A day has passed since that "date" with Dylan. Ever since, he has changed, one noticeable thing would be that I didn't see him throughout the whole day as I helped out in the village. As I set down a set of materials for one building that needed fixing, I soon felt a soft rumbling in the ground. I looked around to see where the rumbling emanated from. As soon as I searched, a large blue crystal node grew from the center of the island. I started to panic as I thought that was another dangerous item.
My suspicions soon disappeared as soon as the villagers cheered. I was soon hit with confusion and turned to ask one of the builders.
"H-hey? What is that? What's going on?" I asked as I kept my eye on the pulsating crystal.
"Oh that's right! That, madame, is the magical crystal of our town! Back to its original glory!" The old man yelled out as he continued to cheer.
I then remembered something Rhythian said after we won the raid against the Yorthos kingdom. So that's the mana crystal they were trying to repair huh? Impressive...
The crystal soon stopped rising from the ground and soon, a blue aura rose from the bottom and soon expanded throughout the whole kingdom and before we knew it, the kingdom of Majiked was soon filled with a constant stream of mana, filling the kingdom with wonders and magic, even more than before.
As the blue aura dispersed into the sky, a soft hum emitted from the tattoo from my arm. I looked at it to see that the tattoo was pulsing a blue hue. I observed it for a few seconds before the blue pulse became stable and with that, a flash of mysterious visions.
This caused me to kneel down on one knee and hold my head as all I could see was various visions flashing throughout my point of view, but there was something different about these scenes...
The visions felt like memories but seemed like a premonition. As the various scenes went by, some took my interest.
One showed a woman walking away from a man, another showing the same woman crying as she is trying to yell something out. The visions continue on and on as they flash into my view for a few seconds then changing into another.
However, one vision took the longest to disappear as I looked through them. This vision was clear and stable, unlike the others which were faded and distorted. This showed a woman with a long, fire-colored hair, with a crystal flower pin on the right side of it, kneeling down while holding an armored man in her arms. They seemed to be resting in some king of ruin as the surroundings in this scene showed nothing but rubble and broken buildings.
Their faces weren't clear but it looked like the man was trying to convey the message but the woman was weeping. As the man finished his sentence, he cupped her cheek as the man slowly turned into a flock of butterflies, flying away into the sky. Leaving his armor and weapon in the arms of the woman as she wept in sadness.
The vision was soon flooded with a bright blue light which caused my mind to come back to reality, but it left me in a dizzied state. Before I knew it, I lost consciousness with the voices of the villagers echoing as I slowly closed my eyes.
I was soon enveloped in a dark and quiet space. I felt like I was falling for quite some time in this area. I soon opened my eyes and saw that I was resting in a small field of snow white grass with a similar colored tree overlooking it. I sat up and looked around as I observed to get the grasp on where I am.
After seconds of looking around, I finally realized that i was back in the place I call "The Mindscape".
I stood up and pat off the dust on my clothing, soon losing myself in thought. If I am back here, then it must be because of that vision I saw. I took a deep sigh as I stretched and started walking down the field to the dark pool that surrounds such field. However, instead of visions showing up when I took a step into the waters, a ripple of mana emanated from where I took the step.
As the ripple disappeared into the dark horizon, a path of white grass showed up accompanied by some calming notes. Now that I think about it...This place is every kind of weird...
I took a deep sigh as I mustered up the courage and sanity to follow the path of white grass. As I did, white ripples grew from the patches of grass from the path. Seconds later, the growing path of grass soon stopped at a short distance away from me and the white ripple soon touched the last patch of grass, showing a wall-like structure at the end of the patch of grass. This caught my interest, causing me to jog towards the end of the path.
I stopped on the last patch of grass as I took a deep breath. I lifted my hand to hopefully reach out to the "wall", but I hesitated for a little bit...
Soon after, I finally mustered up the courage and reached out for the wall. As I did, a white line grew from the middle and the part where my hand rested on soon opened backwards, which made a soft creak that echoed throughout the whole mindscape.
The wall, now a door, had a soft breeze creep through the opening with the soft sounds of birds chirping. I didn't know what was on the other side of the door, but my curiosity was too strong to resist.
I opened the door, causing a flood of light to envelop my sight. As I walked through, my eyes slowly adjusted to the light and the crunching sound of pebbles were heard underneath my steps. As my sight soon turned normal, I saw a ruined city with rubble scattered everywhere. This was the scene from the vision!
I soon looked around and noticed that the people from my vision weren't seen anywhere. I decided to jog around to see where they might be, leaving the door behind me. As I ran around the ruined city,I could hear the sound of swords clashing, buildings crumbling down and what really caught my attention was a beam of light that grew from the inner parts of the city. The beam soon dispersed and faded into nothing, I decided to run towards the area where the beam was emitted from.
It took me a few minutes to get near to the point. As I turned the corner, I saw the people that were from my vision! However, this time, it looks like this was going to show me more.
The fire-haired woman ran towards the man who was falling from the sky. She then jumped and caught him mid-air, causing them to roll down to the ground. The woman and man looked critically injured but that didn't bother the woman as she checked the man in her arms.
"Stay with me! Don't die on me!!!" She yelled out as tears started to drop down her cheek as she took off the man's helmet.
The man replied in a quiet whisper as he cupped her cheek, just like what the vision foretold. However, this time, I could see the face of the man, but not the woman as I was behind the two of them.
I peeked over and started to notice some familiar things about the man. As I finally peeked over to see a clear view of the man, I felt a couple of feeling as I saw the man. I felt...shocked? in disbelief? confused?
...No...
I was...scared...