meet me on the other side
The boy had become officially homeless. It was depressing, to be without his sister and his family. Returning to Ebony may be an option...but would Raisa really be there? Would the spirit of his real mother, Elsa, be there waiting with open arms? Maybe his brothers...? Abaven was also an option. But after everything has happened...loosing his pack...he didn't feel like becoming part of a family again. He'd rather be alone, oblivious to the deaths of his loved ones. He'd been through to much of that grief. Although...the girl he met the other day was an exception. Did she even mention her name? Ixionn rolled over and pressed his paws up against the ceiling of his den, tail tapping against the stone walls. Hmm...if she did, he forgot it.
He considered that girl a friend, even though he didn't even know her name. She was troubled and stubborn, kind of like a pup, but he knew that wasn't the real her. Something was going on, and he'd try to get it out of her. It'd make her feel better. Although, if it was something like family or relationship problems...it wasn't any of his business. It was only necessary to share it with him if it was something like...loosing a friend or loved one. He's lost a lot of loved ones! Three of his mothers, two of his fathers. His brothers are far away from him, and he doesn't know where his sister is! Hah, his whole family is initially gone!
He wasn't any counselor, but if she needed someone to talk to, he'd be there for her. The masked boy smiled weakly and rolled back over onto his stomach, sprawling his legs out beside him and resting his head back. He curled his tail in over his back legs and buried his nose into his chest, resting his eyes and breathing softly. Sleep would be nice...especially now, after all this stress. Ixionn shifted a bit, but before he knew it, he was drifting away. But he wasn't dreaming. No, he was...awake? Standing in a misty field, with a few trees littering here and there. But he couldn't see very well.
Was this really a dream? It felt so...real. He couldn't even feel the grass brushing against his legs! "Hello?" The boy called out, his voice echoing into the air. It was a bit louder than he had intended. His jaws snapped shut and he pushed through the tall grass, orange eyes wide with awe. 'Where am I?' He thought calmly. What was going on? Was he just dreaming a very realistic dream? Or was this Somnium...?
"Speech"
'thoughts'
The girl had made her own den, held away from the rest. Of course she knew that the woman that took her or the pack would want to keep a close eye on her. She knew better than to run off now... with an injured leg and still stumbling over her own feet trying to get used to her blind eye. She was always exhausted when it was time for her to sleep. She could go a few days with out sleeping because of... the dreams. They were nightmares every time. She had grown accustomed to them, but she still hated them. She wasn't a little pup that cowered at her own shadow. Quickly after she laid down she dropped into a sleep. Her dreams consisting of gold swirls and soon gold eyes, a dream she had had many times. It was the one of Charon that would com next. A wicked figure of cuts and scars all over his body. His maw ripped in both directions as he grinned at her with his menacing red eyes. And afterward he would attack her, a shrieking scream coming from her lips as she turned to run. But she would slide to a stop as something new came into her dreams... A misty field? It became a bit brighter as she continued on, though the voices were trying to draw her in. "Don't you want to live?" They would hiss and fade as she continued on. "Don't worry dearie." Her eyes would spot a male, one that she had met just a few days ago. She was supposed to meet him a few days ago at Wolfpaw lake; but circumstances held her from doing so. "We'll take him away..." She came closer to him, tilting her head as she moved around a couple trees in her way. "You're that boy from the other day?" She spoke from a close enough distance... She knew this had to be a dream, but she had never dreamed about other's before... |
After a little while of wandering around and trying to figure out where he was, he tried to sniff the place out, getting nothing in result. Well, except the faint smell of mist and morning dew. That was all. It felt so real. But it was all a dream. The man slowly seated himself and glanced around curiously, relaxing his ruffled brown fur and rolling his shoulders forward. When suddenly, a scream slithered into his sensitive ears and caused a shocked whine to leave his lips. He jumped to his paws and stood toward the sound with his tail evened with his spine and his ears pinned to his head...but nothing was there. What was going on?
He looked up, behind him, below him. All around him! This dream was definitely mysterious already. The masked boy slowly sat back down and tucked his fluffy tail over his paws. Though, he continued to glance around every so often, checking to see if anything strange was stalking him.
