Chapter six: vision and haunting.

Rai's P.O.V.

I lay on my back on the grass staring at the sky in my own perfect world…. Well almost perfect. "I want to be back with my brothers." I whimper in longing as I bring my hands that were laying on the ground at my side to linked laying on my stomach. "I miss them." I sigh closing my eyes imagining I am with my brothers and everything is good. I open my eyes and the sky has changed to orange instead of the normal blue and there's some sort of light haze that's black. I quickly sit up finding myself lying on light brown rocky ground that also has a path way made of bones leading to a house. 'Is my killer here again or is that my brothers?' I get hopeful that somehow I have broken through and managed to reach my brothers, as in some books in the fantasy part of the library explain that when a trail of bones lead to a home either a psycho is there or they have gone to where they really want to be. Cautiously I begin walking towards the two story looking house and the door opens on its own for me. Still being cautious I walk inside and I don't' see anyone at first.

The house is creepy, the walls are mahogany red and its dimmer than its supposed to be. There's dusty dark grey carpet under my feet and down the almost non-existent hallway at the end of it is two sets of stairs left one going up the right one going down. The floor everywhere even on the stairs is littered with bones that is enough to make it more creepy and not enough to make the place seem filthy. There's even some bones going to the walls on either side of the stairs as if there is holes in the wall so that when you stand in front of the stairs you can turn to your left and go one way or turn to your right and go the other way. Upon a little closer inspection I see that all he bones are human and there's splotches of blood here and there on the carpet. This place sends shivers down my spine but I bet it would to anyone.

I begin cautiously walking towards the stairs alert for any sounds of someone possibly trying to sneak up on me or any indication someone is in this house with me. I move up to in front of the stairs and I think I spot some movement in the room in the hole to my left. I cautiously go in slowly and my eyes darting around as my heart races in fear of this place. I may be scared but I have to know if I get to see my brothers again. I spot a tan colored wooden table with tan colored chairs out of the corner of my eye as I turn slightly to glance back the way I came. I also spot someone sitting there or well movement. I turn to look to the person and my eyes widen as I take a step back ready to bolt but finding myself suddenly frozen in fear staring at who is sitting there.

He sits there on one of the chairs at the table shadows, that are cast from his bangs, falling over his eyes and his really dark brown hair make him just slightly more shadowy enough to make him appear as dark as when we first saw each other. His lips form a sick twisted grin as he watches me from the shadows over his eyes. He has a human skull on the table next to him in my line of sight.

My murderer…..

I close my eyes managing to move again, I bring my hands to grip my head by my ears and I scream. "NOOO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shake and fall to my knees finding that the ground is a lot softer than it shouldn't be. Fearfully I crack open one eye and see that it has changed back to my own perfect world.

Grassy field with some pretty big but not gigantic rocks seen in the distance almost like small hills. White clouds behind the rocks in the distance lining the edge that if you walk towards them they will become more distant plus if you do manage to get to the end of the perfect world and go through the clouds you end up walking right back into my perfect world. Above the land and even seen above the distant clouds is blue sky with a moon that looks a lot bigger, just a little more than half of it is hidden by the clouds, and closer just peeking over the clouds just visible by the sunlight coming from the sun behind me. The sun and moon are straight across from one another and to make it night and day whenever I want one light will dim and the other brightening to make it look like the normal worlds night and day but the sun and moon don't move only change their lightings.

I sigh in relief and stand opening both of my eyes fully. "Good he's gone….. for now…." I say under my breath. I begin wandering and I think about sending a message to someone or a vision or something maybe?

"Excuse me?" A small voice asks behind me.

I stop and turn around seeing a smaller boy who had just started grade seven back when I was alive… I really actually don't know how long I've been here.

He has sandy blonde hair that is messily cut short to the middle of his forehead and he is wearing a light blue t-shirt with jeans that have four spots of color on one leg like a painter wiped his hands on there, which is what this boy did. He had been painting with black, navy blue, yellow and pink so when he wiped his hands on his jeans he got a spot of each color as that's how his fingers were painted at the time.

The paint became a stain.

He has a talent at painting though he is really young.

"Spaniel." I say his name and he pauses only for his eyes to widen in recognition and surprise.

