Morning in the Conateh household, Yuki was laying on his bed playing with a ball in hand.
He threw the ball into the air letting it fall but before it reach the ground Yuki lift his index finger making the ball levitate in the air.
Knock knock knock
There was a sudden knock on the door Yuki let the ball to roll on the floor and sat up" please come in".
The door open and a figure walked in, it was a middle age woman with a pale white skin, long black hair and brown eyes, she's wearing a long brown skirt and a yellow blouse and a tiny mole on the the right side of her nose she is none other than yuki's mother Maria Jeng.
" mother is there something you need" Yuki asked suprise to see his mom come to him instead of calling.
Maria smile at her little son who has now grow mature and tall " today is the planting festival are you not going to the field ".
"Oh... i think i forgot " Yuki answered scratching his hair awkwardly.
"..." Maria find it difficult to tell if hes lying or not.
" ok I'll go i was bored anyway ".
Hearing her son's response she laughs and promise to make hes favourite dish for lunch.
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On the outskirts of the village, Yuki who was wearing a yellow shirt and brown pant with a straw hat on his messy black hair was walking towards a large farmland.
On the farm, laughters of children and chattering of adults could be heard.
The planting festival was an annual exercise held in every spring, the work was divided to make the work easier after all the field was very large and was also the source of income for the village.
As Yuki listen to the playful voice of the children, he heard a familiar voice behind him. A teenage boy with navy blue hair and green eyes wearing a brown pant and white shirt his name is Alin Bard
" Yuki how have you been".
" i have been good" Yuki happily responded to him
Alin was Yuki's age mate and best friend, Alin has an older brother who works at the capital while he and his mother settle in the village.
Walking to the field Alin kept stealing glances at Yuki which made him uncomfortable.
"Alin is there something wrong" Yuki couldn't handle his stare so he asked.
Alin was silent for a few seconds before he spoke " i have been having strange dream after the incident in the cave".
"..."Yuki was suprise when he heard that and asked worriedly" is everything alright ".
Alin didn't answer directly, he walks towards the tool area and pick up a pole and a handful of seeds and walks towards the edge of the field with yuki following behind him holding a watering can.
"..."
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"...a week after the incident i begin to experience strange dream " Alin spoke after a long silence " in the dream i found myself in a strange cave with mysterious red symbols on the walls and in the middle of it was a large coffin covered with chains ".
Hearing Alin's description Yuki's face instantly darkens.
Alin kept sowing the seeds into the soil and continued " i kept seeing the same scene for the past two weeks and the more i see the coffin the more i have the argue to open it.."
Yuki pondered for a moment and ask" have you told your mom about this"
Alin shook his head " no she's been sick for the last two days i don't want to bother her" he look up at Yuki and continue " besides it's just a dream its not like am suffering from something, am sure is normal for people to have repeated dream right"
He look up at Yuki waiting for his response.
Yuki wanted to say something but gave up and smile at him helping him with seeds.
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Returning home in the afternoon, Yuki wash up and laid on his bed deep in thought.
Alin's dream started a week after they explore the cave and its been repeating for the past two weeks.
It is stated that dreams are caused by our emotions and encounters but for the case of Alin is strange... as Yuki kept lampooning his eye lips suddenly became heavy and he falls asleep.
Inside a bedroom with a tightly shut curtain Alin was sleeping peaceful before he's eye lips suddenly twitched and he starts to pant heavily.
Inside his dream Alin once again found himself in a familiar cave carved with ancient symbols however, something was amiss, the paintings in the cave were wet as if they were freshly painted suddenly they began the drop to the ground crawling towards the coffin.
Clack Clack Clack BAM!
The chains were shattered on the ground and the coffin was forcefully open letting dark ghostly like shadow slowly crawl out moving towards Alin.
Alin was horrified and tried to run away but his leg was caught by the shadow as he was trying to escape. Alin was trying to free himself when he suddenly heard painful voices in his head.
" hungry....blood....i need....blood...give me blood! The shadows words made Alin's ears bleed as he tried to shout for help.
Ah! Alin finally woke up from the dream hes body drenched with sweat, he quickly got up and open the window bathed himself in the afternoon sun to calm his head.
After calming himself he thought about his dream , for the past two weeks the dream has been the same until today and for some reason the fear the voices and the touch all felt real, Alin decided to talk to his mother about visiting the village elder.
He wore his coat and was about to open the door when he felt a sudden chill, he glance back at the opened window and saw a mysterious hooded man standing.
Before he could process the situation the strange man snap his fingers.
Thud
Alin fell unconscious.
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Knock knock knock
Yuki was jolted awake by the knock at the door " yuki lunch is ready " said Heena.
" I'll be down in a minute " he got up and went downstairs where he found his mom and Heena in the kitchen.
While waiting for the meal, he thought of his dream where he saw Alin chained inside a coffin unconscious and was surrounded by hooded figures each holding a pair of red candle then the dream ended. This was the first time he had such dream involving his friend and for some baffling reason it felt real. After pondering for a while,Yuki decided to check on him after lunch to ease his worries, soon his mother drought the meals to the table
BAM BAM BAM
"Mrs Maria "
There was a heavy bagging on the door and a man's voice was heard. "I'll get it" yuki got up and went to confront the guest, the man was panting heavily he's face full with fear he was Alin's uncle " uncle is everything alright"
Yuki was suprise when he saw his state .The man after catching his breath finally spoke
" is Alin he's gone missing "