Remade

Chapter 8

I woke up to a familiar sense. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was still where we had set up camp. Nothing was different.

I looked at Wren. He was still asleep. I shook his arm to wake him. He looked at me sleepily.

"Do you feel that?" I whispered.

"Feel what?" He mumbled, his eyes closed again.

"I don't know." I said quietly. "But it feels...like home."

Wren opened his eyes and looked at me. He sighed and sat up when he saw I was serious. He thought for a few moments. He nodded a little. "Yea, I feel it."

I woke the others up and explained it to them. The felt it too. "We need to follow it." I said. "We sense it for a reason. We need to."

Lyric nodded. "I agree. I want to know what's giving us this."

"Let's follow it." Imogen said with a smile.

"In the morning," Azi cut in. "It's dangerous now."

"No." Wren said looking at Azi. "We go now."

I led the group towards the sense. Azi was behind me. As the scene came into view, I started to walk slower. I froze when I saw the waterfall upstream of the river that we had found.

A certain fear found its way into my body. It was the same fear I felt nine years ago.

✻ ✻ ✻

The monster picked me up. I screamed and kicked against it, but it wouldn't let me go.

✻ ✻ ✻

"Hey," Wren said coming to my side. "Are you alright?"

I looked at him and nodded, but he wasn't convinced.

"Naila," He said quietly. "What is it?"

I looked towards the waterfall. Azi was kneeling by the edge.

✻ ✻ ✻

Azi ran his hand through the water. He looked up at me as he took his hand from the water. His eyes turned from silver to blue.

✻ ✻ ✻

I looked back at Wren. I was scared. "This is where I was taken." I whispered.

Wren was quiet a moment. "It'll be okay." He said putting his arm around me. "We're free. They won't get you."

"You don't that." I said. "They could come at any moment. For all we know, they could be listening right now."

Wren sighed. "Come on, I'm hungry, and that fruit looks amazing."

"It is." I said quietly.