Chapter 3
Darkness
The next morning me and Victor woke up. He looked at me.
"What do you want for breakfast, Vera?" He asked.
"No, that's okay, Victor. You don't have to make me anything..." I said.
"But I want to. And you need to eat." He said.
"Oh okay. Fine. How about pancakes?" I asked.
"Good idea!"He said while getting up out of the bed.
"I'll make them!" I said quickly.
"Are sure? He asked getting ready to walk out the door.
"Yes, I'm sure. You wait here, and I'll go make them." I said and got up. I made him lay back down on the bed and walked out the door shutting it. I made my way downstairs and into the kitchen. It was the same. Nothing had changed.
I went to the pantry and got out the pancake mix and began to make pancakes on the stove. I heard a noise in the hallway that made me jump.
"Victor?" I asked, thinking it was him. Who else could it be?
Then the lights went out. And the stove.
"No!" I yelled, but the pancakes we're ruined. "Great! Just great!" I said angrly.
Then I heard the noise again. It was coming closer. And closer.
"Who are you?" I asked and I got the frying oan as a weopon, burning my hand, and all of the pancakes fell to the floor.
I could see it now. it was a shadow. Of a person!
"Hello, Vera" The voice said. It was a women. From my dream! Was I still dreaming?
"What are you doing here? What if Victor see's you?" I whispered.
"He wont see me. I only let the people I want to see me. And that's you." She whispered back.
"But why?" I asked.
"I can't tell you." She said.
"Please?" I asked, looking at her.
She sighed. "I've been watching you," She said. I looked at her.
"You have?" I asked curiously.
"Yes." She said.
"Please tell me your name. I want to know..." I told her.
"okay..." She said. "It's..." But before she could say anything, Victor came in. Senkhara looked at him angrly and then at me. She faded away.
"NO!" I yelled. Crying.
"Vera? What's wrong? Why are you crying?" He asked.
"The power went out! And I burned my hand!" I yelled.
"Oh! My dear, I'm so sorry!" He helped me onto the counter. And he wrapped my hand to stop it from bleeing. i started crying. He didn't know what to do. He just looked confused.
"Are you alright?" He finally asked.
I nodded. "I'll live..." I said, and sniffed.
