The Dark Gift

The other me

Standing behind me in the reflection was..... me. But different, as soon as I noticed this my blood ran cold, I wouldn't take my eyes off .....her for a second. I turned around but nobody was their, I turned my head back to the mirror and their it was, hands pressed against my right shoulder. She looked terrifying almost demonic, Her eyes were black and empty nothing to see when you look into them, when she opened her mouth to breath heavily onto the back of my neck I could make out razor sharp fangs. My hands trembled, I could feel her hands squeezing my shoulder harder and harder even though she wasn't their. As I stared off into the mirror the darker me was starting to fade away.  "Who are you" I asked in a whisper so low I could only barely just hear it.

Darkness swallowed me whole once again and and just like before I was falling, and falling, and falling without a break. And then without warning, I woke up, as soon as my eyes opened I was blinded by lights.  "argh", I sat up and instantly regretted it, It felt like someone had given my side a strong kick (even though that is what they did). I reached to touch my head but all i could feel was bandages, "where am I..". My eyes slowly wandered around the room while I clutched my side, straight away I recognized where I was, poster of the avengers, the fluffy hand-made blanket that lay on top of me and the red stain on the carpet. This was Jacob's room! My eyes trailed along, capturing every detail of my surroundings. Rain pounded on the roof, the windows were covered in steam meaning I couldn't see outside. 

I looked beside me and there stood a bedside table, on top of it was a table lamp, a box of tissues, and a copy of the book Warriors: Into the wild . Lying back down into the bed due to the pounding in my head I wonder 'where is everyone?'.

I sit back up, then I turn my body towards the edge of the bed and quietly get up. Once my toes touch the rug goosebumps run all along my arms, I shiver, Wrapping my arms around myself to get a little warm. I realise that my jacket and jeans were gone! I was wearing the t-shirt that I got  at 11. '6 years wow!' . A once baggy, now tight black v neck shirt, with the hogwarts logo in silver.  I look down and see that i'm in my black gym shorts. I shake my head and continue on towards the door. 

I creep towards the wooden door, I slowly open it and a soft 'creak' emits from it. I sneak my way through the hallway and into the dining room. A large and long dark oak table stood in the center, along with multiple chairs running along the sides. "hello" I say in a quiet voice. My feet walk slowly around the table and through one of two doors on the opposite side. I'm now on  the stairs that lead down to the living room. I look out towards the living room and spot Jacob sitting on the couch, with his mama and papa all looking very anxious. "Hello everyone" I yell out towards them. they all instantly turn their heads towards me.

"Katelyn!" Yells jacob. He jumps up runs around the coffee table and jumps up the stairs to me, Mr and Mrs Sarlento aren't far behind. Once jacob was at the very top he reached out to give me a hug. I hug him right back, he breathes down the back of my neck, his hair smelling of the usual smell of smoke from a fire. He hugs me a bit to hard, I hiss unintentionally then he lets me go. "sorry!" he says.

"don't be". The four of us walk down the stairs , I look around the living room and for some reason even though I have looked at this room over a thousand times it still amazes me. Polished wooden log walls with a roof that goes up for a while, Windows covering an entire wall so that right now I can see silver drops coming from the grey groggy sky. Water trailing along the window and a huge forest that goes as far as the eye can see. Jacob wraps a small, but warm, blanket around me and  settles me down on a small leather couch near the fireplace. I can hear the fire crackling as smoke rises out of the chimney. 'I love their log cabin'.

 I close my eyes in content, the heat reaches me. And wraps itself around my body. I listened to the rain outside 'this is paradise'. I was about to doze off but then I got a migraine, I bolted up and hissed in pain. 

"Kate are you okay?" I heard Jacob ask.

"yeah yeah i'm fine my head just.. hurts" It starts to fade away but the pain still lingers. "i'm just glad your okay we thought you would never wake up" He says in a worried tone. 

"yes" I look behind me and Mr Sarlento is walking towards us with a tray of drinks. 

"you were out for a week, took you to the hospital  they fixed you up but Jakey here wanted to bring you home".

He offers me a drink and I gladly take it. "How did you get me home with, ya know... me being asleep and all?"I ask. 

"well-" before Jacob could say anything else his mom shouted from in the kitchen."He cried like a baby for them to take you home". 

"No I did not!" he yelled right back. I chuckled to myself thinking of the situation he must've been in. I go to take a swig of my hot cocoa but burn my tongue instead.

A/N (authors note): If you wanna suggest how I could make it better please  do so. I could seriously use it because i'm not that great at writing.