Melancholy (Book I)

Amber

Mother and father were arguing for one hour now. I was on my knees by the door holding on to the bloody nose my father had gifted me with. "She's not my child!, You dirty whore!she's not my child!" he shouted over and over in my mother's face. My mom responded with a frustrated scream then the scene shifted.

I sat on my sister's apartment couch, watching my crying sister on the floor , her face bloodied and bruised, her boyfriend standing over her with the belt in his hand. This was a scene I had become familiar with, it haunting me every night in my dreams. I couldn't move, I couldn't help my sister. Her boyfriend suddenly stopped, turning around around to face me. His eyes were red and tentacles protruded from his back.

"Stupid human" he said menacingly

Then everything went black

I rose up, breathless and disoriented from my awful nightmare. I felt around for the little blue teddy bear that I normally slept with, but it wasn't there . I wasn't in my bed.

I jumped up frantically as my peripheral vision kicked in . The atmosphere I was in was a dark red, just like the color of blood. The air was cold, making me shiver, my clothes and hair were wet and smelled foul, like someone had drenched me in rotten eggs.

I took a step and my foot sank down and I stumbled back. I looked up, hoping to see the dark blue sky, the stars and pale blue moon I was accustomed to but instead was greeted by a black sky lit by a single red moon. I found myself stumbling back, trying to find something to hold on to but instead I fell to the ground again. I groaned, then forcibly got up.

I started to walk around, tentative at my every step . I didn't know where I was, how I got there and the danger that could be around me. But somehow in some way it felt nostalgic.

As far as I could see I was in a vast open space. All around me was red, except the ground which was a pitch black soil. It felt as if someone plucked me up and threw me into deadland. I ran my through my wet hair , flustered. I couldn't remember anything , I was in some kind of weird place not knowing how and when I got there. It could of been hours, days maybe.

The sound of a shriek snapped me back into reality and instinctively I turned around but there was nothing there. I felt goosebumps all over my skin and every hair on my body was standing up. I steadied myself, trying my best to keep myself quiet. I heard the shriek again, this time behind me and I jumped around

The first thing I saw were the red eyes, then three red tentacles with silver spikes whipping in the air.

"Human" It said and I turned to run

It took a big leap and ended up right in front of me. I screamed and turned back, only to be greeted by another one with bright yellow eyes. They both moved forward, attacking me with their tentacles. I hit the ground pulling my knees up to my chest. I put my hands over my ears in an attempt to get the horrendous shrieking out my head. This has to be a nightmare, this has to be a nightmare I screamed mentally.I prayed that it would be over soon , that I would wake up out of this hellhole. i counted off the seconds in my head, then the seconds turned into a minute

But nothing happened.

"Are you just gonna lay there?" I heard a voice say right over me .

I wanted to answer but fear rendered me speechless. I felt hands wrap around me, lifting me off the ground. I opened my eyes and looked up into eyes, the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. Amber eyes, flecked with green. His eyes held familiarity and for the second time I felt that same feeling, nostalgia.

"Looks like we got more company" he said, then extended his black wings.

It happened so fast, my brain didn't have enough time to comprehend it. One minute we were on the ground, then in the black sky flying. I could hear the faint shrieking from below and chuckles from my savior. For some reason I thought of sleeping beauty, saved by her prince. Somehow I felt like I was in her position, except my savior was an amber eyed beauty with black wings.

I closed my eyes as we soared in the black sky away from the danger below.

A/N

Sorry for short chapter and sorry for not updating . I was suffering from major writers block lol. Please vote and comment. It really means alot to me. :)

-Jenni