Lost & Found

1.NIGHTMARES & REGRET

ARIADNE HAWTHORNE:

AFTER 5 YEARS

"Mommy?" I looked around. There were only trees. From the corner of my eye, something moved. I stood there frozen, scared of what might come out.

All of a sudden, my surroundings became noisy.

Everyone was screaming, running, and shifting into their wolf forms.

Fire. Everywhere.

There were bodies of my friends lying on the ground lifeless.

They stared at me with their dead eyes.

My hands started to tremble. I'm scared. I ran. I don't know where I'm heading but I ran.

"Addie" my best friend Daniel called out.

We ran together hand in hand. There were gunshots. Gunshots everywhere.

Further ahead, I see my mom. A man was holding her by the hair.

Nooo....

"Mommy!!" I screamed.

As the man pointed the gun at her, I ran.

Everything went blurry. The only thing that was clear to me was my mother, who was held captive by that man.

Something took over me as I raced to her. To save her. The only thing that's left of what I call family.

A moment ago I was playing and seconds later....disaster. Fire. Blood. Dead bodies. Pained howls.

Moments of bliss turned into despair and death.

At the loud gunshot, my ears rang as the overwhelming dread took over my very being.

My mother was at my arm's reach as the bullet pierced her forehead. As her lifeless body fell to the ground, blood pooled around her body.

My mother died.

"Mommy!!!!"

I jolted awake. My heart was pounding against my chest.

My hand touched my forehead. A sigh escaped as I tried to forget the remnants that lingered of that dreadful night.

Breathing heavily, I blinked trying to shake off the images that haunted me almost every night since that fateful day.

Realisation drew to me that I might've woken my roommate.

Looking around at the empty room, the anime figures which were oh so carefully dusted and placed in the bookshelf were gone.

An unmade bed, devoid of any belongings.

I let out a heavy sigh at the sense of loneliness that lingered in the air.

It's only been two days since I joined the academy.

Yet I lost control over my powers and sent my roommate Mia flying.

Regret. The only emotion I have felt ever since that day. Regret that the only thing I'm capable of is pain. Regret that I'm still alive. Regret that I didn't die with my mom. Regret that I couldn't do anything to save her that day.

Ever since the news of me hurting Mia spread, everything changed.

People began to avoid me, their once-friendly interactions now tinged with fear and uncertainty.

'I guess this is for the best. I stay away from them, they stay away from me '.

Neo grunted in response. It's her way of telling me that she is there alive and breathing.

Yes, fear me. Hate me. The farther they stay, the more safe they are.

Everything has been like this ever since they took me away.

They were living horrors that still lingered around in my dreams to haunt me.

Loneliness is all I felt even after being rescued. Many were rescued from that awful place. The warrior wolves from the Shadow Fang pack saved all of us.

Currently, I live in an academy dorm. The alpha of this pack suggested that I join here as I might find a way to control my powers.

I sighed again, getting up from my bed.

Looking at my phone, it's 3 in the morning.

As I took a step forward, my head spun. I'm nauseous from lack of sleep.

Holding the wall I tried to steady myself. My head took its sweet few minutes to calm the spinning.

Nothing a cold shower can't fix.

As I walked into the shower the cold water hit me like needles. I needed that to wake myself up.

Out of the shower, picking something which is not so gloomy, from a very gloomy wardrobe.

After thinking hard, finally fixated on a T-shirt paired with jeans.
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As I walk out of my dorm room, instant regret. Regret of leaving the dorm room.

A hush falls over the crowd as I walk through the corridors. Silenced whispers spread around me. Everyone was so careful, not to let another soul hear what they were whispering but little did they know, I am an alpha wolf. I hear everything.

Everyone cowers at my mere presence. This has been going on ever since they saved me from that hell.

Whatever they did to me in that hell, labelled me a monster in everyone's head.

I hear a whisper " don't look her in the eye, she might kill us".

Why will I kill them?

"She might be insane".

"Maybe she is a psychopath".

"People say she is a monster".

I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.
I'm not a monster.

As I quickened my pace, the whispers seemed to latch onto my steps, trailing behind me like persistent shadows.

I needed to get away from here. I don't want to lose control.

I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine.....

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