Leaping Waters: A Story of Possession. Part 3.

No matter what, Talulah wanted to escape to get fresh air. As soon as Monav opened the trapped door that lead outside, Talulah breathed in and she sighed.
“Free.” She whispered.
Monav looked at her and nodded. “Alright, I helped you escape, I can take you to a safe place but please stay there.”
Talulah looked over at Monav and sighed again. “Very well.”
They fell silent as Monav lead her through the rock forest behind the castle. The air felt strange to Talulah as if rain is coming. She wanted to stop and close her eyes to imagine the weather but she felt Monav grab her hand.
“Talu, is something wrong?” Monav asked her as she shook her head quickly at him.
“I'm fine.” Talulah whispered as she gently took her hand out of his grasp.
Monav nodded as he moved ahead.
Talulah touched the rocks as she followed him. She wanted more than ever to go back to her home, Aqua. The green forest, the rain, always looking beautiful with the gray skies. But she quickly shook her head as she remembered that she must get to the safe place.

It seemed like forever, well, 30 minutes to walk to where they were going. It was down in a hole, but it's dark and secluded. Just what Talulah needed so that she could hide from the queen.
Monav helped her down into the hole in the ground, to the home. The home was made of stone. Talulah gently touched it. “Stone is cool.” She whispered.
Monav stopped and looked to her. “Talu? What do you mean?” He asked, his voice sounding a bit confused.
Talulah shook her head. “It is nothing, Monav.” She whispered as she walked into the stone home. She felt warm instantly when she walked in and looked at the gray walls, there painted on the walls were a forest.
“Monav...” Talulah whispered gently. Then she felt faint coming to her. “Monav!” She gasped before she fell down on the floor.
“Talulah!” Monav whispered as he caught her and went down on his knees as he felt her go limp. “No!”

The shadows were floating toward Talulah. She could tell they were floating when she opened her eyes. But she's not in her body. Her mind was here but her body was somewhere else. She looked around and looked down, she could see a hand, an arm, but how could her body be somewhere else even though it's here? Then it struck her. This felt just like her visions.
“You are correct, Talulah.” A voice whispered but it had a body... or what seems to be a body from what Talulah could see.
“Who are you?” She found her voice as she asked.
“What you should be asking is what I am?” The voice walked out of the shadows and revealed itself. “I am you. You could be me.” The voice smiled. She was tall, but with the same blue eyes and blonde hair. Only thing different was her clothing. They looked foreign.
“What do you mean?” Talulah asked as she backed away slowly from this mysterious person.
“Ah, but you, see, Tallulah... my name is Sokanon. I am you. And you are me. Just only... I will only come out when it rains.” Sokanon smiled as she looked at Talulah.
“Rains? But it's not raining.” Talulah replied as she stared at Sokanon.
“Ah, but that's where you're wrong, child.” Sokanon laughed as she reached for Talulah.
“What do you want?” Talulah asked as she reached the edge of nowhere. At least it felt like a wall because the pressure was pushing her back towards Sokanon.
“You.” Sokanon grabbed Talulah.

Talulah woke up and just sat up, almost bumping her head on Monav who was leaning over. He moved away quickly as he realized that she was awake and sitting up.
“Talu!” Monav gasped as he hugged her.
Talulah just sat there. She then gently grabbed his shoulders and pushed him away. “No.”
Monav backed away.
Talulah didn't act like herself. She didn't even looked at Monav when he backed away. She just simply sat there, staring at the walls.
Suddenly, there was a sound coming outside of the door. It sounded like falling rain.
Monav heard it and looked towards the door. “Impossible.” He mumbled.
Talulah smiled as she slowly got up. “Good.” She whispered. “The rain has arrived.”