Chapter 1

Everything was going the same way as every other day. Well almost. One thing had been different and that was my dream last night. But dreams were always weird and different, right? Anyways, in this dream I was sitting in front of my mother and she was telling me a story about a princess and a monster and I was young. Like nine or ten; but when she finished the story, she looked at me with a very serious expression and said in a low voice, “Cel, you need to be careful. Monsters are only good in stories.” Then her eyes seemed to become distant, “The real ones...they won’t save you...they’ll just kick you even if you’re still down. And they’ll look for you until they find you. But that’s the problem. There’s one after you. And he’ll search all the corners of the universe to get to you. So keep yourself safe because he’s coming. And he won’t stop until he finds you.” That scared me. A lot. But besides the warning there was another odd thing about this dream. It was as if I had already seen it. But I couldn’t have, right? It was a dream. Just a dream. At least I hoped it was.

I was still lost in thought when I heard the door slam and out came an annoyed voice, “Celeste Cane, what in the name of Hydra heads are you doing?!” Holy smokes. I forgot Victoria was coming in today. I was still sitting in my pajamas on my bed. Gods, oh gods, I was in trouble. I had one of those stupid tests today.

I jumped out of bed quickly, my thoughts completely forgotten and put my hair into a ponytail. “Victoria! Um...hi...I was just...uh...waiting for you.” Yeah that would totally fool her. She was the strictest person I had ever met. Well, actually she was the only other person I had ever met besides my parents. I mean, none of us are really humans but still.

She glared at me. “Celeste, we have work to do. And you have a test to take, you should be prepared.-she waved her hand at the bed-Not lounging around.” She totally did not fall for that. Hey, at least I tried.

She was tapping her foot. “Well...get to it.” Yup. That was Victoria all right. Straight to the point Tori. No sugar-coating. Just getting straight to the point. But since I didn’t want to keep her waiting which, by the way you should never do, I started my test.

I held out my hands, palms facing each other, and focused solely on making a ball out of light. But, obviously nothing happened. There wasn’t even a tiny spark. It was so stupid how my magic worked. When I wanted it to work it didn’t. But when I didn’t want it to even exist it wouldn’t leave me alone. I was getting frustrated since nothing was happening. I was concentrating really hard. Upto the point where there was a bead of sweat rolling down the side of my face. But Tori was just getting annoyed. I could tell from her voice. “Ok, Cel, it seems you haven’t been doing your homework. It’s nearly been five minutes. Hurry up.”

Jeez. When did she become so impatient. And it had been five minutes? Already? How? I tried harder and still nothing. Ugh. This was hard. Tori crossed her arms and said “Ok. I’ve had enough. I’ll come back again. And maybe try to practice next time.” She thought I didn’t practice? I’ve spent hours trying to perfect this. I started to get mad and it wasn’t at the fact that I couldn’t get the magic to appear.

“Wait!” The words were out of my mouth before I had thought them. But, Tori continued to walk out. She didn’t even look at me and said “Sorry Cel. But I really don’t have time for this. I watched you try and you failed, so you’ll have to wait until next time.” Ugh. Why couldn’t she just give me another minute, it wouldn’t kill her.

And that was the moment the blast of white hot light shot out of my hand. It hit the wall right above Tori’s head. The wall had a hole in it that was steaming from the edges. If Tori hadn’t ducked then her head would have been missing. Maybe her giving me another minute would have killed her. Holy smokes, literally.

She started to get up slowly. And when she was standing up, her eyes kept darting from the hole to me and then to my hand. Which was still outstretched. I couldn’t help but ask “So...did I...um...pass?” Why was I asking such a stupid question at such a bad time? Tori’s pupils were still contracting and I asked if I would pass?

Although Tori seemed awfully calm for someone who had nearly died. It made me wonder if she did this often. But we were like the only two people here, right? She said “No, you did not pass. Trying to kill your teacher will not get you anywhere. And, you did not do what the assignment said. So no. You don’t pass.” Oh come on.

