If you're wondering...Bang-Bang-Zoom is actually a real game! I played it in
gym once! It was fun! Lol!
I got out of school two hours early today, because of a freak accident. At the beginning of lunch, a bird flew into the wires, and exploded. I was inside when that happened, so the lights went off, then came back on, except, half of them didn't work, some of them were flicking, and some were normal. Then, at twelve thirty, the repairmen came, and they couldn't fix it anytime soon, so we got to go home! Tomorrow is a Pro-D day too! I'm so happy!
Chapter Twenty – Five – The Premonition
Ray's POV
I looked at Zarine. She was talking and laughing with Mariam. They were becoming fast friends. I studied her features carefully, she looked different, happier.
"Let's go to ice-cream parlor!" she suggested to Mariam.
"You just had ice cream this afternoon!" Tyson exclaimed.
"So what? I love ice-cream! I used to go to an ice-cream parlor in my town almost every single day. My fridge at home always had at least three different kinds of ice cream," she said.
"Wait till tomorrow. I'll take you there tomorrow, after our match," I offered.
"Fine," she sighed. "I suppose it won't kill me."
"Well, we better take off. We have an early match tomorrow," Ozuma said.
"See you guys later!" Tyson said.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zarine's POV
That night as I got into bed, I thought of what Mariam had told me earlier.
*Flashback*
"So what's up with you and Max?" I asked my friend.
Mariam turned red and muttered, "We're just friends.
"Yeah, for now!" I teased. "You like him, it's written all over your face!"
"Yeah, I do," Mariam confessed.
I smiled broadly, happy for her and Max. "So when are you going to tell him?"
Mariam grinned mischievously. "I think I'll leave him hanging for now..."
*End of flashback*
I smiled, unaware that anyone might be looking at me.
"Why do you look so happy?" Ray asked.
I looked at him. Oops, he had been looking at me. I must've seemed like an idiot to him! I mentally slapped myself. "Nothing," I answered.
Ray rolled his eyes, "You know I'm not going to believe that."
"That's too bad, because that's the only answer you'll be getting," I said, before turning my back on him.
I heard Ray sighing exasperatedly. I felt bad for talking to him like that. I didn't mean to. I just had to end the conversation before I do something stupid. While I was pondering for an appropriate apology, I heard him leave the room. Great, what have I done?
I fell asleep. I sleeping peacefully until...I was aware that I was in the dark all alone. I looked around, nothing but darkness surrounded me. I couldn't even see my hair.
I called out, "Hello? Is anyone there?"
Nothing but the echoes of my voice came back. I tried again, "Hello?"
Once again, I only heard the echoes.
I began to panic, my heart pounding like crazy. I turned around frantically. I felt like someone was watching me. I ran, but it seemed like the darkness was pressing in on me.
"Is there anyone out there? Ray? Tyson? Kenny? Kai? Max?" I called out, my voice shaking.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew. The wind felt unreal for it didn't move my hair. However, my heart felt like it had been drenched in ice cold water. I was gripped with fear. I felt so scared, so cold, but there was no one there to comfort me. I was all alone...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Normal POV
Zarine bolted up in her bed. She was gasping for breath like she had been forced to run fifty miles per hour. She looked out the window. It was still dark outside. The memory of the dream returned to her. She shuddered, it had felt so real. Zarine put her head in her hands, and realized that her face was covered in cold sweat. She wiped it with a blanket.
She tried to slow her breathing down, unwilling to wake Ray up. She lay back down and hugged a pillow. She looked at the clock, it was only three am. Zarine groaned inwardly, knowing she wouldn't get anymore sleep that night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ray's POV
At breakfast, I looked at Zarine. She didn't look too well this morning. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she looked really tired. She stabbed at one of her sausages. Rising it to her mouth, she began to nibble at it.
I wonder what's up with her. She was sleeping when I came back. She should've had a good rest. I buttered my toast, and began eating it. By the time I finished it, Zarine had only finished half of her sausage. I started on my bacon in order to suppress the need to speak up.
"Zarine, eat properly!" Kai snapped.
Zarine looked at Kai, with a surprised look. "Sorry, what were you saying?"
"Don't nibble your sausage like that!" Kai said irritated.
"Oh, sorry," she said, and looked down at her plate.
My worries only increased. Something is definitely up with her.
