Chapter 3
"Hearts entwined
Twenty fingers, twenty toes,
two sweet babies with cheeks of rose.
Born on the same day, two gifts from above,
lives entwined, two babies to love."
-Author Unknown
Run, Rhema. Just run, no looking back.
I couldn't help myself, and I looked behind me. The burning building crumbling to ashes before my very eyes. The building was engulfed in flames destroying and burning it to ashes. I let tears well, up, what was I thinking. I could never run away from that scene yet I didn't have another choice in the matter to turn back. I stopped and took a deep breathe.
"Gosh this is so hard." I had to let go my ties of here to move on and I did. I took one last gulp of air and took another step through the forest. One minute I was walking through the trees when all of a sudden I felt something or someone bump into me. My head hurt a little from the fall but I tried to focus on the thing that pushed me down. I sat up and looked around and spotted a body.
I stood up to make sure if that person was alright. As I got closer I noticed it was a boy, how strange. He looked around my age maybe older.
"Hello? Are you alright?" I heard him moan. I stretched out my hand towards him to grab his hand when all of a sudden he sat up quickly and backed away from me into a nearby tree.
"Don't come any closer. Please, just don't hurt me." His voice shaky yet musical. I blinked my eyes and smiled sadly at him. I'm not sure if he has seen my height to notice that I can't really hurt him.
"I'm not going to hurt you. My names Rhema Masen. What's yours?" I said softly not to try to scare him even more. The moon was shining brightly but I was under a tree still in the dark and he, the boy, was under another tree with the stump close by it. He seemed hesitant but stood up and got out the shaded area. He stepped closer to my direction but left a long distance between us. He was out in the open where I can see him with the help of the moon. He had messy bronze hair, with dark green eyes that almost camouflaged the leaves of the trees here and pale skin. He looked a bit more taller than me maybe an inch or so and his clothes looked like the ones from my Wuthering Heights characters might wear except more fitted for a child.
"Hello. I'm sorry I bumped into you I was just trying to run away from something. My names Anthony William Masen. I again must apologize for bumping into you." He looked calm but a bit agitated and I wasn't sure why.
"Nice to meet you Anthony. Now, who and what are you running away from?" I took a deliberate step forward. He didn't seem to notice or possibly care anymore that I was taking steps towards him. As I got closer I knew he couldn't just see my outline anymore but everything of me. He was bit more taller than me but we looked around the same age. I'm not exactly sure, though.
"I'm ten by the way." I said quietly looking up at him. He gave me a small smile that looked identical to mine.
"Same here. " His smile dropped suddenly looking nervous all of a sudden. "I was running away from the place where they put loony people."
My eyes widened and I took two deliberate steps back. He might hurt me. He seemed to notice I was backing away, maybe I should run.
"Don't be scared I won't hurt you. You're the first person that I've met who hasn't tried to inflict pain on me." I flinched when he took a step towards me. He stopped moving and just stood there looking sadly at me.
"I'm not a loon, if you're worried about that. I was placed into a mental hospital because I said I was from...," He stopped for a moment but he kept going, "I'm from 1918. I'm from the past is what I'm meaning. Look I don't expect you to understand what I am going through or even expect you to care. I'm just telling you the truth." My eyes widened once more and I took one more step back. He really must be crazy.
"Please, believe me. I am not crazy and I have proof that I am sane. See." He reached into one of his pockets and took out a what looked like photos. I took cautious steps towards him and took the photos he held out tentatively. I looked in his eyes showing my fear on my own brown eyes. I had dark brown hair with brown eyes as my complexion looked pale identical to his.
I looked down at the photographs he had held out towards me and I was shocked to see him in black and white pictures. He was holding someone else's hand which was a girl.
"She's my sister. I not sure what happened to her. All I remember was that I was hiding and I was calling out her name but I didn't hear from either her or my parents as a matter of fact. I was scared ever since and I've been scared ever since. I was only five when I noticed I wasn't in my own time. I've read my fair share of books here and from before and I know more than most children here at my age. I had these pictures with me at all times. They tried to take them away from me but I didn't let them. Those people in the hospital, I mean. I have that and this." He pulled out a pocket watch with an inscription in the back.
To Anthony, from mother and father.
I sat down taking in everything he gave me to think about. I'm not sure if I can believe him even with his evidence. He seemed to see that I needed time think so he went out to look for firewood since it was getting cold and even with our coats we can still freeze to death out here. Even if it was in the middle of summer the nights out here are not as warm as in the day. I nodded my head and just sat there scared witless yet calm as well.
It took me a few minutes to get my thoughts together and I finally thought that I can believe him. He doesn't seem like one to lie and he has the evidence to prove himself. I trusted him.
I shivered as the wind currents picked up, where is Anthony? I stood up and went to find him. I looked through every nook and cranny but I still didn't find him. As I came closer to the moonlight illuminating from what looked like a clearing. I spotted him and he looked like he was sleeping. Everything seemed strange as I stepped into the clearing and walked towards him. I knelt down besides him and checked his breathing. He was breathing but he was asleep.
"Anthony wake up! Anthony wake up! Please, Anthony! You're scaring me!" My heart rate was going a mile a minute and it was too late to notice that I too was falling asleep. I closed my eyes and laid next to Anthony going into a mysterious dream.
A/N: I am so sorry, I updated late. I knew I was forgetting something and then I remembered just today when my friend was telling me of a story she read, and well lets just say I said something and then she said something and then all of a sudden I am apologizing my but off because I forgot to update this chapter.
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