Ann's POV:
The rays of the sunlight pierced through the thick curtain as I lay in bed. With my eyes closed and my cupped palms in my ears, I squirmed, trying to put off voices especially Varna's.
"Come on Annie, don't you want to play?" She asked flashing a devilish grin.
Fear flushed all over me, I could feel my body trembling. I didn't want to look into her eyes because they were filled with melancholy and they scared me.
"No! Stay away from me!" I yelled crawling on the floor towards the door.
"Look at me!" She yelled.
All I wanted now was to run to my parents room and stay there, Varna didn't disturb me when I was around my mum. I crawled on still determined to get to the door knob. A cold hand dragged my feet. I screamed as I felt my body being lifted through the air.
"Ann!" My mum yelled from outside, "Open this door!"
I groaned in pains and closed my eyes, tears already strolling down.
"Look at me!" She yelled again.
I could feel her cold breath over my face, it sent shivers down my spine. My heart raced.
"Ann!" A voice yelled distantly, shaking me vigorously
"Ann! Open your eyes!" The voice yelled again now sounding normal.
I opened my eyes reluctantly and there was my mum with tears streaming down her eyes and my whole family. She pulled me into a deep hug, stroking my hair.
"Mummy's here," she assured.
My breathing started to stabilize. I glanced at my father, he stood still, shaking his head repeatedly.
"My enemies have finally succeeded!" He exclaimed putting his hands on his head
"Francis don't say that!" Mum snapped after tucking me up in bed and planting a kiss on my forehead.
"Why shouldn't I?" he asked flinging his arms in the air like a madman
"The doctor said she can still be normal, sometimes." Mum said calmly "We will get through this."
"There's no cure for that illness, how will I live with the fact that my own daughter is schizophrenic? Tell me how?" Dad said choking on a tear.
I stared at the ceiling boiling in anger, does he think I'm a liability to him? I know I'm twenty-eight years old but that doesn't mean that I'm done for. The drugs worked sometimes but Varna wasn't affected by it. It made the others go to sleep but Varna only left me when I consumed nicotine. She had haunted me with every chance she got to. Her eyes were so scary, she always forced me to look into them. They made me see things I didn't want to. It was so frightening to experience those things. The loud sound of the slammed door snapped me out of my thoughts and I soon fell asleep.
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"Ann, get up!" A voice said
I rubbed my eyes and opened them. It was my friend Feyi. I smiled, springing up from bed.
"Good morning, Fay." I cooed now grinning widely
"Your mother said you hurt yourself again, is that true?" he asked raising a brow.
"It was Varna," I started, already trembling from the mere words my mouth had just spoken.
He held my hands and smiled at me, I smiled back feeling red on my cheeks.
"She tried to force me to look into her eyes," I sobbed already subdued by the fear struggling to break free within me.
"Did you look?" He asked.
I flashed him an angry stare. Did he really think that I'd be stupid enough to look into her eyes? His stupid drugs weren't helping as well as he promised they would. Varna wasn't the only one who could withstand the drugs.
