It is dark, way to dark
Looking for a way out,
On the bed, she hold herself from the horror, trying to comfort herself,
Trying to feel a wall but what is there to feel, trembling and shaking both in dream world and real life, looking around for life but what is there to see.
Walking slowing, shaking. A cold shiver run through the spine, without caring, she run for her life, she feel some grasses on her legs, flogging her.
The moon appear reviling light in her path, she stop, looking back, nothing.
What was chasing her, who is she running from?. She look front and continue her walk.
The moon play hide and seek with her, it hide and darkness cover once more, tears run from her eyes to her cheek, trying to hold the grudge not to cry out.
A voice in sound of whispers call her, she turn, hearing the voice, she step back, scared, the moon revile itself to her, her eyes wide open in terror.
Behind the trees, a shadow walk out hiding in the darkness, it smile showing its white teeth, its eyes open, she see it, it see her, red eyes turn yellow then green, she froze
"Cherish" it call her,
She remain paralyze, looking at it, the smell of her fear, her shivering, it like it, it want it more, the eyes disappear.
She breath, calming down herself, turn to run but it there infront of her.
She scream herself to up, her room door open, lights on
"Cherish" a lady call
She didn't answer, covering her self with the blanket, shivering, crying, whimpering scared from her nightmares.
"Cherish"
The lady is next to her, the girl calm down
"Mum"she finally answer
The lady remove the blanket, her body cover in sweat, eyes red from crying, still shivering,
The lady feel hurt seeing her daughter like this
"Come here" she hug her
"Nothing will happen to you, it's just nightmares, alright" she stroke her hair, comforting her
She release her, the girl did not say anything,
"Okay here we go " the lady carry her to her laps,
"Don't you want to tell mummy your dream"
Cherish look at her mum and nod
"Okay what is it"
Cherish open her mouth then close it, trying to figure out what to say
" Mummy, is there such thing as a vampire werewolf " she ask
Her mum eyes wide, her pupils shrink
' How does she knows '
Cherish stare at her mum, she haistate to answer,
"Where did you get that thought" she ask afraid
"Mum why are you afraid" she ask without blinking
Her mum wary smile
"I am not afraid, is just that...." she try to put in the perfect words but it can't come out
"You know mummy is just tired and need some rest"
Cherish nod in agreement
"Mummy is a super mum" she pose like super man
Her mum laugh
"Okay," she made a thin line
"Will you want to meet daddy, he's back"
Cherish face light up,
"Yes" she nod " daddy, daddy"
Her mum laugh
"Okay, let's go" she carry her from the bed.
Downstairs, a man is busy on his phone
"I don't want that, you got it wrong, the meeting should be today by 4:30 sharp"
The lady and her daughter walk down,
"Shhh" the lady put her finger on her lip
Cherish nod, excited
They sneak up behind him
"Alright that is all" he hung up
Adjust a little, curve his lips up
"Cherish, I am home " he call
"Boo" the mother and daughter said
"Argh " the man shift back in fear
"That was great " they laugh,
' This family ' he shake his head laughing
"Daddy " Cherish climb down, run to him and hug him
He carry her up
"Alright, I'm not angry" he touch her nose making her to giggle
"Daddy when did you come back" she ask
"Well, I came back yesterday but you were sleeping, and guess what"
"What?"
"I bought you a gift"
"A gift?, I want to see"
"Alright" he cover her eyes, signal her mum, she nod and brought it
"Alright, three... two....one" he remove his hand
"Ta da"
Her mum wave the teddy bear,
"Wow, I love it, I love it, thank you daddy " she give him a peck
"Your welcome "
Her mum hand her the stuff bear
"Alright let's eat, if you want to early" her mum said
"Come on, let's eat"
In the car, Cherish is playing with her teddy, dress in school uniform. Something fell, she look at it, the color reminds her of her dream, those red eyes that change color, her dad pick it up
"Dad am I going to be a monster"
Her question tense everyone, her dad pick her up to his lap
"Who say you are going to be a monster? Hmm?"
