MYSTIC FALLS- NOT SAME ANYMORE
The buzzing of the morning alarm awoke Pearl from her deep sleep. She got up from her bed removing the tangled up covers and sleepily walked into the bathroom, her hairs disheveled from the sleep. She took her morning shower and got dressed in a dark blue jeans and a white plain shirt.
Pearl was dealing with her messy wet locks in a vanity mirror when the door of her room was knocked and she heard Seth calling her name from the other side. She put the hair brush on the dresser opened the door.
Seth was standing there all ready. Pearl was indeed surprised to see him all set for school because normally he was the one who took all the time in the world to get ready, though Pearl was the girl in the family.
"What?" she asked him from the partly open door.
"Well last night mum went to the hospital and she hasn't returned yet", Seth informed her. "There was an emergency so she told me to tell you but I forgot".
"Okay… so how are we going to school", Pearl questioned.
"You mean how are you going to school?" Seth corrected her.
"What", Pearl said not understanding. A sound of car horn gained both siblings' attention and they became quite for few seconds.
"Well I asked Paul to pick me up, he is here", Seth said. He turned to leave.
"Wait for me, just give me five minutes", Pearl hollered to her brother who was walking away.
"Sorry but Paul is in hurry", Seth shouted back running down the stairs with quick steps.
"Seth, you moron… ", she yelled heatedly, after him and heard the slamming of door in return.
She entered the room bursting with rage at her brother. Sometimes Pearl even went to the extents of thinking that Seth might be her step brother when he purposefully did such things. She made a mental note of taking her revenge and started formulating different plans while searching for her phone messing up the room even more than it already was.
Finally she found her phone tangled up in her covers. She dialed Bonnie's number from her immediate contacts and heard the sound of beep.
"Hey", Pearl heard Bonnie's voice as she picked the phone on second ring.
"Hey… Can you pick me up", she asked in haste.
"Yeah… I'll be there in five", Bonnie responded.
"Okay", Pearl replied and hung up.
She tied her black hairs in a tight knot at the back of her head and speedily put her things in the bag that she had left last night on her study table.
The car horn honked and Pearl rushed downstairs with her school bag slung over her shoulder.
She exited the house locking the door behind her and reached Bonnie's car opening the back seat door as Elena was in the other front seat.
"Hey guys", Pearl said sitting in the back seat.
"Hey", both girls responded.
"Why you called in such an emergency", Bonnie asked looking at Pearl in the rearview mirror.
"My jerk of a brother forgot to tell me mum left for hospital last night and didn't return", she replied adjusting her shirt's collar.
The other two girls giggled.
"That's not funny guys", Pearl said sullenly. "Let's change the topic before I explode with anger".
"Okay so grams is telling me I'm psychic", Bonnie started. "Our ancestors were from Salem, which isn't all that, I know, crazy, but she's going on and on about it, and I'm like, put this woman in a home already! But then I started thinking, I predicted Obama and I predicted Heath Ledger, and I still think Florida will break off and turn into little resort islands", she rambled on.
"So you are a psychic now", Pearl and Elena said at the same time.
"This never gets old", Bonnie gave the girls amused looks referring to their talking at the same time. Pearl and Elena occasionally said same things at the same time and even could complete each other's sentences. Well these things happened when you spent almost your entire lives around each other.
Elena turned in her seat and she and Pearl shared a smirk.
"Okay, then predict something about me", Elena asked after turning at the front.
"I see", Bonnie started but suddenly a huge bird collided with the car's windshield and the three girls shrieked because of the impact.
"What was that", Pearl asked breathlessly, putting a hand over her fast beating heart.
"It was like a bird or something. It came out of nowhere. Oh, my god! Elena, are you ok?" Bonnie asked worriedly looking at the tall brunette sitting beside her.
"It's ok. I'm fine", Elena replied.
"You sure", Pearl questioned with doubt, leaning forward.
"Really", Elena insisted. "I can't be freaked out by cars for the rest of my life", she continued looking at her two best friends who were giving her anxious glances.
"I predict this year is going to be kick ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over and you are going to be beyond happy", Bonnie said firmly.
The three girls smiled at each other with hope and happiness in their eyes, ready for the start of a new day of school.
Sometimes these new days weren't any different from yesterdays, nothing eventful, no changes, just the same. But sometimes they were so life changing that even after years you still couldn't get used to the changes they brought.
