Lost Souls And Lullabies (A Zayn Malik Fanfic)

Chapter 6 ~ The Life of a Parasite

+ Zayn's Point of View + 

It was all dark and gloomy in the world I lived in. For those of you who doesn't live her, which I really hope that none of you does, because it's terrible here, and being here means that you're somewhat dead. Anyways, for those of you who doesn't know what this place looks like, I'm going to tell you now.

My world is like a big house. Nice, you may think, but no, it's not nice at all. It's like a big house that never ends. There are so many rooms that no one could ever count them. The further you go, the further you get. The house really never ends, and you can't come back any other way than the way you came to that point you're at right now. If I walk a hundred rooms away, I need to walk a hundred rooms back, because if I continue forward I will get 200 rooms away. It's an infinite house of horror. 

All rooms look the same. There's nothing but darkness. Maybe a mattress to sleep on if you're lucky. But mostly, they're taken by the other creatures here, even though no one ever sleep here.

I wish that I could sleep. I miss sleeping. But I can't. I never get tired. I can't feel the lack of sleep, like a normal person does.

I don't even know if I'm counted as a person anymore?

I don't feel like I'm one of those creatures. We're not the same at all. They all live in this terrible darkness, afraid of the sun. I love the sun. I love being outside, strolling around in the real world, where I came from. I know that I've been a part of that world back in the days. I don't remember much, but I do have a few... Dreams? And they're from the real world. Audrey's world. 

Audrey... 

Oh how I wished that I could be with Audrey all the time, but I'm afraid that the other ones might follow me there. If Audrey can see me, which I guess she can, then she can also see them. And I don't want her to. I don't know if she would be able to handle them. 

And I absolutely don't want them to take her. To take that one thing away from her that she has and they don't. Her life. Her soul.

She's too beautiful.

She hadn't seen me yet, but one day I'd show myself to her. I was just so scared that she'll see me as one of them. A monster. A parasite. 

But I didn't look like them, did I? 

I looked down at my hands. There was no sharp claws, only fingers and nails. Human nails. My body seemed pretty normal too. And I did have a face. Normal teeth. Eyes. Lips. Ears. Everything.

But why was I here and not down there, with the other humans?

I don't remember anything of how I got here. The only thing I know is that I woke up here, thinking it was a horrific nightmare that just never wanted to go away. But then I realized that I'm stuck here. Or not totally stuck, I can go visit the humans, but they can't see me. They can't hear me, feel me or anything. Then what's the fun about going there? It only makes me sad that I can't be in school like normal dudes my age. I'm just floating around here like nothing. 

"Zayyyn", the parasites whispered when I walked into one of the rooms where I usually sat. "Don't you want t-to plaaayyyhhhhhh?"

"No, leave me alone", I snapped and sat down on a damp mattress. The room was cold and foggy, and the parasites where walking or crawling around, either bored or waiting for the night to return so they could go out and get their jobs done.

I tried to dream myself away and think of Audrey again. I wondered if I would ever have met her if I was a normal boy. Would she date me? 

"Zaaayyynieboyyy, why are you smiling?"

"Not because of you, that's for sure. Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?"

"Grumpyyyh, aren't youuu?" 

"Shut up and go somewhere else."

To be honest, those creatures scared me alot. But they could smell fear, and if they knew I was scared they would just get worse. But there was one parasite that scared me alot more here, but I had never seen him myself. Maybe he wasn't even real. But since I got here I had started to believe in every damn creature, so he probably was. The other ones used to talk about him alot. He was some sort of leader and also the one who kept us here. I didn't know why, or the reason to why everyone was so scared of him, but the only time you could see a scared parasite was when they were talking about the leader.

Hopefully I'd never get to meet him though. It's not like I think he would go all "Oh Zayn, my boy, you're not supposed to be here. I'm sorry, go back to the real world, won't you?"

No, he would probably have me killed, and I'm afraid that wherever you come when you're dead, is a place more worse than this. 

Here I at least have Audrey. 

+ Audrey's Point of View +

I woke up when the sun started to shine through my window. I've had a wonderful dream about that angelic voice singing to me again. But this time it was another song, and it was beautiful. I was also dreaming that he stroked my hair and watched me sleep in some guardian angel-way. Maybe he was my angel who was supposed to keep my nightmares away?

"You look rested", said Jaclyn and sat up. I hadn't realized she was awake. And so was also Irini. "My mom is coming to get us soon, so we have to get up. But I think Hailee is awake anyways, I heard her talk to herself a while ago." Jaclyn smiled. 

"Okey", I nodded. "It was nice of you to come so that I didn't have to sit at home myself on a friday night."

"Anything for you, darling!"

"We'll see you in school on monday", said Irini when they left the house.

"Of course. See ya!" I closed  the door and turned around to join my sister in front of the TV.  She was watching another movie of hers, and it was pretty boring. Probably just becuase I'm not three years old anymore, but still.

Suddenly I heard the sound of piano keys playing a song coming from our piano room. Hailee didn't seem to listen carefully, she was too into her movie, so I decided to go check. 

But this time I was going to be careful. He was not going to get away with this one more time. I just had to see him. See what he looked like. See how horrific a monster could be with that angelic voice of his.

I sneaked through the hallway and peered into the room...

There, by the piano, was a boy in my own age...

And he was staring right at me.

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Here you go, loves! Chapter 6 of LSAL! Like I said at the last chapter of Feels Like Home; I'm going to start getting more active here again!!! YAAAYYY

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