I guess she saw the disappointment on my face because she then said in a calmer voice. If that was possible, “Cel, you can’t just let your powers run loose. I give you these tests so you can learn how to control them because if you don’t then there will be problems. It’s dangerous for the world and for you. This planet can’t take your power. You’re a threat to it. So next time please practice harder. We need to learn how to tame it.” Her gray eyes which usually looked happy were now sad and heavy.

Was me being able to control this curse/gift really that important? I just nodded at Tori as she walked out. Her voice came from down the hall “Oh and Cel, be down for dinner in ten minutes.” Ok was the only response I could give. Why did what Tori tell me bother me so much?  

I wanted to ask her but she had left the hall already and it seemed as though she wouldn’t answer me. Thoughts like this kept swimming through my head as I walked over to my dressing table to see if the scar on my neck had healed.

It had started hurting out of nowhere when Tori had talked about the dangers of my powers. I mean my powers had been the cause of the scar in the first place.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror. It was quite plain. My dark hair and my dark eyes. My olive complexion. There was nothing special about me. I didn’t look like Tori who was strikingly beautiful. My hair was just straight and my eyes so dark you probably couldn’t tell that I had pupils. And to top it all off I have glasses and always wear dark colors.

I turned my attention back to my neck. And guess what? The scar had healed. Pretty well actually. That was another power I had. I could heal faster than other creatures.

I looked my face over again in the mirror and decided that that had been enough vanity for today. I got up and started going downstairs. I knew I had been told ten minutes but I wanted to leave my room. While I did that, one question kept coming up: what kind of powers do the people of the outside world have? Tori always told me stories about the bad things they did with some few good things sprinkled here and there. And due to this I couldn’t help but resent these people. Or species as I should say. Although, this still didn’t prevent me from wanting to see them. I even wanted to meet these vile creatures. I wanted to know why they were like this. Why they showed so much cruelty to animals and people who had less than them. Was it really a good place to live in if things like these happened?

Before I knew it, I was downstairs and walking right into Tori. My thoughts instantly diverted to her. She was like a sister I never had. And sometimes even like a mother to me. Sure, sometimes it was annoying but I was thankful to have someone who loved me so much.

“Cel, watch where you’re going. I almost dropped the food.” I smiled at her and apologized. Tori was very protective of her food, like really protective.

“Ok, come on, since you’re early it’s time to eat.” She had set the pasta down and was going to sit down as well. I did the same since it smelled good and my stomach had started growling. I didn’t know I had been so hungry. I guess I could thank the power using for that. It drained you without you even realizing until later, which was immensely bad because it could kill you and you wouldn’t know until you were lying on your deathbed That was the bad side of magic. Tori’s voice broke me out of my thoughts. Again.

“Cel, are you alright? You’ve been daydreaming a lot lately.” She said this while she was giving me and herself the food. Her forehead creased. She did that whenever she was concerned or worried. “I’m fine. I’ve just been having weird dreams and I’ve just been tired from the magic practicing.” I didn’t know what else to tell her. I mean it was true. She didn’t look fooled.

“And what are these dreams about exactly?”

Was I supposed to tell her? Would she care? Or understand even? I thought it would be best to not stress her anymore than she was already with me failing my tests and stuff. “Uh. It was like crazy stuff. Me being chased by like vampires and werewolves on the roofs of buildings. Then it all ended and I fell off. But I got saved by a flying vampire and I woke up.” I replied with one of my older dreams. I never forgot about this one, I don’t know why though. Sure, it seems ridiculous but let me tell you. Vampires and werewolves do in fact exist. They just don’t fly.

Tori looked like she didn’t believe me but went with it. Just like me there was a lot on her mind too. I couldn’t help but pick at my food trying to figure out what Tori thought about. Probably how she was disappointed in me for failing. Even after all of the training she gave me. Or maybe she was thinking about someone she had visited in the outside world. I always asked her about her adventures. She always responded in an annoyed voice about how she hated the humans and their ways.

