When I came back from the consunounees, I felt a little heat behind my back. My brother was carrying me, his footsteps quick and unsteady. When I looked at the back..
“Brother… How did this happen?!” I gasped, my heart racing.
Our house was burning, the flames were insane, too hot.
“Ohh, Lia! You wake up?! Don't you remember what happened?!”
“Wh-what happened?!” I'm still confused.
He was silent for quite a while, he must be thinking if he must tell me or not, but with a deep breath.. “You burned the house,” he said.
“Wh- how?!!!” My heart sank, hard to believe “I don't remember doing anything!!”
He looks serious, with fire raging behind us, and I know he wouldn’t tell such a lie, not in this situation.
But…if he’s telling the truth.
How could I have done this? Me? Burning our house? F-for me to do it is impossible, ridiculous!..
“Hahaha, it is my doing, Lia.” Suddenly, out of nowhere, a voice into my thoughts, a woman's voice. Who?... Feel like I've heard it before…
“Who?!!!!” I screamed, my heart pounding harder than before.
“Why are you yelling, Lia?” my brother asked, as he heard me scream. He looked confused.
“Ohh, sorry..”
He set me down beside a tree, a little far away from the house.. After keeping me down, from his pocket he took out his phone.. Probably, trying to call firefighters.
My legs felt numb, I don't think I can move for a while.
“Let's burn that guy next…” Again this voice, I can hear..
What do you want from me? I thought, hoping she could hear me speaking from my head, right?
“I want to help you.” She replied, her voice calm and mysterious.
“Help me? How? And… who are you?”
“Ahia.”
“What? Your name?”
“Yeah”
“What are you? Why do you want to help me? And what for?”
she chuckled and said “I can’t tell you that… not yet” continuing “But —”
“But what?”
“I can help you— if you let me take—”
“Lia, why are you spacing out?” My brother’s voice snapped me back to reality. He had finished his call and was watching me with concern.
“eh,i-it is nothing.” forcing a weak smile.
“Firefighters must be coming soon… so stay here for a while.”
“Y-yeah”
He must be concerned about me, but he must be thinking how I burned the house. It is impossible for someone to burn a house without something…but
“Ahia, do you burn?” I ask, in thoughts.
“Yeah, it is just a little show.” I feel like she is mocking.
“Why?”
“‘why’ you ask? You know the answer…”
“I- I don't get what you are saying.”
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Siku : The Unimaginable Life
Mystery / Thriller"Why is this even happing to me!!" Like everyone, Maxwell just started his new journey to his new school. His motive was to change his introvert personal, to start from scrap and as a normal student, he was just going to enjoy his first day at schoo...
