If I was dead?

Chapter 3: My shadow, your shadow

I opened my eyes slowly and quickly recognized where I was. I felt something uncomfortable pressing into my back and looked back.  I leaned on a chain link fence that ran around the tennis/basketball court. I sat on the outside, facing the large track and surrounding field.

I was at my old school.

'Man, those days were the best!' I thought to myself. Remembering what it was like all those years ago. I've changed so much.

Deja vu, much?

Back when I was still in middle school, and everything was fine. Me and my parents were really close, I had the best of friends and the greatest boyfriend in the world. 'Or so I thought' But that was years ago; tanslation: before that happend.

"wha?'" The last thing I remember was walking, walking, and more walking. It had seemed forever before I finally had to stop to rest and the last thing I felt was a wave of exuastion hit me. Despite being a ghost, I can apparently still get tired, hungry, and cold. Plus I dont even know if I can eat! 'Which sucks, I mean isnt there some upside to this being dead thing?'

"Finally awake are we?" I heard a familiar voice ask me, and quickly looked around for the owner of said voice. I found...

me?

Well she looked alot like me with only a couple differences, namely whereas I have white tipped-blonde hair, she had pitch black hair; I had the bightest blue eyes you've ever seen- she had slitted, light red eyes; My nails are neatly cliped- hers were long and sharp. 'Almost dangerous looking' I thought silently, grimacing. Then she smiled at me, almost as if she knew exactly what I was thinking.

When she opened her mouth I saw that her teeth were sharpend and pointy, with two fang like attatchments on her top jaw.  But that wasn't even the strangest thing. She had wings. And not just any wings, they were the darkest shade of black I'd ever seen. The kind of darkness that you see in nightmares, a soul sucking black that gives you the chills just to look at.

But she wasnt naked or anything, she wore a black hoody and a pair of matching jeans.

"Are you done?" She asked kindely, but I still shivered. 

"O-oh, sorry, umm-"

"You can call me Umbra"

"Um Umbra?" I asked nerviously, 'what kind of name is Umbra?'  was all I thought. Even though what I should have wondered was 'What the h*ll is going on?!' 

"Hahaha, It means shadow in latin" She laughed, making me feel stupid, so I looked down, blushing. 'As if I could have know that!'

Looking down I gasped, finally noticing my own apperance. I was dressed simialarly to Umbra, with only slight differences. For one thing my hoodie was white, and my pants a light shade of blue. Like her I had no shoes on.  But that wasnt the thing that shocked me the most.

It was the little fact of me having wings!

WINGS!

 They were a light shade of white, with streaks of yellow matching my light hair color almost too perfectly. 

"WHATS GOING ON!" I gasped/scresmed in shock. A little late on the reaction time much, Mel?

"Calm down I'll explain it all" She smiled the smile I had begun to get used to. The shivers I'd felt earlier replaced by a calming sensation, despite her apperance.

She brang herself down to my level, sitting down in the dirt that, surrprisingly, hadnt made my white clothes a mess like it should have.

"Lets start by introducing ourselves, You know my name, but whats yours?" She asked politely.

"Melody Rollings" I said blankly, my voice suddenly rusty, as if the words took effort to force out.

"No no, not the name given to you, What is your real name, your souls name?"

I didnt even have to think, I said the first word that rolled off my tounge, "Aurora."

She smirked slightly, "It fits you, but listen to me carefully, you should never, ever tell someone your real name. It gives them a certain amount of power over you." When she saw my distressed expression she added, "Don't worry, you can trust me, I'm your other half. I'm-" She paused as if to think it over, " I'm you, think of me as your subconcious answering your call for help. I have your best interests in heart, trust me"

"Wha- so your not real?" I frowned slightly at this.

"No, I'm just as real as you. Like my name says, I'm just your shadow." 

"Oh- Um-Umbra? Since your name means shadow and all, can I call you, shay?" I mumbled, blushing slightly, I'd just started to feel as if I could trust her completely with my life. Which for me is a lot. "If its okay with you, ya no?"

"Sure, yeah I'd like that", for some reason I could tell she was happy, like we were connected. 'We probably are' I quickly reminded myself.

"Shay? Am I dreaming?" I asked, looking up at that moon that shone brightly above me.

"Yes, but at the same time, your not. This is real Aurora" '

Aurora', I thought, 'I love that name, it feels so right' But then a sudden thought appeared to me,

"Wait does this mean I have to tell people my name is Melody Rollings again, since I cant tell them my real name? I mean I love the name and all but it just feels wrong" I sighed at the end, the name made me feel sick, like I wasn't right.

"No, you shouldnt use that name, it brings forth a strong connection to your past life. Think of it this way, It calls to your body, tying you to it, as if trying to drag you back to it. But you don't have a body anymore. This probably leaves you with a sick feeling in your stomach, you should just think of a new one" She said, her slitted, cat like eyes looking into mine.

"Bu-" I started to say but stopped when the world began to fade and I felt like I was falling.

"We don't have any more time, call out to me if you need me, I'm alwa-" She called out before being cut off as the world around me went black. 

Leaving me alone.

Again.