I took a bite of my food, which was as good as always. Tori had magic in her hands. She cooked like the world’s greatest chef. I had asked her several times about where she had learned to cook so good. She always answered with people. I would ask her about how she learned something from the same species whose ways she disliked. That always baffled me.

These humans were strange. I don’t think I liked them but I wanted to know everything there was about them. They seemed so interesting. All the stories Tori had told me about them hooked me. I didn’t have much to do here in this house. I was never allowed to go outside even though I always dreamed about it. I never met or saw any of the animals Tori talked about. I wanted to see the thing that humans called dogs. I heard that they resembled wolves. And the ones that were called cats. I didn’t know what those looked like or what they were supposed to resemble.

I also have always wanted to see the thing that is called a school. Tori told me that this was where people went to learn. I love to learn, so seeing this school would be great. But something that I didn’t understand was that Tori had also said that almost everyone who went to school hated it. How could someone hate something so wonderful? Humans truly were unusual.

I had been lost in my thoughts of the outside world when I noticed that Tori was cleaning up the dishes. Dinner was over already? I looked down at my plate which was finished. I had somehow finished my food without even realizing it. I’m not sure if that was a problem. But I did often do things without realizing that I was doing them.

I decided to be useful and help Tori clean. I picked up the leftovers and walked over to the counter. She looked at me, concerned. Although, she didn’t say anything. I guess I was fine with that. I didn’t want to meet her eyes. She clearly knew that I was hiding something. I asked her if she wanted me to wash the dishes but she just shook her head.

Should I tell her the truth? I wanted to so bad but it was like something was telling me not to. I gave in to the voice after quite a lot of consideration. I looked back at Tori as I was walking out of the kitchen. I was really counting on that voice to be right.

I entered the living room and looked around. There wasn’t much to do. What did normal humans do when they had free time? I practiced my magic or just sat around thinking. There wasn’t much to do here. I would eat three times a day with snacks scattered here and there. Then I would go for a run. Which was in the yard that was closed off from the world. Afterwards, I would do some practicing and then go to classes with Tori.

She taught me the basic knowledge that people on Earth learned. I learned math, which I wasn’t very good at. I also learned history and literature. I found these very interesting. Oh, and science. This subject was my favorite. I found it fascinating how mortals tried to cover up supernatural occurrences. They saw an unnatural force? Well, time to make some crazy story to cover it up. It’s quite funny actually.

I went back up to my room since I didn’t really have anything else to do. Once I was standing in front of my door I noticed the giant hole that I had created earlier. I had completely forgot about it. Wow it was big and still slightly steaming. Maybe I should throw some water on it? I could try, but I might also end up making a bigger mess. I mean me using my magic was still kind of considered me practicing.

I stood in front of it and started to concentrate. I picked up my hand palm out and fingers spread, pointing at the hole. I was thinking of waves crashing on the beach. I had always longed to see them. I’d seen pictures but never actually felt/seen them. I focused all my thoughts on creating water. Refreshing, cool water. And that was when the burst of water shot out of my hand. It was cold and sprayed directly on the mini-explosion I had caused.

After a couple seconds the water sputtered out and the hole was quenched, no more steam. I was proud of my achievement. I hadn’t blown up anything else. I had done it.

Then out of nowhere a wave of nausea almost knocked me off my feet. I was suddenly so dizzy and feeling like I was going to burn up. My voice wouldn’t work. I tried to move and almost toppled over. I reached out my arms and got ahold of the wall. I stumbled into my room and onto my bed. I felt so sick. I had forgotten that I was still not that great at my magic. It was especially hard for me to order my powers to do what I want. For me to get the kind of power I needed. It usually did what it wanted and now I had overdone it.

I tried to reach for the water bottle on the bedside table but my arm paused in mid air and I passed out. I heard someone come in and say something. But it sounded so far away. How was I hearing things even though I had fainted? Maybe I hadn’t?

