Crystal blue: fight for Avrolon

CHAPTER FIVE

My eyes twitched as warm drops of something wet landed on my face,I opened my eyes slowly,I found I was lying on the wet ground facing a blood red sky,I raised my hand to wipe whatever it was that had fallen on my face, it felt uncomfortable and weird.

My fingers brushed my cheeks and I raised them to my eyes only to find my hand covered in blood,I jerked up quickly and it was then I got the full view of my surroundings, I stared blankly at my desolated surroundings,bodies lay everywhere,more seemed to appear as my brain began functioning well from an unconsciousness that felt like a thousand years of slumber,the overbearing smell of blood filled the air and knocked the last ounce of sleepiness outta me, at once the mother of all nauseas was awakened.

In the far horizon ,though misty and unclear,I could see a structure of a large building which seemed like something that could only have existed in the medieval era,I began walking towards it,not being able to control my legs at all,I tripped, stumbled and fell face flat on something, an offensive smell forced me to jerk back, I had never been as horrified as I was as I looked down at what I had fallen on, before me was a decomposing body of a kid,eyes wide open in horror,mouth agape only to house maggots and slimy worms,I screamed and scampered back.

I stood up quickly and it was then I realized I was dressed in my birthday dress which was now covered in blood, my body trembled violently,I smelt smoke in the air and a sudden heat upon my skin,I looked up slowly, the building that had seemed so far away now stood tall before me with fire burning fiercely all over it,I stepped back quickly and as I did I stepped on something,I looked down quickly and Tyler's lifeless eyes stared at me,my heart began pounding violently and I couldn't even find my voice,something grabbed my leg and I turned around expecting the very worst.

I raised my hand and clamped my palm against my mouth as I stared down at page,she looked like a zombie,her beautiful golden hair was nothing more than a tangled mess of sticky blood-drenched moulds,her eyes screamed of horror, pain and anguish.

"This was your doing Armani,you are a destroyer". An eerie voice whispered, the sound of it like a soft caress of the winds.

It seemed to glide with the wind,almost like the words were whispered in my ears,I turned around quickly in a futile attempt to see who it was but I saw no one.

"Everything you cherish will perish,everything you loath will rise and gloat,everything you fear will surely attain strength and before your very eyes they will appear".

At that moment the skies began rumbling and the winds began blowing harshly,distant lightning flashed and the first drop of rain broke loose,only it wasn't rain but drops of warm crimson liquids, blood.

More poured down drenching me,the day darkened and darkness prevailed,I fell to my knees in body-rattling sobs,and at that moment I felt a piercing pain as something embedded itself in my back and pierced its way out my chest between my breasts,a sharp gasp escaped my lips,I looked down to see the blade of a sword sticking out of my chest, had I not been paralyzed by the agonizing pain I would have touched it to confirm if it was indeed a sword, if this was real, but wasn't the pain enough to tell me that this was no dream?, no prank or joke?, that this was real?

It was real and I was dying, a poetic way to go indeed, dressed in a glamorous gown on a day I had waited for my whole life, I would have smiled, if I could I would have written, written exactly I wasn't sure, but I knew I would have, for the skies were dark and the clouds were swollen with blood, and the winds were choking with smoke, there were a million words to write.

The annoyed rumbling of the skies was all I heard,I looked up and all I saw was darkness,I felt something rise to my throat and I tasted the metallic taste of blood in my mouth,something began forming in the sky from the darkness,a bright light,it seemed to be falling,as it came closer it became clear,above me was lightning descending towards me with the force of a meteorite, it covered up the distance quickly, even if I wanted to move I couldn't, pain was all I felt,I screamed as the bright light hit me.

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I opened my eyes quickly,ready to scream and call out for help but I found myself lying on my bed in my room,I sat up quickly and got out of bed,my heart was beating fast and my breathing was raged,I couldn't think straight,my head was filled with jumbled pieces of what was left of the now fading dream, I could barely recall the whole details,there was only one thing I could do,write out what I remembered, I rushed to my desk and grabbed a book and a pen,I began writing quickly, I remembered Tyler and page,I remembered seeing more than a thousand corpses in a vast and desolated landscape, I remembered the mind-wrecking pain I felt and it felt so real I had to raise my hand to my chest to calm my raging heart,I tried to remember what had caused the pain but it was gone,I remembered a rain of blood and a palace on ruins,and then everything was gone except for the eerie voices that still lingered in my mind.

This was your doing, you are a destroyer.

Everything you cherish will perish,everything you loath will rise and gloat,everything you fear will attain strength and before your very eyes they shall appear.

My hands began trembling as I wrote down the last words,the pen fell from my hand and I staggered back.

What is wrong with me?

I hurried to the bathroom and stared at my reflection In the mirror, my eyes seemed darker, where once had been crystal blue now was replaced by dark ocean blue, my skin seemed to have paled over night, true that it had never been creamy but every last pigment of color was drain and all that remained was a dead white ,my hair had grown even darker and it seemed to have a glint of violet as the fluorescents reflected on it, I felt my throat go dry at once.

