Control

Chapter 1

Author's note:

This story is based upon Halsey's Control. I would recommend all readers to listen to the song once before beginning to read.

Enjoy reading!

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They send me away to find them a fortune

                                                            A chest filled with diamonds and gold

I got into my car, slammed the door shut. Breathing heavily I began the engine, swearing under my breath. God Dammit mom, it's just one party.I didn't know where I was going to go but I needed to get away from here before my family makes my little brain go bonkers.

I need to get out of this place, this town. I need more of fresh air, to lie under the stars on the damp soil, the smell of the green grass or maybe a walk beside still waters with the moon staring at its twin in it's reflection. That's what I need. I start heading towards the calmest, unknown, empty place I know.

My sister and I always came by here every sunday and played among the woods until it grew dark. It was the last time I saw her there. She disappeared within the calm of the night. I do miss her... I really do.

I check my phone. 50% Battery. Seriously!? But I think I need time off my phone. I switch it off.

About 30 minutes later I pull up by the side of this very deserted road. Doesn't  look like I can park here, but I don't think anyone would really mind. After all it's closer to nightfall and this place doesn't seem like anyone's gonna be around. I pick up my phone which is wrapped in headphones and shove it into my back pocket. It's around 6:30. I really don't know what I can do around here but i do have faint memories of water falling from heights onto the grey stones as they roared driving away the silence. I want to go back there, physically and mentally. I walk past the trees stepping on the crunchy, dry leaves. The sound of their crunch, the rough wood of the barks, the twilight moon, everything reminds me of my sister. Before I know it my vision is blurred out by a thick film of tears, rolling down my cheeks as beads of emotion. 

It's been long since I've thought about her... Does that make me a bad person? I feel like I'm losing my mind! Suddenly I hear a faint sound of waters slashing against the rocks, just like my memories as far as I can recollect. I track down the sounds and follow them as far as I can. In a few yards I see a waterfall. It's water seems crystal clear as it reaches the pond but as it falls it looks like a perfectly white strip of cloth. Next to the rocks the water bounces off in the smallest drops possible leaving behind a smoke like effect. This is what I need. I need nature, time to myself, a place to myself away from the noises of people talking, judging me, picking on me for every damn thing I do.

I sit on a rock right beside the pond. There seems to be no fishes in it, but I do see green moss building at the bottom of the rocks. I look around, nothing much that I can recollect has changed. Behind the trees towards my right I see a house... I very old, rusty looking house.

I don't remember seeing a house here before. How could I have missed that?