I looked around as I tried to survey my surroundings ,"Where am I ?.Is anyone there?",I called out as I stood rooted to my position unwilling to move, It was dark,everywhere was dark and I couldn't see a thing.
'Am I dead?' I asked myself. Perhaps this was the afterlife that I had heard about but wasn't it supposed to be a paradise,I hadn't seen a thing except for absolute darkness since I got here.
"Anybody there?,Mom, Dad, anybody", I called out but there was still no reply,I hadn't heard a word, neither had I seen even a ray of light and I was beginning to feel scared."Mom, anybody please…"I tried calling out but my voice came out inaudible causing it to croak halfway through my sentence.
Tears threatened to roll down my face as I called out to them,but I wouldn't cry,not now,not here,"Ellen,Dane,Dad,Mom " but there was still no reply.
'Take a deep breath, breathe in and out,in and out' I said to myself as I tried to calm down. I started walking in no particular direction and only stopped when I started to hear familiar voices ,"Wh-who is there?…"
'Dane, how do I look ?'She could hear her own voice,it was her birthday just yesterday and she had asked Dane that question and he had told her that she looked good,She could hear his voice too,' You look good,just like an angel' he had said just then mom had come into the room and I had ran to meet her,she lifted me up and stood me on the bed,'Be careful honey, you'll ruin your dress' I giggled as she smoothened out the wrinkles on my dress.
'Good morning, Mother' Dane acknowledged her presence and mom was just about to reply when I cut her off 'Mommy see I look just like an angel,am I beautiful?'Dane chuckled,' I'll go see of what help I can be to dad ', 'Okay,tell your sister...',
'Mommy, answer me' I had whined demanding an answer from mom as she just sighed and Dane left the room ,'And you,who taught you to interrupt,didn't I tell you to stop interrupting conversations, it's a very bad habit' mom had said as she flicked my forehead 'and I just stood there smiling at her.
"Aaaaaah"I yelled, "Stop…p-please stop"I stood there quietly sobbing and the more I tried to stop,the more tears poured out. 'Why was I hearing those voices?' ,that question continued to pop out in my mind but I couldn't even think of a reason an answer,I didn't know what was going on but I wanted it to stop,I plugged my ears with my fingers in a bid to block out the noise but my efforts turned out useless, I could still hear everything,I could hear them clearly.
"Please,just s-stop it!!" I managed to yell out,I was already feeling so alone,I could already feel their absence so much and hearing their voices, I just let it all out,I couldn't keep it in anymore. Fortunately, the noise had stopped and everywhere was engulfed in more darkness and silence and surprisingly I liked It,It was calming.
I had stopped crying and I still couldn't make my way out of this darkness. Suddenly,there was a flash of bright white light in this supposed void of darkness, the whole scene changed and I felt the cold,harsh wind against my body,I hugged myself to get a little warmth,the dress I was wearing was my night dress and it was not thick enough to help my body withstand the cold.
I looked up,the whole place was moonlit and the little light that the moon provided made my face scrunch up, it took a little time for me to get adjusted to the lighting and when I did, it was a ghastly sight,there were dead bodies everywhere each drenched with what I assumed was their own blood,it was disturbing to look at but for some reason, I couldn't get my eyes off them,the whole place looked unfamiliar to me and it didn't look like Dad's kingdom but I had a feeling of attachment towards it.
'What was I doing here?' I asked myself and looked around trying to sight a possible saviour, I saw a building that caught my attention,it looked like any ordinary, shabby house but unlike the others,there were no bodies surrounding it but that was not what caught my eye,it felt like someone was watching me from the window and it creeped me out so I decided to move in the opposite direction.
I couldn't talk, not that I didn't want to but because of the eeriness of this unfamiliar place.'I was alone once again with no one to help me' I thought to myself as I started walking in no particular ,'If only I'd listened to Dane in the first place, maybe this wouldn't have happened.At least then,I would still have Dane and Ellen by my side but not now,it was too late to look back'I felt my eyes well up with tears as I thought about them and I blinked them back,I refused to cry .
I was all alone in this creepy place that strangely drew me in even if I couldn't remember ever visiting here with any body. It exuded a mysterious and eery aura yet I felt anything but negativity towards it'
' Wasn't I supposed to be dead?'I asked myself.'I didn't even know my situation'. I stumbled on something and almost fell down when someone or rather something held me in my position preventing me from falling,it's hands felt cold on my body. I instinctively tried to move back and in the process grabbed the hands of the creature holding me and somehow it came off.
I looked down at my hands and I was holding a bone,I then looked up in shock,"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah"I yelled before falling unconscious.