Mirrors Of The Knotted Shadows

Chapter 1

I woke up from my sleep because of the soothing music from the rain. Oh heaven! I really love rainy days. It will be always my serotonin, it'll never change. 

Instead of feeling relax because of the weather, I just felt anxious. There are a lot of questions flood in my mind. Again, I had a realistic and scary dream. 

Napaka weird ng mga panaginip ko. It was like a movie of me being the main character. Hindi ko familliar ang mga lugar sa panaginip ko. Even the people in my dreams! It gives me chills always.

It was all started when I turned 28 and kaka-birthday ko pa lang last week!

I was just staring blankly at the window, watching the gray skies watering hardly outside of my apartment. After a few minutes, I parted my attention to the ceiling while I'm trying playback of my dreams I had. It was so weird kasi para talaga siyang totoo. Was that a lucid dream? Kaya hindi na ako nakakatulog ng mapayapa eh!

I just shrugged and got up from my bed. 

Pagkalabas ko ng kwarto, dumiretso muna ako sa sala since 'dun ko kasi nilagay yung full-length mirror ko. I immediately check myself on the mirror to see what I look like right now.

I just stood there, staring at my reflection on the mirror. I still can't get rid of this feeling. Something is really off for no valid reason,

I'm not sure...

I blink twice and shake my head before walking to the kitchen.

Naghanap agad ako ng cup noodles sa mga cabinet at nagpa-init ng tubig kasi kumukulo na ang tiyan ko at wala pang laman ang tiyan ko dahil hindi na ako nakapag-almusal kasi late na kong gumising. Very relatable.

I'm sleep deprive, okay? I decided to pull an all-nighter last night 'cause I am currently writing a new story and finalizing my unrelease book. And also, I got afraid of sleeping because of those weird dreams.

Oh! By the way, I'm Jiana Rei Luvin, an indistinct and unrevealed author for straight 5 years from now.  Why? Well, my identity is not that loud but my stories always blow up to the society.

Actually, only few of them knew about my true identity 'cause I don't want to fully reveal myself in the public and I don't know how to act in front of many people. So, I rather be indistinct to everyone. 

Share ko lang. Bakit ba? Just kidding!

Anyways, I'm living in a 5-storey condominium building with my long time bestfriend, her name's Mina, magkatabi lang naman ang units namin and most of the units were vacant in this floor. I'm in 2nd floor pero halos walang nag-occupy sa mga units. Chismis pa ng iba na haunted daw ang 2nd floor. Ewan ko ba! Wala naman akong nararamdamang kakaiba dito.

About my family? I only have my father and my brother, Zach. Both of us didn't have the chance to meet our mother and we don't even know why they parted ways. My father always avoid our questions about our mother. Hindi naman ako galit pero gusto ko talagang makilala si Mama. We only her name, Grazielle. Plus, Her disappearance was so mysterious and I know I need to do something with it.