Chapter 3: The Second Dream
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Sylvia's POV
As soon as the last female was out of the house, I sighed quietly, leaning back against the door. I bowed my head and headed back towards my room.
My mother poked her head out of her bedroom, "Honey? Are you alright?"
I opened my mouth to lie but the answer slipped out automatically, "No. I'm not."
She frowned worriedly and told me to wait in my room. It was a few minutes later that she came into my room with a steaming cup, "Tea."
I sipped quietly as she began stroking my hair softly. When I had finished awhile later, I laid down on my pillow with closed eyes. I shuddered, "Mom... I forgot my pills yesterday and today..."
She said nothing but instead began singing the lullaby she always sang when the bad days hit, "I remember tears streaming down your face when you said I'll never let you go. When all those shadows almost killed your light, I remember you said don't leave me here alone. But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight. Just close your eyes. The sun is going down. You'll be alright. No one can hurt you now. Come morning light. You and I'll be safe and sound. Don't you dare look out your window, darling, everything's on fire. The war outside our door keeps raging on. Hold on to this lullaby. Even when the music's gone. Gone. Just close your eyes. The sun is going down. You'll be alright. No one can hurt you now. Come morning light. You and I'll be safe and sound." She hummed for awhile. The tears had long since began falling when she had began, "Just close your eyes. You'll be alright. Come morning light. You and I'll be safe and sound..."
I felt her lips press against my temple gently, her whispers close to my ear, "You'll be alright, baby girl... I know you will... And things will take a turn for the better... I promise you..."
I didn't have the energy to question her, let alone comprehend her words as I felt myself slowly slipping into darkness.
-Dream-
The white empty state of the dream faded into a grassy scene of light green almost silver. The dim grey sky fell to the ground like a fallen angel. You could almost hear the cries of a desperate sun through the clouds.
Ahead was a familiar cliff overlooking raging icy black waters. A figure stood close to the edge in a red halter dress. On her back was a bow in the shape of a black and red spiked heart, black claws extruding out the sides like wings. I gasped at the realization.
"Kassy!" I ran towards her, my clothes fading to a white, silver tinted dress with off shoulder straps. The dress ended at mid thigh on the right side side and dropped down diagonally towards my left calf. A black cross of fabric wrapped around my stomach.
But no matter how fast I ran, it was as if we both stood still. "Don't be afraid..." Four female voices spoke at once. I couldn't move my head to search for the voice, "You will be there soon."
"Who are you?" I questioned cautiously.
"You will discover the truth soon. You must protect her!" The voice echoed.
I frowned, eyes watching in horror as Kasandra's arms raised parallel to the ground, her feet almost curled over the edge, "Of course! Always!"
"You must protect her at all costs! Even if it costs you your life!" Kasandra fell from the edge. Screaming, I dove in after her. The water rushed up to meet me. I woke up screaming.
-End Dream-
As soon as my eyes shot open, my screams stopped abruptly. I scrambled from beneath my tangled covers and rushed into my bathroom. I splashed water up at my face and stared at my pale, shaking reflection. What the hell was that supposed to mean?
It took quite awhile to calm myself down. When I had finally had some success, I immediately called my friends to meet at the park close by.
Soon the girls had rushed over, hounding question after question after question. I had enough and raised my hand, "Stop."
That shut them up immediately. Kasandra whimpered, "Syvy... You sounded really upset on the phone... You're worrying me..."
Hazel made a noise of agreement, "She's right, Vy-Vy. You can't expect us not to interrogate you after a call like that."
Elena sighed, "Please. You know you can talk to us, Evans."
I smirked weakly at the ravenette, "We back at surnames, Janele? I thought we'd made progress."
She didn't return the half-assed smile, "We're worried. Tell us what's wrong."
I dropped the smirk, "It was weird..." Kassy and Hazel leaned forward eagerly. I gave them a deadpan look which made them straighten their backs and look away innocently. I explained the dream before frowning, "See? Weird, huh?" The only thing I had left out of the recap was mentioning the bow on Kassy's back.
Kassy frowned, "It is... I don't know what to say. What do you guys think it could mean? If she saw the exact same thing detail for detail as I did as if she had been in my dream."
"Vy-Vy is a psychic!" Hazel grinned, sitting on the swing next to me, "And she's had a premonition of our invevitable demise!"
I snorted, pushing her backwards off and onto the ground, "Nice to hear what you think of me."
Elena was quiet. I looked at her in question. She rolled her eyes, "You do realize that doesn't mean anything right?"
Kassy bit her lip, "But 'Lena, don't you think it's really odd for it to be like that?"
She shook her head, "No. I don't. I think it was just a coincidence. We just thought it was freaky for Kass to have her dream in the first place and you were worked up and just happened to dream the same thing."
My eyes narrowed, "Perhaps. But I still think it's a bit strange and maybe we should look into it. And if I think that, it's true."
The ravenette sighed deeply, "Now you're being arrogant again. I know you forgot your pills the last two days- don't look at me like that. I figured it out after we left yesterday and that was why you had kicked out us out. So I think in addition to the dream being at the front of your mind, forgetting your pills probably didn't help either."
I stood up from the swing and slapped her as hard as I could, "How. Fucking. Dare you." Tears gathered in her eyes, her hand to her cheek, "You know nothing about what that's like. You have no right to say those had any impact on anything. I can't believe you would even think of saying that."
Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Hazel and Kassy looking horrified at the scene. At once, Elena spun on her heel and hurried away from us down the street.
