#Sam's mind be like: woop wrong memory!

[thesundowncrew]

“It’s alright,” Liore cooed, her voice cutting through all sound and muddled thought. “Don’t worry...” Liore never needed to do much to calm him down. Maybe it was her gentleness soothing him to the core, or maybe she was trying a bit of magick as he felt something trickle from her fingertips through to his skin. Whatever it was, it was working. He tried hard to focus on her words, one after the other, in between deep, steady breaths.

“—We can rest there, yeah? I’m sure you’ll feel like yourself again soon.”

"A-aye.. All right.." said Sam, smiling weakly. But seeing Liore smile back at him gave him a little strength, enough to keep going at least. She led him by the hand and slowly but surely, they reached the giant, twisted tree.

When her hand slipped out of his, Sam wasn't as desperate to reach for her again. Instead, he watched with amusement as she ran and and laughed and twirled, her black, wavy, tresses swaying and bouncing as she did so. They were deep in their own, private neck of the woods where no one else dared ventured. Here, they were safe to be themselves; to be together. Here, they were free.

He watched her, content to see her so happy and without worry. He watched as the gnawing ache resurfaced and clawed at his insides. “Sammy!” she called out to him. “Come listen with me!”

He could ignore the gnawing for a little longer.

—

"So... how do I do this?"

She giggled, standing behind him and guiding his outstretched hand with hers. “First, close yer eyes. An' then focus on everything that you're feeling with your body an' settle it down. You're not goin' to hear with your ears or see with your eyes. You have to sense the tree with your heart. Your spirit. Shut it all out, an' focus on the quiet.”

He did as he was told. Slowly but surely, he pinpointed his focus on the energy of the tree in front of him. He shut everything else out. The birdsong; the rustling leaves; even Liore's own voice. He focused until he could hear nothing but his own heartbeat. And when Liore pressed his hand onto the bark—

"Why is it called Sundown?" asked a chipper voice, with sparkling eyes as green as a summer meadow and fur as black as night.

"W-wha-" Sam exclaimed, eyes shooting open and turning to Liore beside him. "W-what did you say?"

“Ah didn't say anything, Sammy.” At first she looked puzzled but then gasped with sudden realization. “Maybe you did hear it! The tree! You must've heard its voice! Mathair always did say yer affinity was strong! Why? What did you hear?”

"Ah.." He wanted to say something but the words escaped him now. What did it say? It was there a moment ago, and somehow it felt very important. He was upset that he lost it so easily. "Ah.. don't remember. Ah'm sorry, Liore.."

“It's all right, Sammy, there's no need t'be upset,” she assured, standing in front of him now and cupping his face so that he could look up and into her eyes and encouraging smile. “We can always try again. We've got all the time in the world~”

Sam hugged her tightly. The girl stiffened — just for a moment, just for a heartbeat — before relaxing into his arms. Concern shone in her gaze when he pulled away. She touched his hand on her shoulder, her slim fingers ice cold. “It’s alright,” she murmured, in a voice as soft as dove’s feathers. “Don’t worry...”

Gently, she took both his hands in her own and gave them a reassuring squeeze. “We’ve only got a bit farther to go ‘til we reach the tree. We can rest there, yeah? I’m sure you’ll feel like yourself again soon.”

She smiled at him, encouraging, and led him onward through the forest, hand-in-hand once more.

—

Spiders wrapped their prey in silk to prevent escape. Likewise, after catching prey in a dream, Feld stayed in the dream long enough to strengthen the illusion and ensure they wouldn’t awaken. It would be a shame to weave such an excellent dreamscape only for the ungrateful dreamer to escape it.

Feld just needed a bit more time to finish Samhain’s dream before it slipped back to the waking world. Once it left, Samhain’s mind would spin its own version of Liore to inhabit the fantasy. The dream would continue unfurling on its own, weaving itself from pleasant memories, vivid enough to feel real (until it faded, but Feld didn’t dwell on that).

And Samhain would never wake up.

—

Leaving Samhain a blanket and a mug of chamomile tea hadn’t sufficed to ease Maude’s guilt, and her worries refused to settle. So, at half-past midnight, the innkeeper found herself standing outside his door with another quilt tucked beneath her arm.

This close, she could feel it. The barrier was gone.

A shiver crawled up her spine, and dread twisted in her stomach. Why was the barrier gone? Had Sam dispelled it himself? Or had Feld broken it somehow?

Maude swallowed hard, assuming the worst. At the same time, a sharp voice in the back of her mind whispered, why do you care what happens to him? He’s just another unlucky guest. He wouldn’t be the first one to fall victim to Feld, nor would he be the last. You can’t save any of them and you’ve only got yourself to blame. You haven’t gone soft, have you?

