Angel, hold on to me.
Vision?
Alyssa
finally reached her home in the Manor,
terribly exhausted now after the
miles out of the way hike. The driver and foot man of a coach had that
left her to travel on foot, back to her Manor house...
She was drained and her muscles
ached as she pulled herself up the rotting stair case, the echo of the
creaking wood sent chills up her spine this evening.
But she was too tired to investigate
why she felt that way.
She entered her fifthly bed chamber.
It hadn't been cleaned in years. A thick layer of soot covered the mold
and old peeling wall paper. There was a broken chair, missing one leg.
Sitting lopsided against the wall, cob webs dangled in the wind from it.
There was a musty stentch in the air. The vanity had a huge crack down
the middle of the mirror.. the furniture was all covered in dust
and cobwebs. The floors had large holes in them from termites eating away
at the moist wood.. the only thing that stood perfect in the room was her
huge canopy bed with the scarlet sheets.
Alyssa threw herself in bed, suddenly
feeling over whelmingly tired.
She tried to keep her eyes open,
fighting the pull of sleep, she took it as a normal reaction after the
stressful, emotionally and physically charged day she had..
Alyssa whispered to herself drawing
the tattered and torn blanket up to her chin. "One to many Brandy's, that
must be why I am so sleepy."
She yawned and feel into
a deep sleep..
"Alyssa!"
Alyssa sprang out of bed when she
heard the yelling of a woman's voice echoing down the hall.
She rubbed the sleep from her eyes
and almost feel backwards in shock when she saw her Bed Chamber.
There was fresh new wall paper with
beautiful floral trim, the floors were a deep red wood. The Furniture was
dusted and her dresser had a vase with new morning flowers. The air was
sweet as the breeze that blows over the moors in spring.
Alyssa blinked several times over
gazing around the room..
She was interrupted by the woman's
voice again.. "Alyssa! Your Breakfast is getting cold, please darling come
down to the kitchen now."
Who is that? She thought to herself...
Then her thoughts where interrupted
by a Man's voice.
"Princess, aren't you going to
come down and help your Pa feed the chickens? Your late! Its almost sun
up."
Alyssa's jaw dropped, her
mind raced as she tried to comprehend what was going on..
"Where AM I!" She felt her body
her to see if this was real, it was then she noticed her hands.. they were
small like that of a child.. she looked down to her body and it too was
small. She climbed out of bed and fell to the floor, not used to her tiny
legs, frame, and height.
Alyssa ran to her vanity.
She screamed in surprise and terror, seeing herself as a child.
Just then someone busted into the
room.
"Alyssa what's wrong!" The little
boy hollered.
She jumped back in fright.. "WHO
ARE YOU!"
She demaned.
The little boy laughed hysterically.
"Your so stupid some times Alyssa,
always playing games. Don't pretend you don't know me! Its me Jonathan!"
Her mind ached and raced again..
"Jonathan? This isn't real, it can't be.." She looked up as a man entered..
"Princess? I heard you scream!
What's wrong? Do you feel sick?"
Am I having a vision? Or is this
a nightmare!!
"Pa, Alyssa doesn't 'remember'
herself." Jonathan said mockingly.
"Father?" Alyssa asked with question..
"Of course I'm your father Alyssa."
The man said softly.
"IMPUDUS! Bring the children down!
Breakfast is getting cold!" The woman shouted again.
I AM Having a vision.. Impudus
is a demon! Not a mortal man, and Jonathan is not Impudus's son! This is
just.. a dream?
Alyssa looked up to Impudus, and
then to Jonathan.
"Your not real." She said softly..
she then shrilled at them. "This is NOT real!"
She felt tremors shake through
her body, she closed her eyes, when she opened them it was then she saw
the most frightening thing of all..
"Mother.." Alyssa gasped..
Claudia entered in, her smile like
that of an angel.. she was angelic and perfect even more so then Claudia
had appeared to be in her picture.
You see Alyssa never really knew
what her mother looked like. Alyssa was captured by the sight of her mother
now...
She was so beautiful, wearing a
long blue morning gown..
"My darling what is it?" Claudia's
voice rang through Alyssa's ears and mind, she felt her whole body being
swallowed up all at once by her mothers voice.. her eyes grew moist.. she
could feel her heart pound, almost pounding right out of her chest.. "Mo..
ther?" She choked out..
Claudia laughed softly..
"Alyssa, you know that I am.
You seem as if you've seen a ghost
Darling.." Her voice changed to a more serious and concerned tone..
"Are you feeling all right?" Alyssa
could feel her mothers soft finger tips brush against her fore head trying
to see if she had a fever. Her finger tips where warm.. and alive..
Everything else faded when her
mother touched her.. She could feel her mother rub her back she could feel
Claudia run her fingers through Alyssa's hair.. gently.. she was being
mothered. By her mother.. Alyssa inhaled and closed her eyes again.
Her mind escaped her, she was trapped
in this heaven and her mother was her angel... she could feel herself slipping
into the dream.. Then it hit her.. this is a dream.
This is not my mother.
Impudus knelt down and kissed Alyssa's
forehead, she could feel him too even the warm moistiness of his lips.
Impudus then poked her tummy. Alyssa by force of nature squealed when she
was tickled.
Impudus smiled.
"There now, you see? All better.
I love you angel of mine."
Claudia knelt down beside Impudus
and smiled to Alyssa.
