The Curse Of A Certain Star

CHAPTER 3 ✨ SUDDEN MEMORIES

Clarisse's POV

The sky was tar-black and the large clouds were moving as it goes. I'm staring outside my window as I heard a tapping on it and then it became a pitter-patter. Umbrellas were opened and people ran for cover outside as the clouds spat out their beads of water. Puddles began plinking as the rainfall became heavier. The roofs of the cars danced with spray and I could hear the murmuring of the rain through my window.

Seems like the weather felt my sadness too. My parents attended a business trip for almost a week so basically I am all alone in this house. I used to like it when I'm alone but this time I don't know why I feel this way. It feels like I'm slowly drowning in silence and loneliness.

My expectations burst out from reality when I woke up earlier. I didn't dream about anything and I didn't see Orion last night until before I woke up. My heart feels empty without him, without his presence. He used to be in my dreams daily but this was the first time he failed ever since I turned 18.

"Why didn't he manage to visit me this time? What happened to you, Orion?" I asked myself with wonder.

I picked up my pink bullet notebook on the desk, then I returned to my window side to observe outside again. I'm figuring out why do I feel this kind of sadness within me? Am I used to his presence, care, and time already? Why do I have to feel this way? Why me, Orion?

I was about to open my bullet notebook to start writing the new chapter of our book when my head starts to extremely hurt. My vision becomes hazy and blurry while I'm suffering from an intense headache. I can also hear different voices that seem to whisper in my ears together with the deafening echoes that made me perplexed.

I closed my eyes for a while but right after I opened my eyes, I was shocked to see myself sitting in a room in front of the piles of paper and documents on a desk. My headache vanished after a while, so I roamed my eyes around the room, it seems like an office. I'd say it's quite peaceful and neat here but I'm not comfortable staying here in this four-cornered glass room.

'Why am I even here?' I asked myself as I slowly blinked my eyes and took a deep breath. I chose to find a way out of this unknown weird place. I was quite shocked when I realized my outfit changed into a formal one.

'How come did this happen?! I don't have this kind of clothing in my wardrobe!' I am crazily screaming inside of my head right now. I don't want to make any noise because someone might catch me if they'll see my unknown face. I have never been nervous like this before, I'd prefer to sleep on my bed peacefully than trespassing an unknown place.

I walked silently to the door while hesitatingly opening it slowly but it turns out that there was a person who opened it first from the other side of it. Fudge! It's a woman and she's smiling at me.

"Good day Madame. The board panels are now waiting for you in the meeting room." She greeted me as if she knows me even though I'm not totally familiar with her face. I tried to act normal as far as I could.

"Oh, board panels? Meeting? I totally forgot about that meeting. I'll be there in a minute." I nervously told her without looking at her.

"Sure thing, Madame. By the way, here are the documents and research you've been asking for." She handed me a folder and envelope. I immediately grabbed those and I quickly entered the office after I said thank you while preventing myself to stutter.

"Phew! That was close." I whispered to myself as I curiously looked at the documents that were given to me. "What is this for? Who was the Madame she's been calling? Who really am I? What's my real identity?" My mind was fulfilled with a lot of confusion right now.

I was about to open it but my vision became blurred again, I can't read any phrase nor words properly. Those letters on the papers became jumbled and disordered. I'm starting to feel unwell and dizzy so I dropped those documents on the desk. On the other hand, I saw a picture frame beside me and I saw a couple who seems to be very in love with each other. But I can barely see their faces; only the silhouettes of them can be seen.

As I was looking at the picture beside me it suddenly shook a bit so I hold onto the desk because I thought there's an earthquake. The nervousness that I feel suddenly changed into pain again. My head hurts badly for the second time around, I can't manage to hold onto something. I am getting weaker and weaker in every second that passes by.

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"Hey! Clarisse, are you alright?" I forced to open my eyes even though I'm still in pain. I saw Lynx and Trevor looking at me worriedly.

"My head is aching badly." I softly answered. Lynx hugged me to make me feel at ease for a while. I can feel my tears starting to flow down on my cheeks.

"Hush Clarisse. Everything will be alright, we're here for you." Trevor helped Lynx to carry me from the floor to my bed.

Lynx gave me some water before she told me to lay down. I'm shivering cold so Trevor covered me with a blanket. My head still aches but it's not that painful unlike earlier.

"You should take some rest, Clarisse. Trevor and I will just be here, take a rest first, okay?" Lynx sat beside me and she massaged my head gently.

I feel relaxed when she did that so I tried to calm as I convince myself to take a rest. After several minutes, I felt like I'm falling into a deep void. I can't move my body yet my eyes are widely open. I can't scream, I can't talk. All actions are prohibited to do except for breathing.

Then all of a sudden the void's darkness starts to have so many stars all over. I was mesmerized by the beauty of it yet I'm perplexed by my current situation. When I took a deep breath that's the only time I stopped from falling but I found myself--in a locker room?!

'What am I doing here in a locker room? Where is this place?' I've been asking myself a lot today. When will these questions stop bothering me?

I quickly zipped my mouth and hide beside the other lockers when I heard someone's coming. I heard the footsteps from her stiletto getting near my location. Then I saw a woman in a pure white coat walking inside the locker too.

I can't see her real figure because like the first time I met Orion, she was also blurred. Seriously? What is up with these blurry figured creatures?! She went near a certain locker and I saw her getting something from there. It is like something white and a small reddish notebook.

"Everything will be alright, my love. Just a little more time and we will get what we really want. I won't disappoint you. I promise." The woman was talking by herself while looking at her stuff. I wonder who is she referring to? Why does she seem so sad and problematic?

"Bliss is a myth as Desires are endless... I will do everything that we desire, no matter what happens." She smiled sweetly but there's a bitterness within her eyes.

At the moment she looked in my direction, then she asked 'Anybody there?'

I was suddenly stiffed in the place where I'm actually standing. I breathe heavily as my heart thumps with nervousness then instantaneously everything went black.

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