The Truth of Us: The Rebellion

Ch 32. What was yesterday?

Lucinda

I'm in a dark stone room. Four candles are burning on the walls but the wax on them are not melting. Their bright light fills the room.

I look down before me and see a young man, maybe in his early to mid-20's. He is laying in a pool of his own blood on the cold, dark stone floor. Long black hair lay fanned out like he had fallen from some height. No... He was impaled and thrown.

These feelings I have. I know this man but how? How do I know him? Why do I feel like I'm losing the most important thing in the world?

Still looking at him, I reach out a shaky hand to him but when I speak the voice isn't mine. "NOOOOOOO!!!! How did- did this happen! It was ___! He did it! (these are not my words)

Oh don't die! Please don't die on me now! After all of this you die now! I-I ­­­___ you... I can't let you.... I-I must take your place! I will have to use the forbidden spell. Please just let it work!"

Gathering up a strange but familiar power I place my right hand over my heart and my left over his. With the voice of a demanding God I proclaim: "RENEW THE LIFE BEFORE ME. RE-VE-O-KE!"

With a crack of light, I am blinded when I start to feel cold, colder then death..... M...y.... soul.....

***

I wake up in a cold sweat, breathing heavy and looking around the room. My... dorm... I'm in my dorm. I think to myself when I glance at a clock... It's flashing... Was there... a power-outage? Ugh... my mind is so... fuzzy. 

I move to sit up and intense pain shoots through my ankle and I feel a swarm of nausea hit me. Oh kill me now. I think as I freeze and take a few deep breaths to calm my now crawling skin. What the hell is wrong with me? What day is it? I think as I move to grab my phone.

I turn my screen on and wince at the light. Oh it's only 5 p.m...... WAIT IT"S SATURDAY? Did I- oh god bathroom now! I think as I half ass jump on one foot to book it to the bathroom and empty out what little is in my stomach.

It's like I had used a massive spell in this realm in soul form and it went and shot me... god this is worse... I think as I sit against the wall and the world spins faster.

"Lu-Lucinda?" I hear Aleana calling me from our room.

"S-sorry did I wake you?" I say as I slightly stumble out of the bathroom and barely make it to my bed before falling.

Aleina is sitting on her bed looking very pale. "N-no you're fine... I guess you caught the same bug as I did huh?" She says smiling at me a bit. "I texted Chief that I wouldn't be at work today because I just can't... Plus I fell back asleep." She says laughing softly. "Oh crap and I was supposed to have a date with Justin today."

A.... bug? Why can't I remember what happened yesterday before.... before..... Well... I went to class and.... got out...... I remember class and leaving class..... Did I... go.... to the park? I think to myself which makes my head swim faster. Nope, no more thinking of that today. Ugh.

"Hey Aleina, what all happened yesterday?" I ask looking at her with a tilted head.

"W-well after I got off work, I-i came to the room and started feeling sick so.... I told Justin that I couldn't come over and went to sleep. I have been in and out of sleep all day." She says holding her head in her hands.

"Oh I see, guess I ended up super sick too and barely made it back to the room." I let out a faint chuckle. My soul never left last night. I think to myself. My senses are so overwhelmed that I can't do anything at the moment... but something about this seems wrong.... very... wrong.

I half watch Aleina get up to go to the bathroom when I lay back down on my bed. That is when I hear it. A crumpling noise under my pillow. I lift it up and see a small black and blue envelope. I freeze for a second. How?  I think to myself as I reach for it and open it.

This will help.

-L

Inside the envelope is a thin, silver band.

A rebel ring? No, it's the same ring I already have enchanted. I think to myself as I slip the ring onto my left pointer finger and feel my head clear some and nausea lesson greatly. Then I feel sleepy again and decide to go back to sleep.