Broken Ashes: Sibs reborn

4 - Come back

I opened my eyes as my heart was beating quickly against my ribcage, I took in shuddering breaths as my hands trembled slowly. I glanced to the side of my bed and sat up, staring at a pitch black corner of my room as it began to move and shift.

"Why are you here, delusion?" I whispered as my body grew colder, the shadow moved around until it began to shape into a fall figure and a wicked sharp teeth grin slowly spread across its face.

"You are getting too used to this reality, my little sunshine~" It's distorted voice gently bounced around the walls as I stared into their gray eyes that suddenly appeared, little sparkles swirling around like stars as I narrowed my eyes at the shadow being.

"And you're always annoying me, Judge." I muttered out as the being giggled quietly while tilting their head to the side.

"This isn't where you belong, sunshine. You know this deep down." They said calmly, I winced as my head throbbed in pain and I shook my head.

"Shut it, you aren't even real. You are just an illusion of what I let my mind come up with to cope with losing my brother!" I growled out, throwing my pillow at the shadow as it vanished.

I panted as tears rolled down my cheeks as I hiccupped back sobs, curling my knees into my chest as I grieved for my brother. Judge's voice echoed next to my ear lovingly and calmly.

"They miss you, Ashley~"

"...I-i know..." I voiced out randomly as the pain intensified in my head, I yelped in pain quietly as I grit my teeth and felt the shadow vanish with a sad smile.

"One step at a time, My dear~"

Suddenly the darkness consumed me as my skin began to burn, silent screams ripped through my throat as I felt something clawing my stomach from the inside. Blood slowly changed my tears as the darkness consumed the entire room, I reached my hand out towards some form of escape until....

"...Ash?"

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I jolted awake as tears rolled down my cheeks as I scanned the room in panic, my heart thudding in my chest as my breathing came out fast. My hands trembled and gripped my blanket as my hair stuck to my face, sweat rolling down from my forehead. Blue and silver mist coating my fingers as I tried to remember what caused such a reaction from my dreams but nothing came up.

I grit my teeth as my head pounded as tears slowly rolled down my face, I felt grief and anger, loneliness. I was missing something, no someone...people but I couldn't remember who. It's been a year now since I woke up from the hospital and lost my brother.

I sniffled and wiped my eyes as I looked out the window as I relaxed. The situation with Her has 'improved' since my song a few months back. Someone was missing in my life but I don't remember who that person was, the bitch won't spill who it was.

I hummed quietly of a lullaby from long ago that I had used to sing to this person, it calmed the storm in my heart as the mist swirled in the air.

'I'm beginning to forget things, where did this ability appear from? Have I always had it?' I thought as I continued to hum and watch the mist. 'No matter...nothing matters anymore. Not without...someone...but who?'

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???: You're losing yourself in that delusion...you need to go back to them, my starlight.

???: Or you will forever be lost in the abyss.