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Chapter 6
I was running to catch up with them, but I seemed to be getting no where. I was running in place.
I saw my mother and father in the distance being engulfed in flames. I heard my mother scream as she fell, slowly, bleeding from her chest.
My father saw my mother fall with only sadness and fear in his eyes. He turned to the thing he was fighting, as if saying goodbye. Then he fell to the ground with no expression in his face. I heard a loud thud as he hit the ground. The moment this happened, everything slowly went dark. I just kept screaming, "No. . . no this can't happen!"
I was left alone in the dark.
I shot open my eyes. I was drenched with sweat.
I gasped, "Oh, just a dream." I laid there for a while thinking about what happened. I haven't had that dream in years. I used to have it often when my parents first died, I guess telling that story brought back memories.
I slid out of bed to go calm down and get a drink. Mirage shot open her big black eyes and followed me like she usually does.
I looked down at her. I thought she was the only thing I had left of a family, but now I have my sister.
Everything was dark down stairs. I went to the fridge and grabbed a soda. I stood there a while, starring out the kitchen window. The stars are so beautiful and so mysterious. It was so peaceful outside.
"Want to go for a walk, Mirage?" I whispered.
She looked back up at me as if she was saying "I don't care."
I grabbed a jacket and was still wearing my pajama pants with a tank top.
"I'll be back before morning. No one will ever know." I thought to myself.
I slowly and quietly made my way to the door and stepped outside, shutting the door softly behind me. Everything had an eerie glow and it was very windy. I shivered a little and hugged the jacket tighter around me.
It was a full moon and everything glowed. I was walking for a few hours; my hands and face were numb from the cold.
I kept wondering if I would ever find the person who killed my parents; may be they're already dead. What kind of shaman do you think they are? Why did they have to kill my parents? Who was the person who carried me out? Will I ever find them? Were they the one who killed my parents? If so, why did they spare me?
I looked up and saw a stone bridge with a river under it. It looked so beautiful with the shining street lights. It looked very old and rustic.
I walked on and looked over the edge. There was a raging river underneath that had many big rocks breaking the water. I stood there a while and breathed in the cold air. I looked down to my side, expecting to see Mirage there, but she wasn't. I looked to my other side and saw Mirage standing to the side off the bridge.
"Mirage, come on, look at the river. It's really beautiful."
She got on all fours and hissed. It startled me; she never does that unless she's protecting me.
"Mirage, what's wrong?"
She stood there and kept hissing viciously. I took a step closer being cautious of what had possessed her.
As I took a step closer, she took a step back. "Mirage, you're scaring me. What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.
A huge gust of wind picked up. I hugged my jacket closer as the floor below me began to move. I looked down and saw stones falling off the floor of the bridge. The stones under me stared to collapse. I screamed as the bridge crumbled beneath me. I began to fall and felt a sting as I hit the ice cold water. I started to flow with the river as my entire body went numb. I couldn't keep my head above water anymore and went unconscious.
"I think she's coming to."
I felt so weak. I couldn't move, but at least I felt warm. All I could remember was falling and being so cold. I thought for sure that I was dead. I felt a cold cloth being laid on my head. I tried to talk but it only came out as a whimper. My eye lids were so heavy but I desperately tried to open them. I heard someone speak. "I think she's coming to."
My eyes slowly opened. There was a little African American kid on the side of my bed. I think he was even smaller than Manta. He was so cute! There was a guy giving me medicine and three girls. One had blue hair and was very tall; she had a cigarette in her hand. There was an orange haired girl and a gothic girl with long blond pigtails.
"Where am I?" I breathed tiredly.
"Shh, try to relax" answered the guy who was standing over me with a brief case.
"Huh?" I gasped. I suddenly felt very tired and closed my eyes, still listening to what they were saying.
"Do you think it's her?" asked a girl's voice.
The man answered, "Well, it looks like Jeanne but there were no X-laws around when we found her."
"No, I don't think its Jeanne. Jeanne has reddish eyes. This girl has violet."
I gained some strength and opened my eyes again. Everyone turned to look at me.
"Where am I?" I asked again.
"You're safe now. We saw you fall from the bridge. Didn't you se the caution signs?" The orange hair girl asked puzzled.
I was confused, "Caution signs?"
"Yah, they were all over the bridge. They were going to knock it down."
"That's why Mirage wouldn't go on." I spoke to myself.
"What's your name?" the blue haired girl asked.
"Jem."
"Hi Jem, I'm Opacho" said the little guy on the side of my bed.
"Hi" I smiled.
"I am Macchi." The orange haired girl stood in front of my face.
The man pulled Macchi away, "Macchi, give her some room. I am Luca, by the way."
"I am Mari." The blond girl said from the background.
"The blue haired girl took the cigarette out of her mouth, dropped it on the floor, stepped on it and said, "I'm Kanna."
As they finished introducing themselves there was a gust of fire outside the window. Luca turned to me.
"Jem, there's someone you should meet."
End Chapter 6
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