Dreaming the First

[philip_charming]

Warnings: TAUNTINGS and DISNEY under the cut!
Dream Effects: Shocked surprise at first, fading to tenderness- and then a precipitous fall into miserable despair, gradually hardening to bitter determination
Note: While this is no happy dream, it's also not a Moon Cycle nightmare; no illness shall be forthcoming.

NggggghhhAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

[Philip jerked upright in bed, covered in sweat and staring wildly at the dark of his bedroom- and at no point does he notice the faint glimmer of the Dreamberry at his bedside table, its purple glow fading away.]

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WHAT the- Who said tha- You could see my dream?!?

[It took a moment for him to realize the smirky voice that suddenly greeted him was coming from the Dreamberry. Congratulations, Wicked Lady; you've got a shirtless glistening confused Philip staring at you!]

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[...GREAT. So someone could actually use this magical doohickey to PEER INTO HIS HEAD, eh? He'll probably spend a good bit more time away from this thing in the future.

Still, right now there is a... girl to answer. A rather pushy girl, but still.]

I managed to escape not long after, and set out to save my love and break her spell. And after some considerable tribulations, I succeeded. [Because he really doesn't want to think about the stuff in between right now; not after a dream like that.]

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She had been placed under a powerful curse, to sleep for a hundred years... and while she may have been unharmed, I was the one who had the awareness and opportunity to do something about my predicament.

[His voice was very flat, now; do you REALLY have to keep poking the sore spot? That is in no way the act of a lady.]

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[Do you know, it wasn't until that ogling staring that he even noticed his shirtlessness?

As such, have a blushing/irritated Philip seeking and grabbing a shirt to pull over his head; show's over, missy.]

It was a memory, and one I would much rather forget.

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You think strength comes from the memories of being helpless? That it's better to think of times when there was no way to fight back?

I have better memories by far to turn to when in need of strength, Goodwoman.

[Even now, he manages to avoid adding any ugly inflection to the terms he used; while he kept it flat, there wasn't any real indication that he thought the 'Goodwoman' was anything but at this point.]

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There are bad times aplenty worth remembering, especially for the sake of those who never managed to come through them. This one isn't worth recalling.

[Because NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, that's why! But no; it was fairly public information back home; no need to treat it like a state secret.] Because a very petty, very wicked fairy was left out of a social function and desired to make a kingdom suffer for it.

[Satisfied NOW?]