The surroundings around Veronica felt cold, her limbs numb, and her sight dark. A tingling slowly crawled throughout her body, the blood in her veins coming back to life. A pressure built on her chest, as if someone lowered themselves on her. Her ears suddenly ringing intensely, it growing louder and louder. The pressure released from her chest, making her eyes snap open and gasp lowly. Her heart raced at the sudden jolt, she felt like she just fell out of the sky. Veronica took deep, calming breaths, trying to calm her heart…however, it only beat faster; along with her breathing when she realized her surroundings were pitch black. She could only she herself against the void.
Her borrowed nightclothes and dark brown hair floated, as if she were underwater. But she did not feel wet…she only felt cold. A haunting, bone chilling cold. She noticed that she was on her back and slowly sat up in the nothing but Veronica felt no ground under feet. This confused her; was she floating? Was this a dream? She never had a dream like this before, nor has she dreamed in a long time. There was no way that this was reality however it felt like it was, no matter it seemed impossible.
Veronica's pupils painfully shrank when a bright white materialized in front of her, making her squeeze her eyes shut and shield her eyes with her arm. She squinted past her arm after a moment, seeing the blinding light was coming from a large white rectangle…a door, maybe? She blinked a few times and pulled her arm out of her line of sight to rub her eyes. When they opened, she saw a figure in the doorway. The light behind them was so bright, she could not tell who it was. They just looked like a human-shaped black blob. The figure grew larger and larger, walking towards Veronica but no matter how close they came to her she could not make out who it was. But she was able to tell one thing: a hand. They outstretched it to Veronica. Something rose in Veronica's throat as they did this and she tried to swallow it down but couldn't. Her heart beated faster, harder. She started shaking. What the hell's going on?
Every fiber in her body said one thing:
"Danger."
Before the hand could touch Veronica, she smacked it away. She was taken aback when the hand dematerialized at her movement. The blob seemed to do the same thing. Veronica's body dropped, making her land hard on the floor beneath her. When was there a floor? She scrambled back up to feet and ran away from the light, not looking back. Her breathing turned raged, her body becoming fatigued running into the darkness. She let a surprised yelp when she felt something grab her by the ankle and a screech escaped her when she felt herself lurch downwards, her heart jumping into her throat. She was dragged down into the pitch-black void once more.
Her maroon colored eyes focused on red light blinking into existence in front of her. She reached out to it and cupped her hands underneath it, the light becoming brighter until it revealed to be in the shape of a cartoon heart. Its warm red light blinked slowly, as if it was trying to communicate to her. Before Veronica could evaluate the insane thought of a heart floating in front of her, it twitched. Veronica let a cry of pain, her hands clasping over her heart. She let out shaky breaths, the agony forming in her chest becoming stronger. Her eyes widened when the heart in front of her started to shake at her pain, it becoming more violent with each wave of pain. She watched the center of the red heart turn dark, an ugly shade of red. A crack formed on its surface, close to black center. Veronica's heart felt like it stopped for a moment, the pain unbearable for it to handle it. The heart in front of her thrashed around as what looked like white strings tried to wrap around it. Whatever was happening, it was fighting. But more strings appeared, snagging it into one place. The heart pathetical moved around still, vibrating intensely to shake off the strings. More cracks formed on its surface. It was losing…but it never gave up. It finally broke free of its bindings and the heart rushing towards Veronica, looking for sanctuary.
Veronica swallowed her pain when it came close to her own heart, its light starting to dim due to the abuse it endured. The cracks stopped forming on the heart, and the pain slowly faded away from Veronica. She had no clue how the pain ended, nor how it started. She formed her hands around the red light, watching intently as what looked like a white light came from its now blackened center. Her eyebrow raised curiously when it started shifting, trying to take form just like the heart did. But it then faded as quickly as it came. The red heart floated around Veronica before it sank into her chest.
Veronica let out a sharp gasp as she sat up. Her eyes darted around, seeing that she was back in her new room that Toriel gave her. She let a long sigh and gripped onto her chest, feeling her heart pound hard against it. With shaky limps, she slid out from her covers and stumbled to the blinds. She opened them slowly to see that it was day, the sky turning pink with the rising sun. Veronica sputtered her lips and brushed off the strange dream—no, nightmare. She then tried to make heads or tails on her dream, trying to decipher what it meant, as she watched the sun rise. Her train of thought broke when she heard a knock at her door.
Toriel's gentle voice came behind the door, "Good morning, Veronica. I noticed the light coming from under your door as I walked past. Would you like to help me prepare breakfast, my dear?"
"Uh…yeah. Yeah, just a…give me a sec. I'll be…right down." Veronica heard Toriel's footsteps fade away before she let out a sigh. She smacked her hands onto her face and slid down, making her facial features stretch a little. She faced the closet and got dressed before she headed downstairs.
Sorry that this chapter was shorter than the last two, but I had fun making this one! Tell me what you think in the reviews! Also, sorry I haven't updated in a while...also to the people who read the last chapter before I updated, I fixed it a little. You may want to reread but hey. You're your own person so do whatever you please! xD Anywhoot, tootles!