talking to the moon

Chapter eight

I wake at the sound of clinking chains.It take me another moment to realize that the chains are on my wrist. The world sharpens and blurrs over and over again, so I can only tell that my surroundings are dark gray and silver, that the stone beneath me is cold and damp. For instant, I am back on my old house my old memories when everything was fine; my father has just started his proposal to his comrades. I can even hear his chuckle in the corner of the room, see a hazy mirage of him leaning against the wall there laughing as he talk to his partners about his plan......... His plan that led us to all of this

The world lurches. I try to focus on something, anything, but my mind is too hazy. The whispers fill my head with nonesense, then scatter.

There is a hallway and stairs and the cool breeze of night. Nearby, a voice that I know too well. Teren. I turn to find him, but I can't seem to pinpoint where he is. His voice floats near and then far, until I don't hear him at all.

Where am I? Where is everyone else?The thought comes to me and I try to hang on to it. Am I lost in another nightmare? What if I don't wake up... How am i going to figure everything now... What really happened? Whats my name? Who am I really?

The memory of me asking Teren my name and him not saying anything comes crawling back, piece by piece. I got frustrated Remembering that. The thought of what happened after I run away from him feels fuzzy and blurry

A rat, the whispers say. They always sneak through the cracks,

The night changes to stairs again

I lift my head weakly. The stairs  stretch endlessly to either side of me and seem to lead to the heavens. Towers loom above, candles burning gold and infront of me. I look higher to where the stairs give way to a grand, elaborately carved entrance, framed by pillars and covered woth thousands of repeating circle's and squares there I see words

'Achlys'

Achlys means darkness but what is this supposed to be

Suddenly I stumbled on the steps then My head slumps

The next time I wake, I am lying in the center of a vast, circular chamber. A low rumble of voices echoes all around me. Rows of candles line the edge of the room, and light comes from somewhere above me, enough to illuminate the entire space. A terrible pressure pushes against my chest making me gasp for air my hands are still shackled and my head throbs, but this time the world sharpens enough for me to think straight. I push myself up to a sitting position.

I blink away the remnants of my hazy mind and glances quickly around the room

Release your illusions avrielle

I look around to see someone standing on the far corner of the room i squinted my eyes to see the person quickly

I smelled the familiar arouma of someone I deeply cared about

Light slowly shines her face making me recognize her

Lana.........

'Hello sis' she smiled, I didn't utter a word I just stared at her I wanna run away from her but my hands are chained

'w-why??' she starts to cry
Why didn't you helped me?? Did u really hate me that much???

Flashbacks of our past flashed into my eyes of how I treated my sister, I keep saying that I love and adored her but in reality i realized that it wasn't love that i felt

It was jealousy......... I was jealous of her, she was always the favorite. I was jealous because I wanted to be the one who will continue my fathers legacy I wanted to the heir of the family and I wanted everything to be passed down to me

But her being the oldest child she was favoured and was destined to be the heir and continue my fathers legacy

I hated her because of that I treated her bad..... I watched her die without even helping her

'Avriellle!' I looked at her tears streaming down my eyes

'I-im s-sorry' I whispered

'You killed me.... You killed me sister'

'I didn't!!!!' the fire killed you'

'you killed our father Avi' she screamed

I stopped......
I killed dad? No I didn't I didn't I couldn't......

' you're lying' I start to shake

I need to wake up now....... I need to wake up now

I closed my eyes and everything went black

'Avi, Avi, Avrielle' I opened my eyes to see no one but trees surrounding me I squinted my eyes and forced my self to stand up

I looked around and saw no one but, I can hear a faint sound of someone calling my name, I tried to locate where its coming but it seems to be all over me, I decided to run and try and find a way to get out of here when I realized...... My hands are still chained

'how does it feel to be chained Avrielle?' I keep hearing my thoughts roaming in my head, i tried not to listen to it but it just keeps on getting louder

' tell me Avrielle how does it feel to be chained to past, u deserved everything that is happening to you, after everything you've done, you don't deserve to be in peace, u deserve to be chained forever'

'I didn't do anything' My eyes start to tear up ' Its not my fault at all, dont  accuse' I said on a very faint and broken voice

' u did this to ur self its your karma and consiquence Avrielle'

I covered my face and starts to cry
Memories and realization struck my mind.............

But ........................i still need my answers