Chapter Seven: I Know It Now
I'm running, running as fast as I can. I need to get away from the chilling voice.
"Where a darkness dwells..."
I need to get away. I gasp for air, my heart pounding.
"Where no light sells..."
The voice is still near me.
"Where a corruption should've fell..."
I collapse on my knees, trying to get rid of the menacing voice.
"A mind's own hell..."
I pound on the ground. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"
"Deep in the stone cold well..."
I sob, tears nearly choking me. I can't breathe.
"Where there is no way..."
"STOP IT!"
"Where your body will lay..."
"NO! Stop! I beg of you!"
"Where your soul will stay..."
"PLEASE! Mercy! I cry for mercy!"
"Where a shadow sways..."
"NOOOOO! I BEG YOU!"
"Where your death comes in seven days."
A riproaring noise and I feel myself fall into something. It feels like I'm falling into darkness. I scream and scream for help, until finally I feel myself splash into cold liquid.
Water.
I am surrounded by a stone pillar. I cannot get out. I scream and struggle. I finally realize I am in the well.
I look up and see a ring of light...
"SAMARA!"
I jolt back to reality.
"Samara, what the hell was that?!" Aiden screams, shaking me. "What happened? I thought you were... well, you are dead. BUT YOU HAD ME WORRIED!"
"Aiden!" I throw my arms around him. "We're in your house? For real? Not anywhere else?" I feel overjoyed to be out of that darkness...
"Yes, of course we are. What happened? You were twitching and jerking and..." Aiden's voice becomes hollow. "I thought you were finally moving to the Great Beyond, and I'd never see you again."
"I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye," I promise. I shake my head. "That was so scary..."
"Did you recieve a vision?"
I nod. "Aiden, I know what was supposed to happen." I'm shivering with excitement and fear. I finally know.
"What?" Aiden gives me a confused look.
"I know what was supposed to happen 45 years ago!" I say excitedly. "I was supposed to fall in the well. I was supposed to die in 7 days. I was supposed to make everyone suffer as I did...." I let out a choked sound that sounds like a sob. "I know it now, Aiden. And I'm terrified." I wrap around him tighter.
"I don't understand," he says in a muffled voice. "You're not making sense."
I pull back from him and tell him the whole story. How the day before my 11th birthday, I was singing by a well. I had an eerie feeling that something should've happened, but it didn't. And the thing that should've happened was that I should've been tossed in the well, and that I should've died in 7 days... and how I would cause death and destruction for the world by doing so.
"The world is safe," I choke out. "I'm no longer a threat. I don't mean death. I'm a regular, normal little... ghost girl."
"Samara," he says softly. "The world isn't safe. It's far from it."
"But I'm not causing death for people," I say.
'No, Samara. The caller is now the threat," he says. "The caller is causing death now, for people. You are all that stands in her way."
I stare at him. "What?"
"I had a vision before I met you," he confesses. "A vision about you. The caller is a threat. But you are the only one who can stop her."
"Why didn't you tell me?!" I yell.
"It was my first vision, Samara! I thought I was going senile. Then I just decided to forget about it. It troubled me too much," he says, looking sad.
"What was in the vision?! Aiden, you must tell me!" This is so crucial.
"God damn it, Samara, I don't remember anymore. Okay? I don't remember. In fact, I don't want to remember." His voice chokes. "I don't want to figure this out. I want you to stay on earth. To stay with me."
I'm running, running as fast as I can. I need to get away from the chilling voice.
"Where a darkness dwells..."
I need to get away. I gasp for air, my heart pounding.
"Where no light sells..."
The voice is still near me.
"Where a corruption should've fell..."
I collapse on my knees, trying to get rid of the menacing voice.
"A mind's own hell..."
I pound on the ground. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"
"Deep in the stone cold well..."
I sob, tears nearly choking me. I can't breathe.
"Where there is no way..."
"STOP IT!"
"Where your body will lay..."
"NO! Stop! I beg of you!"
"Where your soul will stay..."
"PLEASE! Mercy! I cry for mercy!"
"Where a shadow sways..."
"NOOOOO! I BEG YOU!"
"Where your death comes in seven days."
A riproaring noise and I feel myself fall into something. It feels like I'm falling into darkness. I scream and scream for help, until finally I feel myself splash into cold liquid.
Water.
I am surrounded by a stone pillar. I cannot get out. I scream and struggle. I finally realize I am in the well.
I look up and see a ring of light...
"SAMARA!"
I jolt back to reality.
"Samara, what the hell was that?!" Aiden screams, shaking me. "What happened? I thought you were... well, you are dead. BUT YOU HAD ME WORRIED!"
"Aiden!" I throw my arms around him. "We're in your house? For real? Not anywhere else?" I feel overjoyed to be out of that darkness...
"Yes, of course we are. What happened? You were twitching and jerking and..." Aiden's voice becomes hollow. "I thought you were finally moving to the Great Beyond, and I'd never see you again."
"I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye," I promise. I shake my head. "That was so scary..."
"Did you recieve a vision?"
I nod. "Aiden, I know what was supposed to happen." I'm shivering with excitement and fear. I finally know.
"What?" Aiden gives me a confused look.
"I know what was supposed to happen 45 years ago!" I say excitedly. "I was supposed to fall in the well. I was supposed to die in 7 days. I was supposed to make everyone suffer as I did...." I let out a choked sound that sounds like a sob. "I know it now, Aiden. And I'm terrified." I wrap around him tighter.
"I don't understand," he says in a muffled voice. "You're not making sense."
I pull back from him and tell him the whole story. How the day before my 11th birthday, I was singing by a well. I had an eerie feeling that something should've happened, but it didn't. And the thing that should've happened was that I should've been tossed in the well, and that I should've died in 7 days... and how I would cause death and destruction for the world by doing so.
"The world is safe," I choke out. "I'm no longer a threat. I don't mean death. I'm a regular, normal little... ghost girl."
"Samara," he says softly. "The world isn't safe. It's far from it."
"But I'm not causing death for people," I say.
'No, Samara. The caller is now the threat," he says. "The caller is causing death now, for people. You are all that stands in her way."
I stare at him. "What?"
"I had a vision before I met you," he confesses. "A vision about you. The caller is a threat. But you are the only one who can stop her."
"Why didn't you tell me?!" I yell.
"It was my first vision, Samara! I thought I was going senile. Then I just decided to forget about it. It troubled me too much," he says, looking sad.
"What was in the vision?! Aiden, you must tell me!" This is so crucial.
"God damn it, Samara, I don't remember anymore. Okay? I don't remember. In fact, I don't want to remember." His voice chokes. "I don't want to figure this out. I want you to stay on earth. To stay with me."