"Rai." He gasps.

I smile. "Yes Spaniel. It's me." I take a few steps closer to him. "How did you get here?"

"I was reading a book in my room when everything went black and I woke up here." He explains. "Are you sending me a vision?" He asks after a pause and looks around only for his questioning eyes to fall back onto me. "Where are we?"

I blink and decided it's a good idea to go along with this vision thing so he can give a message to my brothers. "Yes this is a vision." I go to stand in front of him and kneel down as he is shorter than me and we now meet at eye level. "Listen I know you're a really good painter and I also need you to send a message for me as I don't know how long you'll be here for." I tell him. "I can't pick and choose who I send a message to but as long as you're good it will reach you. It chose you to be the holder of my message. Now can you do it? Can you send my message to those I tell you back home?" I stare into his eyes which get a gleam of wonder then determination.

He nods. "I promise Rai. I promise I will!" He says determinedly.

I smile. "Thank you. Now listen carefully."

He focuses his full attention onto me.

"I need you to paint a picture of this world but you don't have to include me in it ok?"

He nods.

"I need you to inform my brothers that I'm alright except for my killer haunting me and that they will know without a doubt when they see him. Tell the sheriff that the killer is someone I've never seen anywhere in the village before he killed me. Also…. Tell my brothers that I am dead but don't forget to tell them that I am alright except for the haunting. I just hope they don't take it too hard…" I tell him making sure to not rush my words so he can hear me clearly except the last sentence I said a little quite. "Did you get all that?" I speak up again to make sure he heard.

"Yes Rai." He nods then pauses. "Rai…"

"Yes?" I wonder whats bugging him.

"I don't think your brothers will believe me. They still think you might be alive. What if they don't believe me?" He looks worried.

I blink and don't say anything. I slowly stand and turn away from Spaniel not saying anything for a moment longer only for my slightly worried voice to speak. "I don't know. I don't know Spaniel."

Theres silence between us for almost a minute.

I hear him move closer to e and he wraps his arms around me from behind making me look over my shoulder at him.

"I promise Rai. I promise I will not mess up with the responsibility you've given me. It'll be alright they are hunting your killer as we speak." He tells me in an attempt to comfort me only to let go of me after and take a step back.

I turn to him. "My brothers and the sheriff?" I tilt my head in question.

He nods. "Them and a group of people who are law enforcers from outside of the village. Maxine knows them and asked them to come help."

I wish my brothers weren't on the case, it's not safe….. well they are strong and really smart but I still worry that the killer will go after them. "Just make sure to tell my brothers to be careful in case the killer goes after them." I tell him.

"I know and I will." He looks around at my own perfect world. "This world is beautiful."

I smile and look around as well. "It is." I agree.

We stay silent for a moment enjoying the beauty of my perfect world.

I glance to him about to ask how long I've been dead when I see that he's starting to fade only to come back as whole then start to fade more only to repeat. "It seems our time is up." I say processing whats going on after a second.

"What?" He looks to me then lifts his hands up so he turns to look at them seeing that he's fading. His words become a jumble of mixed whats going on with why am I fading.

"Calm down." I say softly not wanting the poor kid to become too freaked out.

He stops his jumbled speech and looks to me hoping for answers.

"You're going to wake up back where you blacked out alright?" I gently smile. "Now don't forget what I told you and thank you so much for doing this."

"I wont let you down Ra..." His last words fade with him until he is no longer there.

I look to the moon feeling like a weight is lifted and though the weight of worry for those back in the village and fear my killer will appear here again, I feel lighter making me sigh in relief.

No one's P.O.V.

"Spaniel?" Spaniel's mother knocks on spaniels door as he opens his eyes with a groan. "Spaniel!" She sounds a little panicked and the knocking pauses telling him shes about to open the door which would be obvious to anyone.

He raises his head. "I'm ok mom!" He calls. "Just took a nap! Sorry!"

Theres a one second pause then a sigh of relief. "That's good. Now your grandma is going to watch you."

Spaniels grandma lives with him and his mom.

Spaniels dad died when Spaniel was eight years old. His dad went out and found some hunters who were hunting a safe distance from the village along with camping a bit more further away.

