Lucid

Chapter One: They're Looking For You

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Chapter One

Kaira P.O.V

            The brightness of this empty space seemed to stretch out for miles. ‘Where am I?’ I wondered. I looked at my surroundings but emptiness continued to envelop my sight. Not knowing what to do, I began walking in whatever direction my instincts told me too. I continued walking for what felt like years, finding no end the bright emptiness. My legs ached, but I knew if I stopped I would collapse from exhaustion. I could already feel my knees buckling with every step.

            Suddenly in the distance, I saw a glimpse of some sort of shimmering green light. Using all the energy I had left, I half-walked, half-jogged to it, hoping it was a way out. The closer I got, I realized that it wasn’t a way out but a tree. A tree. What? I approached it slowly. It was the strangest tree I had ever seen. It was double my height, but I wasn’t really that tall so it wasn’t a surprise. The trunk branched out it in only a few branches but they were very thick, compensating for the lack of them. The leaves were perfectly formed, not a single one tainted or soiled by bugs.

            It seemed like a normal tree from far away. As I got closer I realized something that would separate it from the rest. The trunk of the tree was extremely glossy. It practically looked like it was made of glass. The leaves looked the same. I looked closely at the tree and I could see my reflection clearly in it. Slowly, I reached my hand out toward it, gently tapping it with my forefinger.

            I barely felt the icy coldness that I could sense was present in the tree before it came crashing down. The tree fell in on itself, shattering into a million pieces, like it was actually made of glass. Then, from the farthest corners of the illuminated area, darkness took over, killing every bit of light that had, only seconds ago, been present.

            I sat up gasping on the mat that I always slept on. I knew that if I could sweat I probably would. I was so full of fear; my core felt heavy, reducing my angelic light to merely a dim glow. My light should never dim, a spirit as jolly as me should be able to maintain a bright glow. A glow as dim as this signifies death, and it takes years for a spirit to die. Around 1,000. Once a spirit has lost every last bit of light within its core, it fades away, death receiving it with open arms. I am only 117 years of age. I am still very young and my glow should still only be getting brighter. This happens to me often and my glow returns only minutes later, strong as ever, but being so close to death scares me.

I feel as though I am the most unlucky spirit alive. Spirits do not need to sleep. But I do. And along with that come these dreams, or more precisely, nightmares and fear. No spirit but I knows what fear is. But how can fear exist in this world, where only good and happiness exists?

Why did I always have terrifying dreams, where I don’t even know what is happening, yet I wake up mortified at the events that had subconsciously taken place? I know there is nothing that can be done but I mustn’t tell anyone, for they will think I am possessed and a threat. For now I must cope with these circumstances.

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I have plans to meet my friend today in our “secret location”. We found it when we were young spirits. It’s a meadow of glow flowers surrounded in trees, cutting us off from civilization. We have been coming here at least once every week since we found it.

Lia, my best friend, and I are around the same age, she is only 121. If spirits had sisters, we would be close as that. I have read legends about so-called sisters and “parents”. Such things do not exist in our world. Spirits are made not born. Spiritual energy condenses in certain areas of the dimension and it results in a spirit. This spirits are merely infants and cannot care for themselves and care takers are assigned to them until they reach the age of 80. Once they are grown they live on their own. I no longer live with my care takers but I visit them often, since I have grown attached to them.

As usual, Lia was running late. I laid among the flowers that shimmer is the early sunlight. Each flower is a different color but glistens as bright as any other. The brightly colored petals felt like velvet on my skin and acted as a cushion for my head. Strands of my golden blonde hair spread in all direction among the flowers. In this perfect setting, I felt so serene, as though all my troubles had melted away and I had become one with nature. I shut my eyes, drifting into my alternate universe, where I am queen.

Minutes went by when I heard a soft rustling and I could feel it coming towards me quickly. I sat up, alarmed. I instantly saw it was Lia, running towards me as fast as she could. I smiled at her but the closer she got I could tell she seemed worried. My smile quickly dropped when she reached me. Her light blue hair was a badly tied, locks thrown everywhere. She looked into my eyes and I easily sensed how tense she felt.

I stood up and gave her a passionate hug. She quickly pushed me off, taking me by surprise. Never in my life has Lia rejected me, and this rejection felt like a stab in the chest. She saw the hurt in my eyes and wrapped a comforting arm around me and put her lips to my ear.

“I’m sorry. But there’s something extremely urgent I must tell you,” she whispered into my ear. She pulled away from me, her brown eyes looking into my blue ones.

“They’re looking for you.”

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