Chapter 5: The Fourth Dream

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Hazel's POV

-Dream-

The white empty state of the dream faded into a grassy scene of granny smith apple green, the night sky's moon illuminating the blades.

Ahead was a short expanse of land leading to a hill to a familiar cliff overlooking raging icy black waters. Three figures stood ahead of me. First, who stood furthest away from the cliff at the bottom of the hill, was a female in a short dark dress. On her back was a bow with a black heart, shimmering with navy and dark violet sparkles, dark grey angel wings extruding from either sides. The second figure, who stood at the top of the hill, but still further from the cliff, was a female in an asymmetrical silver tinted dress with a tree and cross-like symbol with butterfly wings. The third figure stood at the edge of the cliff in a red halter dress, with a spiked heart bow and claws like wings. I gasped at the realization.

"Kassy! Sylvia! Elena!" I ran in their direction, my clothes fading to a tank top v-dip dress of black, navy, and dark violet polka dot on the front to shorts and the back of yellow, pink, orange, and white polka dots on the back to a skirt cape like fabric past the shorts to my calves. I stopped and gripped the left hip fabric of it to pull towards me, straining my neck to see the bow on my back in a yin yang heart with a white whale tail and black whale tail extruding from either side like wings.

I continued after my friends, but no matter how quickly I ran, they were the same distance. "Don't be afraid..." Four female voices spoke at once. I couldn't move my head this time to search for the voice, "You will be there soon."

"Who are you?! You never answered any of us!" I questioned desperately.

"You will discover the truth soon. You must aide them." The voice echoed.

I whimpered as Kassy's arms raised parallel to the ground. Even from my place so far away, I could see her feet almost curling over the edge, "I-I can't...! Please!"

"Aide them! It is in your blood! It will forever run through your veins!" Kassy fell from the edge. Screaming, Sylvia dove in after her. Elena wasn't far behind. I screamed as loud as I could, and with all my might went sprinting after them. The water rushed up to meet me. I woke up still screaming.

-End Dream-

I panicked, trying to turn over in my cocoon of blankets to get off my broken arm. My mother came to my rescue and I was hopped up on pills and soothing heat pads. With a long argument that went in my favor, I was off to school.

As soon as I arrived at our usual spot at the school the next day with my left arm in a sling, my three friends were very intense with care.

Kassy fussed motherly about my seat on the bench to complete a small nest of coats and backpacks. Elena broke in with calm questions, but I knew better. She was worried too.

"You're really clumsy, Hazy. Watch your feet next time, wouldja?" Her voice was teasing but her eyes were soft.

I grinned in response, "You guys are worrywarts! I bounce back! You know I do! And hey, look! It's Freddy's new home!" I pulled out my beloved kitchen spork from inside the sling.

Kassy giggled, "We can make a bed for him with a blanket too! I'll sew one tonight! And it can double as a blanket for your arm to feel better."

We discussed our ideas for a blanket, complete with a rocket launcher courtesy of Sylvia for the rest of the morning before parting ways to class. When lunch rolled around, as I had forgotten to mention the dream, I was itching to contribute to our recent predicament.

"Guys, so here's the deal-" But my friends were arguing about the existence of big foot, "Guys, seriously I think you should listen-" The mechanics of hair growth from Kassy overtook my voice, "GUYS, COME ON! LISTEN TO ME!"

Silence fell.

"Thank you. Now. This is probably something you need to hear." I explained the dream in as much detail as I could.

Sylvia immediately responded with a loud, "HA!" She jabbed her finger dangerously close to Elena's face, "FUCKING TOLD YOU!"

Elena rolled her eyes, pushing her away, "Yeah yeah. So something really weird is going on and now we're gonna find out before something bad-" She glanced at me before correcting herself, "Worse happens."

I pouted, "Hey! It's not that bad! I just think-"

"Guys." Everyone looked at Sylvia, "Did anyone notice that Hazy and Janele didn't mention the bows on our backs?"

"What were they of?" Kassy questioned.

Sylvia blinked and cleared her throat, answering a bit too quickly, "Don't know."

I pouted once again. Kassy joined in with eager puppy eyes. Elena looked as much eager as she could as herself.

She stood there awkwardly shuffling her feet and avoiding everyone's gaze for a long while before running a hand through her hair with a sigh, "Alright... Fine. Did anyone notice anything... else... in their dreams?" With no response from any of us, she continued, "Like... on the outfits? The bows?"

I thought to myself, "Yeah, now that you mention it. Vy-Vy's looked like-"

Darkness came through my senses and I knew no more.