ERIN I felt myself emerge from what felt like a very deep slumber. My eyelids fluttered open, my gaze unfocused as I tried to make sense of where I was. But everywhere was dark, pitch black; I thought my vision was just blurred and hazy but a few seconds of clearing later, I was still surrounded in unending darkness. A faint furrow crossed my brows as I wondered what was happening, but they immediately knitted together in pain as a dull ache throbbed in my temples, pulsating with every one of my heartbeats. I grimaced, instinctively reaching up to cradle my head and give a short, soothing massage. My movements were slow and unsteady as I found my footing, stumbling up on my feet. I looked around the perimeter again and was greeted by the loneliness of the darkness. My cluelessness doubled, confusion and a sense of fear settling in. Where was I?"Erin." I heard a voice call out to me, it trailed out like the echoes of a lullaby.As the resounding voice rang in my ears, my heart

ERINI ran away from Magnus' palace last night, never to return there again. I was back in my Kingdom, home sweet home, and reunited with my parents. It was quite a shocker yet, a blessing to see them both alive and well. I was happy to see that the castle's gates weren't torn down, to see the bright smiles on everyone's faces and to see that the ground wasn't stained with blood nor littered with dead bodies. Everything seemed perfect. Just as it was before. Although, I found it a bit surreal to absorb the phenomenon of rebirth – it was strange and to dwell on the thought was nerve wracking. I couldn't understand much about it and the more I tried to think about it or read up on it, the more confused I got. So I snapped all the books shut and returned them to the library. I would instead, spend the rest of my days thanking the Moon Goddess for this unexplainable blessing. -:-Later that afternoon, I decided to go running. My mind had been overwhelmed and rather very much scra