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 Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:59 pm
"Good," she whispered snuggling against him.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:04 pm
He lit a small pile of driftwood on fire before he let himself drift off to sleep. The fire might be some sort of protection for them during their sleeping hours.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:08 pm
At some point in time during the night Lucky began crying in her sleep. In her dreams the scene played over and over again. Zukon fighting against that evil pony and his own flames swirling back to consume him - but in her dreams there was no healing sister standing by. Only Zukon, burning almost beyond recognition and that demon laughing over him...
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:12 pm
Zukon stirred when he heard her crying. He pulled her closer, rocking her gently. "Shh...whatever is troubling you is not real..."
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:13 pm
She whimpered and clung to him, "But what if it was?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:16 pm
"It's not. It was a dream. It had to be. We are both here and well."
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:18 pm
Lucky buried her face in his chest trying so hard to forget the vivid, violet images of the nightmare.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:20 pm
"Shh..." He held her tightly, brushing her forelock back out of her eyes.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:23 pm
"I don't think I'm cut out for this hero stuff," she whispered.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:32 pm
"You don't have to be. You never have to go into a fight again. There is no reason you should ever see the things that you witnessed."
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:33 pm
She tried to stop the tears from flowing, "But I have..."
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:37 pm
"And I would take them from you if I could. If I were a stronger lover, I wouldn't have let you go...I shouldn't have let you go. Blame me, lean on me, whatever it takes to forget what you've seen."
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:38 pm
"No," she said softly. "That's not the answer. Zukon, I never want to feel that powerless again..."
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:41 pm
"I see. Then do you have a plan to fix that?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:43 pm
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