Dream

My eyes fluttered opened, realizing that I was in the streets. I slowly sat up, looking around for anyone in sight, unfortunately, I saw no one. I stood to my bare feet, my eyes meeting the ground and there were rocks and sticks scattered everywhere. My eyes looked far across the alleyway, then up at the sky, seeing only darkness.

"Melody…" a raspy, airy voice said softly.

I turned around, searching for who had called my name. I bit my lip, my breathing shortening as I saw a figure pass by in the distance.

"Wait!" I hollered, "Wait!"

I broke into a sprint as I saw the figure turn to look at me and as we meet each other's gaze, the figure turned back around and sprinted off, far into the distance. The moment I stepped out of the alleyway, my legs began to tire and my breathing became harder.

Just as I caught up to the figure, the figure disappeared and the wind started howling. I stopped dead in my tracks, panting heavily and looked around for the figure.

"Where are you?" I called frantically.

No response.

I circled twice, wondering if the figure had disappeared and was watching from afar or had left for good. My lips trembled as the bitter cold of the wind bit at my skin, making me shiver. Just as I yelled once again, a bloody splotched face appeared right in front of me and reached out for me. I screamed so loud, I was sure it would kill someone's ears if they were nearby. I fell to the ground, hiding my face in my arms and whimpered.

End of Dream

I sat up screaming and then stopped as I looked around and realized I was in my hospital room. I breathed hard, holding my chest and wiped the sweat off of my forehead. I looked at my clothing, feeling rather hot and sticky, realizing I'm drenched with sweat.

Just as I push the covers on me off, the door swung opened and revealed my mother and a doctor. Mother ran to my side so fast I jumped back, meeting Mother's eyes and I said "M-mother?"

Before I could say anything else, she took me into a tight embrace, making it a little difficult for me to breathe. I brushed it off, returning the tight embrace and buried my face into her shoulder, mumbling, "Mother…"

"Oh Melody, are you alright?" Mother questioned, pulling away as her eyes glistened with tears.

"Mother, I'm fine, really," I replied, as I fake a smile, trying to convince her.

"You were screaming my dear, are you sure you're alright?"

"Mother, I'm seriously fine. It was just a nightmare."

Mother studied my face, looking for any trace of lies, but didn't see any. She sighed deeply, taking me into another embrace and said "Honey, dear…I'm sorry but you must know…you're going away."

I wasn't surprise since I heard them talking about it yesterday, but they couldn't know that, so I widen my eyes and said, "R-really mother? Why?"

"I don't understand either, but the doctor recommended you leave for a few weeks and then you can come back home." Mother replied, looking away as tears prick her eyelashes.

Just as I was going to argue, Mother was told to leave and I held onto her hand. She smiled weakly, kissing my hand and patted it. Slowly, her hand released mine as tears stung my eyes and fell. Mother left the room as I was told to change my clothes and I'd be leaving in an hour.

I watched Mother turn, meeting my eyes one last time and smiled again. Soon, the door closed and I was left alone.

"Mother…" I thought to myself as another few tears trickled down my cheeks.

SCENE CHANGE

"We're here Melody," one of the doctors said as they opened the door and stepped out of the car.

I stalled for a few minutes, not wanting to leave, but knew I must. I pulled myself together, stepping out of the vehicle slowly and walked up to the front porch, knocking on the door lightly.

When there was no answer, I turned on my heels looking at the doctors, but they already slipped into the car and left. Tears stung my eyes as I realize they had just left me here, maybe with no one home.

"This is so stupid…" I thought to myself, wiping my tears from my eyes as I stood there waiting.

After a long while of silence, I knocked again on the wooded door except a little harder and waited once more. I stared at the door holding my luggage handle tightly, wondering if this were the right place.

"I'll never know now…since they left me here…" I thought to myself once again and sighed deeply, looking away from the door, my eyes falling to the ground.

My eyes drifted to the three-stepped staircase and sat on the first one, setting my luggage on the second one between my legs. I released the handle, wrapping my arms around myself and leaned against the black, smoothed railing.

After a few minutes, my thoughts began to wander about Mother and how things would be different if I was so stupid at school. Tears pricked my eyelashes, but I blinked them back and sniffled, hiding my face in my arms.

"Oh Mother…I'm so sorry for making such idiotic things harder for you…" I thought, letting my tears fall from my eyes and onto my arms.

Suddenly, my eyes feeling heavy, I closed them and rested my head on the railing. I snuggled up into my favorite scarf and tried to sleep.

Just as I would've drifted off, I heard a car drive into the driveway and the engine shutting off. I tried to open my eyes, but for some reason, I was too tired. I heard the person step out of the car and call my name, but all I heard was fuzziness. Soon, I tilted my head to the side and drifted off into a deep sleep.

A/n So? What do you think? I know nothing has happened yet, but still I would like to know if I'm doing okay on this story. Hehe, please do review! I would love to hear your thoughts on this story! ^ ^