Aylin's waking up

Adara strolled through the castle gardens barefoot, humming softly to herself. The cool breeze hit her face, and there was a sense of peacefulness in the air. Then she looked up and saw a green light coming from a tower in the castle. "What in the world could that be?" she asked her cat. A look of shock and realization came over her face as she gasped, "that's the forbidden corridor!" The light then changed to red and she knew that something was wrong. Adara started running up to the castle. "Come on, Darkstar, lets find out whats happening!" Darkstar mumbled as she ran, "You know what they say, curiosity killed the human..."

When Aylin opened her eyes she had no recollection of what actually happened. She was lying on her own bed and the ceiling was the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes. She's been in a world without dreams, though she had a very weird feeling about the whole thing now. Let's see... the egg... the green egg. That's all she could recall. And then there was that sniffling - the blue cat. Oh, it must have been Spark. Oh, dear Spark!! Such a wonderful creature he was!

She tried to sit up. Sounds of voices were coming from the other side of the door.

"Damn, Melody... This is serious. And it's getting worse every time! What next?" She wondered if that was Sliver's voice. She couldn't understand Melody's words though... but they sounded cut, nervous, agitated. Now and then Selena would interrupt: "She's right, Sliver..."


It was completely stupid... Aylin sighed and lied back again. Only now she realized that her hat was not on her head anymore. She gave a high-pitched cry and jumped up again.

"Where did you put it?!" she cried the moment the door opened.
"Are you alright?"
But Selena's question was ignored. Aylin hissed, eyes crossed with fury. "Where IS IT?"

They simply stared at each other. Aylin question came again, this time booming in their ears: "WHERE... IS IT?!"
"Aylin... you aren't feeling well. The hat is in my room..." Sliver smiled. "There is nothing to worry about"

"Don't you tell me what to worry and NOT worry about!" the reply came. Her eyes were darkening and as her rage grew she felt that weird *thing* in her arms and legs again. "Dammit!" she grumbled as she fell back on the bed. "I don't care how I feel. You have no idea whatsoever of what is actually happening. I *need* that hat!!"

"You CAN'T have it now..." Melody sighed. "Aylin, you can't do it... It started controlling you. You can't keep it anymore. You aren't strong enough. We can't take that risk..."

"I'm afraid it's not up to you or Sliver or Selena... not even up to me!"

"It'll be full moon tomorrow...Aylin" Selena whispered. "That's why I need it!"

Sliver took out a small bottle from his pocket. "You need to drink this..." "And I need my hat as well... What's more important now: the safety of Kwadleigh or my life?"

There was a small pause. "And I think the time has come for the egg to show its power... and the mana should help it too"