Bonds to Our Destiny, Chapter 4,Ā āItās okay, right?ā
Oh, Iām so sorry that I hadnāt update since almost a month on this story !!! ><
As I try to have a few chapters ahead already written when I post a new one (at least two), well, I hadnāt update because I was lacking one ! x) That not mean I havenāt written at all, in fact, I post a little story in three chapters about the Pokemon fandom, a HoennChampionShipping for those who wondered, called āLooking for you in the midnight skyā, a re-telling of the Cinderella tale ! ^^
Also, why I took my time? Well, for a few weeks, I thought that I had to write a long story for this fanfiction, that I need more fillers and all butā¦ Well, itās my story, and if the way itās planed in my head means itās going to be a short one, well, let it be a short one!
I donāt think that Iāll write more than twenty chapters, but then again, it will depend if how things will go from when the movie arc will begin!
Still, youāll have a couple of chapters fillers ahead of you that will settle down a few things more.
(One more thing, just to be sure. About the dream sequence, I put Ā« ~*~ Ā» between some paragraph because I switch between Varian and Rapunzel POV, this way it should not confuse you (I hope !))
After what had happened this day in the kitchen, Varian knew that argument ( if he could call this incident like that ?) was just the beginning of something bigā¦ Very big, and that, no matter how hard heāll try, something had just torn something in his relation with his father.
And deep inside, the young alchemist dread the coming-day where everything will just blow up into his face.
Stillā¦ There were the dreamsā¦
Varian knew that his father forbade him from trying to understand them butā¦ He couldnāt help himself, he had to know what they really are.
It was like a sort of gut feeling, his mind working, always looking for some kind of answers because he was a man of science, didnāt he? He had to do some experiences with them to understand how they worked. But what frustrated him the most was that he couldnāt use alchemy to study them.
To be honest, Varian had been surprised when the Girl told him the following night that she had awakened with the lantern in her arms. And despite his father warnings, he knew that was only the tip of the iceberg and that he had to investigate further.
Some months have passed since their birthday and the Girl and he had tried some experiences about this Ā« Water-curtain event Ā», as he liked to call it (and because it was the best way to define it), like how make it appeared by command and not by chance: for that, both of them seem able to do so, even if it appeared that the task was easier to accomplish for Varian, his side clearer, mostly when the moon was full, even if he couldnāt understand why. The Girl side, on the other hand, was always blurry, she struggled more to make it appear and she couldnāt take any object from the other side of the curtain. Same for sleeping with an object: Varian could take them in but, on the other hand, was unable to take something from the dream to the reality, where the Girl could, might it had been brought by Varian himself or was created inside the realm.
Oh yeah, because they had recently discovered that they could create things from nothing in the noplace and that, from night to night, the objects left in the dream were still there when the came back.
Thus, the noplace transformed itself from a void nowhere to a full organized chaos where paint material, alchemy stuff, invented objects, various plants, furniture, carriages ( ?!) and other improbable things were side by side in a strange harmony.
Sometime, Varian wished he could bring back with him some stuff from the dream realm to his room, like the prototype inventions that would take months to create in reality but were easier to do here as the time worked in strange ways in the noplace, but also because the Girl gave him a lot of things, mostly painting and Gosh this girl is really gifted with a paintbrush !
But one of the other things that Varian couldnāt truly understand about those dreams was the fact that he truly felt complete in the Girl presence. It was a sort of a warm, familiar feeling he felt bloomed in his chest each time he saw the Girl smile, even if he couldnāt see her face, or at least remembered how she looked like.
Once, he asked his father about this feeling.
Ā« Why, are you in love, Varian? Ā»
The young alchemist had really thought hard about it for the rest of the day.
Yes, he did love the girl butā¦ In a way, it was something more similar to what he felt toward Quirin than the love between two lovers like he saw sometimes in the street of Old Corona. But it was different from the love a son had for his father too, it was as if there was somethingā¦ more about his relationship with the Girl, deeper by many aspects, but he couldnāt point out what.
So one night he asked her
Ā« Howā¦ How do you feel toward meā¦? Ā»
The question had popped out during one of their comfy silence where the Girl hummed slightly a very enjoyable tune while drawing random stuff on a sheet of paper upon her knees. She just stopped and looked at him straight in the eyes.
Ā« Why do you ask me that?
Ā« Itās justā¦ I canāt define what our relation isā¦ Ā» he chuckled nervously, Ā« itās just that you are very important to me a-and itās just like I feel complete only when Iām in your presence andā¦ Ā» Varian cast his eyes down, Ā« Wellā¦ I do love you, but not in a romantic wayā¦ But also different from what I feel toward my father, and itās not quite friendship soā¦ Ā» he voice trailed off as the Girl stayed silent.
Rapunzel blinked at the boy, trying to process his words. Yes, she had too thought about her relationship with the younger one and she knew exactly what he was feeling becauseā¦ She felt the same way too.
So slowly, she headed toward the younger one and put a hand on his shoulder. The Boy looked up at her and gave Rapunzel a very shy smile and she felt her heart melt.
On a whim, she put her arms around the younger and drew him into a sweet embrace. He hugged her back.
Ā« I know exactly what you are feelingā¦ Ā» she said in his ear, Ā« ā¦ I tried to understand too but I canāt find a good way to definite it butā¦ Ā» she pushed him smoothly out of her arms to lock her eyes with his, Ā« ā¦But I think the best way to define it is that you are just like the little brother I never thought I would ever have, and maybe even moreā¦ Ā» she chuckled, Ā« Still, the words failed me because they arenāt strong enoughā¦ Ā»
The Boy smiled back at Rapunzel, beaming at the olderās answer. Then, he tilted a little his head and a playful glint alight his blue eyes Ā« In that case, you are the Big Sister I always dream Ā to have.Ā»
Rapunzel paused for a moment and then giggled at the (bad) pun the Boy had made before giving him a last squeeze on the shoulder.
