The world is truly such a mysterious place. Unlike our world where we mostly know our past, this world I will be talking about is... Well it sure is... Fantasy-like... This is the story of a world with a mysterious past. A past that scientist has yet to discover. There is nothing in the present times that could help everybody know/remember what happened to their ancestors. Is it truly a waste of time to find the truth of what happened? Well- Let's see...
Ahem Now... I am about to read you a story, a story that I find interesting, and I hope you will too...
Emily is a girl who has been... Very much hot-headed. Ever since she was a child, she always hated how much people spent their time on trying to figure out the world's past. All she could think was that this past with these heroes are nothing but fake news that somehow spreads around the world, gets into human kind's heads, and is considered real.
But until one fortunate day where her school's principal came to her, giving her the advice she needed. Although this advice I speak of didn't really get into her mind... Until a few weeks later. Why do you ask? Well, that is what we will be uncovering in....
Chapter One: Present Times
As much as Emily wanted to ignore the book Ms. Finley gave her yesterday, she couldn't help but not throw it away. Was it because it was given to her by the principal and she didn't want to sadden her? Maybe... Days have gone by and Emily was beginning to fall into madness just by feeling the book's presence underneath her bed. Every time she tried to fall asleep, she could hear the words of Ms. Finley circling around her mind.
But, with her strong will, she managed to last a few days before those words could fully get inside and invade her head relentlessly. Since that day, she never really saw or made contact with the principal ever again, even if that was entirely normal, since half of the school year she hasn't really made contact with and have seen Ms. Finley, but after that day and hearing the woman's words... She was starting to worry why she hadn't seen her in weeks, probably because this was the first time she had ever really paid attention to the principal.
Classes went by as normal, and Emily has been trying to not fall asleep in history lessons, even without her realizing. She has names of heroes stuck in her mind... Omorfiá the Beauty Heroine, Bastoúni the First, and lots more. As much as she didn't want these things in her mind, it was nice to have a good score in the tests- This actually surprised most of her classmates.
Classes just finished and the old rusty bell rang once again. Emily sat up and was quickly greeted by a male and a female. The male wore their normal school attire, a dark blue polo shirt and pants, along with black leather shoes. He had a classic combed back hair style. The female had short straight brown hair that reached her shoulders, she too wore the school's normal attire for girls, a dark purple plaid miniskirt with a white button down, blazer, pink knee socks, and oxfords.
"So Emily, word's been going on that you've been one of the people who has the highest scores in history, what's that about?" The girl whispered like this was some sort of a top secret conversation, squinting her eyes as she punched Emily's shoulder softly and playfully. "Yeah, have you been cheating? If so, tell us your technique-" The male shrugged as he crossed his arms. Emily thought about it, she wasn't sure herself how she has been getting those top marks on a subject that she absolutely hated.
"I dunno" Emily responded with a smirk as she wore her backpack. This obviously did not satisfy the two other students. "Oh c'mon, there's gotta be more than that- Best friends always share secrets with each other am I right or am I right?" The female smirked, the male nodding from behind. "For the last time, Alex, I have no idea-" Emily replied as she headed towards the exit of the classroom, with Alexandra following beside her and the male from behind.
"But how?" Alexandra asked, with a tint of whining in her voice... Since she's like that- Alex is a cheerful and playful girl, always ready for an adventure and a fun time along with her closest friends. But sometimes she could be too annoying for some but most people. "Hm... Probably because I've been staying up at class... And I guess I just have a good memory so-" Emily smirked. Alex raised an eyebrow at her friend as if she hadn't answered a single bit of her question. "And why are you not sleeping?" She asked.
