Prologue
Main Characters P.O.V:
Where am I?... Who am I?... What is this?...
There's a lot of things that confuse me. Like the feeling I feel right now. It's unsettling. The air feels so thick, it's hard to breathe. It's so cold and so dark.
I look up to see a light in the distance. Are those people? Are they coming towards me?
???: "Hey!"
???: "Hey, Kid!"
I want to move but I can't. My body feels so heavy. It hurts. My head hurts. It aches. My body aches. The light is coming closer. Why can't I move? Why am I here?
???: "Hey, are you okay?"
I can't speak. I'm scared... What is happening to me? Why am I here?
The people come close enough for me to see them. It looks like... a man and a woman. Who are they? How did they find me? Do they know where I am? Do they know who I am?
The Woman: "Hey kid, don't worry. We are here to help you"
The Man: "Don't be afraid. We won't hurt you."
Should I believe them?
The man reaches out his hand. A gesture? Does he want me to grab his hand? I reach up and hold his hand.
The Man: "She's so cold"
The Woman: "Shes another one of them..."
The Man: "She must be a new one"
Another one? A new one? What are they talking about?
The Woman: "Yes, you can still see death in her eyes"
What?
The man lifts me up and carries me in his arms. He feels so warm. He carries me outside of the place I was in. It looks like some sort of building. A school? I can't tell. My white hair was covering my face. Was my hair always white?
I look up to see an empty and dark sky... It's like this place has no life in it. But the buildings are full of people. The streets are full of light. But the sky has no light. It looks like a continuous empty void leading to nowhere. Is that why it's so cold? I don't remember it being this dark... I don't remember anything at all. Maybe I'm overthinking? Maybe it was always like this... Maybe I am just in some sort of weird dream... but this doesn't feel right. Something feels off.
The man carries me into a building. The woman follows behind him. He carries me into a room and lays me on a bed. Then he walks out the room, closing the door behind him. I watch the woman open a cabinet and grab a cup from it. Then she grabs a pitcher and pours what looks like milk into a cup. She walks over to me and hands me the cup.
The Woman: "Drink up child. It will make you feel better."
I look at the cup. It feels warm. It smells sweet too. I take a sip of it. It tastes nice, but weird. It isn't milk. The taste is unfamiliar.
After I drink the strange liquid in the cup, the woman takes it away. I start to feel sleepy. The woman comes back with a gown. She helps take off my clothes and puts the gown on me. Then she gently pushes me down and covers me with a blanket. The blanket feels so warm. I feel so weak. Why am I here? I can't remember anything. I feel so tired. Why can't I remember anything? I close my eyes. It's so quiet. The words the woman and the man said start swirling around in my head. " She's another one of them". "She must be a new one." A new what? I don't understand it. What were they speaking about? It makes no sense. How did they find me?
Am I new here? Is that what she meant? But what worries me more is what the woman also said...
"you can still see death in her eyes"
Am I... dead?