Cherish look at her mum then at him, her mum sigh
"She had a nightmare" her mum explain then look at Cherish
"Look sweetie, you are not going to be a monster okay, it is just a nightmare" she smile, pinch her cheek
Cherish look at her dad
"You are not being a monster, beside where did you have that idea from" he try not to laugh
"Well, in my dream, I saw her, she look like me but a little taller and scarier like, she is a mixture of a vampire and werewolf" she shiver in horror remembering it,
"Come here " he pull her for a hug
"You are not a monster, and never will be"
"Okay, Cherish here is your school" the driver break the comfort atmosphere
"I don't want to go to school" Cherish shake her head refusing to go
"Why not" her dad ask
"I'm afraid, she will come here, she will know I'm here, I don't want her to come" she hold her dad tight
He sigh
"Sweetie, she will not come, it's just a dream" he reassure her
"Cherish darling"her mum call
She look at her
"How about I will buy you ice cream when you come back?" she try to cheer her up
"No" she refuse
"Okay, what about the driver bring you to my office, so you can play since I have a new toys for you"
"Really?"
"Really"
She lighten up a little
"Okay "
She look up, flash of red fill her eyes, her dad panick, his heart beat fast like it is going to explode. Cherish cover her ears
"Daddy my ears are hurting" she cry
"Why are they hurting" her mum ask thinking is an excuse for not going to school
"I am hearing a loud thump" she explain
"Where?"
"Here" she point at her dad chest
Her parents twist their mouth and laugh
" Sorry sweetie but now you have to go unless you will be late" despite the laugh, he's still afraid
"Okay" she sigh
" Bye dad" she give him a peck
" Bye mum" she hug her
"Bye sweetie"
She open the door, climb down, out of nowhere, a car speed to her
"Cherish" the driver and her parents scream
The car stop before it hit her, the driver come out afraid
"Sorry" he apologize enter back and drive off
"Cherish" her dad call,
She turn,
"Yes daddy" calm and smooth she answer
Her parents were stun by this sudden behavior
Her mum and driver were already out beside her,
"Hope you are not hurt" her mum check for injury
"No" she shake her head
"Are you alright " her dad ask
"Yes " she answer
"Sorry Miss Woo, I didn't see it" the driver apologize
She smile
"How did it stop on its own?" her dad wonder
"Oh that was simple, I just look at it and it stop" Cherish explain
"Okay bye" she walk off
"Bye" they reply stun by her answer.
She arrive to class right on time, sit on her desk, when someone run to me
"Cherish do you hear" it's her friend Gwen Feng.
"What is the matter" she ask
"I know you are cute and all but we are going to have a new classmates they are so cute" she scream,
Cherish blink my eyes to understand
" New classmates" she ask
"Yes" she's in high pitch
Cherish cover her ears, before it explode
"Okay I want to see them and get ready for class"
Gwen walk to her seat.
Class begin
It is story time, the teacher read them a story
"So the little girl walk into the woods"
Cherish heart beat faster, flashes of her nightmares occurs in her mind, she hold her teddy tight
"A red light appear...."
She see a red light
"Then it changes its color to yellow..."
The color change to yellow,
"Then green"
Then green
"Suddenly the light disappear..."
The light disappear
A knock is hear, the teacher look at the door
"I will be right back " she close the book and left
When the teacher leave, the class become noisy,
"Cherish " Gwen touch her
That is when Cherish realize she was not breathing,
"Are you okay" Gwen ask
"Yes " she reply
"Come on let's play"
She take Cherish to play pretend
The teacher enter
"Class we will be having new pupils"
The pupils seat down to listen
"Please be calm and help them out okay" the teacher said
"Okay Mrs Zelda" the pupils agree,
Cherish did not care one bit of who they are, Gwen on the other hand feel very excited
"Okay come in" she said,
Four adorable children enter,
"Oh my gosh" the pupils begin to murmur
"Cherish look" Gwen shake her
"Leave me alone"she continue playing with her teddy
"Okay class this is Kelvin, Zack, Cody and Maya Angelou " the teacher introduce
"Hey"the children wave
" Hi" the class answer
"Okay you all seat next to Cherish " Mrs Zelda points
"Huh" Cherish stop and look,
The children feel like they have seen an angel
"But Mrs Zelda I don't want to seat next to anyone except Gwen" she complain
"You have to darling okay" she smile
"Okay" she agree
The children went to seat next to her,
"Okay class let's continue" the teacher walk back to her seat
"Miss Zelda can we not read that book" Cherish suggest
"Why"
"Well it's very scary" she look down at her teddy
Mrs Zelda look lost,
"Well, if you are scared, how about I finish it to the ending skipping a few scary pages"
"Okay" she smile
"Noo" the pupils refuse
"Okay, sorry Cherish "she apologize
"Well if you are scared, how about you hold my hand, I will keep you safe" Zack suggest
"Good boy Zack" the teacher smile
"So Cherish, you hold his hand while I continue okay"
"Okay" she sadly said
Zack extend his hand, Cherish place hers on it, holding her soft hand make him smile.
