Room No.13

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Isabella

I am standing amidst an unknown world. Everything seems dead here. There is  a rotting dead smell. The thing that I'm scared of is someone's silhouette. A girl actually. I am lying on the bloody red ground and she's standing on a distance of about 50 meters. I can't move. I feel a stinging pain all over my body. This pain and agony is unbearable. The life before entering this academy is flashing through my mind. The moments I spent with my granny. The happiest memories. I have a thin smile on my face. Suddenly, the memories I have after entering this academy were flashing through my mind. I am terrified and tears are rolling down my eyes. I don't wanna remember those painful memories. But there's someone who is there to help me. Ryan. 

The girl who is standing in front of me is wearing a black school dress.She has shoulder length hair which are black. Her half dress is torn and she is having a deep cut on her face, near the eyes.Blood is flowing out of that severe cut. She is holding a sword which is covered in blood. A number of dead girls are laying on the bloody ground. Their bodies are rotting. A smell that one experiences when there are thousands of dead rats was running through my nose. The number of girls killed were in hundreds, I can see. Suddenly, a black and red aura surrounds that girl and she let both her arms out and suddenly my granny and Ryan appear. My eyes turn wide as I see them tied to a rope. I try to stand up and go save them but all in vain. I can't move and my body feels weak. I can't speak because of the weakness I experience. I murmur,"What do....you....want...?"

"Blood!!"she screams and laughs like hell. Her eyes are turning wider and wider as she laughs. 

"W..hy...?"

"Blood!!!" she screams again. 

She is going towards him and holds him from his hair. I am helpless. I can't help my dear friend.I am looking at him. He is calm. He is not scared. 

Suddenly, Ryan screams"You want blood! I'll give you blood!!! But let Isa and her grandma go!!"

Tears are flowing out of my eyes. I see him screaming in pain as the girl is running a knife on his wrists. I can see that girl stabbing him with the sword again and again. He is screaming and the more he screams, the more she laughs.

Suddenly I hear a voice,''Isa! Wake up!"

"Isa! Wake up!!"

"Isa! Wake up!!

"Isa! Wake up!!"Ryan said.

It was just a dream. I thought to myself as I came out to the real world. I saw Ryan standing in front of me. He was alright.  I got out of my bed and I hugged him tightly. I felt a stinging pain all over my body because of the wounds I had but at that moment, I didn't care about the pain anymore.  Tears were flowing out of eyes. He hugged me back and said jokingly,"Isa! You're a crybaby. Oh! You cry a lot! You should be glad that your wounds will heal soon. You're quite fast at recovering, aren't you?"

Suddenly I felt fear creeping through me.

"I'm scared!"I replied,coldly.

"Scared? "he asked worriedly.

"Yes! Scared. Scared of that girl."I replied.

"What girl?"he asked, confused.

"The girl who haunts me all the time. The girl who is in my room. The Room No. 13"I said as tears ran down my cheeks.

"You must be dreaming. You live alone!" he said as he laughed.

I pushed him aside and shouted,"Do you think I'm a liar?! Do you really think all that's happening to me is a misconception!? Look at these scars! Look at my wounds! Are they a mere lie!?"

He was shocked at my reaction. He was totally confused. I could see him feel guilty. There was no one in the infirmary. It was dusk. Everyone had left. Only Ryan and I were in the infirmary. 

I approached him and said,"I'm sorry."

"No, you don't need to feel sorry. I didn't trust in what you were saying. It's my mistake. Now tell me what has happened" said Ryan, assuring.

Between tears I told him the whole story. My coming here, the room, the dead maid, falling off the stairs, my dream and That Girl.

He put his hand on my shoulder and said,"I'll help you out.But first eat this. You were sleeping the whole day. You must be hungry." and he gave me a sandwich that he had brought for me. I stuffed myself up. My head was aching and I groaned in pain. Ryan quickly laid me on the infirmary bed and said,"Isa! Lay down. You have not recovered yet. You have deep cuts and wounds which will take time to heal. You must take rest here only. You can't go in your room, can you? Going in that mess wouldn't be a good idea."

Suddenly, I said without even thinking,"I wanna go there! Take me to my room! Now!"

Ryan

Isa's sweet voice was becoming hoarse. Her body was not in her control. Something was inside her. Someone was inside her. I could feel her cells becoming week. I could feel pain rushing through her cells that was making her experience more pain and nothingness. It was making her weak. I could feel her hand automatically reaching to me and shaking me violently. She was screaming in pain and the blood was flowing out of her mouth and stains of blood were getting on her clothes. She held my collar and pulled me towards her. She started screaming again and the blood from her mouth was coming right on my clothes and face. This was not her voice. This was not Isabella. She was someone else. She pulled out a knife  from somewhere in the air. She was about to stab me when I heard someone's voice from behind me. I looked behind and I saw a blonde girl,  having short hair with spectacles standing at the door of the infirmary. She was Anastasia. She always stayed quite and now I saw her holding a sword in her hand. She was looking at Isa with wide and deadly eyes as if she would kill her anytime. I didn't know what to do. But I knew I had to save Isa. Anastasia was coming closer and closer and she tried to pull me off and separate me from Isa but I pushed her off and shouted,"What are you trying to do!?"

"I wanna kill her!!"

"Why would you kill Isa!??"

"She's not Isa! Dumbass!"

"What?"

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Hey dear readers! Who do you think that girl was? Think and tell me! Till then bye bye!