Chapter 125: Chapter 125

Sara opened her eyes in the darkest of places, an abyss tainted with absolute black, she thought to herself as she saw no end to the darkness around her, the ground underneath her was also dark, but she was able to see her body clearly as if it was illuminating on its own, a faint white glow surrounded her like a light cocoon, preventing the darkness to make direct contact with her body, sitting up, she noticed the silver locks that cascaded down her shoulders and covered her breasts and arms, taking a lock and feeling it in her fingers, Sara sighed before letting it go, confirming with certainty that she was inside one of her weird dreams…Again...

Standing up, Sara studied herself, her clothes were the same ones she was wearing while in the cell, The cut on her wrist was closed but it wasn't fully healed, it was covered in a dried blood and surrounded with a bite mark, tiny holes where Eren’s canine’s pierced her skin, she was all the same except for her hair, and was still feeling that peace around her, her mind was at ease unlike the previous times when she would panic in such dreams, dreams which reminded her with her reality, stripped her naked from the strong Dahlia mask that she was constantly wearing to reveal the scared and shattered Sara, the weak mess who stupidly ran after her heart just to fill the crave and need for love and emotions that she lacked all her life.

This time was different, Sara thought while looking at her beautiful silver locks, this time, Sara felt like she had a special kind of power that Dahlia could never possess, the power to forgive, and help when she was able to hurt, Not that she forgave Eren, it was out of her power to do so, the things he did to her were far too harsh and hurtful to be forgiven in their life time, or the life after it, but for a moment, she put everything behind her and helped the man who helped her save her sister's life, at that moment, Sara felt free, from all the past chains, from all the hurt and pain, from all the memories, from the hatred, toward others and herself, she didn't loathe herself at that moment for being her weak self, for a moment, she forgave everything, including herself, and allowed herself to be the pure spirit she once used to be, the one that loved more than hated, the one that cared and helped and felt, and it felt good for her, she felt light, emptied out of all the bitterness.

That moment had to end though, Sara thought to herself, as much as she loved how good and light it felt, she knew she was not strong enough to throw everything behind her back and move on, now that her conscience wasn't tormenting her about letting Eren die for her and her sister as her dept was paid, she was feeling unshackled, not just from the dept towards her enemy but also from all her demons that came hunting her back, all at once.

Eren was her enemy and will always be, Sara thought, her aims and feelings didn't change, she was going to get her revenge, one way or another, from the shadows’ lord, and from the ones who murdered her father, but instead of letting the thought of revenge consume her fully, she wanted more for herself than to be a vengeful spirit, she still wanted some things too, she wanted to live.

Balancing herself between Sara and Dahlia, she walked in the darkness, exploring it, the dark floor was solid under her feet, the place wasn't cold nor creepy like her usual nightmares, it was a peaceful darkness that didn't scare her like before, and for some reason, she walked around carefree knowing that she was safe and that nothing will jump at her from the darkness, Sara wondered why she was feeling that way about darkness while in reality she was skeptical even while walking in day light, but since it was a dream, she chose to not dwell too much on it and just enjoy the peaceful carefree walk she didn't have in.... Well, ever...

Hearing some faint hums, Sara turned around, looking in all directions for the source of the voices but again she was still surrounded by darkness, albeit, it was not long before the darkness started shattering around her like broken black glass only for light to seep through the cracks, and surprisingly, she was feeling alarmed by it, the hums got louder and louder as the darkness kept on breaking and the black glass shards kept on falling around her, Sara, who wasn't alarmed before was at that moment as the darkness was fully broken around her to reveal a vast field of white sands, the sky above her was clear but no matter where she looked she could not find the sun that illuminated the sky and the field, it was a weird place, Sara thought, The sky and the field looked as if they were reflecting each other, like parallel mirrors that had no endings.

"Historia's daughter..." Sara snapped at the manly voice, it was deep and calm and emotionless to the point where it sent shivers down her spine, looking around, she didn't see anyone at first but three figures appeared from thin air, faster than it took her to blink her eyes, the figures surrounded her before they spread their arms, and from their palms a light beam shot toward the others palm, connecting them and trapping her in a triangle.

"Who are you?" Sara asked cautiously, she knew this dream felt way too real to be a mere dream, something inside her, maybe a survival instinct or an inner eye told her something wasn't right, the energy in the dream felt real and compelling...

"It is the time to return..." Another figure said before Sara felt a strange cold creeping up her body, she was immobile, the cold turned her numb, but that wasn't all, something was draining her, she felt it, something was trying to take away her energy, she tried to move, to fight, to scream but nothing came out, not a single voice, not a single move.

