Post by angelofmusic1992 on Mar 20, 2018 20:28:00 GMT
When Adeline looked around, she recognized where she was. At least, somewhat. The only thing around her was mist, as far as the eye could see. It didn’t matter whether she moved or stayed still. The fog was still so thick, you could almost cut it with a knife. This place had been popping up in her dreams for a while, and it had a pattern. She would show up here, surrounded by the familiar mist. And then, something would appear. Or, more specifically, someone.
Adeline saw her a distance aways. She couldn’t make out any certain features, like hair or eye color. All she could say for sure that the figure was a woman. At first, she’d only shown up far away, and Adeline would always wake up before anything else happened. But she noticed that every time she had this dream, the woman would get closer. Adeline wasn’t sure what would happen once she finally saw her fully. Was she a friend or a foe? She didn’t even know if she was an Other or a human.
“Who’s there?” Adeline asked, seeing if maybe speaking to the woman would get some answers. “Who are you?”
The woman stopped at the sound of Adeline’s voice. Then, for the first time, she looked up. Adeline’s eyes widened. She had gotten the woman’s attention. But before she could think to do anything else, a voice called her name.
“Adeline! Adeline, it’s time to get up!”
Adeline opened her eyes, and she wad disoriented for a second. It took her a moment to realize that she was at home, in her own bed. The sun was already shining in the sky, a stark contrast to the foreboding fog from her dreams. She groaned as she sat up, trying to get her thoughts straight. She’d been having this dream for a while. Maybe it was time she talked to somebody about it.
“Adeline?”
Kali opened Adeline’s bedroom door, a familiar concerned look in her eyes.
“Honey, are you okay? You’ve been sleeping so late the past week or so.”
“I’m fine,” Adeline replied, swinging her feet out of bed. “Just been…having some trouble sleeping.”
Kali frowned. “Were you thinking about that night Pitch found you in the middle of the park?”
Adeline bit her lip. In all truthfulness, that had been on her mind pretty frequently as well, almost as much as this recurring dream. She wasn’t any closer to figuring out why she couldn’t remember what happened, and she was reluctant to make her parents and Pitch worry anymore about her than they already were. This was her own problem, she would deal with it.
“I’ll be fine,” she said, trying to put her mom at ease. “I’ll eat a good breakfast and that’ll perk me up.”
She wasn’t sure if Kali was fooled, but her mother didn’t press the matter. Instead, she gave a small smile and said,
“Well, okay. There are some eggs and bacon in the fridge, if you want any.”
“Thanks, Mom.” Adeline gave a smile and that seemed to reassure her mother. Both her and her father had been worried about her for so long, especially when Thrax had been around. She was reluctant to make them worry even more. But maybe there was someone else she could talk to about this dream she kept having…
“A woman?”
Adeline nodded. “That’s the only thing I can tell about her so far. I always wake up before I can learn more. But I feel like she’s getting a little closer to me every time I have this dream.”
Jenna’s brow furrowed, turning things over in her mind. Adeline had just told her about her recurring dream, and there were many possible answers about what it could all mean. The two were silent for a moment as they sat along the river bank, the water quietly flowing by.
“Do you think you could be predicting the future or something?” she finally asked. “Some witches can do that. Maybe you’re having a vision.”
“I don’t think so. I’ve never had that kind of power,” Adeline said. “It doesn’t feel like the future. It feels like the present, the here and now.”
“Maybe it’s a lost spirit trying to contact you,” Jenna guessed. “Some ghosts don’t just haunt places like hospitals and houses and stuff. They can pop up in people’s dreams, trying to get help.”
“Maybe,” Adeline replied thoughtfully. “This woman feels…alive though. I don’t think she’s dead.”
“Hmm…” Jenna felt like this was a perplexing case. It was hard to say what these dreams might mean with so little info about the woman Adeline kept seeing.
“Maybe Pitch can help you out,” she finally said. “You said you knew him, right? He may have a theory or too.”
“Pitch is worried enough about me as it is,” Adeline replied, wrapping her arms around her knees. “I don’t want to burden him with anything else.”
Jenna’s ears flattened slightly as she gave Adeline a worried look. Her abilities had let her see the love that beat in Adeline’s heart every time she mentioned Pitch, though she hadn’t mentioned it to her friend yet. She wondered if something had happened between the two. A lovers’ quarrel or something? Regardless, she ask for details. Adeline and Pitch’s love life wasn’t her business.
“Sorry I couldn’t help more,” she said. “Dreams aren’t my specialty.”
“It’s okay,” Adeline quickly said, not wanting Jenna to feel bad. “Thanks for listening. Opening up about my problems is still kind of…a new thing for me. But you’re easy to talk to.”
