Hunting Mya Jones (First Rewrite)

"...Something Bad is Coming..."

          I make my way from my room to the bathrooms down the hall, towel, bathroom products, and clean clothes in hand. When I get there I'm the only one in the bathroom. It's quiet and empty. The bathroom is longer than it is wide with three showers located near the far back end. The walls are covered in differing shades of blue and purple one-inch tiles with a tile deco nearing the top of the walls. There is a deep purple counter with three really old white porcelain sinks sitting underneath the large mirror on the wall above it. The floor is finished with matching blue and purple pebbles that are supposed to help make it less slippery when wet. There is the hum of the loud vents somewhere that leaves the whole bathroom feeling almost cold but not in a temperature kind of cold, just in an empty and lonely kind of cold. I never liked this bathroom. You can hear everything in here. Wanting to get out quickly, I go ahead and make my way to the shower, stick my belongings on a nearby shelf and towel hook just outside of the shower curtain.

            The hot water feels nice as it washes away all the sweat and stress from earlier in the day. I try not to think about the letdown that happened earlier in the day. I run a healthy amount of shampoo through my hair, making sure I get as much of my head as possible. The hot water starts cooling down. What? That shouldn't be happening here. Even if the school could run out of hot water, I wasn't in long enough to start running out. I try to turn the hot water tap up a little more and it works. The heat is back. Not for long though, as I try to rinse out the shampoo the water turns even colder. Then, out of nowhere, the continuous hum of the vent stops humming. The floor beneath my feet starts turning clod too, in fact, a small layer of ice starts to form. "What," I mutter to myself. I start to hear the sound of loud heavy breathing throughout the bathroom despite not hearing anyone coming into the bathroom. Pulling the shower curtain back enough to look, I scan the bathroom. Normally, it's well lit, but for some reason, the light is slowly dimming and the whole bathroom is getting darker. The water continues to get colder, as the sound of heavy breathing continues. I see no signs of another person in the bathroom. "Hello?" I say a little over my normal talking volume.

"Mya..." a deep, low, breathy, male voice whispers. The small hairs on my body stand up tall.

"Who are you?" I demand. I hold the curtain to my body as I strain to look around the darkening bathroom. "I'm not afraid of you!" I say.

         I hear the sound of something small and metal clunking to the floor. It rolls towards me and falls over. It's a coin. A large dirty coin. I bend down and pick it up. I squint my eyes to look at it in the dak. There is an image imprinted on it, but I can't make it out. I run my thumb over it. Then, I hear the sound of someone turning off my shower. The water stops. Whoever is here, is not human, and they are in the shower with me. I hold my ground, not letting whoever it is know if I'm at all scared. "You are unwanted here. Go back to where you came from." I say as confidently and sharply as I can muster. "You will find no power in me."

"Mya..." The voice says again. Then, the breathing stops and for a moment I am left in the cold dark dead silence. I don't run. I stand still, holding my guard like I was taught in my first year. Suddenly, I hear the sound of the vent turning back on. The light quickly dims back to full power. The cold chill that was there leaves and all the ice under my feet quickly melts. It's as if nothing happened. The only proof I have is the coin. I turn back on the hot tap, and sure enough, it's working properly again. Feeling confident that whatever was there is now gone, I finish my shower. Was this what my stalker was warning me about? Was this my stalker? I fought off the feeling of violation as I finished my shower.

          Stepping out, I take a quick look at the coin. It looks old like it's from many lifetimes ago. There is an elephant on one side and flipping it over shows me that there's a snake on the other. No words are written on it, but there is something oddly familiar about the coin. I just can't place where I've seen it before. I look at my stack of nicely folded clothes on the shelf as I wrap my towel around myself. There, on top of my clothes, sits another letter. Just like the others, it has my name scribbled across it in messy red ink. Almost as if it was written in a rush or panic. My breath gets caught in my throat. He was here, and he left me another letter. I set the letter aside, choosing to not open it until I'm dressed and back into my room. Now, believing that this stalker is not human and was just in the shower with me, makes my blood boil. I want to smack him, I want to hurt him.

I rush myself to my room and slam the door behind me, frantically opening the letter. What does this creepy little pervert have to say this time? There it was, the messy red writing, just like the others, only messier. I begin to read:

Dear Mya,

         I warned you something was coming still, you acted carelessly. You were so vulnerable. You're lucky I was there to stop them. They could have hurt you, Mya! Why? Why didn't you listen to me, my Love? I only try to warn you and express my undying love. I only wish to keep you safe. Don't you trust me? They have control over everything. They stopped you from getting help from them. I am the only one that truly trusts you, that truly knows you. I know you didn't cause that explosion. Just trust in me Mya, My love, my soul. They want to keep us apart. Misty sure seems helpful for now, but what happens when things get too dangerous and stops being fun? That's why she is here, she finds this exciting. She doesn't understand how serious this is, she can't possibly. She's just like them, she wants to keep us apart. That's why she suggested Montgomery. She doesn't want you coming to me. Do you know why? Because she knows I can't keep them away. She knows we belong together and she is jealous. She wants the love we have, Mya. Don't you see? You can't trust anyone but me. I waited so long for you to return, and now that you have, no one will get in our way. I love you more than a thousand suns. I could've stepped in the shower with you, like old times. But I know that now is not the time. You are not ready. So, I stayed out. I watched over you. I scared them away. You did such a good job standing up to them like you were taught. Unfortunately, my dearest Mya, they won't listen to you. You must find their master. I gave you a clue. Only you can get rid of them and free me. Then, and only then can we be together like we should. I have faith in you my beautiful, sexy flower.

Love, XOXO

P.S. I'm glad to see you are still as gorgeous and ravishing as always. It makes me wish I could just devour you.

         "Trust you?" I express. "I don't have one clue who you are! You are the threat, you creepy bastard!" I slam down onto my bed and bury my face in my hands, where I cry harder than I ever cried before. I guess this means Misty and won't be going to Rino's, but instead, to find Montgomery. Maybe I can convince her to wait till morning.