Icely's POV
I opened my eyes and everything is in black. I felt like I am laying and stuck on a pool of tar. I felt naked and exposed. I am scared of what's going to happen, but I'm aware what I need to do. I have to get away from it. I felt the tar of wall grew multiple hands all around my body, grabbing me sink me in even deeper, and make me feel weak and can't do anything at all. It making me forgot that I need to find the door. The tar represent my fears, and my traumas that I have accumulated over the course of my ignorance. The feelings I that I had supress. The negative feelings that I'm attached to, and couldn't let go. The time I let others have power over me. It sinks me in deeper, and deeper. Make me want to forget about the door. I usually easily give in to the tar because it gives me a vision of my mom crying in the room who was just been beaten up and felt alone. I always feel like to heal her, and be there for her, empathize her. Part of it is that I have a strong attachment on her.
I'm aware that if I go inside the door there is no more going back. This time I'm choosing to enter it, and release my attachment to this world. When I calmed myself and let myself unattach to these lingering emotions is when the tar turned liquidy and no longer sticky. Loosing it's grip on to me and became a black water. It represent my attachment slowly letting go, and not allowing the attachments have a power over me. As I get out of tar I felt my body so exposed, and naked. To a person who grew up to be conservative, these feeling makes me feel disgrace, and also make me feel like my body is undesirable. I felt vulnerable. This nudity represent how uncomfortable I am on my own skin. I breathe heavily letting myself be calmer. This is part of the challenge that I must go through. I thought I had accepted my body, but thinking and believing are two different things. This also the challenge to let go of things that I couldn't control.
I am aware of my powers, but I didn't believe and trust myself that it's mine. This time I am claiming it. Being naked may not be my ideal way to go but I'm owning this body. I kept walking and walking in the dark space, I'm afraid of the dark and everytime I let myself be afraid, are the times my anxiety, and my fears find their way back to me. Making me feel ashamed of my body again, but I'm not letting it win over me.
As I keep walking in this dark space I slowly get used on my exposed body, but I was startled by a two headed serpent that was on my path. The dark eye head of the serpent head is facing forward. While the white eye serpent head is facing the previous path I have been. Aggressively pulling it's other half back on the other path. I had understood that it was my guide, and the thing that represent me struggling to choose what path I should take. To keep moving forward or to go back. The dark eye serpent represent that if I chose to keep moving forward, the more intense my path will be, and the white eye serpernt represent how it would be more easier if I go back sink me in back to the comfort I had. I chose to keep moving forward following the dark eye serpent.
In most cases people represent the dark as a bad omen. I had believed it too... before. It just that in reality the right path for you are sometimes perceive to be in the dark. It was supposed to be a test for me to go against society's norm. Going against on beliefs that was taught on me. If the test didn't challenge my courage and my determination, that means I am heading to an easy path. And easy paths do not build your character.
The two serpent turned into one headed serpent, and slithered on front of me guided me to a sinister looking door. I felt like backing out. I felt like giving up. But I have come this far already, and the door was only scary because this represent my fear of entering the unknown. This is my last test, and the last door that I'm looking for, yet I am still doubting.
Third person's POV
Hunter was in the forest where him and Icely meet in his dreams. He thought that the luna was playing games on him. She is more outgoing and more carefree in the dream where no one there to bound her. This is what Hunter fell in love for. Her smile and how carefree she is playing in the forest with him.
"Bambi!"
"I'm going to find you!"
"Come out, come out where ever you are..."
But then, his smile turn into frown. Surprised seeing Icely burried in the stone wall unconsciously wrapped in thicked vines wrapping her body tightly.
"Icely?!" He said hysterically
"Icely. Baby, wake up!" Hunter desperately pulling the vines off her and and trying to slap her cheek gently trying to wake her up. He tried everything to take off the vines off her but it was too thick, and even with his wolf strength it did not work. The vines even wrapped her tightly.
" F**k..." He cried hitting the wall next to her. It created a loud thud and shooked the wall. He wanted to hit it again, but afraid it would danger Icely. So he just moved away, and sat on the ground not knowing what to do to help her.
"Ah... S**t..."
On the otherside of the dreamscape. Icely is just standing in the dark space, facing the sinister door. Next to her is the serpent with dark eyes. She was confused what to do.
"I am free! I am no longer bound! I am and will always be... in the right place in the right time... Guided, supported, and protected..." Icely said to her self. This is what she always chanting in herself to find strength in her.
Icely heard her mom crying again far away from the door. This making Icely have second thoughts, and want to go back to where her mom is. Yet then again she reminded herself that she will be okay, and her mom will be okay. This is why she looked for the door again in the first place is to finally let go her attachment to her mom, and be the person she needs to be now. Icely faced the door, and closed her eyes.
Hunter on the otherside was just touching her face, not leaving her side. Carressing her cheek gently. All he could do is wait for her to wake up.
