A World Alone

(the long awaited) ch. 4

All a Dream





"Griffin."I replied. Then my eyes snapped open and I was left in a white room. Empty and sterile. I tired to pull myself up when I was snapped back down by the leather restraints tying me to the metal bed frame. I stared wildly around at the room. A mirror on the far wall, and the rest was simply empty. 'What's going on?' I thought wildly. My mind panicked 'Where was I? This isn't my room.'

"Help!" I cried as I pulled uselessly on the restraints. 'Change! if I change I can escape. Think sharp beak and ripping claws. Griffin.' I pulled on the restraints but I was still normal. Just then several men in white orderly outfits dashed in the door.

"Do we need meds?" One asked.

"I'm not sure I'll go get some incase she gets worse."Another replied as he turned around the corner out of view.

"What's going on? Where am I?" I whispered frantically.

"You. Go get her doctor. I think we'll need him since she's coming around." He shouted at one man before he turned to me talking softly, "It'll be okay. You're okay. You're safe here. Just relax. Your doctor's coming and will be here anytime now. Okay?" 'My doctor. What the hell was this place?"

A tan-skinned man walked in the door with a clipboard in hand. He had a long white coat and a name tag that said Dr. Ramison.

"She doesn't seem to know where she is or anything else." The orderly told him as he approached the bed.

"That's to be expected." He told the orderly, "Now everyone out I think she needs some time to get her bearings and figure out what's going on. You can watch through the glass." He finished when some of them hesitated. They finally all left and the blue door shut behind them with an ominous creak.

"Now let's see you've been gone for quite a long time. Your name is Melony. Hmmmmm. Well, Melony your at the Jamaica Mental Institution. This is only place where they except Zoanthropes outside the U.S. and a couple other countries." He explained.

"Where's Kenji?" I questioned.

"Ah, Yes another Zoanthrope. A Mole I believe. He went to your old school and you liked him a lot. Then you found him with...what was it? Oh yes Uriko. I believe you came here not long after that. That's when your delusions started you made up an entire adventure so that you would have been closer and braver. And you are a cat zoanthrope?"

"No, I'm a griffin."

"Oh yes. Another of your delusions. You thought that if you had a rarer beast form Kenji might have given you more attention and you could have been better than Uriko." He said as he flipped trough my file.

"No." I whispered frightened, "I...I... It can't be true or I'd remember something of..whatever this is."

"I'm sorry child your world has become quite elaborate it seems. We didn't think you would ever wake up. And the reason you don't remember yet is because of the drugs you've been getting. They're used to keep a zoanthrope from transforming so they don't hurt themselves or others. It's only side effect is temporary memory loss. You'll be getting flashes of your real memories as the days progress so don't worry."

"But..but..then how did I get here." I sad becoming progressively desperate.

"Your sister sent you here after you began to submerge yourself in these delusions or 'Daydreams' as your sister once called them."

"And my parents?"

"Your parents are unfortunately deceased. Your mother died of cancer and your father unable to see you in your condition left. I'm not sure if your sister still remains in contact with him but she still calls to check up on you about once a month. I think that's when your delusions became worse and why you made up that sad story of how you killed your parents. We believe that was your attempt to make your realty more realistic. Pain seems to be the most common emotion that chains a person to their reality."

"So none of it was real?"

"Well some of it was real or at least based on real events and others were simply figments and fantasies."

"It's alright if you need some time to adjust. That's usually common with the patients." He said as he smiled, "Well, It's pretty late and you need some time to let this sink in. So how about I'll leave you tonight and we can talk more in the morning. Alright? Now will you promise to be good so I can take these restraints off."

"Mmmkay..." I whispered quietly still in shock. He bent down walking around the bed as he slowly removed all of my leather restraints.

"Now isn't that better? Well, I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight." He said as he turned off the lights and walked out the door leaving me alone in the dark empty room. I sat up rubbing my sore wrists as I walked around touching each wall staring at the mirror. 'Jamaica Mental Institution' I walked back to the plain metal bed and sat down on the thin sheets and rough blanket. Then I hugged my knees as tears rolled down my cheeks.

'What is real? Was that all a dream?....' It seemed suddenly darker as cheeks ran down my thin white fur. 'All a Dream...' Was my last thought as emotional and mental exhaustion took hold and threw me into a dark dreamless oblivion.



Author's Note: So after years of not updating I finally added a chapter. So what did you think? Quite a shock, huh? Well, the reason I haven't updated in so long is because the beginning sucks. In my opinion it's paper thin as some said and boring and stupid and well, let's just say I extremely dislike it. So I didn't want to write anymore though a couple times I wrote a little but then threw it out so nothing has gotten written. To those who review I thank you though I will most likely never rewrite the horrible first chapters and if anyone reads this I might even continue it! Wow! So Read and Review if you like or even if you don't like. Thankies! ^_^