It was said that dreams were a microcosm of what you thought of at day. Well, Ronald was pretty sure he had not thought of that scary smiley face for days. But he kept on having dreams about her.
In one dream, she was wearing a long red dress and caressing him with her long acrylic red nails.
In another, she was like a ghost with purple eyes towering over him as he slept. In general, this had moved from a dream to a nightmare.
He sat up instantly after having a dream that they actually lived together. He was horrified by the dream. Why was this girl in his mind?
He left his bedroom to the kitchen to have a glass of water. As he was filling the glass, he received an email from the village chief of Acorn village. Reading the name made him shiver unconsciously. That was were the girl who had been haunting him lived.
The email was about the students he was going to sponsor. There was going to be a local quiz to pick the qualified students and he was invited.
'Did these people think I was as free as them? They've got nothing doing all day and dare to invite a busy man like me to some local quiz. Why would they even think I'll be there? Oh, but maybe they did not think I'll be there. This was most likely an invitation sent just to show respect.' he thought.
He typed a reply to the village chief and put off his phone.
"Is there a chance that that girl would be part of the students? No no, I should not jinx myself." he muttered. He drank the water and realized he was even more awake.
He sighed heavily and walked to the living room.
"Young Master?" a male voice sounded. This was the butler sent over from the family mansion to take care of him.
"Paul, go back to bed." Ronald waved at him.
"Oh, yes master. But, young Master, if you are currently finding it hard to sleep, why don't you watch videos of K-pop stars sleeping. You'll most likely doze of before you know it." Paul continued only to earn a glare from his master.
He scurried back to his room. Ronald slapped his forehead and began to consider the suggestion of Paul.
He used his laptop and searched: K-pop idols sleeping, and was giving a whole list of videos to pick from.
He clicked on a video of a girl band and was instantly overwhelmed by their cuteness.
'Absolute fool, Paul, this is not making me sleepy, it's making me more and more alert!' he thought.
.....
Middle of the night, there was a silhouette of a human moving to the kitchen in Xana's house. In a room, eyes snapped open and a young boy jumped off from his bed. He walked towards the area the silhouette was and followed it's tracks.
In the kitchen of Xana's home, a girl was seen by the stove cooking medicinal ingredients and adding more as time passed.
"Moongem herb, check. Five minutes from now and the Winter grass would be added." she wiped her sweat not noticing the young boy at the door.
'So sis, this is what you do at night." the boy thought drily. He shook his head and turned to go back.
"Stop there, Lucas." a feminine voice sounded. He was startled and turned towards the girl who had her eyes on him.
He still tried to sneak away, though. "Seriously, escape and forget about you calling me sister." The threat was so great that the boy stopped and trembled a bit.
"So," she began while twisting a blade of winter grass in her hands. "Mind telling me who you really are, brother?" Xana asked.
Lucas smiled wryly. 'This can't be escaped from anymore.'
"Follow me to the living room sis. We need to talk."
They walked into the living room and sat next to each other. Xana looked at her eight year old brother acting like he was in his late teens and was inwardly surprised.
"Sister, I transmigrated." Lucas said and Xana's eyes widened. 'Transmigration, again? Is it this common?'
"I was a soldier in my previous life. I made a mistake on field one day and was accidentally shot by a training bullet. It was not enough to even make me unconcious but it was surprisingly a real bullet. I was not even wearing a bullet proof that day!" Lucas laughed bitterly. "My so called friend was the one that shot me and I didnt survive it."
Xana sighed. Enemies disguising as friends. She felt like she had experienced such before but she couldn't point her finger on it.
"I woke up with pains in my chest and I realized I was floating in a river. The river at the outskirts of this village." he laughed bitterly again.
"My life was even sought after in this world!"
Xana's eyes narrowed. 'In this village, who would have been so wicked to do such to an eight year old boy! Wait.... eight year old?' she thought and asked Lucas.
"How old was the body you were reborn into?"
"Five, the original Lucas was five years old. Wait, your question has made me confirm that you are also not from this world, Deanna. My former name was Miles. What was yours, sister?"
"Xana. I'll prefer you'll begin calling me that when we are together." The both of them laughed.
Their conversation continued till early into the morning.
.....
Xana rolled on her bed trying her best to sleep. She pressed her face to her pillow counting sheep but her mind was in turmoil. She just couldn't sleep.
She began to recall the words of Lucas before they went to bed.
"It doesn't matter who we were before or who we are now. It matters only who we mean to be and who we shall be, sister."
Those words struck a chord in her heart.
She was finally able to sleep when it was four o'clock.
.....
She was in a strange shiny place with a few people walking past once in a while. A familiar voice called her and she turned to see a young man with brown hair and brown eyes smiling sweetly at her.
That smile seemed to tear her heart apart. She felt nostalgic and wanted to run into the arms of the boy.
Her mouth moved without her commanding it but she heard every word that was being said.
"Where would he be?" she asked hearing the ache and worry in her voice.
"He'll be back soon and I'mma peel his skin off for you sis."
Those words caused her more heartache. "No don't, he's still a kid though, let's wait for some more time.
An hour passed and she was discussing with her brother the visitors from Area A when there was a huge sound from the top.
They both entered a space portal and were sent to a street. A large group of strangely dressed people were waiting for them with a black haired boy in their front. She immediately knew what was going on but her brother was faster and pushed her towards the space portal.
Her body immediately moved against her will and she dragged her brother back to the portal. She heard his scream but smiled at him.
"I'll be back for you brother."
Her hands were chained by super handcuffs and led to a truck.
.....
Xana snapped her eyes open and immediately sat up on her bed sweating heavily.
She knew she just had a very important dream but she did not remember anything about it. One thing that didn't change was her aching heart.
She began to cry like she had lost something important but she did not know what it was. She curled into a fetal position and cried herself to sleep.