Chapter 21
Few weeks passed......
Nothing happened.......
No more chaos.......no more problems.....
Everything was normal......
Lizzie and Josie went to meet their mother....in Europe... leaving Hope.....she actually needed to be alone....with her thoughts.
Hope was sitting near the lake..... thinking about Clarke..... thinking about how hopelessly she was in love with him......how she craves for his touch....his presence.....and HIM.
She knew that she was feeling something that was rare. Nothing can be compared to the way she felt for Clarke, neither her brief relationship with Roman nor the one with Landon. She at times regretted it and at times all she wanted was to be with him. She was heartbroken and confused about everything.
Suddenly a thought crossed her mind..... something she read long ago....
Regression to the mean.....the saying was all about life.....that however good or bad things/situation becomes it will always come back to the middle.....that is mean.
Life was stagnant for few weeks.......now it was time for the things to get good or bad.
She didn't know what was coming.....but she had a feeling that something will happen......
Suddenly she heard a scream..... someone was desparately calling her name. Concentrating on the voice se recognised it..... RAFAEL.
She called out ......
Hey RAF.....am here....near the lake.......
Then she saw Rafael..... running towards her.
Reaching Hope Rafael took a bit time to catch his breath.....then he said....
Hope I need your help..... something's happening and I have no idea what it is and how to stop it.....am totally lost and confused.
Hope held his hand and guided him to sit.....and asked him to calm down.
When Rafael became a bit normal he looked up at Hope. Hope asked him....Hey RAF!!!what's wrong tell me I will help you with it.
Rafael said......
Since the last two days....am hallucinating things.....things that happened in my past.....things that I am afraid of...... firstly it was only nightmares. Then gradually it started to increase.....now it's just not nightmares.....now I can't distinguish between dreams and reality. I don't know if this is a dream or reality.....
Hope said.....look whenever you feel confused between dream or nightmares and reality just count your fingers....in dreams you have extra fingers and you cannot read.
Rafael looked at his hands and started counting.....after believing that it was reality he continued.....he said ......today I saw my father my own father who used to beat me with his belt.....he was doing the same.....
Hope just smiled and said don't worry Raf those are just dreams it's over now.
Rafael had a morbid expression....he pulled up his sleeve and showed Hope the belt marks.....and said.....is it really over????
Hope was shocked to see the marks. .....she said....
Common we need to see Dorian and Dr. Saltzman urgently..... because they are the only ones who can help you. If it's about some monsters from the pit then we have to get ready to face it.
After listening to every detail......Dorian said I might know what kind of monster it is......
Dr. Saltzman completed his sentence.....he said.... it is a shape shifting dream demon......it takes the shape of your worst fear......also called.....
ONEIROI.
We have to be very careful while fighting it.....it twists our worst fears and insecurities and breaks us mentally. Fighting it will need a huge amount of courage and mental strength. Without strong will we can't defeat it. Hope took the responsibility on her ...... She said I will defeat it ...I have a plan and for the plan to succeed the elder generation needs to stay out of it. Dorian was going to object but looking at Alaric he stopped. Alaric nodded and said go on.....do it your way.
Hope gathered the super squad which was already weak as it lacked 2 important members. She asked Rafael, Kaleb, MG and Landon to get their sheets and go to sleep in the basketball court. They always followed her orders.....as usual they the same. Hope instructed them......
You will sleep but remember you are dreaming whatever you face isn't real......and whoever recovers from their fear try to pull the monster out of your dreams....unless the monster is in our plane we can't defeat it. All the best Boys......
Everyone cheered.....and Kaleb said..... COMMON IT'S TIME TO SLEEP.
Hope stood at the door watching everyone fall asleep. She prepared herself for the fight that she had to face. She casted a spell to contain the monster in the school so that it cannot go out in the human world.
She knew that someone will surely pull the monster out to this plane. She went back to her room to find the perfect spell to kill a dream monster....... ONEIROI.
Suddenly she heard thumping of feet..... someone heavy was walking around.....then she heard MG's voice.....Hope I did it I brought him here......
Hope ran out her room towards the gym, only to find the boys. She frantically asked..... where's the monster??? MG said it went down the hall Hope thought for a moment and said it's going to come back here as it cannot leave this floor due to my containment spell. Just as she said the words they saw the monster..... standing on the ledge of the stairs.
Raf and Kaleb tried to fight it but just with a flick of its wrist the monster threw them to the farthest corner of the gym. Landon was hiding behind Hope and MG. Hope whispered to MG to stay out of her way......they saw Alaric sneaking into the room..... everyone understood that Hope has a plan they just stayed out of her way.
Hope jumped on the monster with all her strength and tackled it to the ground.....perks of being a TRIBRID was she had the strength of 3 supernatural creatures. She was way too stronger than Raf and Kaleb.
Just in time Alaric threw her an arrow she stabbed the monster with it direct to its heart and used her witch power to set it in fire.
After killing the monster she stood up and said....Good job guys. Everyone smiled and cheered for their wonder woman....Hope.
But none noticed the dark expression on Landon.....what he had in his head had the power to destroy everything......
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