The trio reached school and saw Caroline strutting towards them her blonde locks bouncing with every step.
"Hey musketeers", Caroline said, approaching them.
"Hey Care", the three of them greeted their beautiful blonde friend.
"So what's the news, Miss 'Mystic falls high school' correspondent", Pearl asked Caroline as the three made for their first class. Pearl had given this title to her because Caroline was the most active one when it came to gossip and knows stuff that the three girls were unaware of.
"A new guy is joining today and I have heard he is super hot", Caroline gushed.
"Okay", Pearl said uninterested, with a shrug.
They reached their history class and occupied their respective seats; Bonnie and Caroline were seated together behind Elena and Pearl.
As usual Tanner was telling them about the town's history boring everyone to death. It was one of those few days when Pearl sat at the front of the class because no other seats were available so she couldn't take the shelter of her notebook drawing different things. She was trying to act attentive but it was impossible with her eyelids drooping with sleep.
"May I come in sir", a guy with dark brown hairs and forest green eyes asked coming at the class door. He had a brooding and mysterious aura around him.
"Yes", Tanner answered beckoning him to come inside.
The guy entered the classroom and most of the girls started swooning giving him fan girl looks. He was tall about 5'11 and had a lean and athletic built.
He gave Mr. Tanner a slip and Tanner nodded. The brown-haired boy made his way towards the seat beside the window and sat there. Tanner continued with his lecture and Pearl huffed with annoyance.
Elena's phone vibrated in her pocket and she took it out carefully so that their strict history teacher couldn't see. Pearl looked at her friend while she was reading the text and noticed a blush rising on her cheeks. She nudged Elena and silently asked for her phone by extending her delicate hands. Elena shyly smiled giving Pearl her phone.
It was a text from Bonnie that said 'Hawt-e. Staring U'.
Pearl turned a little in her seat glancing in new guy's direction. She saw his gaze fixed on her tall brown-haired friend. The guy felt Pearl's stare and looked at her with a smiling face. Pearl responded with a slight twitching of her lips and turned her attention back at Elena, winking.
"Miss Norman pay attention", Tanner said warningly.
"Okay, sir", Pearl said rolling her eyes.
The school ended and Pearl reached home riding with Bonnie. When she arrived she saw Seth was already home sitting in the living room, his attention fixed on the television.
Pearl walked towards him with slow steps trying not to make a sound that could alert Seth and stood right behind him. She folded her sleeves above her arms, rubbed her palms together with a mischievous smile on her full lips. She finally lifted her right hand and hit him hard on the head.
The sudden hit startled Seth and he turned back glaring daggers at his sister.
"What the hell, Pearl", Seth said, his hand rubbing the spot where Pearl had smacked.
"Payback is a bitch", Pearl shouted and sprinted up the stairs to her room, her musical laugh echoing in the house.
She threw her bag on the bed and rested beside it closing her eyes. Her phone beeped and she brought it out of her jeans pocket. It was a text from Elena asking to meet at the grill. She texted her back with an 'okay' and then changed into a long sleeved blue shirt. She untied her dark black long hairs from the messy bun and tied them again in a loose ponytail.
Pearl walked downstairs and sat beside her brother on the couch snatching the remote from him. She began to change the channels.
"I was watching that", Seth whined.
"So", Pearl said with a shrug.
"You are being extra mean today Pearl", Seth stated. "What happened? You woke up on the wrong side of the bed?" he added.
"Sssshhh… ", Pearl put a finger on her lips asking him to keep quite as she was watching her favorite show.
They heard the sound of door opening and then closing. After a few moments their mother entered the living room looking exhausted.
"Hey mum", Seth and Pearl greeted Angela.
"Hey", Angela said back with a bright smile, the bigger part of her tiredness gone by the mere sight of her children. She occupied a seat on the other couch.
"What took you so long mum", Pearl asked her mother, muting the television volume.
"There was an animal attack. A guy and a girl were brought to the hospital badly injured", Angela informed her daughter.
"How are they now", Pearl asked worry clearly visible on her small rounded face.
"We tried everything but they couldn't make it", Angela said with a grim tone.
Pearl nodded seriously.
"Okay I am going to get freshen up", Angela said standing up. "Then I'll make dinner".
