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Chapter Six

   "You need to find something that you must never, I repeat, ever lose. It is an amulet that is bound to make you think of darkness, death, maybe even suicide. Do not be afraid of this amulet. You must find it now. I am here only to guide you little-by-little, mostly just to tell you why you are here, and what your meaning is."

I nodded respectfully, gulping at the thought of suicide this supposed amulet could make me think of. 

"Where could I find this amulet? Any clues whatsoever?"

 I softly asked the scary-ish lady, my mouth barely moving. One sharp nod, she grabbed a small folded piece of paper. Unfolding it, she raked her eyes over the small list of words I could see from the back of the note.  Removing her dark eyes from the folded paper, she opened her mouth a little bit.

"The amulet is hidden where no one would ever think to look. It is guarded by two monsters. All the clues you get, kiddo. One last thing, here."

  For my defense, I was given a blank card for a game of solitaire. The back was decorated just like any other card. The name of the game printed of the back and either a red or black/blue decoration with the hearts, the diamonds, etc. The color for this card was blood-red.

  The puzzled expression on my face was a bit obvious apparently, since the elder snatched the card from me once again. She rolled her mean, dark brown beady eyes at me and put two fingers up, her pointer finger and her middle finger. The solitaire card was in between her two fingers. With just the slight flick of her whole hand, she quickly released the card at the beautifully colored wall beside her. It sliced through a little bit of the wall, half of the card stuck inside it.

 Horror and amazement collided and built a heavy weight in my chest. I promised I would never use weapons my whole life! I was not allowed anyways. What kind of place was this?! This time, she did not look me in the eyes, she only gave me the card and opened the door to a hallway with yellow, old lights. Soft carpet like my Aunt Mary's floor was everywhere. I neatly slipped the  dusty weapon in the breast pocket of my plaid top.

  On such a terrifying and suicidal moment, I started to softly giggle. I did not go insane, I was laughing because of how I looked. I was bare-foot wearing only pajamas, and I had a card for a weapon. Thankfully, the body I was inside of looked fearless no matter what.

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 "Yes, this is not a dream. Pinch yourself, punch yourself, hit your head against the wall, whatever. None of those will do anything except make concussions and bruises. You are completely awake."

 I let my head go down, staring at the carpet. The lady I thought was earlier a pedophile, gently put her hand on my shoulder. I felt her staring at my hair and my skull. Looking up, she seemed more serious than before.

"You and I are here for many reasons. Alas, our reasons are quite different though. You are here to learn information until your partner finds something incredibly important to her."

 I opened my mouth to speak, asking who a partner is. She was quicker, putting her finger to her lips.

 "The first thing I think you should know is that you are alone here. This is not a world, only a replica of Earth, mostly. I was sent here for this time only. I cannot tell you too much or I will be instantly killed by plague, enemy, or something anonymous. Same goes for anyone who knows more than you or even me."  I answered by only saying, "Hm."

 "If you die from telling too much info to me, then we have insanely smart people on our side."

  I found them as geniuses because now people have a reason why they can't tell too much instead that we aren't "ready" to know.

 "Alright, um, we're getting off topic! You are here by yourself, normally you would be left here by yourself and sometimes with another person. You are the only human on this replica of Earth other than me. All around you though, there are monsters waiting for you. Shards of the dead human souls that were never loved. Sadly, there are millions hiding everywhere. Not just in this replica, but in the real world." 

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 The air was dusty and the sky was a light gray. Strong gusts of wind were clawing at my skin that wasn't covered by my pajamas and my short hair stayed where it was except for the long fronts that waved at the piercing wind. It pushed me backwards, it even made me trip over a branch and get painful slivers I had to pull out of my foot quickly before rushing around again, looking for two monsters guarding my amulet.

  Eventually, the harsh blasts made me give up for a few minutes behind a bunch of strong boards. All around me, there were aged buildings I had never seen in my life. Some windows were broken with their remains in pieces on the concrete and the same were said about the glass doors. Broken signs of stores were still up, but a few were on the last thread from falling to the ground.

 Feeling brave enough and once again warm enough, I started walking, staring at the concrete and swerving from random trash all around. I clenched my teeth, attempting to stop from chattering my teeth to the point of breaking my jaw. Did I accomplish that? No, I did not. My jaw begun to ache and my body had the warmth slowly squeezed out of me as I walked for at least three hours.

 Then, things got interesting. A ringing very alike to the eerie silence of a dark room with no electricity filled my brain and my head. Moaning and screams of horror were the only background sounds from the painful ringing. No, that was not background sound, shadows with deep red masks were behind me, their black, bat-like wings crooked and awkward shaped, holes were around the edges of their wings. Normaly, I would've stood there like an idiot, paralyzed in fear, but it seemed a few parts of the person who owned this body were left. Uncontrollably, like I was watching a movie of the charactor's point of view, I sneered at the animals like a hissing cat and I sprinted away towards safety, away from the agonizing and irritating ringing in my ears.

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  I pushed all my weight I could against the front door, ringing filled my ears, popping the thoughts that trailed around in my mind like fragile balloons. Mary, the lady who told me what was going on, was at the other door that led to her vacant garage. One monster stuck a part of their cloak, probably where their arm was, out at her face, making her force the doors closed again and chop it off.

 A leathery wing squeezed quickly into the door I tried to close. My bare feet started squeaking on the tile floors as the wing slowly opened the door with ease until I fought back. The wing threw the door open like it was a piece of cardboard, flinging me at the wall and hitting the hard doorknob at the side of my head. My field of vision was blurry and sound started getting more muffled every time I heard my heart beat. Until a sound like a metal door shutting made my vision black.