chapter 4: a new day

after Claire and her friends returned from Halifax gibbet, they continued to live their normal lives, but then some unusual things began to happen. Claire started having strange dreams and nightmares. in her dreams, all her eleven friends were hung on a crucked leafless tree like human sacrifices, with each of them marked with their zodiac symbols or signs with blood writing on their lower abdomen. Claire was so terrified about this reoccurring dream or nightmares that she had and was even forced to tell her friends about her ghastly dreams/nightmares, although they all ignored it and didn't bother at all. Claire kept on having more terrifying nightmares each night thar passed. one night 🌙 ✨️, as Claire was sleeping, she suddenly woke up and found herself in a void, then a distant voice began to speak, 'you'll all die ' ,as the voice further got stronger , louder and more intense, ' you'll all die!!!!!!!!!'Then a long finger with sharp long claws grabbed her face so immediately she woke up screaming 😱 and panting incessantly. her parents were always worried about Claire and her well-being, so they assigned a therapist for her to examine her mental well-being. the therapist asked her a couple of questions before departing, although she only told them about her pessimism coupled with sinister feelings and paranoia. Claire could only perceive that everything began to happen after they left Halifax gibbet, but she wasn't fully sure of her feelings yet. Jennifer, while returning from the club was dropped by her friends , so as she was walking back home , she felt like someone was following her, so when she looked back, she saw a strange figure with the head of a ram 🐏 so she started running 🏃‍♂️. as she was running, the figure appeared at her front and held her by the neck, so she heard a whisper 'Aries, represented by the ram ', then it bit off her head and dropped her body as it thudded on the ground. the news went viral as her body was taken to the mortuary. when Claire heard the news, she was filled with grief and sorrow. Claire and her friends attended Jennifer's burial and sent their condolences. the next night, Ruby's parents travelled, so it was only her and her younger brother Billy that were left. that night 🌙, as Ruby was sleeping 😴 💤, she heard a strange indistinct deep whisper ' taurus, represented by the bull ', then suddenly she started hearing heavy footsteps 👣 and a grunting sound coming from the down floor. Ruby went down to check out what was making the sound, so she looked left and right and saw nothing, but as she tried to climb up, the grunting sound sounded close, and then she looked down and saw the shadow of a bull then as she turned back she screamed 😱. when Billy came down to check out what happened, he saw his sister being pierced by the horns of an abnormally big bull, and then it tore her apart and vanished into thin air. Billy was dumbfounded and didn't sleep till the next day.

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