Transitions - Part 1 - Explanations & Mixed Emotion

Standing in a dark room, I saw nothing but a warm glowing light illuminating the room from above. I had just gotten married to the man who I love the most, but something seemed strange. The atmosphere was saturated with uneasiness and sweat. I could feel the tension radiating from within him as he watched me breathing deeply.

 I rubbed my neck and thought to myself for a moment, "What do I do now? I don't know where I am and I don't remember much since the wedding. It feels like it's been years since that day, but I know it hasn't because I am wearing my wedding dress..."

 He just stood there staring at me with a blank look on his face. I couldn't read his face, I could only tell that he was filled with uncertainty and an overwhelming feeling of fear come over me when I looked into his eyes.

 "What are you doing?" I asked him with concern in my voice.

"What do you mean?" he replied back with a question.

"You are just standing there staring at me. What's going on?" I asked. Sweat formed on my brow as I waited for his response.

"You don't remember? Oh dear... Well it's time for us to transform. Do you remember what I mean?" he asked.

"Now that you mention it, I do," I replied with a deep sigh, "But care to explain to me what's going to happen?"

 "Don't worry darling. We are going to transform together. You shall become your natural form and I shall help you reach that stage," he explained.

 "But I am scared. What if I don't want to?" I asked him.

"You don't have much choice," he told me.

"What do you mean I don't have a choice?" I said with a trembling voice.

 "This darkness, this place we're in, it's a place of divine power. We came here to transform and become what we are. Every generation, after meeting their soul mate, comes here to transition...," he continued to explain.

 "Why do we have to do this though? What's wrong with our normal selves?" I frowned.

"Sweetheart, it has to happen sooner or later. If we don't do this now, you won't be able to control your powers when you are older. We are in our second decade of life, meaning if we don't transform now, we won't be able to stay in this form because the powers within will control us," he said.

 "Do you understand?" he asked me.

"I guess... but will it be painful?" I trembled.

 "I doubt it will, my parents and your parents claim it's painless," he said with confidence.

"Completely painless?" I asked.

 "Plus, I am here! You aren't alone in this, okay?" he reassured me.

 "Come on hunny, smile! You are fine! I won't leave you, okay?" he tried to reassure me again.

"I guess...," I replied.

 "What's wrong, baby?" he asked me.

"I just can't get this feeling of fear out of my head. It's like my body is warning me or something," I tried to explain.

 "An overwhelming feeling of fear, so intense that I can't move or figure out what to say. Why do I feel this way?" I said with a frown and began to cry.

"Don't cry, please? I promise you, I won't leave your side and you shall be okay!" Flynn begged.

 "Okay, I trust you, I won't cry," I said as I wiped my eyes dry.

 He stared deeply into my aqua colored eyes and smiled. His smile was so genuine. It was strange...

I loved him so much, but since being with Damion, I had a hard time completely loving him nor did I completely trust him. I mean, he never did a single thing wrong, he was always, always there for me. I never could have asked for a better husband. I just couldn't get myself to get rid of the feelings from the past, no matter how hard I tried.

 Maybe this time with him, alone, will help me forget the things in the past. I prayed so hard that I would be able to finally be free of those rotten feelings that did me no good.

 I began to feel sad and I felt my mouth turn into a frown. I wish that I could smile once again, smile like Flynn does when he looks at me.

 Just then, Flynn rubbed his hand on my cheek. He said, "Darling, don't be sad, smile. I love you."

 His touch was so warm and comforting. I loved him so much... but how exactly did he feel about me? I couldn't ever feel his heart... it was as if he was blocking me from reading him. I could read Damion's heart, even my own parents, but not my own husband?

 "I love you too," I said with a smile as he grasped my head, gently, and pulled me toward his mouth.

 I turned my face away from him as I started to feel strange inside. I felt my stomach gurgle and a sudden rush of intense pain rushed over my chest. Flynn saw my face expression quickly change and he asked, "What's wrong? What happened?" I couldn't breathe.

 I stared into his eyes as I felt my body stiffen for a moment and my head throbbed with pain.

 My face became frozen in a strange expression and I lost track of where I was.

Suddenly my head felt like it was going to explode and everything went into a blur. I grasped my head as I screamed in pain...

The Wedding

From Flynn's Point of View:

I couldn't believe it, my own wedding day had come...

 I was beyond excited, exhilarated to be exact! In a private room set aside from the rest of the building, we set up the wedding decorations and put up the beautiful wedding arch where we would be married. When entering the room, we had a prince's and princess' crown displayed on the right and left as symbols of our royal reunion in matrimony.

The twins were dressed in their best clothing and we taught them how to walk down the aisle as they held each other's hands. My mother chose an elegant ice blue and crystal white dress with a matching necklace to wear, while Geraldine chose to wear her war gear as her dress for the wedding. I wore my basic outfit as it was mostly black already and that seemed to be the best color to wear.

 I heard a knock at the door and as it opened my gorgeous woman walked through the door panels dressed in an elegant magenta gown. I never stopped smiling that day, especially when I saw my future wife walking in the door.

 I could only smile with excitement as I watched her standing only a few hundred feet away. My heart was racing and my eyes were wide open, glued to her beautiful face. She seemed happy and delighted to be seeing me as well.

 My mother smiled and chuckled to herself as she watched my face.

 Meanwhile, Geraldine just stood still with a straight face and her dragon-like eyes staring directly at her daughter.

 Joviana seemed to be deep in thought, I couldn't tell what she was thinking, I could only hope that she was doing just fine and was ready to take this next step toward our future together.

 She was the most beautiful woman in the world to me and I was lucky to have found such a gorgeous princess to call my own. Her bright sky blue eyes, her long flowing magenta hair, and her plump lips. She was just amazing...

