Quest 075
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I got to go home. I got to go home! And my friends from here in the City were able to come with me--Sam and Rue and Kurama and Cain and Neil and Todd and even some new people, which was rather odd, but they all got to come see Daventry and oh, it was so marvelous! Daddy looked so well and--and Mother was there and I got to spend time with Alexander and...
...and I got the chance to talk to him, alone, when I wasn't showing everyone else around. I took him aside and told him--about the wizard, about the futures I'd seen here in the City, about the magic. I told him everything. So we're working together now, the two of us. Me here in the City and him...him at home in Daventry. We'll find a way to stop it from happening, together. He said I was brave...
Oh, I miss them, but it was so good to hug Daddy again and just hold on tight and not have to let go. And it's all right, too. They said it's all right, that I'm here in the City and not with them. They miss me as much as I miss them, but--but I haven't been replaced or forgotten, not at all. And they're glad I'm safe here, with good friends and so many new and wonderful things to see that I could never see at home. And they liked Sam! ...Even if Mother did try to convince him to marry me, which wouldn't be so bad since I think he'd make a very good king (no matter how much he says otherwise) and if I really had to marry someone it might as well be someone I care about as much as Sam, but honestly, I could've done without Mother trying to convince him of it right in front of me! ...I suppose that just goes to show how different home is from the City, and how far I've come in getting used to things here. Besides, Mikaela makes him so happy, and she's from his world too...so it's really good that he has her, I think.
It was mostly lovely visiting other dreams, as well. I really rather liked Todd's; it was nice to see him smiling so much. He's really very shy, though, isn't he? So perhaps it's good that he has someone like Neil to be his friend. And he's only just arrived here recently too, so perhaps he'll relax a little more once he's had some time to get settled and used to things around here.
Sam's dream--his parents are wonderful. A little strange All right, very strange, but wonderful. And so are the Autobots! Bumblebee went so fast and I even sat in the driver's seat when we went riding! Goodness, what would Mother and Daddy think of that, if they knew?
And then there was--
It was so horrible...it started out like the manor house in Tamir, and I thought it was just spooky, but then we got going and he kept speaking in riddles, about darkness and curses and namesakes and I wanted to ask but it didn't seem right to say anything...and then that painting, with all the different faces, and I'd thought we would walk into a celebration but instead it turned out to be--
More and more, I find myself wondering if I ought to be afraid of him. First it was just the lying, but--
What was it he said, when he visited the Land of the Clouds? That someone like me could only come from someplace like Daventry? I wonder, then, if the same is true in reverse--what sort of person comes from a place like the one I saw in his dreams?
But then. Perhaps they're only dreams, after all.
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I think that was my favorite curse yet! There have been ones I've liked, of course, and ones that didn't suit me very well, and ones that I absolutely couldn't stand, but that one...oh, it was so nice to go home again!
And I had so many visitors, too! I'm so glad all of you managed to come visit--and it was very nice to make your acquaintance for the first time, Hong Mei and Quinn! I do hope you all enjoyed yourselves; I know I was very glad to have you come and see where I live when I'm not in the City.
It's a bit dreary outside today, though, isn't it? I haven't let it dampen my spirits, but it does rule out a few things I'd wanted to get done today. The tournament isn't far off, and I still don't think I'm quite back into practice, yet--or at least, my aim still isn't as good as it once was. Still, practice makes perfect, as they say--assuming one gets the chance to, of course. But there are other things I can do that are better suited to a rainy day, so I suppose it's all right.
...Like that recipe I've been meaning to try, for instance. Cooking is a fine activity for a rainy day, isn't it? And I can just as easily practice lines while I do, so that's something, too.
I got to go home. I got to go home! And my friends from here in the City were able to come with me--Sam and Rue and Kurama and Cain and Neil and Todd and even some new people, which was rather odd, but they all got to come see Daventry and oh, it was so marvelous! Daddy looked so well and--and Mother was there and I got to spend time with Alexander and...
...and I got the chance to talk to him, alone, when I wasn't showing everyone else around. I took him aside and told him--about the wizard, about the futures I'd seen here in the City, about the magic. I told him everything. So we're working together now, the two of us. Me here in the City and him...him at home in Daventry. We'll find a way to stop it from happening, together. He said I was brave...
Oh, I miss them, but it was so good to hug Daddy again and just hold on tight and not have to let go. And it's all right, too. They said it's all right, that I'm here in the City and not with them. They miss me as much as I miss them, but--but I haven't been replaced or forgotten, not at all. And they're glad I'm safe here, with good friends and so many new and wonderful things to see that I could never see at home. And they liked Sam! ...Even if Mother did try to convince him to marry me, which wouldn't be so bad since I think he'd make a very good king (no matter how much he says otherwise) and if I really had to marry someone it might as well be someone I care about as much as Sam, but honestly, I could've done without Mother trying to convince him of it right in front of me! ...I suppose that just goes to show how different home is from the City, and how far I've come in getting used to things here. Besides, Mikaela makes him so happy, and she's from his world too...so it's really good that he has her, I think.
It was mostly lovely visiting other dreams, as well. I really rather liked Todd's; it was nice to see him smiling so much. He's really very shy, though, isn't he? So perhaps it's good that he has someone like Neil to be his friend. And he's only just arrived here recently too, so perhaps he'll relax a little more once he's had some time to get settled and used to things around here.
Sam's dream--his parents are wonderful. A little strange All right, very strange, but wonderful. And so are the Autobots! Bumblebee went so fast and I even sat in the driver's seat when we went riding! Goodness, what would Mother and Daddy think of that, if they knew?
And then there was--
It was so horrible...it started out like the manor house in Tamir, and I thought it was just spooky, but then we got going and he kept speaking in riddles, about darkness and curses and namesakes and I wanted to ask but it didn't seem right to say anything...and then that painting, with all the different faces, and I'd thought we would walk into a celebration but instead it turned out to be--
More and more, I find myself wondering if I ought to be afraid of him. First it was just the lying, but--
What was it he said, when he visited the Land of the Clouds? That someone like me could only come from someplace like Daventry? I wonder, then, if the same is true in reverse--what sort of person comes from a place like the one I saw in his dreams?
But then. Perhaps they're only dreams, after all.
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I think that was my favorite curse yet! There have been ones I've liked, of course, and ones that didn't suit me very well, and ones that I absolutely couldn't stand, but that one...oh, it was so nice to go home again!
And I had so many visitors, too! I'm so glad all of you managed to come visit--and it was very nice to make your acquaintance for the first time, Hong Mei and Quinn! I do hope you all enjoyed yourselves; I know I was very glad to have you come and see where I live when I'm not in the City.
It's a bit dreary outside today, though, isn't it? I haven't let it dampen my spirits, but it does rule out a few things I'd wanted to get done today. The tournament isn't far off, and I still don't think I'm quite back into practice, yet--or at least, my aim still isn't as good as it once was. Still, practice makes perfect, as they say--assuming one gets the chance to, of course. But there are other things I can do that are better suited to a rainy day, so I suppose it's all right.
...Like that recipe I've been meaning to try, for instance. Cooking is a fine activity for a rainy day, isn't it? And I can just as easily practice lines while I do, so that's something, too.