Dearest Wish (Zachy! XD)

[Rasha Sagara]

The beauty of nature surrounded me as I laided peacefully upon the lush green grass in a meadow. My long blue hair fanned out above my head, my slightly pointy ears showing and that golden band on my head glistening lightly in the warm lowering sun. My breaths were slow and relaxed, while my hands rested upon my slightly exposed stomach. The sunset seemed to smile down upon me, covering me with it's sweet decreasing light. A gentle breeze came bringing a warm smile to my face. Though I felt peaceful and relaxed that smile faded for a moment as my mind began to dance with thoughts, hopes, wishes, dreams.

This place is so peaceful... and for some reason it seems so familiar... I feel so comfortable here... Maybe this place holds something for me... but what? How I wish I knew....

I sighed discreetly to myself, as I slowly began to open my eyes. Golden orbs began to stare up at the clear orangey sky, barely any clouds in sight. My eyes retained a soft yet sadden gaze. Though if one was to look into my eyes, they would see that look of longing and wanting deep within them. Then again they probably wouldn't have to look far considering that it was clearly obivious. These were one of the few days that neither Nami or Miko was around so I had much more time to think to myself. And having more time to think to myself only created more longing and sadness in my heart. Reoccuring dreams and nightmares constently plaguing my mind. Slowly my lips began to part as I began speaking out loud to myself, considering no one was around I shouldn't look that crazy. Though it would seem I was talking to the orangey sky, which was slowly turning into evening.

"This dream... this boy... We seem to lay together on the grass just like this, staring up at the sky.. watching the sky dance... But why.. why can't I see your face? The shadows hide you from me.. I see you constantly in my dreams and in my thoughts... You plague my every thought, my every movement. I can't do a thing without thinking about who you are and where you are... Why do you seem to mean so much to me?.. Did I love you? Did you love me?... We seem to be so close, though I can't remember everything, nor see it but I can feel it within.."

I paused for a moment as my eyes began to water and tears slowly fell from the corners of my eyes.

".. I wish I could remember... I despretly want to remember.. I want to remember who I am, who you are... Out of everything in my life that I remember, that I want... You have become my dearest wish... and I'll hold on to it until I find you.. Or maybe you'll find me."

I remained laying there still staring up at the sky was it slowly began to turn into evening, while my tears slowly fell one by one from the corner of my eyes.

[Zacharia]

Zacharia wandered to the hill he had been to so many times before. He came here to clear his head now, and to think. Now, after seeing Rasha, he was coming here more often than usual. His thoughts were filled with images of their childhood, and his feelings for the long missing princess. She had not recognized him that day in the school, and he knew she had lost her memory. It hurt that she had no memory of him, especially since she had meant so much to him.

"After five years I find you, and it might as well be like you are still lost. What are we without our memories?" He sighed, still making his way to the very spot he had last seen Rasha. The meteor shower was where he had almost confessed how he felt for her, before she fell asleep. They parted ways, and then she disappeared. Now, she was back, but had no idea who she was.

As he made his way to the peak, he heard a voice that had haunted him for the last five years. "This dream... this boy... We seem to lay together on the grass just like this, staring up at the sky.. watching the sky dance... But why.. why can't I see your face? The shadows hide you from me.. I see you constantly in my dreams and in my thoughts... You plague my every thought, my every movement. I can't do a thing without thinking about who you are and where you are... Why do you seem to mean so much to me?.. Did I love you? Did you love me?... We seem to be so close, though I can't remember everything, nor see it but I can feel it within.."

".. I wish I could remember... I desperately want to remember.. I want to remember who I am, who you are... Out of everything in my life that I remember, that I want... You have become my dearest wish... and I'll hold on to it until I find you.. Or maybe you'll find me."

He saw her, and heard every word. She did remember him, though not completely. How could he help her to remember? He approached her. "Rasha... hi. I didn't mean to bother you. I come here often to think. I saw you earlier... at the school. My name is Zacharia." He paused for a few moments. "I overheard what you said. I know it might be hard to believe, and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't trust what I am about to tell you, but... I think I can help you."

[Rasha Sagara]

As my tears flowed slowly down, I just continued staring up to the sky. My mind still dancing in it's thoughts. Yes true enough he had become my dearest and deepest wish. Though finding out my past and who I was was part of it, he for some reason stood out the most in my thoughts. He must've meant a lot to me, otherwise why would he stand out over the rest. I hadn't noticed anyone walking to me for a moment, for my mind was so focused on other things. Then soon enough a voice came into my ears, a familiar one at that. My eyes widened slightly from the shock as I turned my face to look up at him. Tears stopping for a moment, though it was visible that I was crying.

"Rasha... hi. I didn't mean to bother you. I come here often to think. I saw you earlier... at the school. My name is Zacharia."

