𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐈 - 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭

                    Watching how those people torment my parents, blaming us, them, for the crime we didn't even commit. A tear came down from my eyes as my sight bears the horrifying event in front of me, "Stop" is all I managed to blurt out– there's something in my throat that is blocking my whole voice from coming out. However, they can't hear me! Though how many times I yelled– to the point that the veins in my neck almost popped–, they don't listen as they're deafened by the people who are deceiving them.

The fire flared up, leaving my parents burning, their screams and the laughter of those people will last forever, till now.

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Staring on the reflection of mine, I see nothing but emptiness. I have a body of living but beside that. Nothing, it's all darkness within. My dark blue eyes scanned the whole features I have, wavy black hair, pale skin, inscrutable eyes. My gaze moved aside as I noticed something behind me, it's a shadow, it's staring at me as if it's just reading a book. "Who are you?" I asked, still staring at the shadow, however, it didn't answer and just tilted its head in response– it's mocking.

Stepping closer towards the mirror, I foolishly asked once again, ''Who sent you?", my voice raised this time, yet again, no answer. Slowly it made its way towards me meanwhile I just stood there watching every move it made by its reflection in the mirror. Every step it makes is like mimicking the heartbeat I have in this body and everything it passes is slowly fading– only darkness– as if it's not there in the first place. All of the sudden the mirror shattered as it reached me. Its cold hands touched my shoulders, turning me around, making me look at that faceless object in front of me. My eyes instantly widened as I saw myself. Countless worms are lingering on my face along with burns and my already deformed face. In front of me is the copy of me when they molest and torment me, she's crying and asking for help. With a snap of the finger, it makes me feel something I hate. Fright. Feeling helplessness is the feeling I hate as pity anchored to it. If you think that's the worst, you're wrong. The events start to turn more upside down,

"You aren't real" I said with confidence as I tried to push the copy of me but to my horror, my hand just passed through it–fear. The entity looked at my hand then to me again with a smirk tugging on the corner of its lips, "Ofcourse I am silly. I'm just in your imagination, in your mind" it said, sending chills down my spine, adding up that its voice is eerie that you can clearly hear not only one, two or three voices but countless voices within. My throat feels like it dried up as it leaned to me, I can clearly feel its deep breathing in my ear, "And I'll never fade, you can't ever get rid of me" It whispered, making eyes tear, "I-i can!" I said almost above the whisper,

the entity just chuckled in response, "Look at you, can't even speak properly" it mocked. Felt its hand trailed to my cheek, I immediately closed my eyes expecting the worst possible scenario might happen–is there anything worse than this?.

Waiting for nothing, I slowly opened my eyes and found myself tied in a throne with chains around me, keeping me sat. A gasp came out from my mouth as my body instantly reacted to the chains around me, struggling, my eyes scanned the area; fire was enveloping this place, even the floor except on the aisle below me. There's no walls instead fall with lavas are streaming down tho sounds like water–. My gaze then stopped on the figure standing far from me, "Who are you?" I asked, my voice echoed in the whole place making my eyebrows furrowed. Without answering my questions, it made its way towards me, pace is slow yet intimidating got me reminded of someone before. While it slowly reached me, my mind started to construct unbelievable thoughts making my head spin, shrugging it all off my gaze fixated on the now 'man' in front of me. The man is wearing a black suit that fully flexes the shape of his body, yet I can't fully recognize him as he's wearing this rabbit-like mask. Letting out a scoff, my eyes focused on his eyes from the mask, glaring at him "Coward" I said as I tried to yank off these chains making them clunks. Him on the other hand just chuckled in response as he shook his head slowly.