Beyond Those Gates... - Chapter 1
"Darkness shall envelop you and it won't be pretty. The split line between the light and the dark holds everything together. Danger greets you my friend and something very deadly."
Madhumita: Thanks. XD
Ivy: Yeah, I know I was going to put that in the first chapter because I didn't want to give too much away. But at the same time I knew it wasn't much, yet I wanted to give a setting first. ^^
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My name is Nicolette Lyrne I wasn't your normal everyday kid. I was what you would call abnormal. But who am I kidding I never knew that I was that different. There might have been a couple of clues, yet I just wasn't noticing it. My life was never simple because I faced many dangers, even without knowing them. My parents are on the merge of divorce, at least that's what I think and I have constant nightmares about who knows what. If I knew about how dark the past was and about my family tree, then I would be scared to face everyday life. Damn...if I only knew about it, if I only knew about what was beyond those gates, I would have never went over. If I have never went over, my life would be a bit more normal. But then again my life isn't and will never be normal like my friend Michelle.
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I was in dark place, I don't know where when suddenly, a voice spoke. "Darkness shall envelop you and it won't be pretty. The split line between the light and the dark holds everything together. Danger greets you my friend and something very deadly." Crackled what sounded like an old women. Then everything around me faded and suddenly something heavy jumped on me. It was dark, but I was able to make out the outlines of whatever it was. But, before I could have more time to take a good look it, I felt a stabbing pain and everything blurred. My eyes shot open as I found myself staring at the ceiling in my room.
Some sweat was down me as I sat up from my bed. For the last few months I always had similar dreams and I never really knew what my dreams meant. I sighed softly feeling my heart slow down a bit as I got changed. It was then that I heard the phone ring and quickly ran downstairs to pick it up. It was my psychologist's secretary, reminding me to go over to the office in about half an hour from now. My father was at work, so I had to walk there, which thankfully, wasn't far from my house. Ever since I have had my weird dreams my parents had been fighting more often about me. I disliked that a lot, but eventually my mother moved out for her own reasons. No they were not divorced, at least not that I know of. She just said to me she needed sometime on her own, but would come and visit me every weekend.
Quickly, I grabbed my hoodie that was left on the ground and slid it on before racing outside. It wasn't very cold out, but it was still the morning and the sun was blocked by the clouds. It was a bit unusual for it to be this cold in April, but maybe this year spring was a little bit chiller then last year. It took fifteen minutes for me to jog to the office and when I reached it, my cheeks were slightly red. As I went into the office, I saw Dr. Fern waiting for me. He was a pretty nice psychologist, but sometimes he didn't understand me. He had gray hair and a he usually wore his black rimed glasses.
"Ah, it's nice to see you again Nicolette." Said Dr. Fern with a smile. I just smiled back before following after him to his office. "So how was your week?" He asked. "It was okay, same as usual." I said casually. "What about the dream?" He added as I took a seat down on the leather couch. I bit the bottom of my lips softly before speaking. "Well, it have been occurring more and more.." I said slowly. "But last night there was a woman's voice saying something about darkness and about me being in danger." I added on quickly. "Hmm...have you ever met this woman before?" He asked. "I shook my head before speaking. "No, I did not see her anywhere, it was just like a voice, and that voice did not sound familiar." I replied. Dr. Fern nodded as he wrote down some notes. "Okay, do you know what she meant by darkness?" He asked. I shook my head. "I don't really get anything from what she said, but I have at times been afraid of darkness.
Well complete darkness anyway." I added quickly. "Have you ever got your fortune told and can you relate your dream to anything?" He asked once more. "No, I never did and as for my dream it's not like I hadn't been in danger before." I said slowly. "Sometimes danger is my middle name." I added. "You see when I was three I was staying at my grandparents for vacation, when an earthquake struck. It was a pretty big city, but a lot of buildings collapsed and my grandparents got trapped under their house. So did I, but somehow I managed to survived a 7.5 earthquake and got away with a few cuts and bruises, but my grandparents weren't so lucky... Many people where astonished and stunned that I did not get hurt very badly, especially for a little kid like me who would probably have died." I said. "I thought I was just lucky, but many other things happened to me too." I added. Dr. Fern nodded slowly before sighing. "I don't know what to say, but maybe you should let go of the past and let it pass you. Sometimes past troubles can cause great damage emotionally." He said softly. I didn't say anything as he stood up to greet me out. I quickly stood up and walked outside, thinking that it did not help me at all. The only reason I did go is for my dad to be happy.
It was then that my cell phone rang and it was my friend Michelle. "Hey, Nicole..." The voice on the other line spoke. Yeah, Michelle usually called me Nicole for short of Nicolette. "Hey what's up?" I asked. "You're not busy right?" She questioned, but went on speaking like I answered her already. "If you are not, then do you want to go to a carnival today? You know the one that came here recently?" I thought for a moment before answering her. "Sure why, not, it's not like I have anything better to do today." I agreed. "Great, meet me at my house soon and my mom would be able to drop us off." Said Michelle. "Okay, cool, I'll see you soon then." I replied before closing the phone.
