As Skyler pushed open the door and walked inside.
She stood in the middle of an empty room. Before her
there was a pile of rubble blocking the way, deeper.
inside the school. The only other way was through the
reception desk, however, the door here also had a lock on it.
Skyler tried her best to push and pull the door. But without
any luck, it did not move an inch. Defeated, Skyler turned around.
to exit the school. However, when she was about to open the
entrance once more. She saw a green vine that perfectly fits
the keyhole, grow through the keyhole down to the bottom
of the door blocking the way out. Skyler quickly grabbed her
backpack looking for something that could be used to cut
the vine, without any luck. She threw her backpack to the
ground, her face turned pale while realising that she is stuck.
“How can this be?” She asked to herself trembling while
clenching her fists. The trembling quickly changed to rage
she kicked the door while yelling. “Those damn cowards
running away, leaving me behind.” Grinding her teeth
“So much for my so-called friends, rather than staying beside
me they all ran away. Now I am left alone here to die!” She
took a deep breath in and leaned against the rubble while
putting down and opening the zipper of her backpack.
“Luckily, I packed in a lot of food and water after that
Strange dream from yesterday.” She said sighing
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while taking a bite out of her sandwich.
**
The night before the arrival at Panoris High:
Skyler slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes.
Looking around herself. There seemed to be
almost an endless bare, desolate wasteland.
Surrounding Skyler expanding to all directions.
Once Skyler stood up, she had a difficult time with breathing.
no breezes, no pleasant smells, just nothingness.
Nonetheless she started walking forward, hoping somewhere along the way she can find an answer.
About what situation and place this existence is.
After what felt like hours of walking in a straight line, she arrived at what looks like a river trench, but without water.
Taking no risks Skyler followed the trench at the side.
After a while she stood before what looks like an endless void.
Going deeper and deeper without the bottom in sight.
Then she felt two hands pushing her back and she fell down the endless void.
**
After falling for a long time Skyler started to realise.
That this cannot be reality that she is experience, because of that she kept trying to wake up.
With the hope that this endless fall stops but without any success.
At last, she could see the same wasteland from earlier coming closer, and closer.
Until she fell on her back, a cracking pain was felt the moment she hit the ground.
But while ignoring the pain she slowly crawled to her feet and looked around, to her surprise she saw a short figure in the distance.
She walked towards the silhouette, the closer she came the more she could see the details.
It was a young girl, around 12 years old with long blonde hair.
She was wearing a white dress, with black ribbons keeping the dress up.
As Skyler came closer the figure suddenly turned around.
Wearing a grim smile on her face, her bright orange eyes were glowing.
As if they were staring straight through Skyler’s soul, seeing all her secrets.
The grim smile changes to a soft one and she waved while pointing to the distance, while Skyler walked closely behind her.
A river was seen in the trench where she arrived earlier.
However, the closer the two of them came to it, the more the colour of the river seems to change.
After they arrived near the edge of the river, Skyler realised that the river was blood red.
Suddenly the girl grabbed Skyler’s arm and forcefully dragged her with strength, that seems to be impossible for someone from her structure. After running for a while, the duo stopped, a cracking giggle was heard, and the young girl pushed Skyler into the river.
A sentence came out of the mouth of the young girl with a soft and calm voice she said.
“Stay away from that place, just stay in the blood red river of broken dreams.”
Skyler felt a scorching feel burning all parts of her body slowly bit by bit, only a few seconds it was unbearable, and Skyler screamed out of pain. Seeing her body melt slowly.
Then suddenly she woke up and sat up from her sleeping bag.
Breathing heavily and feeling a tense pain on her arms.
When she rolled up her arm, she saw a red spot.
She went to the bathroom straight away and put her arm under the cold water.
After cooling the spot for a while, it was suddenly gone.
Her intuition said to prepare food and water for the trip tomorrow, that can let her last a few days.
She went to the main tent and started preparing the kit right away.
After she packed it all up in her bag, Skyler walked back to her tent and tried to get some more sleep.
**
Skyler finished her sandwich while recollecting this nightmare, and the strange situation she was in at this moment.
The moment she wanted to give up all hope, the locked door slowly opened at its own.
While this door slowly opened, Skyler started having a cold feeling of danger lurking around her.