Even if he had said this as a joke, she saw that he really meant what he had said, and just knowing this fact warmed her lonely heart a little more.
But, Rapunzel still had the feeling she owed him somethingā¦ He had given her so many things andā¦ She couldnāt repay him, she couldnāt even give him a birthday present, and it frustrated her so much!
Surely, there should be something that can she can do to repay him, right?
The fourteen-years-old girl thought hard, thinking about what she can do to thanks the young alchemistā¦ And then an idea popped in the front of her mind.
She hadnāt tried to invoke them during the night for a long time, and never in a dream before. Rapunzel knew that the exercise was easier to do during the daytime but she wouldnāt be able to show him them if she was awakeā¦ But, it worth the try, right?
And, to be honest, she thought that the way she could see the world sometimes was truly a gorgeous sight, and she wanted to share it with him.
So she put a hand on the younger boy arm, Ā« Tell meā¦ I want to show you something, but Iām not sure that itāll work butā¦ Stillā¦ Do you want me to try it? Ā»
The boy tilted a little his head and looked at her with intrigued eyes, Ā« Wellā¦ Iām a bit curious nowā¦ What is it? Ā»
Ā« Itās something that I can see when Iām awake but I never try when Iām asleepā¦ Ā» The boy gave her an encouraging smile Ā« Donāt doubt of yourself, Iām sure you can do it! Ā»
Rapunzel beamed a little at this words and then close her eyes, reaching for the familiar tug inside of her chest, pulling on it.
A few seconds passed before she heard a gasp coming from the boy in front of her, and she allowed herself a smile. She opened her eyes to look at the familiar sight before her.
When she was younger, Rapunzel could only see a few strings, five to be exact, but as she grew older, she began to see more and more bonds crossing the sky, the air, the walls, everything in a gleaming web of billions of colors. And now, she was able to share the view with the younger boy.
His eyes were glowing with wonder as he turned on himself, the head tilted backward and the mouth slightly agape.
Strings were crossing in front of them too, and he reached a hand toward the strings to touch them, and his fingers simply passed through the tin cords. Finally, the Boy looked down at the Girl.
Ā« Iām not sure, but I have my own theoryā¦
Ā« I suppose them to be the bonds that tied people to each other all around the worldā¦ Each time one meet someone else, a bond is createdā¦
Ā« So, we do share one of them?
Ā« Maybe, but we never met in real before soā¦ Ā» she frowned a little, Ā«Let me try if I can find itā¦ Ā» And slowly, she put one hand to her heart and let her own bonds coming out of it. First, it was the red string from her mother, then Pascalās, the two purple one and finallyā¦
She let a small smile appeared on her lips. In a way, Rapunzel wasn't surprised at all to see which one was her bond with the little boy.
Varian gasped once more when he saw the string poured out of the Girlās chest straight to his own.
And even if he was still marveled by all the strings that stripped the sky above their head, he was far more fascinated by the bond that linked him to the Girl. He never could have thought that it would be like that!
It seemed to be made of silver and gold knitted together in a very complex-yet-artistic way, some crystal enameling the bound and making it shining under the colorful light of the other strings surrounding them. But what intrigued him the most was the fact that the string shined with a faint gleaming light different from the others.
Unlike all the other strings that surrounded them, he could feel the bound between his fingers, pounded with energy, and for a split of seconds, Varian and the Girl mind were connected as if they were one.
It was as if he was himself, her, but also somebody else, as if he was a newborn and a thousand years old man at the same time as if he had everything to learn from the world, but also had all the knowledge of it in the palm of his hand.
During this split of a second, his eyes connected with the Girl emerald ones and he knew that she felt the same way. And as he looked into their deep, a wave of nostalgia hit him with force, leaving in the back of his mind the taste of forgotten memories from a life he hadnāt live.
Protect, Protect, PROTECT!
Ā« Stop it before itās too lateā¦ Ā»
ā¦ Please, donāt repeat my mistakesā¦
And as soon as the sensations took over him, they disappeared in a blink, leaving behind only a strange taste in his mouth.
Still looking into the Girl green eyes, he could see that she felt something butā¦ It appeared that she didnāt experience what he had just seen.
But he didnāt remove his hand from the bound, soaking in the sweet warmth emanating from it.
And more than before, he had never felt as complete as at this moment. Varian stayed silent for a few seconds, still trying to process what he had just seen. It was at this moment that he noticed that he was shaking a little.
The Girl seemed to see this too and she crossed the short distance between them and pulled him into one of her trademark hugs.
Ā« Are you okayā¦ ? Ā» she murmured into his hair.
Varian only shook his head, not trusting his voice yet, one hand still clinging to the bond, the other around the Girl in front of him.
A storm of confused emotions had settled itself inside his chest, as well as thousands of questions. And deep down, he knew that it was only the beginning.
Ā« Iā¦ Donāt know Ā» Varian managed to say after a few moments
Ā« Itās okay, Iā¦ Iām not sure to truly understand whatās happening butā¦ I suppose itās okay, right? Ā»
Through the bond, Varian could feel the Girl concern. Once again, this strange, familiar feeling bloomed into his chest.
Finally, they stopped hugging each other but didnāt let the other go yet. They simply sat in the middle of the nowhere, surrounded by all their creations, the strings still stripping the sky above them, and their own link gleaming between their two hearts.
And even if he still had a slightly bad foreboding after seeing what he saw when he first touched the gleaming cord, he knew that everything gonna be okay, right?
Once again, sorry for all my mistakes, thank you for reading, donāt forget to put a review! :D
Hoping next time Iāll be on timeĀ ! ^.^