Without thinking, the innkeeper raised her hand to knock, then faltered. The rules of her contract with Feld twisted through her wrist and froze her muscles in place. Do not disturb sleeping guests. Her hand lowered, but she couldn’t bring herself to leave.

Coward, hissed the voice in her mind. Maude didn’t argue with it. She pressed her forehead to the door and closed her eyes, clutching the quilt to her chest.

—

They reached the clearing with the ancient tree.

The girl’s hand slipped free from Sam’s again as she ran toward the tree. She twirled beneath its gnarled boughs, beaming, as though delighting in a song only she could hear. Her hair and dress spun around with her, settling as she slowed to a stop.

With a breathless laugh, she steadied herself against the tree trunk and tucked a dark curl behind her ear again. “Sammy!” She reached her hand toward him, beckoning him to join her. Sunlight danced in the deep amber of her eyes. “Come listen with me!”

[pattyrv9]

Making a list of all the CDs I own cause I tend to forget while buying more xD

5 Seconds of Summer - 5 Seconds of Summer 5 Seconds of Summer - Don’t Stop EP 5 Seconds of Summer - LIVESOS 5 Seconds of Summer - She looks so perfect EP 5 Seconds of Summer - Sounds Good Feels Good Ada Szulc & DJ Adamus - 1000 miejsc Alain Clark - Live it out Alesha Dixon - The Alesha Show ALEKSEEV - Pyanoe Solnce Alicia Keys - The element of freedom Ania Rusowicz - Mój big-bit Abraham Mateo - #AreYouReady? Alexandra Burke - Overcome Alvaro Soler - Eterno Agosto American Hustle OST Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande - My Everything Ariana Grande - Yours Truly Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography Avril Lavigne - Let Go Avril Lavigne - The best damn thing Beyonce - 4 Beyonce - B’Day Beyonce - I am...Sasha Fierce (Deluxe) Beyonce - Beyonce Beyonce - Crazy in Love (single) Beyonce - Dangerously In Love Blog 27 - <LOL> Blue - One Love Bownik - Bownik Bridgit Mendler - Hello My name is... Brodka - Clashes Bruno Mars - 24K Magic Bruno Mars - Doo-woops & Hooligans Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox Bry - Bry Busted - A ticket for everyone Live Busted - Busted Camila Cabello - Camila Camp Rock OST Camp Rock OST Collectors Edition Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam OST Charli XCX - True Romance Chico - In Limbo Chris Brown - Graffiti Christina Aguilera - Back to basics Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera - Stripped CNCO - Primera Cita Cris Cab - Where I belong Cody Simpson - Paradise Coldplay - A head full of dreams Coldplay - A rush of blood to the head Coldplay - Ghost stories Coldplay - Kaleidoscope EP Coldplay - Live 2012 Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Curly Heads - Ruby Dress Skinny Dog Dawid Kwiatkowski - Element trzeci (SPRZEDAM) Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta get thru this Daniel Bedingfield - Second first impression Daria Zawiałow - A kysz! Dawid Podsiadło - Annoyance and Disappointment Dawid Podsiadło - Annoyance and Disappointment (Deluxe) Dawid Podsiadło - Annoyance and Disappointment  2.0 Dawid Podsiadło - Comfort and Happiness Dawid Podsiadło - Comfort and Happiness (CD+DVD) David Guetta - Listen Demi Lovato - Demi Demi Lovato - Don’t forget Demi Lovato - Here we go again Destiny’s Child - Destiny Fulfilled Destiny’s Child - Destiny’s Child Ed Sheeran - Multiply (X) Ella Eyre - Feline Ella Henderson - Chapter One Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Eros Ramazzotti - Noi Ewa Farna - Ewakuacja Example - Playing in the shadows Example - The evolution of man Foster The People - Torches Fismoll - At glade Fismoll - Box of feathers G-Eazy - The Beautiful & Damned G-Eazy - These things happen G-Eazy - When it’s dark out George Ezra - Staying at Tamara’s Girls Aloud - Out of control (x2) Girls Aloud - Sound of the underground Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Girls Aloud - Ten Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown Gouryella - From the heavens Gosia Andrzejewicz - The best of XD Gwen Stefani - The sweet escape Hairspray OST Halsey - Badlands Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Harry Styles - Harry Styles High School Musical 2 OST High School Musical 2 Non-Stop Party Edition Hilary Duff - Most Wanted HONNE - Warm on a cold night Hozier - Hozier Hurts - Exile Hurts - Surrender Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors Imagine Dragons - Night Visions Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (Deluxe) Imany - The shape of a broken heart (Deluxe) Imany - There were tears Imany - The wrong kind of war Izzy Bizu - A moment of madness Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg Jamelia - Thank you James Arthur - Back from the edge James Arthur - James Arthur James Bay - Chaos and