Fae exist for a purpose which becomes the incarnation of their power. Thus, they cease to exist without it returning to nothing but ashes. Sometimes, they interact and blend in with humans just like Iridescent, the Heart Manipulator. However most of them are often content hiding behind the shadows like Orion, known among fairy folk as Morpheus derived from the God of sleep in Greek Mythology.
People haunted by nightmares or troubled by insomnia are who he blesses more so if one hangs a dreamcatcher at home. He takes pride in his role. Not a single person in Aurum City goes unrewarded with a good night's sleep after he pays a visit until she comes along... Aster Nguyen, the mortal tormented by her visions.
A couple bottles of sleeping pills stashed underneath her pillows wet with tears she shed almost every night. Nonetheless of how sweet the dream he bestowed on her. The first time, he blocked the visions and replayed memories dearest to her during her slumber. To his utmost horror, she woke up crying because she'd never be able to live that moment again!
It was a miscalculation Orion deeply regretted. He did not expect a happy memory would cause greater anguish for a few since most people reminisce about them to ease their blues.
In his second attempt, he manipulated her into dreaming of her wishes coming true. It's a triumph short-lived as she rose crestfallen the morning after. She felt worse for not being able to do things she wanted to do in real life. The third, fourth and so on, he failed each time. No out of this world adventures of running on planet Mars nor insane encounters of meeting Elvis Presley uplift her sunken spirits.
Aster was a big headache, he must admit.
Whenever he went to Everlandia, a realm that sits between the human world and heavens, he gets ridiculed. The news of his failure to console the maiden tainted his image. Pixies, elves and gnomes crack up in a long fit of laughter at the sight of him.
Out of desperation, Orion used a method he never once tried before unaware of the danger he signed himself for. He appeared in her dream. It was indescribable, the time they shared. And like an addiction, they could not hit brakes. They kept seeing each other or rather he stubbornly continued his visits.
He was one who taught her the trick of lucid dreaming to transport herself to Everlandia. Though, it will never work without the chain he binds to her which serves as linkage so wherever he goes, she could follow.
Since wandering spirits frequented the realm, she strolls with him freely but that isn't the issue. The true disconcerting matter is Orion now walks to the path of a once Blessed just before turning to a Damned.
"I miss her." He sighed.
And yet, love persists stronger against the consequences.
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