Heartlight. A young X-5 dreams of his sister. This is a sonfic to Neil Diamond's song Heartlight. None of the characters are mine so don't sue me cause it aint worth it. this is song lyrics this is the dream The full moon shone through the window of a warehouse, onto the face of a young boy, who was fast asleep. Beside him, a girl the same age watched over the sleeping form of her brother. In his dream he walked down a long grey hallway. No. He didn't walk, he marched. He was in a line with his brothers and sisters, as they marched back to the barracks, to their sleeping quarters. He was in the sleeping quarters, and they were all lying on their own bed, some asleep, others just pretending. As soon as they heard the guards close the hallway door, the ones still awake got up. He saw Jondy jump over onto Maxie's bed, while Tinga walked over to the two younger girls. She was too old to be jumping on beds. He could see Syl poking her head out of her bed, looking longingly at the three girls, until Maxie got up and went over to her. Max and Jondy were the babies of the group, but Max was stronger, faster, quieter than most of the others. She was smarter too, but she was real nice. He heard Maxie ask Syl if she would come and join them on her bed, and Syl quietly said that she would. Syl was also younger than a lot of them, but not as young as Max or Jondy. Brin tried to tackle Zack, who just picked her up and dumped her back onto her own bed. But Brin tried again, and again, until Zack gave in and wrestled with her. He saw Eva slowly walk over to him, and heard her ask him if he would tell her a story. He said no, but Ben would. Only, Eva didn't want Ben to tell her a story, she wanted him. When he said no again, she asked him if he would go up to the high place with her and sit with her there. He gave in after she pleaded with him for five minutes. He was up in the high place, sitting with Eva, just watching the full moon over the trees. Zack had told them that it wasn't safe up there, not after what Ben had done when Jack was taken away. But they went anyway, and had asked Brin and Ben to be lookouts for them. They had been sitting there for about half an hour when Eva moved closer to him and asked him to tell her a story. He said only if she wouldn't tell the others. She promised that she wouldn't, and as he began she slipped her small hand into his. Eva liked holding people's hands; it made her feel safe, even though they weren't. Slowly he told her a story. There was a girl and she was a princess. She had many brothers and sisters and they lived in a castle. But they weren't living in a good castle, it was more like a fortress, and it was an evil man kept them there. That evil man didn't want the princes and princesses to escape, so he had guards watching them all the time. But one day those princes and princesses would escape and they would see the rest of the world, and no one would be able to stop them. When he finished, Eva clapped quietly and asked him if the princes and princesses got out, but he didn't know, so he couldn't answer. Eva asked him to tell her another story, a happy story. He told her that he didn't know any happy stories. But then Maxie came out onto the roof, and looked at them. She asked them what they were doing. Eva said that she wanted to hear a happy story and he wouldn't tell her one so would she? Maxie sat down on the other side of him and curled up against his shoulder. He put a protective arm aroud her, and his other arm went around Eva, who had mimicked Maxie and curled up against him. Max began to tell a story about another princess who lived in a castle that was being protected by a dragon. She waited and waited for a prince to come and rescue her, but none did. So she decided to escape. When she got past the dragon, she found her prince waiting for her. The prince had tried to save her, but he was afraid of fire. The prince then swept the princess off her feet, and placed her on his white horse, before getting on himself. They rode away into the sunrise, and lived happily ever after. When she had finished the story, Eva was asleep. Eva was older than Maxie and Jondy, but she couldn't stay up all night like those two could. By then the moon had almost gone below the trees, and it would soon be dawn. Maxie got up and began to climb back down, but stopped when she didn't hear him or Eva coming after her. He told her not to worry, that they would be down in a while, he just didn't want to wake Eva up just yet. Come back again I want you to stay next time Sometimes the world aint kind When people get lost like you and me I just made a friend A friend is someone you need And now that she had to go away I still hear the words that she might say It was another night and he was on the roof with Eva again. She was curled up against his side and they sat silent, just watching the moon go on its journey. All of a sudden, Eva sat up and told him that one day she was going to fly to the moon and she would take him with her. They would have heaps of fun, and bring back some moon rocks for their brothers and sisters. He just smiled at her, and watched the moon again. It looked like there was someone in the moon tonight. Someone who just sat there and watched everybody sleeping. He did that sometimes when he couldn't sleep. He would sit on the windowsill and watch over his sisters and brothers. He would watch over Maxie and Syl the most. Particularly Syl. Syl was the smallest, and she was his partner in so many things. Syl was one of his favourite sisters. He didn't like having favourites, but he couldn't help it. He just liked some brothers and sisters more than others. And he was begining to add Eva to his favourites as well. He had stayed awake the