Everywhere and everything was pitch black, water dropping was the only background noise heard as ripple waves flowed through the ground... Like the entire place was covered with water.
Neil stood in the middle and his face had the expression of fear on it as he stared at specific direction, his eyes shaking uncontrollably. From the darkness he stared at emerged the same eyes he spotted at the forest, the eye stared at him for few seconds. Without further warning, the eyes went wide and released a wave that made Neil glitch. He went down to his knees due to the effect from the wave he received, he buried his head in between his legs with his hands over his ears.... Panting.
His head began to echo one word.... The same word it echoes before he accepted the curse, but this time... It was louder than before.
"Neil....."
Neil felt his head was about to explode as the echoes became louder as time went by, he could no longer bear the pain... He gave out a loud cry.
The entire horizon began to vibrate.... It lead to a quake as everything and everywhere began to break to pieces.
"Ahhhhhhh...." Neil yelled.
He was in bed with his blanket over him, sweat trickle down his face. He stared at the door, his body shook from the trauma. Before finally releasing his seized breath and sighed heavily.
"It was just a dream..." He said.
He closed his eyes as he combed his hair with his arm, he lifted his head towards the ceiling and stared at it for few seconds. His heartbeat hadn't slowed down a bit, he clenched his chest tight as he opened his eyes.
He removed the blanket from his body and sat by the bed, his head bent towards the floor while his arm rested on his lap. Both wrist crossed each other as they hung in between his legs, his room remained quiet as he listened to the silence. He lifted his head towards his window to see the moon slightly covered by the clouds, he sighed again as he arose from his bed. He walked towards the window and stood before the window to watch the cloud, his mind never stopped repeating the event of the dream. The images of the eyes portrayed again in his head, he began to wonder what he had to do to the next time he would come in contact with the shadow.
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The sun rose slowly giving it's bright red colour on the environment, It was peaceful and quiet as the birds chips melodiously. Lyn watched from her window at her neighbors on the street as they moved around on their daily routine, she saw few girls of about her age assembling outside her apartment. They chuckled and chatted about their adventures at school, she sighed and walked towards her bed.
She hopped into the bed, facing the ceiling as her right arm rested on her forehead. She was thinking about so many things that she didn't notice the chiming of her phone, her life has returned to normal again and that is definitely frustrating.
KNOCK.... KNOCK.....
"Honey... Breakfast is ready.." a calm soft voice rang out behind her door.
"Just a minute... Mom..." She turned towards the door.
She lay and waited before her phone chimed again, her attention went to her phone and she picked it up... It was a text message from someone she forgot to save on her contact list, she opened the message and saw a short sentence displaying on her screen.
"DON'T FORGET TO SMILE ALONG WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE SUN....."
She looked down to see who it was that sent it, but it was empty... She smiled at the sight of the letter and knew that it was someone who knew her.....
She sprang off from bed, straightened her hair and clothes... Before heading downstairs... Cheerfully. Her red cardigan gave out it's outmost beauty and her yellow scarf flew behind her hair as she descended from the stairs with a matching black shorts, she walked towards her mom and gave her a peek on the cheek.
"You look lively today..." Her mom giggled. "What's the occasion?"
"Nothing much.."
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Rory sat at the porch of his windows, swinging his legs as he observe the street. Everyone seemed to be in a rush to their various destinations, he adjusted his black turtleneck sweatshirt the moment he got up from the porch... He heads straight to his huge window with the size of a door, he slid it and walked into his room.
He shut it behind him before going to his marbled desk and chair, his laptop laid square on the desk.. His room had a dark blue painting with sparkling tiles, a marbled cushion stood not too far from his wardrobe.
He looked down at his phone for few second before letting out a big sigh, he tilted his head backwards as he stared at the ceilings.
"How do I get in touch with everyone?..." He asked no one in particular.
His black curtains swirl slowly as cool breeze blew past his massive window into the room, he closed his eyes and sighed again. Then he turned his head towards two chirping birds and watched them as they hopped around a branch of the tree at his father's garden, an Idea suddenly popped into his head. Without haste he sat upright and drew his laptop closer, slid it open.
He pressed few buttons as he stared at his monitor, after few seconds of typing... He clicked the "enter" button. He sat back as he rests his hands behind the back of his head, he waited as if expecting a response.
"Rory... It time for breakfast..." A voice yelled behind his door.
"On my way mom..." He yelled back.
He looked at his clock, it was definitely time for him to break fast. He got up from his chair and headed to his door, he held the knob and remained there for seconds.
He twisted it only to hear his laptop chiming, without further delay... He dashed towards his desk to see the response, he stared at his monitor for few seconds before pressing the keyboards.
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The amusement park was filled with happy faces as they strolled past the gate, many kids ran off to have fun with whatever they could lay their hands on. Some threw snowballs at each other as they laughed, Chiyo stayed at the swing alone with her teddy bear in her arms... She watched the other kids ran around the park with happy gesture, she clenched her teddy bear with her head bowed towards the ground.
She missed her friends now more than ever, they usually make her feel special and they don't seem to be afraid of her. She felt tears welling up her eyes, she quickly wiped them off her face. She let go of the teddy and allowed it rest on her lap, she gripped the chains holding the swing. She thrust herself forward slowly and went back, she continued with the routine until it began to swing on it's own.
She smiled as it swung slowly with her eyes closed, she suddenly felt a hand on her back. Without further delay, she turned around to see who had touched.... Only to see the smiling face of Freda...
"Freda...!!"
She hopped of the swing and hugged her tight, Freda laughed calmly. She was almost shedding tears.
Zoe walked out from the shadows and appeared behind with her arm tuck inside her black leather jacket, her grey scarf lay on her neck... Matching with her blue jean and brown boots, Chiyo left Freda and ran to meet Zoe as she opened her arms in wide embrace.
"I have missed you guys so much..." She cried.
"Likewise Chiyo..." Zoe smiled.
They let go of each other, she looked from Zoe to Freda; expecting an explanation of why they came in the first place.
"Why are you guys here in the first place?" She asked. "Aren't you guys supposed to be in Gune city?"
Silence....
"We....." Freda began.
"We came to visit you." Zoe laughed. "We wanted to see how you're doing..."
"Yeah... Right..." Freda laughed suspiciously.
"Hmmm..." Chiyo sighed.
She definitely knew something was off but she just can't fix in the puzzles, Zoe's phone chimed... She turned around and brought out the phone, she looked at it for a while. She put the phone to sleep before turning towards her comrades.
"Can we talk...." She gestured towards a small cabin closed by. "In private..."
"What's wrong? Chiyo whispered..
"We better get off sight." Freda winked.
"Understood..." Chiyo nodded.
Chiyo stepped back a little with her eyes closed, black auras emitted from her body.. the dark mist covered the vicinity, they were screams of fear within the mist.. not long the mist evaporated. But the three ladies were no where to be found.
"Damn..."
Someone had been watching them with a binoculars, his vision shifted from one place to another within the park. He turned around and placed his hands on his ears.
"Titan.... I lost them."