"Strange dreams? What do you mean, dad?" she tried to sound confused. Which wasn't that hard to fake because her head did hurt. The hospital had given her some very strong drugs for the pain. Anna had yet to decide if they were actually helping or simply made her not care about said pain.
"Anna," her father said sharply. Her deception had failed.
"There was this one. Someone was strangling me and when I woke up there were bruises," at her father's expression, Anna stopped. Murderous desire filled his eyes. It was something she had never seen in his loving eyes before.
"Continue," despite what she saw on his face, his voice was even. Swallowing, she continued.
"And...and I keep seeing this girl. She looks like and anime character. Oh, and she always carries a scythe," when the word scythe passed from his lips, his expression cleared. Now he appeared satisfied. Or perhaps pleased.
"Dad, what's happening to me?" she asked in a small voice. He reached and gave one of her hands a squeeze.
"You have an ability, that you got from me. Some people call it astral projection. We always called it Dreaming. When you are asleep, you can leave your body and go wherever you want," he began.
"So I'm not crazy?" the question burst from her lips. A small chuckle was his immediate response to her question.
"No, you're not. When you are Dreaming, it is very real," he patted her hand. A tension she didn't know was inside left her. She was about to thank a higher power for not being crazy, but one word her father said made her pause.
"Who's we?" she pressed. And now her father was wistful, looking back into the mists of memory.
"The one with the scythe. Her name is Aislinn,"
Muwahaha, my name wins!
ReplyDeleteMy criticism is that the explanation of her power is a little bit too...straightforward. I feel like it could be drawn out a bit - maybe some hesitance from the father.
I do have plans for that. After all, how does the power work? What are the limitations? Stuff like that still has to be answered. And it will be!
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