FIFTY EIGHT

Charlotte

I opened my eyes and saw myself lying on the vast green land as the sun was shining, the skies were clear and blue, and around me were different flowers that bloomed beautifully. It seems like I am in a dream. Am I dreaming? I slowly get up as I wander my eyes around and see a cute little girl running with a wide smile on her face.

I looked at her clearly and was confused. Is that Alice? Why is she here? Wait, are we dead? Are we in heaven? But how? How Alice is killed if both of us are killed?

"My dear! Stop running or you'll get hurt!"

"Be careful sweetheart or you'll cry again because of the wound you will get."

My heart raced faster after I heard that. I know that voice, I am sure of that voice! My tears are dripping down my cheeks while looking at them, I am having a nostalgic feeling while staring at them. They are my parents, they are my mom and dad. And the little kid isn't Alice but me. It is me in the past when I was the same age as Alice.

I don't know why but my feet were slowly walking close to them as my tears continued to stream down to my cheeks until I couldn't hold it any longer. I ran as fast as I could to hug them but to my surprise, I could not touch them. They can't see me, they can't touch me either. That made me cry even harder. I miss them and I badly want to hug them so tight even just for once. Just this day, I want to embrace my parents again. But how could I do that? It seems everything here is just a dream, an imagination, and a hallucination maybe.

"Look at our little girl, Vanessa. She looks like you, a beautiful girl and someday she will become a beautiful maiden soon just like you. And I will make sure that no one will hurt her! I will make sure of that!" Mom laughs after what Dad said causing her to face him and properly fix Dad's shirt.

"If she will grow old enough, I am also sure that both of us will cry once we see her married."

I clenched my fist as I continued crying. That didn't happen, Mom, I am cursed and I can't marry someone I love now. It hurts me to hear those words from my mother. My parents always do their best to give me the life I deserve and if ever there is someone who will try to mock me or bully me, Dad will always save me from them and will always do his best to make me happy. Will do his best to make me forget everything that gave me pain.

My Dad...I miss him. If he knew what I was feeling now he would surely hug me so tight and make me feel comfortable. My parent's embrace will always make me calm. They are the love of my life, they love me so much more than their lives.

I look in front of me when I hear someone speaking. "Hi, I am Charlotte nice meeting you! I saw you alone so maybe, we can be friends?"

That was the time when I saw Kalsey and made her my friend after seeing other students bullying her. She is gorgeous however, her family is rumored as witches and murderers. At first, I didn't want to believe it since I had seen how Kalsey was. We have become friends for years already. From daycare until college, I was always with Kalsey and she was the only one I wanted to go with until Karius came into the town.

We have become friends, the three of us, and then Kalsey always bragged that Karius and her are now very close which made me happy. I was about to say to her that we are dating now but Karius told her about it already which made her furious. She was furious that I didn't let her know about it. It was partly my fault but I tried distancing myself after that Karius would always do anything so the two of us could be together again.

I tried talking with Kalsey but her parents always kicked me out and told me that I no longer have permission to be with Kalsey anymore after what I have done. They told me that I betrayed their daughter when it was not. I just don't know Kalsey fell in love with Karius at the time when she was talking about it. How would I know? She was always keeping it a secret and didn't want me to know about it.

"I hated you, Charlotte. You have betrayed me. Karius was about to become mine but then you came and took him from me! Cursed you! I will curse you!"

I close my eyes as I don't want to see it anymore it is the memory that I don't want to see or remember! It gave me so much trauma and it was trying to make me remember what I have done in the past just to make myself dead but it is still not effective. I don't want to see it!

"I will kill him again and reincarnate his soul to another man but this time I will kill you. You will no longer be a hindrance to our relationship!"

I open my eyes and get up after hearing it. I saw myself figting against Kalsey. Both of us were glaring at each other as I was holding a weapon to stab her. I looked around and saw Wayang was now on the ground, what just happened? Is this a dream for the future?

"I won't let that happen, Kalsey. Stop making our lives suffer! Learn to move on, will you? You cannot make us separate! It is the destiny that keeps us together!" She gritted her teeth in anger and began to stab me causing me to feel an immense pain in my stomach that made me kneel on the ground.

What was happening? Is this real? I don't understand.

I saw myself now dripping blood from her mouth. "No."