章節 2: A Realistic Dream

It's been over a month after my graduation.

My life's pretty much repetitive.

But then I do have more freedom than before I graduated from University.

I sometimes hang out with my classmates, drink with them, spend time with them and whatnot, just the average thing for an adult to do then the next day go to work.

Then Gabriel came by and found me wasted on the couch he was on his surprise visits, when I woke up he gave me a harsh scolding, I wasn't in the mood for his nagging, so I ignored him, but then when he mentioned my parents that's when I snapped.

"Gabriel" My voice was steady, but it was louder than I thought, it should be, "can you please stop mentioning my parents when you scold me?! They're not even here for you to mention them, and being by myself means I'm already independent, I honestly don't know why they're still providing for me despite me being an adult already, that's one mystery I'm never going to solve."

"They can't even provide any logical reason because they aren't answering, or they're avoiding my questions" I gritted my teeth in frustration, "and one more thing" I glared at him "you aren't my husband nor my father Gabriel, your occasional scolding is ticking me off already" I admitted "I know what I'm doing with my life, so stop with the consistent nagging! Jesus Christ!" he didn't say anything.

Storming upstairs, plopping on my bed, with a heavy heart, I ignored Gabriel's call for me.

I haven't contacted my parents ever-since but Gabriel contacts them now and then.

Informing them or rather reporting them my activities, my health, and generally how I'm doing, he sometimes puts it on speaker for them to hear me, but I didn't want to say anything to them since when I'm the one calling they're busy they only answer Gabriel's calls, so I decided, two can play the game.

Not just that, but I don't always get mad or snap but Gabriel pushed my limits this time, I'm already used to his scolding and nagging and I hear it all the time without retaliating or talking back, but this time,

I had enough. I AM AN ADULT I don't need to constantly be monitored, pampered like a child in diapers.

"Seraphine" he followed me upstairs and was in the door-way I glared at him.

"Get out Gabriel, I don't want to talk to you right now," I told him, turning my back, I heard him sigh and closed my door.

After a while I heard his car, driving away. I looked at my digital clock on my bedside table, and it was already five in the morning.

I arrived here two in the morning, I still have time to come to Rose Café, but I'm not really in the mood, I called Laurrie which she immediately picked up.

"Seraphine? What's up?" Laurrie answered in a cheerful voice.

"Hey, Laurrie, sorry, but I'm not going to come to work today"

"Huh?"

"I have a nasty hangover, and I don't think I'm able to come to work, I'm saying in advance so that you guys don't need to worry," I told them "Oh, and tell Cassidy that I'm sorry for not taking her shift later, I'll make it up to her, I promise"

"No way did you hear her Max?" I heard Phil's voice on the phone.

"Are you REALLY okay, Seraphine?" Max ask,

"Do you want us to come by, later?"

"That's not necessary, I also want alone time"

"..." They went silent.

"Alright, I'll tell Cassidy later, Phil you're going to fill in Seraphine's place, Cassidy needs to go somewhere important after her shift"

"You have to make it up to me princess"

"DON'T call me that," I said

"Alright, rest well Seraphine"

Ending the call, I got up the bed and undressed myself heading towards the bathroom. I took a quick shower and brushed my teeth. After that, I dressed in my pyjamas turning off the light, before sleeping.

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"Please! Someone Help!" I looked around in the dark and foggy place, having this same dream again,

"Someone!" the voice of a girl pleading for help,

Hearing this voice and this strange, repetitive dream, I did read online that when you are dreaming or having a nightmare that's being repetitive you need to face the source of this dream or nightmare for it to stop

"I don't want to die yet!" the voice sobbed, I went towards the voice since this is just a dream I'll just wake up after if things get scary.

"Where are you?"

There was no light, but it was mysterious how I could see the fog down on my feet then, a blood-curdling scream echoed.

I went towards the source, my heart pounding and finally found the owner of the voice.

"Please! Help!" She pleads

I can't see her very clearly only her figure and I can see shadowy hands and red eyes that was pulling her in the darkness,

I immediately grabbed her hands and tried pulling her out of the shadow hands' grasp. She sobbed uncontrollably but the hands weren't going to give up without a damn fight, it was a tug of war!

