I manage to fall asleep after about an hour.
I dreamed about what happened today.
About everything that had happened over the past two months.
Soon enough, my dreams became nightmares.
I thrashed and turned and screamed in my sleep. I'm surprised no one else heard me.
Or maybe they chose not to..
I woke up after a particularly bad scene in my dreams.
I sat up in bed and calmed myself down. After my heart rate had returned to normal. I stood up and walked over to my tiny window.
It was pelting it down with rain. The moon and stars completely hidden by the dark clouds.
Thunder rumbled and I realised it was a full blown storm.
Funny.
It was completely clear before I went to sleep.
Almost as if the weather controlled my dreams.
Or.
My dreams controlled the weather.
Before I could dwell on it to long, I heard something behind me. I spun around and flattened myself against the wall.
The man was back.
Again, engulfed in his dark flames.
He must of come in while I was looking out at the storm.
I opened my mouth to scream for someone, but as soon as I took a breath, he held up the locket.
I closed my mouth and turned back to the window.
I wished it wasn't barred, so that I could open it and get some air.
As I wished it, it was done.
The bars melted.
Just like when the book set fire, I was channeling all my anger into the book, and the anger turned into flames.
I gasped and stepped back. Careful not to step in the molten metal pooling at my feet.
I kept walking back until I hit something. Or someone.
I turned to see the guy looking down at me, eyebrows raised.
I didn't know what to do.
Everything was so overwhelming.
I just, broke down.
The walls were closing in.
I couldn't breath.
I have to get out. Now!
I looked up at him, tears streaming down my face.
"Please" I whispered "Get me out."
He inclined his head and walked over to where I had curled up in the corner.
He picked me up and told me to shut my eyes.
I complied and felt my stomach drop, he must've done his weird shadow disappearing thing.
After I felt like we were on solid ground again, I opened my eyes.
We were deep. Deep. In the forest.