Chapter 1 - Lifeless
Me? I'm Aayla, 14, tall, low self-esteem, and unhappy. Also, I have rainbow eyes, and a somewhat unusual wardrobe. I have long brown hair, colored extensions in it, and bangs. I'm the kind of person who won't give up, unless I'm pressured.
Losing your parents is a hard thing, but having to live with someone you think is family is harder. You're probably wondering what i mean by "think is family", i would tell you but you need to keep reading...
Every Saturday morning is the same, i wake up at 5 a.m. and have to make my eldest cousin breakfast. Her name is Gretchen, but she makes people call her Dusti. I'm not sure why. After i make her breakfast i make myself a bowl of cereal, and eat a granola bar. Then, i leave the house for the rest of the day.
Today was different, usually i went to the market to buy a few things. The problem is the way i usually went was blocked off so i decided to go through the woods, noting bad ever happens when people do that, right?
When i was walking through the woods it seemed as if i was being watched, I'm sure it's nothing. Suddenly a cold, strong breeze of wind swept through the air, and goosebumps covered my arms i felt so cold, like the blood suddenly left my body, i felt...lifeless.
After that episode i decided to sit down in a small pile of leaves, when i did i felt something...a soft rock? I stood up and looked under the leaves. It was a person! He must of been knocked out or something because his eyes were closed...or he was dead.
I set his head down on a rock and went to grab some water from the nearby pond to try and wake him up, then i realized i had nothing to carry it with. So i walked back over to the man and started to drag him towards the pond, he suddenly felt like a hundred pounds. As i reached the pond i set him to lay on the mud close enough to the water. I started to cup my hands and splash him with water, nothing happened. I realized i still had my soda from earlier, it was still cold, colder then the water. I poured it on his face then he suddenly awoken...
His eyes were a piercing black, but they also had a teal color in them. I froze as if he was able to make that happen. He looked at if he had seen a ghost, but he was more like a ghost. His skin was a silky peach like color, his eyes were beautiful, his hair was a smooth black with a bit of blond in it, and he was wearing a red shirt with a symbol on it that looked as if he was in a group of some sort, he was also wearing tight jeans with a chain hanging from the belt loop.
He started to move, should i be frightened? He wasn't moving much but it was visible. Suddenly, he grabbed my throat and tackled me to the ground. "Who are you...and why are you here?" he said.
I was still shocked and couldn't speak so he decided to walk away. "I'm Aa-a-ayla" i stuttered slowly to say because i was frightened.
"And why are you here?"
"I needed a different way to the place i was going"
He stopped talking and stared for a second. He started walking to me, i didn't think to walk away. He touched my face, it was awkward and his hand was cold. He didn't seen normal, but i didn't mind at all. "You have to come with me" he said.
"WHAT? I can't go anywhere!"
"It's something huge" he said with a suspicious tint in his voice.
"I-i-i can't"
He grabbed my hair and hit my head against a tree, i was out cold.
When i woke up i was being swabbed with an alcohol wipe, i was to worried about where i was then the feeling of it stinging. It looked like I was still in the woods, but these woods were different. I was in the arms of someone, not that sure but i felt that feeling about being lifeless again, why and how? My vision was still blurry from just waking up. "What's going on?" i said in a sleepy voice.
"Shhhh, be quiet" someone said in a smooth silk like voice.
The voice didn't sound familiar but when my vision got clearer it looked like the one guy i saw in the woods before i passed out. He picked me up, I was surprised that he could. While he was carrying me we passed a gorgeous lake, the sparkle made it look perfect, there was a waterfall very soothing making me almost go back to sleep.
We came to a stop. "If i let you go will you stay?" he asked.
"Where would i go?...I have no clue where we are" i said with a smart attitude then i had a smirk on my face.
He let me down gently, then he glared and waited a second to see if i was going to take off, but i knew he would have been able to catch up to me. "My name is Patrick" he said.
"What am I doing here"
"When we encountered in the woods earlier today I knew you would be perfect."
"Perfect for what..exactly?"
"To save my home, it's been haunted by shadows."
"I don't see how i will be able to do this"
"You will soon learn"
"WAIT! I'm still lost..."
"Just come with me."
He started to walk, for a minute I didn't because I wanted to think, but after i started to follow. I wanted to know where we were. I skimmed the items i saw in the pack Patrick was carrying, I saw a water bottle so I decided to steal it. I took a drink out of it I felt so much cooler. We stopped at a door, the door looked like it led into a cave, but why would a cave have a door? "What is this place" I asked curiously.
"My home."
"This ...cave..is your home?"
"There is more to it..."
I looked around but saw nothing except for the cave. The huge door opened slowly and it led to a dark hallway. "What are these ... errmmm ... what were they? Shadows? What are they like?" I said a little worried.
"They are sneaky little creatures. Quite freaky i may add. "
I wanted to back away, but something in my gut said not to. We continued to walk through the hall, he grabbed a torch to continue walking through. I felt a little touch on my foot, then a breeze after that. I figured it was one of those shadow things Patrick was talking about. We heard a big thump and it sounded like it was close. Suddenly he grabbed a hold of me and slammed me to the ground with his body on top of me, then i felt that lifeless feeling again, why did that everytime i made contact with him? "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" i shouted.
"I was making sure you were safe, your welcome."
I rolled my eyes. He got up off of me and i got the feeling of life back in my body. We walked a little more, then we finally came to a room with light. "Why is it so dark in the hall and in some of the rooms?" i asked.
"The shadows..." he said making it sound like i should know.
"How the hell should I have known?"
"I have been telling you about them..."
We walked into the room and there were four other people. One was a girl who looked around Patrick's age, then there was an old guy...he sorta looked like a wizard. There was also an adult woman, and another kid around Patrick's age but was a boy. "Who the hell is that?" the one girl said giving me a dirty look.
"Her name is Aayla."
"hmmm....whatever."
I just walked over to a couch in the room. I was being stared at, it felt really awkward. They continues talking about these "shadow" creatures, all i did was sit their and listen. "GOD DAMN IT... I still don't see how the hell im going to save your house...." I said.
"JUST WAIT" Patrick shouted.
I stared at him with a tad of a dirty look cause i was pissed.
