Dream Chaser [Chaser Trilogy Book 1]

Kabanata 2

Ang Orihinal na Panaginip

Kabanata 2

Nakatulog ako nang hindi ko namamalayan. I planned on staying awake all night. I do not care if I get sick. I just do not want to be here.

The first thing I noticed was how fast my heart was beating when I felt the cold ground underneath my feet. Goosebumps spread all over my body when my skin touched the freezing air.

"It's cold." The first words I always say came out of my mouth like usual. It is happening like how it would always go before. Like how it would normally play for the past years. My eyes opened and I willed myself to touch my mouth, but I could not. I am lost here once again, enslaved by my own mind. I am stuck in the place where I cannot control my own body.

Nothing changed.

I am still wearing the same nightgown I do not even think I own in real life.

Naiiyak ako sa loob-loob ko dahil ayaw ko dito. I know what is going to happen. I just do not want to be a part of it anymore.

I am tired of being stuck in this familiar yet strange place. I am tired of the way the light of the full moon casts dimly on the ocean. I hate how not much has changed with the huge trees when I looked around to see what was different. They were still wonderfully spread across the road, enveloping me in their shadows.

My feet dragged my body towards the shore where the white sands meet the peaceful waves of the water.

I am a spectator once again.

What frightens me is I am going to go through this over and over again when all I want is for this to end.

I have been here every day for eight years, but it is only now that I am so desperate for all of this to go away.

My head looked to the right and the dark forest was now in sight. The path that split the trees in half was terrifying to look at–but all I could feel right now is numbness. In this nightmare, I cannot feel anything but the collective horror the experience brings.

My body flinched as I heard a branch crunch from behind me.

I was walking and then running towards the place I do not want to be. The forest.

The silence was deafening inside my head that I no longer reacted as I entered the unknown.

I followed the path with my heart pounding so hard in my chest that I could barely breathe. I know the air is being knocked out of me in exchange for my silent pleas.

That is when I heard three ear-piercing screams and footsteps toward me. My hands automatically covered my ears and my body ran with my eyes closed.

I gasped as I tripped for the 2,980th time on a huge rock. My head hit the ground and blood started dripping down my face. My lips trembled and my eyes blurred.

My heart was slowly breaking apart when the sounds, shadows, and my chaser were getting nearer.

I could not move, and I did not.

I am all alone. I am lost here. There is no one to find or save me.

Paglipas ng dalawang segundo ay nahablot na ako ng kinakatakutan kong nilalang sa dilim–as if every inch of me was too sensitive to feel nothing and everything at the same time.

I screamed and thrashed at him as he dragged me away. Panay ang sabunot ko sa mga damo at pagsipa dito but it was too strong. My face was wet. Naghalo na ang mga luha ko at dugo mula sa ulo ko.

I closed my eyes hoping that all the pain and misery would disappear, but it did not. Tuluyan na akong nanghina hanggang sa nawalan na ako ng gana lumaban. I let the darkness swallow me since it is my only way out. I covered my mouth to stop my sobs, but it was all I could hear as my dream ended.

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