Blade In The Dark

The Blade In The Dark

Chapter One:

The sun rose and the sky turned a brilliant shade of orange. The light glissend from my window. My eyes fluttered open. I saw my ceiling. The beginning of this day felt nothing even close to a day that begins such a horrifying tale.
I should clear up a couple of things. Number one my name is  Soleil. Number 2 I was 14 when this all happened and finally this big adventure gets a little Violent. Just a warning.
I was in my bedroom sitting on the bed when my phone rang. I had been reading a book. It was about a girl who went through the tallest mountains to free her friends from an evil beast. The adventure was dark and dangerous. I loved the book.
I placed the book closed with the bookmark in the middle and held my phone. I pressed the cold glass to my ear. Who could be calling me? I had just woken up moments ago. But of course. It was my best friend. She knew me best and would know that I was awake by now.
Her name was Aurora. We had been friends since kindergarten. I met her on the first day. I remember it like it was yesterday. The teacher was strict and pushed me into a seat aggressively. I nearly fell off. I turned next to me to see who was sitting next to me. And I saw someone with dark brown hair. It was almost down to her hips. And after some time of getting to know her I noticed she was warming up to me. I sat down next to Aurora on the rug. And we talked. And after days we knew each other well. And soon we became best friends. And we never got into fights. We had lasted so long as friends.

"Hey  Aurora. Anything big happening? You normally don't call me so early."
"Sorry Soleil. I hadn't seen you in weeks. We have finally gotten off the plane."
"I can't wait to see you"
"Aww same here"   I smiled as I held the phone to my ear. Then I placed it on the floor and turned on FaceTime. For some information she was on a flight home. She had been out for a while.
"You look tired"
"I know I was on a flight for hours. I had a long day. That's why I called so early."
"It's ok. By the way, I was talking to my mom earlier. She knew I missed you so much. Because you know. You went to Hawaii. She said you can sleep over. Of course only if your mom allows it."
"That would be awesome. My brother Max is having some friends over and I'm glad to get away from them."
"I got to go clean up and get ready for the sleepover. You can come whenever you are able to."
I brushed my fingers through my hair. And sighed. Aurora hung up and I knew she was gonna be on her way in a little while. I brushed my hair back and grabbed an elastic. I pulled my hair into a ponytail. I was glad I got to see her but I was worried. I haven't seen her in real life for a little while. So I was nervous. I began to clean. Then something creepy happens. I was cleaning my window. I had been looking at the glass carefully. Removing each and every stain.  And then suddenly when I looked out the window I saw something. It was..blood. It dripped down my window and hit onto the gravel ground below my window. I watched as the blood dripped from the window. It slid down the window catching my attention. I pressed my hand against the cold glass. I watched the blood drip. It fell onto the ground. I watched each red drop fall. Pitter patter. It sounded weird. I stood there frozen. Watching the blood.
A little while later I shook my head. I had just been stuck staring off into the distance. Watching the blood. I felt as if I couldn't move. Hypnotized. The blood had been dripping from my window. But when I closed my eyes for only five seconds it was gone. My window was clear as day. Not one single drop of blood. I raised an eyebrow. I inspected the window carefully. No blood. I rubbed my eyes. I sighed I was going crazy.
A little while later I was sitting on my bed wondering where the blood was. It was as if I was seeing things that were there. I was so stressed out. I didn't really know why. The blood had looked so real. I was so stupid. I watched each drop slide down my clear window and roll onto the ground. I brushed it off. I had things to do and people to see. So I tried to forget about it.

