My Inner peace.

The Night of the Storm CHAPTER 9

Trigger warning: storms

ELLA.

"Ava, do you like mint chocolate chip ice cream?" I asked, shifting my body to look at her.

We're having a girls day, we've been taking care of the Daemos, and well to say we're tired may be an understatement.

We're currently watching a romance movie about, well romance.

"Yeah! Mint chocolate chip is my favorite!" She beamed, stars in her eyes.

I laughed, "me too! I was actually craving some right now." I sighed, Ava let out a sigh too.

"Too bad we can't go out today..." She mumbled, she looked back over to me, "We can get some tomorrow!"

I nodded, "Let's!" After we settled that, we started to talk about random topics, until she suddenly brought up one.

"Hey Ella, do you want to be with one of the Daemos?" She looked over my facial features carefully.

"Uh, well, you see- is this because they're always talking about 'courting' us?" I asked nervously, my hand scratching my neck.

She giggles, "So you do have a crush." She wiggled her eyebrows and nudged me.

"I'm not letting them get you that easy though, they need my consent before marriage." She said with a serious face, I started laughing.

"You don't have to worry about me, I'm sure that none of them would hurt me." I smiled, but she still seemed off, kind of like she was upset.

"Right..." She looked off at the TV, I giggled.

"The only person I'm getting married to is you." I hugged her, she let out a light laugh.

"Obviously, we can make the Daemos be the maids of honor." She suggested, I burst out laughing.

"You know for a fact that they wouldn't want to do that." I sighed, rolling over to my side of the bed.

"I'm scared." I whispered, looking up at the ceiling.

"Scared of what?" Ava asked, I heard her turning over to look at me.

"Of losing them, Ava I don't know what I would do if they disappeared some day." I teared up, closing my eyes- everything went black.

I was on the floor, unable to move, it felt like gravity was crushing me.

I looked around, looking for someone or something that could help me.

I looked up, the Daemos and Ava stood there, looks of disappointment and sadness on their faces.

"I thought you were better than that, Ella." Ava had tears in her eyes, "Why did you do it?"

"She can't hear you." Asch mumbled, his face was blank, no emotion was evident.

"She didn't have to do it, why did she?!" Noi screamed, his tears were non stop, they fell but he didn't make any noises, the only evidence of him crying was the tears.

"Because she's that kind of person, she's always been." Leif shook his head, looking at his shoes before scoffing.

"We'd better leave, we don't have much time left," Rhys sighed, glancing at me once before turning his back.

"Yes," Pierce turned as well, walking away, his shadow casting over me.

Everyone followed suit, I cried out.

"Don't go! Please!" I gasped for air, one from the crushing and two because the weight on my back became heavier.

"What'd I do? Please don't go..." I barely managed the words out, before falling back into the darkness, black taking over my vision completely.

Ava had her hands wiping at my face, "It's okay, of course you're scared of losing people you care about." She whispered, looking into my eyes.

"To be honest, I'm no exception." She sighed, dropping her hands back down to her sides.

"As long as I have you, I have a feeling that everything will be okay." I gave her a pathetic smile, I said that in hopes of making her feel better but it just felt like I was trying to convince myself.

Convince myself that they wouldn't have to leave, that Ava wouldn't leave too.

"Rig-" Ava and I both jolted at the sound of thunder booming outside of the apartment, rain following close after, crashing onto the roof with bold and loud drops.

I shuddered, my eyes widening, my chest felt heavy.

"A-Ava," I spoke hurriedly, my breathing became heavy and my vision seemed to be blacking out and coming back, my head swirled, I felt sick, the walls were closing in on me.

The walls are closing in, I'm gonna be crushed, oh god.

I shut my eyes and grabbed my head.

Another sudden menacing rumble of thunder echoed through the walls, I gasped, moving my arms to my chest.

"Ella? What's happening what's wrong, hey, Ella? Ella!" The voice was distant, the sound was piercing through my head, giving me a splitting headache.

I cringed, why is every sound killing me? Help, please, I feel like- I'm dying.

It became harder and harder to even think, I was left in a state that felt like near death.

"What's happening to her?!" Who is that..? Why is everything so muffled?

"Is she dying? She's not dying right?!" I am, please help.

"What's the hell happened, prisoner?!" Please stop yelling, please, my head.

I groaned, gripping my head, I tried to speak but nothing would come out of my mouth other than heavy breaths and sobs.

"H-hel" Why can't I speak? What is happening to me?

My mind suddenly went blank, I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't feel anything, and I couldn't see anything.

I felt myself calm down, almost like what happened before didn't happen at all.

I let out a breath, I'm tired.