Finding Amethyst (3 OUT)

Sweet dreams are not made of these

Emmelien,

I’ve always been curious what I would see when I die. Would I see my loved ones? Or the ones who have perished before me? But the moment finally arrived for me to find out. I felt my life slipping from my body. It doesn’t feel like I’m dead? No, not yet. But I will be in a few minutes, in a few seconds… why does it take so long?

“Just kill me already!” Wait— did I say that out loud? No. freaking. Way.

Is this what hell looks like? Or heaven? While I try snap out of this freaky ‘universe’ I hear someone calling me.

“Emmelien?”

the voice sounds very feminine. Her voice is soft and comforting, she speaks in the same tone my mom used when I fell out of a tree. Maybe this is my loved one? Yes, I’m finally going to die! Not that I want to, but I feel way to scared and lost that I want it to be over.

“Emmelien?”

the voice calls again. Without thinking I start to stand. As if the voice controls me, weird. Only after a few steps I see a blur walking my way.

“There you are, you had me worried dear!” the blur became more focused and I saw the women, almost. From what I saw she was amazingly beautiful. She has rich red plump lips, her hair colour is as dark as the night, cheekbones so sharp they’ll probably leave a mark. I squinted my eyes and saw what is considered to be very rare, she has purple eyes.

“Are you okay dear?” the woman asked.

“Um— I— um.” Good job Em, now she thinks you’ve turned an imbecile!

“Oh dear, you must be in shock. But I’m here to help you. Now, now, we don’t have much time, so I keep it short” I see the concern in her eyes, what is happening?

“As you already know, your world is under attack no, was under attack—” She placed her hands on my shoulders “—the survivors have already been evacuated, except for you. They didn’t find your body—”

“My— body!?” I shudder at the thought that my body is still unconscious

“I’m in your dream Em, your body will be fine. You’re not dying, I won’t let that happen—” her look changed from worried to serious, but fear showed its way through her eyes. “—Em, I need you to do something, I need something to stop this madness, this— this shouldn’t have happened!” it took her a minute to regain herself.

“What could I possibly do that would stop this ‘attack’. It already happened?” I finally say in no more than a whisper.

“You don’t understand. You are not as unsignificant as you think. You can help me to gain what I need to heal your world. fate has brought us together, so I need you to find the Amethyst.”

I don’t know why that came as a blow in my face, but I was stunned. The Amethyst? What does that mean? There are enough amethyst stones she could easily get them herself, right?

“But— Why do you need an amethyst? Did the ‘universe’ randomly choose me, or? An even better question, where do I find one?” my words began to tremble as I spoke. I was crying, why did this happen to me? Why do I have to carry this responsibility, because to be fair, can't fold my own laundry, let alone save the world!

“The ‘universe’—” the woman said in a slight mocking tone “—doesn’t do things random, they chose you. Now, dear listen, if you see armed humans with an infinity symbol on their arms, runaway! They kill on first sight and won’t hesitate to shoot a girl—” This was getting worse and worse. “—You can’t trust anyone, no one!” She tried to wipe away the tears, but this was to much. I’m 18 for what? A few hours? And I must save the world? Yeah, no-way.

“I know this is hard but try to focus. First find the Order of the Dragon, they hold the information that you—” she stopped mid-sentence because of a sudden shake. Standing became harder and harder as the room shook harder and started to crumble. I think our time is up. I saw her thinking the same thing, no–, she knew MY time was up.

“Okay Em, we don’t have much time left, you’re starting to wake up!” She was screaming but I still had trouble hearing her.

“Go to the order, find the stone and I will find you! BEFORE I FORGET YOU ALSO NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM—” and she was gone, F*CK, AGAIN!

