Empress Of Dark World (Sequel To Beating Hearts)

Chapter : 1

Time Lapse - After 28 Years.

There's this shooting pain radiating across my chest as I find myself waking up early in the morning, my eyes land upon the useless alarm clock lying on my bedside table which showed 2 Am, I decide to leave my bed as I knew that I won't be able to sleep again and this has been my usual routine from the day I turned 18 and I am 28 years now, 10 almost 11 years have passed and I still remember that night when my birthday party was over and my best friend Jill decided to stay back with me for the sleepover.

~FlashBack to the dream~

We slept late that night after watching Netflix and eating all the junkies that we could fill our stomach with, the dream I saw that night was all blur but there were some parts of it which I am willing to not have seen but it's also something that will always be fresh up in my head.

With the moon being an only source of light made it very hard to see through my surroundings and all I could hear was someone crying and I had no other choice then to follow the source of it, after walking for what felt like eternity, I saw a woman at a near distance who was crying and I walked my way towards her frame, her back was facing me but there was something about her which was familiar to me, her aura was strong and one of that high authority type, she seemed to be extremely powerful but above all I felt comfortable and relaxed being under her presence which was surprisingly odd for me; she was sitting down on the floor and crying over what seems to be a dead body, probably of her beloved one who was lifeless now and just right there a shot of electricity went through my chest which made me fall down on the floor beside the woman, my insides started to burn up as I felt suffocated, I was trying my best to not loose consciousness and it's then I realized for it to be something serious and not just some ordinary dream because of the pain I witnessed, I collected every bit of my strength and crawled my way towards the weeping frame to see who she was and the person she was crying for, once there I saw the most unexpected person lying there dead, it was me, lying there lifeless and Before I could register it up all in my head I was woken up by Jill and my mother who had a concerned look plastered over their face but before I could comprehend anything back from that dream I saw, I felt the same shooting pain rise up across my chest as I placed my hand upon the area in attempt to put some pressure upon it to minimize the pain but to my surprise I felt liquid oozing out of my chest and just after that I was embraced by the glory of darkness.

~ Ends here ~

Till this day I shiver when I think of that night, it also makes me think of that woman and it also makes me question her existence,

Why was she in my dream ?
Who was she ?
Do I know her ?
I was lying there dead, was it my future ?

Those questions are still unanswered in my head to the fact that I can't raise them up Infront of anyone because I don't want to make myself look like a fool and the pain has now been on familiar terms with me but it's bearable unlike that night, besides that I never saw that same dream after that night of my birthday which is good for me but now I get dreams of a little girl with a woman who I suppose is her mother and somewhere deep inside it gives me a warm feeling seeing them both and other times I see a war taking place somewhere and people dying.

While before I was 18, I used to get unclear glimpse of things happening in my dream and back then it wasn't a big concern because I actually used to get my sleep but after turning 18 my dreams which were just a glimpse before were now more vivid, detailed and subtle and those dreams are now followed by chest pain.

My parents were always supportive of me, they helped me get through the days after My birthday night when I was in hospital recovering from my chest injury, the cause was still unknown but now I have this light engraved thing on my chest.

I am a simple 28 year old woman with long black hair, pale complexion and Bright green eyes now that's one thing most of them notice when I am out besides that I am classified as an introvert by my friends and it's only because they find me in library all the time studying or reading books which may seem out of topic to them but they can be important for me, what are the possibilities of me finding out a book which consist of information about the Crystal shape imprinted on my chest, I know non but hey with technology now a days I can still hope to find something which will help my curiosity.

Luckily one day I Accidentally landed myself outside of a very old place which was creepy as hell but on a closer look it had a board outside which addressed itself as a book store and a printing press, there I was more then happy to explore it.

By the end of that day I found this one book which had the exact same impression which I had on my chest and I was ready to have the book issued out to read at home but looks like they had rules which said that no book will be issued after 4:00 Pm on the premises and well I had to leave it there for the night, I thought about issuing it the very next day as early as possible.

The next day I reached the book store for the book but to my surprise the book was no where to be seen and I clearly remember putting it on a separate set of 10 to 15 books which were wrapped with Brown paper, I still remember placing my book on top of them so that I can easily identify the book from the rest, on asking the librarian about the set of books she said that the set of books were selected to be added in a collection of university library and that they were sent just 15 minutes before my arrival, what a luck I have, that was the only book which could have helped me but here I am with nothing at last.

To be continued...