Ari opened her eyes slowly; trying to adjust to the sunlight that was
flashing harshly above her. She rubbed her eyelids softly, and sat up,
water flowing up beside her. She picked a few pieces of seaweed off her
shoulder. Suddenly, a sharp pain struck her forehead. She had a small
wound above her left eyebrow. She reached up to touch it, and she felt the
blood start to run down the side of her face. It began to sting. She
quickly moved her hand, and it ceased. That's odd.
She stood up, yet her legs felt weak, and she stumbled a few times. She tried to squeeze the water out of dress, which was now ripped in many places. She looked down at her legs and feet. She checked her arms and the rest of her face. Surprisingly enough, she had no marks, sores, bruises, nothing, except the cut on her forehead.
She walked away from the shore. It was completely abandoned. All except for one man, sitting alone in a boat anchored to the shore. She observed the boat closely, and stared at the man for a few moments. His eyes were in her direction, but it seemed as if he were looking through her. She turned around, then faced him again.
"Hello sir." The man said nothing. It was as if he didn't even acknowledge the fact that he was being spoken to. She looked over towards her house, which wasn't too far off in the distance. It seemed as if her parents weren't home. There aren't many people out today. "Excuse me, I hate to bother you but, do you know the people that live there?" Again, nothing escaped his lips. Maybe he just doesn't feel like talking right now. She turned around to and began to walk off.
It was then, when she closed her eyes for a moment, that she began having a vision of something. She remembered everything, how the man was completely tortured, the bloody water, the sadistic look on the other man's face as he came for her, even how she floated off into the ocean. How can I remember something like that?
"Because you're different," the man answered. She quickly turned around in shock. He was now looking right at her, his eyes pale green, much like the water. Did I say that out loud?
"No you didn't." She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"How do you know what I'm thinking? Can you." she hesitated, "can you read minds?
He chucked slightly. "I guess you could say that," he responded, smiling at her kindly. A small smile came across her face also. "You were right. There aren't many people out today are there?" Ari nodded in agreement. "Actually, there isn't anyone, no one except her over there," he said, pointing to a girl sitting alone by the shore, her blonde hair blowing in the wind.
"Sky! It's you!" Ari ran quickly over to her, her dress slinging water in all directions. "I'm sorry I never met you before! But, you'll never ever believe what happened! First of all, I.Sky?" Sky said nothing, her tan eyes blurry. "Sky, what's wrong? What happened? Please talk to me, please!" Sky curled up her body, and rested her chin on her knees. She wiped the tears off her cheek. "If you're still upset about me not meeting you I'm so sorry!"
"She can't hear you. Nor can she see you," he said.
"What do you mean she can't see me I'm right here beside her. She's not deaf." Ari said, confused.
"That isn't what I mean."
"Do you know who she is?"
"I know some things. I know she's upset. She lost one of her best friends last night. She seems to be taking it quite hard." Ari looked at her very empathetically.
"Then, why won't she let me try to make her feel better?" He didn't answer. "Well, then can you tell me who it was?" He took a deep breath, and looked at Ari, his expression very serious and very concerning.
"You."
She stood up, yet her legs felt weak, and she stumbled a few times. She tried to squeeze the water out of dress, which was now ripped in many places. She looked down at her legs and feet. She checked her arms and the rest of her face. Surprisingly enough, she had no marks, sores, bruises, nothing, except the cut on her forehead.
She walked away from the shore. It was completely abandoned. All except for one man, sitting alone in a boat anchored to the shore. She observed the boat closely, and stared at the man for a few moments. His eyes were in her direction, but it seemed as if he were looking through her. She turned around, then faced him again.
"Hello sir." The man said nothing. It was as if he didn't even acknowledge the fact that he was being spoken to. She looked over towards her house, which wasn't too far off in the distance. It seemed as if her parents weren't home. There aren't many people out today. "Excuse me, I hate to bother you but, do you know the people that live there?" Again, nothing escaped his lips. Maybe he just doesn't feel like talking right now. She turned around to and began to walk off.
It was then, when she closed her eyes for a moment, that she began having a vision of something. She remembered everything, how the man was completely tortured, the bloody water, the sadistic look on the other man's face as he came for her, even how she floated off into the ocean. How can I remember something like that?
"Because you're different," the man answered. She quickly turned around in shock. He was now looking right at her, his eyes pale green, much like the water. Did I say that out loud?
"No you didn't." She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"How do you know what I'm thinking? Can you." she hesitated, "can you read minds?
He chucked slightly. "I guess you could say that," he responded, smiling at her kindly. A small smile came across her face also. "You were right. There aren't many people out today are there?" Ari nodded in agreement. "Actually, there isn't anyone, no one except her over there," he said, pointing to a girl sitting alone by the shore, her blonde hair blowing in the wind.
"Sky! It's you!" Ari ran quickly over to her, her dress slinging water in all directions. "I'm sorry I never met you before! But, you'll never ever believe what happened! First of all, I.Sky?" Sky said nothing, her tan eyes blurry. "Sky, what's wrong? What happened? Please talk to me, please!" Sky curled up her body, and rested her chin on her knees. She wiped the tears off her cheek. "If you're still upset about me not meeting you I'm so sorry!"
"She can't hear you. Nor can she see you," he said.
"What do you mean she can't see me I'm right here beside her. She's not deaf." Ari said, confused.
"That isn't what I mean."
"Do you know who she is?"
"I know some things. I know she's upset. She lost one of her best friends last night. She seems to be taking it quite hard." Ari looked at her very empathetically.
"Then, why won't she let me try to make her feel better?" He didn't answer. "Well, then can you tell me who it was?" He took a deep breath, and looked at Ari, his expression very serious and very concerning.
"You."