"So, class let's continue, the girl turn to see it infront of her"
Fear creep on her face, cold shiver run down her spine,
"She look at it, afraid, she close her eyes then open them, it is still there. It look just like her..."
Cherish remember standing in front of her,
"It..."
"Arrrrrrrgh" Cherish cover her ears, cuddle herself
"Cherish " Mrs Zelda run to her, feeling worried
She murmur something, like in a form of singing
"Are you alright," she touch her
"Cherish" she call again
Cherish continue murmuring
"Cherish"
The pupils stand one side watching
"Gwen go and call the school nurse"
"Yes ma" she run out
"Everything will be alright"
The Angelou's children run to her
"Cherish calm down, its just a book " Maya said
"Cherish it's not real" Kelvin said
The nurse and Gwen enter
"She is right here" Gwen point
"I will handle it from here " the nurse said
"Okay"
Mrs Zelda move a little, the nurse carry Cherish away.
Mrs Zelda sigh
"Okay guys let's continue"
In the clinic,
"Alright Cherish, let's see what happened" the nurse place her on the bed
Cherish stop murmuring, look at her
"So what happened?"
"She look like me"
The nurse became confuse
"Who look like you?"
Cherish look down
"She look like me" she quietly said
The nurse became more confuse but smile
"Okay, she look like you"
Cherish look up, shock by those words, she start to cry,
"No, don't cry" the nurse comfort her
"She will come here, she will look for me, she is scary" she cry
The nurse sit by her side, confuse but afraid of what she heard
"Maybe, she was just scary because she is afraid of something, or maybe she lost something precious " the nurse hug her
Cherish shake her head
"No, no, she call me, she was in front of me, tall and scary but I saw she look like me" she hug the nurse
"Maybe, she was trying to tell you something or show you something "
The nurse walk to her desk
"For being a good patient Cherish, how about a treat to give you"
Cherish smile, the nurse hand her a lollipop
"Thanks " she take it and start to like it
The nurse enjoy being around children especially Cherish
"Alright, time to go for lunch, take care"
The nurse help her down,
"Thank you nurse" she hug her
"No problem"
Cherish look up at her, flashes of green fill her eyes, the nurse heart thump loudly, Cherish cover her ears
"That is too loud"
Then the sound of the children playing, different laughter, different noises disturb her
"Too loud" she run to the nurse, covering her ears
"Are you alright"
Finally, she identify the nurse voice
"Hmmmumm" she shake her head
The nurse sigh
"Let's remove that hands from the ear"
"No it will hurt me again" she refuse
"What will hurt you?"
" The noises" she reply
The nurse made a thine line
"Alright, let's go somewhere quiet but for the noises" the nurse place a soft earphones on her
"Okay" she raise her thumb
"Okay" Cherish give her thumb up,
The nurse carry Cherish out from her office, to the classroom, her classmates surround her
"Cherish, Cherish are you okay" Gwen ask,
Cherish did not hear anything but she notice their mouth moving, she look at the nurse, talking
"Cherish is okay " she reassure them
Cherish look at Miss Zelda, walking toward them
"What is wrong with her?" Miss Zelda ask
"Well, she has sensitive ears, loud noise is not good for her" the nurse explain
"Get well soon" Miss Zelda touch her
"Well, I want to get her lunch, she will be back after break"
Cherish just watch as Miss Zelda and the nurse talk, she watch as Miss Zelda brought her things hand it to the nurse
"Oh before I forget" she brought her teddy
"Teddy" Cherish hold it
The two females giggle
"Well, we will be quick"
"Okay"
The nurse take Cherish to the school garden, remove the phones. The peace, the fresh air, Cherish look at her
"Do you love it"
"Hmm" she nod
"You can come here anytime you feel your ears are hurting you okay"
"Okay"
"Now I know you are starving, let's eat"
After a good meal, Cherish rest on the nurse lap when her phone vibrate, she answer it
"Hello"
Cherish look at her, from the background, she hear tire noises, people walking up and down, patients crying, some laughing, some breath a sigh of relief, the reception voice
"Hello may I help you" then to nothing, just only one person talking,
"Alright, I will there" she hung up, look at Cherish, smiling
"So Cherish look like I have to go"
Cherish nod, knowing the reason
"Its important, so you have to go" she sit properly
The nurse smile more brightly,
"Thanks for understanding, so should I take you to class or do you want to stay here"
"I want to stay here"
"Okay, thanks Cherish"
She mess her hair a little before leaving. Cherish is there all by herself, singing, enjoying the peace but it did not last long.