Dream or Reality?

     The Sun rises in the sky. The warmth from its rays touches my skin, yet I am not warmed by its glisten. Eorzea is forever changed. The memories of the past seem to evade my minds eye. As if a glare is before the sight. I remember little. I search desperately for those loved ones that I do recall. Siuan... where have you gone. I Pray the Twelve has not received you in their arms just yet. It's been 5 years... or so I have been told ,since a great battle ensued. I bare the scars of battle... Could I have played a role in its outcome? I must seek answers. I MUST find Siuan...

Waking From the Nightmare

I wake up and look over at Vendeen.  She sleeps peacefully.  It's the first time either of us have slept for any length of time in five years.  Ever since.....

I remember an explosion, running, screams...death.  I don't want to remember.

What everyone who survived is calling the Calamity, I call it evil.  Vendeen and I have grown to depend on each other now more than ever.  Where she consistently tried to keep me cheerful and happy, I'm now trying to keep her from depression.  We need each other.  Food is difficult to find.  Scavenging is pointless.  It only results in fighting one beast or another.  We are working to find a permanent place to live.  We hear there is lodging and homes being built somewhere.  We've yet to see them.  We search for our friends, but we have yet to find them.

I regret now waking up so early.  Vendeen is starting to groan in her sleep.  If only the pain would go away...