"Is it because of that time with Mr. Frisk and Ms. Finley?" The male asked, still following them from behind... Seemingly not able to catch up to the two girls who decided to run and skip to the exit of the school, proof is that he kept panting. "Hm? What about them?" Alex asked, looking back at the male. "Oh right! You were absent when that happened!" The male shrugged. "You wished you could've seen it! Mr. Frisk was so mad at Emily that he pulled her out of the classroom by her hair and caused a massive scene! It was soooo hilarious-"
"Shut up, Noel!" Emily scowled at the male. He just stuck out his tongue as he rubbed the back of his head a bit. "Woah- That must be so painful- So that's why you've been listening... You're afrai-" Emily quickly gave Alex a fearful glance, Alex shrieked as she jumped backward. "Stop with your glances, Emily!!" Alex whined as she proceeded to spend the rest of their trip to the bus stop trying to convince Emily how much her glances and stare could kill someone. Honestly, that's just giving Emily more reasons why she should use her glances and stares to her advantage-
Emily waved goodbye to Noel and Alex before getting in the bus on the way home. She took a seat and sighed to herself as she looked out the window. She took out her phone and earphones, playing a soft melody on her phone and connecting her earphones into it before placing them on her ears. One thing Emily never really revealed to anyone was how much she loved to listen to soft melodies and music that could and will calm her heart a bit, especially when Ms. Finley's words kept haunting her mind.
The rest of the trip home went smoothly, she stepped out of the bus that stopped a few feet away from her neighborhood. She proceeded to walk along the side steps, managing to reach her house. It was now seven pm, the usual time she would return home. By this time, her father is usually asleep from a hard day at work, while her mother was finishing up with the nightly chores. And if Emily has the energy enough, she would sometimes help her mother.
Emily unlocked the door with her spare silver key. She twisted the knob and pushed the door open, yelling- "Mom, I'm home!" as she stepped inside. Her mother took a peek at her daughter from inside the kitchen. Emily's mother had long, straight, brown hair. She wore her nightly gown, ready for when she lays down on the bed with her husband for another nice sleep. "Welcome home, sweetie! I just got done with the dishes, you can go and put them on the cupboards if you can..." Her mom said as she stepped out of the kitchen to give her daughter a tight hug.
"Sure mom... You can go and rest now..." Emily said as she placed her backpack on the dining table. A frown appeared on her mother's face. It was obvious why... Since she and her daughter never really did anything together everyday except for the weekends... Although Emily would mostly stay in her room. Emily raised an eyebrow at her mom, who continued staring at her with a slightly visible frown. Her mom eventually shook her head as she kissed Emily's forehead and said "Have a sweet dream" with a smile before going upstairs to her bedroom.
Emily sighed to herself as she proceeded to make her way into the kitchen, grabbing the dishes and utensils and placing them to their stations. The dishes neatly placed in the dish racks, and the utensils carefully placed on the utensil holder. After that was done, she poured herself a warm glass of milk and sat down on the couch before tucking herself in for the night.
And just as usual, she began to hear the voices of her new history teacher talking about heroes and evil-wielders, she began to hear the voices of Ms. Finley and began to imagine that scene in her office... But those words suddenly faded from her mind, she thought it had faded away, but both for very long... Until a sudden scream could be heard inside her head, this caused Emily to sit straight up. And she wasn't in her bed. She was laying down at the ground with a rough, sandy texture at some... Place... It felt like the structures were ancient, carved with symbols that nobody can ever explain.
The ground was filled with sand, and a strong windy breeze kept coming her way. It was absolutely confusing. Emily decided to take a look around, there wasn't an exit in sight, she was like she was trapped in a huge box filled with symbols, probably from an ancient language... But what? She placed her hand on the wall, in the middle of a small circle apart of a some kind of symbol. 500Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21DOxk2Bke
The walls has a weird feeling, it felt rough... And with further inspection, the wall was indeed made out of sand. Well, the entire structure she was inside was made out of perfectly clear grains of sand.
"Lalalalala~" Emily flinched as she began to hear soft melody from who knows where. Probably outside the structure? But the voice coming from the melody... It sounded like the voice from a hero, Melodía the Melodic... And that just caused Emily to think that this is indeed a nightmare. "You should have read the book..." Another female voice called out to her from nowhere. And before she could react, the entire structure broke down.
Emily screamed as the grains of sand from the walls began to fly everywhere, basically causing a huge sandstorm. Emily covered her eyes and mouth, making sure that sand would get in. "You really... Should HAVE" The deep voice was too loud that it knocked back Emily. Though one thing was sure, this deep voice... It sounded like Ms. Finley. Once she was suddenly knocked back from the strong wind, the ground beneath her started to move aside, making a huge sink hole where Emily fell.
