I opened my eyes to an empty darkness, I sat up immediately. I had been with him a moment ago. His voice called out in the dark - where am I? I stood up from the nothingness, that surrounded me like water. Where was his voice coming from - I turned around, but could see no one, or anything. I called his name and I saw a hand reach through the darkness. The dark was slightly broken, the hand was surrounded by light. I reached out, but I was too far away to grasp the hand. My fingers slipped through the other fingers, when I finally had a firm hold, I felt the hands of someone on me. I looked down and saw disfigured, emaciated, pale, twisted versions of myself, pulling me back down into the watery darkness.
"Why are you leaving us?" One hissed at me.
"Surely you'd rather stay here forever than be with that dead man," Another taunted, "Don't leave so soon Julianne, we're just the same as you, we'll always love you."
"His heart dead and turned to dust, once you're heart has turned to dust he won't want you, if you stay here your heart won't turn to dust," Chimed in the first one.
"Stop!" I kicked, but they pulled me down.
"See, you can't escape us because you really want to be with us, you don't really love him. Don't fight it, dying with us easily is so much... Easier."
"I don't want to die! I want to be with him!"
They all gasped, as they let go, letting the hand to pull to the surface of the darkness.
