Awakened [open]

[Escape]

The stupid, troublesome, boy woke up from a very long dream. He was still lying on some branches, the clear blue sky was right infront of him. He felt great after he woke up. He sat up looked down. He saw the trees, the grass, and the soil. He jumped down from the branches and landed on his two feet. He stretched his arms and legs that made him more comfortable. Then he walked down a pathway full of trees. Atlast he felt peace...

[Xena]

Nothing was in store for me in the woods anymore.

Must be why I'm always out to go for it. Being in town makes things noisy. Being in Freedom Space makes it deadly quiet. Being in any other place is almost as annoying as staying in class. Mind I say, if there is a class. It's almost as if I don't learn anything anymore.

I sighed as I walked along a lonely stretch of woodland again, noticing the movement around me and wishing those eyes would just go away. The bright green trees shaded my path like a wide umbrella. I was too busy fidgeting around with my skirt to notice the sudden, aggressive movement in the branches above me.

I walked below the tree that had moved and gasped out in surprise when something dropped out in front of me. Someone, rather. I know him somewhere before in the past, but it must've been my rusty memory because I couldn't name him anymore. I eyed him up and down, still showing the surprised expression on my face.

He began to stretch, seemingly oblivious to my presence in the scene. At first I just wanted to skip away from the boy, but something made me stay. Then he walked away from me, continuing on the tree-filled path. It would've been odd to do so, but I followed him anyway, as silently as I could, like a stalker or something. Unknown to me, I tapped his shoulder and said with no warning, "Heya~."

[Escape]

"Heya~."

Escaped turned around and saw the girl that tapped his shoulder. Escape could not remember the familiar face. He asked the girl..

"May I help you..?"

The boy looking straight into the girl's eyes looking innocent. He stared trying to remember the girl's name.. he forgot where he saw the girl. Something was bothering him.

[Xena]

While I'm wondering why he didn't ask for my name, he had turned around and asked, "May I help you?" Not really listening, rather minding what I'm supposed to say, I kept on blabbering on and on about... well, penguins. "D'you know that people actually hunt penguins for their pelts? I mean, something as cute as that and they go on around and killing them like something so weird and ruthless like that."

It was only then when I rewind the scene in my head was when I noticed that he had spoken. And so I said, "I'd like to have a.. companion around, I s'pose." I smiled at him and offered him my hand, feeling odd and hyper all the same. "C'mon," I urged him cheerfully as I nudged him with my elbow gently, showing again the offered hand only waiting for him to take.

I looked in front of me, to the end of the woodland and over the horizon, where the sun began to dive under, a phrase meaning "the sun began to set."

[Escape]

The girl offered her hand.Escape, feeling wierd, took her hand. He looked straight towards the girl and asked with a gentle voice.

"What happens now..?"

While waiting for her reply he noticed that the surroundings became darker. Then he looked towards where the sun was. He saw that the sun setting. It was beautiful sunset. It looks as though the sun was sinking. Singking into the ocean. The shadows of the trees became larger. His shadow and the girl's became larger too. Then he looked at the girl again.

"May I please know your name..?"