Chapter 21 - Aiden's POV

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I'm walking around the woods, at night, again. If my father finds out I'll be in trouble.

"A! You're here, finally, I was about to give up on you." I look to my right and I see a boy, a strangely familiar boy.

"I told you, I would be here." I hear myself say this, but I don't know the boy, do I?

"Cool, because I'm leaving today." I feel sad when the young boy says this.

"Do you have to?" I feel like I'm losing my only friend.

He touches my arm, and only then do I notice that I'm the same height as him, I'm a kid too, so this must be a dream.

"Don't be sad, A, I'll be back, besides you have your gang."

"They are cool, but I prefer you, you don't expect stuff from me."

"A... Of course they expect things from you! I do too! When I come back, I want you to be..."

I stop hearing him. Although, I can still see him, and it feels like am answering him, but I'm trapped in a silent void.

He smiles like he liked my answer and them, after a quick hug, I watch him walk away. I want to go after him, yell at him to help me but I can't, I'm losing sight of him and the world is turning black.

Darkness is all I see, there are no noises, no colors, no feelings.

And then I start to see once more, only flashes. Red. That's what I'm seeing, at a distance I see fire, like a lighthouse in the middle of the dark. Then I start to feel, I feel myself move, I feel needles piercing my feet and the pain they bring. I feel cold. Is it winter?

Still trapped on a bubble, what I see, and feel are pieces and bits of a big picture, it's like I'm seeing a silent movie through a hole in the wall.

Suddenly, a flash of white blinds me and then it's dark again, but this time I can hear, not see or feel, but hear. However, I'd rather not be able to listen to this sound, because I will never be able to stop it from replaying through my head. A scream, a desperate scream, a shout for help with so much pain I don't think I could endure it. The sound replaced every thought I have, until all I can do is hear it.

I sense I should recognize that voice, so why don't I? Why is that scream so haunting and terrifying?!

It stops without me realizing it, because my ears are still ringing.

Out of nowhere I'm back at the forest when I found the young boy, but it's raining now, and I'm completely alone.

I try to walk but my feet hurt, and I fall to the ground. The cold is incapacitating.

I lay down hearing faint screams at a distance, thinking that maybe this is where I die.

Right before falling asleep I understand why the scream sounded so familiar. It was my voice, my scream, my pain, my despair. With that last thought I fall into oblivion.

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I wake up with a sudden noise, looking up I see a deer in the distance. Where the fuck am I?

In the woods, Aiden.

Blaze's words confuse me for a second but then I remember everything that happen yesterday.

Yesterday...

Shit, today it's Kitten's ceremony.

Wait, why should I care anyway?

You know why.

Do I? You know what happen yesterday.

Yes, but do I need to remind you of what happen long before that?

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