Chapter 10

Nobody's Point of View

"Raina." A voice said as Raina ran across a field that was slowly dying.

"Who's there?" Raina asked, but was answered by silence. "Show yourself!" She shouted, but was still answered by silence.

Raina slowly walked through the now dead field and stumbled upon a castle that was now in ruin. She continued to walk through it and as she walked, she notice there were shadowy figures stalking her. Looking around some more, the shadows were everywhere and looked to be ready to chase after her. Picking up her speed, she ran towards the main door of the castle and the creatures followed. Just when one was about to get her, she quickly opened the door and closed it just as fast. Now alone, she looked around the castle and a cold shiver went down her spine as it began to feel familiar to her.

"Hello anybody here?" Raina asked out loud, but again was answered by silence.

She walked into another room that must have once been a library. Dust, rocks, and rotting books covered the floor, making it difficult to see what it once looked like. Raina stepped onto a book and when she bent down to pick it up, she saw the floor made a picture. She moved some more debris out of the way and when she looked at what was on the floor, she shrieked and stumbled away from it as she realized the reason why this place was familiar. It was her home. Then she could feel wind and saw some more debris being moved away. Looking back at the floor, she saw something that was never there before. The stone was painted to show shadow of a woman standing not far from her home and the more she looked at it, the more she saw the shadow moving closer and closer until the next she knows, is a hand grabbing onto her and dragging her down towards it. Then she woke up.

Raina's Point of View

"Raina wake up." A voice said while shaking me and I jolted upwards only to find it was Daisy.

"Daisy what are you doing here?" I asked, catching my breath.

"It was time for my training and I came to see if you were awake. Then I heard you screaming and I thought you were in trouble, so I rushed in here to only find you screaming in your sleep. I guessed you were having a nightmare and so I went to wake you up." She answered.

"I slept in? What time is it?" I asked getting up to get ready for the day.

"About close to nine, later than usual, but you must have been very tired lately, so me and the others just let thought it would be best to let you sleep." She concluded, sitting down as I dressed.

"Thanks for the thought, but if this happens again, don't hesitate to wake me up." I said, while fixing my hair.

"Alright." She replied and left the room.

Once she left, I looked into my mirror and saw my hands were shaking. I kept on thinking about the dream I had and what it could mean. Either my fear of Razon was getting to me, or something bad is really about to happen. I hope it was the latter, but lately I can never tell if the dreams I've been having lately are telling me about the future.

Nick's Point of View

After my conversation with Jack yesterday, it made me ok with my situation, but I still didn't believe in who I might be. Raina did pull me aside to tell me she was sorry for scaring me and really did want to help me. I could tell that she was telling the truth, but I felt like she was trying to act calm in front of me and was dying to let a weight off of her shoulders. I also noticed her hands were shaking today and I wanted to know why, but didn't want to pry. I also figured it was best for me not to know what was going on with her.

I then went to go find Daisy, but saw she was training on how to use her abilities. Soon I find myself walking around the place and stumble into a room I never been in before. The room was covered with things of every decade and looked to be cleaned out after a long time. Some paintings were hung on the walls, different kinds of armor in different parts of the room, a bookshelf next and some chairs next to a window, and a table with a picture on it on the left side of the biggest chair in the entire room. I began to look around at everything that was in there. After looking at everything, I went to pick up the picture and saw a group of people who were all dressed in medieval clothing. I easily recognized Raina, for she was the only girl in the picture who was not wearing a dress. Then I saw Henry, Adam, Delilah, and a boy who looked to be my age and had a hand lying on Raina's. However, the next person completely caught me off guard and I dropped the picture, because it was Pitch. I quickly put the picture back in it's place and left the room just as quickly.

"What are you doing?" A voice asked, and it made me almost jump from being shocked.

"I was just looking around." I answered, seeing it was Delilah.

"Well I'm not Raina, so you don't have to hide from me." She replied, and began to walk away.

"I saw a picture with you and Raina." I said out loud, and didn't know why I said it.

"Did you now, I was wondering if Raina still kept it after all these years." She replied, turning to face me.

"Why was Pitch in it?" I asked, wanting to know what happened in the past.

"That is not my place to tell you, if you want to know, you should ask Raina. However, she may not tell you for a while." She answered, and started to walk away again.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because as much as it pains me, it hurts her even more." She answered, and with that, she was gone.