Silver Lining: The Haunted

Ch 31- Mystery and History

-Drake-

It was pitch black and the air had a chill that seeped into your bones not matter how you tried to fight off the cold. Yet, it wasn't bothersome and was quite peaceful. Glancing up at the sky, the stars shown bright and far. Thin wisps of clouds passed over the nearly full moon. The tall evergreens stretched upward and whistled in the wind. It was relatively quiet with few animals calling out into the night. Pressing forward, the trees began to thin and some strange lights illuminated the thinning forest.

I could already see in the dark as it was my home but these strange new stars caught my curiosity. Ahead there was a weird boxy structure made out of fallen trees. Attached to the side of the box were sticks that glowed. They looked like something had taken stars from up above and put it on a stick? Teleporting closer, I reached out to touch one but pulled back with a hiss as it hurt. Ok then, stars on a stick hurt, do not touch the mini star because it bites.

"uOŸ Ęra tAhw? Wōh?" I asked it. So it can't talk. It didn't respond to anything I was saying or any noises I made at. Maybe it was mad at me for poking it?

"AAAHHHHGGggGgHGggggggggrrrr" a strangled cry started me and I teleported back into the safety of the tree line. I watched as a small being stumbled out of the tree box. It looked to be in a considerable amount of pain and was uttering things I didn't understand. It was pale with no fur except for the top of its head and was tiny. Probably about 1/2 of my height, 2/3 of my height at the most. Hard to tell from afar. It had material covering most of its frail body. Perhaps the creepiest thing about it was the fact that it was covered in what smelt like blood. By how small it was it had to be a juvenile so what happened that caused it to be covered in blood? I slowly took some experimental steps closer figuring that maybe I can help it? It kept wailing and screaming as tears continued to run down its face.

"G-gGet oUt Of ME" it's voice changed pitch and got deeper as it spoke. It sounded like it was fighting something and struggling but there was nothing around it but me. It fell to its knees and panted heavily. What is this thing?

*crack* a stick snapped under my foot.

Suddenly it looked up and stared straight at me with this blank, unnerving expression that quickly twisted into fear, pain, and....sadness?

"AAaaAhhhHh iM soRRy ArMEnnnN-" the sudden scream caught me off guard, but the thing that frightened me the most was it's eyes, they were glowing pure white but I felt as it it stared straight into my soul. A ball of light was emitted from its chest as it gave one final scream before falling everything went bright. The magic light ball barreled towards me and in contact everything felt fuzzy and warm. The warm however turned into bitter coldness and pain. I screeched at the top of my lungs as the world as I knew it came to an abrupt halt. A small voice floated through my head as darkness over came me.

"Be safe Drake. Forever with you, Collin."

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I woke with a jolt and quickly sat up to scan my surroundings. My breaths came out in short fast gasps. I could feel by heart pounding and hear the rush of blood in my ears. Covering my ears with my hands and trying to shake off the sudden adrenaline, I tried to slow my breathing and pulse. I felt hands encircle my wrists and pull them away from my head. Opening my eyes, a blurry Mia was crouched in front of me probably saying something but I can't hear anything over the sound of my own heartbeat. What just happened? Was that real? A nightmare....a dream.......a memory? Those lifeless yet evil white eyes and the words I was left with stuck at the forefront of my mind and occupied all of my thoughts. I felt myself being shaken and could hear muffled voices around me, yet I couldn't understand or focus on anything other than what I just experienced. The pain from the dream still burned through my body as a phantom pain. The scene kept replaying over and over and a rising sense of urgency and fear came with every replay, every second, every time I heard those three lines.

Be safe Drake
Forever with you
Collin

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(Hey I felt bad for disappearing like I did and I'm glad that some of you guys are still here even after all this time. Y'all are amazing and I hope that I can make it up to you and not disappoint. I know this chapter and the last one might be a little short but I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things and decided to give you a few chapters to make up for the absence. Plus hey, a already have to next few chapters lined up and should hopefully be out soon and hopefully get longer with each chapter! Thank you guys so much and I'm glad to be back. I appreciate some of the kind messages I received. I also enjoyed reading the comments. Y'all are too funny sometimes. Until next time!)
-Silent Artist

P.s.- I left on another cliffhanger. Oops. Sorry not sorrry lolz hehehehehehe

also anyone who can guess what is happening in this chapter (specifically the dream?/flashback? section gets a cookie!