72 hours

Chapter One (Book 1: 72 Hours)

~Alina's Point Of View~

      I am already struggling to breath. I have 72 hours and counting. When I was a baby, I was cursed. On my 17th birthday, aka in 3 days, I will die. Yes, I know what you are thinking. Who the hell cursed you? Well, that was my Grandma. She was upset when she found out that my mother had me, and didn't invite her to my welcome party. She cursed me with an unbreakable curse. 

      Anyway, my mom has been rushing around our house finding everything we need to go on the trip to find the "love of my life". Which is not real. There is no such thing. That is why she cursed me with this. I got up from sitting on the stares and walked up to my room. I grabbed my phone and checked social media. I am famous with 1,000,000 followers on both Instagram and Twitter. My Alinaknights don't know what is happening to me. 

"Alina please come back down here. I want to be able to see you while I do this. I don't want anything to happen to you when you are alone." My mother said.

"Yeah one second!" I struggled to yell. I grabbed my mac book and my phone and carefully made my way down stairs. 

"Hey baby girl, how ya feeling?" My dad asked walking towards me helping me walk down the stairs.

"I am ok I guess, still struggling." I said in return, giving a small smile. He smiled back weakly and helped my mom get packed. Suddenly I got a notification on my phone.

I turned the screen on and looked at it. It was the manager of Magcon. He wrote me an email, saying:   

Dear Alina Marie Johnson,

Hey there! I saw how much people love you and I was wondering if you can join Magcon to be able to meet all your wonderful fans. You will be paid for it all, and your flight here will be paid for too. Our next stop is in L.A. this afternoon. Since you live here, it wouldn't be that far to travel. And then the stop after that is in Chicago. Anyway, just email me back and I will get back to you shortly. 

Sincerely, Bart the Manager.

"Hey mom? Can you come here?" I asked her. She came rushing over to me. 

"What's wrong?" She said panicking.

"Nothing is wrong, I just got this email. Maybe if I go, I can find the one." I said. Her eyes lit up. 

"Well yes of course! Go ahead and email him back! I will get your bag packed right away!" She said rushing around faster.

Dear Bart,

I would love to join! There is just one problem. I have only 72 hours left in my life. I would love to attend to possible find the person who can save me. This might scare people off, so can you keep it between us? I am sorry if I won't be able to join you the rest of the time. I just want to make the last few days of my life memorable.

Sincerely, Alina Marie Johnson.

And I sent it. I waited a few minutes until I got an email back. He emailed me saying that it is his and I's little secret, and that the convention is at 4. It is 10:32. I decided to take a bath and clean up a bit. I walked to my bathroom and left the door open so that my mom doesn't freak out. I got undressed and started the bath. I poured some bubbles into it and sat down in the tub. I turned on the jets so that I can relax some more.

"Ok Alina, you have a few minutes. I am taking you to the mall to buy some new outfits. Don't be to long in here." My dad said. I nodded and closed my eyes. I heard a beep, only to find out that someone was wanting to video chat me. It was just my friend Merissa. 

I made sure the bubbles were covering everything that they should, and pushed accept.

"OMG ARE YOU OK?? I HEARD YOU ARE JOINING MAGCON OHEMGEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! HOW? WHERE? WHEN?" Merissa screeched.