I am Zerno

"Whose there?!" I spun around, my shoes squeak against the tile floor.

A light voice danced in the air. Their language was foreign, but I knew it was that of a woman's. It was raspy but familiar and soft. I remembered her voice, but I struggled to find the face to match her voice.

It was too dark to see her, or she was wrapped in an invisible cloak and just didn't want me to. "Maze...." Her voice drifted in and out. "It's... me." I caught my breath. "It's..... me."

I panicked. "I don't know who you are!" My voice strained. "Who are you?!"

Just before I could find composure, I felt the room crowding. There were more just like her.

I heard new voices. "Stop!" There were thoughts all around me. They each wanting one thing I couldn't offer. "Leave me alone!" I screamed. "What do you want?!"

The urge to run away became a thirst, but I was trapped among them.

All of a sudden, I heard a sharp hum. As melodious as it had sounded to me, every voice heard and hushed in its presence.

My throat tightened.

Life is stronger than Death I read that in a book once, but even I could not understand the force that was waiting for me behind the shadows."

Derrick (Pete) has always wanted the best for his little sister. For years, all he wanted was for her to grow up and to live a normal happy life, but when stronger forces intervene and ruins the world he envisioned for her, he has no other choice but to tell her the truth about what she really is. As Maze battles with what is part of her reality and what is part of the world's reality, she begins to understand why the truth was hard to tell to begin with.