Chapter 2

As I was on my bed my eyes began to feel heavy. I laid down. I tried to shake the whole blood thing out of my head. I closed my eyes and replaced the event. I fell into a deep sleep soon and saw darkness. It was weird. I have never had a dream like this. It's like I was awake. I could feel everything so clearly. There was a red liquid on the ground. "Is that...blood"
For sure it was. Why was their blood on the ground? Then I saw something. Lights turned on. And the darkness disappeared. Then Suddenly the floor begins to feel thinner by the second. I looked down and... the floor was dissolving. I let out a loud shriek and fell to an empty parking lot.
A voice came from the darkness. "Why hello"
"Ahh! Where are you! And WHAT are you?"
"I'm your worst nightmare"
Then everything fell silent. Then I saw...a shadow. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I was seeing this right. A shadow but still no person. The dark shadow walked and I saw white teeth. It sent a shudder down my spine. A shadow just smiled.then the shadow ran at me and I saw it coming closer. It had very long nails. They were black. The shadow grabbed both of my arms. It's grip was so tight on me. It hurt so bad.
"L-let go off me you bbb beast!"
"I shall do what i wish"
I kicked and flailed. I knew how to fight and defend myself. But this was different. This was a shadow. A monster. I wasn't gonna fight with a shadow. And I knew I would lose to this thing. Long sharp claws, how could I ever win. It was around 2 feet taller than me. And it had sharp claw nails. And could disappear into the darkness. It tilted its head sideways and showed red fangs. What happened to the human white teeth? It smiled at me. "Go away you freaky monster"
"You think you can defeat me. It's funny you think you're different from the rest. They didn't survive but somehow you think you can."
The beast actually began to laugh at me. It took a while for the shadow to stop laughing. Then the monster stopped laughing and smiling. And it sunk its fangs into my arm. I screamed. I felt the pain so bad. And I saw blood dripping down onto my hands. It felt so bad. I could feel real pain. This did not at all feel like a dream. Tears dripped down my face. "Owww" I begin rolling around on the ground crying. And the monster watched laughing. My arm hurt so bad.I stood up and watched the blood drip. Then I looked at the shadow and got mad. Mad that it hurt me, mad that it scared me. Mad. And I threw a punch. I thought my hand would go through it because it was a shadow but it didn't. The tall shadow fell to the ground. It didn't notice me. It had been laughing about my pain. I looked at my arm. The Shadow hadn't been able to sink its teeth that deep. "Maybe I am different than the rest"
"You just caught me off guard. You can't fight me ok. You little baby."
This made me even more angry. I kicked it in the shins as it gave its best attempt at getting up. I leaned backwards but this time got back up. The shadow stood over me tall. It was still shaking and in pain. "Of course. I was gonna give you time to be scared. To let the pain sink in. And of course I fear my darling. Shake in fear, you poor little thing. but now I must ask, ''What's the word? Yes , kill you.My apologies."
"Funny that you think you can."
"You're just a kid, a little itty bitty kid. You could never defend yourself. Especially not against me!"
"Yes I can!"
"In your dreams"
I threw my fist and it hit what felt like a face. And the shadow fell down. It slammed to the ground with a loud crash. And I saw my room .The lights, the beige walls. My rug. I smiled and hugged my pillow. I sat there for a long time.
After some time I felt pain in my arm. But shook it off. I was glad that was all fake. My arm began to hurt even more. I smiled and felt great. I was glad it was a dream. I had probably hit my arm on the bed because it hurt. I got up and grabbed a long sleeve black shirt. And black pants. I had long black high heels. I wanted to look good because I hadn't seen Aurora in a very long time. I put my hair into a ponytail again because it had gotten messy. and went into my bathroom. In the past I had to do self defense class to keep myself safe from these mean people. And after a while there was a dog that chased me around town to try to hurt me. There were a lot of things that I had to use to keep myself safe. So I had some weapons to protect myself. I had gone through a lot before this happened.
After a little while I had a purse packed. I had lipstick and Mascara. I set the purse on my bed. I bent down to the very corner of my room. My walls were not made of bricks but when we moved to the house there was a brick in the corner of my room. I had losend it and hid my key there. The key was to my window. You may be wondering why I had to hide the key to a window. And why was there a key to my window? But the window was not normal. It had a photo of my backyard. But it wasn't a real window. Not the one where I saw blood of course. It was on the side of my room. I pushed out a shelf to stand up. I put the key in the key hole and turned it. It was a room. I had to climb on top of my shelf to get there and that was the only reason I didn't go up there much.
The room was small but it had a lamp, a small table and some other things. It didn't have a bed but it was still very good. The window area led up to the room. The room was my ceiling. Above my ceiling was where the room was. I didn't have to bend down. But the reason I was in the room was because I had a small cabinet and inside it was a small knife. I kept it with me just in case.  
I slipped it into my shoe. For safety I said quietly.
15 minutes later I was brushing my hair in the bathroom. I looked at my face and saw something very unusual. I saw blood. The blood was on my hair. It turned my hair red. And then the whole mirror turned red! I was gonna have a breakdown. I was scared. My mirror was...bleeding. I grabbed a towel and wiped. No matter how much I wiped away the blood it wouldn't come off. The blood was showing up on my towel but not coming off. I put water on the towel. I began to shake in fear. I fell down and didn't know what to do. My hands shookI tried to stand up weakly but I couldn't. Then I heard the doorbell ring. It didn't matter to me. I was so scared.
The blood dripped and dripped. And I saw it was pouring onto the floor. I slowly inched away. The blood turned my shoes red. Then everything went black.
I woke up on the bathroom floor. I got up and looked in the mirror. No blood. I grabbed the towel. But still no blood. I looked around. My shoe had none of the blood that dripped onto me. I sighed. I poured it into my hands and splashed it onto my face. I needed to get a hold of myself. I decided I should change just in case There was blood on my clothes. I was so confused. I put on a red half shirt and some ripped jeans.
I looked in the mirror and thought about the doorbell. My mom screamed my name angrily.
I rushed down the stairs and saw my mom and Aurora. She  sat in a chair and looked up at me when I passed by.
"Soleil. How dare you. Your friend has been waiting here. For you. It's unkind to leave Aurora alone here. I'm sorry Aurora."
"No mama, it's fine. Hi Soleil."
"Thank you Aurora. But my daughter should have been ready."
"Sorry mom."
"Don't say sorry to me."
She looked at Aurora who had now stood up. She smiled at me. I really did feel bad. Why had I done that?
"I'm sorry Aurora. You know how I am with time. Really I am sorry. I just need to get a hold of myself."
Me and her thanked my mom for letting her sleep over and we headed upstairs.
Later I was in my room with Aurora. "Sorry about what happened, I just need to tell you something."
"What. You looked very pale and scared."
"There was blood on my...my mirror and I don't know how to handle it there was the dream. I was being attacked and...and I was in danger. I don't know what's going on. "
"Hey hey it's ok. Look Soleil, it's fine. It's just a dream but if it will make you feel any better tell me what happend."