Under the rule of the Ametyst Countness

(6) Shadow's birthday

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(Still) Shadow's POV

I woke up, but instead of my comfort bed, I found myself in the dark. I got up and took my shoes on. I was walking in the middle of the nowhere, when suddenly I heard my name shouted.

"Shadow."

I turned around to find who it was. Nothing but dark. Then I heard my name being shouted again but this time it was louder.

"Shadow!"

Then I heard whispers all around me.

"Useless."
"Wothless."
"Disgraceful freak."
"Moron."
"Faggot."
"Pathetic."
"The world would be better without you."
"You will suffer."
"Disappointment!"
"Why don't you die?!"
"Kill yourself!!"

      "END UP YOUR LIFE, YOU DAMN RAT!!!!"

The whispers grew louder, and I was totally freaked out. "No, no, no, no, NO!! Stop it!! Leave me alone!!!!" I shouted covering my ears.

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The cacophonic sounds and voices kept spinning around me with no stop. I crouched down holding my ears.

Then I saw 3 white flashes and I couldn't bare it anymore. I starded to running, with maniac laughs and screams behind me.
As I ran, I saw two figures in front of me.

My father and mother.

I ran towards them, and hugged my father, and I felt my mother's hand on my shoulder.

"Mother?" I asked. She nodded, while I hugged her.

Then something hapened. I felt something dripping on my fur. I looked up to see my mother's warped face, and her bloodcurdling smile. Everything was bloody, and didn't see my father anymore. My eyes widened,  and my mouth was opened in a crack. My legs suddenly lost their strength, and I fell down on my butt. I was shaking like a crazy. I slowly backed off while my mother slowly tilted her head.
Quickly getting up and I ran away as fast as I could. Now all I could see was darkness and flashing scary faces. Suddenly I tripped in something and I fell down.

A just lay down on the ground, shaking, terrified. I slowly lifted my knees to my chest, closed my eyes tightly and covered my ears. But I still heard voices, screams and laughs. Tears rolled down my cheecks.

"No NOOOOO!!!! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IIIIIITTT!!!!!!!!!! GET AWAY FROM MEEEEEE!!!!!!!" GO AWAAAY!!!" I sceamed my heart out.

Thats wen I saw her.

I slowly opened my eyes, and I saw a lots of dead bodies of the young Dark boys. And the Blood Countness on the top of the corpse field.

 

        Countness Rougalyn Kalong

"Hello young one! You're the NEXT!!

With that, she dashed towards me, thats when didn't came voice out of my throat, I screamed in vain. Then everything went black.

"Shadow? Shadow! Shadow!! You're dreaming, wake up!!" I felt my father shaking me. I shot up with a yelp, panting heavily.

"Are you okay son?" I heard him ask. I looked up with still widen eyes. My father saw that I was still shocked, so he rubbed my back. "Is that nightmare again?" I nodded. He sighed. He sat down on my bed. "Look,  we both keep fighting these nightmares, everything what you saw its just all in your head, they not going to happen in reality. It was just a dream." He said. I let out a soft sigh of realief. "Now get comfy, today I have a special bithday present for you." I looked at him.

Oohhh really, I forgot today is my 18th birthday.
I

pulled my shoes and gloves on, and went into the kitchen.
My father waited form me, his hands was behind his back.

"Well, I don't really have much, and I just wanted to give you something special." He said handing a little box to me. "Happy birthday my son." He opened the box, and there was a necklace with a rosequarc medal. "Here, that was your mothers before. She said, to give it to you, when you reach the 18th liveyear. This is the only memorie of your mother, I guarded this heart since you've been born. Now I'll give it to you." He put the necklace in my palm. "Take care of it, it's yours now." I looked at the medal then my father. He told me a lots of stories about my mother, and their life before I came to the world. "Thank you dad, I'll take care for it I promise." He slowly nodded showing me that he's proud of me.

Even though in this house were just me and dad, we're strong because we trains a lot. This is our pastime. 

After training, we had dinner, and at night, we laid down.

I stared at the sealing, thinking. I did not dare to think negatively, because the negative thoughts will come true earlyer than we think.

I thought about what my father said, and smile. Ignoring negative feelings.

That was the best day in my life, I thought.