A Familiar Void

Chapter 19

She was walking down an old path.

The grass was overgrown, reaching up to her knees. The vines overhead also reached down far enough, that they smacked into her chest every time she passed by one.

Where was she?

She didn't really know. All she knew was that she was following a tug at the end of the path that she was taking. It was guiding her forward.

She stopped.

The tug suddenly became weaker. It was there, but much fainter than it was a second a go.

She followed the weaker source.

Something glinted in front of her.

It approached her.

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Louise opened her eyes, and a yawn immediately followed. She smacked her lips as her blurry vision stared up at her ceiling.

She blinked a few times, and let out a low groan at the prospect of getting up from her bed.

Rolling to her side, the girl jerked in place when she saw something on her bed. A pair of empty eye sockets stared at her lifelessly.

It took her a moment to realise that she was staring into Sib's 'eyes' and she relaxed. She sighed and stared into the Vessel's eye socket.

She blinked, and then flipped to the other side. Hoping to continue her sleep.

Only to once again jerk in place at another pair of empty eyes sockets, this time belonging to her Familiar.

Louise stared wide-eyed at her Familiar as she waited for her heart to stop trying to jump out of her chest. After a couple more moments she had calmed down.

With the sleepiness shocked out of her, Louise sighed and sat up. She stared at her closet with an annoyed half glare.

Turning her head she saw that the sun was already up, not high enough that she'd be late for breakfast. But if she took another nap she'd definitely miss it.

She groaned and mentally prepared herself to get up.

At the sound from her mouth, both of the Vessels on her bed awoke. Both of them rising up from their sides, and standing up at attention almost immediately.

They both stood at her sides, and as usual stared at her.

"Morning Vessels huh?" She said with a smile.

Sib jumped from her bed and started to walk around her room. It reached for the Soul Wand on its back when it approached her closet.

"Hey!" She snapped.

It released its grip and turned to her.

"No," she pointed at it "No wrecking my stuff with the Soul Wand." She turned to Bug "I already know what Bug can do on its own," she glared at Sib "So I don't want to see what you can do with a Soul Wand."

It drew the wand and looked at it, before it kept it behind its back. And walked away from the closet.

She sighed, and smiled as it explored her room.