Chapter 6 Mia

• Where am I? Did I not die? Why is it all black?
• My neck hurts. I massaged it a little and it was still intact. Looking around, I could not see much. It was totally black, then suddenly I saw a light, and I rushed to it.
• As I got closer my footsteps flattered. In that light was a memory, or at least that’s what I thought. It was replaying the scene that happened in my house, in the living room.
• My mom, those guys, she was still alive kneeling on the ground. Was this a dream? What was going on? Regardless when I saw the one guy attack my mother I instinctively ran and screamed though I knew nothing would come out,
• “ Mom, watch out!” I screamed in mind as I ran with my hand outstretched like I would grab her and get her out of the way but I was too late, the claws got to her. I watched as her body fell to the ground, “ Noooooooo!”
• Then, I woke up jerked up from my sleeping position. Panting, I shielded my eyes from the lights, they were on and blazingly bright. After my eyes adjusted to the light in the room, l looked around and I saw familiar walls, 4 pink walls were staring right at me. Was I back? A rebirth? That’s impossible. I must be in some other space, trapped. That would explain everything. There was no way my wish got to be true, was it?
• I stayed in bed afraid that if I moved the dream would fade and my reality would settle in, I still had full memory of my death and that of my family so I knew better than to be wishful and actual believe that this was a rebirth.
• However, to my surprise, someone knocked on my door.
• It was a special knock, “ knock once in a boy emergency, knock twice in a fashion emergency and knock three times if you had a nightmare.” Those where the rules I shared with my little sister and strange enough, whatever peculiar place this was, I actually had a specific pattern of a knock on my door.
• It was my sister and her knock was saying that she had a nightmare. Was this real?
• The knock came again.
• Hesitantly, I looked for my phone which still looked the same as my phone before I died and used it to say,
• “ Come in.” As I said this, I was anxious, anxious that once that door opens, I might be disappointed, that I would disappear with everything else in this room because I knew it, I had experienced it, my death. I knew that I died so all of this…
• “ big sis.” I heard a soft childish voice that used to make my heart melt anytime I heard it. Kayla opened the door and entered; it was really her.
• My hands trembled but I tightly held my covers to hide the trembling.
• “ What’s up?” I used my phone function. At this point for the first time, I was glad I couldn’t speak for myself because my voice would have broke if I had the opportunity to answer.
• “ What’s going on, kiddo?” I asked her using my phone.
• “ I-It’s nothing. I-It’s just that I had a nightmare.” She said sniffling. She must have been crying and when I observed her closely I noticed it, alright. She was crying, her eyes were red and puffy although she had probably wiped the tears before coming in but some evidence was still left on her face.
• “ Come here.” I used my phone and then patted the place next to me on my bed.
• She slowly walked towards me and climbed onto the bed.
• “ I saw your light on, that’s why I came to you.” She started.
• “ Sorry, if my knocking woke you up.” She whispered and I almost did not hear the last part. But her apologizing reminded me of how grown she was.
• “ It’s alright, come on, tell me. What was happening in your dream?” This time I used sign language because it felt less genuine to use my AI voice.
• She started trembling, her whole body shook and tears rolled down on her cheeks. I quickly took her into my arms and patted her back. As i pulled her in, I felt warmth from her tiny body, it was so comfy I almost believed that all this was real. I mean what were the chances that you would meet your younger sister after you guys were killed and the hug would still feel the same as when we were alive?
• However, whether this was real or not, I still didn't like seeing her like this. She was crying so badly which reminded me of the last scene I saw my sister cry so bad, but I quickly cleared my mind and continued to comfort her.
• She suddenly said, “ S-some men, w-were d-doing something to me.” My body froze. What did she just say?
• “ A-although it was a dream, it felt so real and I really thought that I was going to die. “
• Panicked I pulled her out my arms and signalled her, “ What were they doing? Do you remember what happened?”
• But she shook her head, she didn’t remember the specifics.
• “ So you just remember the at they were bad guys?” I asked. She nodded and cried again.
• I wanted to say some comforting words but as you know I couldn’t so I could only pat her back and hug her tightly while letting her cry it all out.
• Then it clicked, wait a minute, what was she describing? It couldn’t be that right? There was no way, it must have been a coincidence, was she describing the scene before she was killed in the video call? But how? What was going on? The more I thought about this, the more I felt like maybe this was not a dream. Because it would only make sense if her soul remembered the specifics from her previous life and manifested it as a dream. That was the only explanation that would make sense in the world of magic. But I guess the was one way to find out.
• “ Kay, what’s the date today?” I used my phone function because it was urgent.
• “ Huh? January the 15th.” She said as she hiccuped. My heart broke at the sight of this. But the date she had given me, caught my attention. January the 15th? Really? Then this meant that, that I was really reborn? Was I really back?
• Tears welled up in my eyes and before I knew it I was crying too. And people with siblings will understand me when I say that it is the most embarrassing thing to do in front of your sibling.
• “ Why are you crying?” She said as my tears fell on her tiny shoulder.
• “ Am I crying?” I asked her using sign language. And I touched my cheeks.
• “Yes, I mean I’m the one who had the nightmare.” She added and I almost laughed.
• “ I guess I feel sad that you had such a bad dream.” I told her.
• She blushed but immediately said, “ Weirdo.” See, my little sister and I have a perfect sibling's relationship, I did all sorts of weird things for her that I ended up with such a nickname.
• To add to this, I pulled a few silly faces and poses to make her laugh. And when her giggles filled the room I felt serious joy.
• I hugged my sister again and tightly held on to her tiny body.
• “ What are you doing? You are acting weird again.” she grumbled but still let me hug her.
• Moving away, I said, “Kayla, are you feeling better?”
• She nodded.
• “ alright, should that dream come back or you remember the details don't hesitate to tell me okay? I will be here.” And now, it was her turn to hug me. It was real. I was truly back! This, this was how it used to be and it seemed that I could claim it back! I would claim my life back, the stone of witches really granted my wish and I wouldn’t let it go to waste! I was back and I would collect my revenge with interest!