The hunters shot him thinking he was prey and luckily Silver had been out at the time so he captured the hunters bringing them to the sheriff to be punished.

Spaniels mother was devastated and his grandma moved in with them to help with Spaniel while his mother was distressed only to end up staying probably till she dies of her old age.

"Ok mom." He calls back. "Love you."

"Love you too sweety." His mom says happily then the footsteps are heard as she leaves.

Spaniel gets up grabbing one of the blank canvases in his closet and puts it on an art pedestal his father made him when he was only six years old. He grabs a piece of paper writing everything he has to say along with to who. As soon as he finishes writing he then goes and begins painting with the nature made paints that can be bought in town. He makes sure it's a very detailed and as close to a replica as what he saw. He focuses his painting on one side of the world he saw when Rai sent him the vision, the side with the rocks in the distance and the moon. He continues painting for a while making sure to do good on it but to also be able to have time to talk to those he needs to send messages to. He finishes about seven hours later smiling at how it looked almost like the world he saw. He puts his paints down and grabs the piece of paper getting ready to leave and let the paint dry not to mention its getting pretty late its starting to turn dark.

His grandma knocks on the door. "Spaniel?" She says with her kind but old voice.

"Come in." He invites her in kindly.

Opening the door she steps inside. "Spaniel I….." She stops talking when she spots the painting. "My that is really beautiful Spaniel." She says proudly. "What-" Spaniel interrupts her knowing that when admiring something she tends to ramble.

"Gandma. Rai sent me a vision." He says and looks to the painting.

His grandma goes wide eyed and looks to him in surprise. "R-Rai did?" She stutters.

Spaniel turns around and nods. "She did. I need to talk to her brothers and the sheriff. She gave me messages for them."

His grandma looks ready to have a heart attack for a minute then manages to calm down. "It's getting late so let me go to the sheriff and you go to Rais brothers. I think they need to hear what she told you from you yourself more than the sheriff."

Spaniel hugs his grandmother. "Thank you." He says gratefully then lets go and rips the piece of paper in half handing her the half with what to tell the sheriff. "Heres what to tell the sheriff."

She takes it and nods. "Ok but you gotta come straight back here and stay where others can see you."

Spaniel smiles at his grandmas worry. "I will." He promises. "Now divide and conquer!" He races out of the room and out of the house running towards the Rivers home.

"So full of energy." His grandma smiles and leaves the house shutting the door behind her only to head to the sheriffs office.

Spaniel slows his pace when hes close to the Rivers home and pants for a minute catching his breath then walking the rest of the way to the Rivers home. He arrives and knocks on the door.

Theres a pause then footsteps coming towards the door soft and barley noticeable.

The door opens and standing there is Nate.

"Ah hello Spaniel." Nate greets him. "What brings you here so late? You know you should be careful as whoever took Rai hasn't been caught yet." He gently reminds the smaller boy.

"Nate." Spaniel looks up into the stormy grey eyes of the other male whos standing in front of him. "Rai sent me a vision. She also sent me a message for you and Silver." He informs Nate.

Nate's eyes widen and he quickly goes inside to get Silver calling a come in to Spaniel.

Spaniel comes inside closing the door behind himself now noticing he forgot to put on his shoes with a small blush of embarrassment but he pushes that away reminding himself that Rai needs this message to reach her brothers ears. He stands there unsure what to do but he isn't left waiting long enough to even begin to think of ideas of where to go to meet Rais brothers as they come to him.

"Please tell us this message." Nate gently but urgently tells the smaller boy.

"Please! Is she alright!? Where is she!? Is she-" Silver is cut off by Nate gently putting his hand over Silvers mouth silently telling his twin to let Spaniel speak. Silver raises a hand and grabs Nates hand gently taking it off his mouth only to hold his brothers hand in his own to give him at least a little peace, enough to stay quite without demanding Spaniel to hurry.

Spaniel finds he doesn't have to look to the paper as he tells the brothers the message. "She wants you to know that she is dead but shes alright. Her killer haunts her but other than that she is perfectly fine. Her killer doesn't always haunt her as I even saw that for myself but he still does. She says you'll know the killer when you see him without a doubt. I painted a picture of what I saw well landscaping so I didn't add Rai so the land can be better seen."

A heavy silence falls over them.