Everything's Alright: a Tiana Story

Chapter 5 (Tams P.O.V)

I know this is kinda random, publishing this at 10:35ish at night (and possibly later, or even, maybe earlier for some of you). I just finished it though, and I thought, ehh, why make them wait? So here we go. I hope you enjoy :)

I didn't sleep much that night. I was mainly just lost in thought the whole time. Thinking about my day, how weird of friends I have, Biana's strange nickname for me, how bad the author of this story is at writing this...

I didn't mind not sleeping. I had gotten plenty of sleep the night before.

Eventually, I just gave up on it completely.

I snuck out into the hall, creeping as silently as I could past Linh's room, so not to wake her.

I went into the kitchen and sat down on the intricate wood bar stools that sat up along the shiny marble counter.

I thought some more in the silence, staring outside.

The moon was bright, and it seemed like it practically sparkled in the sky. It's light, gentle rays, came down onto the ground in straight, bright lights. The sky was a dark color, but mixed well with the moon that seemed to make it pop out even more than it usually did.

I smiled, looking at the ground, where the shadows from the trees above lay, sprung out along the grass.

I extended my hand, focusing and calling out to my shadows. Not too much to do anything bad or anything, though. Just enough to see them slowly reveal themselves and crawl up, spiraling around my hand. 

I zoned out, watching as it wrung itself around my wrist, occasionally letting my control over it go loose for a moment, watching it as it snapped out, letting itself take control and wildly run around my hand. Then, right as it stretched almost out of my control, like a fisherman that just caught a fish, I grabbed it, and reeled it back in, under my control.

I played around with it, turning it into a game, my attention focused all on it. I was so immersed in it, that I hardly heard the scream that rang out in the air.

It was high pitched and loud, coming from what seemed like all around me.

All of the sudden, I was running.

I didn't know where to or what I was running from, but I was running.

Boulders and rocks and bricks and dust, flew up from all around me.

People screamed as I passed by, suddenly determined to get to the top of the hill.

I didn't know what was up there or behind me, but I just had this feeling. There was safety at the top of the hill.

Get to the top of the hill, Tam.

I sprinted faster, trying to levitate so I could get past all the glass and rocks around me, but it didn't work.

I cursed silently, trying not to step on anything that could potentially hurt myself.

I didn't really care about wounds though.

Just as long as I wasn't dead.

I felt the glass on my bare feet, cracking into millions of pieces and tearing into my skin.

I was almost there.

My breathing was heavy, and I felt my energy start to go down a bit.

No.

I had to get there. I had to get to the top-

A scream came from beside me.

Don't look back, Tam. Don't look back.

The cry came again, this time more shrill and filled with pain. I recognized the voice immediately.

"Biana!" I whipped around, immediately regretting doing so.

A punch, from the figure who had been following me closely behind, was sent straight to my gut.

Pain rushed through me and I groaned, feeling my legs collapse below me.

The figure punched me again. I tried to look at their face but it was fuzzy and I couldn't quite see their face.

Another groan escaped my lips, and I tried to send my shadows out to attack them, but they oddly felt like they weren't working or something. No matter how hard I strained and tried to control them, they seemed distant, like they were ignoring my commands, and the chains and power I once had over them, had shattered into millions of pieces.

"That won't work," the voice growled, "You know what we did. Stop trying. It's useless."

I grunted, ignoring him, and instead of trying to attack, scanned around for Biana.

I heard her cries. They still echoed in the air, her sobs growing increasingly louder by the second.

"Biana!" I cried out.

I felt a pair of hands grab me firmly by the shoulders, and it took me less than a second to realize it was the figure.

I struggled against them, trying to gain control over my shadows, and stop whatever the heavens they were doing to Biana.

My blood boiled more and more, as it moved it's grasp around my stomach, squeezing tighter and tighter around me. The more it did, the more I struggled, and the more I struggled, the more it held me firmer.

A gasp of pain escaped my lips as I felt the air that was once in my lungs quickly start to fade away. Pain seared through my side, like a thousand needles were being struck into it.

I screamed out, willing for my shadows, trying to control them, to stop this.

My screams echoed in my ears, and I looked up. The world around me was oddly, bouncing around. I couldn't pin-point what was going on, or the shapes around me.

That's weird, I thought before the world around me turned black.

lol, congratulations to anyone who understood what was going on in this chapter. I don't. Sorry about how short it was.

I know I've been slow on the updates, and I'm also sorry about that. Recently I've sort of haven't loved Tiana as much as before, and when I started this, I kind of did it as a fun thing, thinking that I would get like 2 reads from me, myself, and I, instead of over 800! (which by the way, is AMAZING!! You guys are rockstars!)

When I started writing this, I didn't really have a plan (like, I had a sort of outline, but I didn't really know what I was gonna do with it) so now I sort of just fill in the blanks. Unfortunately, because I didn't plan well, some of my writing doesn't match up with what I've written before, and I guess I could go back and change it, but I don't really want to do that, or have the time. Right now, at least.

Basically, all you need to know is, I'm sorry if there is plot holes, I am planning more for these next bits, and I hope that somehow I can turn this garbage into, well, less garbage. 

If you have any suggestions how I could improve, please tell me! I always love know ways I can make you guys happy with my work!

I love you all, and I hope you are doing well!

-AGM