Vignasir
"Who is this important person we are supposed to meet? And where are we now? You asked DoDo to bring us to Vig...something," I asked Zaccheus.
"You shall see, my goddess. Have patience. Let's watch the sunrise first," he flashed his gorgeous smile at me as he pointed to the horizon.
It was a dreamless night as we took our rest amongst the clouds. Apparently besides DoDo I had a favourite sleeping cloud named Poto. No five star hotel beds could compare to the level of comfort and the quality sleep I had last night, it was such a deep sleep that I did not even have any dreams!
As the spectacular show of nature burst into a painter's dreams on canvas right before our eyes, I sighed out loud in appreciation as the sun slowly rose from the horizon.
"Vignasir is beautiful isn't she? This place was where everything started," Zaccheus said. "Where we both started," he continued as he stroked my hair.
I found myself leaning my head on his shoulder as we enjoyed the sunrise like it was the most natural thing to do.
I did not even feel awkward when I realised that, perhaps because in our present life I already was his wife. And it helped that in another lifetime I experienced and remember myself losing my virginity with my two royal husbands. He allowed me to experience that in that lifetime and not of us making love but me making love with other men in other lifetimes. It defied logic but nothing that happened so far were logical anyway. Funny how the mind just put everything together and I totally let go of my inhibitions towards Zaccheus now.
"Come, it's time to fly again. The other person has been notified," Zaccheus caressed my cheek gently as I tore my gaze away from the sky.
"Aren't we already in Vignasir? We still must fly again? Where to now?" I almost whined, I did not want to leave this gorgeous view.
"Somewhere even more beautiful than here, I promise, and it will be fun, really, please trust me," he gave a cheeky grin.
"Okay, I guess I trust you," I stood up and gave a shrug.
"DoDo!" I called out and immediately after that I was seated comfortably on DoDo as I was whisked away from where we were.
"To the old place, DoDo," Zaccheus said.
"Yeah to the old place where everyone know where it is except for me," I grumbled and I caught Zaccheus casting a grin at me. He was beaming with joy. I could see that this meant a lot for him.
Soon the clouds parted and we came to a vast land with acres and acres of green field. As we descended and got lower I could even make out the different animals running and roaming freely on the fields.
"A unicorn!?! That is impossible!" I gasped.
"Not one but a whole flock of them, see there," Zaccheus pointed out the entire flock of unicorns in multiple colors galloping playfully.
"Centaurs? Male and female centaurs! This is home? I used to live here?" I saw the half human and half horse creatures galloping with their four horse hooves as their human parts from belly up were taut and firm with beautiful features.
"What's next? Mermaids?" I thought out loud.
Just then, I heard the sea gulls and the sound of the waves lapping up on the shores to the East. I turned my head towards the sun and saw the glistening water of the ocean.
"Actually we do have mermaids and mermen but they are usually asleep underwater at this time of the day. We can catch them later in the late afternoon," said Zaccheus.
By now my jaw was just perpetually agape in wonder. It was my default look.
A hawk flew by and settled on Zaccheus' extended right arm.
"Everything is prepared as you wish, MiLord," the hawk spoke as he bowed his head.
My perpetual look of jaw agape turned even bigger as my jaw dropped even further.
A talking hawk!
"Yes, we speak and shape shift in this land, MiLady. Welcome home, MiLady," the hawk spoke to me telepathically.
"Cassandra, meet Milton the hawk. He will meet you in his human form later on the ground," Zaccheus stated as if it was a daily occurrence for animals to be able to speak to humans.
"Hello, Milton, pleasure to meet you," I managed to smile at the hawk.
"Milton kept this time travel and life travelling process in check as there is a limit to how long we can stay and intricate rules we must not break each time," Zaccheus explained.
"What happens when we overstay?" I was curious and just had to ask.
"We will cease to disappear across all timelines. It will be as if we never existed at all," his expression was grim as he said that.
"Is that also why I passed out a few times before this? My body could not take the time travel and all these past lives traveling?" I probed.
"Yes and no. It doesn't happen with you anymore now. Isn't it? As you remember more your body system and memory system will integrate, as it becomes more stable you will be able to travel without passing out that much. Oh here we are, we have reached him," he said just as we pulled to a stop above a clearing in the forest and slowly landed in front of a quaint cottage.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"Welcome to the Time Master's Cottage. He had been expecting us," Zaccheus announced.