Dark Days - Di-Di Lewis (fantasy novels to read txt) 📗

Do you want to know my real name?” she asked me. I nodded my head. “My real name is Violaira.”
“That’s a really pretty name Kandy,” a voice said, it was the voice of a young man, I looked up, there was a dark silhouette standing up on a high, orange-brown rock, standing in front of the bright yellow sun. He jumped down, landing right in front of me, “I’ve heard about you,” he said, “but I’ve never seen you before. You are a lot prettier than what I expected.” He slowly walked around me, looking me up and down. I frowned, why was he doing this? I don’t even know his name. He stopped back in front of me, and he spoke, “You really are somethin’, you sure are special.” The corner of his lip rose into a smile.
I took a step back, he was crazy, he knew nothing about me, so he was definitely crazy. He gave me a confused look, and then took a step towards me. “I don’t even know who you are, how do you know me?” I asked him, “I don’t even know your name.”
“My name, well, about that,” he sighed, “no-one calls me anything, so I kind of forgot it.”
“Oh, well then, that’s not weird at all, how about we call you something then, come up with something, I mean.”
“OK, but you don’t think that I will stay with you, do you?” he asked seriously.
“I don’t know, it really seems like it,” I replied, “well, I don’t know.”
“OK, well I guess I’m staying then,” he smiled, “So, what have you come up with?”
“Yeah, I have,” I replied, “Kokaob.”
“OK, that’s good enough,” he sighed, “well, let’s go, I don’t know what y’all are looking for, but let’s get going."
“We’re looking for my brother,” my expression turned serious, “his name is James.”
“OK, well, let’s get moving, we don’t want to waste any more time,” he said, a note of seriousness in his voice. Then came a sweet smile. We started walking, Violaira in the lead, since she knew the way. Kokaob stayed right behind me, saying that there are things that like to sneak up on people and kill them, so he said that he would stay behind us so he could protect us from the horrible monsters.
After a while I started to slow down, my legs were burning, and I couldn’t walk any further. I stopped walking, then I fell, the next thing I know I’m being lifted up and carried, then I’m out, unable to stand the pain, and I faint.
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There was shade, a fan being blown on me, I sat up, then I looked to my right, Kokaob was sitting there, smiling, then to my left, Violaira, she was walking over, “Oh, you’re up, glad to see it.”
Then another person entered, someone dressed like a doctor at home on Earth. This person was a woman, her hair was pulled tight in a bun on the top of her head, and she had glasses a couple sizes too big for her narrow face. She was holding a clipboard, shaking her head and clicking her tongue, never a good sign, ever, it meant there was some bad news about to come. The woman came towards us, she looked down, a sad expression on her face. “Are you Arianna?” I nodded my head, “Good, at least you remember your name, most people with this condition normally forget things like this.” I looked at Kokaob, maybe he was going through the same thing that I was, or maybe he had told us the truth, I don’t know.
“What’s wrong with me?” I asked the woman. How can I trust her, I don’t even know her, but this seemed to be happening a lot lately, so, oh well, I guess I was going to have to trust this stranger.
She looked down her long nose at me, “You have just suffered something terrible, especially on this planet, maybe not on the one you grew up on, but here it is serious, it is called Measilonterana. It is a disease in which you start forgetting things, you experience extreme pains, and you remember things that are not so. According to my charts, you have been experiencing this a lot lately. What’s been going on?”
“An evil witch has been trying to take my energy and use it to take over the world, and she’s been erasing my memory so that I don’t remember any of this happening, that’s what’s been going on,” I said quickly, “Why would you want to know anyway?”
She looked at me in disbelief, “I don’t believe you, that’s not possible.” She shook her head. Oh great, now she thinks that that is something that I am remembering falsely, that it’s not true.
Violaira spoke up then, “She’s speaking the truth, this really did happen, I was there with her. This dumbo might not have been there, but I was. You’ve got to believe her, she’s telling the truth.” The doctor sighed and shook her head, she probably doesn’t like believing people all that much, does she.
I looked at Kokaob again, he reached out, but he was touching nothing, he was just reaching out into nothing, reaching for something. His eyes were glazed over, he was creeping me out, “Kokaob? Are you OK?” he didn’t respond. I grabbed his left arm, he looked down at me, fire burning in his eyes, then he was back to normal, everything was OK, at least, I hope that everything was OK.
