"Can anyone actually save themselves when they're drowning? When they're suffocating? Can it actually be done?"
She never knew she had it coming for her, that with one simple word her whole life would change forever. The balance of right and wrong was corrupt in her world, but what could anyone really do to change that?
She doesn't really remember what happened that night or any other night before that. Every time she tries to remember something…anything, she usually draws a blank, but there are other times that a faint image will show itself for a brief moment and then disappear leaving her even more lost than before. There are never any recollections of what she sees. You see she was in a car wreck which put her in a coma for a short time. Of course she doesn't remember a bit of it, it completely wiped out her memory, but that's what she's told. The thing is…she doesn't believe it. There is every reason for her to believe that happened, it does make sense, but there are things she's not being told. She's being kept from knowing something that needs to be known.
Have you ever woken up from a deep sleep with the faint memory of a dream still lingering in your head? And as you try to remember what exactly you dreamed it slips from your grasp leaving you frustrated because it's so close yet so far away? If so that's how it is every minute of everyday for her. There are these dreams that she's been having and they're not just dreams, it's her memory coming back.
"I can't believe you did that Addie we nearly got our heads blown off! Ohh the look on their faces was priceless. Who woulda known that you were just as evil as me." An ever so familiar smirk was placed upon his lips and the ice in his eyes glowed.
"Yeah well I've learned from the best" Addie grinned back bowing to the magnificent being before her. "I told you we'd have fun!" She gestured triumphantly to the smoke and debris everywhere and the shouts of students yelling for whoever destroyed their room.
"Yeah you did so what?" Ever so lightly he placed the tips of his fingers on her cheek and traced her jaw and lips.
The whole atmosphere changed, it became dead quiet except for the drip drop of water in the background and it became deathly cold except for the warmth emitted from the touch of his hand.
"Addie why did you have to die and leave me here alone?" He looked intently into her eyes and drawing closer, so close his lips brushed against hers into a kiss. "You coulda been great Addie. I really miss you…when you died.. My heart shattered, I've never hurt so badly before.."
"I'm NOT dead!" the girl gapped at him but her words never seemed to reach him. Everything starts to fade away and she grabs his hand in her own. " Draco, I'm NOT dead! Listen to me!"
"I never told you this Addie, but I…"
Suddenly she's ripped from his grasp and is being pushed underwater, her lungs fill as she chokes for breath. Screaming doesn't work, nothing does, her body feels like lead but it just seems so calm under the water. He's there looking in on her, but her heart drops as she sees the look on his face and the water becomes thick with blood. He's shouting and screaming, tearing at the water that separates the two of them but there's an impenetrable force that forever keeps Romeo from his Juliet.
With a pounding heart she wakes up in a cold sweat gasping for breath not knowing that somewhere out there he too bolted out of sleep from the same dream having his heart re-shattered into a million pieces and the ache becoming even more unbearable every beat.
Frantically she starts looking around half expecting something to jump out. It seemed so real. Unconsciously her hand trails where he had traced with the tips of his fingers. "Who was he?" she thought to herself sliding out of bed. As she started to descend down a flight of stairs to get to the kitchen for a glass of water the attic door catches her eye. It was slightly ajar and never could she remember it ever being open. Actually.. she's never been allowed up there and it was always locked, her parents just gave the excuse that they lost the key and there's nothing up there but useless junk from the previous owners.
The door clicked and locked as she closed it behind her. As she ascended the dark dusty stairs her heart started to pound faster and faster with every step. Finally reaching the top of the steps she looked around disappointed because truthfully there was nothing but a bunch of rubbish. Angry and disappointed she kicks a box over and newspapers, clippings and things of that sort fly out and sprawl all over the floor. Annoyed she just grabs whatever's in front of her and starts shoving it back in the box. "What was I thinking would be up here a new world? Grrr stupid junk…" her eyes were fully accustomed to the darkness now and she could easily see what was printed on the paper. Too stunned to do anything she stares at the paper in disbelief. Was the picture actually moving? With a closer inspection she saw a boy… about 15 maybe sixteen, her age with dark messy hair and glasses, he didn't look like anything much, but he was after all holding a trophy in one hand and in the other a…broom?
"Ha.. this has got to be some type of joke." she uneasily laughed at her statement. "Hmmm" she browsed through hundreds of clippings learning useless information, but it took her mind off of the dream. The next thing she read set her in a state of shock.
Another Murdered by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Adele Elissa Verdandi was found murdered Saturday morning. Detectives have come to the conclusion that Adele was dragged from her bed and held under water to drown, she tried to put up with a fight which only angered the killer even more and he slit her throat, ending her life. People who have seen her body have only come out in tears for this is one of the most brutal and most muggle ways of killing such a young innocent girl. Not only was the young girl murdered, but her parents Damon and Clarissa Verdandi were found brutally slaughtered as well. This is devastating news to their family and friends. The Dark Lord is the only man capable of doing such a heinous crime.
Her heart no longer beat in her chest and a cold chill set over the room as she stared at that picture until she broke out into tears. There was a picture of a young girl dead in the tub under the article. Though the girl was dead it was unmistakable that the girl was…her.
Something from behind crashed to the floor with a huge bang! And no sooner had she heard the crash she was pounding at the door to be let out. She heard slow, heavy foot steps behind her, walking her way, and a horrible hair raising laugh that got louder and louder. Soon his breath could be felt on the back of her neck. His hands slithered around her neck, shoving her against the door.
"It's time we talk" he growled tightening his grip.
In the night his eyes glowed like a cats. One eye was green though and the other blue. His lips twisted into a cruel desperate smile.
"You should of never come back this isn't your world anymore. It's too late now. He knows." he laughed at the look in Hailey's eyes, the terror, the pain, it made him laugh more and more.
He was too strong for her. The more she struggled to free herself from his grasp, the tighter he held on. In a last ditch effort she kicks him between the legs, she gasps for air as he lets go and screams for the door to open. As soon as that was said the door swings open and she runs out slamming it behind her hearing it click into a lock. She never noticed before that there were several locks on the door and so she locked every one. There was no way she were going to let that monster out.
She ran blindly through the house flinching at every shadow she saw. Soon it became apparent that she had no idea where she was because this wasn't where she lived.