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Ch.2

When Ib got home her mother placed the two roses into a small vase of water. Then she placed the vase on the counter, "The roses you picked Ib are very beautiful."

Ib nodded and then looked at her mother, "Can I have the roses in my room instead?" Ib asked.

"Why would you want them in your room?"

Ib thought for a moment, the reason shd he wanted to have the roses in her room was because she didn't want to lose sight of them. She knew she had some connection with the roses and she wanted to keep them safe. But she didn't tell her mother that. her mother wouldn't understand. Instead Ib said, "I think they will look nice in my room."

"Alright Ib. But just be careful not to bump into it and knock it over." Ib's mother said as Ib nodded in response.

They headed up Ib's room and her mother placed the vase on the nightstand next to Ib's bed. On the nightstand there was a lamp and a lemon scented piece of candy. The piece of candy was something that Ib couldn't remember. She had found it in her pocket the day she got home from art gallery. Ib knew that she didn't have have the candy in her pocket from going to the art gallery, and she didn't remember picking it up somewhere. Looking at the candy gave her the same heartache feeling that she got when looking at the roses. Ib made sure she didn't eat the candy...not until she figured out how she got it.

"Ib, I need to go do some work done, ok?" Ib's mother said, snapping Ib out of her thoughts. I'll be down the hall in you need me."

"Ok thank you." Ib said.

After her mother left the room Ib when to we closet and pulled out a medium sized box. She opened the box and in the box was colored paper, colored pencils, crayons, and markers. Ib looked through the colored paper for a plain white piece and the she grabbed a few crayons. She lied down on the floor and started to draw on the paper.

She drew all the things that were causing her the heartache. The candy, the red, blue, and yellow roses. She even tried to draw that large painting at the gallery that she stood in front of. After drawing those Ib looked over them. She kept thinking to herself, "What do all those have in common?"

As Ib thought it over, she remembered the person she had bumped into when walking home. She thought back to the art gallery and him standing in front of the rose sculpture. She tried her best to remember what he looked like and she drew a small picture of him on the paper. She placed the paper in the nightstand and she stared at all the objects for a while, hoping she would remember, but nothing happened..

But that night something did happen, Ib had a nightmare. She was running through a door and entered a small room, the only thing in the room was another door, right in front of Ib. She could here a uneasy ominous ticking noise. In quickly ran through the door in front of her, and she ended up in another little door with only a door. The ticking was getting louder. She tried to open the door but it wasn't opening. She turned around to face the door she had just come through, she felt like something was following her. The she heard a click. The door opened up and Ib ran through it. But inside the next little room there was no other door. And standing the the room was a white mannequin head, a headless statue with a blue dress, and a lady in a red dress, who was coming out of a painting. They were surrounding Ib. In tried to go back through the door but it was lock. She was trapped and the three were closing in. But just as they were about to get her, Ib woke up.

Ib woke up feeling scared, that nightmare felt real and nearly terrified her. Without thinking she grabbed the lemon candy and held it close to her heart. Somehow it actually calmed her and relaxed her. After she had finally calmed down she thought about the nightmare. Ib was having an odd feeling of déjà vu...like she has had the nightmare before.


Sorry this was a short chapter. But this was the best place to end it. I'll make the next one longer. Thanks for reading!