The doctor person had left during that moment, and she came back, but she came with a huge needle, she poked it into my skin, and it hurt a ton, she pushed the serum into my body, and I was knocked out, put into a deep sleep that lasted who knows how long.


Chapter 4
I woke up to a soft scratching at a door, my eyes slowly opened, I looked around. There were only grey walls, nothing but grey walls. I sat up, I brought my hands to my face, but I couldn’t lift them higher than my knees. I sighed, what was the point in all this, what was there for me to do? The only thing I could do right now was sit there all alone and do nothing.
It was boring, there was nothing to do there, all I could do was sit there. Then I noticed something, the reason I could only pull my hands up to my knees is that there were chains on my wrists, and they were attached to chains that went to the wall across the room. I scooted towards that wall, then I stood up, I could move my arms freely, it was amazing. Then I heard the scratching noise again, what was that, where is it coming from? I really had no clue, so I followed the sound, I went around the room, then I saw it, it was small, it was covered in light brown fur, and it had floppy ears. I reached over and picked up the soft rabbit. I looked at where it had been scratching, there was a whole there, a small one at that, but, as quickly as I noticed it, it was gone and there was a solid wall there.
I pulled the bunny closer to me, I didn’t want to let it go, it was the only other living thing here, and I wasn’t about to let it go. The rabbit looked up at me, it seemed as if it smiled, then it went poof and disappeared.
I heard something off in the distance, something like laughter, I turned and looked in the direction that the noise was coming from, and I saw Violaira, she was sitting there, laughing at me, but why would she, of all people, be laughing at me?
I glared at her, then I started in her direction, she didn’t even flinch, it was as if she wasn’t even there, as if she was being projected here, but was someplace else. It was crazy, I know, but it was most likely true.
The closer I got to her, the farther away she fell. It was really weird, not the normal weird, but weird. Finally I just gave up, and Violaira shot towards me, I jumped out of the way, but she stopped right in front of me. I sighed, it was crazy, I know, but she might be there, and she might not be there. This world truly is a crazy world, and I have no idea of how to cope here, it is absolutely crazy.
I called out, there was no reply, it was insane, I was all alone in this unknown and crazy world, and there was nothing I could do about it.
“Arianna, are you there? I can’t see you,” my dear friend called out, she was reaching out, trying to grab at something, “Arianna, I can hear you, but I can’t see you!”
“I’m here,” I replied, now I know that I’m not alone in this crazy, unknown world. Now I know that Violaira is out there, somewhere, but I don’t quite know where she is. That’s the problem, I need to know where she is, so I can find her, then I can find Kokaob, then we can all find my brother, together.
“Where, I can’t see you, remember?” She answered.
“Yes, but I can see you, just look right in front of you, you should see me,” she tried turning her head in my direction, but something kept her from doing so, she couldn’t see me, she couldn’t turn her head this way, “What’s keeping you from looking this way?”
“I-I don’t know, I’m sorry, but I don‘t know, I-I’m sorry. This is something that I cannot control, I’m sorry Arianna, I really am,” tears were coming down her face now, her cheeks turning a bright red. Her eyes were clouding up, they were really watery, she could hardly keep her eyes open now.
“Violaira!” I called out, she was starting to go away from me, starting to go back to the wall, “Please, stop moving away! Please, don’t leave me, please!”
The tears started, she can’t leave me, she just can’t leave me, not now. “Calm down Arianna, it is OK, I promise,” a quiet voice from behind whispered to me. There was a soft hand on my shoulder; I turned slowly around, who was this person. I saw her, she had long wavy, dark brown hair, very deep blue eyes, fair skin, and a sly smile on her thin face.
“Who are you?” I asked. I was really curious, I really wanted to know who she was.
“My name is Dr. Stephanarie, why do you ask, child?” She sounded like she really wanted to know, “Why would you want to know who I am, there really is no reason.”
“Yes, there is, you’re telling me things like everything is going to be OK? Why would you lie to me, why would you lock me up here? I really want to know who you are, so I can know what I’m going to have to deal with.” I answered.
“Well then, if you really want to know why you’re in here, why don’t you just follow me young lady,” she replied rather shrewdly. She walked off, her high heels clicking loudly at each step, her black dress waving gently. I followed the woman, I really don’t give a crap about her, all I know is