"I love you too darling, we will
never be alone again."
Just as Alyssa was about to throw
her arms around her mother and father, the vision vanished.
Blackness hit her. All she could
see was black..
There was nothing but darkness
everywhere.
She could not move.
Tied to something, in a sitting
position..
She could feel within the shadows
another presence.
It stirred, stalked her,
watched her, waiting for the right time to strike.
Her face suddenly stung and was
whipped hard to the left.
She had been slapped, the right
side of her face was numb.
"PATHETIC!.." She could hear someone..
there voice made her panic.
"You are so weak!"
Alyssa became terrified of what
was out there.
Was it Jonathan? Did he come back
for her? Was this some kind of suprise attack on his part?
Or was it someone else? Kelandi
had acted strange the night before, denying that he even knew her.. was
it him?
If it was not, then who was this!
She felt hot breathing fall on
her face she realized this thing was standing right infront of her, inches
away they were face to face. But she couldn't see a thing..
She tried to scream out for help.
No sound came.
She struggled and fought to free
her hands and feet from the cold iron bars that held her.
The thing infront of her began
to cackle..
"Fight all you want, you won't
get free."
It must be Jonathan.. it.. has
to be. This is an Illusion!
I am so blind! He created the trap
of my mother and father of the house and of everything! And I took the
bait.. another thought hit Alyssa which made her numb in fear. He is going
to kill me...
'Come
out of the shadows, show yourself Jonathan!'
Alyssa screamed in her mind. 'You know
this won't bring you the Amulet. Not this death of me. We must battle together,
remember? You can't just murder me in cold blood! It won't work!'
She felt some one grab hold of her
hair, suddenly her head was jerked back. She felt all the muscals in her
neck spasm in pain.
Alyssa felt a warm trickle of blood
running down the back of her neck.. pain shot through her skull feeling
the chunks of her hair now being pulled out.. She could feel nails
reach and tear at her clothes, and when they had shred them, they clawed
at her skin ripping off her flesh with there sharp razors. Blood oozed
out from the wounds the claws had made. She opened her mouth and let out
silent screams of agony! Pain rocked her whole body. Patches of red
spots now blurred her vision.
She began to feel woozy over come
by pain flooding her mind.
Blood gushed down her legs and
on the floor, her feet were becoming soaked in her own blood.
Suddenly she brusted out with the
last bit of strength she had in her.. "THIS ISN'T REAL!"
She was free, she felt her body
she had no wounds.
No Pain.
Alyssa told herself, chanting it
over and over this is just a dream.. its not real. I will make it out of
here if I remind myself that its not real..
Alyssa tried to draw her daggers,
but they were gone.
My mind is weak here, but if I
can just.. escape this trap Jonathan has put me in. I will be able to survive.
She felt a hand grip on her shoulder
she spun around and grabbed it.. It was herself.. a mirror reflection standing
behind her.
"Jonathan did not do this to you..
I did.."
The Mirrored reflection of herself
smiled..
"I wanted to show you just
how weak, and pathetic you really are.. Your a street walking tramp. A
joke to the Fier you carry.."
The mirror's face turned to Brianna
her ancestor..
"A joke to the Fier name.. You
are not one of us." Brianna smiled..
The Mirror's face shifted to Jaida..
"Attention eh? That attention is
only for tramps like you."
The Mirror's Face shifted again
to Kelandi.
"A little girl to weak, she should
be alone.."
The Mirror's face shifted to Kharamis.
"Stupid, yes Jonathan. Your right.
She IS A Stupid little
girl."
The Mirror's face shifted to Vorador.
"You are NOTHING to me you hear
that! Nothing! I despise the idiot that would even mention your name near
me. You are 'nothing.'
The Mirror's face shifted to Kalika.
"No training for you, you don't
deserve it."
The Mirror's face shifted to LuciousCane.
"No hope for you, you don't deserve
it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Sisily
"No respect for you, you don't
deserve it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Nathrae.
"No life for you, you don't deserve
it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Dahlia.
"No honor for you, you don't deserve
it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Syriana.
"No happiness for you, you don't
deserve it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Oloren.
"No joy for you, you don't deserve
it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Impudus.
"No power for you, you don't deserve
it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Chyna.
"No warmth for you, you don't deserve
it."
The Mirror's face shifted to Claudia.
"No love for you.. YOU DO
NOT DESERVE IT YOU MISERABLE LITTLE WENCH!"
Alyssa screamed! "MOTHER! Not you
too!! NO! Mother! 'Angel hold on to me.'
then she saw a skull.. the Roman
Head its gaping mouth was open ginning at her with its green glowing eye
sockets, everything around her spun.. everyone around her spun.. Alyssa
could barely breath she saw them all. Everyone in her life mocking her,
laughing at her.. She could see herself, in clear view of them all.. and
more clearly, she could hear herself.
"I hope you realize now just how
weak you are.
Trying to forget yourself?
YOU ARE ALYSSA FIER! And you will
NEVER! EVER! Be happy! Your a failure, a freak! You weren't even made with
love or for love. So how do you expect to get love now?! You heard your
mother , we do not deserve love. Just give up and realize Alyssa..
you are who you are. Except me or die with me."
Not wanting to face herself
any longer
She began fits of crying, curling
up on her bed in a tight ball holding herself, and rocking herself tight..
....alone....
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