Dream
"Get back here!" Estania screamed at the night sky.
"Get back here!" Estania screamed again and Gale pulled her close to him.
"Gale-"Estania said while trembling.
"She has to come back!" Estania said with tears streaming down her eyes.
"She has to reconsider!" Estania said looking at Gale in panic.
"Why should we be punished for this?" Estania asked Gale holding his hands in panic.
"We finally-" Estania said, slightly heaving.
"We finally found out we're mates, after years of pretending we didn't like each other. After years of holding back!" Estania said and Gale hugged her with tears in his eyes.
"I wont accept this!" Estania said, slightly pushing Gale away.
"She has to reconsider!" Estania said with panic.
"She has to-" Estania said crumbling to her knees.
Dream end.
"Ahhh!" a child screamed in agony.
Crying profusely, the child held her chest as she wept bitterly.
"Princess Marina, What's wrong?" The child's caretaker said, rushing in with her daughter that was of the same age bracket as Marina.
"Are you hurt?! What happened?" The child's caretaker said in panic but the child didn't react.
Thinking of what to do, the child's caretaker pulled the child close and sang a lullaby till the child stopped trembling and till her cries became sniffles.
Signalling her daughter to go run the bath, the caretaker; Estile, patted the little princess on her back and when her child came back to report that she had prepared the bath, Estile carried the little princess to the washroom.
After bathing her, Estile put the little princess in a dress that emphasized her eyes. Adorning her with silver jewellery, Estile put a silver bracelet on her wrist, a silver chain on her neck and silver earrings on her ears.
"You look beautiful Princess Marina!" Estile exclaimed as she turned Princess Marina around to face the mirror.
"Beautiful?" Marina thought as she looked at a reflection that looked nothing like her.
Her once curly blonde hair was now a straight dark green, her blue eyes were now a sharp green, her tan skin was now pale and her overall ambience had become cold and indifferent to mirror how she felt inside. Her reflection was something she had grown to despise but what hurt Marina the most was having to answer a name that wasn't hers.
"Princess Marina?" Estile asked and Marina turned around to face her caretaker.
"Would you like to have breakfast now?" Estile asked and Marina nodded.
Stepping out of her room, Marina was taken aback by the bizarre nature of this world yet again. Despite looking like and mirroring the world in her past life, the castle of Alvonia was dressed in green and blue as opposed to the white and blue setting in Valaria and the supernatural strength and speed that came with being a wolf was replaced by the use of elements.
Sitting down at the long dining table that is supposed to fit five people, Princess Marina's feast was carefully levitated and placed on the table and everything she could not reach was levitated towards her.
Quietly munching on her food, Princess Marina thought of her Dad that was on a subjugation quest in Pyrah and her mom who was smitten with worry in her room.
Knowing that nothing could happen to her father who was a powerful wind user, Princess Marina often thought that her mother was overreacting but every time she saw her looking out the castle gates from the castle balcony her heart throbbed.
"Princess Marina, your father awaits you in the field." a male servant said and Marina dropped her cutleries.
Loosing all decorum and forgetting the time, Princess Marina ran outside to see her father.
Bursting out of the castle doors, Princess Marina saw that it was night time and the courtyard was filled with fireflies. Turning her head a little more to the right, Marina was met with a scene that brought back memories.
In the green field, Marina's mom and dad danced under the light of fireflies with joy, and as Marina watched, Marina was transported back to her first dance with Gale, with only the moon and fireflies as witnesses. Marina no Estania remembered holding his hand, Estania remembered holding him close and breathing in his scent. Estania remembered feeling safe and secure but now Marina stood in front of the castle doors staring at her parents and longing for what she had lost.