Element
Of Dark
Chapter Sixteen
"Yo Cuz! What are you doing?" A small light peered through the
vast darkness and I saw Kevin approach me. I rose slowly and as my vision
adjusted I found myself in the hallway backstage. I touched my head dazedly.
Somehow I was right back where I had first met Dream; exactly. I turned
to Kevin confused.
"Where's Frack?" My voice was full of panic and Kevin clasped
my shoulder tightly.
"You okay?"
"Dream. Where's Dream?" His brow crinkled slightly.
"Dream?" I nodded elaborately.
"Cuz, you're sure you're okay?" My head thrashed wildly
around hoping to catch a glance of the tiny girl. I felt a body collide with
mine and my legs slipped forward.
"Sorry Frick." I whipped around, finding myself face to face
with Nicky. But it was not the Nicky of moments before. His eyes held no trace
of the flaming yellow crimson and his bony structure had filled out into a
healthy shape. Sighing with relief I embraced him tightly. When I let go he
stepped back, a look of embarrassment was pasted across his face. "Um, Rok?
You all right?" I nodded once more, a large grin across my face.
"Have you seen Dream?" He stared at me long and hard. When he
spoke his voice was full of concern.
"You wanna, um, lie down for a bit Bri?" My heart fell deep
into my chest and I could feel the sorrow as it washed over me. I stood there,
in silence, listening to the beat of my breath as it flowed gently into what was
no longer in existence. I fought back the burning sensation at my eyes. It was
all over. No more pain. No more loss. No more fear. All over. There was no such
element as The Darkness. It was an object of the fear that lay deep in the heart
of a very young child. A child afraid of being alone. A child wary of what the
future may bring. A child that had pushed his nightmares to the lone depths of
his heart, a place long forgotten. Me. Finally I shook my head, with great
sadness of heart.
"No…no that's ok," I whispered, my lower lip trembling
slightly. Kevin gave me another look.
"Bri,…is..is something the matter?" Silently a shining silver
tear slid down my cheek and he hesitatingly hugged me. No longer able to fight
the sorrow I sobbed into his shirt until no more could I cry the tears of
mourning for the girl who existed only in the dreams of hopeful loss. The dreams
of the child within. A dream, a mere dream. The very dream that had long since
died.
The
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