Disclaimer: See first chapter
A/N: I am very bad but I've had all the dramas under the sun. My computer died (twice), I got a job and I've had exams plus many other dramas. Now that I finally have a computer that works and exams are over I can finally update everything I've been wanting to.
This chapter is just a short teaser as I haven't had too much time to write. More to come soon.
Chapter 5: Nightmares and Dreamscapes
The ground was moist with dew and was soft under Lyndsay's feet. The sun was not yet risen and the whole vineyard was light with an eerie light.
"Come on," An echoey voice beckoned.
She walked forward, following the voice through the vineyard. She heard someone running and she broke out into a sprint.
"Wait!" She called.
She burst through the clearing and slammed into someone. She slammed into the ground and was confounded for a moment.
"You are slow aren't you Mildred?" A deep voice said in French.
"I'm not Mildred," Lyndsay replied in perfect French. That was impossible though. She'd never learnt French and it was Nathan's gift to know all the languages.
"You are crazy," She looked up and saw that it was Hector standing over her.
"No, Millie it is you who are crazy," He laughed and offered her his hand.
"Hector?" She was still speaking fluent French.
"Yes Millie?" He said.
"I'm not Millie," She said.
Hector was smirking. "Then who are you?"
"I'm Lyndsay," She said.
"And how did you get here Lyndsay?" He asked as he pulled her up.
"Hector I've been here for almost three weeks!" She cried. "And how the hell can I be speaking French! I don't know French! And how did you just touch me? You're a ghost! Ghosts can't pull people up!"
"Lyndsay," It was Hector's voice who had said that but his mouth had not moved.
Hector reached forward and grabbed her shoulder and shook her hard.
"Lyndsay!"
Her eyes snapped open and saw that Hector was floating above her looking concerned.
"Lyndsay, are you alright? You were shouting out in your sleep," He asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." Lyndsay answered.
"I didn't know you spoke French," He said.
"I don't,"
Hector raised an eyebrow at this. "Lyndsay you were shouting out in fluent French, I think you speak it."
"I don't! I never even took French in school!" She cried.
"You keep repeating I'm not Millie," He said.
"Well, I'm not Millie." Lyndsay said.
"I know that but why were you repeating that?"
"Never mind Hector. You wanna go for a walk with me?" Lyndsay swung her legs over the side of the bed. "I'm leaving in a few days,"
"I know."
"I'm gonna get dressed so don't be a perv and leave for a bit," Lyndsay said, throwing open her suitcase.
"I'll wait for you outside," He said and disappeared.
Lyndsay threw off her pyjamas and put on a pair of jeans and a green singlet. She put on her sneakers with no socks and rushed downstairs to meet Hector.
"Looking very good Lyndsay except you haven't brushed your hair," Hector pointed out when she appeared at the backdoor.
She shrugged. "Does it bother you that much?"
He shook his head. "Not at all,"
"Great," Said Lyndsay, "You know I'm leaving tomorrow."
"Yeah," Hector said.
"Well are you going to visit me? I mean I don't expect you to hang around all the time its just that I'm becoming accustomed to seeing you around." She smiled.
"I am too," He smiled.
"Well you can drop in anytime to see me. Maybe you'll actually stick around to met my friends." She said.
"Do you think your friends could see me?"
"The magical ones probably can." Lyndsay replied.
"Lyndsay!" A voice hissed.
She looked around in alarm. Hector was still speaking but Lyndsay couldn't hear him.
"Lyndsay!"
She spun around again and saw a beautiful Asian girl with purple eyes pointing up at something behind Lyndsay. She turned and saw that she was facing a large mound of red dirt.
"Go on!" The girl said in her misty voice.
Lyndsay walked slowly up the hill but the girl shouted at her to go faster. She began to run and she reached the top. At the bottom of the other side of the hill was a large well made of stone. Lyndsay slid down the side of the mound and walked over to the well. She looked down and saw it went a fair way down.
"Lyndsay!"
She jerked up and turned in time to see the girl push her backwards. Her arms flayed around as she tried to stop herself from falling into the well. Her hand seized a chain around the girl's neck and she used it to balance her. Then the chain snapped and Lyndsay plummeted down into the well below.
Lyndsay opened her eyes cautiously. She was afraid she was stuck down the well but when she opened her eyes, she saw that she was back in her room.
"Good Morning Lyndsay," Said Hector happily.
Lyndsay swallowed hard. Was this another dream? Was her mind still playing tricks on her?
"You look like you've seen a ghost," Hector said and then laughed. "I mean you look like what a normal person looks like when they see a ghost."
Lyndsay smiled weakly. "Have you ever had a dream then woke up then find out that it is a dream to?"
"No but it sounds confusing."
"Yeah it is." Lyndsay sighed.
"How do you know this isn't a dream?" He asked.
"I don't. If it is then someone is screwing with my mind." Lyndsay said.
"I definitely think that's what happening,"
"Who'd want to screw with my mind?" Lyndsay looked up at him and gasped.
The toothless bald haired creature grinned at her. "Well I might want to. You never know."
Lyndsay screamed and backed away.
"Lyndsay!" Hector cried and floated down in front of her. "Whoa, are you alright?"
She looked at him and shook her head. "I can't tell what's reality and what's my nightmare!" She cried.
"It's okay,"
Lyndsay went to run her fingers through her hair and then she saw it.
"What's that?" Hector asked as he pointed to the necklace entwined in her fingers.
She lay it down in her palm and looked closely at it. It was a large dark blue crystal embedded onto a gold chain.
"I dreamed I grabbed this," Lyndsay said and lifted the chain over her head.
"It suits you," He commented.
"Yeah, it does doesn't it?" Lyndsay said softly.