The room didn’t hold it for much longer… I felt my conscious slipping away, again. This time I came back in an instant, I felt my body, and OH GOD I felt the pain! I slightly opened my eyes, it hurts so much when I try to move, so I just lay there. Trying to stay still.

~~~~~

“f*ck, f*ck, f*ck” how do I come out of this mess? I don’t want to panic but it’s the only thing I can think about, how f*cked up everything is. Okay Em, calm your t**s. I slowly looked around…, this is weird. I’m in the basement but I can see the sky.

“Huh, there used to be a roof above me—” I looked further, it also felt windy…

“Oh no, there used to be a HOUSE around me!” After a few minutes of lying incredibly still I decided that it was time to stand, I pushed the remaining wood– who did btw an amazing job protecting me –off of me. As I stood, it finally hit me, this ‘attack’ destroyed everyone and everything I hold dear. Well…, held dear.

They leveled most of the buildings. It looked like a pubg map, but damn, this is awful. While I’m taking in the destruction, I suddenly hear voices.

“Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, Pixel we need to— pixel?” of course you ran away, Urgh traitor! The voices came closer, I ran. What a terrible f*cking idea Em, you almost break your neck and decide to run? I expected pain but felt nothing.

“What the f*ck?” did the woman heal me? Is that even possible? Never mind, I think everything is possible at this point. I ran as fast as I could, which is fast because I used to run for fun… They say that you should never turn around while being followed, but I threw that out of the window and looked around.

STUPID, someone was indeed following me and now he/she saw my face! but I got a little glance of my stalker too and holy sh*t it was the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen, high cheekbones, sharp jawline, his lips, and mouth so perfect that he could make anyone fall for him with a single smirk and eye’s full of raw emotion. His dark chocolate hair was all messy, and so, so, sexy…. oh no, F*CK—

right on his arm was the symbol I should fear with my life. I ran even faster, and I think I outran the stalker. After a few minutes— what felt like hours –of running I lost him, finally. Tears flooded my face and blurred my vision. I lost it all, my friends, my family, my home. And I need to do what? Find some stupid amethyst? I still don’t know sh*t about the amethyst and the reason why the woman needs it.

I went over our conversation over and over, maybe she gave me a message within a message? Would she? Urgh I’m going crazy! she’d said that I should avoid humans with a infinity symbol on their arm, and the person who followed me had an infinity symbol— I can’t stay here.

I sneak through the streets with ease. Despite the destruction I know my way through the neighborhood. While I slither past the streets, I can’t seem to get the infinity symbol out of my mind. What does it stand for? Why use a symbol that easy and uncreative? If you were a leader of a super evil organization, you would choose a symbol like a phoenix or a pentagon, right? or is it just me?

~~~~~

As I walked by a window, I saw my reflection and jumped,

“who is this girl?” I murmured to myself. Dried crusty blood smudged all over my forehead, my bronze coloured hair went every way, my lips dry as f*ck and my eyes look worn like I haven’t slept for days. Actually— this isn’t much different from my normal look, except for the blood of course. It is the look in my eye’s what makes me question everything.

In the corner of my eye, I saw a black dot coming at me, OH NO— RUN.

~~~~~

The Stalker,

“Does everyone know why we’re here?” The commander asked.

We’re here because it is time for revenge, after all the s**t ‘they’ put us through, motherf*ckers. The whole crew thinks so, but we’re not here for personal vendetta’s— Well, I am.

“We’re here to find the traitors, Commander” one of my crew mates said.

“And what do we do if we find one?” The commander asked in response.

“We kill them, Sir!” another crew mate said. The commander looked pleased hearing the crew mate’s answer. Yes, I want to kill them, all of them. The traitors are like a virus, A. Deadly. f*****g. Disease. And we’re the only working cure.

—I hear someone, I could tell the others… No, no, this one is mine; you’re mine you piece of sh*t! I slipped away from the crew and slowly walked closer to the sound. HA, it’s just standing there, waiting to be killed. As if right on queue it starts to run, oh no I’ll not let you go! I ran fast but it ran faster, holy sh*t! I need to keep going, it cannot escape! Wait— where did it go? F*CK!

After I ran a few blocks further I saw it again,

“you’re mine.” I growled. When I saw it—her, we locked eyes for a few seconds, they say that your eyes betray you, that they will always tell you the truth, spoken or not. Well, they betrayed us because hers are full of sorrow and mine full of rage…

I slowed down— No, my body slowed down with my mind still set on killing the traitor. She got away, again!

~~~~~

As I made my way back to the crew, I found the girl staring in a window— staring at her reflection, I don’t get this girl. She should be celebrating the ending of this world, I’ve wasted enough time.

And ran towards her…