The figures started murmuring, almost whispering to themselves in a weird language , Sara tried to get a glimpse of them and see the way they looked, but all she saw was strands of silver hair, the three were wearing long white robes with hoodies over their heads covering their heads and more than half of their faces, leaving only their chins visible alongside the loose strands of the silver hair, same as hers, same as her mother's , Sara didn't need to wreck her brain to figure out what were they, from what she learned, only one specie had that significant hair color and she knew they were the wrong ones to mess with.

"Stop resisting, Hybrid..." The third man spoke, they were all men, Sara thought to herself while doing her best to stabilize her core and stop them from sucking out her energy, unlike what she used to do to lunch her attacks,  she focused on severing any ties or links that would allow her energy to leave her body, focusing it all on her core since she couldn't move to attack them, Not that she stood a chance, Sara thought while struggling to keep her core untouched, they were way stronger than her, than anyone she ever met in fact, even the shadows’ lord himself was no comparison to them and he wasn't weak or vulnerable to begin with, These men's cores burned like the sun itself, and their strength paralyzed her in her dream that didn't feel so dreamy anymore...

Sara suddenly gasped, losing the ability to breath, to draw the air into her lungs, she felt her throat burning before the same fire spread all over her body, making her tremble and shake violently while her core lost it stability, causing the connection between the three men to break.

"What is happening to her?" Sara heard one of the men speak, and then a faint odd yet familiar voice reached her ears

"Wake up...."

"She is suffocating...."

"Wake up..." The odd familiar voice became louder, an undeniable urgency lacing every word it spoke...

"Her body is trying to wake up before it dies... "

" Focus on my voice..." Sara focused on the voice as if her life depended on it, which she realized was true, she tried her hardest to wake up, to flounce with her body and consciousness and escape the paralyzing dream she was in, but her ears could not disregard the conversation going on between the figures as she saw them from her peripheral vision fading back into darkness.

"Shadows.... Demon... " one of the voices said but Sara couldn't fully understand what they were saying, not with the other voice thundering her dream and causing it to shatter and collapse back into darkness.

"Wake up... You need to wake up..."

"We must...the world... Before Nov do..."

Sara could not hear the voices any longer as they had disappeared behind the darkness, leaving her with the odd yet familiar voice calling her like a loud thunder.

"Wake up.... Now!"

Sara shot up with her eyes wild open, directly coughing out a lot of liquid out of her mouth and nose that she had no idea what it was or where did it came from, a hand was rubbing her back until the coughing stopped, Sara shivered when she felt the cold breeze on her body, her hair was stuck to her face indicating she was.... Wet?

Taking few seconds to adjust to the lack of light around her, Sara noticed the shadows covering the walls, the hand kept on rubbing her back while another was supporting her body into it current sitting position, the same voice spoke soothingly, Only that she didn't have any trouble recognizing it in her awake state.

"It is okay, You are safe now..." Eren kept on rubbing her back while speaking in a hushed gentle tone, soothing her, and himself as well, his panic finally dying and his heartbeats returning to their normal rhythm.

"What happened to me? " Sara asked in a breathless voice, her throat burning as if she swallowed a sharp sword that cut through her vocal cords, not caring about the fact that Eren was close to her, sitting almost behind her, circling her with his arms, touching her, none of those things mattered in that moment as she needed someone, anyone to be with her, anyone to assure her that this was the safe good old reality.

"It is along story, I will tell you later..." Eren said while studying her carefully, her hectic heartbeats were slowly finding their natural rhythm, her breathing was better and more stable and her energy was stable unlike how it was when she was sleeping.

"Why later? " Sara looked at him with questions written all over her face, she needed to know what happened to her, she needed answers and needed them right that, for something told her that the dream was only the beginning of something, something bad that is.

"We have something more urgent at hand, plus, we have company, try to stay calm... " Eren said with his eyes fixed on the door, not understanding what was he mumbling about, Sara looked at the door of her room right when the doorknob was turned and three people entered the room, each one having different thoughts and different feelings showing on their faces...

The first figure was Henry, her brother had dark circles under his eyes, and a concerned expression that he tried to keep neutral but failed, he almost sighed in relief when he saw that she was awake, locking eyes with her, Sara was able to read the concern and relief, but she was also able to see that they were not for her.

The second was the ice queen, Rima, Sara was able to find it in her heart to hate her a little bit less after she saw how ferociously she defended her brother against the fire demoness, the love in her eyes toward Henry was unmistakable.

Stepping inside the room, Rima frowned, she looked at the shadows’ lord then the black heard girl before letting her eyes roam around the room for a while as if she was looking for something, finally, her eyes peered deeply into Eren's eyes with a look that almost screamed ... " I know something..."

The last figure, the smallest one, was the one Sara focused on the most, it was the face she needed to see, to make sure it was alright, her small frame was almost hidden by the other two who stepped first inside the room, Sara looked into Nara's eyes, and there she saw it, the pure concern, for her, but it was soon clouded by something else, something dark and impure...