She screamed, still closing her eyes shut as she felt herself falling down to an abyss... Soon landing on her back softly in a smooth texture...
She quickly opened her eyes to see that she was back in her bed, panting heavily as she sat straight up. She looked at her alarm clock and it was already six-thirty in the morning. She quickly jumped straight off of her bed and ran downstairs, hoping this would be the end of that weird dream... And as per usual, her father was getting ready for work while her mother was cleaning the table. "Ah, good morning!" Her father smiled at Emily. Her father was wearing a lavender suit with a bow tie, he had black glasses. Her father was quite a funny guy, a perfect one to look up to.
"G-good morning..." Emily forced a smile at her father before walking to the dining table, her mother placed a plate on the table in front of her. Today's breakfast is blueberry pancakes. Her father kissed his wife's cheek and daughter's hand like he was trying to be a funny gentleman- He chuckled at his family before waving goodbye at them. Emily was a stress eater, so she was sure to finish her pancakes in under ten minutes. "Alright, I'm done..." She said before running up to her bedroom to get ready for school.
It only took her twenty minutes before running back down the stairs in her usual uniform, running past her mother and dashing outside the house without saying a word. Once she got in and got out of the bus, she dashed forward to her school, unsure why she was running there in the first place. Probably to shake off this fear and stress of that dream? "Yo, Emily!" She was startled by the sudden voice, she turned around to see Noel and Alex catching up to her as usual. Emily groaned quietly to herself as she turned back around and continued walking, now in a slower pace.
"You seem to be in a hurry, anything wrong?" Noel asked with a smirk. "Ohhh! Do you secretly have a secret boyfriend you were planning to meet and you didn't want him to keep waiting for you or else he's going to dump you for a girl named Angela Park who's father is the CEO of a top business called "SEA EO" about the ocean!?" Alex asked in her usual outgoing and cheery tone....
"That was oddly specific..." Emily shrugged. Even if these two annoys her everyday, it was nice to have somebody to talk to that might help get her mind off of the things that have been haunting her mind for two weeks. "She's always specific, that's what makes her the weirdest of em' all" Noel shrugged, receiving a punch on the shoulder from Alex. "But yeah, you look like you're in a hurry, what's up?"Alex asked.
Emily didn't know what to say, because then again, she didn't know herself why she was in a hurry in the first place. But she didn't want to keep answering them with "I don't know"s. So she wanted to give them a good and believable reason for once. "Er- Ms. Jackolyn wanted my help with something about the science test before class starts!" Emily smiled at herself, glad that she could make such a good reason for once in under five seconds. But this unsurprisingly worked well on Alex. "That is great! Does that mean that Ms. Jackolyn is beginning to like you?" Alex asked.
One thing that Emily had missed, is that Ms. Jackolyn isn't fond of her or didn't really want to do anything about her. So why would Ms. Jackolyn ask her for help in the first place? Alex might be very gullible, but Noel is not. Emily began to sweat nervously as she saw Noel squinting his eyes at her quietly behind Alex. "Uh- Uh- Yes! She has heard that I've been getting top scores in history... So she was proud that I am finally good at one lesson for once..." Emily chuckled nervously, hoping these words might change Noel's mind. Because she pretty much knew that Noel 100% knows she is lying.
But thankfully for her, Noel just shrugged and winked at her. "Oh gosh! It's almost the start of the class, we need to hurry there quick! We don't want Ms. Jackolyn to hate you again!" Alex panicked before proceeding to tightly grab onto Emily's wrist and pulling her to the school at the speed of light, they were even fast enough to lose Noel along the way. Once they were in, Alex finally let go of the dizzy Emily. "Huh- where is Noel? Oh well, guess he'll be late for today. You go on and meet with Ms. Jackolyn now, see ya in the next class!" Alex shrugged as she waved goodbye.
Emily took the time to catch her breath before wobbling her way to her class. Ms. Jackolyn is wearing a black and white striped shirt and a pair of jeans. The woman has a beehive haircut. Unlike Mr. Frisk who takes his anger out on Emily when he scolds her, Ms. Jackolyn just ignores her and acts like she wasn't a part of the class to prevent her from causing a scene or losing her temper. The woman was standing in front of the class getting ready to start the lesson, she gave Emily a glance and gestured for her to sit down. Emily nodded and took a seat on the far right.
