Elysium

Breakdown 7

I didn't even get to touch the ground, something was grabbing onto my arm and I was left dangling at a medium of life and death. Heavy panting can be heard from above me. I look up weakly to see Leo staring down at me with wide eyes.

"Anna!" His panicked voice called to me. I stare at him, shocked.

"Why would you save me?"

My voice breaks.

Was he really so selfish and cruel that he wasn't even going to allow me to die? He was such a bitter person, such an unfair person...

"Don't leave me all alone again!" Leo screamed, what was he even talking about? To my surprise tears were pouring down his cheeks rapidly. Again? I don't understand, is he trying to confuse me with his mind games again?

"I'm sorry! I know I haven't been treating you right! I just don't want you to go away again. I can't let you go, I need you!" he begs, My arm is beginning to hurt and I start slipping.

"Do you think that after all you have done to me that I can just forgive you for it?!" I scream, furiously.

"YOU KILLED EVERYONE I LOVE, YOU RAPED ME, YOU KILLED ME!"

My voice is suddenly unrecognizable and a sharp pain emerges from my chest. I find myself crying as well. It was a lot that I was holding in, I didn't care if he hated me, I wasn't going to hold back anymore, especially not for him. His once cold eyes become pained and the demon, for a second, looked like an angel.

"I know... I'm so sorry... I just needed to make sure you were mine and only mine... if you left again I couldn't live. I didn't mean to hurt you... please believe me."

His gentle voice mumbles. How can I believe such a foul creature, he's just confusing my thoughts isn't he ? I begin kicking and squirming so that I can finally fall. His grasp tightens on me and he reaches for me with both hands now. I gasp in pain. God damn if you're going to just hold onto me like this you might as well just pull me up, my arms felt like they were going to be ripped out of their sockets!

Finally, as if he read my mind, he pulls me up and helps me get onto the balcony. I don't face him, I was pretty upset that he foiled my suicide plan.

"Annalina..." Leo's voice is weak.

He suddenly pulls me to him and hugs me, bawling. I try to control myself but I also weep into his chest. We stayed like this for a few moments and for some reason it all felt so familiar. It made me feel so fucking sick.

It felt like home.

Needless to say after my suicide attempt Leo had given me a lot more freedom. I still wasn't allowed to leave the mansion, but all the doors inside were now unlocked so that I could at least explore when he went off to work or wherever he went during the day. My favorite room was the library, he had tons of books and of course all my favorites were there. I giggle and mumble to myself while walking around the large library. Since I'm incredibly clumsy I inevitably trip and crash into one of the bookshelves against the wall.

"Ow.."

I curse to myself and slowly get up to notice that the bookshelf had opened up in such a cliche way that I burst into great laughter.

I felt like a great detective, about to find the biggest clue to the mystery. But I knew in reality, I was just extremely dumb and lucky to find something so bizzare. There was another room behind the bookshelf, who would've guessed right? I of course entered the room only to find that the bookshelf had closed up on me. Yikes. It seemed that in this moment I was trapped in here. The room was relatively empty it only contained four mirrors. They were very large mirrors and all had completely different designs. Two were black stoned, and the other two were white. It almost looked like I could walk into one. I walk to the mirror in front of me, with white engravings of stone around it. It was very vintage looking and beautiful. A name that I didn't recognize was written on top.

"Huh?"

I stare into the mirror and there isn't a reflection.... I began to feel uneasy and step back from the mirror. A girl about my age appears in the mirror now, looking a lot like me but different. Her hair was much longer, almost reaching to the floor, and she looked a lot happier. She was wearing a pure white gown with a silver ribbon and bow wrapping itself around her collar.

The girl stared at me with mild curiosity. She again looked and felt so familiar... My head begins to ache with a sharp, unbearable pain and I fall to my knees. What is happening to me?

 I hear childish giggling in my ears " I can't believe you lied to me! I'm never coming back again do you hear me? I hate you!" an upset girl's voice yells. " ------- Wait!" a man's voice follows Distortion occurs.

I sit there panting in intense discomfort. He had said somebody's name but I couldn't understand it. Scratching my head now in confusion I stare into the mirror again, only to see that the beautiful girl was now gone and I was left with my own reflection. I wore a pained expression with my new lacy black gown and red ribbon wrapping itself around my collar. Where am I? I thought to myself weakly. Now that I think about it I don't remember anything from before senior year happened. When Sal showed me that memory before, I had not remembered it until he showed me. I blink in confusion and horror. Who was I exactly? When did Lucius and I start dating? Who was Leo and why did he know me so well? My breathing quickens and I start pounding my fists at the bookshelf. I want to get out of here! To my luck the bookshelf opens and I sprint the hell out of there, ramming head first into Leo. We both fall and thud on the ground.

"Oh!" we both pant.

What was he doing here? He usually came back at a later time.

"Are you alright?" He pets me gently.

I shake my head, we were a lot more polite to each other after that day. Not that I forgave him of course.

"I saw a room full of mirrors and a girl that looked like me and and a weird flashback and an- " I start to blubber and cry out in terror.

His eyes widen and then a weird expression rests on his face.

"Ah, that room..."

"Huh? YOU know of it?" I ask, bewildered.

Leo rolls his eyes "I live here, you know."

"What is the deal with that room?" I demanded.

He helps me up and stares at me with a broken expression.

"It's the truth."