The deeper I got into the forest, the more I began to worry. I have never been this far from home. I hear whispering around me. Run Amber! You're going to die if you don't hurry up. She was lieing, you're not special. Let me wipe those tears away. You're just a regular girl. You're in the forest of truth, you belong here. Trust. Believe. Trust. Believe.
I'm screaming through the wind, gasping on air, punching the invisible demons. A lifeless, fainted, gray soul appears. Me.
I stop and sit with my back against a tree, holding myself. And I cry the voices out.
When the forest is silent for what seems like the first time in forever. I open my eyes, taking a peep. The ghost me, still staring back at me. "Scream," She says. "It's okay."
And I do just that, in a distressing screech. She snaps a finger and when I open my eyes, I'm back to running.
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The False People
Short StoryAmberetta Zelderin, a breathing child of a "deceased family" sets out on a mission to find the soulful reason why they died and where to find the killers. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more lies she gets caught up in. The more lies she g...
