Chapter 3 ~ Luna

The silence was louder now.

It pressed against my ears like water, like something holding its breath — waiting.

I turned in slow circles, scanning the clearing, my camera heavy in my hands. Something about this place had shifted. The air was denser, like it carried a secret.

And then it hit me.

A sudden, sharp *pain* sliced through my skull — right between my temples. Like a thread being yanked inside my mind.

“Ah—” I winced, stumbling back a step and clutching the side of my head. The world tilted, and the edges of my vision blurred. My breath hitched, chest tightening, knees weakening.

Not a normal headache.

Not even close.

This felt… ancient. Like it didn’t belong to me at all.

And then — like lightning crashing behind my eyelids — a memory.

But it wasn’t *mine*.

Or maybe it was.

I saw myself standing in a field I didn’t recognize — barefoot, wind in my hair, a deep red thread tied gently to my pinky, glowing like embers in moonlight. I was smiling at someone. Someone tall, shadowed, watching me like I was his entire sky.

And then… he was gone.

The thread pulled tight — too tight — and *snapped.*

My eyes flew open as I gasped, falling to my knees.

The forest was spinning.

What the hell was that?

The pain began to dull, but it left behind a deep ache — not just in my head, but in my *chest.* Like something inside me had been buried for too long and was finally clawing its way to the surface.

I pressed my palm to the damp forest floor, grounding myself.

This wasn’t normal.

This wasn’t logical.

And I didn’t believe in fate… did I?

I sat there in the quiet, my camera dangling forgotten around my neck, heart thudding like I’d run for miles.

A part of me wanted to get up and run home. To slam the door, shut the blinds, and pretend nothing happened.

But the other part… the deeper part… whispered,

*You were never meant to run from this.*

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Mm, mm, mm

I try to live in black and white, but I'm so blue

I'd like to mean it when I say I'm over you

But that's still not true (blue)

And I'm still so blue, oh

I thought we were the same (we were the same)

Birds of a feather, now I'm ashamed

I told you a lie, désolé, mon amour

I'm trying my best, don't know what's in store

Open up the door (blue)

In the back of my mind, I'm still overseas

A bird in a cage, thought you were made for me

I try (I'm not what) to live in black and white

But I'm so blue (but I'm not what you need)

I'd like (not what you need) to mean it when I say I'm over you

But that's still not true, true

And I'm still so blue (and it's not true)

I'm true blue, true blue

I'm true blue

mm, mm, mm

Ah, ah

Ah

You were born bluer than a butterfly

Beautiful and so deprived of oxygen

Colder than your father's eyes

He never learned to sympathize with anyone

I don't blame you

But I can't change you

Don't hate you (don't hate you)

But we can't save you (but we can't save you)

You were born reaching for your mother's hands

Victim of your father's plans to rule the world

Too afraid to step outside

Paranoid and petrified of what you've heard

But they could say the same 'bout me

I sleep 'bout three hours each night

Means only 21 a week now, now

And I could say the same 'bout you

Born blameless, grew up famous too

Just a baby born blue now, now

I don't blame you

But I can't change you

Don't hate you

But we can't save you

Oh

It's over now

It's over now

It's over now

(Ah-ah, ah)

But when can I hear the next one?

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