I guess it's normal if you don't remember what you were...what you are. If it's like any other time, you won't remember this anyway, so I'm not going to explain it all, you'll remember by yourself eventually."

      The sky suddenly turned dark, everything gone. But just as fast, the light came back, in the form of stars and two enormous moons. Looking around she could see the lights of flames in the far off distance. People were living there.

                "Night time comes around pretty unexpectedly, as usual. Everything here is responding to the whims of Mother. I guess this is goodbye, for a long while this time."

                Déluge stood up and walked toward her, gently caressing her hair with smiling eyes. They were taller than she was. They put their forehead against hers.

                "It's going to be tough, you're going to regret everything. And I won't be there to help you in the beginning. But I know you'll find me sooner or later, and when that happens, we'll set off to a happy ending with everyone you love. Just hang in there okay?"

                As they took a step back, Cana felt like everything around her was turning to dust

                "Wait! How do I find you?!"

      Her feet suddenly fell through the grass, and everything was turning in a deep shade of black. She couldn't feel anything, every ounce of peace she felt while there had gone in an instant, only replaced by a cold void and fear. Their voice ringed in her ears

                "I don't know; you'll have to find that out as well."

                And then she fell and fell and fell...

     She woke up on a beach, the sound of waves gently crashing on the sandy floor was soothing; wait a second, what were "waves"? And she was so cold, she hugged herself but nothing stopped her shivering. She heard screams from far away, during the time it took her to raise her head and look in that direction, the person who had screamed was already next to her, kneeling in the damp sand. She could only see white hair as whoever that was hugged her tightly; her shivers eased a bit, this person felt warm. They uttered something, a sound she recognized, but didn't exactly understood.

                "You were gone."