She finished her sausage in two bites, and pushed her plate away. "Tyson, do you want the rest of my food?" asked Zarine.
"Oh ya!" Tyson answered enthusiastically, and snatched the plate away from her.
"Zarine, you only ate your sausage! You should eat more," I said.
She just shrugged. I frowned, but said nothing.
We won our round easily. Tomorrow, we'll be taking on the Saint Shields in the semi-finals. The Dark Force will be facing the White Tigers. At lunch, Zarine didn't even touch a thing on her plate. I took Zarine to the ice cream parlor because I promised her that I would last night. I hoped that she'd eat ice cream at least, if she doesn't, then something is seriously wrong. She was so quiet today. I was worried, and so was the rest of the team.
"So what kind of ice cream would you like?" I asked her.
"I dunno, I don't care," she said.
I don't care? Did she just say that?
"You don't care?" I asked disbelievingly. "What's wrong? Usually, you're really excited about ice cream."
She shrugged. "I'm just tired. I'll have strawberry sorbet ice cream today."
She finished her ice cream, which was a good sign, I suppose. Maybe she was just having a bad day.
The whole day, the whole team observed Zarine carefully to see if they could even get a clue about her condition. She went to bed really early that night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Zarine's POV
As much as I tried to get the dream out of my head, I couldn't. I knew that it was no ordinary dream. Maybe it was a warning...but what kind of warning? What's it about? I have a weird feeling that it was going that Will's going to be involved somehow.
I sighed heavily. I hoped that I would actually get some sleep tonight.
Oh no, I was back again. I looked around. The darkness was there again. If only it wasn't so dark. Resigned to the fact that I was stuck there, I walked around in search for something, anything but vast emptiness. After walking for what seemed like a long time, I stopped, and sat down. My legs were exhausted. A wind picked up, it was that wind again. That cold wind. I sat there, paralyzed with fear. Somehow, I stood up and started running.
"You can't run forever," a cold voice said. That voice chilled and frightened me more than the wind did.
"What do you want?" I demanded.
"You..." the voice faded.
I sat up quickly. I felt exhausted. Even though I had been sleeping, I didn't feel like I've got any rest at all. Once again, it was going to be a long night...
To be continued...
I hope it isn't too confusing for me to be switching POVs all the time!
I got out of school two hours early today, because of a freak accident. At the beginning of lunch, a bird flew into the wires, and exploded. I was inside when that happened, so the lights went off, then came back on, except, half of them didn't work, some of them were flicking, and some were normal. Then, at twelve thirty, the repairmen came, and they couldn't fix it anytime soon, so we got to go home! Tomorrow is a Pro-D day too! I'm so happy!
Chapter Twenty – Five – The Premonition
Ray's POV
I looked at Zarine. She was talking and laughing with Mariam. They were becoming fast friends. I studied her features carefully, she looked different, happier.
"Let's go to ice-cream parlor!" she suggested to Mariam.
"You just had ice cream this afternoon!" Tyson exclaimed.
"So what? I love ice-cream! I used to go to an ice-cream parlor in my town almost every single day. My fridge at home always had at least three different kinds of ice cream," she said.
"Wait till tomorrow. I'll take you there tomorrow, after our match," I offered.
"Fine," she sighed. "I suppose it won't kill me."
"Well, we better take off. We have an early match tomorrow," Ozuma said.
"See you guys later!" Tyson said.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zarine's POV
That night as I got into bed, I thought of what Mariam had told me earlier.
*Flashback*
"So what's up with you and Max?" I asked my friend.
Mariam turned red and muttered, "We're just friends.
"Yeah, for now!" I teased. "You like him, it's written all over your face!"
"Yeah, I do," Mariam confessed.
I smiled broadly, happy for her and Max. "So when are you going to tell him?"
Mariam grinned mischievously. "I think I'll leave him hanging for now..."
*End of flashback*
I smiled, unaware that anyone might be looking at me.
"Why do you look so happy?" Ray asked.
I looked at him. Oops, he had been looking at me. I must've seemed like an idiot to him! I mentally slapped myself. "Nothing," I answered.
Ray rolled his eyes, "You know I'm not going to believe that."
"That's too bad, because that's the only answer you'll be getting," I said, before turning my back on him.
I heard Ray sighing exasperatedly. I felt bad for talking to him like that. I didn't mean to. I just had to end the conversation before I do something stupid. While I was pondering for an appropriate apology, I heard him leave the room. Great, what have I done?