“Thanks.” That made Jenna smile, and Adeline smiled in return. Even though they didn’t know everything about each other, Adeline still considered the hearthound a good friend. The two were content to sit in comfortable silence after that, just listening to the water flow by.
((Yes, this is short, but this is the start to a plot I've had in mind for a long time. Things are gonna get interesting. XD))
Adeline saw her a distance aways. She couldn’t make out any certain features, like hair or eye color. All she could say for sure that the figure was a woman. At first, she’d only shown up far away, and Adeline would always wake up before anything else happened. But she noticed that every time she had this dream, the woman would get closer. Adeline wasn’t sure what would happen once she finally saw her fully. Was she a friend or a foe? She didn’t even know if she was an Other or a human.
“Who’s there?” Adeline asked, seeing if maybe speaking to the woman would get some answers. “Who are you?”
The woman stopped at the sound of Adeline’s voice. Then, for the first time, she looked up. Adeline’s eyes widened. She had gotten the woman’s attention. But before she could think to do anything else, a voice called her name.
“Adeline! Adeline, it’s time to get up!”
Adeline opened her eyes, and she wad disoriented for a second. It took her a moment to realize that she was at home, in her own bed. The sun was already shining in the sky, a stark contrast to the foreboding fog from her dreams. She groaned as she sat up, trying to get her thoughts straight. She’d been having this dream for a while. Maybe it was time she talked to somebody about it.
“Adeline?”
Kali opened Adeline’s bedroom door, a familiar concerned look in her eyes.
“Honey, are you okay? You’ve been sleeping so late the past week or so.”
“I’m fine,” Adeline replied, swinging her feet out of bed. “Just been…having some trouble sleeping.”
Kali frowned. “Were you thinking about that night Pitch found you in the middle of the park?”
Adeline bit her lip. In all truthfulness, that had been on her mind pretty frequently as well, almost as much as this recurring dream. She wasn’t any closer to figuring out why she couldn’t remember what happened, and she was reluctant to make her parents and Pitch worry anymore about her than they already were. This was her own problem, she would deal with it.
“I’ll be fine,” she said, trying to put her mom at ease. “I’ll eat a good breakfast and that’ll perk me up.”
She wasn’t sure if Kali was fooled, but her mother didn’t press the matter. Instead, she gave a small smile and said,
“Well, okay. There are some eggs and bacon in the fridge, if you want any.”
“Thanks, Mom.” Adeline gave a smile and that seemed to reassure her mother. Both her and her father had been worried about her for so long, especially when Thrax had been around. She was reluctant to make them worry even more. But maybe there was someone else she could talk to about this dream she kept having…
“A woman?”
Adeline nodded. “That’s the only thing I can tell about her so far. I always wake up before I can learn more. But I feel like she’s getting a little closer to me every time I have this dream.”
Jenna’s brow furrowed, turning things over in her mind. Adeline had just told her about her recurring dream, and there were many possible answers about what it could all mean. The two were silent for a moment as they sat along the river bank, the water quietly flowing by.
“Do you think you could be predicting the future or something?” she finally asked. “Some witches can do that. Maybe you’re having a vision.”
“I don’t think so. I’ve never had that kind of power,” Adeline said. “It doesn’t feel like the future. It feels like the present, the here and now.”
“Maybe it’s a lost spirit trying to contact you,” Jenna guessed. “Some ghosts don’t just haunt places like hospitals and houses and stuff. They can pop up in people’s dreams, trying to get help.”
“Maybe,” Adeline replied thoughtfully. “This woman feels…alive though. I don’t think she’s dead.”
“Hmm…” Jenna felt like this was a perplexing case. It was hard to say what these dreams might mean with so little info about the woman Adeline kept seeing.
“Maybe Pitch can help you out,” she finally said. “You said you knew him, right? He may have a theory or too.”
“Pitch is worried enough about me as it is,” Adeline replied, wrapping her arms around her knees. “I don’t want to burden him with anything else.”
Jenna’s ears flattened slightly as she gave Adeline a worried look. Her abilities had let her see the love that beat in Adeline’s heart every time she mentioned Pitch, though she hadn’t mentioned it to her friend yet. She wondered if something had happened between the two. A lovers’ quarrel or something? Regardless, she ask for details. Adeline and Pitch’s love life wasn’t her business.
“Sorry I couldn’t help more,” she said. “Dreams aren’t my specialty.”
“It’s okay,” Adeline quickly said, not wanting Jenna to feel bad. “Thanks for listening. Opening up about my problems is still kind of…a new thing for me. But you’re easy to talk to.”
“Thanks.” That made Jenna smile, and Adeline smiled in return. Even though they didn’t know everything about each other, Adeline still considered the hearthound a good friend. The two were content to sit in comfortable silence after that, just listening to the water flow by.
((Yes, this is short, but this is the start to a plot I've had in mind for a long time. Things are gonna get interesting. XD))
