Sight

Chapter 3

Sweet Dreams and A beautiful Nightmare
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I check my mom's wrist. I feel a tiny sliver of pulse. "Mariah, honey? Is that you?" My mom asks in her dying breath.

I put both my hands on my mom's face, "Yes, it's me mama. D-don't speak anymore. I'll take y-you to the hospital. don't die on me mama." I can't stop sobbing and my mom looks in pain not because of her wounds but because of me crying. She is still thinking of me through her situation. I can't live without them. I need them beside me. I won't survive the cruel world without them. Who would do this awful thing to them? They're too kind. Innocent. Sweet people.

"No. Shh...stop crying honey, you need to be strong." I start shaking my head, she needs to stop talking. "No listen to me Mariah." She puts her hand on my face, caressing me. "Go with Kane, he would protect you. It's not safe for you here anymore. Do you understand? Go with him. Go. Go honey..." I am about to disagree with her but she shush me again. She gives the man, Kane, a stern look. "Protect her. Don't let them take her. She's our only hope." She says and then...she slowly wither. She is gone. I cry harder.

No, it can't be! She can't be! They can't be! Why does this weird things keep happening to me? Why me? Who would do this inhumane thing? And who would take me? There are too many questions, just insane questions, running among in my head.

Are the demons behind this? It pops out in my head. I roam my eyes in the vastness of our house, nothing seems to be a sign of struggle anywhere. Then how? They don't have anything worth stealing. I glance at my parents' cold bodies. My mom is holding a knife, blood all over it. I can't think of anything straight anymore. I look at Kane for some answers. Pleading him for something to make sense in this situation.

"Something tried to possess them. They chose death instead." Oh my god! They killed their selves. I keep on crying even as Kane try to pull me up, away from them.

"We have to go. Now!" Kane hisses at me angrily.

"No! I won't leave them here!" I plead with him. I can't just leave them, they are my only family. "Don't take them away from me!"

He shakes his head, points a finger in my forehead and whispers, "Nunc tibi somnus." A soft melody hums in my head calming my nerves before everything goes dark and sleep takes me to the land of darkness.

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"Honey, wake up. Come on sleepy head," my mama's sweet voice creeps into my head and I open my eyes. "Breakfast time. Happy Birthday." She kisses my nose and I smile at her.

"Where is my gift mama?" I ask her jumping off my bed, excited. "I'm eight now, do I get to have a kitty now?" I clap my hands, waiting for an answer.

My mama's expression changes, "We talked about it, right? No pets honey."

"I know. I know. But, there is no harm in asking, right? You might as well give in to me." I smile, pulls my mama's hand. "Common, hurry up! I'm starving! I'm going to eat all the pancakes you make!" I laugh as climb down the stairs. I am happy.

"Aw, easy there tiger." I look at my mama's face, I smile widely making my tongue peek through the gaps on my missing teeth. I run down the stairs and through the kitchen.

"Papa!" I jump to my papa, grabbing his neck. "Did you got me, my present? Did you? You didn't forget, right?"

"Hmm...let us take a look outside?" He carries me to the open door but he stops with mama's voice.

"Hey, we got to eat first."

"Mama!" Me and papa shout ot once.

Mama laugh, "Okay, okay. Ten minutes only."