There was this silence for a few moments, as I just blinkly stared at him. Zacharia.. I do remember him. He helped me look for Miko that troublesome ferret of mines. He was so polite that day, not many demons are that polite. Funny that for the pass two years she had came here and they never bumped into each other till now. Well they're not considered to be. But the silence was broken as he began to speak once more, while I listened intentivly.

"I overheard what you said. I know it might be hard to believe, and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't trust what I am about to tell you, but... I think I can help you."

Golden orbs just continued to stare at Zacharia, widening slightly upon hearing him saying that he could help me. There was something about him. Something that ensured me that I could trust him. I felt at ease around him, though nervous at the same time. But a different kind of nervousness. I almost found myself unable to speak for a moment, but slowly found the words to open my lips and speak. My golden orbs staring at him softly, that sadden gaze almost hidden within - though covered a bit with a warm smile on the outside.

"... I remember you Zacharia and you're not bothering me... I too have come here often.. I have been for the pass two years.. My feet somehow led me here one day and I can't seem to stay away.... But you said you could help me?.. How? I would do or give anything... I would owe you greatly and forever Zacharia if you could do such a thing for me.."

And every word I meant, with every inch of my heart I meant it. I would owe him forever if could help me figure out my past.

[Zacharia]

Two years? How had he missed her? "You've been coming here for two years? I have been for the past five. I can't believe... I should have just camped out here. Then maybe my search would have ended much sooner." he spoke softly, sadness heavy in his words. He took up a seat next to her. He stared at the sky for a while before speaking. "Rasha, I will start at the beginning. I know this story is going to seem far fetched. But, believe me when I say every word of it is true."

"It might be easier if I start with my own story. I was born of noble demon blood. My father is a high ranking general in the demon kings army, my mother is a noble demon woman. I was raised to follow in my father's footsteps, and I did everything I could to live up to that. My mother tried to keep my heart soft, though my father hated her for it."

"I became friends with the children of the demon king, and spent a good deal of time with them. We played and laughed and really had a good time. Some of my fondest memories are from that time. Anyway, I had become very close to the one of the demon king's daughters. We used to sneak out to see each other because my father saw us getting close, and he didn't approve. She wasn't a full-blooded demon, and he saw that as a weakness. He wanted to keep me from that, but we didn't care."

"One night, we had come to this very spot to watch a meteor shower. It was the best and worst night of my life. The best because I had shared it with the girl I had fallen for. The worst, because I never got to tell her how I felt. I didn't have the nerve, and she had fallen asleep. It was the last night I had seen her, because she had gone missing. I had been coming here ever since while I searched for her. That was five years ago."

He had grown silent. He turned to her, tears welling in his eyes. "Rasha, I am telling you all this because my search is over. I missed you so much." He bowed his head, not wanting her to see him cry. He still had his pride. "If you don't believe me, I understand. But believe me when I tell you every word I just spoke is true."

He waited for her reaction, half expecting her to walk away, half hoping she believed him.

[Rasha Sagara]

Listening to his first set of words, picking out the phrase 'my search would've ended much sooner'. I looked at him rather confusely. What had he meant by that? Was he searching for me? And if he was then why? Why was he searching for me of all people. As he sat down next to where I laided I would soon find the answers to that question. Once again there was this awkward silence dwelling in the air as a gentle breeze came, before he broke it once more by beginning to tell the story or rather his story. Though listening to everything he had to say intentively my mind still picked out little things here and there that caught my attention.

'I was born of noble demon blood. My father is a high ranking general in the demon kings army'

'I became friends with the children of the demon king, and spent a good deal of time with them.'

'We used to sneak out to see each other because my father saw us getting close, and he didn't approve. She wasn't a full-blooded demon,'

'One night, we had come to this very spot to watch a meteor shower.'

'I didn't have the nerve, and she had fallen asleep.'

Each one of those statements in his story stood out to me in their own way for some reason or another. He was of noble blood for one, his father being the demon king's general. For a moment in my mind a flash of someone's armor appeared, yet the vision was slightly blurred. I shook it off when I heard that the girl was a half blooded demon like myself and that he and this girl had came here and watch a meteor shower. My eyes widened slightly to his words, for bits of it at least about the boy and the girl seemed to be right out of my dreams. It was as if he was in my head pulling it out slowly. Then his last words about missing me and his search being over. Was he the boy from my dreams? Though there was another that I assumed was from my past but that was uncertain. That part about the meteor shower and the girl falling asleep seemed to strike a cord with me. I turned my head to look straight up at the skym still laying on my back - as my golden orbs still remained slightly widened while my lips just seemed to move.

"...The girl in your story, she seems similar to me in some ways.. Half blooded like me...sneaking out with this boy... the meteor shower..."

I paused for a moment as I continued to lay there. Soon my lips moved again, the voice still soft.

"...My dream... there is a dancing night sky above me as I lay there next to someone... A boy, but he's practically just a shadow... or at least his face is mostly.. He seems to be talking to me though I can't hear anything... We seem to be laughing together until I feel myself becoming weary and then it goes black... until it violently changes into scattered images... That I can't make out... Though I can see someone's blurred armor in front of me... then next thing I know I feel water incasing me... and I wake up..It's almost the same dream over and over..."

