Soar

Rowan/Christina: Hope

Rowan's POV
I still stood there crying even though all my so called friends were long gone. I couldn't stop the tears that kept on pouring out of my eyes. I thought I finally found some people I could trust, that would except me for me. I guess I was wrong. People can't be trusted, all of them will just turn their back on you eventually. Trusting someone is like putting yourself out there, making you vulnerable. No matter what happens, no matter how close you get, the bond of trust that you build will always shatter in the end. The words they said still echoed in my mind. Over and over again like a broken record. 'Sorry, it's just you aren't all that memorable' is what Piper told me. 'Don't worry it's just the useless girl' Amy said as if I wasn't even there. All of them. They all betrayed me. But I guess it's all my fault. It was my fault to ever trust them in the first place.
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Christina's POV
'But I guess it's all my fault. It was my fault to ever trust them in the first place.' I hear Rowan's thoughts say. In the time that I have been in here I have learned that I can hear the thoughts of the person who's mind it belongs to. I guess that would be obvious to some extent though since it's their mind and the mind is where thoughts are made. Anyway, seeing Rowan crying and crying breaks my heart. I know what it feels like to think that your trust has been over looked but that was only small types of pain because the people who betrayed my trust were never my friends, they were bullies. And besides that, I didn't believe in all those things the illusion told me, by the looks of it, Rowan does. I can't just stand here anymore, I was given a mission to save my friends. I walk out from the shadows and slowly walk over to Rowan. I put my hand on her shoulder and whisper in her ear, "You aren't alone"
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"You aren't alone" is what I hear. I look in the direction the voice came from and see a small glowing figure of light. I can't make out the face of the person all I see is a person that is glowing gold.
"W-who are you?" I ask in a voice barely above a whisper. The figure looks to be taken a back by my question, I guess it assumed I knew what it was
"I'm hope" The figure says after thinking about it for a while, "I'm your hope to be exact"
"My hope?" I ask in a confused tone
"This place, is the cavern of your mind. It's where your thoughts are created." The figure or hope explains. "You have been overwhelmed and consumed by darkness so this place in your mind has become a dark and scary place. I am that last speck of hope left here" the hope explains
"Well I think it's too late for me" I tell it, "I am lost beyond helping" I whisper and after I say that the glow of hope lessens slightly
"No one is so lost that they can't be helped" the hope responds, "Where there is darkness there is light. Your heart may be stained with feelings of sadness and doubt but there is also still hope for your heart to heal"
"How do you know I will be able to go back" I whisper
"Well you won't be able to go back to the way you were" the hope explains, "instead you will come back stronger. All those hardships you have been through have helped you to grow from a young and naive soul to one that is strong and can face anything" the hope tells me in a confident voice. "I won't lie, the journey will be hard" the hope tells me, "but that will only make you stronger" the hope says with a smile
"How can I make it back alone" I ask
"You aren't alone" the hope answers
"But my friends" I start before my voice drops down to a whisper, "they left me"
"Those weren't your real friends," the hope tells me, "your real friends are trapped too, just like you" the hope says, "they are aching from pain and are trapped just like you" the hope continues, "are you ready to save them?" the hope asks
With this new information I feel up lifted and enlightened, and knowing that I have the power to save my friends from this terrible darkness makes me feel empowered. "Yes" I say simply with a smile. And just like that the room lights up instantly filling me with warmth. I look at the hope and see that it is actually Christina, I smile at her and mouth the words "Thank You" and with that we are transported out of my mind and back into the dungeon castle. I now feel more refreshed than I have ever felt in my entire life. The warm sensation still lingers and it brings a smile to my face. I look around the tower and find that my wrists have been unshackled and that I was now standing on the ground with Christina next to me. My friends are a different story, Piper, Dan, and Amy were all still chained up and a dark mist was covering their bodies. Their faces looked pale and in pain; they all looked very frail. Me and Christina nodded to each other and walked over to Dan and touched his dark chains and just like that we were transported into the dark depths of his mind.
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Will Rowan and Christina succeed in their task? Will they be able to pull Dan away from the darkness? Do they have the power to also unlock the feelings Dan locked away years ago? Or will they all be forever trapped in his mind? Find out in the next chapter of Soar!