Chapter #6

Aurora's Pov

They wouldn't stop fighting, they kept throwing each other onto the ground and exchanging punches, their blood trickled down to my feet, I couldn't move, I was petrified. I couldn't talk, he slowly stood up and held the dagger close to my throat, his eyes flashed a yellow colour at me, almost illuminating his whole face. His face was impossible to see, I felt my stomach somersault, my breathing got heavy and difficult.

He stood there taking in my appearance.

"W- Who are you?" I forced the words out of my mouth. He didn't answer, he never spoke. He then rose up the dagger and struck me hard.

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"GAH!" I sprung out of bed. "I will find you".

I was so glad it was morning, my heart thumped non stop. When would these nightmares end, when would I have a good nights sleep.

Alexis was glued in front of the TV with Kita, they probably didn't hear me wake up. They were still watching Attack on Titans, I calmed myself and pushed my hair out of my face, I should have braided it, it was all over my face, I pushed the sides behind my ears and got up.

Alexis was explaining something to Kita while they watched Frozen. It was Saturday and I had nothing to do. I looked up at the clock, it read 11:21 am. I overslept.

"Alexis, why didn't you wake me up? I overslept."

"You were looking so peaceful, I thought I'd let you enjoy your dream."

"Dream? Have you ever known me to have a good dream, I was having another nightmare."

"Oh, sorry."

"Don't be, it's not your fault. What are you two doing?" I asked.

"I've been showing Kita how things around here work and introduced her to Anime, she loves it!"

"Did anyone else come into this room?"

"Yeah, Stacy came to give us this." She reached for the centre table and gave me a decorated paper.

"Scarlet's throwing a party for her 18th birthday. Why did she invite me?"

"Don't know, but it's not just any party, keep reading" she said.

I kept tracing the words down until I noticed what she was talking about.

"It's a costume party, and it's on Friday".

"Yes, and it's gotten me super excited. You're going right?"

"No."

"Why not?" She pried.

"I don't have a costume" I answered.

"Is that all?" She went down the passage way and opened the closet that contained her Anime costumes. She's not the only one who loves Anime, sometimes she gets invited to some events with her friends and they wear according to whatever Seasonal they're celebrating.

She came back holding a long blue gown, it had long tight sleeves, a transparent blue cape and snowflakes all around it.

"You can't be serious!" I yelled.

"I am" she dropped it on my bed.

I sat beside it and laced my fingers around it. It was so silky soft and elegant and beautiful.

"You're giving me an Elsa costume? Where did you get this?" I asked.

"AnimeCon, we trade costumes sometimes and when I saw that one, I knew it would look perfect on you."

Alexis was the only person closest to me as a family. She treated me like a sister. My parents never stayed long enough to buy me clothes or take me out. Tears started to form in my eyes and my vision got blurry. What they didn't do for me, she did.

"Elsa. What's wrong?"

"Alex" I got up and squeezed her in a hug. "You're the best friend ever. You've done so much nice things for me at no cost. Even when I don't deserve it."

"Are you kidding me?" She hugged me back. "I'm lucky to have such an awesome roommate and friend like you. You're the bravest and most cool person I know. You deserve a good life, especially after all you've been through."

"Ooh, this is a nice dress" Kita flew over and landed on the dress.

"But what are you gonna wear?" I asked Alexis.

"That's gonna be a surprise."

"Thanks again."

"Stop thanking me or I'll take the dress back." She joked.

I laughed and picked the dress before she could touch it. Kita flew up in front of us.

"Can I come with you?"

"No" Me and Alex said together.

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Friday, The night of the Party.

"Why can't I come with you?" Kita had been bugging me for days.

"Because there will be people there and they will see you." I was now in my Elsa dress, putting on my shoes. Alexis did my make up, she applied some blue eye shadow, dark alluring mascara, black eyeliner, just a little pink blush and red glossy lipstick, she also braided my hair perfectly and placed it on my left shoulder. When I looked in the mirror I could hardly believe I was looking at myself. She placed few little snowflake glitter on the end of my cheeks.

"How can I protect you if I can't be with you?" She was really upset.

"Becau-" I was interrupted by a loud Alexis behind me.

"Ta-dah!"she yelled. I looked behind me and saw Alexis, she was in a black leather jumpsuit, a fake tail hanging from her waist and a mask with pointed ears, there was a whip hanging from her right hip. The mask covered her makeup but I could still notice the bright red lipstick she put on. She gave a fake 'meow' and gave a sexy pose.

"Alex, you look wonderful" I was really surprised by the costume. "But why Catwoman, I thought you loved Anime."

"I still do, but I decided to take a break and try something completely new for a change"

"Well that's a good change, you look awesome."

"Thanks, but we should get going" she reminded. I turned to Kita, not forgetting our conversation.

"Kita, I know you want to go out but you can't risk being seen, I'm sorry."

"I understand. But be careful."

"There's nothing to be careful about, it's just a party. There's some snacks in the mini fridge if you're hungry. And you can watch whatever you like. Bye bye"

Alexis and I shut and locked the door behind us, we both had keys in case of anything.

At the entrance of the party, I started feeling nervous, my heart wouldn't stop pounding. I hesitated at the door. People had been giving me surprising glances as we passed them.

"I... I can't do this" I wanted to turn around and leave but Alexis held my arm.

"Yes you can"

This was my first time going to a party, nervousness chewed at the pit of my stomach. I've not felt this way in a long time.

I took deep breaths and closed my eyes for a while, then opened them again.

"Let's do this" I muttered. I could here the upbeat music from outside.

I pushed open the door and entered, the event room was really wide and spacious, it could contain a large amount of people. The walls were painted lemon, the ceiling was dark brown and the floors were carpeted purple. There were at least four large crystal chandeliers hung on the ceiling.

People were in all sorts of costumes that I couldn't recognize most their faces. The atmosphere was inviting.

While walking in, I couldn't help but notice people turn in my direction from time to time, I didn't know what they were thinking and at this point I wish I did.

Many of them were dancing, chatting and playing games, I think I spotted at least two people making out in a corner. Classic party.

I lost sight of Alexis, she must have gone to meet her cartoon buddies. I had no one else to talk to so I decided to get a drink, hopefully not everything would be alcoholic.

I was lucky to find some wine at the drinks table.

I turned around to leave. Then I hit something tall and hard...