Thorn (Discontinued)

Chapter 12

Meredith, that was her name right? Everything seemed like a blur, as if it never happened. What was this "gift" she gave me?

I got myself ready for the day and headed downstairs. As I started to descend downstairs I started to feel as if I was in a daze of some sort. The room looked as if it rocked back and forth continuously. I fell to the banister and clutched it as I walked. it seemed it get worse by the second. I stumbled down the steps and safely as I could. I reached the bottom of the steps and collapsed onto the hard marble floor. What's happening to me? I thought. I tried to pull my self up but I couldn't. I didn't have any strength inside of me. I latched on the railing with my hand and pulled myself up, causing me to fall into the steps. I knew this "gift" was getting stronger and it was taking its toll on me.

The entrance doors to the manor opened shining the bright sunlight form outside onto me. The sunlight seemed awfully bright now, blinding it was. I covered my face with my while trying to see who was coming in. The figure slammed the door shut and looked over at me and slowly approached me. I started to make out the figure, it was my father. He stared at me questionably as if he knew something was wrong. "Rosette, are you well?" he asked. "Help...me-" then everything went black, nothing could be seen anymore.

"Well it about time you woke up woman" I heard a voice say. I slowly opened my eyes to the light. She, Meredith was sitting at the edge of my bed smoking as she watched me get up. "We have business to do hurry up and get yourself together" she announced. "What...what happened?" I asked her. "tell ya later now hurry up, we need to leave." I hurried my self to get ready and met her at the door. "I demand you tell me where you are taking me" I said firmly. "well you'll find out." and she left the room. I followed her out to the landing. "I'll meet you outside ok?" I turned to reply to her but she disappeared as if she escaped. I approached the entrance doors cautiously making sure no one was around. I slipped out through the doors and stood on the front steps looking around for her. I started to walk by the trees outside looking in between their twisted branches for her. "Maybe you should start looking in plain sight" I had heard her say. I turned around to see her standing there smoking again. "come on lets go" she said and started walking toward the surrounding forest. "where are we going?" I asked her. "like I said you'll see" she said in a stern voice. The sun shone through the canopy of trees.

We walked through the forest until we came to a small clearing. "here, you'll test your gift." She then looked away and continued to smoke. "we'll go on" "what do I do...?" I asked her. "just let it come to you" I stood trying to focus on the "power" I had. "hold on" she said while searching for something. She returned carrying a knife. "where'd you get that I asked her." "It's not important, just try to move it or something" I continued to focus on the knife trying to get it to move. "Look!" she yelled. I looked at the spot where the knife had laid on the ground. "where is it" I asked her. "look over there" she pointed to one of the trees around us. I walked over to it, looking at what I had done. The knife laid in the tree as if someone had stabbed it. "I...I...did that?" "yep you did, see that gift ain't so bad is it?"

We both walked back to the manor as the pinkish sun began to set among the treetops. " Go, this is as far as I'm going to get." she said with her usual smirk. I started to walk away but I needed to say one last thing to her. "oh, before you go...I want to ask you something" "what" she said in a stern tone as she turned to face me. "I want to know about you, who and what you really are." I stood staring at her as her eyes wondered the outside. "Don't you ever ask me about myself again" Then she walked away. Why was she so mad? Now I just wanted to know more about her, what exactly was she hiding? After all we all learn who people really are at sometime.

I walked back to the front steps of the manor and stopped. I looked back at the trees and stared. She was gone as if she vanished into the vast forest. Would she come back now? I thought. I welcomed myself inside the manor and walked upstairs to my bedroom, ignoring anyone who was in my way.

Now, in the safety of my room I sat down at my vanity and stared into the white rimmed mirror. I felt exhausted from moving the knife and the walking. I let out a small sigh.

Nightfall came quickly, taking the sun away from the world. As I was getting changed for bed I noticed the star on my arm. What did the star have to do with all this? I traced the lines of the star with my finger following all the edges. I finished getting dressed and sat down on the bed and became lost within my thoughts. "The note" I heard. The voice, I could hear it again though it sounded as if it was Meredith. I tore myself away from it and the thoughts and looked around the room for this note. I glanced over at the vanity to see a paper sticking out of the sliver jewelry box on top of the vanity. I picked up the note suspiciously and turned it over revealing words. "I'll see you again" it read -M.

I crumpled up the note and threw it into the fireplace and watched it burn. I couldn't listen to that demon anymore. I wanted her to take away this gift and go away forever and leave me.

Oh Meredith, how I hated her now.

Sorry about not updating, but I will update in a little while! thanks for reading! :3