Something cool was placed on my head. Or at least I thought it was my head. It was hard to be sure. There seemed to be this cooling sensation coursing through my body. It was nice, comforting even. But what was it?

After about a minute of this whatever it was; it felt like I got slapped.  I instantly sat up. My head slightly dizzy. I was gasping for air. Taking in huge amounts and not being able to process it. I heard someone saying something but I didn’t know what, I couldn’t process that either. I had no idea why I was feeling like this. Was any time passing? I felt like everything was frozen.

Then as suddenly as all this started it stopped. What the heck was happening? I sat on my bed dazed. I was looking around when I found Tori dozing off herself on the armchair by the window. I realized that the blanket was wrapped around me and that an ice pack was lying next to my pillow. My forehead was cold. She had tucked me in and put that ice pack on me. I must’ve thrown it off when I had gotten up so abruptly. I decided not to bother Tori so I slid out of bed as silently as I could and tip-toed to my bathroom.

I had my hand on the door knob when my eyes turned to the clock on my table. It had been like 7 when I had last checked and that had been before I went to dinner. Now it was 3. In the morning. I had been out for a while. And while I was passed out something had happened. Maybe in my dream, but something had definitely happened.

I walked into the bathroom and the first thing I saw was myself. I turned so I was staring directly at the mirror. Maybe I was still a little hazy from yesterday’s events; but I had a slight aura around me. It was like this unusual white light glowing around me. Although it was quite faint now and it seemed to be getting lighter by the second. It seemed familiar the more I looked at it. As it flickered out I remembered.

I had once seen my mother with that same glow surrounding her. But when it was on her it was so bright, blinding. It looked so powerful, I had felt the magic as I hid behind a pillar. She had told me to go hide there. She had also said to not look, she had something to take care of. But I couldn’t help it. The second I felt the familiar tug of magic I had to look. It had been beckoning for me to look. And I obeyed.

It was a beautiful sight. My mother with her hands outstretched. Her dark hair flowing and her mouth turned up in a smile. She had been engulfed in such bright light. It was like nothing I’d ever seen before. But when the light had died, she had instantly fainted. And she hadn’t awoken for days.

When she had awoken, she had called me into her quarters. I went in and she pulled me into her arms. She tucked some of my stray hair behind my ear and asked me in a gentle tone, “Cel, you looked that day, didn’t you?” I looked up at her face. She was the most beautiful person I had ever met. Her hair was short but still lovely. Her eyes lighter than mine but always dancing with laughter. My five year old self had felt as though I shouldn’t lie. So I had responded with, “Yeah. I did. But why didn’t you want me to?” Her forehead got that crease which appeared when she was concerned. Her and Tori were quite alike. “It was so cool. You were covered in this light. You looked like a...like a...a queen! It was awesome. How did you-” Mom cut me off and stroked my hair as she said “Look Celeste, what I did back there. That was insanely dangerous. It could have killed me, and I don’t want you to ever try that. Ever. Unless you absolutely have to. Ok?”

“Yeah. Ok. But how will I know how to do it?” Her voice became slightly less gentle as she replied to my question. “It’ll just happen. But don’t try it, please. Promise me. Unless it’s really, really necessary you can’t use it.” I didn’t understand any of what she said back then, but I did now. The only thing that had scared me was the fact that she could’ve died. “Ok mom. I won’t, I promise.” Her mouth broke into her heart-warming smile. “Good, now go get dressed your father’s returning from his trip today.” I had felt my face light up. My father had been coming home that day and my mother was finally ok from her magic use. That had been a wonderful day. The whole kingdom had been happy.

I hadn’t realized how much I missed those two. Maybe someday soon I could go back home and things would be like those old days. I had to be sent here to be kept safe and I had hated it so much. And now, as I thought about my mom and dad I hated that decision now too. I mean, Tori was awesome but I wanted to go back home. Earth wasn’t that awesome. I wanted my home planet where I could roam free. There I was a the child of a sorcerer and an enchantress. I was a princess there. I had my own kingdom and knew every person there.

