"You won't say? Alright then." I untangle him off my fingers and place him down on the stone bath, about to turn and walk away.
He curls up holding his tail looking every bit abandoned. Shinnah looked at him with amusement.
"Wait. I...I did not.. lie not really. You really are like my mother." His anxiety shoots up a level.
"I actually don't really remember much but I know your my mother, why don't you look at your past memories." He hastily suggested flying on top of my head.
"I watched some good stuff waiting for you. You have to use the summoning square and it shows you pretty pictures." He slides down the back of my head hiding behind my hair in embarrassment.
'Like' your mother? Pretty pictures? He is definitely hiding something... can I be like his mother and his mother at the same time.. what happened to my baby.. did she .. or he ...die, because I came back in time will his life be canceled out in some way? Was he reborn with me as another persons child? Was he still living where as I died in that life. Is he cold.. or did someone find him, is he safe now..Will this tell me the answers to the questions I've been avoiding.
He jumps on my shoulder and weaves his tail though my hair. "You might want to get comfortable there's a lot of strange things and when it pops out at you, but you don't have to be scared nothing can get out the summoning square." He chatters on making himself comfortable on my shoulder. I sit down with my back against the tree.
"What do you mean? What kind of things pops out at you? I don't have any spirit energy, you do the summoning square." I pull off my boots and socks and dip my feet in the pond. My mind feels refreshed again. My fatigue and exhaustion feel as if, it's been washed away.. I suddenly have the urge to jump in.
"Summoning Memory Wheel Settings!— What kind of pond water—"
We both speak at the same time. My thoughts are pulled away from the pond as I stare at the familiar translucent shield in front of me.
*Review Downloaded Memory Content*
*Task Reward And Task Punishment*
I raise my eyebrows casting a sideways glance at the dragon on my shoulder. Who was munching happily on a peach bigger than himself.
"This the summoning square? I thought it was a shield. Can you understand the characters written?"
"No, I didn't understand it at first. But when I cursed it..( he glances at me cautiously ) It changed to 'voice command' and now whenever I summon it appears, even in the water! I can do anything,I'm the best huh mother!"
"Yes, well done XiaoLong." I rub his little head with my finger.
"Summoning Square playback from the beginning." He shouts out to the summoning screen his arms out wide in a grandiose manner.
*Ping! Memory Wheel Projection Activated*
A light shoots out the summoning square hitting Shinah directly on the forehead. She falls forward into the pond unconsciously.
"!!!"
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Along the eastern side of a mountain, rays of sunlight are reflected off a transparent chrysalis that hangs from a branch of a tree. [1]
"Why can't I see anything XiaoLong what did you do. I can't breathe, or move." I panic and reach outwardly. What is this am I buried alive? Why can't I feel my fingers. I try to wiggle around, but space is limited.
Where's XiaoLong is he okay? Oh damn-it did he die! No stop panicking find something sharp cut your way out. Don't panic.. Don't PANIC!
"XiaoLong if you don't answer soon I'll spank you....XiaoLong?" I huff.
Don't worry, don't worry, don't freaking flip out okay. Just get yourself out, easy as that okay..ok.
I desperately wiggle around for a couple minutes.
Contemplate my lives decisions...
Give up on life ..twice.
Vow to eat until the worlds resources are scarce. Then... hype myself up ..and wiggle some more.
Till .. -Ca-Cha- it broke!
I wiggle aggressively and pull my head out to breathe in fresh air.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh Freedom!!!" I scream out loud.
HaaaaHA! I lift myself out and stretch my wings. Looking at the grassy area surrounded by wildflowers in front of me.
"Wow what a pretty meadow."
Wait ..
(O.o) when did I have wings!
I spin around in a circle trying to catch my wings.
I'm a butterfly..
No way... I'm a butterfly?
I launch myself off the branch free falling backwards. I spread open my wings and try to guide myself into flying straight.
No. Freaking. Way. I'm. A. Butterfly!
I circle around the meadow a few times enjoying the feeling of total freedom. I perch myself on a branch admiring my meadow.
"You fly beautifully, I never seen your pattern around here before.. it's glowing-green, like fireflies on grass ...did you migrate here?" A callous cello like voice echoed; from the dark underlying layer of the tree.
His tone was so void of emotion and a bit terrifying.
My fight or flight response kicks in and I fly to a higher branch. "Who's there? I have a ferocious dragon waiting at home for me so you better not try anything." I threaten nervously.
"Don't go. I saw you flying and was captivated by your unrestrained beauty. I.. Your just to beautiful.." His cello like voice lowering towards the end.
"Ha Thanks.. Ha sorry you just startled me. I'm Rai Shinah. What's your name? Come out, I could use a friend being new and all." I fly down to a lower branch, hanging upside down on a leaf.
"Friends? .... Yozora, my names Yozora."
"Yeah a friend would be nice don't you think. Come out let's have a chat." I wait for him to pop out.
"Hello? Yozora.." I wait for a while but he doesn't respond to me anymore and I got hungry so I left.
I was a bit hesitant because I didn't know how it'd work. Or if I'd even like eating flowers but as soon as I stepped on a flower I tasted it ...FROM MY FEET! It was scrumptious! Drinking it's nectar just came naturally off instinct.
I spend my day frolicking around like a little nectar thief. Who knew nectar and sap could be so sweet. I even made some friends with some ladybugs who are the coolest! They showed me a good area where nectar is so sweet it gets you drunk! They also showed me the way to the pond and some areas to avoid dangerous predators. They tell me of Scarlet and her new mate, two Redback spiders that reside by the pond.
Day turns into night and I feel tired. I decided to fly back to my broken chrysalis home. Am I supposed to sleep in this?
I spend a hour trying to get back into it, giving up when it breaks off the branch falling down under a branch of bleeding heart flowers underneath my tree.
"Damn it where am I supposed to sleep now." I mutter to myself flying down looking for my broken home.
"You can sleep with me, if that's you asking." His cello voice with a twinge of playfulness called out originating from a branch of bleeding heart flowers.
"Yozora? Hey you live over here too? Aha, no I seem to have dropped my house I was looking for it." Geez this guys shamelessness knows no bounds.
"You dropped your house? The one the 'Fierce dragon' was in... I'll let you know if I see the odd pair." He chuckles lightly sending a shiver down my back.
"Ha not that one, XiaoLong is guarding the fort. I meant my other... one ...it's very distinctive actually...it's decor was completely life changing ..ha."
"Who's XiaoLong?" The temperature drops as a dark black spider crawls out the core of a bleeding heart flower, broken petals slowly falling to the ground. Golden eyes glare back at me freezing me where I stood.
"Lu...Yozora ... how... your Lu Rem" I stare back wide eyed, full of terror and heartache.