Chapter 4
It was silent. It was eerily quiet, and I was afraid. Afraid of where I was and afraid of what had happened to me. I had no vision, nor did I have any sense of smell or touch. I couldn't feel anything. In fact, I couldn't feel my body working. I couldn't feel the blood being pumped around my body, or the beating of my heart. I just felt the emptiness of the dark, and this made me very, very afraid. Until I felt a small spark go off in my body, and that's when I knew I was going to be alright. I felt a warm wave travel through me and I felt better. More alive. I actually felt my heart beating this time, and the blood being pumped around my body. But suddenly, for some reason, I just forgot. I forgot everything. I forgot my name, my age, my family, everything. My mind had gone blank and I was immediately back to being terrified. But just a few seconds after, I felt something powerful shoot through me. It jolted me awake from the darkness. My eyes snapped open and I didn't recognise the room I was in at all. I figured it was some kind of room that you would find in a hospital, but why would I be there? Something instantly brought my attention back to the real world, as I saw something big and bright through the window. The Moon. It seemed to pull me towards it. I automatically got down from a bed and slowly walked to the window. All my common sense had just seemed to vanish. So without thinking, I pushed open the window, climbed out onto the roof of the building and stared at the Moon. And in that moment, I soon realised that I was no longer afraid. It told me my name, but that was all he told me. My given name was Billie Arrow Valentine. Billie Valentine. It seemed familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I was more confused with who I was and what my purpose of living was. But that, I'd never know…
Knowing Britain with its crappy weather, it decided to start snowing just when things couldn't get any worse. I couldn't remember anything about my life, apart from my name, and I was dressed in one of those night dresses that patients wear in hospitals. I had to quickly nip back into the building to find a blanket just so I didn't freeze to death. It didn't help. But standing outside in the cold doing nothing wasn't going to help either, so I decided to start walking and find a place where I could rest. It was only then that I realised I was still on the roof of a hospital. Great. And how was I supposed to get down? Maybe there were a set of fire exit stairs or something, or a ladder? I planned to walk slowly to the edge of the roof to see how far down it was to the ground. But instead, as soon as my right foot left the ground I somehow quickly zoomed off the roof, flew through mid-air and darted onto the ground. As soon as I reached the ground, I crashed in a heap on the floor and tried to get my breath back. My heart was pounding and I was trying to recover from my adrenaline rush. Well, that's what I thought it was anyway, but how did I do that? That wasn't normal, and it certainly wasn't normal for a human being to do. In the end though, I decided to try and forget about it. It was freezing and I would probably get frostbite if I didn't find shelter quickly. So I dashed to the nearest high-street to see if anyone could tell me where to go without getting lost. The streetlights glowed and the road was busy. There were a few people out as it was dark meaning that it was probably late, but the street wasn't completely deserted which was a relief. I went up to the first person who was closest to me, which was an elderly woman who was waiting at the bus stop.
"Hi there. Um, I was wondering if you could tell me where I am. I'm lost and I don't know where to-" but I suddenly stopped as I felt something go through me. I hunched over and crossed my arms to try and stop the pain, but it was useless. Someone had just walked through me. What was going on? I was panicking terribly and was trying to gasp for air. It felt like I was being choked. My whole body was shaking, and I could feel my eyes swelling up with tears. I took a step back but the same thing happened again. People kept on walking through me, and I started to notice that people didn't see me. How was this possible? My body ached with pain and frustration. It was scary to think that I was like a ghost to people. Why couldn't they see me? The tears broke free and started to slowly fall down my cheeks. I couldn't stand this! I couldn't stand being oblivious to the world and it pained me to think this, but was I dead? Was I a spirit that had come back from the dead to haunt people? I didn't want to think it was true, but what other option was there as to why nobody could see or hear me? There was none. I looked up to the glistening Moon and whispered, "What did I ever do to deserve this?" It was a rhetorical question obviously, as there was no reply. I slowly trudged away, sulking, so that I didn't feel any more of that horrible pain again. But I stopped when I saw my reflection on a wing mirror that belonged to a snow white car. I cautiously walked up to the mirror and knelt down. The girl that looked back at me was wearing a helpless face that looked as though she had no hope left in her, which I probably hadn't. My eyes though, were different. Instead of them being grim, they were extremely bright. They were white, white like the Moon, and they had something very optimistic about them. As did my hair, which was incredibly red. Crimson, to be precise. I was confused. Can people have white eyes? I knew that they couldn't, so how the hell did I have white eyes? I also don't remember dying my hair red. I don't even like that colour. It was strange, but I didn't think too much about it. I then remembered that I had nowhere to go, and it didn't help that no one could see me. So I decided to camp out somewhere quiet and somewhere well hidden. The forest…
Hey guys. I hope you like this chapter! I'm sorry for the long wait but again I've been really busy, but now I have 2 weeks off from school meaning that I'll have more time to write :D Please tell me what you think about the story so far and if you like it. Thanks so much to the people out there reading my fanfic, yous are amazing!3 Chapter 5 will be out soon so keep an eye out for that :] Bye x