Harumis Dream

Scene: In a twisted version of wonderland we see a green clearing full of flowers, amidst the flowers we see a slumbering Harumi. A Foo dog walks up to her nudging her awake.
Harumi: hmmmmm? Where am I?
Harumi rubbed her eyes, and she stretched out her arms taking a look around her.
Harumi: Well this sure isn’t grandmothers house or my room.
She stands up dusting off her clothes which now resemble a Lolita inspired Alice with a twist. As she stands the Foo dog nudges her again and she finally looks down.
Harumi: Oh!? I’m sorry I didn’t see you there! Well aren’t you a cutie! I don’t suppose you know how to get out of here do you?
As she knelt down to pet him he ran off to a few feet away, stopped, turned to see if she was following him. She knelt there looking at him with a puzzled look, he turned around ran back towards and grabbed one of her braids and started tugging in the direction he was running in.
Harumi: Ouch!!! Okay I got it! Fine will go your way just let go of my damn hair!!!
They began a long walk into a dark forest which eventually gave way to what looked like a massive abandoned castle. It was covered in vines and weird looking flowers, the sky behind it an ominous grey.
Harumi: Wow looks like no one has been here for a long time. Are you sure we’re allowed in here?
The Foo dog looked up at her and whimpered and made a motion as if to continue forward. That’s when the wind began to pick up pushing her forward a few steps, almost as if the wind itself was inviting her in.
Harumi: Well looks like I don’t have much of choice.
She began to walk forward towards the gate and the wind pushed them gates open, flinging them hard against the wall surrounding the castle. She made her way up the steps to the front entrance of the castle. The Foo dog lead the way pushing the door open with its body weight. She entered the dimly lit castle and saw a center staircase and began to ascend it. Once at the top she saw a hallway full of doors, curious as to why there were so many rooms she began to open them peeking inside.
The first room she looked in, she saw what looked like a woman dressed in a big white dress with her back to her looking out the window staring out at the moon. She can hear her sobbing and feels her sadness coming off of her like waves. Something about her felt familiar and she was about to step into the room to comfort her when the Foo dog bit down on her dress tugging her back out of the room. She looked down at him and he nodded his head in the form of a no. She backed out of the room gently closing the door behind her.
Harumi: Ok well that was weird? I know one of these doors will lead me out of here, just a matter of checking each door.
She moved on to the next door, not knowing what she was going to see next. Upon opening it she saw a strange sight indeed! She saw five humanoid looking flower women, one orange, pink, purple, light blue, and green.
They were whispering and giggling and she could see they were all having a good time.  She could sense the harmony amongst them and the peaceful feeling they were exuding. She then moved on to the next door, but what she saw was a huge difference compared to the scene she saw before. She saw a sleeping Naga wearing beautiful jewelry, literally swimming in jewels. Then she saw amongst her coils another Naga but she couldn’t quite see if it was male or female. Then out of the corner of her eyes she saw a quick movement. She saw a younger female Naga chained to the wall farthest away from the older Naga. But this one looked malnourished and almost at a death state. But the darkness in her eyes showed that life still clinged to the little Naga, albeit a dark motivation that was keeping her alive. Harumi quickly backed tracked out of the room sensing it wasn’t safe there. When she finally came to the last door at the end of the hallway.
Harumi: Well doggie looks like this is our last stop. I hope this is the right door.
She was about to open the door when she heard her Foo dog begin to growl. She turned around and saw a red skinned male Naga, she couldn’t see his face as he wore a mask, but something told her she didn’t want to be around to find out. The door suddenly opened up and a gust of wind pushed her inside, as she watched her Foo dog charge the Naga. Something in her reacted to this and she began to cry. Why she didn’t know, but she felt an inexplicable feeling of overwhelming sadness at the idea of the two monsters fighting each other. That is until she felt a cool rushing of a gentle wind caressing her cheek gently nudging her to face the other way. She turned and saw a woman with long flowing hair standing in front of a beautiful balcony window. She stared at the woman and felt a powerful force coming from within her.
Harumi: Who are you? (she asked very curious and somehow there was a sense of familiarity)
Mysterious woman: Do you feel the winds changing?
Harumi: Huh? Answer my question, who are you!?
Mysterious woman: The winds often tell stories, you just have to learn to listen to them. Many times your answers arrive on the winds, you just need to know how to interpret it.
Harumi: You’re not making any sense!? I understand the need to sometimes be cryptic, but I just want to figure out how to get home!
Mysterious woman: Home? But you already are home, you don’t feel it? Maybe it was too soon for this. Or maybe this will jog your memory.
As she said that the room became alit with flames and began to eat away at the furnishings in the room but miraculously left Harumi untouched. Harumi braced herself against the flames watching as the flames enveloped the woman. The woman stared at her with an expressionless look on her face but tears streaming down her face. As beams began  to fall around the room, you could hear over the roar of the flames with one final thing for Harumi.
Mysterious woman: Beware the Nagas! They say nothing but lies! Listen for the wind young one, learn to listen!
As the flames began to encroach on Harumi she heard the door burst open, as her Foo dog came crashing through with the masked Naga clamped in his jaws. He quickly jumped over to Harumi and covered with his body as the flames encroached towards them. Then nothing but darkness.

Harumi woke up suddenly drenched in sweat. Breathing shallowly she tried to absorb her dream and what it could mean. As she looked down at her hands contemplating what her dream meant, she noticed that her nightdress looked like it was covered in spots of soot, and she could faintly smell the arid smell of smoke lingering on her. Harumi looked worried, and she wondered if that dream was really a dream. And what did that lady mean by beware the nagas and listening to the wind? Maybe she should talk to Aine about it, but she shrugged it off, this seemed like something she needed to figure it out on her own.