Chapter 1: The Dream.

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I woke up in my bed. It was midnight and I couldn't see anything. I tried to get up but I couldn't move. I heard a person clapped twice, then magically my lamp turned on.
That person was Molly. She was petting my cat, Cookies. Cookies seemed like she was enjoying being pet.
"Hey Zoë!" Molly cheered as if she knew she woke me up,
"Haunting me again with this dream?" I asked,
" I guess you can say that again. Well if you're not gonna be nice then I won't tell you the good news, "
"Am I getting two cats?! "
"No not at all! Hahaha, you're next Zoë, "
As Molly said that, the whole room quickly become pitch black. Looked like a void of nothingness. The only thing I saw was Molly just standing there. Staring at me. The dream was never like this. It would always Molly telling me goodnight and turning on the light. Why is this one different?
"Molly what the heck? What's going on?!" I screamed in fear, something wasn't right.
"Well if I were you, you better not check the little necklace," Molly responded,
Molly cletched her fist then opened it, the necklace laid easily in her palm. She handed it to me. As I stared at the star on the necklace, this annoying pitch started ringing in my ears. I dropped the necklace in this void and covered my ears....

I open my eyes and immediately sat up. My alarm clock was still buzzing. Bree opened the door a bit,
"Hey Zoë, you stood up late again?" Bree asked,
"Uh yeah working on something so I stood up again," I lied, I was just watching tv for most of the night,
"Well Dixie's here and she brought the movies!"
"Movies? Oh.. for Twilight,"
This would be the 4th time Dixie and I had watched the Twilight movies. This was probably the 8th for Bree.
Bree moved along from the hallway to the main room. I stood up from my bed and looked over to the necklace. The necklace's chain was hung by a thumbtack.
That 'Molly Dream' scares me. I don't even like the necklace, it stresses me out. The thing I'm scared is.. what happens if I lose it? I know it's powerful, it saved us. That means other people would want it. I can't even go without wearing it. I feel like I can't go without wearing it, it makes me feel vulnerable to the outside world. To all the monsters of this world.
I walk over to my bed and took the necklace off of the thumbtack. I grabbed the necklace and adjusted it to fit my neck. I grabbed a hoodie and put it on. I flipped the hood over my head so Dixie can't see my morning hair. Why does she come so early?
I walked over to the living room. I tried to hide the concerning eye bags of my face. Besides of Bree and Dixie, there were 2 other figures. One easily talking with Dixie and Bree and the other one shyly looking away to the window. I walked over next to Bree. I recognized one firgure as Seth and the other was a girl with glasses.
As soon as Dixie noticed me she stopped talking to the others.
"Zoë!! Are you excited about the movies?" Dixie asked,
"Yeah. Why did you bring Seth? Was he actually interested in the movies?" Zoë whispered so only Dixie could hear,
"Well Cruz got the cold so Seth can't really interact with him til then. I'm trying to make him feel better by inviting him,"
"Ohh that makes sense,"
I looked over to the stranger. She looks less invested in this than Seth. Her pupils glanced at me, she probably felt me stare at her.
"Oh, I'm Anabelle, uhm you probably don't know me," The girl introduced herself as.
"Zoë. I'm Zoë, " I introduced myself,
We shook hands, she had a tense grip. She didn't really look at me. Just around my face. She looked suspicious of something, maybe murder or arson. Who knows.
"Oh yeah I forgot to introduce y'all to her!" Dixie gleamed. She walked over to Anabelle and smiled. "She is in Math with us in Mr. ... Whatever his name was," Dixie continued,
Dixie doesn't have a best memory. She would randomly go somewhere then forget where she is. Honestly I'm surprised she remembers my own name.
"OH, yeah I guess he was cool," Seth responded,
We don't try to help with her memory unless its something important. We figured if we tried to fill her head in with useless knowledge, there might be a chance important memories get erased.
After Dixie and Anabelle and Bree got the mattress and sat it out on the floor, it was time for the movies. Dixie plopped the dvd into the cartridge and hit play on the dvd player. We skipped the trailers for the other movies that came out like years ago and got to the menu. The movie began to play as I remember it. I'm shocked that after years, I'm still not bored. I laid on the couch as Dixie, Anabelle, Bree laid on the mattress and Seth sat on the sofa. My eyes started to get drowsy. I don't think they would get mad if I fell asleep? I got into a comfortable position on the couch and slowly fell asleep..

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