The Stolen Joy

Chapter 1 -Who are they?-

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Joy's POV

I opened my eyes to see a gate in front of me with many people standing near it. 'Where am I now?' I thought. I looked behind me and saw a kindergarten. 'Wow,it's pretty big.' I thought. Then I heard a bell rang. 'Maybe it's a sign for the end of a period or school. Heh,just like elementary school.' My thoughts were interrupted by children running out of the kindergarten towards their parents or guardian and screaming and laughing. I smiled,enjoying the sight and suddenly my eyes landed on a woman with a hijab that looks too familiar to me. "Mom?" I blurted out as I walked closer to the woman. I examined the woman while thinking. 'She looks like mom but mom is not a Muslim and she doesn't wear a hijab but she looks exactly like mom. There could also be a chance that this is mom's past self. Hmm I wonder what happened..'
"¨µµˆ⁄" I turned my head towards the voice immediately as a terrible headache starts to form in my head.

"Ï冈µå˙⁄  I missed you so much,dear." The woman said as she hugged the child and lifted her up. The girl giggled and started asking a question while I tried to ignore them so hard because they're making my headache worsen but I can't. "¨µµˆ,when are we going to visit Å∫ˆ'ß ©®å√´¿" "Soon,dear. Very soon."

'What was she saying? What's their relationship? Who are they and where am I? I'm so confused.' Thoughts keep rushing inside my head as my headache keeps worsening with everything around me. I also can't shake off this feeling too but I can't tell what is the thing that I'm feeling. It hurts so much. Ithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithurtsithur-
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"Gah! Huff huff huff." I woke up from the dream with an unbearable pain in my head and chest as I tried to calm myself down. 'Those two people again keep appearing in my dreams... Are they demons or something? Why do they look familiar? Why do I keep having terrible headaches everytime I see them and hear them talking? Is it a nightmare or just a silly dream? But if it's just a silly dream then why do I feel like this? Why why why why why wh-'

"Joy! Are you awake yet? I've made breakfast for you!" I was startled a bit because I was too deep in thought but I was thankful that mom interrupted my train of thoughts or not I might get a panic attack again.. Then I realized that I haven't answered her question yet so I got up and answered her question. "Yes,mom! I'm already awake! I'll be down in a few minutes!" "Ok!" She replied then everything was silent again.

I thought for a second whether I should shower or not then decided to shower cause I stink pretty bad. I took my towel and then went into the bathroom. I put my towel on the sink and started to take a shower. I can feel all my pain and tiredness started to wash away as the water hit my skin. 'Ah,so calming...' I thought. I stayed like that for a moment to embrace the calmness. When I feel like I'm calm enough,I started to wash my body with soap and then rinse my body. I closed my eyes as the water hit my skin again,feeling the calmness taking over again. I feel at peace. Like there was never a problem in this world but I know I have to get out soon so I seize the calmness as much as I can before getting out of the bathroom. After I feel like it's enough,I took my towel and covered myself and get out of the bathroom.

That feeling came back again... Why am I feeling this way? ˆß ˆ† †®¥ˆ˜© †ø ®´µˆ˜∂ µ´ øƒ ßøµ´†˙ˆ˜©¿ ı¨† ∑˙å† ˆß ˆ†¿ ˆ ∂ø˜'† ˚˜ø∑...
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Mrs Annie's POV

I sat by the table and waited for Joy to come down patiently while letting my thoughts overpower my boredom. Suddenly a memory flashed right in front of me and I just smirked seeing that memory.

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Then I heard footsteps at the stairs. I looked at the stairs and saw Joy walking down the stairs. I smiled widely. "Hey,mom." She greeted me with a sweet smile. "Hello,dear. Are you ready to eat breakfast now?" I asked her. "Yup! So,what's for breakfast today?" She asked while tying her hair to a ponytail. "I've cooked scrambled eggs for breakfast. I hope you like it." I said as I patted on the chair that's near me for her to seat on. "Yum! Thanks,mom!" She exclaimed happily as she sat on the chair and started to eat. I giggled and started to eat with her.

------Time skip to when they've finished eating-----

Joy's POV

I took my plate to the kitchen and started washing it while humming a tune that's strangely not foreign to me even though I don't remember where I heard it from. My head started to hurt again as I hummed the tune and it worsen as I continue to hum the tune. "Joy?" I was startled by my mom's sudden appearance right next to me that I almost dropped the plate that I was holding.

"Are you ok?" She asked. "Yeah,I'm fine. Just a bit startled by your sudden appearance." I said. "Oh,I'm so sorry,dear. I didn't mean to make you startled." She apologized. "Oh,no no. It's fine. It's not like you gave me a heart attack or something." I joked trying to make her less guilty. "If you say so and oh. Don't forget to eat your medicine. I suggest you to eat it now and go to sleep straight away. Here,I'll help you put your plate away." She said as she took my plate with a smile. "Ok,mama. I'll go eat my medicine now." I said and smiled at her before went to my room to eat my medicine.

After I arrived to my room,I quickly took my medicine and ate it in one gulp. I choked a bit since the medicine was a bit big so I drank a water from my water bottle and I wasn't choking anymore. I felt really sleepy afterwards and laid down on my bed as sleepiness starts to take over me. I slowly closed my eyes as I slowly go to Dreamland.
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Goodbye and have a great day!

~NF~