Teardrops Of The Rain

chapter 3: Second encounter

I woke up feeling nauseated, my head is spinning as I tried to sit down, I rubbed my forehead and it seems that the fever have resided. I tried my best to climb out of my bed and eventhough my body was as heavy as stone, I forced myself to walk to the bathroom and wash my face, I walked slowly towards the mirror.

I looked at the mirror and I could see that I had bloodshot eyes like the ghost before, I screamed loud and I hid my face, I was so scared but I built up my courage and looked at the mirror again, this time it was my face. I thanked god it wasn't her dreadful face but I wondered if my illusions have gone much more worse than before, I suppose I should get out of the cottage and get some fresh air.

It all started from the day I fell into that pit, I have to go there again and find out whatever it is that's searching for me, I have a feeling she has the answer I'm looking for. I didn't even care about changing my clothes and rushed to the pit , I followed the trail I used to go to the dying tree.

I saw the dying tree, it's getting worse, the tree is still dying but weird enough, the trees around it are not. I wonder why, if the ground is poisoned, the trees around it should be dying too, I walked towards the tree again and touches the bark on the sides of the tree, I could see another vision.

the vision

Trying hard running away from them, they are chasing me. I must save myself for the sake of the earth, I need to.

I got caught into one of their bear traps, the pain in my leg was excruciating! I still kept running because if they catch me and kill me, the whole world will be doomed!

I was caught by the men who were chasing me, this is very very bad!
I need to escape right now!

" You stay right there! We're here to see what you are! We were told you were a witch by our wives and that you'll bewitch us!" One of the men said. He pulled me and dragged me into the drowning pool where they will throw girls who were claimed to be witches to see if they really were witches. I tried my hardest to get out of his grip but it was too late, he threw me right into the drowning pool.

" I can't swim! Please! Don't let me die!" I shouted for help because I was drowning.The men didn't even came to help, they were whispering to each other and were exchanging words to each other. " we have to see if the water will take her, if the water doesn't take her then she's a witch so we need to hang her at the dying tree," said one man.

Slowly I was drowning deeper into the pool, I could feel the water entering my lungs, slowly filling them up with water, I could feel myself dying. No, the earth will die, those people will die too and here I am dying, the earth is doomed to the plague.

Back to the present

The plague? What does this have to do with me? That girl in my vision looked so similar to me , her eyes were violet and her hair was raven black, that couldn't have been me because I'm here now. This is making me more and more confused, I scratched my head due to the confusion and I tried to think of a way of how to link the visions, the girl and that dream. This is frustrating!

I sighed from exasperation and sat down next to the tree and looked up to the leaves, it's still dying. The sun was shining so brightly on my eyes that I couldn't see until someone shaded me from the light, Ashton.

" I'm sorry for coming to meet you but I can feel that I know you from somewhere and I do mean the dream, I've seen you in my dreams but I can't say anything because if I did-" I Intervened.

" I would disappear, right?" He looked at me with a surprised facial expression, I stood up and looked at his cobalt blue eyes deeply and continued," I've been seeing you in my dreams too and I too can't speak, I tried to speak in any way possible but still couldn't but it's just a dream."