But here. I was trapped. Nowhere to go. The only good part was that I wasn’t famous/important. Here no one knew that I existed. Nor did I have constant attention being provided to me. I liked that. I was shy and too much attention made me sick.

There was a knock at the door that jarred me out of my thoughts and Tori’s voice rang out. “Cel, Hey. Cel. You in there?” She sounded worried. “Yeah, I’m in here. Just give me a minute and I’ll  be out.” She replied with a simple ok.

I looked back at the mirror. A face I was too familiar staring back at me. I turned on the water and splashed my face until it started to go numb from the cold. I was staring at myself again, water dripping down my face. It just struck me how similar I looked to my mother. It was scary as well as comforting. I never thought that someone could look even slightly like her. But there were still the differences that separated me from her. I decided that I should probably leave the bathroom before Tori decided to bust the door down.

As I walked out I nearly got kicked by a very determined looking Tori. Both me and her were pretty startled. I glared at her as she gave me her signature apologetic smile.

“What on the nine dimensions were you trying to do?!” I had tried from keeping my voice from getting mad but I clearly wasn’t successful. “I was just making sure that you hadn’t passed out again or something.” I looked away from her and checked the clock. It had been nearly an hour. Wow! I’d been in the bathroom, lost in my thoughts for so long? Apparently. I guess Tori did have the right to be worried. I would also be if someone walked into the bathroom and said they needed a minute but stayed in there for like an hour.

“Ok, whatever. I’m hungry.” She looked at me like I was crazy. “Cel, you passed out and have been asleep for hours. You could’ve been hurt or something. And food is your first though? Really?” Ok maybe it wasn’t the best thing to say but I was hungry. I wanted food so I just nodded at her. She mumbled something under her breath which sounded an awful like “may the gods help her...if they can”. This for some reason made me smile.

Tori grabbed my arm and dragged me downstairs to the kitchen. Yay! I was getting food. “What do you want?” Ooh. Choices. “What is there?” Tori went to go browse the fridge as I sat down at the table. After a minute she came to stand in front of me and said “There’s cereal.” My spirits fell. As much as I loved cereal I wanted something else. I looked at the fridge and asked “Whatever happened to the leftovers from what was it? Like two days ago?” She smiled at me sheepishly. “I ate them. Duh.”

I groaned very loudly so that she knew I was annoyed. I continued to groan as I dragged myself to the fridge, pulled out the almond milk and walked to the counter. As I did this Tori stood there with her arms crossed, and she would roll her eyes every time I looked at her. Which was like every ten seconds.

“I’m going to go do something in the living room. You can complain all you want without me having to listen to it.” Then she walked out.

Well fine. I will complain without her. But honestly I was just being obnoxious to annoy her. Which worked. And now I was alone with my thoughts. That probably wasn’t good with what I had just experienced. The image of my mother and father burned in my mind. And by that I mean, the image was literally being burned. I nearly dropped the carton of milk because of this. I had no idea why my head had the audacity to do something so horrid.

I picked up my cereal and started pouring it into the bowl. Then I put in my milk and ta-da. My dinner or breakfast or whatever it is was done. I cleaned up my ingredients and sat at the table. I had decided that I didn’t want to have any company right now. And by company I meant Tori, because well she was my only company.

I looked down at my bowl and couldn’t help but think about how I used to always mess up the milk to cereal ratio as a kid. It made me laugh because back then I never thought that I would get trapped in a place like this. It was a bitter laugh.

I took a bite and realized that I was very hungry and that my throat was parched. I ended up finishing my food a lot quicker than I thought I would’ve. I don’t think that was safe but oh well. I needed my food.