As the boring science lesson went on, Emily couldn't help but keep yawning every five minutes. And there is somebody that finds that annoying every single day... "What are you doing, Emily?" A quirky voice of a male asked beside her. She turned to the male and just smirked. "You're the smart one, Anton, what do you think am I doing?" She asked with a smirk. Anton is a small 5'4 guy with a bowler hair style, he has a few freckles and wore black sunglasses. His uniform was extremely neat.
"You can't do this to me again, Emily" Anton whispered, keeping his voice down to avoid his teacher from calling him out, because that is the last thing he would want to happen. It might really ruin his perfect record. "Your constant yawning has been driving me crazy since the fifth grade!" He was raising his voice up, but not enough for Ms. Jackolyn to hear... Or care about. "Then just wear ear plugs" Emily teased.
"Then how am I supposed to listen to the lesson- Never mind!" He stood straight up. "Ahem, I'll go to the bathroom and smash my head on the wall, excuse my absence for the rest of the lesson" He said like a gentleman... With a British accent- before leaving the class, giving Emily a menacing glance on the way out. Emily had a tough time keeping her laughter, at least something interesting happened during this boring ol' class. She looked around and saw that some of her classmates had the same thought for they also tried to keep themselves away from bursting into laughter. 'Meh-" Ms. Jackolyn sighed as she continued on with the lesson.
The rest of the day went on as normal, boring... And very boring. Emily was again walking to the bus stop with Noel and Alex. "I heard that Anton had another mental breakdown" Noel shrugged. Emily chuckled, and she knew that they knew that she was the cause of it... Like always. "I heard that Emily teased him so much, that his parents began to hear him talking nonsense about plotting revenge and laughing maniacally" Alex giggled as she played with Emily's hair. "That would make a nice villain backstory if you ask me" Emily shrugged.
A loud ambulance suddenly dashed past them, and it suddenly took Emily by surprise on how fast it must be going, probably very important... But what caught her eyes the most is that it was seemingly heading the direction of the school. You see, at the end of the road, there were two lanes. The right lane leads to the big city, while the left lane leads to a small neighboring village where her small school was located. Even if it was meant to be an emergency to some of the residents of the village, Emily's curiosity got to her.
"That ambulance was going pretty fast... Wanna check it out with me?" Emily asked her two friends with a smirk. Alex and Noel both raised an eyebrow. The last thing they would think of is Emily being concerned about... Anybody's life. "Why, exactly?" Noel asked. "I'm curious" Emily shrugged with a soft innocent smile before walking back towards the direction of the school. Her mom can wait any longer for her to return home, right?
She skipped around the sidewalks, humming a happy and cheery tune. And this honestly creeped the two out, it started off thinking that she was concerned about the life of a human... Now it's a concern if she wanted to get enjoyment out of seeing an injured human's life.
"Is she secretly a maniac?" Alex whispered.
"Get ready to call nine one one" Noel whispered back.
And as Emily suspected, the ambulance stopped just in front of the school. The surgeons ran out with a gurney, running inside the school. Since most of the students were already gone, there were only a few outside, probably waiting for somebody or just chilling before going home. "Woah- Did a student get injured?" Alex asked as she covered her mouth. "I don't know..." Noel replied.
The three stood there on the sidewalk across the school as they waited for the nurses to reveal the injured one. The moment was pretty intense, Emily stood there in complete silence while Noel and Alex whispered back and forth behind her. And to their surprise, the surgeons came out with the gurney carrying their principal into the ambulance. They seem to be panicking... The student's whispering started to grow louder upon seeing their principal. "Oh geez... Poor Ms. Finley!" Alex shed a tear-
"Don't worry, whatever her condition is, she is a strong woman!" Noel said with a bright smile to cheer up Alex... He looked at Emily, and unsurprisingly, she was expressionless. "I'll go ahead" Emily said, giving her friends a thumbs up with a smile before walking off to the bus stop. Noel and Alex decided not to follow and give her a head start, knowing that she wanted to be alone... For some reason.
