The Adventures Of John B : The Sacred Stone

Part 14 - Wild Dreams

SIDENOTE: This music might not match the chapter, it's just there to show where I got the chapter name from.

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i had a dream.

it was full of smiles and laughter.

eddie was happy.  celeste was dancing.  john was grinning like an idiot- a real, big grin.  vivian was swaying as if the current of the music was rolling over her like a wave.  jolene was stuffing her face in with food as she stood next to eddie, pulling at his sleeves. 

and i was in the corner.

alone.

tears streaming down my face, and mind troubled.

and suddenly, the room went pitch black.

light shot across the room, singling out my brother.

his face convulsed as he winced, tumbling to the ground.  jolene ran in like a madman, kneeling as she frantically tried to wake him up.

and then she was lifted off the ground, fear consuming the worry.  in a flash, she lay on the floor, unmoving.

the violent, dangerous light began to spread, expanding to shelter john.

he looked at me, his eyes stoic.  and then he fell back, moved by an invisible force, treading the route to his death.

the radiance got bigger and bigger, finding its way to celeste and vivian.

vivian took my sister in her arms, desperately trying to whisk her away before it was too late.  she glanced back to the body of john, tearing leaping off of her face onto the ground.

she was pulled back by her hair, flinging celeste forward as she jumped.

and vivian was on the floor, her body toppling over john's.

my sister ran, her arms swishing through the air as her legs moved back and forth.

she kept running and running.  and eventually, i couldn't see her anymore.

and then, i saw me.

crouching there, eyes closed.

as if i had already seen what was to come.  and i couldn't stop it.

i jolted up, awakening from my deep sleep.  my sister's fragile head rested on my lap, golden strands covering every inch.  And on top of that, a small turtle, resting as he nestled deeper into the thick web of hair.

light streamed in, emphasizing the bold figure of john, who was leaning away from a smaller individual as he slept.

the person beside him sat upright, mumbling a string of incoherent words in her slumber.

snickers emerged from the incredibly tall trees that lay ahead of the group.

i turned to the source of the playful noises.

a red - haired beauty and a tall man stood there, sopping wet as they dripped water, but still tittering, even as they shivered.  jolene's face lit up, shining brightly as she hit eddie, who was doubling over from hysteria.

"what's going on.." i heard vivian call out as she slowly opened her eyes, awakened by the loud laughing.

john lurched up in reaction to her voice, thoroughly surveying his surroundings.