His voice in the silence
1114 Words
I was in a garden of dead roses. The sky was crimson, he was there.
Standing at the edge of the garden, dressed In a black shirt —the upper buttons undone. Hair tousled, eyes blurred. Not like fire, like possession. I couldn't see his face though.
“Why are you haunting me?”I whispered, moving closer.
“I'm not haunting you”he said, his voice low yet dangerous, then he continued.
“I'm calling you”I take a step back and he takes a step forward.
“You drank from me,”I stated.
“You fed me”
“you're not supposed to be alive”
“at least we have something in common” I didn't understand.
“the bond is already formed, you belong to me little witch”
*no i—” I couldn't move. My body was rooted In spot. My breath caught as he raised a hand and suddenly,I felt his fingers ghosting down my arm.
A phantom touch. Not real, but too real.
And then I couldn't see him again, so I looked around. I could still feel his presence all around me, and suddenly a whisper came from behind my ear
“I'm coming for you little witch”
I jerked up covered in sweat. It was just a dream. My heart was racing fast and I could feel my fingers shaking. I was terrified. I heard the windows creak and turned, it swung lazily, the panes reflecting the sunlight. I didn't leave the windows open last night. The door creaks open and raven walks in drying her hair with a towel
“hey”
“hey. Uhm, did you leave the windows open last night?”
“no, it was too breezy, what's wrong?”
“nothing, I probably opened it”
“Okay, what plans do you have for the weekend?”
“nothing actually”
“okay, let's go shopping”
“I don't —”
“no excuses, go shower, we're going shopping”
“Fine”weekends are the only time we're allowed to roam,I mean we can literally spend the night outside or something so yeah. I had my bath, got dressed then we went to the mall.
“What do you think about this one?”Raven said, twirling around in a brown tennis skirt.
“it's cute but you know the boys can't keep it in their pants these days”
“oh please they know better than to mess with me” and she wasn't joking, raven was mean, like brutally honest, scary type of mean, but I loved her.
“Hey I'm thirsty, could you grab us some cappuccinos or something I'll meet you at the café once I pay for all these”
“yeah sure”I went to the Cafe across, ordered two mocha cappuccinos and settled down at the sitting area. I glanced at my phone it's been a while now, an old lady sat across me
“oh sorry, my friend's here”
“You've seen him haven't you?”
“I don't understand”
“you woke him up, you've let him loose” I stare at her lost
“anara” raven calls out and I look up, she has a confused look on her face.
“anara, that's your name”the old lady says
“come on let's go”raven says pulling me off the chair, I grab our drinks and we leave the cafe
“What was that crazy lady saying?”
“I don't—I don't know”
“no, you do. And you know she's not crazy”the shadow whispered. I close my eyes in irritation but open them back immediately. Raven takes her cappuccino from my hand and takes a gulp.
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The weekend went by fast, and I was happy I didn't hear from him, I still had strange dreams though but still didn't hear from him. Not so happy cause today is Monday, we have training now, meaning I'll have to see Erica, my nemesis. I literally have no problem with Erica but she seems to have issues with me.
“Okay so everyone, focus your energy on the plant and grow it. Think of only positive things okay?”our coach said and everyone began, I stared at the flower pot in front of me, here goes nothing. I stretched out my hand and focused my energy on the flower.
“Come on, come on, grow”I said in my head, I heard some squeals and looked around as everyone's plant had started growing, I closed my eyes tighter trying to focus. Mine started growing…thorns. My rose turned black and the thorns continued growing, I stopped. Everyone started whispering.
“You don't belong here anara, you're evil”Erica said and others laughed
“what happened anara?”mrs bennet said on getting to my table
“I don't know”
“but you do anara, you're nothing like them”the shadow whispered
“Shut up!”I groaned. Mrs benette raised a brow
“sorry i—”
“Let's try again,” she said and got another flower pot. This time everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me. I sigh and try to calm my nerves. I stretched my hands over the plant and started focusing my energy there with my eyes closed.
“oh s**t”someone said and I opened my eyes,i shrieked. The plant grew the exact same way just that this time it was in flames.
“we're meant to protect the world from the dark side, meanwhile, we're culturing that dark side. Erica snickered.
“I don't understand”Mrs Bennet simply stated trying to comprehend what was going on.
“are you doing dark magic or—”
“no Mrs bennet, I'm not” Mrs bennet go over to her desk and looks through some books
“You need to get yourself and your dark magic out of this school, you don't—”
“f*****g shut up already erica” I say cutting her short, already annoyed.
“listen you outcast, don't ever speak to me in that manner again or—”
“enough girls!” Mrs Bennet scolded. The bell rings dismissing us, Erica hits my shoulder with her arm as she walks past me.
“You know you can stop her,”the shadow whispered.
“You can make her shut up forever anara” I clenched my fist and took deep breaths shoving the thoughts aside before walking out of the class.
Not today.
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