"Hang on!"

It was a dream, but it felt too real, I pulled with all my might but those shadow hands were too strong, dammit! At this rate, I'm going to get taken along with her, but then this is a dream right? The moment I let go I'd just wake up!

"Don't!" I looked surprised, "If you let go I'll die!" she reasoned.

"..." I bit my lower lip still pulling her away but my strength is slowly being drained already I'm getting tired...

I need to think of something before we both get dragged away, but what? It was too dark to even see her face...

"!!!"

That's when an idea struck, this is a dream I can just conjure up a goddamn light right? I just need to imagine it, just like when I dreamed about a zombie apocalypse and I had two machine guns that had unlimited ammo.

That's it, so I'll just imagine that everything is lighting up.

"AAAAHHHH" The girl screamed the shadowy hands tugging at her harder

"Dammit! Why isn't it working?!" I shouted frustrated, I dug my heels on the dark ground in desperation but then my hands slipped!

"No!" the girl cried out but before her hand completely melted in the darkness I caught her wrist

"If my imagining of light isn't working then, let there be fire as a light source!"

I blurted out nonsense my whole body shaking, putting on all of my strength to pull her out of the darkness,

"Please!" I pleaded to no one

My whole body was starting to heat up and before I knew, my whole body is engulfed in a blue flame,

The darkness from her arm and down slowly retreated, but I was getting impatient so what I did is share the flame that was on my body to her and the flame travelled around her whole body,

A loud non-human shrill was heard from the darkness that was trying to drag her, she was now free, but she collapsed from exhaustion, I looked around, and it was still dark and red eyes peered from the darkness.

"This my dream demon bitches, so I'd like you to all get out" I taunted

Snapping my fingers a burst of blue flame came out of me and the light from my blue flame ate the remaining darkness, I felt like the flame guy from fantastic four that can burst out his flame powers.

"Hey" I shook the girl since it was bright now I can see her. She had curly blond long hair just right above her waist, and she was wearing a pink Victorian dress, she groaned, "are you okay?" I ask, she looked up and blinked, her eyes red, and I got taken aback, she then burst into tears.

"Thank you!" she thanks me repeatedly

"O-Okay calm down," I said, she looks up at me again and her eyes became blue, I stared at her wide-eyed

"I swear I was just hungover...there wasn't anything funny on the drinks right?" I said to myself.

"This is my original eye colour" she mentions sniffling

Oh, so I was just seeing things since I saw red eyes from the darkness

"Thank you again," she says and stands up brushing her dress "I want to introduce myself to you" since I'm not going to remember this anyway after I wake up so go ahead,

"My name is Phoebe Petunia Myrtaceae Aislinn Armaclei," damn I guess I should stop drinking for a while "you are?"

"My name is Seraphine..." I shortly said "you said you were an Armaclei?" she nods.

I studied her features more closely,

"Okay, let me make this clear you're a dead relative visiting me from yonder aren't you?" I asked as she shook her head,

"I am still alive, Seraphine, I astral projected my soul to meet you" I gave a look of disbelief, "but I guess the poison from my body is catching up that's why the darkness wanted to eat me"

She explained, I was really confused,

"You must come home with me Seraphine, my homeland needs you, I also need you" she pleaded.

"I already helped you with the darkness thing, you're abusing my kindness," I said in a matter of fact "better wake myself up before you say even more confusing things," I said

"You think this is just a mere dream Seraphine?" she gave an eerie smile, the hair from the back of my neck stood up, and I raised a brow at her, "don't you think this is too real to just say that it is a dream?" I was about to say something when the ground shook.

I furrowed my eyebrows.

"We will meet again sooner than later"

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"?!"

I focused my vision so that it could adjust to the darkness, my eyes widened when a figure was jumping up and down on my bed,

"What the?" A figure smiled at me and dropped to its knees crawling towards me,

"GAHHH!" I pushed the figure away and curled myself into a ball, "What the hell do you want?!"

"..." it was dark, so I couldn't see the figure's face. It looks like a child "big sis?" the voice trembled, I furrowed my eyebrows and turned the lamp on at my bed-side table, a young girl crying at the foot of the bed can now be seen.

"What in the?"