Chapter 4

"How are you feeling?" I asked her and she just looked at me and said "fine" even if the tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes. She tried to resist it and instead looked out of the window. I cleared my throat then asked her if she wanted to go home already, she just nodded her head.

While I was walking her home, I can't help but ask her if she lives alone in her apartment. She told me that her parents are both working and that they sent her abroad to study for a fine arts course, she decided to rent a small room so she won't have to pay for a big rent. She also told me that she doesn't have any siblings back home and that she had always wished to have one. Her parents were too focused on their business and weren't able to take care of her so she had to learn living independently at the age of 13. After I walked her home I bid her goodbye, her apartment was a bit far from where I live so I had to take the bus to be able to get home.

I slumped on my bed, I opened my phone and noticed that I got a few messages from my bandmates. I replied to each one of them and fell asleep but I instantly regretted it. I awoke in the middle of the night with cold sweat, I dreamed about my death again and this time the warning it delivered was clear. The person in my dream revealed to me that I have been cursed and that I only have a hundred days to live, if I won't be able to find the cure then I will die. But I don't know what the cure is and she did not gave me any hint on what the cure is and how will I be able to find it.

I told myself I needed to know why I had been cursed and is there any way for me to break it so I got up early and did my usual routines. With a plan in my mind I texted Seth and asked if he'll be able to come to the campus at around 6am. He arrived at about 6:05am and we started to walk towards the library. As we were walking, I told him about my dream and what I was planning to do. At first, he can't really believe what I was saying but I told him that it has been a recurring dream and that everytime I die in my dream it just felt so real.

We started to look for some books about curses but I don't have any idea where to start, I don't know who cursed me and what was the reason why I was being cursed. This still left a very big question in my mind and it fills me up with anxiety and fear but I need to figure this out before time runs out.

I cannot concentrate on my next classes, lunch break came but I still can't eat that much because of the anxiety I was feeling. Felix nudged me while I was eating since I didn't notice I was staring at nothing, he asked me if something's bothering me but I just shrugged my head. I don't know if I should tell the two about it, I just ate my food quietly and try to refrain from staring again.

The day passed like a blur, I went home and decided to cook for my dinner. After I had eaten I decided to sleep early hoping not to have another nightmare about my death again.

She appeared in front of me, blinding lights blurred my vision and my eyes refocused. She talked to me with a stern voice, "I have come to warn you again, you have less than a hundred days to live. Do you know why you have been cursed? I'll ask you a few questions. I'll start with, how many girls have you fooled before? Did you have any regrets about hurting them? You have been breaking a lot of hearts, dumping them and not caring about how they feel. Now who is your next target? I will never disregard your mistakes, you needed to be punished. There is only one-"

Suddenly everything went black, she was about to utter something and I felt like it was very important. I woke up and couldn't believe that I was cursed for my past actions, I know I made a lot of mistakes and never made up for all of them. I have been fooling around and breaking hearts of every girl that I've met in high school.

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A very beautiful maiden keeps reappearing in my dreams, she keeps singing to me. A song with a language that's not familiar to me and it sounds like an old lullaby. Her face is blurred and I can't make out if she's mouthing the words or she's speaking inside my head. I remembered looking around me, realizing that the place was quite familiar. The northern lights shimmered around the two of us, it looked amazing and I can't take my eyes away from them.

"My lovely child, I am giving you a task. Find him and reform him, it will not be easy but I believe that your love will be able to change him and make him a better person. I know that a lot of questions are running inside your mind right now but know that these will all be answered at the right time."

With that she disappeared and I woke up, until now I don't have any idea who's this guy that's she's been talking about and how will I be able to find him or as she say "change him". I'm just a simple girl and have never even fallen in love with anyone. Also, it's been a couple of days since I last dreamed about her, I hope she appears in my dreams again this time answering my questions.