My body immediately sat up on the bed. What was that? Who was that? That voice. It was so deep and dark that it gave me shivers all over my body. But I felt like I knew him, from a long time ago. And why did he call me Lily? My name's Catherine, not Lily....and when did my room become so...different? Why is it different? Where am I? My god I'm so confused. My life has been so confusing since the day I was born, but thinking about that later, thinking about where I am and why I'm here.
I stand up scanning the room, seeing if there's anything familiar. Nope, it's all too different, even my own clothes! And that reminds me one of my kids-
'My kids. Where are they? No, no, no. Forget about the room I'm currently in, forget about the dream, I need to find my kids. Now.'
I ran out of the room to see a hallway, leading into a second room across from me. I start to hear giggling and laughter coming from inside. It all seemed too similar. I bolt through the door, seeing one blue-haired toddler smashing the teddy bear and another hiding in the toy box.
"Ashton, you silly boy! You're meant to play with it, not smash it to the ground!", I laughed as he placed the stuffed bear on the floor, giggling. I picked him up and cuddled him, feeling glad that he and his sister weren't far away from me. I noticed Daphne was getting a bit jealous and picked her up and cuddled her as much as I could.
"Now, where are your brothers?", I asked Daphne, knowing I wouldn't get a spoken answer from her, but instead gotten mumbles and babbles and pointing to a baby monito- wait, I got it.
If the room was quiet enough, you could hear a faint crashing sound, and young voices coming from the monitor. And if you were smart enough to figure out that was a video game, then you know it's Samuel and James playing a gun shooting, murdering, zombie video game.
"Do you know where they are? Ok maybe not...", Great, I'm so confused I'm even asking a two year old where my children are. I placed Daphne back on the ground and walk to one of the windows. Outside is very foggy, filled with pine trees surrounding the area. It's like a twilight movie come to life- but I never watched it, but I do know that this place is definitely not Twinbrook. I then realise that there is a second house on the lot, and since the noises sound distant, so I'm pretty sure Samuel and James might be there.
I have to go there to check, to see if the boys are there and they know where we are, but I can't just leave my children here. I look onto the shelf to see if there's an extra monitor, and after a few minutes, I finally found one. I grabbed it and made sure that both monitors were filled on battery, and left my children on the ground, playing with their toys. I felt so guilty leaving them there alone, even though it's only for a few minutes.
I walk downstairs. It was nicely decorated, must I say, and the colours were so light and it was so beautiful to see. But I focused on finding Samuel and James, so I walked through the front door and looked outside.
Now I know where I am.
Foggy sky.
Pine trees.
Beautiful lush mountains and a lake. I'm in Hidden Springs.
Why am I in Hidden Springs?