It was then I realized I was no longer wearing my dress but a pyjama bottom and a purple tanktop, the last thing I remembered from the party was an explosion of a bright light in my face, I had no recollections of going upstairs to my room or changing my clothes, but then again,wasn't everything seeming out of this world?

I turned on the tap and splashed some water on my face before I turned it off,my hands rested on the sink as I leaned on it heavily,I stared at the reflection in the mirror which was supposed to be mine.

"What the hell". I breath quietly as I took in the unfamiliar features.

This isn't me.

A sudden flash of a sword ramming itself into my back and piercing its way through my heart and out my chest flashed through my mind,I felt the pain curse through my body and I cried out in pain, my body trembled violently and so did the sink on which my hands rested, I withdrew my hands and stepped back slowly as I watched in bewilderment as the mirror joined in the psychopathic show the sink was putting on ,fear began creeping its way up my nerves and soon enough it had my nerves in tight clutches.

The words 'everything you fear will attain strength and before your very eyes they shall appear' slithered through my mind,the ratting of the sink only intensified and at that moment the tap's head exploded causing water to burst out and splash around drenching the whole place including me,as much as I wanted to scream I just couldn't.

I just stood there watching in disbelief and fear.

Trust me I wanted to scream like hell was set loose upon me but my voice was hidden.

The mirror being a typical copycat of the tap also exploded with a startling sound,I gasp sharply as I saw a thousand pieces of sharp glasses coming at me,it was like I was frozen and couldn't move, I couldn't move an inch from where I stood, it was as though I were rooted to the exact spot.

I shut my eyes and raised my hands to shield my face quickly,I waited for them to pierce me but I felt nothing ,I didn't dare open my eyes,I could hear the distant sound of water splashing around fading ,the sound of the clock ticking, the sound of my heart beating and the whimpering sounds coming from me,I waited..........

And waited..........

Nothing.

No pain.

Was I already dead?

Was my ghost lurking around?

Would I open my eyes to find my body in a pool of my own blood with a thousand pieces of glasses sticking out of it?

I shuddered at the very thought of it.

Opened my eyes slowly and lowered my hands,I gasped at the sight before me,a thousands pieces of glasses were suspended midair inches from were I was standing, they sort of floated before my very eyes,the water from the tap now looked like jellies as they also floated and mingled with the glasses,I stepped back slowly and stared at them in both awe and disbelief, how was this possible?

Something had me raising my hand to touch one of the glass, it was compelling and I could hear the quiet whispers calling "Armani".

I winced and withdrew my hand as the sharp tip of the glass pierced my finger,I stared blankly as a drop of blood surfaced on my dead white finger, and oh how red it looked,how captivating.

I watched it as it slid from my finger and fell to the floor,and as it did so did everything else,the water and the broken glasses went crashing down, and just like tbat I found I was able to move, without waiting a second I rushed out of the bathroom quickly and shut the door,I pressed my back against it as I stood there breathing heavily.

"My God, I'm losing my mind, oh God ,I'm going crazy",I breathed.

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Needing a grasp on reality I rushed out of my room and headed downstairs to the hall in hope that I'd find something with some sort of explanation, anything at all.

I slowed down when I got to the steps that lead down the hall,I could see every part of the hall from here, and it was a mess,it was the typical picture of what an aftermath of a party looked like,when I blacked out the hall had been in perfect order, I could only find out what happened by calling Katelyn and Joanna,I hurried back to my room and rushed to my phone which was on the bed side table,I grabbed it quickly and dialed Katelyn's number.

"Pick up,pick up,pick up",I said repeatedly like a mantra.

I almost squealed in delight when she answered.

"Hey Crystal,finally up huh?".she said enthusiastically.

"What do you mean?",I asked desperately.

She laughed.

"Chill girl,after gulping down three bottles of soda you kinda blacked out, I mean who on earth drinks three bottles of soda at once??". She said and laughed.

Three sodas?,I barely drank one.

"Nice party though,its all over social media".She said.

"But Katelyn.......". I began saying but stopped when I heard her mum calling.

"Gotta go,catcha later",she said and hung up.

I took a deep before and slumped on my bed,I stared at the ceiling blankly.

"I'm crazy",I said quietly.

A stream of tears went down my cheek,I didn't bother wiping it,after all I was losing my mind,I glanced at the bathroom's door,I didn't think it was that thick 'cause I couldn't hear the sound of water splashing around,I stood up slowly and walked to it,I reached for the handle but hesitated.

You've had dreams of being stabbed,you've had death glasses floating inches from your face,you look like a dead person, might as well check up on the mess you made. My inner voice huffed.

I opened the door and stuck my head in,had I been two days younger I would have been shocked to my very core but now I wasn't,I stared blankly at the fixed tap and the mirror, the drenched floors,everything was in order,one would have sworn nothing of what had happened took place here,I stepped in fully and just stared at my reflection in the mirror,suddenly the words 'you are a destroyer' floated through my mind and at that moment the mirror cracked.