Darkest Secrets

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I've seen the same images a thousand times. Each time more realistic than the last. A scared little girl no more than six huddled in the darkness under a ginormous staircase, a tornado like force of red and black spinning rapidly outside. The girl pulls her knees tightly to her chest and puts her face on them, her golden brown hair shielding her from the outside world. The huge brown castle like doors are violently thrown open, the little girl's brown eyes quickly bolt up and she scrambles to get away as a black cloud with an eerie voice that's ever so familiar tries to surround her. She sprints to the back of the building and through another set of opened heavy brown doors. She starts running through a forest with the voice not far behind. "Astrid, you can't hide from me" says the voice. The name is so familiar it's like my own name is being called but I know that can't be true since my name is Chloe. The little girl continues running until her dress that reminds me so much of Erika's dress from Barbie a Princess and a Pauper, gets stuck on a tree's branch. She doesn't notice and tries to keep running which trips her and gets her foot stuck between two branches. She struggles to get free but the black cloud with the eerie, evil voice catches up with her. She continues to struggle to get free with a pure look of terror in her eyes. I see the black cloud through her eyes, then the images fade to white and disappear.