INFERNO: The Fiery Inception

CHAPTER 17

Everyone was looking at me expecting to explain what happened. I cleared my throat.

"So I had this dream" I said.

"A dream did that to you?" Alex interepted and asked me, concerned. I nodded and started explaining what happened in my dream. How he had chased me around, startled me and went as far as choking me, How the guardian had told me to trust him, whoever this 'him' was. When I finished Alex looked at Lucas and asked

"Shouldn't the guardian be protecting Charlie, he should be showing Charlie the right path, why is he hurting her" she sounded a bit angry.

Lucas turned towards me let out a deep sigh "Did you trust him completely? Did you make yourself believe that he was not a threat"

I remembered the time when I saw that golden eyes ans how it had vanished just like it appeared. When I ad considered him to be good, he showed me a part of him, real him.

"Yes, for a moment I did. And I saw his eyes were that golden color it was other worldly, it was beautiful. One minute was there and the next gone" I said.

"See, you saw a glimpse of him, he doesn't want to hurt you Charlie, he don't have a choice. You need to be strong, you need to trust him, and you need to believe that he would help you no matter what" he said and I nodded.

"How do you know all this?" I asked its good that he knows but how? Have he ever met the guardian.

"Let's just say years of being here as the leader of the warriors teaches you a thing or two, plus the information gets passed through generations"

I was getting tired, and it also bugged me that if information were being passed down through generations then why Alex didn't not know that.

"So the guardian was once alive right?" I asked. Lucas seemed annoyed that I was pressing further but masked it soon.

"Yes" he said. This is weird he always adds a sentence; he always elaborates whatever he is saying.

"You should sleep, Charlie you must be tired" Lucas told me. I slightly narrowed my eyes, it was as if he was trying to dismiss the topic, like he did not want to talk about it anymore. but why, this made me suspicious but got up anyway because even as a person who slept for a whole day I'm tired.

We slowly filed out of the room, the questions that circles in my head still unanswered. The people here and their attitude and everything seemed foreign, as if I don't belong here but I knew that I would have to change that myself, it's my mind that plays the vital part, its me who needs to be strong.

And the nightmares have been taking toll on me, I haven't told anyone yet but beside these occasional messages from the guardian, nightmares have been haunting me for the past few weeks. Losing the one's I love and care for and something way more scary, people abandoning me, betraying me because I would just cause them trouble. This isn't easy, I didn't expect it to be but it doesn't mean I'm not struggling. The thoughts of the man with the hat didn't leave my head either, was he hurting someone else? I never know.

I was so lost in my thought while walking I almost passed our rooms, but Alex pulled me back, she wrapped her hand around my shoulder and started walking towards our rooms, we passed her room and I faced her

"What? I can't sleepover with my BEST friend?" the way she asked it gave me creeps, but I shrugged. Alex don't do dramatic but right now she was worse than anyone I know, I know she's doing this to make me feel better. But she don't have to, I should be getting stronger.

We got inside my room and I showered and changed into my pajamas and Alex went and changed from her room and brought in her secret stash of snacks.