Darkness…
Darkness penetrating…
A cold breeze passes by, sending chills towards the female's body. Her body is stiff and she feels too weak to lift her eyes open.
Blood…blood everywhere.
A soothing voice spoke, as if trying to calm her, "Elizabeth."
Elizabeth…
Elizabeth…
Elizabeth.
And it fell into darkness again.
"Morning, mom." Dawn said as she walked into her mother's room. Dawn grimaced seeing her mother upon the bed, looking weak. Just a few days ago, her ankle had swollen and due to that, she had difficulty in walking. She smiled, seeing her mother's leg elevated against the pillow.
"Morning, Dawn. Did you get enough sleep?" She asked wearily. Her mother noticed Dawn's expression go dull, as if she was trying to recall something. She then noticed that her daughter looked rather fatigued.
"Yup. I feel really rested today." She said, however, Johanna knew that Dawn was lying.
"Tell me the truth," She demanded. Dawn widened her eyes, shocked that her mother knew her well enough to tell that she was lying.
After all, she is her mother.
Dawn sat down on the corner of the bed, being careful not to hurt her mother and sighed. "I've been having these weird dreams." She said, wearily.
"What was in those dreams that were so weird?" Johanna asked, her voice soft and tender.
Dawn found this difficult to interpret. Truthfully, she herself could only recall some elements of her dream and she had no idea what they meant.
"I don't know. All I remember is that it was dark and there was blood. It's hard to explain." She said.
Her mother smiled, "That's okay, Dawn. They probably don't mean anything." She said, trying to comfort her daughter.
She nodded, "Yeah, that's what I think so too."
"Out of curiosity, how long have you been having these dreams?" Her mother asked.
"Just last night," was her honest reply.
Dawn wanted to talk to her mother more about the dream, but she noticed the clock on her mother's bedside table. "Oh my Gosh! I'm gonna be late for work!" She exclaimed in worry and sprang out of her mother's bed.
"Have a good day at work, sweetie!" Her mother yelled.
"Thank you! And no getting up from the bed without your clutches." Dawn instructed her mother.
Dawn frantically toasted a bagel, stuffed it in her mouth, put on her black heels, grabbed her leather black purse and headed out. It was a scorching hot day in Kalos and the sun was beating down on her, allowing sweat to escape through her pores. She rummaged through her bag finding her car keys and walked up to her garage door. Once the garage door opened, she quickly opened her car door and backed up outside.
BEEP! BEEP!
Dawn honked to alert her mother that she was leaving. Of course, there was no reply, but Dawn knew she heard it.
As Dawn was about to drive off, her mind was struck with something. Something familiar to her ears…and mind…and heart. She closed her eyes.
BEEP! BEEP!
She opened her eyes, gasping a little. Why was that car horn vaguely familiar to her now? Slowly shaking away her thoughts, she put the vehicle in drive.
She pushed the doors open to hear a chiming sound and entered the coffee shop, Kaffeine. The familiar scent of coffee hit her nostrils and she sighed satisfactorily. She loved the smell of coffee, however, at times, the strong scent really gave her a headache.
"Dawn!"
Dawn looked towards the source of the voice and smiled. It was May, waving at her. May was a gorgeous brunette with small cheekbones, long eyelashes and a nice frame. Her blue eyes sparkled, just like Dawn's, however, May's eyes were a dark blue while Dawn's were a light blue. The one thing most people noticed about May was her large bust, which, Dawn had to admit was pretty sexy. Sometimes, Dawn wished she had May's curves.
And yet she was thankful that they were good friends.
"Hey, May." She said as she tied an apron across her waist.
"You're lucky you're on time today. Mr. Rowan is not in a good mood today." May said, matter-of-factly as the two headed behind the desk.
"Oh no. What happened this time?" Dawn groaned. Mr. Rowan was the owner of Kaffeine and he was always a grumpy old man and he got annoyed at almost everything.
May shrugged, "I don't know. When he came in today, he was yelling to one of the other employees about not cleaning up the tables."
"Damn, why does he have to be such a-"
"I know right! Personally, I think he didn't get enough last night." May winked at Dawn.
Dawn, being twenty three years old, understood what May was trying to hint in a second and she rolled her eyes, but couldn't help but smile at this. If she was in her teen years, she probably wouldn't understand it at first, but over the years, Dawn knew her fair share amount of sexual jokes out there.
"Hello," A blonde appeared in front of Dawn.
"Good morning, welcome to Kaffeine, can I get you anything?"
"I'd just like a cappuccino with whipped cream-"
"Mommy, I'm tired!" Dawn noticed a cute adorable girl that was holding the female blonde's hand.
