THE BEGINNING PART 2

Fina went back to her room and changed to her sleeping wear, dreading to sleep because of her nightmares.

She absently touched the Gardenia symbol beneath her collarbone.

It was extremely light that no one else could see it.

But she could see it clearly in the mirror.

Knowing she couldn't outrun the nightmares, she got into bed. And after tossing in bed wildly, she finally fell asleep.

It was dark; she couldn't see anything except the feeling that her hands and feet were tied.

The sound of water drops as it hits the floor. The rapid heartbeat. The darkness as it overwhelmed every part of her.

She knew she was in a different world. Again.

And the horrifying truth was that….it always seems so real.

Then, as it always happened, she heard screaming somewhere and froze.

The footsteps. It's coming closer. She could hear the voices again.

More screaming.

It's closer. They are closer.

She tried to stand but couldn't. Every drop of water means a second and another until she heard the door opens and….

She met herself in another place. A room lit only by the light coming from the fireplace.

She moved closer and saw something glowing on the wall.

As she placed her hand on it, the writings changed and rearranged itself.

Then, everything went dark and a word appeared in red in the air.

"Welcome to Elfina"

Fina stirred her tea absently as she tried to make reason of the dreams. The third was odd and new to her. Elfina recruited new students a while ago and she was not given any sort of admission.

"Bad dream?"

She looked up to see Emma taking a seat beside her on the blue sofa.

Emma took a sip of her coffee and turned to look at her.

"Aren't you going to work?"

"Everywhere is still changing into summer outside. It'll look better tomorrow. I don't want to risk my hair and my designers" Emma said

Even though they weren't rich, they were comfortable. Comfortable to still buy designers like her mother. Emma doesn't wear anything that doesn't have a label on it.

"Bad dream?" She asked again. "You look like you haven't slept for months"

"Thanks" Fina said

Her mother was the epitome of beauty and grace. Caring, friendly and loves to have fun.

"You wanna talk about it?"

"It's a silly dream"

Emma stared at her with big blue eyes.

"Some dreams are silly, yes, but not all. Sometimes, it helps to shed light into some things we are missing out in the real world. Things we can't see"

"I had a dream that-

The sound at the door distracted them both.

"I will get it!" Jay shouted, running down the stairs.

He hopped to the door excitedly.

"A girl?" Emma asked, straining to see whoever might be at the door. "I swear if –

Jay hopped back in with full speed.

"Whatever happened to yo-' Emma asked and stopped midway.

Emma and Fina rose as two men entered the house. Anyone can recognize the flying cheetah emblem on their navy suit. They were the Queen's messenger.

Both seem out of place as they stood tall at the door.

"Is it Amelia? We are going on a date today?" Tyler asked as he walked into the living room. His eyes widened in shock as he saw the two men.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but I have a girlfriend. Her name is Amelia. Unless Amelia has turned into giant men out of the blue-" Tyler said

Edward whacked him on the head.