Realm of Noah

Chapter 17

21st November 2019

RENEE

I stared at the PDF I'd written down three months ago, comparing the traits of Oliver Jameson to the love of my life, Noah Stark.

From the way his hair fell upon his forehead, to the little smile he gave me, from his obsession with marshmallows to his ever calculating brain, I concluded that they were the same person.

And I'd gone paranoid for no reason.

"I messed up, Cloves," I told her sadly, my blotchy face meeting hers. "I shooed away Noah for no reason, and now he's never going to want me back ever again."

"Ren, it's two in the morning," Clover sat down next to me, her eyes droopy from lack of sleep. "You've whined enough about Noah. If you feel like you've made a mistake, then go and apologise to him in the morning."

"But is he Noah?" I cried out. "What if he's a clone?"

Clover rolled her eyes. I'd been torturing her for the past six hours, whining about Noah and regretting my sudden burst of anger. All Cloves had exuded was patience, but I could see that she was running thin on it, growing snappy with every passing second.

"Clones don't exist-"

"We're talking about Johannes here, he can make anything possible-"

Clover yawned loudly, much to my dismay. I turned away from her, glancing at a piece of Noah's handwriting upon the pdf, looking nearly identical to that of Oliver's.

"You're growing irrational, Renee Durvont," She sighed, falling onto my bed and lying on her back. "I'd suspected Grandma Phyllis before, but she's right. You have been severed."

I didn't say anything. I was scared to accept the possibility that I could be severed.

"Go to sleep, Ren," Clover mumbled.

I turned away from her, noting the breaking news that had cropped up on my feed.

Mysterious Teen hacks into LOLtube, warns viewers about the Death video.

The much-awaited music video, performed by LOLtube, titled 'Let's all Die!' was scheduled to be released at midnight, on their official website. Unfortunately, the website had been hacked before the release, now displaying the video of a man, dubbed as GhostGuy by the fans.

"He seems sketchy," Says Karen, a fan of LOLtube for nearly a year. "Why would the LOLtube plan to kill us and possess us? It's all messed up."

While fans speculate the reason behind his warning, Gordon, a professional hacker, is amazed by the skills of GhostGuy.

"I've never seen anything like this," He said. "There's no way to trace the source, it stays hidden no matter how much we've tried to trace it."

The police are trying to track down the mystery man, while the members of LOLtube are being investigated. Meanwhile, GhostGuy is trending all over the internet for his charming ways, despite his face hidden by a tacky ghost costume.

Tap on the link below to listen to GhostGuy's speech.

"Cloves, you might want to see this," I told her, only to find her fast asleep on my bed.

"Mmm?" She snored, before turning around and pulling the blanket over her head. I smiled at her, I didn't want to trouble her when she was this exhausted.

I clicked on the link, my mind reeling from what I'd just read. But even that hadn't prepared me for the video.

There sat a guy shrouded by darkness, a vague silhouette of a ghost costume visible in the faint light of the camera. He had sunglasses on his face, which added a funky touch to the grim atmosphere.