Destiny

“Where am I?” A line of torches enlightened my view. “I’m back in tapestry hall? Why? Where are the tapestries?” 

 They were gone. I looked around, but saw no sign of them, only a mirror stood in their place. The torches went out once again, leaving only two torches glowing. One on each side of the mirror. The stone walls held the embroidered mirror as it looked at me or so I thought. The reflection in the mirror was not mine, but rather another’s. His hair was fiery red and his eyes were yellow like mine.

“Dragon Tamer,” I said. 

 He gave me a warm smile and disappeared. His reflection was gone leaving only mine. I approached the mirror with caution before touching it. The mirror felt cold, but warm at the same time. I stared at my reflection only to realize my eyes had changed color. My eyes were back to normal, however, the moment I found peace was the same moment I felt someone watching me. My back was to them, but the mirror reflected what I had no nerve to turn to.

Large claws stepped out of the darkness and into the light of the torches. A face using its long, red scaly neck stretched into the mirror’s clear gaze. The face showed only anger; I knew better than to look in the eyes of the owner. The face saw my fear through the mirror and grew angrier. My voice, my body, everything froze. My fear had completely taken over; I felt the beating of my heart grow louder and louder until it stopped. I let out a single breath.

ROOOOOAAAAR!

My eyes shot open and my breathing was heavy. Same as the other dreams.

“Destiny, are you okay?” Axel asked with worry.

“Ye-yes, I’m fine,” I said checking for my heartbeat. I breathed a sigh of relief as I found it. I also found myself in Axel’s arms. The last thing I remember was falling asleep on his chest while we were still on the horse. Looking around, I could tell we were taking a break. Spirit was enjoying a drink at the nearby river, while a campfire was burning.

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, something wrong?”

Axel had a look of worry, and I mean extreme worry on his face. “Axel, what’s wrong?’

“I should be asking you that,” he replied.

“What are you talking about?”

“You don’t know do you?”

“Well, stop the suspense and just tell me!”

“You slept for a whole day.”

My eyes widened as I gave a nervous chuckle. “You’re joking, right?”

Axel shook his head, “I made that fire yesterday and I just put fresh wood on it to make breakfast.”

“But I was only sleeping for…How did I?”

Axel wrapped his arms around me. He did his best to comfort me, but the shock was overwhelming. We left at dawn, I closed my eyes to rest, and now I wake up to find that today is not yesterday, but tomorrow! What is happening to me? Why is this happening to me?

“Everything’s gonna okay, Destiny. I promise,” Axel whispered softly.

After I calmed down, Axel left to catch fish down the stream, he told Spirit to watch over me until he got back. My worries made me oblivious to Spirit, who casually rubbed his nose against my cheek.

“Oh, Spirit, I’m sorry. Are you hungry?” I asked taking a carrot out of the food bag. “Here you go, boy.”

Spirit ignored the carrot and instead laid his head on my shoulder. Confused at first by his strange behavior since he always eats the carrots. I smiled realizing his intention. Wrapping my arm around his neck, I hugged him.

“You’re worried about me as well. Aren’t you, Spirit?” I asked softly.

He neighed in reply.

“Hmph, you are just like your owner. Stubborn, blunt, unpredictable, and overprotective, but with the biggest hearts I know.”