night before and watched over them all, and had found that he watched Eva just as much as he had watched Syl and Maxie. And now he was sitting up in the high place with her again, like they had so many nights ago, when he had told her a story, their story. He had told Tinga that story too, when they were on mission together, just three days ago. She had liked it, and had started to make up her own ending. While he was thinking, Eva got up and stood facing him, with the moon behind her. There was a tiny gap between her right arm and her body, and the moon shone through that tiny gap. He told her and she looked down. She saw it and decided that it was her heart shining out to him. It meant that they would be the best of friends forever, because your heart only turned on it's light for very special people. And if you were one of those special people then you were lucky. So he got up and stood in front of her. His heart was shining too. Turn on your heartlight Let it shine where ever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boys dream Don't wake me up too soon Gonna take a ride across the moon You and me He was in the classroom and they were reading words off the projector. Duty Discipline Eva sat next to him, and Syl and Maxie were in front of them. Object Mission He felt Eva move next to him, and saw her begin to get up out of the corner of his eye. When he hissed at her to stay put she pointed at the guard at the front of the room. He was asleep. There were no other guards in the room either. Slowly, he and Eva poked everyone and pointed at the guard. They began to have mock fights in the room until Colonel Lydecker came in and ordered them all be put in solitary confinement for the rest of the day and the night for disobeying strict orders. It was night and he was in a cell. He couldn't see anybody else and didn't know whether the others were even in the same area as he was. He sat down in one of the corners of the room and sighed. He heard a sound next to him and heard Eva ask who it was. He told her and they started talking until they heard a noise at the front of his cell. He got up and stood at attention but when the person opened the door, it was Maxie. She held up the keys and grinned. She had pulled her cell coor off the hinges and found the keys. She only had to find Eva and Syl now. He told her that Eva was next door. She unlocked the door, and Eva rushed out and gave Maxie a hug and then hugged him. They were in the barracks. They had found Syl and had gone back to the sleeping quarters. They didn't care if they got caught. But then Maxie started shaking. Just like Jack had started shaking before he got taken away. Jondy tried to make her stop but she couldn't. A guard came in the door, and saw Maxie shaking, and turned to leave to tell the Colonel. Eva and Zack attacked him, and knocked him out. Eva took his gun, while Jondy and Zack help Maxie up. She had nearly stopped shaking. They all followed Eva when she walked out of the room and into the corridor. But then Lydecker turned the corner with two guards behind him. They all froze. Then Eva brought the gun up and aimed it at Lydecker. Before she could shoot, Lydecker brought his gun up and shot her first. His Eva. His baby Eva was shot, and his Maxie was still shaking. They were going to kill her, he was sure of it. But Zack gave the order and they all jumped out the window. But before he jumped, he took a last look at the still body of Eva and made a promise to look after his other brothers and sisters and make sure none of them got hurt. He's looking for home Cause everyone needs a place And home is the most excellent place of all And I'll be right here if you should call me He was walking down a long, grey hallway. No. He did not walk, he marched. He was older. He was taller. And beside him marched his baby sister Eva. She turned to him and he could see the light shining between her right arm and her body. Her heart was shining for him. Like his was shining for her. He smiled. She smiled back, and then was gone. Turn on your heartlight Let it shine wherever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boys dream Don't wake me up too soon Gonna take a ride across the moon You and me The young boy woke up panting, as if he had been running for a long time, and he could feel the tears rolling down his cheeks. "What's wrong?" asked the girl. "I dreamed about her again. She was there with me." "Who Krit? Who?" "Eva. My Eva." "I'm sorry Krit." she replied as she gave him a hug. "I'm all right Syl. I just miss her, that's all. You understand, don't you baby sister." "I understand. And stop calling me baby sister. I'm older'n you." "You're still my baby sister. You're my Syl." "Just like Eva was your Eva?" "Yeah. You're my Syl, she was my Eva, and Maxie is my Maxie. I don't know why but you three are the only ones that I call mine." "Well you're my Krit. And you're the only one I call mine." Standing up, Krit turned around so that he was facing Syl. He looked down, and knew the answer to his question. "My heartlight." "Your what?" "My heart is shining for you. Just like it shone for Eva. And it shone for Maxie too." "That's the moon silly." "No. Eva said it was her heart shining, and so I believe it is. And it is shining for you which means that we'll be best friends forever." Getting up, Syl stood behind Krit and told him to turn around. "There. My hearts shining for you too." Home is the most excellent place of all And I'll be right here if you should call me Turn on your heartlight Let it shine where ever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boys dream Don't wake me up too soon Gonna take a ride across the moon You and me Turn on your heartlight now Turn on your heartlight now |