In the world of dreams

~Pov Ioan~

A nostalgic place, it's the only thing going on in my mind seeing the scenery around me. Looking around you can see several targets in front of me, made for bow and arrow training, behind me was a wall, where some bows were hanging, as well as many medals and trophies.

On my back I can feel the weight of the quiver. I take my hand to her over my shoulder, from there I take an arrow, then I look at the target and concentrate. For a second the sound of the wind seems to disappear, at that moment only me, my weapons and my target exist, the breath stops, this was a mania that I possessed, it stays that way until the arrow travels all the way and hits the center of the target perfectly.

As soon as I let go of my breath I could hear footsteps, they seemed to be coming from behind. My mother used to come to see me at the end of practice all the time.

At the moment I am in the training camp, I take an arrow and put it in the bow, I keep my breath under control, but every time I release the arrow I have the mania to hold my breath until it reaches the target, the movement has to be perfect, when the arrow hits the target exactly in the center I release my breath, at the same time I hear footsteps coming behind me, normally my mother always comes at the end of the training.

"Mom?" I turn around while I talk.

But as I turn around, I see someone else. His long hair was grayish, which made his black eyes stand out even more. She looks at me while she smiles.

"Sorry to intrude," says the woman without breaking her beautiful smile.

"Don't worry about it," I answer casually.

Although I had never seen this person, as far as I can remember, I felt calm for some reason. I was not surprised that she showed up at my house, I could only feel a good feeling that was transmitted by her.

"You're really good with the bow" says looking impressed as she looks at the target behind me.

As soon as you speak, I can tell you're starting to get closer. I look at the bow in my mother, it was extremely worn in the place where my hand was, it was not because it was old, after all, this had been bought a few weeks ago, the marks were due to excessive use.

"I've trained hard to get to that level" I still talk looking at the bow.

"But, do you like it? " question.

I was not surprised by the question, I had heard it several times by people watching me from outside, everyone thought I was forced to train for my family, to maintain the high standards we had, for a while even I found that, but I realized that bow and arrow is one of the few things that give me pleasure in doing.

"I see, so those are your real feelings. "

Wait a minute, I haven't said anything yet, how does she know what I'm thinking?

"Don't worry, I have a certain power in the dream world. "

Dream? When I hear your words I remember memories of that day. I had already lived that same day before, it was in this place where it all began, right here, where I used to spend most of my time.

"Who are you? "I ask by taking a step back and preparing my bow.

But something was wrong, the bow was no longer in my hand, a dagger had appeared in its place. The same dagger I gained from Lucio when I arrived in the new world, I can also feel changes in my body, before I felt lower, as if I was in the body of a child, now it seems that I am back to normal.

"Don't worry, honey, I won't do you any harm, let's just introduce ourselves? "She says by raising her hands and showing her palms. "I'm Nahemah, it's a pleasure to meet you, though I know a lot about you.

In a brief moment she disappears from my sight, as I concentrate I can feel for a moment the sensation of something on my left, then I feel clearly her hand passing on my cheek, she was on my side. I think about attacking her, but I don't know where my mates are, it could be dangerous.

"What have you done with Alicia and Bianca? Are they all right?" I ask.

"The two girls that are hanging out with you? "says thoughtfully. "Don't worry, as I said before, this is just a dream. "

She takes her hand off my face and takes two steps back, increasing our distance a little, then snapping her fingers. The landscape changes completely, the trophy room, the field and the targets seem to melt, in their places trees begin to grow, which grow into a large forest. Observing the place I notice a certain familiarity, I was in the forest where I appeared when I arrived in this world and met Lucio.

"See?" Nahemah talks by snapping her finger again, we were in the training room again. "I don't know if you'll believe me, but there's no magic that can carry anyone between worlds, we're inside your head, I can't do anything to them. "

I understand what you mean, but I can't do anything, even if I don't know if your words are true. All I can do is try to find out what she wants from me.

"So, what do you want? It's not possible that you brought me here just to show off your powers.

She giggles a short laugh and walks close to me, standing face to face with me. As it was shorter I ended up having to look down a bit, we were now looking each other in the eye.

"At the moment... "says by bringing his mouth closer to my ear. "Nothing."

After she spoke, she went out laughing and humming around the room. I was touching weapons that were on the walls, watching the medals and moving the trophies around. Coming close to a place, where there were several lances lined up, she touches one and ends up knocking them on the ground.

"Oops... "then he bounces around again.

"Let me get this straight, you got into my dream just because you didn't have to? Is it something like that? "I try to maintain a dialogue, but she seemed to be much more entertained with the guns. "

"Let me ask you something, little Ioan. "She says.

I can feel a vein leaping on my forehead. This reminded me of when I was younger, they called me 'small', often, as a way of calling me immature, thinking I didn't have the capacity to do something.

"I know you don't like it, that's why I did it," says Nahemah.

"Get out of my mind, please" I beg you.

She has another laugh.

"So, can I ask the question? "insists.

"I don't think I have any choice" I speak by sitting on the floor. "Just do it. "

Paying attention now to the feeling of being in that place was a bit strange, although I can see the whole room, in the smallest details, it seemed like I felt nothing, like the touch of things, my tact didn't seem to work the way it should. When I move the dagger, in my hand, it has no weight, even if I can see the ground I don't feel that I touch it. It's like all things are made of wind.

"Did you really like that? "She takes a bow while she talks.

"Like I said, I guess it was something that I was good at and... "I try to answer, but I'm interrupted.

"Don't lie to me, little Ioan. I am in your mind, I am the one who can perfectly understand your feelings, but you seem not to understand them yourself. "Nahemah releases the bow and approaches me.

This time I have to raise my gaze to see your face, because the difference in height was great, because I was sitting.

"You want me to show you the truth? " question. "Although I don't know if you'll react well to the scene you'll see. "As she spoke she crouched down, leaving our line of sight at the same height, and looking directly into my eyes. "

"Really? What are you trying to say? "I ask a little confused.

I don't understand what she wants to know about me. The reason you like bow and arrow.

"You try to fool yourself, you know damn well what I'm saying. "His features now seemed more serious. "I want to know what you're fighting for, tell me, what keeps you going? That's my doubt, although I seem to be the only one who knows this answer.

Your eyes seem to hypnotize me, attract me. I remember when I was a child, when I received my grandfather's first bow, the smile on my mother's face when I participated in my first championship, the people around me who always smiled during the awards.

"At that time you won several championships. Known as the young bow and arrow prodigy, quoted to be one of the best of his generation, but... "She takes a little break. "You know it wasn't really that good, right? Something was missing, something was holding you back. But there was a day when he became complete, the day when he became a great archer... Also, a killer. "