Chapter 2 – The Dream Walkers

The next morning , I went down to breakfast to find a note saying that mom had left for work and she will be back in the afternoon with groceries and other stuff we need.  I decided to decorate the garden. The owners of the house had come previously to remove all the debris left but the garden was overgrown and I just knew it would take my whole day. After getting a rake , I started cleaning the leaves that had fallen from the surrounding trees. Piles of orange , red and brown collected in the garden. I was working when she heard a crow of a crow. It stood on a branch in a nearby pine tree and watched me with its beady eyes. A sudden freezing wind brushed past me sending shivers crawling down my spine. Goosebumps rippled over my skin , I felt like someone was watching me , all I knew was, my instincts were screaming to get inside fast. I was just about to open the door when a growl behind me made me pause , chills crawled over my spine, and my heartbeat pounded in my ears. Just like that I knew something or someone was behind me, a low growl rippled behind me and without thinking twice I yanked open the door and closed it just in time for the creature to hit it. I did not have to think twice , this place was already going downhill.

The rest of the day I decided to remain inside for safety , I did not call mom because I did not want her to get worried and move out again. Instead I decided to search for a way to open the door to the library. After collecting a bag of tools from the seller  I spent more than an hour opening the door but it did not work. But I was not giving up till I opened that freaking door.  

The next day after asking mom if she had seen any extra keys , she said that she hadn’t. But we decided to clean the garden together, which was fine with me because I did not want to be alone after what had happened previously. Mom seemed to feel that something was up with me , but all she did was make some hot chocolate and as if I wanted some help in the garden.  I felt happy , having some time together was what I needed now. 

We worked together silently for around over an hour , the overgrown bushes were cut down neatly and the garden was filled with holes. “There were some potter plants in the shed , could you bring them darling?” her mom asked gently. I nodded and left towards the tool shed, when I felt the same feeling as before , without even looking I knew what was behind me , it was the creature from before. I knew it was a bad idea to make sudden movements so I froze and watched it.  It was the creature I saw in my dream , with tall and skin the colour of moon ash , its eyes were pure blue , like the colour of flames watching me with a predatory glint in its eyes. Whatever it was doing I knew it had come in search of me, had it known that I saw what it had done to the child?  I did not know but what I did know was that I had to get my mom inside before something bad happened. “Mom!” I called her , backing away from the creature who did not do anything except watched me from a distance.  “Are you alright Elysia?” I did not think twice, I ran up to her and grabbed her hand and pushed her towards our home. I did not breathe until we were safely inside, my mom was looking confused at me , “I’ m okay , I just thought I saw something” I smiled reassuringly at her. But I kept imagining the creature there and felt its beady eyes on me.  But my biggest question is why is it following me?

That night I was dreaming again , I was in a different place now , it was a small room. I immediately knew it wasn’t the bedroom of someone I’m visiting. This was somewhere else , I was hearing so many different voices and sounds all at once I could not concentrate. The voices came through the closed door , that’s when I realised  that I was hearing whispers in the other room. How did my ears become so sensitive all at once? Was that even possible? But before I could figure out what was going on, I was inside the room, there were three people’s heads bent over a table, it looked as if they were discussing something. There were two boys and one girl, she had blonde hair and a perfect body. The boys were both muscular and highly built like warriors.  And they definitely had weapons with them. The whole room was filled with weapons, suddenly the boy with ebony hair stiffened and turned around. I was shocked to the core. I have seen plenty of hot guys before but they never appealed like this man in front of me  who just took my breath away.  My heart was pounding and cheeks were on fire, for the first time in my life I felt this strange feeling. It’s as if I  have met him before but I have, if I have met him before I would have remembered him but all I knew was that a little voice in my head which was never wrong when it came to a critical problem was screaming that this gorgeous young man in front of me was mine and no one else’s.  I felt safe all  I wanted to do was run into his arms and never let go.  But before I could do anything stupid as to actually run towards them.  The room began to disappear and a few seconds after I was back in my room.  The rest of the night , I fell blissfully asleep.

I woke up to see sunlight penetrating through the curtains. And my alarm went off, that’s when reality caught up. “Oh no , I’m gonna be late!”I rushed to wash up and took out a pair of black jeans and a light purple blouse with boots and applied some lip gloss. Took out my bag which I had packed the previous day and rushed down stairs.

Mom was in the kitchen , “morning baby!” she actually looked happy , I smiled, kissing her on her cheek , “gotta go , I’m already late, love you!” I flung outside without thinking twice and I started running to school.  It wasn’t that far around one kilometre from my home.