The Elder Dream

(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[ ELDER DREAM [[ENTER THE REALM OF DREAMS]]] (set: $que1 to (a:"[[Who are you?]]","[[How did you get here?]]","[[Why are you here?]]"))

I think... I [[remember]] the day. I was so little and the world was so big. <img src="first.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style> (track: 'main','loop',true) (track: 'main','play')

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(align:"<==")[I was alone. The [[road ahead]] looked never ending.]

Then [[SHE]] appeared, like a ghost, out of the fog. (track: 'ghost','play')

<img src="dragon.jpg"> "Don't be afraid", she said. I am here to make your [[wish]] come true. <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style>

"[[I wish to get to the end of the road.]]"

[[Yes]]... I don't want to be afraid of what is to come anymore.

"So be it...", she said and flew high above the trees. The burning sensation of [[fire]]. The last thing I recall from my childhood. <img src="dragonfire.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style> (track: 'fire','play') (track: 'fire2','play')

(align:"<==")[I remeber her eyes and the warmth of her breath as her head slowly approached mine. "Are you [[sure?]]", she asked in a deep voice.] <img src="eyes.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style>

Then... It was... What still is... What it has been for aeons past. My old, wrinkled body and the [[crystal]]. (track: 'fire2','stop')

It keeps me painfully alive in the prison of my wish. The never ending burden of old age. But today the crystal shines differently and I [[hope...]] <img src="crystal.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style> (track: 'crystal','play') (track: 'magic','play')

I stand up and [[look around...]]

The mirrors all around the room show the same old reflection. Nothing different except from the [[glow]] of the crystal.

I slowly raise my hand and gently [[touch]] it. <img src="hand.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style>

The room trembles vibrantly and the crystal cracks under the pressure. A howling wind enters the room smashing all mirrors and the crystal to dust. It lifts my body up spiraling, and I feel cold. It feels like [[death]] and I smile at it. <img src="old.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style> (track: 'tornado','play') (track: 'glass1','play') (track: 'glass2','play') (track: 'glass3','play')

As I travel towards my dark redemption something inside me cries for life. No... Why? The wind stops and I fall to the ground. A young, [[lost girl]] approaches me. (track: 'tornado','stop') (track: 'fall','play') (track: 'gust','play')

She does not respond... [[Back|lost girl]] (set: $que1 to $que1 - (a:"[[Who are you?]]"))

-You called for me... [[But how?]]

-Because... I need you. [[You NEED me?]]

She remains silent as a gentle gust of wind plays with her long, brown hair. (if: $que1's length > 0)[\ (for: each _item, ...$que1)[_item<br>] ] (track: 'gust','play')

The girl looks at where the crystal used to be. Sparkles of light emit from the hole on the ground. [[Back|lost girl]] (set: $que1 to $que1 - (a:"[[How did you get here?]]"))

-To fight the darkness... The girl points to the hole in the ground until she becomes [[dust]].

I feel something forgotten as I [[step]] into the hole. <img src="hole.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style>

The fear of the [[unknown...]]

I levitate like a speck of dust against [[infinity]].

A dark mass appears blazing in front of me. I feel like I want to [[escape]] but it pulls me so gently into her warm hug. <img src="black.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style>

Behind me a [[pillar of light]] gives me a way out. I don't know if I have the power to reach it. Maybe I should [[let go]].

I swim through the void, with what powers I have left. I fight to get away from her loving hold. Pain takes over everything as I reach the [[light]].

The pain fades away as she pulls me deep into her core. I become one with her. I smile. It is [[over]].

(align:"=><=")[(text-colour:green)[Story by GEORGE GYFTOPOULOS Music by Juan Sanchez from Pixabay]] [[RESTART|Elder Dream]]

My entire life is on fire and everything is [[changing]]. (track: 'fire2','play')

I feel my body getting bigger... [[Stronger.]] (track: 'crack','play')

I feel the [[wings]] growing.

I feel the fire burning [[inside.]]

I am [[HER]]. <img src="dragon.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style>

I forget the past and take to the [[skies.]] (track: 'gust','play')

I fly between the mountain tops and above the [[forest.]] (track: 'gust','play')

Through the blur of the fog, I see... I listen to her cry for [[help.]]

I descend to find her. So [[little]] and the world so big. (track: 'ghost','play')

- I am here to make your WISH come true. - I wish to get to the end of the [[road.]]

- [[Are you sure?]]

[[Yes... I don't want to be afraid of what is to come anymore.]]

(align:"=><=")+(box:"=XXX=")[ [[SO BE IT]] ] <img src="dragonfire.jpg"> <style> img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }</style> (track: 'fire','play') (track: 'fire2','play')

(align:"=><=")[(text-colour:purple)[Story by GEORGE GYFTOPOULOS Music by Juan Sanchez from Pixabay]] [[RESTART|Elder Dream]]