I laid on my bed comfortably on my bed re-watching Howl's Moving Castle for the umpteenth time. I was alone, again. Not that I wasn't used to it. My mom was a CEO of a multimillion dollar company and my dad was the chief architect on very large building, so I had a lot of time alone over my life. But, today was different. Today we were supposed to go out to Rainforest Café and spend the day together. Today was my 18th birthday. I heard something from downstairs and paused my movie. I got up and looked out the door.
"Hello?" I called out. Nothing. I shook my head before going back inside my room. I spun when I heard something crash. I rushed out of my room and to the stairs. "Mom? Dad?" I called out. I heard more crashes before going downstairs slowly. "Who's there?" I tried again.
"Emilia." I heard someone whisper from behind me. I turned quickly and saw no one. I took a shaky breath before going downstairs.
"Hello?" I called out once again. "Who's here?"
"Emilia." The voice called again. I went into the kitchen and looked around. Nothing, again. I grabbed a knife from the knife block and attempted using it as a defense against my invisible stalker. "Alone." I turned towards the voice again.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"So alone, my little Emilia." The voice told me.
"Who are you?!" I asked starting to get angry.
"What do you wish?" the voice asked. I didn't answer as I continued looking for the owner of the voice. "You must speak your wish for it to come true."
"Tell a wish it won't come true." I said. "Isn't that how it works?"
"Not for us." It said.
"Who is us?" I asked but it didn't answer. "Tell me something!"
"Make a wish." It told me.
"Fine." I said and thought for a moment. "I wish my movie was real." I joked.
"Wish granted." It told me. Suddenly, I struggled to get my breath. I put my hand on my chest and dropped the knife. I fell to my knees before falling to my side and staring up at the ceiling. Darkness claimed me soon after.
"Are you alright?" a girl asked. I groaned in pain before trying to open my eyes.
"Ow…" I said slowly before trying to sit up. "What happened?"
"I just found you here." The girl told me. "Are you alright?" I finally opened my eyes to see a familiar face staring down at me.
"No way." I said shocked.
"You're not okay?" she asked me confused.
"Might be hallucinating." I told her and she looked at me confused.
"My name's Sophie Hatter. What's yours?" She asked me.
"Emilia." I answered.
"Come on." She said. "Let's get you to the shop." What the hell happened to me?