"I'm here Icely... I'll wait for you... I won't leave you" Hunter trying to calm down, and waiting for Icely to wake up. But the vines get even tighter.
Hunter got mad to himself that he can't do anything to stop the vine from getting tighter. Squeezing her tightly and to trap her even deeper into the wall. All Hunter could do is wait for her to wake up. A moment later Icely's eyes opened intensely staring right at Hunter. Hunter smiled and about to call her name, when a light beeming from Icely's body broke the vines and lifted her to the sky covering her body...In the otherside of the dreamscape was Icely finally entering the door.
Outside the dreamscape a light beemed through the sky from Icely's room that create a huge thud sound. However, everyone around the area are not aware and still continue to fast asleep, especially humans. The presense of the light caught the attention supernatural being from miles away. Now the witches know that the blessed child had finally been awakened. The world was watching, and been waiting for the awakening of the blessed child.
"Ugh!!!! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! She had finally awakened!! This is her second awakening! And still no one had seen it coming" A witched with crazy hair, black gown, and long nails making a fuse in her messy house, screaming on other witches
"But it isn't—" one of them tried to reason out
"Shh...Shut up!!! Instead of trying to find excuses. Find where that energy came from, and probably it won't be too late! Right?!" The scary witch said irritabky, and her lackey used the cauldron to find where she is... but to no avail they couldn't traced where the energy came from.
"NO!" the scary witch screamed in anger. She was staring at the blank space and took a long paused "If the blessed child asked... the world shall answer..." She whisphered
"Ha... Ha.. You hid... her well this time..., Hestia!" She said irritably
"But Ursula. What makes this child special, and catch your attention?"
"SHUT UP!!!!" She screamed
Back to dreamscape. Icely came down from the sky, and slowly come down to Hunter. Now she's wearing a dress that have feathers from the hips passed down her feet. She held Hunter's face, carressing his cheek. Hunter touched her hand, and stares at each others eyes side to side. She was smiling heavenly letting him know she's okay now. Hunter grip her hand and kissed it, then Icely leaned closer to kiss his cheek that made Hunter jolted awake...
"Hunter!" Zylon yelled as he slapped Hunter's face trying to wake him up. Hunter dropped to the ground from the impact of the slapped. Confused what was going on
"Damn, man. You scared us" Archer
"Why the f**k you slapped me?" Hunter holding his face where he got slapped and went back to lay on his bed.
"You were yelling Icely's name like you were having a nightmare. What do you expect us to do?" Zylon
"What happened to Icely?" Archer
"She's fine!... God..." Her rubbing his cheeks and recovering from the heart attack. Hunter explained what just happened in dreamscape. They can't ignore Hunter's dream anymore after knowing he's connected to Icely. "Anyway, I was gonna call her the moment I woke up. If you didn't just slapped me that hard."
"Whatever happen to Icely in your dream, is what she feels." Zylon "Of course, we are going to get concerned"
"I'm just going to call her. Just in case" Archer dialing Icely's number
[Hi, Archer. Goodmorning] Icely said sweetly
"Goodmorning, Luna" He said back
[Where is Zylon, and Hunter?]
"Goodmorning, Bambi" "Goodmorning, Icely" Zylon and Hunter replied
[Yeah, I heard you. Goodmorning, Boys] Icely said Enthusiasticly
"How are you doing?" Archer asked
[I'm good. Just helping my mom prepare the kids for school?] Icely replied
"Oh, can we... I... or one of us send the kids to school with you?" Archer
[Ugh... sure! But let me ask my mom, okay?] Icely [Yeah she said yeah]
Archer and Icely sent the kids to school, and then ask her to come over their house to discuss about what happened to Hunter's dream.
" Yeah! Zylon even have to slap me hard the moment I wake up" Hunter said while covering his cheek where he got slapped.
"Oh! no. tsk! tsk! tsk!" Icely said and sat on Hunter's lap to look at his cheeks closely. She kissed Hunter's cheeks unexpectedly that made him pushed his eyebrows together out of curiousity. It's just that Icely unexpectedly open today, and carefree like in his dreams.
"What happened to you?" Hunter asked
"Why is there soemthing wrong?" Icely pouted a little and put her eyebrows together.
"No, It's nothing... It's unlike you to take the initiative" Hunter replied while putting his arms around on Icely's waste for an embrace.
"Well I had my second awakening." Icely replied back
"What is the second awakening?" Zylon asked
"I heard it from sometime ago second awakening is about detaching yourself from an attachment. But I'm not sure what is an attachment" Archer
" Oh! it's just an attachment on certain feelings or someone why you can not ascend, and once you detach is when you ascend. Once you figure out what are your attachment's are and learn to let it go is only where you can be truely awakened." Icely replied "Hunter was the witness of my awakening though"
Icely also told them how was she tested. And now, she's more comfortable and happy to be with them without overthinking things. They were happy for her and thought she was brave facing it. Icely is now more bolder than she do before...