Chapter 2: The First Dream

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Sylvia's POV

It was later that Friday evening that I had shoved my three friends through my bedroom door at the top of the stairs. I shoved Hazel aside to quite literally hop onto my bed, only to discover I'd shoved her to the floor completely. After a short silence, the room erupted with giggles.

Kassy plopped cross legged down on the middle of the carpet and pulled out her sketchbook. She motioned with a hand for everyone to get on the bed without looking up. I strummed my guitar, staring up at the ceiling, eyes closed. Elena began braiding Hazel's long hair.

A thought crept into my brain suddenly. Ignoring Kassy's protest, I ran into my walk-in closet, stepping back out with two bottles of beer, "Bottoms up, bitches!" I gulped down about a quarter of the bottle before handing it to Hazel's eager grabby hands.

"Gimme gimme! Better not be the generic crap like last time..." She sipped a few times before handing it over her shoulder to Elena.

"Ugh... Do I have to? You know I hate drinking with Evans. It turns lesbian and fast." Elena groaned, taking a quick gulp, "Here, Kassy."

She grinned widely taking the bottle and sucking on it like a child until all the contents had disappeared. She then began coughing, ripping it from her mouth, "Gah...! Warn me of the kick next time!" She all but sprinted to my bathroom, dry heaving over the sink, "Ugh... Syvy..."

I cackled leaning against the doorframe with my arms crossed over my chest, "Pathetic light weight..." With another chuckle, I strolled back and hopped onto the bed again.

"Gah!" All eyes flew to Kassy who scrambled out of the bathroom, "Something just smacked my ass! Sylvia, I told you to stop doing that!"

I raised an eyebrow, "I was on my bed before you even reacted... I never touched you."

"B-But you... I..." She whimpered brokenly, "What? Something definitely touched me, guys!"

Elena finished braiding Hazel's hair, "It's alright, Kass. We know you have the lowest alcohol tolerance in the world."

Hazel grinned, "Or maybe it's a ghost with a fetish for short brunettes!"

Both Hazel and Kassy shouted out different things simultaneously, "I'm not that short!" "What the fuck?!"

All eyes shot to the tall female who was rubbing her arm with a wince, "Seriously, Elena? You usually join in the teasing! Not scratch me!"

Three claw-like scratches ran diagonally down her right bicep. Elena snatched the second bottle of beer from my hand, walked to the bathroom, and began pouring it down the sink, "We're not drinking ever again because I felt whatever ghost is in here touch my arm."

Gasping dramatically in horror, I fell to my knees, "Nooooo! My poor alcohol! It had so much to live for!"

A thunk stopped everything. All eyes shot to the unconscious Kassy on the floor in the middle of the room.

Rolling my eyes, I dragged her onto my bed. Elena, Hazel, and I left her to go make dinner.

-Later that night-

Kassy's POV

-Dream-

The white empty state of the dream faded into a grassy scene of midnight green, almost black. The angry blood red sky almost struck the ground beneath. You could almost hear the sun's slow farewell.

Ahead was a cliff overlooking raging icy black waters.

The cliff...

Like a helpless marionette, I began moving forward. The graphic t-shirt and jeans I wore faded until in its wake was an ankle blood red halter dress with black slits around the bottom to my thighs of blood red and a golden yellow metal ring attached around my neck, as it flared behind me like water.

Tears trailed down my cheeks as my arms rose away from my body, parallel to the ground.

"Don't be afraid..." Four female voices spoke at once. I couldn't move my head to search for the voice, "You will be there soon."

"Who are you?" I questioned cautiously.

"You will discover the truth soon. You must find him!" The voice echoed.

"Who is he?" I whispered. My eyes slowly slipped shut of their own accord.

"The one who will-" The water rushed up to meet me. I woke up screaming.

-End Dream-

The scream wasn't helping anyone. The sound went right to my head. Jumping over the girls in the bed with a quick mental thank you for moving me, I ran to the bathroom, emptying the alcohol and food from yesterday.

I could feel Sylvia pull my hair back with a snicker. With pills and water in my body, I all but collapsed back on her bed.

"What the hell was that scream for?" Hazel groaned, stretching.

I explained to them the dream, glaring at Elena who was shaking her head and laughing, "What's the problem?"

"You were drunk. Obviously your mind was screwing with you." She rolled her eyes.

I didn't realize the tickling on my face were tears until Sylvia began screaming, "You idiot! That was THE cliff! And I thought I was the heartless bitch."

Hazel shouted triumphantly, stabbing her finger in my direction, "You smiled the slightest when she said heartless!"

All eyes shot to me. I rubbed my aching head, "Just... Forget it. Forget it. Just drop it."

Sylvia's eyes narrowed before she snapped her fingers, "You know what we need? A Kingdom Hearts run!"

Hazel bounced up and down next to my feet, "Ooh ooh ooh! I wanna do Wonderland this time!"

"I kinda want Deep Jungle..." I shrugged.

"Olympus, bitches!" Sylvia cackled, throwing the controller at Elena.

Said ravenette rolled her eyes, "I wanted Traverse Town anyway."

It wasn't until later that Elena was the first to break the silence, "Do you need more water, Kass?"

I blinked once, twice before shaking my head, "I'm fine. Why?"

She frowned, "You've been licking your lips for the four hours we've been playing."

"Is it just me? Or did she only do it when Heartless appeared? There! She did it again!" Hazel jabbed her finger in my direction.

I frowned as all eyes fell on me, "I'm not doing it on purpose! Seriously! Stop looking at me like that!"

"Heartless." Sylvia straddled me, eyes narrowing, "You're right, Haze."

"Heartless. Heartless. Heartless." Each repeat of the name, they leaned in closer.

"Well, the fuck is that about?" Sylvia sat back but not completely off my legs.

Elena sat back and snorted, "Someone's been playing too much Kingdom Hearts..."

Sylvia snorted almost immediately, shoving Elena over and standing to stretch, "Who was playing four hours of it with us?" She glanced at the clock, "Now get out of my house. I got stuff to do. Homework, cleaning, and shit."

Hazel grinned, "So, eating, playing, and sleeping."

The dark forest brunette threw the closet object, the ps2 controller, at her head, "Fuck you."

Hazel whined and complained while everyone packed and filed out the door.