Sixteen Shadows

Epilogue: Elena's Flashback

I remembered when I was just 5 years old and Joseph is 7.

We were both playing at the backyard and we kept on seeing shadows.

I thought I was the only one.

Our relatives thought that it was just our dark imagination after our parents died.

We just see shadows. Dark shadows, to be exact. Sometimes they come into their human form and play with us. There's this one shadow who kept following me, as if it's following my every step and every move. That shadow wasn't talking to me. Maybe that shadow's a shy type. The other shadow was the one I always play with. He's redhead and he's good looking. He kept talking to me but he just disappeared when I reached 9 years old. He's like my bestfriend but he ran away from me.

I am often called a psychic or the paranormal girl. I dunno. They just don't understand me. I am such an introvert too.

The shy shadow never left me until one day, I was walking down the cold street. I was 10 that time and I just played baseball with my classmates. I felt my chest tighten and I saw the shy shadow turned into it's human form.

I just collapsed on the ground and my head hit the pavement. Everything was a blur. I just remembered that there's this tall guy who rushed by my side. His eyes were green and it was beautiful. It's just ordinary green eyes but it's too sparkly.

Then boom.

I just woke up in the hospital and never remembered anything. I don't even know how that guy who stood by my side looked. I forgot his beautiful eyes. Maybe he's an angel, i thought.

I never knew that one day I'll find out that he once existed in this world, that I once existed in his world. Maybe he's an angel. But he's just an ordinary being whom I never thought I will love and wait for the rest of my life.