The Light and Shadow Kingdoms

A not so normal-normal day

Its 6 am, my alarm rings painfully loud, with the typical Samsung alarm bell sound. I swipe it on dismiss and slowly wake up. I stare at the wall for minutes, again the same dream. A vast land, it looks like a battlefield and not even a soul in sight except for a lonely shining human in front of a beautiful white castle... i close my eyes squinting but then decide to get up and get ready for school. In the bath I wash my face and look in the mirror, i have green eyes, something unusual for my heritage. I have Turkish roots and all my relatives have brown eyes, sun-kissed skin, and black long hair. I have a small stature, hazelnut brown, short thin hair, and my skin is caramel-ish? I really don't look at my skin that often so I assume i am like my mom, i got her eyes and looks. After looking at myself in the mirror and just shrugging at my bird nest-like hair, i hear my brother wake up and go out of the bathroom, he is 7 years younger than me, so he is 9. He is a car lunatic and will tell you everything about a car if you just randomly point at one. Something i always found extremely boring and hoped he would put that much effort into school. After returning to my room, i dress into my uniform. A grey, knee-length skirt with a white button-up blouse and navy blue jacket plus my hair put in a bun and ready i am. My brother and i both start school at 8 am, so we grab breakfast and go out. He takes the route to his elementary school with his friends that live in the same street as us and i wait for my childhood friend, Ren. Ren Hyashouku, he is half Japanese and half American and i know him since we played in the sandbox and we went to every school together. He has greyish blue eyes, black hair, and a well-built body for his age and he is f*****g handsome! You may have guessed already, and yes I am in love with him. A lot of girls try to get on his side, but he never lets one of them close. We are normal students, who are starting high-school today and i am slightly nervous, " And how did you sleep today?", Ren asks, yawning while rubbing his eyes. "Pretty good, considering today being the first day in a new school and hoping i will be in the same class with you all," i answer while trying not to glance too much at him. "Ahh, are we meeting up with the guys before the ceremony?" he asks, "Yeah, they wrote in our group, did you not read it?" i ask while thinking he must have slept early and forgot to check for messages, typical. "Yeah fell asleep at around 7pm, whoops" he says while smirking goofily and yawning, typical Ren. While we have our normal morning convo, we reach our school campus and at the entrance, i can see 4 figures already waiting and one even waving furiously, that must be Yuan-ha, i think and I'm right, as she proceeds to almost body slam me into a hug. God, i wish i had that much energy this early in the morning. Yuan-ha is Chinese and like a ball of pure chaotic energy. I have known her for 5 years now, we both attend the same martial arts school and became good friends through this. She has long, thick black hair and she may be thin but is extremely good at fighting. "Hey i want a hug too, we all didn't see each other that much over the break!", Mauve says while coming into our hugging session. Mauve is American and extremely smart, she doesn't need to study that much but always gets good grades, i envy her, i need to read a text 5 times before one word stays in my mind... She has grey eyes and blonde straight hair. "CUDDLE SESSION" is what Yuan-ha screams before grabbing Lorelee and Julianna, and putting them into the hugging circle, she wanted to grab Ren but he escaped skillfully, escaping to his friends he saw from afar. Lorelee has ocean blue eyes and curly brown hair and beautiful dark skin. Her father apparently came from Somalia, but she never met him, so she only knows stories about him from her grandmother. She is a swimmer and is even in competitions and you can see it on her figure, cuz she is tall and thin but muscular thin-thin. The last one of us 5 is Julianna, my best friend. I have known her since elementary school, she came to my side, while i was sitting alone with Ren, because we changed schools and were new. We immediately bonded and became best friends. She has light brown hair and brown eyes and she is the kindest and goofiest person i know, something that i love about her.  5 young girls standing beside the entrance and hugging each other, giggling like idiots, as we say our good mornings to each other and finally decide to go to the gym where the ceremony is going to be held. I look for Ren and see him with his boys talking and laughing as we reach the gym and sit on the assigned chairs for new students. The loud gym hall goes silent as the rector comes in and starts his speech about the school and achievements, blabla...something about good reputation...basically trying to advertise his school to the parents that came with their children... I really dont listen that much, because i think about the dream i had again. I dream it almost every night, and i can see more and more details every time i have it. I cant shake the feeling that something is gonna happen, or is my subconsciousness trying to warn me and tell me something...am i forgetting something??? As i am lost in thought, i can feel an elbow stub be, its Jul, "Hey, Al...you ok? You look so dazed?", she asks worringly. "Nah, im fine! Just bored because of the advertising break from the rector" i say jokingly. No one, not even Ren knows about my occurring dreams, i feel like a crazy person and decided not to tell them to anyone. "Yeah, i know right?!! I just wanna know in which class we are and have this day over so we can go get bubble tea!! Ughh hurry man!" she wails like a small kid, and i almost laughed out loud, but just chuckled at her. "I need to be home early so i can get ready for training, we have a competition coming up!" Lorelee says. "And i promised my mom to help clean up, because we came back home yesterday from France, so we need to unpack stuff...ugh we shopped a lot, i even got you guys some souvenirs!!" Mauve says, looking excited while saying Souvenirs. "Well, i have a date after this!" Yuan-ha says, smirking with a big hideous smile... this girl..." Who is the sad guy?" we 4 ask in unison. "HEY! He can be lucky i said yes, and HE is Cole! So no bubble tea for me later!" she says. "More for me!" Jul triumphantly jokes. "But why COLE?" Mauve asks. "Well, he asked me a lot of times, and i turned him down multiple times...and we know each other from way back in the children's martial arts camp. And i thought over the holidays, why not?! New school and maybe NEW ROMANCE starting???? Why not!" Yu excitingly tells. We all just giggle at her and then finally, the rector starts announcing the classes and in which group each new student is. And we 5 all got lucky! We are in one class again!! And even Ren and some of his friends got in our class! We are now in grade 9 and boy am i excited for the new year! Normal school, normal girl and normal life! As we are on our way to the new classroom with everybody else, i feel a wave of nausea overcome me and immediately get goosebumps. Am i too excited, i try to calm myself, and it seems the girls seemed to notice my sudden change in mood. "Are you ok, A-" Lorelee was about to ask, but we all 5 just go quiet. What the f**k??