Bottle of Stories (80)

"Your hair is quite funny," said Rey.

"Yeah, we're not used to seeing you tie like that," added Annie.

"So what are you going to show me?" asked Jayson.

It was recess time and they have the chance to talk about the bottle and what they should do before they open it again. Rey brought the notebook he showed to Annie before. He also explained how he got that conclusion and asked Jayson what he dreamed about.

"The promise I made? There are no events in my dream about that."

"Think about it, Jayson. Or just tell what you happened in your dream so we can help," said Rey.

"No, it's not the promise. You forgot the events on the 2nd world but I remember. The purpose of us going there is so we can proceed to the 3rd world. If we did not go there, we will not receive the information about opening the bottle and the location of the guardian of Dream. The person locked inside is known to have memory problems but with the right world, his memories will go back."

"So you met the Guardian of Space? I wish I met him too! What does he look like? What fancy powers he has?"

"He looks... normal. Acts like a kid because he is a kid despite living for many years. He can open shortcuts to other places and other worlds. He also uses his powers to get things easily."

"Okay, so it's a kid. Does he have curly black hair and pale skin?"

"Yeah... We dreamed about the same kid?"

"OHHH!!! I have to write this."

Rey flips the pages of his book and he stopped on a page where he drew the kid he saw in his dream.

"That's him!" exclaimed Jayson.

"I did not see him in my dream, but I probably forgot about it now," said Annie.

"So, should we open the bottle later?" asked Rey.

"After class!" said Annie enthusiastically.

"At Annie's house," said Jayson.

"We'll save him, so the Guardian of Dreams will not be alone again."

Annie and Jayson made eye contact with each other. They do not trust the guardian of Dreams for the lies they said to them. The only reason they have to save Kid was for the sake of saving the innocent.

The end of their class came. They all walk through the hallway and saw Shermaine and Ryan walking in the opposite direction.

"I know your father hurt you again."

"That's because I did something terrible."

Jayson and Annie stopped walking to wait for Rey. Ryan did the same to Shermaine.

"What he's doing to you is not right. It's punishable by law..."

"My mom already leave me behind! So no matter how you see him as a person, I will not give him up. Stop being nosy, Shermaine!"

This is the first time Jayson saw Rey angry. He approached Rey and hold its shoulder. "Calm down, she is only worried for you. We all are." He glanced at Shermaine. "I will talk to your father and settle things there."

"What? No, you can't do that," said Rey.

"If he stopped hurting you, Shermaine will not interfere. You do not have to wear long sleeves again just because you want to hide your bruises. Lastly, we will stop worrying about you again. Don't you want that?"

Rey was not able to respond.

"If he doesn't, we will settle it with a battle."

"Are you nuts? You'll ask for a fight on an adult?" said Annie.

"Well, that's actually funny but don't do it," said Rey.

Jayson run and jumped from the third-floor hallway. His classmates screamed but they didn't know that his sword is at his back so before he reached the end, he slashed the ground mid-air with his aura amplifying the strength of his sword. He did this to push his body slightly upward, doing a flip before landing.

"Too bad, I already made a head start," he started to run while laughing.

"Annie, follow him!" Rey hurriedly said.

"Yeah, we'll use the stairs 'kay!" They started running in the hallway, hoping that they can catch up to Jayson.

"I did not know he's crazy. I thought he was going to die!" said Ryan who stayed in the hallway with Shermaine.

"I hope he succeeds," said Shermaine.

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Special thanks to @blue_minlemon for doing flats in the artwork. Lineart, base color, and cell shading were made a year ago while the simple background and gradation were made last week so it will not look out of place from the previous artworks.