the calm James Blunt - Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions James Blunt - Moon Landing James Blunt - Moon Landing (Apollo Edition) James Blunt - Moon Landing (Deluxe) James Blunt - Some kind of trouble James Blunt - You’re Beautiful (single) James Morrison - The awakening James Morrison - Undiscovered Janet Jackson - The Best Janet Jackson - The velvet rope Jedward - Planet Jedward JLS - Exlusive DVD: The videos JLS - JLS JLS - Jukebox JLS - Love you more (single) JLS - Outta this world Jonas Brothers - A little bit longer Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers - Lines, vines and trying times Justin Bieber - Believe Justin Bieber - Believe Acoustic Justin Bieber - My World Justin Bieber - My Worlds Justin Bieber - My Worlds: The Collection Justin Bieber - Purpose Justin Bieber - Under the Mistletoe Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Love Sounds Justin Timberlake - Justified Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak Katy B - Little Red Katy Perry - Prism Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams Kelly Rowland - Simply deep Kings of Leon - Come around sundown Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (Experience Edition) Kylie Minogue - Fever Kylie Minogue - Kiss me once Lady Gaga - Artpop Lady Gaga - Born this way Lady Gaga - Joanne Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster La La Land OST Lana del Rey - Ultraviolence LemON - Etiuda zimowa LemON - LemON LemON - LemON (CD+DVD) LemON - Scarlett Leona Lewis - Echo Leona Lewis - Spirit Leski - Splot Lily Allen - It’s not me, it’s you Lilly Hates Roses - Mokotów Loic Nottet - Selfocracy Loreen - Heal Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time Organek - Głupi Manchester - Manchester Mans Zelmerlow - Chameleon Mans Zelmerlow - MZW Mans Zelmerlow - Perfectly Re:damaged Mans Zelmerlow - Stand by for... Matt Cardle - Letters Matt Dusk - My funny valentine McFly - Motion in the ocean McFly - Room on the 3rd floor (x2) Mela Koteluk - Migracje (Edycja specjalna) Męskie Granie 2014 Męskie Granie 2015 Mika - Life in cartoon motion Mike Dignam EP Miley Cyrus - Bangerz Miley Cyrus - Breakout Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana The Movie OST Miley Cyrus - Younger Now Milky Wishlake - Wait for us Mrozu - Rollercoaster Mutya Buena - Real Girl Nadine - Insatiable Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the middle Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten Negatyw - Albinos Nelly Furtado - Loose Nelly Furtado - The best of Nextpop’s Tunnel Vision Vol.1: Slow Burning Nick Jonas and The Administration - Who I am One Direction - Best Song Ever (single) One Direction - Four One Direction - Live While We’re Young (single) One Direction - Made in the A.M. (Deluxe) One Direction - Midnight Memories One Direction - Midnight Memories (single) One Direction - Take Me Home One Direction - Up All Night Paloma Faith - A perfect contradiction Paloma Faith - Fall to grace Paloma Faith - The Architect Patrick The Pan - Something of an End Pharrell Williams - Girl Pink - The truth about love (Fan Edition) Piotr Lisiecki - Rules Changed Up Plastic - I Want U (single) Plastic - Living in the iWorld Plastic - p.o.p. Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven (Deluxe) Rihanna - Good girl gone bad Ronan Keating - 10 years of hits Ronan Keating - Ronan Room 94 - No strings attached Sam Smith - In the lonely hour Sam Smith - The thrill of it all Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah September - Dancing shoes Shakira - Laundry Service Shayne Ward - Breathless Sia - 1000 forms of fear Snoop Dogg - Bush Snow Patrol - Up to now SoundGirl - I’m the fool (single) South Blunt System - Potęga w czynie Star Guard Muffin - Jamaican Trip Sugababes - Angels with dirty faces Sugababes - Change Sugababes - Overloaded: The singles collection Sugababes - Taller in more ways Sylwia Grzeszczak - Komponując Siebie Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob Terrific Sunday - Strangers/Lovers Timbaland - Shock value Tokio Hotel - Schrei so laut du kannst The 1975 - The 1975 The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It The Killers - Direct Hits The Neighbourhood - I Love You The Neighbourhood - The Neighbourhood The Neighbourhood - Wiped Out The Pussycat Dolls - PCD The Script - #3 The Script - No sound without silence The Script - Science & Faith The Wanted - The Wanted The Weeknd - Starboy Tom Odell - Long Way Down Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood twenty one pilots - blurryface twenty one pilots - vessel US5 - Here we go US5 - In control Usher - Raymond VS Raymond Westlife - Back home Will Smith - Willenium Will Young - Friday’s Child Will Young - Let it go Yannick Bovy - Better Man Years & Years - Communion Young Stars 2014? Zayn - Mind of mine