Forever, Annie

Chapter I

I open my eyes and see a strange piece of wood. I close them and open them in my bedroom, I do it again with a stranger thought coming to my mind. "What's going on?" I ask, but the only thing I can hear is the nature around me. I look at my hands, at my legs, I do not feel in the same body. This one is shorter, is skinnier, is more fragile. My hands are pale, I have my hair long, it is falling above my chest. It's a light Auburn, which is pretty different from my curly dark short original hair.

"What's going on?" I ask again, this time out of loud. I hear my voice, which is higher than the one I usually have. It has a different tone, a different color, it is not my voice at all.

"What's going on?" I repeat, the fact that my words come from my mouth in English does not bother me. It is not my mothertongue, yet I usually speak in that language. What surprised me in reality is the voice that answers me in the same language.

"Annie, what are you doing?" His voice is scaping from an abandon cabin close to me. I start freaking out instantinely when I hear that name.

Suddenly, when nothing seems to happen, a canyon is breaking the silence. Goosebumps all over my body. I am shaking. I do not know what to do, I do not believe what's going on. I was in Madrid, on my bed less than what it seems a hour ago and now I am in a place I do not recognised. My name is Annie... I thought it was not...

My head is hurting, I fall on my knees. I am struggling with a lot of voices in my head, my brain is driving me crazy. My name... My name... The only name I have is Annie. I cannot remember the other name. Who am I? My mind is divided in two sections, one is screaming me that I do not belong to this place, that I am from a different reality, the other is telling me that I am Annie and I have to stand up and run away from that place. I am in danger.

Tears falling from my eyes, the desesperation is visible though my facial expression, even though I do not see it, I know it is happening. I suppose that if I close my eyes, I would come back to my bedroom, this would be only a dream, a really creepy one. I try it once, twice, three times, four, five... Nothing happens. Each time I open my eyes I am in the same place, I have that strange body that feel it is not mine.

Is this a real person? Am I stealing someone's identity?

"Annie, are you OK?" The voice again as a whisper that does not want to be discovered. Since I do not reply, he is coming. I hear his steps. I am on my knees, I am not going to stand up, not this time.

When he finds me, his expression changes completely.

"Annie" He approaches me, I do not move because I know he is not going to hurt me in any form. His arms surround me, forming a strange hug. I rest my forehead on him, trying to figure out what could be happening. "Annie" I can tell he is worried about me. Maybe he is my brother or my friend. "Annie, we have survived the Cornucopia, we can do it" Cornucopia. Now my eyes are completely open. That Word has made me realice about where I am and who I am. Softly, I separate myself from his body, putting a Little bit of distance between us, while looking at him trying to analyze his face, his eyes, his emotions, his soul. Information comes to mind, memories, memories of the past and as if nothing has ever happened, I get to the knowledge that I am Annie in fact. I am being Annie.

I Swallow hard.

"Yes. Yes, you're right. We should move on, maybe they are following us" He nods.

"Yes, but are you OK?" I try to smile, but in reality I am just transmitting to him sadness, however, he does not seem to matter and hugs me again.

"I am, I was just thinking... I do not want to kill anyone" My green eyes looking into his Brown ones, there is clarity in them.

"You will not have to. I promise, I'll be the one who get his hands dirty. Furthermore, we are not alone, Finnick and Mags are taking care of us". I nod.