"What DID happen when she was in the principal office?" Noel asked. Alex just shrugged at him, this moment just caused them to be even more curious. Once she was out of their view, she quickly called out for the taxi. The cab stopped and she got in. "To the nearest hospital, now!" She ordered. The driver was quite confused why there was a young girl in the streets, but knowing that she was headed to the hospital, that might mean that it was important.
The cab arrived at their destination in under ten minutes, the big hospital was just a few miles away at the start of the big city. Luckily, she secretly saved up her lunch money. Those were enough for the driver... Who luckily gave her a nice discount. She ran out and went to the reception desk. "I'm looking for a woman named Galoria Finley, what room number is she in, miss?" Emily asked.
The staff raised an eyebrow at the strange girl who looked like she didn't have a guardian, considering that she came inside alone. "Ma'am, you're too young to be here alone, I need to confirm you have a guardian with you, what is their phone number and we will call them. We'll have them pick you up" The staff looked down at the phone, ready to dial in the numbers Emily would tell her, but she didn't say anything. The staff looked back up and Emily wasn't there, she looked around and saw the girl running into the long left hallway. "Hey! Security!" The staff yelled out.
"Ooh- I would need some exercise right about now-" Emily grinned, looking back to see two security guards getting ready to chase her. The hospital has a total of six floors, with twenty-two patient rooms each. Luckily for her, she can rule out eleven rooms in each floor, since eleven of them were for emergencies, and the other eleven were for normal patients. And seeing how panicked the surgeons are, she can only think that Ms. Finley is in an emergency. She ran around in circles on the first floor, looking at the windows of each door, trying to see if Ms. Finley was in there.
And fortunately, Ms. Finley's room was only on the second floor, saving her some time and energy from running around in circles. She peeked inside the room, and luckily, nobody was inside except for Ms. Finley, who was laying down on the hospital bed. "Where is she!?" Emily turned around to hear the guards and see their silhouettes on the end of the hallway, they were just around the corner. Emily panicked, she then carefully and quietly went inside the room.
Once inside, she heard the guards running past the door. She sighed in relief before running up to the side of the bed. "M-Miss Hardernstein?" Ms. Finley spoke in a weak voice, her body trembling a little. One thing Emily has noticed is that the beautiful charm of Ms. Finley has faded, it's like the principal aged so much in the span of two weeks. "What are you doing here...?" Ms. Finley asked, still with a weak voice.
"I came to apologize..." Emily replied. "I knew you had high expectations of me reading the book, and I just can't!" Emily was caught by surprise when Ms. Finley suddenly let out a weak laugh. "Oh Ms. Hardernstein, you reading the book doesn't matter" Ms. Finley spoke. "What matters is that message of giving that book to you, remember?" Emily quickly knew what her principal told her. "Even if you don't like it, you still have been getting high marks in history class. Is that because of my words?" She asked.
Emily nodded her head a bit. This caused the woman to smile brightly. "But not in a good way! Your words keep haunting me! Giving me these weird dreams and-!" She was suddenly shushed by her principal. "That is because you won't accept it..." Ms. Finley's voice gradually got lower and lower... And that's when it happened... The principal's smile faded, and that despairing sound on the heart monitor came...
Emily, knowing her, didn't shed a tear... But inside, she did. She ran out and ran to one of the doctors, asking him for help... Emily watched from outside as the surgeons tried to check if the body still had the chance... But that time sadly did not come... Emily sighed to herself as she made her way out of the hospital. Surprisingly, the cab driver was still there. "There you are kid! Get in, I'll get you home..." Without saying a word, except for when she gave the driver her address, the cab led her back to her home.
Once walking in, it was about ten thirty PM. Her mom quickly ran to give her a tight hug. "There you are! I was so worried! Were where you!?" Her mother asked, her voice was getting ready to scold her daughter. Emily just sighed softly, breaking the hug and running up to her bedroom. Her mother didn't follow her, she knew it might get worse when she tried to force Emily to confess. So it's best to just wait.
Once in her bedroom, Emily slammed the door closed, taking out the thick book, which was dusty since it was under the bed a few days now. She placed the book on the bed, and for the first time in two weeks, she flipped the book open.......
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