Apeirophobia - (Infinity ☆ Runner)

Chapter 4: A new world

Author's note:
HOLA! Thanks to my few viewers. It's like visitors to my own home... everyone is welcome! Thanks for my YouTube viewers as well. You guys inspired me to start to write again.
// I know I'm a bit rusty, but if you haven't already noticed I'm getting better chapter by chapter //

She awoke in a bed, mildly confused. Looking around she realized she recognized the room. The old mint green paint that was slowly coming off of the walls from age, with a very small amount of furniture, due to no need for it. A small rocking chair in the corner of the room with a dresser near by, in the middle of the wall space. A small table on the connecting wall, with a mirror on it and condiments for the face and body. Nothing fancy really, very little makeup with the usual necessities: a brush, deodorant. The slight perfume smell with a hint of someone's personal smell came from the table... it was... her own. She jumped back as the words sounded in her head.

Who..Who are you?

She asked herself before realizing how stupid the question was. She heard a small yawn and again, moved backwards in her covers. If she moved anymore backwards she would crush herself against the headboard.

"Who's there?!"

She asked cautiously. Unsure of what to do. She didn't remember much about herself. If she had family or anything. All she knew is the sense of belonging in the place she was in. Only a sense that someone would feel if something was their own.. she also remembered the dream... She didn't even know if it was a dream.

AHHH! IT'S FINALLY TIME TO START THE DAY!

A voice said, much louder than the yawn before. It sounded as if it was next to her or worse, where she was. She threw the sheets and blankets to the side and tried to pull herself out of the bed as fast as she could, catching her foot on the edge of one of her sheets, tripping and landing, hitting the ground with her chin.

"Oww..."

She pushed her self up with her arms pulling the rest of her body out of the bed. Remembering she was getting away from something she shuffled backwords as quick as she could.

IT IS I THE GREAT PAPYRU--

NONONONONO

*AUTHOR NEEDS TO TAKE AN EMOTIONAL BREAK*

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Okay... okay... back to the story..

She stood up gingerly, shuffling forward to look in her bed...but... Nothing was there.

I'm up here!

Looking up she saw a ghostly image of a little boy sitting on her windowsill. Images flowed back to the boy she tripped over. The boy who looked sickly, the boy who was bleeding
...
She shuddered, looking at the boy.

"Pez."

--IT'D BE NICE TO END HERE, for mystery purposes BUT I'LL BE NICE ;)--

How did you know?

He said with sarcasm. As if he really knew me well enough to use sarcasm.

"Don't sass me boy."

The words tumbled out of my mouth as if I had said them a million times before. I looked at him with wonder. How could he bring the emotion that came with remembering out of me?

"What the hell?"

She cursed under her breath. Little ghost boy didn't notice it, though. She looked at him with a confused glare.

Hope, don't look at me like you don't know me. Unless your just confused by my form-

Again the word. The word that felt so right... was my name?

"Hope?"

She asked questioningly, still unsure whether to call herself "Hope" now, or if he was toying with her.

Yeah... it's your name. Hope is something wrong, look I can explain why I'm this way if thats why your confused...

His face that had mischeviousness spread all over it, turned to fear very quickly.
Hope wondered if she could trust him.. but it seemed as if she used to. Suddenly she shook her head as if to say "come on" to herself. The kid is a ghost? Not like he could tell anyone.

"I don't remember anything from my life or who I am..."

Hope didn't tell him about the dream. Felt like a little extra. Plus the topic they were on didn't discuss it.
He looked a little pained but then he brightened up.

But you said "Don't sass me boy." You must remember who I am!

"I don't actually know why I said that... it just felt right... uh... well I do remember feelings... um we were close. I know that."

Again the pained expression, but it wasn't as bad as before. There was still a gleam in his eyes. A gleam... of HOPE.

C-Can I stay with you...?

The expression of fear on his face was obvious. But Hope was more surprised at the words he said to address it. Suddenly tears started streaming down his face.

I-I went to Astren's.. and he didn't see me- he couldn't see me. I cried and cried... Hope, I don't know what to do!!! Suddenly everything had gone black and I woke up here. Hope... He hiccuped, Hope... You always told me to keep hope but I don't know what to do without Astren.. and now I don't know what to do without you... I'm all alone... I'm all alone!!!

Hope's eyes start to water and well with tears. She thinks back to the past, starting to remembering bits and pieces. Dinner with Pez and someone else who's face is blurred. Smiling and laughing at christmas time. Hugging Pez for the last time, telling him you were moving away. She remembered a lot. Green was Pez's favorite color, he wanted to become an engineer. He was thirteen years old now. You tried to write to him from where you were but nothing got through when you lived in the middle of nowhere.

"Pez!!"

Hope jumped reaching up at him and he the same down to her.
She would've pulled him in her arms and cried with him, but suddenly her arm went through him and he froze as Hope fell through the air hitting her bed.

This too... What's wrong with me?!

"I'm sorry..."

Unsure of what else to say, Hope hung her head. She suddenly felt something leaving the room and it became cold and hard to breathe. She started to hyperventilate.

Hope!

Her eyes widened as he said her name. She then understood. Pushing down on her heart, breathing rapidly, she looked out at the sky determined.  Determination making her pain only a little bit less made her realize she needed to get rid of more. She couldn't live with it hurting so much to breathe.
The cause of her pain?

Someone losing hope.