"We'll take him away..." Was all he heard, a soft gasp leaving his lips as he yanked his head toward the sound. Only to find...the girl he met a few days ago? Ixionn narrowed his eyes and tilted his head a bit, a bit confused. He'd only had a dream about Hajime and Elsa...no one else. Not even his siblings. But...he did know that she didn't accept the little swimming invitation he offered her. Was this girl real though? Could she talk? "You're that boy from the other day?" Answered his question completely. Ixionn stared for a moment, before nodding weakly.
"Yeah. And you're that girl? What was your name again?" He blinked quickly, knowing not that both of them had yet to introduce themselves. Bad memory, perhaps. His eyes drifted to the ground, but almost immediately landed onto Chione again. "And...what are you doing here? In my dream?"
"Speech"
'thoughts'
The boy would answer her as if this were real and she was not a slave and she was in this misty meadow with him. She did not tell him to meet her here! Why was he here? Why was she here? "Chione Olympus." She spoke keeping her eyes hardened on him and her head cocked to the side. She wasn't scared or confused. But her dreams were mostly reoccurring and almost never involved those she knew for real. She pulled her head in and lifted a brow to his next words. "Your dream? This is my dream." She lifted her nose in the air like she did when they first met, her attitude coming through her voice and her expressions. "You are not supposed to be here." She kept her eyes closed for a few seconds, waiting for him to speak but then opening one of her eyes slightly to see if he was still there. And he was. She would then drop her head and back away from him with more of a hateful, worried look. He was not going away, and she then realized that she didn't know if this was a dream or if it was real... |
Once he spoke, her eyes grew stone cold and he frowned. Obviously, she did not want him here. Maybe they weren't friends after all? Or maybe it was all just complicated...? The boy shook his head and stood up, making his way up a large rock and sprawling across it casually. As he did this, she answered his question with her name. Chione. It sounded Greek, but it didn't really matter, did it? It was a pretty name. And it was unique...unlike his! Ixionn smiled and nodded with satisfaction, a soft chuckle bubbling from his lips.
"Pretty name,"
He responded, tail thumping gently against the stone. Even though she didn't like his compliments or his silly little jokes, he said them aloud anyways. She'd enjoy them eventually. Hopefully. "I'm Ixionn Walker, ex-prince of Isokan." He said with a grin, not minding the fact that she would know his pack was simply torn away from him. It still annoyed the hell out of him...ah, it wasn't something to sulk over now. He was speaking to a fri-...uh, acquaintance. His frown disappeared and he stared down at her bluntly.
She began to go on about how this was her dream, and how he was the one who wasn't supposed to be in it. Not the other way around. Though, he never thought of it as a problem that she was lingering here, in his head. After all, he did appreciate her company. It just seemed that she didn't feel the same way. Was he really that much of a nuisance to her?
"Oh, and if you don't want me here, I can leave. Well, I can try. You seem to be disappointed to see me here." The boy began, watching her back up with her head low. His tail stopped thumping, and his eyes stayed emotionless, lips curved down into a simple, calm frown. Kind of like how his real father, Hajime, would address his children back then. In a calm...relaxed manner.
"Speech"
'thoughts'
The girl would stop backing up and look at him for a second, still confused. He offered to leave or at least try and Chione was unsure of what that meant. But then she would look around with just her eyes as if looking for someone. She would begin to laugh hysterically for a moment until it was silent and then she started to yell, obviously not at him. "Very funny!" She would swing her nose at the sky to whoever she was speaking to. "What's going to happen? Are his guts going to start coming out of his mouth? Is he going to start bleeding from his eyes?!" She would look around some more, looking at him with a raised brow seeing that he was unchanged. "What? Are you going to make me do it? Do I have to kill him?" Though her last words were a bit lowered, she was completely serious. She would start to walk to him, almost as if she were obeying them. But as she came to where he was standing again, she would try to come close to his face and then whisper, "I guess not." Seeing as nothing were taking control of her body. Obviously she was dreaming of him though this was like no dream she had ever had before. Where would she be when she woke up? |