Character Stories

Chime

“R-Relk? Where are we?” I whispered, scared by the dark. “Relk?!” I called, my voice rising a pitch.

I was alone. For the first time in my entire life, Relk wasn't there. I was all alone in the dark. Relk knew how much the dark scared me, why would he leave me alone in the dark? I didn't understand, hoping he was just asleep somewhere, but he always slept with me, hugging me close to him so I'd feel safe.

I stumbled into a wall and whimpered at the unfamiliar stone beneath my fingertips. “Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore,” I mumbled, but the joke didn't make me feel any better.

I turned and leaned my back into the wall, then tipped my head back to feel the cool stone bricks against the back of my head. Tears streamed down my cheeks as my eyes roamed around wildly, trying to find even the tiniest bit of light. What if I was buried alive? What if I never saw my twin again? In that moment, I knew what it was like to be alone, the terror that I'd never be happy again, the hopeless, empty feeling of misery, the hunger for a voice, a touch... anything to know that I wasn't alone in that darkness.

Things have definitely picked up for me, though. I snuggle a little closer to Daddy's sleeping form with a smile. Definitely better now.

((Author note; This one does feature two of Beck's characters; Relk, Chime's twin, and Varage, her father. Everything else belongs to me.))