Blood Red

Chapter Two

I was aware of the sounds around me but no matter how hard I tried my eyes would not open. I was in darkness and it was whilst I was still in darkness that I heard my father's voice.

"Kelly! Kelly, where are you, love?! Kelly!" His voice was getting closer, yet I still could not open my eyes. "Oh! Kelly!" I felt a hand on my check, it felt like it was scolding my skin and I wanted to move my head away except I could not.

"My God! What has happened Witcher?! Please tell me she is alive?" That was Lord Sanders, my father's childhood friend.

"I don't know Sanders and I do not want to check but she is cold, stone cold." My father voice did not sound normal, it was hoarse and he sounded to be in pain.

"I'll do it Witcher." I sensed movement beside me and another hand being placed under my jaw, then it was gone. "Witcher, I'm sorry. She's gone." I wanted to scream at Lord Sanders and my father to prove I was not gone but again I could not, the only thing I could do was listen. It was then I heard the murmurings and whispers not far off, my father had had help to find me. Among the whispers came a loud wail and I soon found out its source.

"No! No! Not my baby!" My mother. I heard her sobs and the whispers of my father trying to comfort her. It was horrifying lying here and not being able to do anything, to not be able to speak, to move, to even open my eyes.

I again felt hands on me this time they were lifting my lifeless body from the ground. As I was being carried I felt a drop on my cheek.

"I'm so sorry Kelly." I knew from that whisper who it was that was carrying me; my brother, Matthew. Now I wished more than ever that I could say something, anything to comfort my brother. He had only just lost his wife in childbirth, leaving him to care for an infant son but now he was losing his sister too. "I should have gone with you Kelly. I'm so so sorry. Will you ever forgive me?" I felt another drop on my cheek.

Why was this happening to me? And why could I hear everything but not do or see anything? These were my last thoughts before everything was silent again.

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So another chapter!

These first few chapters are more of a prologue than anything else but because it was sooo long I've decided to post them as separate chapters.

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