Chapter 9:
Kaitlyn looked around the unfamiliar surroundings, but instead of feeling frightened, she felt relaxed. It was like a paradise to her. The sky was blue and clear; the land was clean and green. The river shone under the Sunlight; the flowers looked like they were dancing along with the wind. Kaitlyn felt light, freed of troubles.
Standing a few kilometres away from her, was her deceased mother. She rubbed her eyes, to confirm that that was not a dream, not an illusion.
"Mom?" Kaitlyn cried.
She felt her tears rolled down her cheek as her mother opened up her arms wide and gestured Kaitlyn to come forward. Kaitlyn ran and ran, but she just could not touch her mother. Kaitlyn does not mind, instead, she felt contented just by seeing her again.
She stood there, helplessly as her mother disappeared from her sight. She knew that it's impossible for her mom to come back from the dead, but she couldn't help but let the tears rolled down. She buried her head in her hands as she cried her heart out.
How long had it been since she cried so hardly? She missed her mother, she hated her life now. She stopped crying when a hand pats her head, she can't help but shout out for her mother. She looked up, hoping with all her might that it's her mother. But standing there was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen in her entire life.
The woman had long silky black hair and had the prettiest sapphire-blue eyes Kaitlyn had ever seen. The woman was wearing a silvery dress with a white shawl over her arms. Kaitlyn held her breath as the woman spoke.
"You must be Kaitlyn Swift."
Kaitlyn nodded obediently, she felt that there was a need to obey this woman here.
"Let me introduced myself, I'm Nadine," She smiled, revealing the row of white teeth, "I'm the goddess of light academy."
Goddess? I had never heard of a goddess named Nadine! Not in literature! Am I going to be a sacrifice for her? Or was there some mistake that I survived through the car accident and they're here to take away my life?
"No," Nadine chuckled, "I'm not here to take your life away, I'm here to protect you. It's because of your own powers that you survived the car accident."
"You can read my mind?"
Nadine nodded.
"Oh. And the powers you're talking about?"
"You'll realize that eventually, but now it's not the ripe time for your powers to be awakened."
"Then, when will the time be right?" Kaitlyn asked.
Just as the goddess wanted to open her mouth to answer Kaitlyn's question, the ground under her feet started shaking abruptly. Kaitlyn had a bad premonition about what is going to happen next. She then looked up and caught a glimpse of the goddess's frightful face.
"Nadine?"
"No, no! Felix! Stop!" Nadine shrieked, "Kaitlyn, run away, quick!"
"But Nadine, you…"
"Don't worry, he can't harm me here, but he has the ability to harm you! Quick! Run and don't turn back! But please remember this, don't allow the…"
"What?"
"Academy gets near you! Beware of…"
"Nadine?"
"Don't allow your powers to awaken now, it can cause disruption to the world peace! Please, Kait… Run now!" Kaitlyn ran as Nadine's voice gets softer and softer till it's beyond human's ears.
Kaitlyn knew that she was still in the paradise but she did not felt safe, but instead, she felt afraid. She had the same feelings as the day when the accident took place.
"You were afraid…" A deep voice broke into Kaitlyn's thoughts.
Soon, she was plunged into darkness. She looked around but all she could see was just darkness. Nothing.
"You were afraid of being alone…"
"What?" Kaitlyn trembled.
What was the voice about? What was it saying?
"Swift " a different voice from before, this sounded familiar.
"Huh?"
"You do not want to be left alone…"
"Quiet, please…" Kaitlyn squat down in the darkness and covered her ears.
"You're alive because it's an accident…"
"Quiet!"
"You should be dead, you should not be here."
"No!"
"Kaitlyn Swift!"
"Shut up!" Kaitlyn shouted as she stood up and realized that she was not in the darkness anymore but in a classroom with dozen pairs of eyes staring at her. And standing right in front was a red with fury Mr. Andrews.
Uh-oh, that spelt trouble for Kaitlyn as she felt her cheeks go red. She could hear the class's ferocious laughter and see her friends' hands on their forehead. She stuck out her tongue as she prepared for the worst.
"Kaitlyn Swift, detention for you!" Mr. Andrews screamed angrily as he strode out of the classroom.
Kaitlyn slouched back into her seat as she mumbled, "Great, detention."
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