What was I supposed to do now? I washed my dishes and walked to the doorway to the living room. I peeked in to see if Tori was there. I nearly jumped when I saw her sitting in the armchair right by the door. She wasn’t moving. Why? Then I heard a weird noise. And it hit me. She was sleeping! And that unusual noise was Tori snoring. She had an odd snore. I couldn’t help but giggle when she did it again. But I quickly covered my mouth. I didn’t want to wake her up.

I walked into the room carefully and as quietly as possible. I was trying very hard to not step on the squeaky floorboards but I failed at that. Several times. Although, Tori didn’t seem to notice. She was out cold. I continued my weird walk towards the stairs. What was I gonna do up there though? I had no idea. But I continued. And once I got to the stairs I made a mad dash up them.

I checked down the stairs to make sure that Tori hadn’t somehow caught me off guard and followed me up. And let me tell you, she has done that. Many times. When I was sure that she wasn’t going to come up the stairs I walked into my room and shut the door.

I stood in front of it for a while, staring at my room. This was where I had and probably will spend most of my life. I walked over to my bed and sat down. I looked at the wall. I really wished that there was a window here. That would be nice, to look out across the landscape. But what was the landscape like?

The more I thought about the outside world the sleepier I got. I decided I should get some more rest. I knew that I had basically slept for a day but that hadn’t been refreshing sleep. It had been sleep that exhausted me more than when I had begun. That’s how us supernatural people suffered. Well, the ones who had magic at least.

If we passed out due to overuse of our powers, our sleep would just be us in a state that was similar to a coma. It wasn’t sleep it was just nothingness. And it drained you also. So when you woke up from this phenomenon (which the cool people called magic hangovers) you would be extremely hungry and thirsty. All of your energy was basically burned out during this time.

As I thought about this and ways to possibly prevent this, I drifted off to sleep. At first it was nothing. I was having no dreams but I was fully conscious. Or whatever it is that you called it when you were deep asleep but you knew that you were dreaming. I could move around but there was nothing but blackness all around me. I  saw nothing and nor did I feel anything. It was just black. Like nothing but black. And the best part? I didn’t feel anything under me. It was like I was just floating. But it didn’t even feel like that. What the heck was happening? I guess this was what it was like when someone was on a magic hangover. Well, that is if you were conscious during that. And in my opinion this sucked. A lot.

As I was about to just try and wake myself up since this was getting boring, a very bright light appeared. But it was far away. I was wondering if this would be safe or not. But my curiosity got the best of me and I started moving towards the light. I could walk but I couldn’t feel a floor so it felt like I was going to start falling any second. Although, that didn’t happen. And when I was standing right in front of the light, it turned into a door. That was crazy cool.

I walked through and the scene that was unfolding before me made me crumple to my knees. I wanted so bad to look away but I couldn’t bring myself to do so.

It was my home, but from the outside. I was standing in the forest that surrounded it looking right at the spot where Tori should have been. Would she have survived?

The whole house was engulfed in fire. It was falling apart, and disappearing too. This tore my heart because no matter how much I wanted to escape this place it was still my home. The surrounding area was also going up in flames. These were the vicious kind; the ones that had only one purpose. To destroy.

I just watched in horror, unable to do anything. The fire was everywhere except the very spot where I was standing. I felt the heat, it was scorching. It felt like my skin was burning off. I could do nothing. I was too stunned to even move. Would I die?

And to make matters worse, Tori had still been in there. I lost her. There was no possible way that she could have survived something this bad. I was slowly melting away even when I wasn’t in the fire. She had been in the house. She couldn’t have died. Could she?

The grief of her loss washed over me and threatened to knock me over completely. Maybe lying in the grass and being devoured by the flames wouldn’t be so bad.

Then, out of the corner of my eye I saw something. I turned to look at it. It was bright. But when I looked at its face, the ground from beneath me seemed to disappear. It was Tori!