 The wedding began and the music began to play. My heart seemed to beat with the rhythm...

 Her father stared into his daughter's eyes one last time before he proceeded to give her off to me. He was the proudest father that day; his one and only daughter who was taken away from him, was now getting married!

 The twins strolled down the aisle and eventually sat down on the floor beside my mother. Joviana and her father began to proceed down the aisle.

 And the minute her father handed her to me, he kissed her cheek and said to me, "Take care of my baby girl!" I smiled and nodded. He stood over by his wife and I took Joviana's hand in mine as I pulled her toward me.

 We stood under the wedding arch and stared into each other's eyes.

"Joviana, I want you to be my wife forever... you are perfect in every way... I want to protect you and be by your side for the rest of your life. Never shall you be sad or alone or in pain without me by your side. You might face times of hardship, but I will never leave you! We are soul-mates, meant to be together, and I intend to keep it that way! I am yours. Will you take me as your husband?" I said to her.

"Oh Flynn, I do take you to be my husband! I wouldn't ask for anyone better! You can keep me forever by your side! I love you!" she exclaimed.

"I love you too, my wife!" I smiled.

 I took her hand and placed a beautiful gold ring with a sparkling diamond on top onto her ring finger.

 She proceeded to slide a bold gold band onto my ring finger.

 We held our hands together and whispered, "I love you!" to each other.

 And we were married! My dream had come true! I was the happiest man! I could have held her in my arms forever...
              however...

It was time for the transition...

                             

The Future

As we stared at my parents standing in front of us, they smiled.

"Huh, can we help you?" Flynn asked with a puzzled look.

"We are the Hanovers and we have come for you all!" the woman said.

"I'm sorry if we have startled you, but we have come in urgency to request that you come with us," the man said with a smile.

"But what do you want of us? Where do you want us to go?" I asked them.

"Darling, we are your parents and we finally have come from the future to get you!" my father said.

"Won't you come to the future with us?" my  mother begged of me, "Flynn, you haven't told her yet?"

"I'm sorry Geraldine and Jeremiah. With the children having come sooner than I expected, I hadn't gotten around to telling her that we would eventually need to leave here and go back to the future," Flynn explained.

"Future? All of us? Including my babies?" I shuddered. I was nervous about going to the future and leaving the house where Flynn and I had spent so much time together.

"Please darling, it's for the best!" my mother begged.

"Flynn, why hadn't you told me before?" I looked at him and frowned as I became more anxious.

"Joviana, don't get scared, please? This isn't as hard as you think, trust me please? I'm sorry I didn't tell you yet. I didn't think they'd come so soon!" he said as his smile turned into a frown.

"Oh Flynn, don't get sad... we can go," I said anxiously, "But how are we going to go?" 

Suddenly a black hole emerged from no where, behind my parents, and a bright white light shined through.

We walked down the stairs and followed behind my parents. As they walked through the black hole, they disappeared...

As they reemerged on the other side, they changed form!

My father's brown hair and beard transformed to a bright purple color and he had a black suit and pair of slacks on instead of his grey suit coat from before. My mother's aqua and magenta hair became a light rose color. Her face was covered in magenta scales that resembled that of a lizard's skin. She also had on different clothing from before; her pink dress was now a purple and lavender suit dress...

As we entered through the portal, our children flew out of our arms and began to grow a few inches and Hibiscus's hair grew in length...

The children came out of the portal holding hands and a different change of clothing. My babies had grown up a couple of years! They looked like they were almost four years old!

Flynn and I were the last to emerge from the black hole...

We must have aged at least a couple of years if not more by the time we walked into the future! Flynn had matured into a handsome young man and I was a gorgeous mature woman. It was incredible! I felt completely different from the time we entered into the portal to the time we exited!

There was a beautiful older woman awaiting our arrive on the other side when we stepped out. Flynn later on referred to her as Flora, but he told me she was his mother! She looked a lot like him, so I could see the resemblance. It was nice to finally be able to see Flynn was really from the future and not someone who just popped out of my dreams. I mean it's a bit hard to believe some of this if you know what I mean!

We were escorted by my parents to a room where we would live for now on. We put the children to bed upstairs and were told to meet later on in the tech room below our room.

Later that evening, Flynn and I arrived in the tech room only to find no one was in the room.

Flynn heard my parents calling for his presence, so he asked me if I didn't mind waiting here for awhile. I nodded and said it was fine. I sat down beside the small pool located in the center of the room and waited for my husband to come back.

Meanwhile in a corner of another room next door...

"Alright, Joviana is doing fine and she seems to be just fine with how everything is. What did you want to see me about, Jeremiah?" Flynn asked my father.

"Well you see, we had to come sooner than we planned because Joviana is going to have to transform soon. We had to age you a few years because your bodies will handle everything better this way. We also need you to transform along with her, will you be okay with this?" Jeremiah asked Flynn.

"Yea, I can't say no. I want to be with her in every step she takes. This can be a major shock for someone if it happens alone," Flynn replied.

"Flynn, we also have one more thing to request of you," Geraldine asked.

"Okay, what is it?" he asked with a smile.

"We want you two to get married now that you have kids, will you do that for us?" she requested.

"Oh yes! I have been wanting to marry her for my whole life!" he smiled with excitement.

"Okay then you shall marry tomorrow and we shall begin the transformation soon after that!" Jeremiah replied.

"Alright! Then I shall let you announce this to her! She already knows I want to marry her and I got her a ring long before now, but she will need a wedding dress," Flynn said to Jeremiah.

"I will make the preparations!" Jeremiah said with a huge grin.