The descendants

chapter 1- dreams

Open your eyes Florian...

open your right eye and see the real world, 

the real you....

don't be afraid open it, open it, 

OPEN IT!!!!!!!

I bolted upward quickly from my bed, the back of my head felt as if it had been blasted open. I'd lifted myself to push-up position, on a bed with sheets soak in sweat, my heart was racing and my body felt sticky.

I coudn't stop thinking of my nightmare, which still lingered inside my head like the taste of a moldy cheese, I could still hear the voice of a man echoing inside my head.

I breathed in and calm myself.

As soon as I got up I heard the sound of the bell.

I open the door and headed downstairs, down the hallway children and teenagers went to the dining room to eat breakfast, these people are also the same as me, abandon and lost, no families nor relatives and no home to look back to and this is their only place and last hope to move forward and begin a new life.

we live in St.Marys orphanage and the one who took care of us are the nuns from the catholic church.

I sit down at the end across the long table together with my housemates and then someone gave me a hot porridge, I look up to my left and it was sister Therese, the head of the orphanage and the one who took me in when I was a baby.

She smile and ask worriedly.

"what's wrong? you look a little down today?"

"it's nothing"

she frown at me "the dream again isn't it?"

I nodded. I always tell her the same dream everyday, I always go to her in times of distress  because she listen and understands me that's why  I always thought of her as my mother.

she place down the tray on the table and sat down beside me.

"OK that dream has gotten into my nerves. since when did that dream started showing up?"

"umm........ when I turned 16 last November 1?

"So, do you even know or have you heard that voice before you had turned 16?

"No, never in my life, it's just in my dream."

"how strange let me-"

her voice cut off, one of the nuns approach to her suddenly.

"sister Therese it's time."

"Oh dear! I almost forgot, thank you for reminding me sister Kate."

she knelt and hold my hands gently.

"I'm sorry Florian let's talk about this later or maybe tomorrow, we have visitors coming and please don't make a mess again."

I rolled my eye.

Sister Therese borrowed the bell to Sister Kate and start ringing it.

the room was silent.

"I have an announcement children, we will have visitors today so when you're all done eating please get clean up and dress properly. that's all thank you." she yelled in a manner way.

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I pull my pants up and dress a black shirt, I brush my wavy black hair and step to the side so I stand in front of the mirror.In my reflection my skin were as white as snow and my left eye were the color of dark gray clouds.