But how? The fire. And she had been in it. I tried to speak but she cut me off before I could even make a sound. “Celeste, do you see this.” She waved her hand at the dreadful scene. I nodded afraid that my voice wouldn’t work if I tried to use it. She looked at me like she was angry. Then she pointed an accusatory finger at me, “This, all of this, it is your fault. All your fault.” I wasn’t processing what she was saying. The bitterness in her voice had pierced my heart. She had never talked to me like that.

She couldn’t be right. Could she? How would I manage to destroy my home? And especially get Tori killed? I had never thought anything like that in all my time here. “W-what are y-you t-t-talking ab-about?” I couldn’t keep the fear from my voice. And when I got scared I tended to stutter. She just glared at me. “How can you ask me this? Celeste, you destroyed everything! It was all your fault!” Her voice had risen a lot.

Her accusations ended up triggering a memory I had tried to keep locked up. I was standing in front of my mother. My head bowed, as she paced the room with her hands behind her back. Then she stopped right in front of me. Her eyes blazing. “Celeste Cane, do you have any idea of what you did and what you could have done?” I didn’t dare to look her in the eye, “I...I’m sorry.” was the only response I could come up with. And I didn’t even say it. I squeaked it.

“You’re sorry? You are sorry?! That is all you have to say?”

“I, er, um…” I had no idea what to do. I probably should have kept my mouth shut but I wanted to defend myself. “Celeste, you nearly burned down the whole kingdom. People and all. What were you thinking? You could have gotten everyone killed. Look at the castle-she waved her hand towards the burnt castle-that was your home and look at what you did to it. You got people killed. All of this is your fault.” She sounded sad as she said this. I scanned all of the chaos I had caused and realized that I had destroyed everything.

“Mother, please give me a chance to explai-” I got cut off once again. “No Cel” She let out an annoyed sigh and mumbled something under her breath. “Just...just go to your room...on second thought, go to Tori’s house. Stay there while I try to sort this mess out.”

I turned to leave but my mother stopped me by putting out her arm. “And Celeste, make sure that you don’t destroy anything else. Ok?” I guess I lost my own moms trust. I nodded and walked off. She had sounded so angry which made me upset. And to make things worse, everyone I walked past would glare at me or say some very unintelligible things. The children I had once played with were running away whenever I got near them. Nobody wanted me around them.

I had really screwed up. In order to escape them all quicker I started to run. I tripped several times but I didn’t care. I just wanted to escape. This had been the event that had caused me to be sent to Earth.

As I ran to Tori’s home only one thing was on my mind. The horrible four words. They kept repeating. Over and over again. They were threatening to tear me apart. It’s all your fault. They got louder by the second. In Tori’s voice, in my mother’s voice. It was a loud roar of voices all screaming the same thing. It’s all your fault!

It was getting extremely overwhelming. Then I heard a new voice join the chorus. It kept screaming stop. It took me awhile to realize that this was my own voice. But the others were getting louder and louder until I tripped and ended up sprawled on the floor. I couldn’t get up. They seemed to be pinning me down. I covered my ears to see if that would help, but that only made them get louder; get angrier. I couldn’t take this anymore. I was about to give up.

Then it all stopped, I was in the nothingness again. But someone was with me this time. I couldn’t see who but a male’s voice came out “This is your fate, but I can help you if you join me.” He then went silent and then spoke again after a few minutes, “I must go now, but you will know when you have to choose sides. Go with me and I’ll give you everything you want. For a small price of course. Everything will be as you wanted it. It will be great, I promise.”

I opened my mouth to ask a question but my breath seemed to be getting cut off. I started pulling at my throat in hopes that I would be able to breathe. Everything was darker and disappearing. Then out of nowhere there was so much light I thought I was going to become blind. I looked around and realized it was my room. I was gasping for air and breaking out in a cold sweat. That had all been a dream? But it had felt so real. I looked at my mirror and what I saw made that dream look like something happy.

Author's Note

Please comment. This is my first chapter. Please give feedback. I worked really hard on this and I hope you enjoy.