When night greets.
Her eyes search for the shadow of lantern on the wall.
Her mind seek for the scent of freshly brewed tea.
Her ear misses the bell sound of the wind chime at night.
Her heart cried out loud for every little things in Mount Bao Hu she couldnt protect.
The arrival of night triggers her remnant feelings of attachment.
Towards the already gone Peach Blossom Pavillion.
Will there be an ending to the lingering longing over that place?
Will there be an end to the every night where she struggles,
To cut of the illusion red thread of fate that is still - strangling her heart.
Then.
The sun set.
Darkness began to surround the White Mansion.
Fear built up, overtaking the strangled heart.
But the lady stood ready.
For whatever that is coming.
When the night greet.
That day.
When the night greets.
That memory,
Begin to leak from her mind.
The mental and physical draining life in Jianghu,
The long years of confinement in the Land of Shadows
The seclusion days in Mount BaoHu.
The memory of all the battles she lost.
Emerge, surrounding the White Mansion without her permission.
She run out of her room,
Passing few of the other occupants.
Brushing shoulders with Yuko
Skipping three to four steps of stairs down the staircase.
Running to main door.
With all of her might.
To get out of the White Mansion.
To stop the infiltration of her memory from tainting the White Mansion.
To stop the building of revenge for her fallen Peach Blossom Pavillion
She run along the long corridor,
Heading to the main door.
With all her might
But.
As fast as ligtning
An arm grabbed her shoulder firmly from the side, pulling her over.
She was shocked by the sudden forceful stop,
Catching her breath as she looked up to the person who was holding her.
"你跑得这么快..."
"nǐ pǎo dé zhème kuài"
"You run so fast..." stated the man, gasping for air.
It was Frann,
He too.
Just run with all of his might.
Exactly as fast as he did
7 years ago.
When the night greets and engulfed his sister
"Stay..." He added beginning to get a hold of his breath, holding his sister arm tightly as the other began to gather at the main hall of the entrance.
The uncontrolled memory began clouding around the White Mansion as she struggled to pull her arm away from Frann. She looked up to her tall brother desperately,
"I cannot jeapordize the White mansion..."
Frann looked into his sister's eyes."No you won't...."
"What makes you so sure...?"
"Because you are in the White Mansion" answered him without hesitation. "Because this time, I am here and..."
There was a short pause before Frann continued calmly.
"7 years. It took us 7 long years to bring you back. 7 years, I battled ruthlessly against my own precious sister just to bring her back. I made her watched her mostly treasured peach blossom pavilion tore down right in front of eyes, without her able to do anything, just to bring her back home... It won't be that easy, for anyone, or anything, to bring you away from this White Mansion from now on.... "