"In a sec, Elizabeth, let me just get some coffee and we'll head out."
Dawn widened her eyes.
Elizabeth?
Elizabeth…
Where had she heard that name before?
Elizabeth…
Elizabeth…
Elizabeth.
"Dawn?"
"Huh?" She looked towards May, who slightly gestured over to the female blonde, who was growing impatient.
"I'm sorry about that. Your order will be ready in the next two minutes." She assured the lady who nodded before sitting at a table as Dawn punched in the order.
"What's wrong? You seemed kind of lost for a sec." May stated worriedly, putting a hand on her shoulder.
She wanted to tell May, but she didn't exactly know what and how to tell her. She was clueless.
"Just thinking about stuff, that's all," She told her. May looked suspicious, but then shrugged and continued to tend to the customers.
However, Dawn couldn't stop thinking. It was strange. There were about a million so called Elizabeths on this planet, so why did the name seem so familiar? As if…she was related to her or something?
The day passed quickly enough for Dawn's taste and she hung up her apron before bidding bye to May.
When she arrived home, she peeped in her mother's room and noticed that she was in a deep slumber. Smiling, she headed towards her own room. As she laid down on her bed, her cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Dawn, I forgot to ask, wanna go to the club with me and Drew?" May's voice spoke.
She thought about it for a few seconds, but she was awfully fatigued and plus, she didn't want to leave her mother alone for the night.
"No, I can't. I wanna stay for mom."
"Aww come on, Dawn, we haven't been clubbing since forever…" She whined. Dawn rolled her eyes.
"Sorry, May, but you know my mother has a sprained ankle," She told her.
"Okay fine, but once your mother's ankle heals, we're going clubbing. That is an order!" May said and Dawn giggled.
"Fiiine," She called back lazily. "Have fun with your boyfriend…" She teased, "But not too much fun."
"We'll see," May said and Dawn ended the call, smiling to herself.
Sometimes, Dawn wished she had a soulmate-that's what May would call Drew, of her own. She didn't like being lonely. She wanted to be loved and she wanted to love somebody. She had been in a few relationships this year, but sadly, they never lasted for a long time and the relationship wasn't that serious.
Sighing, she turned on the TV and the scene lighted up to show a news report. She listened keenly.
"We bring to you a report of two cars severely crashing into each other just this evening at six around St. Augustine Street. Our local reports discovered that the drivers of these two cars were coming at each other with direct force, one was a drunk driver and the other driver apparently lost control of the brakes and couldn't stop. One driver was severely injured and as a result, is in the hospital currently, fighting for his life. The other driver was killed on the dot-"
Dawn shut off the television, too shocked to hear any more. She yawned a little, feeling drowsy as she drifted off into a deep sleep.
BEEP! BEEP!
Blood…
Blood everywhere…
Pain. She cried in pain, emitting a loud pitched scream.
And the name was whispered again, "Elizabeth."
The female felt a light pressure against her forehead, "I'll miss you…Elizabeth."
And it fell into darkness again.
Dawn abruptly got up from her bed and took long shaky breaths. Her heart was beating rapidly now and she was sweating crazily. She slowly held a hand towards her heart and tried to calm herself down. She pressed her hands against her forehead, trashing her hair a little.
Why does she keep having these weird dreams?
Time lapse: One week later…
"I think you need to see a therapist."
Dawn had been having the dreams consistently every day and she didn't take those dreams as they were nothing. She was no philosopher but she could tell that each one of those dreams meant something. And to top it off, all of those dreams had one thing in common.
Elizabeth.
That name gave her shudders to her pale, white skin. Dawn had grown even weaker, mostly because of her lack of sleep due to the dreams. She would wake up every day with a fear in her mind and try to decipher what those dreams meant. And just who was Elizabeth?
"Maybe. But what will the therapist do? I mean, I don't have a problem do I?" Dawn uttered, as if she was trying to convince yourself.
Did she have any problem?
May shrugged. "I don't know, Dawn. But this is pretty serious. You can't just ignore these things, can you?"
Dawn sighed. No matter how much she wanted to deny it, she knew May was right. After all, it looked like these dreams weren't going to stop anytime soon.
And honestly, she was scared.
Scared of having those dreams every night…
Scared of the possibility that she might never know what they mean…
"What did you say the name was again?" May asked, as she crossed her legs upon Dawn's sofa.
"Elizabeth."
"Hmm…is there anybody related to you with that name?" She asked.
Dawn shook her head, "No one. My mom and I have been together since birth. She told me about her family members and from what I remember, there is nobody with that name."