"Mum I'll be meeting with Elena and others at the grill so don't make anything for me", Pearl said.
Angela nodded at Pearl and walked away.
"How is Jer?" Pearl asked Seth randomly. Jeremy was like a brother to her. She was worried about his present condition as much as Elena was.
"Well him and Tyler are fighting over Vicki Donovan", Seth replied.
"Still having drugs", Pearl asked with a questioning tone to her voice.
"Still having drugs", Seth replied solemnly, nodding at his sister's way.
"Okay… I gotta go", she said and gave the remote back to her brother standing up from the couch and made for the door.
"Hey, take care and be careful", Seth yelled after her.
"I will", Pearl shouted back.
She got outside into the chilly air and reached her mother's car. She saw a crow sitting on the car's hood.
"Shoo", she tried to make him go away using her hands but it didn't even budge and looked at her like she was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Okay you little dickey bird, move", Pearl said trying again but it was sitting still.
"That's it I am done… enjoy the ride", she said unlocking the car and occupied driver's seat. As the monstrous engine came to life and the car started moving, the crow flew away.
Pearl parked the car outside the grill and entered it. Her eyes roamed around the place searching for familiar faces and found Bonnie sitting with Matt.
"Hey Bon, hey Matt", she said reaching them. She took a seat beside Bonnie. Both of them greeted her back.
"So what you kids were talking about", Pearl asked putting both arms on the table, leaning forward.
"Well Matt was asking me about how Elena is doing", Bonnie replied.
"Well she is trying to be fine… she needs some time. It's only been four months", Pearl responded staring at the blonde boy.
"That's what I told him", Bonnie said with a smile.
"Has she said anything about me?" Matt asked looking hopefully at the two girls.
"Oh, no… we are so not getting in the middle. You pick up the phone and call her", Bonnie presented her idea.
"Yeah, Matt… Bonnie is right, you need to talk to her yourself… try to settle things yourself", Pearl said agreeing with her friend.
"I feel weird calling her. She broke up with me", Matt said.
"Give it more time, Matt", Bonnie replied and Pearl agreed.
Just then Elena entered the grill with none other than the new guy on her side, crushing Matt's hope.
"More time, huh?" Matt gave a sour look to Pearl and Bonnie and vacated his seat.
"I am happy for Elena but sad for Matt too", Pearl sighed staring at Matt's back who was talking to Elena and the new guy.
"Well he will get over it", Bonnie told Pearl. "And Stefan makes Elena happy".
"Stefan… that's his name", Pearl asked.
"Yeah, Stefan Salvatore… Caroline told me", Bonnie answered.
Elena saw her two best friends sitting on a table. She and Stefan came to them taking seats on the same table. Soon Caroline joined them too and after that the inquiry session started.
"So, you were born in mystic falls?" Caroline asked, starting the session after they had proper introductions
"Mm-Hmm. And moved when I was still young", Stefan responded with a nod.
"Parents?" Bonnie was next.
"My parents passed away", Stefan said with sorrow.
"I'm sorry", Elena said honestly. "Any siblings?" she asked with a lovely smile.
"None that I talk to. I live with my uncle", Stefan answered and looked in Pearl's direction who was listening the whole conversation but didn't take part in inquiring the fresh meat.
"Zach is your uncle?" Pearl spoke for the first time since the introductions.
"You know Zach", Stefan questioned.
"Yeah, he is kind of a family friend", Pearl answered.
Zach was like a family to her. Her mum had told her that he was one of her father's best friends when he lived in Mystic Falls and they were still in contact before Eric Norman, Pearl's father, died.
"So, Stefan, if you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow", Caroline piped up.
"It's a back to school thing at the falls", Bonnie explained.
"Are you going?" Stefan directed at Elena.
"Of course she is", Pearl said nudging Elena's arm. Elena smiled nervously tucking a stray lock behind her ear with red covering her cheeks.
Pearl looked at how happy her friend was. Stefan coming into Elena's life can be a sign that dark times are going to be finally over- Pearl thought. But the petite pretty girl didn't know how wrong she was. That it was just the beginning- the beginning of a dark love tale.
The next day in history class the four friends were sitting on their usual seats and Tanner was standing at the front, beside the board, his eyes wandering everywhere in the classroom in search of his target. Pearl was, as always, brushing up her drawing skills not paying attention as she was lucky to find a seat at the back.