Another pause came as I turned my face to him. Those soft golden orbs staring at him with questions, longing and wanting.

"Zacharia.. what does it mean?... You say you missed me and your search is over... does that mean I'm the girl from your story and you're the boy from my dreams?.."

[Zacharia]

"If you have been dreaming what you just said you were then yes, though I never pictured myself as the boy from any girls dreams. After all, I am a demon. I fought and instilled fear, though the girl from my story knew me better." He had lifted his head, having wiped the tears from his eyes. "Yes Rasha, you are the girl from my story. You are the princess of the demon king, and..." He wanted to say the girl I love, but he still didn't have the nerve to just yet.

"And you have been missing. You were my closest friend, and I spent the last five years searching for you and kept returning to this spot, hoping I would find you had come here. But, I was never here when you were, and so I began to loose hope. Then I saw you in the school and knew I had to try and talk to you. But, I was afraid you wouldn't believe me." He took her hand in his, looking into her eyes. "Rasha, I... I missed you... you don't know how happy I am to know you are still alive, and to be able to see you. I..." he blushed and let her hands go. "Um... sorry. I know this might all be a big shock to you. I'm... I'm just glad to know you are alright. I just wish I walked you back to the castle that night instead of letting you go alone. I'm sorry that you had to go through loosing your memory."

He looked to her, hoping that she might remember that night they shared, and to see and feeling she might have had for him.

[Rasha Sagara]

My eyes did not waver from him as I listened intentively to his words. If he was the boy from my dreams, then he could possibly be the only one that could help me regain what I've lost. Hearing him say that yes I was the girl, that I was the princess from his story caused my eyes to widened slightly in shock.

Me... a princess?...

It practically seemed too good to be true. Of all the things in the world I would've never guessed that I was a princess. I began to slowly sit up as he continued on. My eyes still never losing sight of him. He had my full attention. And why wouldn't he considering how desperate I wanted to know of my past. But wait.. what if he isn't the boy? What if he can somehow read my mind, maybe dig into what I can't remember? What if he's just toying with me? Just as he grabbed my hands and stared deep into my eyes, a small gasp escaped my lips as golden orbs stared back. In that moment as he spoke sincerely, I could see that those red gems were not lying to me. Something in my heart, in my soul told me that he wasn't lying to me just by looking into those red stones.

This feeling.... I feel strange, yet so relaxed right now...

I watched as he blushed and released his hold on my hands, and looked at me. Somewhere in those eyes I could see some form of guilt. He said he wished he had walked me back. Did whatever happened to me, happen after that meteor shower? I can't be sure, but it seems that way. But one thing that I'm sure of is that for some reason I feel so comfortable around him, I feel so relaxed. I even felt that way the day we met at the school, it's just something about him. I lowered my head slightly, my eyes looking away at the ground as my lips began to move again - almost on it's own. A soften tone still rang in my voice.

".. For some reason I feel so comfortable around you, Zacharia... I feel so calm and at ease... For some reason I feel.... safe around you..."

I paused for a moment before I continued on. The sun had completely gone away now, as the moon and the stars came out to light the night sky. The moon shinned brightly, almost practically shinning on me creating a slight glow - while the stars danced high above. A gentle breeze blew by, blowing my hair slightly revealing those slightly pointy ears for a moment - before letting my hair fall back in place.

"... I don't know exactly what happened... but please, do not feel guilty for it... It wasn't your fault, Zacharia..."

My head was still down and my eyes were still turned away as I just sat there, waiting for... something.

[Zacharia]

"It might not have been my fault directly, but I might have been able to do something if I had been there." His head was still turned away. Whether she would hold it against him or not, he viewed her disappearance as his fault. He should have protected her. He was one of the strongest in that realm. Save for the king, his father, and a few other demons, he was up on that list. Unless it was one of those higher demons, he would have stopped whoever it was no problem.

He shifted, sitting closer without intention. He was just covering his emotions which had flooded back into his head. How would she take it if he told her how he felt? After having amnesia and not even remembering him to begin with, this whole story seemed a bit much, let alone having some "stranger" tell you they loved you. Stranger... for some reason that word pained him. Was he really a stranger too her? Yes, though her feelings showed there was something about him that she could trust. She had been having dreams, and he was in them. That was a level of proof, wasn't it?

He tried to think. There had to be something he could do. He was NOT about to loose her again. Something had to be able to jog her memory. But what? Inspiration hit him. He only hoped that she would go for it, and that it would actually work. "Rasha, I have an idea that might help you get your memory back." He hoped she would accept this proposal, and that it brought her back her lost memories.

"We could go home. Not to stay if you don't want to, but to visit. Maybe being back in our realm, seeing things that were familiar, might help you to remember. What do you think? Would you like to try that?" He looked at her, his red eyes locking with her golden ones. Please say yes.