Someone's POV

Blood... There's blood everywhere... the whole room was covered in fresh blood. The sight of it made me sick, and the scent made it worse. I looked around to find a way to escape, then I noticed someone else was in the room as well. Standing there by the door, a little girl was staring past me. I turned around and saw what she shouldn't have seen. Lying there in puddles of blood was a body of a woman with her back facing me. Slowly, I walked towards the body and turned her over to have a look on her face, I gasped in horror as her flesh rotted, only the remains left.

I turned around and the little girl was nowhere to be seen, only to be greeted by another scenery. The room was set ablaze and smoke filled the air, I can barely saw the little girl through the thick smoke. The heat and the pain where the fire touched my skin was unbearable, not to mention the smoke made it harder for me to breath. I looked around as I try to find a way to escape the fire. She disappeared into the fire as the house started to fall apart, I shut both of my eyes as parts of the ceiling was falling onto me.

Seconds passed by, and I didn't feel the heavy wood on me. Slowly, I opened my eyes and found myself not in the house anymore, but in a forest. I didn't know where I was or how long I'd been running around in the vast forest, but it was getting me nowhere and my feet ached. Wherever I went, it was like I was back where I started. I stopped to rest, hoping I would find a way out.

That's when I spotted a shadow passed through the forest. Curious as I was, I followed it and it lead me to a huge tree. The tree wasn't special in anyway at first glance, but as I got a closer look, the little girl from before was standing by the huge tree. I went towards her and tried calling out, but as soon as I got closer, she disappeared.

I looked around searching for her, but she was nowhere to be seen. I caught a glimpse of something on the bark of the tree, there were drawings and initials carved out. As I went for a closer look, a strong gust of wind appeared and the ground began shaking, cracks formed on the ground and I fell. I managed to get a hold on the edge, but I didn't know how long I could keep it that way.

I looked up and saw a figure standing above me, I couldn't see her face because of the smoke, I called out to her for help, but she didn't move an inch. Before I knew it, I lost the only thing that kept me from falling to my death. The view from above grew smaller, further and darker as I fell deeper into the abyss.

I shot my eyes open as I felt a sharp pain on my back, I got up quickly and found myself on the floor near the bed. I looked around, darkness filled the space, but I could still make out some things. Band posters and dark drawings filled the walls, the bed was a mess and some photos framed on the nightstand. Sure enough, I'm back in my own room. I got up and looked at the blaring light my alarm clock made.

"3:17... it's still too early to be awake, don't you think?" a voice from behind me stated, I turned to look at the intruder. Standing by the wide open door, a girl with short black hair in royal blue pyjamas gave me a half worried and half grinning look. "Thanks for stating the obvious..." I rolled my eyes and went to the bathroom.

I splashed my face with cold water, it helped me to calm down and relax my nerves. Plus, I needed to get rid of the cold sweat on my forehead. "Ooh? Are you that excited that you can't fall asleep?" the black-haired girl grinned, standing outside my bathroom door.

"if you mean having a messed up dream, hurting my back when I fell off the bed and having you to spy on me? Yeah, exciting alright..." Sarcasm filled my voice as I wiped my whole face and neck with my favourite purple towel. I took another look at myself in the mirror, my black and purple hair was a mess and dark circles formed under my eyes. In other words, I looked horrible.

"You should really do something about your face, Raven. You look like your trying hard to find the culprit for your wrecked stuff." she stated. For Gods' sake, I hated it when she knew what I was thinking, it gave me the creeps knowing someone could try to look into my mind, talk about invading personal space... "Gee, Kaitlin... no need for you pry into my thoughts." I snapped as I tried to detangle my hair with my fingers, I left the bathroom and sat on my bed. Knowing her, she won't leave it alone.

My point was proven when she sat next to me and opened her mouth to speak up. "Look... I'm just worried about you, alright? I mean, you did scream in the middle of the night. Be glad that no one else is up." Kaitlin said, talk about luck, I was glad she had our walls sound-proofed, I rather not go into details about why we had to install sound-proof walls.

"Wow... That's a shocker... You? Worried about me? I'm touched" I joked half-heartedly. I looked around and what caught my attention was the picture on my nightstand, standing there in the picture was me and Kaitlin, along with 3 other people in it. Kaitlin noticed that and took the picture frame.

"You should smile more for the camera, or your face will stuck like this forever." I really hate getting pictures taken, they would always try to drag me into one. "You're to blame... Every time Adam and Matt drag me into one, you would either just stand there and laugh your head off or join them. Do that again, and I'll feed you to the piranhas." I murmured the last part, making sure she heard that.

"Cold as always... Anyway, our flight will leave in 7 hours, so you better get some sleep." Kaitlin reminded me. I nearly forgot about that, we had to leave our home for our new school overseas. I groaned at the thought of leaving, I liked the school here... sort of. "I don't know why we still have to change schools. I mean, the last thing I need are rude comments and bullies."

"Come on, it won't be that bad... We just have to be there for one semester, it's not like we'll be there forever. Besides, you agreed to the transfer to begin with." Kaitlin did have a point there. I agreed to go, because I wanted to explore and find some inspiration, it's a rare opportunity for me. I took the photo frame off her hand and placed it back where it was, Kaitlin got up and left the room.

"Oh and Rae..." Kaitlin paused and turned to face me. She reached her pocket to get something out and threw them to me, to which I caught them. "Adam made new charms and wanted us all to have one, and even made that hair sticks for you, he's certain that you'll like it." With that, she closed the door and left me in peace. I switched on my table lamp and examined the things she gave me.

The first one was a light blue crystal pendant with silver lining the edge that looks like an eye, and a pair of bat wings at the side. I had to say, the design rocks and it matched well with my choker and looks, I took my favourite choker out from the drawer and did a little merging with it. "Remind me to thank him for remembering my taste in jewellery." Once I'm done, I left my finished choker on the nightstand. My eyes landed on the hair sticks, it was a pair of silver hair sticks that looked like modified versions of Japanese sais. The handle is wrapped in purple cloth and purple gems were fixed at the butt end and centre of the 'side guards'. "And thank him for the wicked hair sticks."

I plopped onto my bed and sighed, I thought about the nightmare and our new school. I turned to the side and caught a glimpse of a brochure, it was the school that we were going to attend to. "Monster High... Be yourself, huh? I wonder if they'll really accept us if they saw us." My mind was filled with possible outcomes, and not a good one at that. I shut my eyes and soon fell into deep sleep.