"Emmy…"
"..."
"Emmy…"
She opened her eyes wide just to find herself surrounded by darkness. She felt so light as if she was floating in the air. "Emmy..." once again she heard her name being called. This time it was clearer and louder, recognizing whose voice that was. The soft and calming voice that she hadn't heard of for so long.
"Philip!" the name appeared inside her head but she could not seem to say it out loud. Not long after, she saw the light shined brightly in front of her which naturally she would block the light from shining into her eyes with her arm. A black shadow appeared from inside of the light. The shadow appeared clearer and clearer to her as it approached closer to her. Once it reached about 1m away from Emmy, she saw a small figure of a young boy.
His height was up to her shoulders. He was dressed neatly in white clothes from head to toe. His face was as white as the clothes covering his small figure and so was his hair. Despite his look, his soft smile, and the soft gaze of his blue eyes looked as lively as ever. Having recognized who that is, her tears poured down from her round green eyes endlessly. She rushed to hug him as tight as she could. She wanted to say sorry but again something did not allow her to open up her mouth.
The memory from 15 years ago was brought back. The tragic incident gave her nightmares every night. She almost drowned to death, but the person whose life was taken away was the one who saved her and that was, Philip Hernandez. Her one and only male friend whom she saw as a big brother. What is worse is that he is the second prince of King Joseph Hernandez. She still felt ashamed of having to encounter the king face to face up until now.
Recalling every moment of her and Philip brought nothing but pain to her. She told herself that she could never forgive herself for the death of Prince Philip. "I am not dreaming, am I?" she thought to herself. There were so many questions inside her head that she could not find the answer to. At least the soft smile on Philip's face gave her so much comfort. However, It didn't last for very long. Philip faded away from Emmy's face like a white smoke along with the light. Again she found herself surrounded by the darkness.
Another strange thing happened. This time when the light was on she saw someone standing in front of her. She went closer to see who that is. It was a young girl in her nightgown with long brown hair and green emerald eyes. And that was when she realized it was her 8 years old self's reflection. She looked around and as the other lights were on all she found was the reflection of herself in the mirror, there was no exit. Soon after her reflections were replaced.
Before she knew it, she found herself in the water. She started gasping for air, moving her arms and legs trying to get out of the water. Her strength became weaker as her breath was taken away little by little. Slowly her eyes are closed, letting the water drag her down.
She tried to gasp for air, she quickly sat up. Sweat covered her forehead and her neck still panting hard as if she was being chased by something. She looked at the window and all she saw was snow falling outside.
"Why is it snowing this month?" she muttered to herself still trying to catch her breath. Her hand moved to massage her temple to relieve the pain in her head.
"I remember his wedding took place in May, snow in May how strange"
"Why am I in my room? Wasn't I laying on my deathbed in the Mighty House?"
With her eyes open wide, she jumped off her bed and ran to her desk.
24th December 2025
"No way, I must have gone insane" she dropped her phone to the floor and shook her head like crazy.