The Lost

What is happening to me?

He's moving. Ash is moving back in.

The thought swirls in my mind. "Lydia" Ember snaps me out of my trance. "Yes?" I ask, "You wanted to tell me something" she looks at me then at the moving truck. "Who's the neighbour?" She stands by the door and I turn around sitting on a step that lead to my house. Ember walks down and sits next to me. "

Are you alright?" whispers. "I don't know, I can't feel anything" I admit. She grabs my hand and smiles, "You'll get through this, Ash can't possibly destroy your life... no one can unless you let them"

"Ah" I look at her, she laughs, the wind blows through my hair and for a moment I thought just maybe I could enjoy Ash moving back but that burst.

"HEY LYDIA, GET A LOAD OF THIS", Ash screams and I turn my attention to Ash with a water gun. Oh dear no.

The next thing I feel cold water smash against my arm. Almost in slow motion. I scream.

"OH, so he's the new neighbour" Ember jumps up. I nod and I hear her grumble something. Ember falls down clutching her stomach. I rush to her aid. "Ember?" I yell. "Get. Him" She screams.

I realise now what happened. Ember had been shot by a water balloon and so did I.

I stomp over to his house and let the rage I've been holding in for oh so long.

"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? BRO?" I scream at the top of my lungs whilst I flail my arms around. "Oh but I do" He winks at me. "You can hurt me but you touch my best friend? I break your mule face" I growl.

He backs up. "Wow chica chillllllllllllll" he puts the water gun down and backs up. Ash O'Neil actually listening to me? Well this is new.

"You have some nerve jerk face" Ember stomps up towards him. "Ladies, why don't we talk about this over some Starbucks yeah?" he smirks and turns around to walk back into his house.

RAGE. The only emotion I could feel at the moment.

"Ash" I tap his shoulder. "yes?" he turns around and I panic.

I punch him again and again and his nose starts to bleed.

Something grows in the bottom of my stomach an urge to keep hitting him.

"HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU IT'S JUST WATER!" Ember shrieks and pulls me off of him.

I look at my hands in horror what did I just do?

I glance at Ash and see him look at me in horror then he put's on a mask to disguise his true emotions, he wipes his nose.

"Ash I don't know what happened I'm.. I.. I'm so." My voice cracks and I begin choking up.

"Forget it it's fine" He smiles and walks back to his house.

"What the fuck did you just do?Man. Your his mate you shouldn't do this, you both don't know but.... Not to mention the Queen will behead me if she.." She scratches her head and slaps a hand over her mouth.

His Mate? The Queen? What is she saying? What the heck is happening?

"Ember I don't know whats wrong with you but like... also forget what I said and..what" She tries to explain what she previously said. I shake my head. Something catches her eye and she shakes her head. "That's alright never mind I gotta go Lydia, see you whenever" She hugs me and runs away.

I just stand in Ash's driveway and wonder if I could mess up even more.

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"Goodnight Lydia" My mom says through the locked door. "Goodnight Mommy" I reply.

After the whole event that had happened I just ran up to my room and cried. I didn't eat dinner or anything, I sat in my bed paralysed.

I close my eyes hoping this nightmare would end.

"Hello?" My voice echoes down the large hallways. My hands trembled as I look at it I notice that I'm wearing a ball gown, a beautiful blue ball gown. "Lydia" A voice calls out. The voice is almost enchanting, I walk towards the end of the corridor and I see a shadow walk down the corridor and take a right. I quietly follow it.

"Lydia" I take a right. Horror spreads through my body and I see my parents, Embers, Ash and all my other friends dead, blood seeping through out all of them dead on the ground, Ash was the only one who was still alive.. I kneel down to Ash and I sob, trying to stop the blood. "I love you Lydia" He whispers. Ash made me some kind of way, whenever he's near me I feel angry very angry and also I feel sparks when he touches me.

"I love you too" I mumble. "How can I save you Ash?" I cry.

"You can't" he whispers and his head rolls to the side. I get up immediatly and back up to the wall for support.

"You can save them you know" the voice whispers.

"HOW?" I yell at the top of my lungs.

"Give into the darkness that consumes you" It replies.

The voice repeats my name over and over. I try and block out the sound with my hands but Ash's blood drips onto my ears.

"LYDIA" the voice screams and I turn to see a man. All in black. He was made of darkness. He was literally all black he didn't have a face.

He walks towards me and I stumble backwards.

"Come to me" He yells.

I run down the halls and I take dozens of turns. I needed to get away from the man. I scream as he comes closer and closer. Finally a staircase appeared. I run up the stairs.

The sunlight hits my skins and I run up the spiralled staircase. Slowly I realise where I am. I'm in an abandoned castle.

"Lydia"

I whimper and run to the edge. No way of escaping. I look down and see water surrounding the castle. The man is a meter away and I hold my breathe and I jump. Air whizzing in my ears.

My body slams into the cold water and I wake up.

I wake up shivering, water running down my body. I'm in the shower.

I remember my dream but I don't understand how I ended up in the shower. I look down and see I'm in my night suit. I turn off the shower and I wrap a towel around my shivering body. What is happening to me?