"The battle of willow creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted in this battle?" Tanner questioned looking around the classroom.
"Ms. Bennett?" he picked his first victim. Tanner's sudden call for Bonnie made Pearl attentive.
"Um...a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot", Bonnie answered, a little alarmed. Pearl put a hand over her mouth to stifle the laugh that was threatening to escape at Bonnie's response.
"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett", Tanner said not so gently. "Mr. Donovan. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?" Tanner asked from Matt.
"It's ok, Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it", Matt replied casually.
Pearl could no longer smother her laugh and a chuckle escaped from her lips but she covered it with a cough and Elena roughly elbowed her. Pearl mock glared at Elena. Pearl's fake coughing diverted Tanner's attention to the short stature girl.
"So Miss Norman why don't you enlighten us all with your knowledge of town's history", Tanner said to her.
"Oh… right", Pearl stammered. "Well what was the question", Pearl asked the teacher and bit her bottom smiling nervously. It didn't help at all when everyone laughed at her inattentiveness.
"Causalities in battle of Willow and Creek?" he repeated the question, sternly.
"Oh… the causalities… ", Pearl started, scratching the back of her neck. "I think I forgot to note it down in my notebook", she added sheepishly. It was clear from Tanner's expression that he wasn't satisfied with the answer but he just shook his head with an eye roll. Then his hawk eyes settled on the girl beside Pearl.
"Hmm. Elena? Surely you can tell us about one of the town's most significantly historical events?" he questioned.
"I'm sorry, I- I don't know", Elena admitted.
"I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break", he snarled.
Pearl put her small hand over her friend's one for some comfort. Elena looked at her with sadness clouding her beautiful eyes. The look in Elena's eyes was enough to make Pearl lose her temper. She never liked when someone made their friends sad and didn't care for the consequences when she dealt with the culprit. But before she could say a thing Stefan came for Elena's rescue.
"There were 346 casualties, unless you're counting local civilians", Stefan answered.
"That's correct. Mister... ", Tanner trailed off.
"Salvatore", Stefan replied.
"Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at mystic falls?"
"Distant", Stefan responded after a short pause.
"Well, very good", Tanner agreed. "Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle", he added afterwards.
"Actually, there were 27, sir", Stefan corrected. "Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss", he added with a dark look. "The founder's archives are, uh, stored in civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts Mr. Tanner".
"hmm", Tanner said, not arguing back.
Pearl arrived with Seth at the party when it was in full swing. She had to drag her brother away from the mirror and out of his room. Pearl was also a lazy one but Seth had broken all Pearl's record of laziness.
Seth saw Jeremy and went to him while Pearl found Elena and Bonnie engrossed in a conversation. Pearl in her dark jeans and white dress shirt approached her friends.
"People look up to me. I have to set an example", she heard Elena saying to Bonnie when she arrived.
"What you guys are talking about", Pearl pried.
"Stefan", Bonnie replied. "Just admit it, Elena", she continued.
"Oh, ok, so he's a little pretty", Elena said admitting with a lovely but shy smile.
"Oh really", Pearl teased in a high pitched girly voice, batting her long black eyelashes
"Shut up, Pearl", Elena said to her hitting her on the arm.
"He has that romance novel stare", Bonnie droned.
"Stefan looked deep into her eyes, piercing her very soul", Elena said and the three girls giggled.
"So where is the pretty boy", Pearl asked eyes darting in the surroundings searching for Mr. Tall, dark and handsome
"I don't know. You tell us Bonnie, you're the psychic one", Elena said to Bonnie.
"Right, I forgot. Ok, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate", Bonnie reacted.
"Wait, you need a crystal ball", Elena said looking around.
"Here have this", Pearl gave a beer bottle to Bonnie that she had picked from the ground.
"Ahh", Bonnie gasped as she her hand came in contact with Pearl's skin.
"What?" Pearl asked apprehensively.
"That was weird. When I touched you, I saw a crow and a big dog", Bonnie said with uncertainty.
"What?" Elena said this time.
"A crow and a dog. There was fog, a man and full moon. I'm drunk. It's the drinking. There's nothing psychic about it. Yeah? Ok, I'm gonna get a refill", Bonnie said and left.
"What happened to her?" Elena quizzed looking at Pearl.
