Liana found herself in the middle of the white ocean once again. The waves. The current. Tossing her turning her. Playing with her. Like they were in an endless game. It wasn't the first time she found her in that serenity. This place was somewhere she visit quite a lot in her haze. She looked around at the bright aura surrounding the environment. It felt like a mother's lap. The warmth. The peace. The mellowness. It felt more like a mother's womb, to be very precise.
Liana shifted a little. There was something blocking the lights from reaching her face. She tried removing it with both her hands but without any success.
" Aaawww! " Liana sank as she tried chasing the shadow further, but she fell with a loud thud, on her shin.
" Mummy! " She yelled, rubbing her bruise, and her drooling lips.
" Do you always dance in your sleep? "
"Gosh! GOD! DRACO! "
Liana caught her chest, startled by the questioning Draco, staring in her face.
He moved back at her remark. Then kept staring, standing , leaning against the wall beside the window sill.
" Since when have you been standing like that? " Liana asked, after a while. She was still rubbing her legs and her eyes and face still needed some cleaning.
" Since night. "
Draco answered nonchalantly.
" WHAT! ARE YOU MAD! "
Liana erupted but she immediately pacified,
" You should have called me if you couldn't sleep. "
Draco gave her a look at that compassionate remark of hers. A look mixed with mockery, drizzled with amusement. It made Liana immediately regret being so soft. She made a face and tried getting up.
" We don't need to sleep. "
Draco stated looking outside the window.
"Sorry? "
Liana didn't quite understand his remark.
"We don't need to sleep. Neither do we need to eat. Our life source runs from our cores. It's fed differently. "
" Really! "Liana forgot her pain as her eyes lit up temporarily. " Hold on. Then why did you chomp on all my food like that yesterday, " she again protested immediately.
"That's because it tasted so good, " Draco came up to her side and then flicked hard on her forehead, like he did.
" Ouch! You! "
Liana glared but Draco pushed her over her bed.
" What! What are you trying... "
Liana was taken off guard. She found herself stammering.
" Ssshhhhhh! "
Draco whispered in her ears as he placed his hands on her lips.
Liana found the pain in her side vanish. It was now her heart that was aching. It was painful as it beat so fast. It was way more faster than it's usual pace.
Draco's hands went from her lips towards her shoulder. His fingers slowly removed her dress.
" What's he doing... what's this feeling... " Liana had thoughts racing in her head.
He kept moving her clothes, revealing her bra's lace.
His finger started radiating warmth. That slowly turned to heat.
" Ahhh! "
Liana mourned, still pinned under Draco's knee. Her voice made Draco a little uneasy.
" That's it. It isn't there... " he moved away with a jerk, leaving Liana gasping.
" Why? I mean what? "
Liana couldn't believe herself. What the hell was she asking.
" It's nothing. I thought you might have... "
" What? "
But before Draco could answer , both had to rush to Damian's room, as something fell.
There was smoke in his room. A smoke that was more like a veil. It neither burn the eye nor made one cough. Neither was any heat generated.
" What is this? "
Liana asked, feeling her way inside, trying to reach Damian.
" It's not good. It's a veiling spell. Did you reach Damian? "
Draco yelled from the room's another part.
" Not yet. "
Liana moved faster. Though she didn't understand very clearly, she atleast knew it was something bad. Just then her feet hit the base of something. It was somebody's feet. And it was steel.
" Is that you Draco? "
"DON'T MOVE"
Draco's voice thundered from the other side of the room.
Liana knew it was something sinister. Something sinister standing within an inch.
"L-I-A-N-A"
A chilly voice whispered in her ears, sending a terrifying rush down her spine.
" Damian. Damian. "
Liana yelled. Calling desperately out to her baby.
But she couldn't feel. Then her eyes went blank and she found herself trapped again in that sea.
Liana was again in the middle of that ocean.
"Why am I here? " she thought, " What is this place? Isn't it the same place I see in my dreams?"
This time she was wide awake. She saw everything . She felt everything. It was very surreal.
The water now was waist high. She could steer clear on her own. She kept moving on and on. Forward. Even tough she didn't know the route. But she did. It was like an unknown map, engraved in her soul.
Liana stopped as the serene of the ocean got replaced with the tide's unrest. The waves in front was now lashing heavily. They were hitting the rocks ahead which lead to a road.
" Is that land? " Liana thought.
" Definitely land. " she kept moving on.
As she moved, she thought she heard something.
" What's that sound? " She thought.
Then it registered. She ran as fast as her legs could, with all the might she had.
" It's Damian. His voice. There was no doubt. "
Liana knew he hardly cried. In fact it was close to never. He only made some sounds, whenever he needed her. It was definitely his baby sounds. The sounds he always used to draw her attention. The sound he made when hungry or scared.
But now that she knew Dragons never felt hunger, Liana was sure Damian wanted her those times near.
" I'm here. Damian. I'm coming. Baby don't fear. "
She yelled as she kept struggling. Breaking into a hurried run as the sound kept getting near.
She stopped suddenly.
Almost with a hault.
She was standing in front of a huge cave.
Gigantic and unpleasant, but right in front of its entrance, Damian was there.
Liana fell on her knees as she wrapped the baby in her arms.
Then something started burning in her chest. Right above her breast. It made her scream. Scream for help as her flesh scalded.