I turned around to look at the hospital bed and chair but they were gone too, Instead they were replaced by a road and creepy looking trees. When I turned back around to look in front of me there was a broken down house that looked like no one had lived in it for decades.
It felt as if the house was almost calling to me daring me to look inside and see where fate leads me. My feet started against their will toward the house and I couldn't stop it no matter how hard I tried. Before I knew it I was inches away from the door and my feet had finally stopped moving.
I wonder what would happen if I opened the door and saw what was inside? Would I be horrified, surprised, shocked, or would I not feel anything at all? Maybe opening it will make my emotions come back. "Open it" I turn around when hearing the deep voice but I see nothing, just the road and those creepy trees. "You can not see me foolish child" the voice said sounding amused and annoyed at the same time "i am in your head, guiding you" "guiding me?" I said , speaking out loud. This is all so stupid, it's clearly a dream and I'm talking to myself like someone who lost their mind.
"Yes, guiding you. I would like to do more but this is all I can do in my weakened state." "What do you mean?" i said "and what's going on?" This has been a crazy day. First I wake up in a mental hospital with no memory of the last couple of days or maybe months I don't know, and now I'm speaking to a voice inside my head. "Don't worry about that now, just focus on the task at hand" says the voice "what happens if i open the door?" I said realizing that I don't know if I can trust this voice or not, "open the door ava" it said more threatening this time "how do you know my name?" i questioned "you told me" "no i didn't" i started to feel more and more suspicious of the voice "just open the door ava" i hesitated for a moment before putting my hand on the doorknob.
I started to pull the door open when a big hand caught my wrist and stopped me. It was the creature that was in my room before "wake up ava" it said speaking for the first time, its voice was soft but deep and it had a little bit of an accent. "Don't listen to him Ava, open the door!" the voice yelled " i have to open the door" i said turning my head back to the door "your not ready yet don't listen to the voices their wrong" the creature said. The creature moved its hand away slowly. Then pressing it's for finger to my head "now wake up"
I shot up from my sleep covered in sweat. I looked around quickly, breathing hard, I was in the same room I woke up in earlier. "I need to figure out what's going on" I whispered to myself.
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The next morning doctors in white lab coats and scrubs came into my room and gave me breakfast and pills. When I asked what the pills were for they told me they would help me focus more throughout the day.
After i was done eating and they made sure i swallowed my pills dr.heart came into my room and sat down in the white chair by my bed, we stared at each other for a long moment before she spoke to me "did you rest well?" If you mean besides the weird dream I had then sure "yes" I said looking down at my hands "do you want to pick up where we left off yesterday?" she asked, not really "sure" i said "good" she said
After what felt like hours of questioning me we finally finished and I felt more annoyed with the dr.heart than when I first woke up. "Ok now that we're done i will show you around and give you your schedule and set up a meeting with your mother. Does that sound ok to you ava?" "Wait," I said confused, "what do you mean schedule?" she smiled at me and started to walk towards the door with her red high heels that stood out from her all white outfit clicked against the floor. " your daily schedule so you know when your group meetings are, when breakfast and lunch is, and when your therapy sessions with me are." she said. "You mean I have to stay here in this place?" I said, feeling something between confusion and anger "I'm not leaving?" i questioned again starting to stand up on the white floor only now noticing that i'm wearing a hospital gown
"Of course you have to stay here until you get your memory back" she said, turning back to look at me and now that I'm actually standing to look at her I notice that she is very tall or maybe it's just the heels making her look that way. "What if I never get my memory back?" I was scared even thinking about the fact that I could lose my memory forever. She stared at me for a long moment before she walked towards me and stopped when she was towering over me. "You will get your memory back ava" said in a serious and scary tone "i will make sure of it" she said again before she turned back around towards the door "now come on so you can get a look around your home for the time being and we can get you into some clothes" i stood there next to my bed for another seconded before i followed dr.heart out of the room.
My new home I thought, can't wait to see what kind of things this place brings me.