"I don't know…. I'll be back", Pearl said leaving Elena there alone. She walked a few steps but then turned around and saw Elena with the Salvatore.
"Bonnie wait", Pearl called after Bonnie following her.
Bonnie stopped and faced her, acknowledging she had heard her calls.
"What happened back there… what did you see when you touched me", Pearl inquired. The expression on Bonnie's face was troubling her.
"It was nothing, Pearl… I told you I drank too much", Bonnie pressed.
"You sure", Pearl asked unsurely.
"Yes I am… come on lets enjoy the party girl. Where is Elena", Bonnie asked.
"With Stefan", Pearl replied with a smirk.
As the two of them walked at little further Pearl saw two figures running in to the woods. The closer examination told her it was Jeremy and Seth. The former one seemed truly drunk.
"Oh man not here", Pearl said making a face.
"What", Bonnie asked following Pearl's line of sight.
"These two morons will never learn", Pearl growled and ran after Seth and Jeremy in to the woods.
"Where the hell you guys are going", Pearl said with a deep frown looking between Seth and Jeremy.
"Well we were just…", Seth started but Elena came to them with rage in her eyes.
"Jeremy where are you going", Elena asked her eyes fixed on her own brother.
"I don't want to hear it!", he replied carelessly and started walking.
"Yeah, well, too bad!", Elena said following him with Pearl and Seth right behind.
Jeremy stumbled and fell on something. Both girls screamed seeing Vicki Donavan, Matt's sister on the forest floor with her neck bleeding badly.
"Vicki? No! Oh, my god, it's Vicki!" Jeremy cried.
Elena reached him while Pearl and Seth were looking at Vicki horrified.
"Oh, my god!", Elena gasped.
The four of them returned to the party with Vicki in Jeremy's arms while Seth had put his jacket over the wound to stop the blood.
"Somebody help!" Elena shouted.
"Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?!" Matt panicked.
"What happened to her?" Tyler Lockwood, Vicki's current boyfriend asked coming forward.
"It's like something attacked her. Her neck is bleeding", Pearl informed him.
"Somebody, call an ambulance!", Matt yelled.
"Everybody back up, give her some space!" Tyler announced to the people crowded around the wounded girl.
"What's going on?" Zach asked Stefan as he reached home and sprinted upstairs.
"Someone else was attacked tonight, Zach, and it wasn't me", Stefan replied gravely. Stefan entered the bedroom and saw that everything in the room was the same as before except a crow that was perched on the window sill.
Suddenly the room was filled with thick fog and when it vanished a guy appeared like he was popped up from the ground.
"Damon", Stefan announced seeing uninvited man.
"Hello, brother", Damon greeted him with a perfect smirk.
"Crow's a bit much, don't you think?" Stefan questioned his eyes fixed on the intruder.
"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog", Damon said wiggling his dark eyebrows moving forward.
"When'd you get here?" Stefan directed at his brother who was looking here and there.
"Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school", Damon responded wittily. "Your hair's different. I like it", he added with a smirk.
"It's been 15 years, Damon", Stefan said.
"Thank god. I couldn't take another day of the nineties. That horrible grunge look? Did not suit you", he said making a face. "Remember, Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads".
"Why are you here?" Stefan asked plainly. He wanted answers but his brother didn't seem to be in a mood.
"I miss my little brother", Damon said simply.
"You hate small towns. It's boring. There's nothing for you to do", Stefan pointed out.
"I've managed to keep myself busy", he smirked.
"You know, you left that girl alive tonight. That's very clumsy of you", Stefan mentioned Vicki's attack.
"Ah. That can be a problem", he started, "for you", he ended with a low voice.
"Why are you here now?" Stefan said bluntly.
"I could ask you the same question. However, I'm fairly certain your answer can be summed up all in one little word... Elena", he countered.
Elena and Pearl were standing there watching the medics taking Vicki on a stretcher with Matt following his sister looking completely disheveled. The doors of the ambulance closed after Vicki was put inside and it left with its sirens blaring.
"Hey. We're gonna go mainline coffee, wait for news", Bonnie announced coming to them.
"I gotta take Jeremy home", Elena replied.
"You wanna come, Pearl", Bonnie questioned.
"I gotta go home… mum called", she responded.
