Chapter I

"We live in a world where the truth is overshadowed by a reality that does not exist."

Albert Einstein

Fire a lot of fire, the house was on fire, I needed to get out, ask for help, so why didn't I move? My body was paralyzed with fear, I knew it, but now what would I do? Try to scream? Ask for help?

Even if someone could listen to me ?, there was nobody here, my father was surely with my brothers and even if they were, why would they save me ?.

They always said it was a hindrance, maybe they were right but I didn't want to die, I refused to die like that, I had to escape.

The smoke was expanding, I had no choice, I forced my body to move, under the stairs. Everything around me was on fire I was scared but I had to go out, I had to go out, it is everything that crossed my mind, I kept hugging until I managed to run away from the house, even so I kept running until my legs faltered I no longer had the strength to continue I fell into a place that I did not know.

I was trying to get up but the adrenaline was gone, the only thing I could think was that I had succeeded then everything went dark.

I GOT OUT of bed, I'm wrapped in sweat and tears, I looked around and calmed down, I was in my room.

"It was just a dream, it was just a dream Skyler!" I tell myself to calm down. -It was not real, it was just another dream- as if that told me that it would make the nightmares disappear, it is normal that I have strange dreams anyway, I look at the time, it is 8:30 am.

-Oh my god I'm late !! - I jump and run to the bathroom, brush my teeth and get ready quickly.

My mother already called me for breakfast, under the stairs and I see that breakfast is already on the table, I sit down and start to devour everything very easily. I really didn't have time for breakfast, I was late ... damn!

-Sky eat more slowly, you're going to choke on the food- says my father with a slight tone of reproach, he was sitting at the table with his business suit and briefcases next to him.

Dereck O'Brian was the best lawyer in the whole city, tall and with brown hair, he was a man who liked to lead a healthy life, he went to the gym twice a week, he had an impeccable reputation, he always got the best cases. The most important people asked for it, they said that he knew how to put the jury on his side, for me? For me he was the best father I have ever had, not that I would have had another and even if it had been, I would still think the same.

"I have a book club after school today, so don't wait for me," I told my parents when I finished digesting breakfast.

-Okay, Skyler, just be careful. Casey has told me that there have been several disappearances since last week, I can't believe how insecure she is currently, just be careful, girl, do you understand? - My mother said that while she was eating breakfast, she was not going to ask how the neighbor had really found out about that. I'm interested.

As I talk about my father, it would be good to talk about my mother, she was a difficult woman to describe, Jillian Alexander O'Brian was a fair woman and also very pretty, she was not very tall, I think she was a bit plump average height but not her eyes were hazelnut a lot and her hair was completely jet black.

She had a little obsession with the way she dressed, but she was a good mother, of course, when she didn't tell embarrassing stories of when she was ten or younger if she offered cookies to someone I brought home.

- Disappearances? Don't worry, I'll be fine, but I have to go or I'll be late to see you! - I say goodbye with a kiss from my parents and run to take the bus, luckily I was on time.

On the way to school I think about the dream I had, I try to remember it but I can't, that was the bad thing. I did not remember my dreams. Actually, I have absolutely no recollection of my past. The 7 years old, for better or for worse, were my family and I would not exchange them for anything.

-Earth calling Skyler! Hears !! - Lis was looking at me from the other seat at a time when my reverie had changed next to me.

- Skyler Samantha O'Brian I'm talking to you !! - She was the only one who allowed him to say my full name and why not? she was my best friend to others, she was always just Sky.

-Hears! How are you? - I asked him in a weak and pathetic way to save the conversation, but hey, it was the best he could do. How was your Moscow vacation?

-There's Skyler, sometimes I don't know what to do with you- she laughs, any girl who laughs at her would seem like an epileptic seal, not Lisa, she even had style to laugh.

"Pretty good actually, a little skiing, snow, and handsome instructors around every corner as always," she said as she put a little pink gloss on her lips.

Blonde and with light blue eyes, Lisa was the envy of many and the wet dream of children, the leader of the cheer team, but she was not at all like those barbie dolls who thought they were better than the others, she was not narcissistic not at all or selfish but she was smart and supportive, that's why we have been best friends, it was not at all how everyone saw her the same as me apparently.

"But that's not what I wanted to talk about, but about the new students entering the Academy today," she smiles, showing her teeth.

-New? Seriously? - I really didn't care much, if they were like the others they would ignore me or make fun of me, one of them.

-Yes Skyler ... Again, apparently they moved to about three houses of mine and you know that my mother always tried to get along with the new neighbors, so I brought them some welcome snacks, but only one of them attended. ..for what you could gather so little information, isn't it a shame? - She says as if it was really bad that her mother could only find out what school these children would go to, perhaps she was the only one who did not care what the others did? My motto was "Live and let live" was not so difficult to follow.

Maybe I was doing everything wrong, maybe it was normal for me to worry about these things, to care if the neighbor took out the garbage or how short the cheerleaders skirt was.

Well ... really thinking about things like that didn't appeal to me, it just gave me the chills how some people could know so much about others.

But I wouldn't say that to Lisa, it would be like I didn't care about anyone ... when the truth was not like that, I worried about my parents, I worried about my best friend, wasn't that enough? ? Apparently it wasn't.

-Lisa ... do I really have to say something about this? You know what I think about it is always the same, with you they will get along and I ... I will continue to have you as my best friend- I say jokingly, before she can say anything, we stop suddenly, I sigh, I swear that the The driver must have something against us to stop the bus like this every day.