Chapter 10 - Winter's Vision II

They floated into the room and the scene changed.

(Don't forget that Emma is still unconscious in reality and this is just her vision into the past)

"What do you mean?!"

"She escaped,my lord"

"That little girl escaped from you?,you're all dumb!"

"You will go out now and don't you dare show your faces without Winter,is that clear?!"

"Yes,my lord"

"Olly?"

"Mom?"

"Hey!,who said you could come out of your room?!",Lord Gilliam bellowed.

"Mom,please come back",young Olly said and ignored the king.

"I can't...I have to complete my part of the deal",the lady who led the mermen said and glared at the king.

"That's right! No Winter,No Olly",he said and smirked evilly.

"Mom,why do you have to bring Winter here,she told me that she doesn't like being away from home so she will not like it here especially since dad is so..."

"Shush...he is your dad no matter what,okay?",she quickly said and interrupted him.

She floated closer to him but the guards stepped in front of young Olly and prevented her from getting closer.

"Leave!,let me talk to my mom",he yelled.

"Leave them,she won't dare breach the agreement",the king said and looked at Olly's mom who was also the queen.

She moved closer to him and cupped his face with her hands,then she looked into his eyes.

"Olly...whatever happens,never blame others for your mistakes and when you grow,be a strong man,okay?",she said and looked at him lovingly.

She leaned closer to him and whispered into his ears. "Winter is not to blame"

He looked at her and frowned,confused.

"Mom,are you going for a long time?"

"Yes,a very long time so be a good boy and wait patiently for mommy mmm?"

"No mommy...please don't go"

She slowly let go of his face and backed away.

"No!,don't leave me,take me with you...please"

"Mommy loves you",she said and waved.

Then she turned and climbed onto her shark and it swam away very fast along with the other sharks that belonged to the mermen.

The king smiled and said"Oh my son,be like me...I don't need people to depend on or love me,I have power!,and when I get your little friend's powers I'll be unstoppable",he said and smiled to himself.

"Dad,that's where you're getting it wrong,compared to love and peace,your powers are useless!"

"After love,peace is the greater power so get that right dad,you're powerless!",he yelled angrily.

"Take him to his room and lock him up till Omnia's mother arrives then she can do whatever she likes with him...as long as it increases my power,of course"

"Do whatever you want to me,I will never help you!",the young but brave boy yelled.

"We'll see about that",the king said and turned his back while young Olly was being dragged away.

"*sigh* He'll get used to it sooner or later",the king said and left for his room.

The scene changed again...

"Wanda!",Winter screamed and giggled.

"Seriously?,I'm not your favorite sibling?"

"Nope",she said and shook her head.

"Ouch...and here I was thinking my fav...",Dylan was interrupted by the grip on his hand.

"You're my favorite,silly",she said and laughed then pulled his hand.

"Dylan...",she said slowly and pulled his hand while giving him the puppy dog-eye.

"Ahh,Look away!",Dylan cautioned himself but it was too late.

"Ugh...too late,what is it?",he said

"Oh,please please please let's go to Mama Finney's place...",she whispered in his right ear and wrapped her little fingers around his necklace.

"What?!...no way!"

"Dylan!,shh...mom and dad will hear us",she said and gestured for him to keep quiet.

"Don't 'shh' me 'cos I'll tell them what thou just said"

"Fine!",she said and crossed her arms to show that she was angry.

"You're not my favorite anymore",she said and turned her back to him.

"Come on!...We can't go to Mama Finney's place ,okay? It's too dangerous "

"But no one will even know...I promise,I'll be extra quiet"

"It's not about being quiet,Winter. I have to keep you safe.Sorry,lil sis"

"Okay",she said and sighed.

After an hour...

Dylan's watch beeped loudly three times

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Winter immediately sat up and stared at Dylan as if she was telling him - Come on,check it! but he didn't even open his closed eyes.

After a minute it beeped again but the owner of the wrist didn't even move. Winter couldn't take it anymore.

"Dylan your watch is beeping..."

He didn't move,if his chest wasn't moving up and down she would have thought he was dead.

She floated closer to him and shook his right arm.

"Dylan,wake up...your watch was beeping loudly,isn't that a sign that someone is coming towards here?",she was worried after he didn't reply.

"Dylan!". He still didn't reply.

She grabbed his necklace and shook it.

"Tofu!,Dylan is not answering me!"

"Yes?",Tofu replied and materialized slowly.

"It's Dylan, he's not replying but he's still breathing"

"Hmm...let me see",Tofu said and moved near Dylan's left ear.

"You might wanna cover your ears for this",Tofu said.

"Uh?...okay",Winter said and put her hands over her ears.

"Dylan!",Tofu yelled loudly,so loud that the cave walls shook and Winter's body vibrated.

"Uh?",Dylan mumbled and rubbed his eyes slowly.

"Did I sleep?",he asked.

"You slept like a ...like Mr.Deadfish!",Winter yelled angrily.

"You scared me!",she yelled again,fuming.

"Sorry...",he said,scratching his head.

"I normally sleep so deeply whenever Wanda is trying to communicate with me through my dream but I didn't see her",he said looking confused.

"Strange...",Tofu murmured.

"Your watch was beeping loudly a minute ago.", Winter interrupted.

"Oh, I'll check it", Dylan said and stood up.

He was distracted by the 'whoosh' behind him, he was about to turn to see what it was but Winter already yelled in excitement.

"Wanda!"

"Hie!,Winnie...your big sis has missed you so much!", Wanda said and hugged Winter tightly.

Dylan who was surprised before was already jealous looking at his two sisters.

"Ahem!", he coughed to get attention but he was still ignored.

"Uhm...hello?",he said again.

"Lil bro, don't be so jealous,okay?", Wanda said and rolled her eyes before she pulled away from Winter.

"Pfft...j-jealous?", he laughed awkwardly.

"Come here ",Wanda said and hugged him too.

He smiled, satisfied then wanted to say something but Wanda beat him to it.

"Hey,I tried to make a dream link but it was blocked,what happened?",Wanda said.

"Uh...I don't know either I was about to ask Tofu",Dylan said and turned to where Tofu was some moments ago but Tofu was gone.

"Tofu", Dylan called out.

"Yeah?", Tofu replied and materialized.

"Hey, Tofu", Wanda said and waved.

"Hello", Tofu replied indifferently.

Tofu was always cold towards everyone except Dylan so Wanda didn't mind.'His name should have been Stone' Winter would murmur.

"Do you know what happened when I was asleep?,I mean how I couldn't connect to Wanda in my dream", Dylan said.

"I went to make findings now and it seems someone very powerful blocked the link from the middle so that neither of you could get through to each other", Tofu reported like a professional.

"Hmm...", Dylan nodded slowly and thought of who it could be.

"Lord Gilliam the Second!", he and Wanda said in unison.