I fell asleep. I sleeping peacefully until...I was aware that I was in the dark all alone. I looked around, nothing but darkness surrounded me. I couldn't even see my hair.
I called out, "Hello? Is anyone there?"
Nothing but the echoes of my voice came back. I tried again, "Hello?"
Once again, I only heard the echoes.
I began to panic, my heart pounding like crazy. I turned around frantically. I felt like someone was watching me. I ran, but it seemed like the darkness was pressing in on me.
"Is there anyone out there? Ray? Tyson? Kenny? Kai? Max?" I called out, my voice shaking.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew. The wind felt unreal for it didn't move my hair. However, my heart felt like it had been drenched in ice cold water. I was gripped with fear. I felt so scared, so cold, but there was no one there to comfort me. I was all alone...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Normal POV
Zarine bolted up in her bed. She was gasping for breath like she had been forced to run fifty miles per hour. She looked out the window. It was still dark outside. The memory of the dream returned to her. She shuddered, it had felt so real. Zarine put her head in her hands, and realized that her face was covered in cold sweat. She wiped it with a blanket.
She tried to slow her breathing down, unwilling to wake Ray up. She lay back down and hugged a pillow. She looked at the clock, it was only three am. Zarine groaned inwardly, knowing she wouldn't get anymore sleep that night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ray's POV
At breakfast, I looked at Zarine. She didn't look too well this morning. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she looked really tired. She stabbed at one of her sausages. Rising it to her mouth, she began to nibble at it.
I wonder what's up with her. She was sleeping when I came back. She should've had a good rest. I buttered my toast, and began eating it. By the time I finished it, Zarine had only finished half of her sausage. I started on my bacon in order to suppress the need to speak up.
"Zarine, eat properly!" Kai snapped.
Zarine looked at Kai, with a surprised look. "Sorry, what were you saying?"
"Don't nibble your sausage like that!" Kai said irritated.
"Oh, sorry," she said, and looked down at her plate.
My worries only increased. Something is definitely up with her.
She finished her sausage in two bites, and pushed her plate away. "Tyson, do you want the rest of my food?" asked Zarine.
"Oh ya!" Tyson answered enthusiastically, and snatched the plate away from her.
"Zarine, you only ate your sausage! You should eat more," I said.
She just shrugged. I frowned, but said nothing.
We won our round easily. Tomorrow, we'll be taking on the Saint Shields in the semi-finals. The Dark Force will be facing the White Tigers. At lunch, Zarine didn't even touch a thing on her plate. I took Zarine to the ice cream parlor because I promised her that I would last night. I hoped that she'd eat ice cream at least, if she doesn't, then something is seriously wrong. She was so quiet today. I was worried, and so was the rest of the team.
"So what kind of ice cream would you like?" I asked her.
"I dunno, I don't care," she said.
I don't care? Did she just say that?
"You don't care?" I asked disbelievingly. "What's wrong? Usually, you're really excited about ice cream."
She shrugged. "I'm just tired. I'll have strawberry sorbet ice cream today."
She finished her ice cream, which was a good sign, I suppose. Maybe she was just having a bad day.
The whole day, the whole team observed Zarine carefully to see if they could even get a clue about her condition. She went to bed really early that night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Zarine's POV
As much as I tried to get the dream out of my head, I couldn't. I knew that it was no ordinary dream. Maybe it was a warning...but what kind of warning? What's it about? I have a weird feeling that it was going that Will's going to be involved somehow.
I sighed heavily. I hoped that I would actually get some sleep tonight.
Oh no, I was back again. I looked around. The darkness was there again. If only it wasn't so dark. Resigned to the fact that I was stuck there, I walked around in search for something, anything but vast emptiness. After walking for what seemed like a long time, I stopped, and sat down. My legs were exhausted. A wind picked up, it was that wind again. That cold wind. I sat there, paralyzed with fear. Somehow, I stood up and started running.
"You can't run forever," a cold voice said. That voice chilled and frightened me more than the wind did.
"What do you want?" I demanded.
"You..." the voice faded.
I sat up quickly. I felt exhausted. Even though I had been sleeping, I didn't feel like I've got any rest at all. Once again, it was going to be a long night...
To be continued...
I hope it isn't too confusing for me to be switching POVs all the time!