Literature
Bloom of the Cherry -Chapter 1
Prologue-
And as she slept, she dreamed.
And the visions of faces fell before her, painted onto the blossoms of the sakura petals, of enemies of long past, of friends who she treasured. But these sights were not earthly, for they swirled and passed by her, and she could not touch them, as their beauty faded and wilted under her fingertips. There was sunlight, or perhaps moonlight, but from no source that one could see, coming from every space, ebbing into her vision, washing away the darkness, but blinding her even as she tried to grasp for some stability in this tiny enclosed world.
There was a sound of laughter, and as it is in dreams