Teen Titans Magazine Vol. 5 Issue 3 Final Copy-3 | Page 41

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As she laid in her bed, her Mother’s words were echoing in her mind.
“You have a heart of gold, strength of steel, and are as brilliant as they come. No one can break
you. I wish your dad was here to see you, pressing on.”
“I’m right here.” stated a male voice.
Aurora shot up and instantaneously poked her head through the opening of the canopy. Not a
single person was present. “I’m just tired … and sad. I just need rest, that’s all” She thought to herself.
She laid back down and proceeded to doze off into dreamland.
Yet as she closed her eyes, pitch black slowly blended itself into a radiant shade of gold. It was
almost as if she was shrunken down and implanted into a glowing amber. Butterflies flew every which
way throughout the sun-drenched paradise. A path appeared in front of her; next to it, a wooden sign
read, “ For Aurora .” She began to walk down the path; the edges of the path were practically
overflowing with a variety of teal-greenish plants and flowers. After a short while, the purple sand that
she walked entered into a wobbly structure. What lay in front of her left her speechless.
A humongous cube of water stood there proudly, its ripples undulating outwards as a result of
the many lively fish, all of characterful color, that were swimming inside of the colossal body. The area
of water that laid in front of her bent inward and formed a small archway. Another wooden sign grew
out of the ground; it read, “ You May Enter.” The archway hollowed itself into a hallway. Hesitantly,
she walked through.
She found herself standing in the middle of a giant, transparent room; she looked up. Each fish
held their own individual beauty: one was pastel yellow with white, iridescent stripes going vertically
down it’s side, another had rainbow scales and opaque, black polka dots all over its tail. A mint-colored
dumbo Octopus buried its lovable form in the sand. The amber glow coming from outside the cube
casted rainbows on Aurora’s skin through the ripples.
Suddenly, all of the fish simultaneously flew together into a spinning cylinder of life and purity.
Then, unexpectedly, all the fishes swam away from each other revealing her father; he stepped out of
the water barrier and walked closer to her. He kneeled there, arms opened wide waiting for a hug only
three feet away from her. She immediately plunged into his arms, tearful at the fact that she was
experiencing a warm embrace with her father, the man that was killed six gloomy years ago.
“I missed you!” she pronounced, her voice cracky.
“I missed you, too.” he replied as he gradually pulled away from her. “Just thought I might say
hello to my magnificent daughter. Maybe offer a few words of wisdom and answers.” He kissed
Aurora’s head softly. “Just because your nails don’t glow doesn’t mean your thoughts, opinions,
emotions, and words aren’t valid. You are lovable, con