ECLIPSE

IV

Eclipse Smith

"Y-you.. You're o-one of them!" he cried. He started to back away even though he's hurting.

The smell of blood became more sweet and tempting. I'm slowly walking near him, all I could think is to satisfy my thirst.

"Stay away! S-stay away! Oh my God, help me please! H-have mercy on me!" he's helpless, he's wailing, he continued to back away.

I ran fast to him and just when I'm about to touch him, I was suddenly sent flying to the air by a sudden force and hit my back to a tree making me feel dizzy.

A sudden rage of anger grow inside of me.

I groaned as I regained my composure. I was so close to getting it but then something just blocked me, it makes me mad.

I stood up, I was about to go near the person but I was surprised that he's no longer wailing and screaming. I can't hear his heart pounding anymore. I was walking closely to him but then a lady dressed in black blocked my way. She appeared so abruptly, so fast like wind, I didn't even see her coming. It's like she just teleported.

I was sent flying again but this time, something hit my head and darkness swallowed me.

***

I opened my eyes and saw the white ceiling of my bedroom. I traveled my eyes all over the room and breathe a sigh of relief. I sat up and rubbed my temple.

"What a crazy dream," I muttered.

I swallowed a ball of saliva when I realized my mouth taste weird. It almost taste like rusty metal. I hurriedly go downstairs and went to the kitchen to drink a glass of water. After drinking, I lick my lips and was feeling okay.

I decided to start my day. I made a PB&J Sandwich for breakfast. While I eat, I put my feet on the other dining chair in front of me and scrolled up and down of my cellphone, checking in on my twitter account. If mom was here, she would've lecture me about eating manners and how I am disrespecting the food. But well-shrugging my shoulders-habits.

After I ate breakfast, I go on with the rest of my morning routine. Brushed my teeth, took a bath, did a little sweeping but then I realized the floors are still squeaky clean since I'm the only person who lives here and I barely walk around in the house since the only room that I always stayed in was my bedroom-after I did the three of my to-do lists, I went back to my bedroom.

I sat on my bed and I turned to my window to take a look outside. I saw the white rose that I picked yesterday, just sitting there, now turned sickly yellow and dry. I slowly picked it up and played with its petals. I picked the petals one by one and let it fall onto the space by the window.

Then, I paused from picking the petals when I saw a little bird with shiny and black feathers landed just outside of the window, staring at me while slightly tilting its head. I observed it and tried to recall what I learned about kinds of birds. I read educational books my mom bought me since I can't go to school. So basically, I am homeschooled. One time, I read about birds and other animals which scientifically, the study of animals is called zoology or it can also be classified as biology when it talks about life, how they reproduce and other stuff.

About a minute of recalling, I could say that the bird outside of my window is a raven or a crow. It continued to stay there idly and when it stared at me, it seems like it is seeing an odd and strange creature. I tapped on the glass with my finger twice, expecting it to fly away. But I was surprised it didn't even flinch, it continued to stare at me.

I felt my eyebrows crinkle. I was about to tap on the glass when I heard my phone beeped, indicating that someone messaged me. I turned to my phone, picked it up and saw that Tatum messaged me saying;

Tatum:
hey clipsie :D
sorry i cant come to your house today, mom said i need to accompany my cousins since we barely see each other :(
anyway, maybe any day this week i could come. luv ya! <3

I felt kinda disappointed since I expected that she would really come, but I understand. So, I texted her back saying that it's fine and I understand with a heart emoticon.

I turned to the window and saw that the raven was now gone. I let out a breath. I laid down, stared at the ceiling and suddenly I remembered about my dream.

It seems like I was lucid dreaming but I believe lucid dreaming isn't real. A lot of people claimed that they had tried lucid dreaming, especially, people from the internet. Some of them even posted steps on how to try lucid dreaming, I always scoff whenever I see that kind of posts. But now I wonder that what if it's really real.

I remembered that I ran to the forest, I heard someone screaming for help. Then, the miserable face of the man I saw from my dream flashed into my head. The lady that dressed in black flashed also into my head but I never get to see her face.

I unconsciously put my right hand under my head to support and make my head comfortable. Just when my right hand touched my head, I let out an "Ouch!" when I felt a painful lump. I sat up and touched at the back of my head gently where the lump is.

"Where and when did I get this lump? I didn't even hit my head," I said to myself.

I decided to put the lump with ice compress. I leaned my back at the kitchen counter while my hand is holding the ice compress at the back of my head. I'm trying to remember where did I hit my head to cause this lump but there's nothing.

Maybe I accidentally hit my head on the corner of my bedside table while I'm sleeping, or did I hit myself? I don't really know.

I went to the living room and sat on one of the couches and heard footsteps from outside. I went to the window and slightly opened the curtain, just enough for me to see outside.

The person whose footsteps I heard was my neighbor, Felix. He's wearing a gray shirt, denim pants and his backpack swung around his left shoulder. His dark brown hair was disheveled but in a way, it's kind of attractive.

I just watched him walk across until my line of vision can't see him anymore.

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