"Guys, there's no way I'm psychic. I know that. But whatever I saw, or I think I saw, I have this feeling…", Bonnie trailed off.
"Bonnie, what?" Pearl and Elena said together.
"That it's just the beginning", the girl announced and left.
"She took my breath away. Elena. She's a dead ringer for Katherine. Is it working, Stefan? Being around her, being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?" Damon asked pacing around his brother.
"She's not Katherine. And if you have any misunderstanding about Pearl being Silvia, than you better clear you head up. She just looks like her other than that she isn't her", Stefan clarified for his brother.
"Well, let's hope not. We both know how that ended", Damon said a dark look clouding his features just for a second as the memories of his past gathered up in his head. "Tell me something, when's the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?" he said changing the subject not letting his brother sense the slightest change in his demeanor.
"I know what you're doing, Damon. It's not gonna work", Stefan said rolling his eyes. He walked away.
"Yeah? Come on. Don't you crave a little?" Damon said coming in Stefan's way.
"Stop it", Stefan warned his brother.
"Let's do it. Together. I saw a couple girls out there", the blue eyed brother said smacking his younger brother's head to rile him up. "Or just, let's just cut to the chase, let's just go straight for Elena and Pearl!" he said hitting him again.
"Stop it!" Stefan roared.
"Imagine what their blood tastes like!" he purred.
Stefan's eyes turned red and veins started protruding under them. His fangs came out and he transformed into his true self- a blood sucking fiend.
"I said stop!" Stefan shouted and pushed Damon and himself through the window. Both brothers fell through it but Stefan was the only one who was sprawled on the ground gasping from pain.
"I was impressed", Damon announced. "I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good with the whole face- thing. It was good", he added making silly noises.
"You know, it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go, people die", Stefan said scrambling to his feet walking in Damon's direction.
"That's a given", Damon said nonchalantly shrugging his shoulders.
"Not here. I won't allow it", Stefan challenged, showing that he had the power.
"I take that as an invitation", Damon replied smirking.
"Damon, please. After all these years, can't we just give it a rest?" Stefan pleaded tired of running.
"I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word", Damon responded with a shrug.
"Just stay away from Elena and Pearl", Stefan said warningly.
"Where's your ring? Oh, yeah, sun's coming up in a couple of hours, and, poof, ashes to ashes", he said and saw panic on Stefan's face as he looked at his ring less finger. "Relax. It's right here", he said moving forward giving Stefan his ring.
As the younger Salvatore got distracted while putting a ring, Damon pulled him by his shirt and slammed him against the wall his own face changing into demonic one.
"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people", he hissed. "I wouldn't try it again", Damon warned his green eyed brother. "I think we woke Zach up. Hmm. Sorry, Zach", he said walking towards the boarding house.
Pearl was spread on her bed with her eyes closed. The events of the day had wearied her. She and Seth had retuned after Jenna picked Elena and Jeremy. Pearl couldn't take out of her mind the image of Vicki wounded on the forest floor. She decided to distract herself by hearing some music as it always helped her to calm down. She searched for her earphones and realized she had left them in her car. She walked downstairs flipping on the living room's light. She went outdoors shivering slightly in cold night air, with car keys in her hands. When she unlocked the car she got a feeling that someone was watching her. She looked around and found that the street was empty and no one was there. An odd feeling of fear engulfed her. She hurriedly search for her earphones, took them, locking the car behind.
She made for the house door and just when she arrived on the porch she heard footsteps behind her. She turned and saw a man dressed in all black standing at a little distance away.
"Who are you", Pearl asked with fright.
He zipped to her with a speed of a wind, startling Pearl. She backed away, fear evident in her dark brown pools.
"Don't be afraid", he said looking intensely in her eyes. "Please invite me in", he said in a smooth voice.
"Come in", Pearl said with a robotic voice and opened the door for him.
The guy crossed the threshold and got inside. His crystal blue orbs darting around the place with admiration and love. Then his attention was turned to Pearl who was standing beside him quietly.
"You will not remember me or any of this", he said caressing a hand over her rosy cheeks, fondly.
"I will not remember any of this", Pearl repeated.
The guy vanished in thin air and suddenly Pearl came back to her senses. She looked confusedly at her surroundings and shook her head to clear it. Then she made for her room sleeping peacefully through the night not noticing the shadowy figure that was staring at the petite girl standing in the corner of her room.