Sighing softly, I started to walk in the direction to Michelle's house. One of the reasons I agreed to going with her was to take my mind off my problems I have. Little did I really know that I would regret going sooner or later...that it would end badly for me today.
Ivy: Yeah, I know I was going to put that in the first chapter because I didn't want to give too much away. But at the same time I knew it wasn't much, yet I wanted to give a setting first. ^^
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My name is Nicolette Lyrne I wasn't your normal everyday kid. I was what you would call abnormal. But who am I kidding I never knew that I was that different. There might have been a couple of clues, yet I just wasn't noticing it. My life was never simple because I faced many dangers, even without knowing them. My parents are on the merge of divorce, at least that's what I think and I have constant nightmares about who knows what. If I knew about how dark the past was and about my family tree, then I would be scared to face everyday life. Damn...if I only knew about it, if I only knew about what was beyond those gates, I would have never went over. If I have never went over, my life would be a bit more normal. But then again my life isn't and will never be normal like my friend Michelle.
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I was in dark place, I don't know where when suddenly, a voice spoke. "Darkness shall envelop you and it won't be pretty. The split line between the light and the dark holds everything together. Danger greets you my friend and something very deadly." Crackled what sounded like an old women. Then everything around me faded and suddenly something heavy jumped on me. It was dark, but I was able to make out the outlines of whatever it was. But, before I could have more time to take a good look it, I felt a stabbing pain and everything blurred. My eyes shot open as I found myself staring at the ceiling in my room.
Some sweat was down me as I sat up from my bed. For the last few months I always had similar dreams and I never really knew what my dreams meant. I sighed softly feeling my heart slow down a bit as I got changed. It was then that I heard the phone ring and quickly ran downstairs to pick it up. It was my psychologist's secretary, reminding me to go over to the office in about half an hour from now. My father was at work, so I had to walk there, which thankfully, wasn't far from my house. Ever since I have had my weird dreams my parents had been fighting more often about me. I disliked that a lot, but eventually my mother moved out for her own reasons. No they were not divorced, at least not that I know of. She just said to me she needed sometime on her own, but would come and visit me every weekend.
Quickly, I grabbed my hoodie that was left on the ground and slid it on before racing outside. It wasn't very cold out, but it was still the morning and the sun was blocked by the clouds. It was a bit unusual for it to be this cold in April, but maybe this year spring was a little bit chiller then last year. It took fifteen minutes for me to jog to the office and when I reached it, my cheeks were slightly red. As I went into the office, I saw Dr. Fern waiting for me. He was a pretty nice psychologist, but sometimes he didn't understand me. He had gray hair and a he usually wore his black rimed glasses.
"Ah, it's nice to see you again Nicolette." Said Dr. Fern with a smile. I just smiled back before following after him to his office. "So how was your week?" He asked. "It was okay, same as usual." I said casually. "What about the dream?" He added as I took a seat down on the leather couch. I bit the bottom of my lips softly before speaking. "Well, it have been occurring more and more.." I said slowly. "But last night there was a woman's voice saying something about darkness and about me being in danger." I added on quickly. "Hmm...have you ever met this woman before?" He asked. "I shook my head before speaking. "No, I did not see her anywhere, it was just like a voice, and that voice did not sound familiar." I replied. Dr. Fern nodded as he wrote down some notes. "Okay, do you know what she meant by darkness?" He asked. I shook my head. "I don't really get anything from what she said, but I have at times been afraid of darkness.
Well complete darkness anyway." I added quickly. "Have you ever got your fortune told and can you relate your dream to anything?" He asked once more. "No, I never did and as for my dream it's not like I hadn't been in danger before." I said slowly. "Sometimes danger is my middle name." I added. "You see when I was three I was staying at my grandparents for vacation, when an earthquake struck. It was a pretty big city, but a lot of buildings collapsed and my grandparents got trapped under their house. So did I, but somehow I managed to survived a 7.5 earthquake and got away with a few cuts and bruises, but my grandparents weren't so lucky... Many people where astonished and stunned that I did not get hurt very badly, especially for a little kid like me who would probably have died." I said. "I thought I was just lucky, but many other things happened to me too." I added. Dr. Fern nodded slowly before sighing. "I don't know what to say, but maybe you should let go of the past and let it pass you. Sometimes past troubles can cause great damage emotionally." He said softly. I didn't say anything as he stood up to greet me out. I quickly stood up and walked outside, thinking that it did not help me at all. The only reason I did go is for my dad to be happy.
It was then that my cell phone rang and it was my friend Michelle. "Hey, Nicole..." The voice on the other line spoke. Yeah, Michelle usually called me Nicole for short of Nicolette. "Hey what's up?" I asked. "You're not busy right?" She questioned, but went on speaking like I answered her already. "If you are not, then do you want to go to a carnival today? You know the one that came here recently?" I thought for a moment before answering her. "Sure why, not, it's not like I have anything better to do today." I agreed. "Great, meet me at my house soon and my mom would be able to drop us off." Said Michelle. "Okay, cool, I'll see you soon then." I replied before closing the phone.
Sighing softly, I started to walk in the direction to Michelle's house. One of the reasons I agreed to going with her was to take my mind off my problems I have. Little did I really know that I would regret going sooner or later...that it would end badly for me today.
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