"Sebastian." The little blonde girl laughed. I walked further through the woods.
"Sebastian chase me." She ran. I picked up my pace to follow the mysterious girl.
"Who are you?" I called out. She kept running. I ran faster.
I tripped.
I looked up and saw a beautiful pond that looked so familiar. On the other side stood the little girl.
"I love you Sebastian." The little girl said as a little boy came out from behind a tree.
He smiled and took her hand. They sat down by the pond. The little girl put her head on his shoulder.
I tried to walk further to get a better view, but the closer I walked the farther they got.
I closed my eyes and opened them to find myself in the dark.
"Wake up." I turned my head to see the little boy.
That little boy was me.
Sebastian's pov
I woke up sweating. I was gasping for air. Who was that little girl?
Annette: you want to go into town with me today?
Sebastian: yeah
I shook my head from everything and focused on the bet.
I got up and grabbed some clothes for the day. I went into the bathroom and started the shower. I looked into the mirror.
Gasp
I wiped around. I was breathing heavy and rubbed my eyes. Was my eyes playing tricks on me? I saw her.
She had short blonde hair and she wore a black dress. I can't remember where I saw her from.
I signed before getting into the shower. I washed my body after letting the water run on me for a few minutes. I washed my hair and shut the water off.
"Your tripping." I mumbled to myself. I opened the shower curtain and started drying myself off.
I got dressed and walked out into my room. I put my shoes on and grabbed my keys.
I got into my car and looked into my rear mirror. I dropped my keys.
The little girl was there, but purple blueish looking with wet hair and clothes. I looked back fast and she wasn't there.
I signed heavily before texting Annette I was sick and wouldn't be able to make it.
I got out my car in a rush and went back inside. I go upstairs and into my room.
I sat on my bed and laid back. I closed my eyes and before I know it, I drifted off into a deep sleep.
"Sebastian." I felt someone shake me.
"Sebastian, wake up." It was a little kids voice.
"Sebastian." I opened my eyes to become face to face with the mysterious little girl.
"Sebastian help me." She whimpered. I sat up.
"What's wrong?" I heard myself ask.
"Im in trouble." She climbed on my bed and sat on my lap. She wrapped her little arms around me and cried.
I slowly wrap my arms around her. If felt so real, almost like I was actually touching her.
"May I ask your name?" I asked in a gentle voice. She looked up at me and the same purple bluish color was back with the wet hair and clothes.
I held my gasp in and looked down. My arms were wet from her clothes and my shirt was wet from her hair and tears.
"Sebastian, why'd you leave me?" She asked me and turned her head to the side.
"I didn't- I didn't leave you."
"You left me there...and they hurt me." She cried. "They hurt me."
"Who?" She pointed at me.
"I hurt you?" She shook her head yes. She got off me and pulled her dress off.
Bruises and cut marks were all over her body. I did this? I couldn't of.
"You left me, ill never forgive you." She screamed.
"I hate you."
"I hate you."
"I hate you." She repeated. I tried to stand but my legs wouldn't let me.
I tried to talk but no words came out. I tried to reach and comfort her but i couldn't. I felt paralyzed.
I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again.
She was gone.
I woke up and tried catching my breathe. I tried to calm down but I couldn't. I felt tears weld up in my eyes.
"Ew sweaty much." Kathryn spoke as she walked in. I looked down and saw my arms were wet and so was my shirt... but where she cried and hugged me.
I stood up quickly and removed my shirt. "Get out, Kathryn." I found my voice.
She rolled her eyes but obeyed. I rushed to my closet and grabbed my childhood book.
I opened it and started turning the pages like crazy until something caught my eye. The pond.
I snatched the picture out the book and took it downstairs. I walked into aunt Helen's kitchen and found her making breakfast.
"Good morning Sebastian." She smiled as she turned around. Her smiled disappeared when she saw my condition.
"Is something wrong?" She asked, looking concerned. I slapped the picture onto the counter.
"Where is that? And how do I know it?" I asked her.
"That pond belonged to your mother." Aunt Helen signed before sitting down. She motioned for me to do the same, I obeyed.
"That pond was so beautiful, neighborhood kids would ice skate on it in the winter and swim in it in the summer." She smiled remembering like it was yesterday.
"But how do I know it?" I snapped her out her daydream.
"Amanda and you use to swim there all the time." Amanda?
"Amanda?"
"Yes. Mrs and Mr Hargrove always had business and your mother loved children so she offered to watch her and you guys became the bestest of fiends." I nodded to show her I was listening.
"It was quite cute actually. But that picture was taken right before your mother.." she stopped and had tears forming.
"Uh your mother, she um." She tried gathering herself. I put my hand on her arm as comfort.
"She was drowned in the pond one night.. and.. and.." she trembled. Her bottom lip started to quiver.
"They uh, they took Amanda.. and hurt her." She finally was able to get out.
"Hurt her how?" My voice cracked.
"They raped her and threw her in the pond with your mother, it was winter out and no one saw them. Luckily, Amanda was able to find a way out." She breathed in hard. "But your mother passed away, with your little sister inside of her." She spoke with sympathy as she told me about my unborn baby sister that I never new about.
"What was her name going to be?"
"Juliet."
