The Other Half

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The room was dark and cold and unfamiliar. I glanced over my surroundings until my gaze fixed on a man. A tall, pale, eerie looking man. He was dressed in a black old cloak that covered his whole body except his hands and his face. I looked up until I met his glare. His eyes made my entire body shiver with fear. They were filled with hate, disgust and a hint of death.

My entire body froze.

I could not move a single part of me and my eyes were practically glued onto his, I could not seem to pull them away.

It was then that my vision moved to his hand as it rose up slowly and pointed a wand directly at me.

Panic started to arise as I felt my body was still frozen in my current position and I could do nothing but wait for him to say those words.

Those horrible, horrible words.

Before I knew it a burst of green light appeared from his wand as he cast the spell. The light came rushing towards me and before I could even react, it engulfed my vision and I was trapped.

Trapped.

"Rose"

A soft whisper filled the air, calling out my name.

"Rose!"

It began to grow louder and louder and it confused me immensely. I started looking around to see where the voice was coming from but my vision still remained a green blur and I was hastily starting to panic now.

"ROSE!"

I opened my eyes and my whole body felt damp and cold. I tried to gain my breath but it was short and dry. I began to panic again. I clutched my chest in an attempt to help my breathing. It was failing. My vision was blurring and the panic was replaced with fear. Pure and utter fear.

It was then that I felt a warm and familiar hand on my shoulder and looked to where it had come from and all of the fear and panic left my body almost immediately as I brought my father into a tight hug.

After a few moments, my breathing slowed back to normal and I managed to gain my bearings. I realised that I was in my room and not that horrible place that I kept dreaming of.

I pulled my head off my father's chest and looked up at his eyes. I couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt as I realised they were filled with worry and concern as they scanned over my face almost as if they were looking for something.

I smiled reassuringly at him to let him know that I was okay and he smiled back but his eyes still looked the same as they did.

He brought the back of his hand up to my forehead and started patting it a couple of times. "Are you okay? You seem quite cold"
My father asked me with that same concern that filled his eyes. "I'm okay now, just a little chilly" I replied as I shivered. "Did you have that dream again?" He said with a serious tone in his voice. I looked down at my hands and stayed silent for a few moments. I did not want to tell him that I had, yet again, the same terrifying dream for the fourth time this month. It only made me feel more guilty because he would take time out of his day to figure out why I was having this dream over and over. I didn't like the fact that his life revolved around me most of the time. After all, I didn't have a mother so I was all he had left. She died when I was a baby and my father never talked about her. He didn't even have a job that involved going out because he didn't want to leave me with a babysitter or a nanny because he felt as though that would make him a bad parent. Although I did remind him everyday that he was the best dad in the world, he still remained stubborn and protective.

"Yes" I replied after a while. "Although this time I could see his face". His expression dropped at this. He stopped for a moment, furrowed his eyebrows, and scratched his chin before responding. "That's it, I'm taking this week off work to figure this out". The overflowing guilt that was inside of me rose up and poured over the edge "No" I stated rather firmly. "You're not allowed to". My father looked at me with a smirk on his face. "And why is that Rose?" I knotted my brows together as I knew that he was going to be really stubborn about this, as per usual. I rolled my eyes "because I said so, and if I say so then you have to do it"