Tears of Magic [Private]

It wasn’t much to say that it felt incredibly comfortable the last few hours. She remembered last falling asleep while she had her nose in the textbook as usual. Thankfully she had not been a drooler or she would end up having problems with using them or having to pay for damages to them. But there was an overwhelming warmth that had fallen over her the last few days. Each night when she had fallen asleep was better than the last. But in her dreams she knew she could defy logic and create herself a dream in which she could feel the happiest. She could have things that she couldn’t have in reality. Forget things she didn’t want to keep remembering.

The teen jumped up suddenly from her sleep. A feeling of unfamiliarity came over her. When was she in a cabin? Looking down at her bed, she noticed how soft the bed felt, how large the covers were and the pink color of her blanket was unfamiliar to her. The door to the room was cracked open, light and crackling of a fireplace had caught her ear. But among that were two more voices. Unfamiliar voices that sounded like they were in a hushed tone. Did she go on a camping trip with a couple of the guildmates and have a blank moment? The slayer wanted to investigate a little, maybe her lapse in memory had made her forget who she came out with.

Climbing out the bed, the brunette paused and looked down to the set of sky blue pajamas she wore. She didn’t own these… Kita must have had her wear them. Her steps were near silent as she moved through the dark room to the door until she got to the door. The whispering voices got a little louder and she slowly peeled around the door to see them. They were unfamiliar to her. They resembled the young girl somewhat, but she couldn’t place who they could have been. It couldn’t be… ”M-Mom? Dad?” She muttered. Did she just have a bad dream? It was hard to tell which was a dream and what was reality, but it felt like this was what she hoped and prayed to he reality.

An sense of calm and relaxation had left her to feel a little more at ease about the two in the seats in the cabin. Whoever they seemed to be, there was a sense of bond with them and it made her feel happier than anticipated. Smiling she stepped forward another couple of steps and it brought the two into a better view to her. Two brunette adults sat in those chairs and they began to realize she was there. Seeing them made her smile. Her parents... they were alive. They were here. The nightmare was over and she felt normal for once in her life... or so it seemed with how long it seemed her nightmare lasted.

A giggle erupted from the teen, hearing them have a light argument over how long she'd slept, but something that was said made her a little confused. "I.. I guess I just overslept. I had this really strange dream..." She replied to her mother even after the taller male had intervened on her behalf. "What.. what happened yesterday? I don't remember." She turned to look towards the man who appeared to be her father. What did happen and why did it look like he was hurt? Something seemed off by the way he was sitting, though mostly comfortable, it appeared like he was sitting in a way to ease stress from his chest.

The mention of her hitting her head had the brunette reaching over, rubbing around on top of her head, slowly going down her hair until she felt the bandages wrapped over it. It felt evenly and securely packed down and wrapped over to keep whatever blood from getting out and any infections from getting in. Upon touching it, her body flinched and her arm lightly jerked away from the sharp feeling of the pain. Nightmares? Monsters? Why was all of this being such a blur? Her mind kept only being stuck on the fact her parents were right there, all the more feeling like this dream was just something she had forgotten about, but yet all those that she dreamt still carried their weight. She turned to the window of the cabin, looking out at the pitch black night as the sound of crackling firewood and crickets filled the air. ”I don’t… I don’t remember…”

But something didn’t feel right. Her hand went to touch her head again and there was no pain this time. A chill shot up her spine, body trembling from the sudden sensation. Turning away from the window to the pair of adults, she could hear them starting to almost argue amongst one another. ”An accident? What… what accident? Is that how I hurt my head?” She questioned, taking a step forward before that sudden chilling feeling froze her. Her mind was telling her to stop moving. To stop getting closer to her parents, but she couldn’t fathom why that would be. Just one hug… just one sign of affection would make or break this from being a dream or reality and it prodded her body to move. But still, it held its ground. ”I don’t know what you’re talking about! Please, tell me what’s-” She screamed, forcing herself to stop suddenly as something caught her nose.

Something… magical. Nothing like she’d been able to tell before. It was different, but the feeling worried her even more. ”I-I think… I think somethings outside— watching.”

The continuing, incessant arguing was starting to make her upset. Why were they arguing more than they were trying to keep her calm and relaxed. The more they argued, the more upset she had begun to feel about it and soon it seemed to have stopped. The second she uttered that sentence, they both paused and looked at her. Just after, the door flew open and the cold, chilled air had blown out the light of the fireplace. The dark room left her barely able to see her parents, but the silhouette of a figure stood in the doorway now. Her eyes were locked to this person, the immediate fright of her having woken up from a dream only to be possibly killed here was the only thing she could think of. It was her fathers voice that first brought her out of that mindset when he questioned the person, but the voice... that voice.

The ushered screams of her father got Lehanna again in fear, but this time for the well being for the older male. "Dad!!" She screamed out, wanting to move, but the girl soon realized her body was albeit paralyzed. She couldn't move as much as she wanted. The woman's cackling laugh had brought that dreadful feeling to keep her body still while she could only watch. It didn't last long however, as the woman soon began to approach Lehanna and her attention had been drawn from her father who was currently doubled over in agonizing, excruciating pain. She had begun to approach the younger girl and for every few steps this cloaked, golden eyed woman made, the more she had slowly begun to back up by one step. Only after three steps did she hit the wall. A cornered mouse by the intruding cat.

Her eyes widened hearing her call her by name. Who was this woman? How did she know of her? Why was this happening to them? By this point, all she could hear was the changing sound of voice that here pained father was in while her mother cried out trying to see what was wrong still. She had not once taken notice to the fact Lehanna was cornered by this stranger, nor could she even speak as the fear settled in so deep she could barely breathe. Somehow, Lehanna managed to look past the strange woman to see her own father turning into some demonic looking creature. The terrified shrieking of her mother didn't help at all, but the girl only seemed to look up to the golden eyed woman. "Who-... wh-wh-what.." Her whole body by now was shaking and it made her freeze up, barely able to sputter out a word or two. She was afraid for her father, her mother, and herself. But what was this womans end goal? Why was she coming after the girl?