May nodded in understanding, then got up and proceeded to the kitchen. Dawn waited for a few seconds before a glass filled with ice cubed water was brought to her eyes. She smiled seeing her friend's sincerity. "Relax, Dawn. You just take my advice. I honestly think you need a professional to sort this out."
Dawn sighed. "Okay," And she took the glass from May's hands and began sipping, calming her nerves.
To Dawn's dismay, taking May's advice wasn't turning out to be peaches and cream. The counselling sessions just weren't working, and every night or sometimes every two nights, she would dream the exact same dream and in every one of them, the name was always uttered.
Dawn would be hesitant to fall asleep because those dreams were just penetrating her mind and heart. Instead of focusing on her work, she would always drift into thought about those dreams and try to decipher what they meant. She was tired.
"Dawn, you look awful." May pointed out. Dawn was currently yawning at another day of work at Kaffeine.
"Thanks," She said bitterly, "I feel awful too."
"I didn't mean it like that-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know what you….meant, "She said as she escaped another yawn.
"Dawn, this isn't healthy. You need to sleep!"
"No! I can't sleep! Not…when I'm having those stupid dreams every night." She retorted and May watched as her best friend looked weary and pale. She happened to notice that Dawn's eyes had bags underneath and she felt terrible for her.
"I'll just drink some coffee and I'll be fine," Dawn told her strictly as she quickly devoured a cappuccino.
No…I won't be fine.
Dawn approached her house where she immediately jumped on her bed. She kept her eyes open, however. Her mother was at work currently and she was ecstatic that her sprained ankle had finally been healed after about two weeks of sustaining the injury.
She forced herself out of her bed and walked to her mother's room. She walked forward and decided to rummage through the drawers to look for something.
But she didn't know exactly what she was looking for.
She pulled out what looked like some old pencils, a heart-shaped locket and some old pictures from when Dawn was a little toddler. Groaning in frustration, she threw the items against the wall.
And that's when the tears started to flow down like a river. She was frustrated. She couldn't sleep, she couldn't think straight and everywhere she went, it was as if that name was always being uttered over and over again.
Wiping away her tears, she recomposed herself and walked out of her mother's room, but not before she noticed something.
She looked at the items scattered on the floor. She glanced at the locket, more specifically.
The locket was open.
Taking huge breaths, she picked up the heart shaped locket and looked inside. Her heart beat yet again at that name.
But it wasn't just her name again.
Ash + Elizabeth. This was enclosed in a heart.
She dropped the locket on the ground, gasping.
She felt her head spin and the world getting darker before everything went black.
BEEP! BEEP!
"Ash…" The female's voice groaned in pain.
Blood…
Blood everywhere…
A red hand was placed against her forehead. She closed her eyes, allowing darkness to enter once again.
"I love you, Elizabeth." The voice spoke.
She felt the voice fade away as the darkness finally settled in.
"Dawn! Dawn!"
Dawn felt her eyes slowly open and she groaned a little from weakness before seeing her mother, who had an expression of worry on her face which was then replaced with one of relief.
"Oh thank goodness. I've been trying to wake you since the past half an hour. When I got home, I saw you collapse on the floor," Her mother explained.
"I can't take this anymore, mom. These dreams…I've had enough. They've been torturing me." Dawn spoke wearily as she managed to get herself up.
"I know, Dawn, I know." She said and she comforted her daughter by enclosing her in a tight hug. Dawn felt relaxed against her skin. And it allowed her to regain her thought process.
Now, two names were constantly in her head. Not one but two.
Ash…Elizabeth…
Ash and Elizabeth…
Elizabeth and Ash…
As she laid in the comfort of her mother's arms, she could finally tell that these two vaguely familiar people were probably a couple in love. However, there were parts in her dreams that she still failed to decipher.
Who was Elizabeth?
Why was it always dark?
Why was there always a horn beeping?
And why was there blood?
And now…who's Ash?
"You need to sleep, Dawn."
"I'm scared." Dawn told her.
"You have to sleep, Dawn. It's not good for your health." Her mother spoke, her voice filled with worry and concern.
She gave her a worried look. Johanna held her hand against Dawn's. "Don't worry. I'm here." She said. Her eyes looked so convincing.
So Dawn heeded to her mother's words and nodded, finally closing her eyes in what seemed like forever.
And this time, Dawn didn't dream but rather slept much more peacefully.
Hey guys, this was just part one of the two-shot. What do you guys think? I think all of you guys can guess what the dreams are about but can you guess who Elizabeth is too? Actually, I think it's obvious…
The next part will be posted up soon and in the meantime, please review and tell me what you think.
See you guys next time!